Bridges Books

This book is amazing! I have the 50th aniversary edition and it is one of the best technical review of a construction I have ever read. It has all, cost, technical data, drawing (I love the drawings of all parts of the bridge). If you want to know how this bridge was constructed, this is the right book for you. And It has a lot of pictures and photos too, that make easy to understand all the construction process.

This is a great book for any civil engineer, student of civil engineering, or just anyone who wants to know everything there is about the bridge. There are over 100 photographs at different stages of construction, and the book is an excellent accompaniment to the documentary that can be purchased or sometimes shown on the Discovery channel. It also has the costs broken down, dimensions and other interesting data.

For those of you who are obsessed with engineering feats like I am, this book is the absolute best. It includes every possible detail of the Golden Gate bridge you can possibly imagine. From the politics of its conception to the impact of tempature on the alignement of the cables, this book covers every facet and fact of construction of this great landmark. I truly beleive that if someone wanted to build their own Golden Gate Bridge, they can do so by using only this book as a reference tool.

Doctor Who: The Handbook - The Third Doctor is a great reference guide to the Jon Pertwee era as the dashing, man-in-action, earth-bound Time Lord from 1970 thru 1974. Superbly researched, authors David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker take us through the details of the development of the Third Doctor's adventures. The series now became more action packed. Featuring 8 chapters, focusing on actor Jon Pertwee, along with episode story reviews, production development, and also a feature on the making of the season 9 story, the 4 part "Day of the Daleks" (1972). This book has it all, which makes for some interesting behind-the-scenes information.

The Third Doctor Handbook is a great addition to any Doctor Who fans' collection. It also features an introduction by the Third Doctor himself, the late Jon Pertwee, written in April 1996, a month before he passed away. Published in 1996, this was the fifth volume in the Doctor Who series of handbooks.

The book, Doctor_Who:_the_Handbook:_the_Third_Doctor, is an excellent book in the "Doctor Who" handbook series by Walker, Stammers, and Howe. The book is divided into several sections for easy reference, contains an episode guide for the third Doctor's era with reviews of each episode, and provides a really nice overview of the era of the third Doctor and the events of the time period during which the episodes were produced and aired.

Personally, I wish the book had included more information on the discoveries/recoveries of lost Pertwee episodes, as well as their restoration to color; since, the stories behind these are very fascinating.

Overall, this is a very well researched volume; and, I highly recommend this book as well as the rest in the series.

Fans of the series, fans of Jon Pertwee's Doctor, or even to Jon Pertwee's other work are owed this volume from the Handbook series by Virgin Publishing. Like all of the books before it, it goes in depth into not just what and how (the late) Pertwee acted in "Doctor Who", but as well, much of the background info, behind-the-scenes, etc. which are a fan's necessity. Not only do I recommend this non-fiction paperback, but all the others in the series (there's seven altogether).

What a wonderful book. It's a series of great photos of significant covered bridges, with descriptions that include building methods and styles, dates, history and best yet... driving directions! I find myself itching to go out and visit some nearby ones. An enjoyable, easy read that I know I will refer to over and over.

This book was beautifully illistrated, and informational. Each photographed bridge holds part of our past, and an oppertunity to understand a part of our history. Once inside the pages you are transported back into a time that others have forgotten. I recommand this book to all who have been in love with the Covered Bridge for a long time, and to thoes like me who have just fallen in love with this beautiful part of our history.

Brian's book is filled with some of the most breathtaking photographs you will ever see of Covered Bridges. If a bridge had a soul, he certainly knows how to capture it with his photographs. The historical and technical information is wonderful as well. It is a magnificent book!

The property is located in Potsdam. It was the summer house of the Wallichs. After reunification the house still stood. Hermann Wallich had been a banker and an assimilationist. By 1911 the fortune of the Wallichs was thirty one million reichmarks.

Hermann's son Paul and his daughter-in-law became enchanted with the house at Potsdam. During World War II the house served as a library for the Nazis and later as a hospital for wounded Russian soldiers. Paul Wallich committed suicide in 1938. The house was in the Russian sector. During the war three servants stayed in the house. Afterwards, in East Germany, the remaining servant was ordered to leave.

Next the house was used as a kindergarten, such use lasting for some forty years. There were five day a week boarders, the children of socially irresponsible citizens. After the wall went up, the director of the kindergarten began to scheme to leave the country. In 1961 barbed wire went up, seemingly overnight.

The bridge, the Glienicke Bridge, near the house became famous for the exchange of spies. The bridge had first gone up in 1660. Structures near the house were torn down to give the guards a better view in the border zone. The East German childcare system became vast as childbirth was encouraged and it was necessry for mothers to work.

The books shifts its focus from the kindergarten director to a young teacher, Ulrike. Ulrike was friends with Wolfgang, a Marxist dissident who followed a sort of socialist third way. (In East Germany a third of the citizens had Stasi files.)

The night the wall fell Ulrike and her husband were at home with friends playing Irish music. The following day Ulrike walked to her school amid euphoric people. Afterwards the first few weeks were dreamlike. Ulrike and her husband visited the West. Reunification took place in October 1990. Earlier there was a currency union. There were Trabi jokes. Ossies and Wessies were not getting along with each other.

Return of property became a central and contentious debate after unification. Claims started to arrive by the tens of thousand for property lost between 1933 and 1945. What belonged to whom became a matter of central importance. One of the Wallich sons, Henry, had been at Yale and had been on the Federal Reserve Board. His daughter, Christine, was interested in the house at Potsdam. Land registries became artifacts of a capitalist past in East Germany after 1950. The Nazis had kept meticulous records of the deportation of Jewish families.

There were very old trees on the property of the Potsdam house. A scholar sought information on the gardens' original design. The scholar of landscape architecture found the plans of Gustav Meyer. Dirk Heydemann published a one hundred fifty page paper on the garden's design. The Wallich heirs did get their property returned to them. The house is in a state of extreme disrepair. The Wallichs are considering offers to sell the property to developers. The go-go time of real estate fortunes in the early nineties in the vicinity of Berlin has passed.

If you're interested in getting to the belly of the beast, in this case, the finger-nail crud of unification, look to Katie's absolutely bottom-line insights into the east German perspective. The house is still there, hard by the two-taxi stand as you come across the bridge, ironically just down the wooded lane from where they signed the Potsdam Agreement, and, in its crumbling, grafitti-stained magnificence, it can be seen, if you wish, as some sort of symbol, of what's gone wrong, and what's gone right. with the "new" Germany. The book tells a wonderful tale of brick and mortar and the dreams and ambition it contained. Rarely does the door to a complex turning open so joyously and so widely. Read it and learn how it is.

Having lived in Germany before, during and after the wall went down,
The House At The Bridge encapsulizes succinctly the emotions of change
that I, and others, saw and felt during Germany's paradigm shift of
politics and society. This story isn't just about a house, but of
families and a country in transition. Ms. Hafner cleverly uses the
house as a common thread to tell the history behind the house's
inhabitants and the political changes that effected them. The
comparisons between (former) East and West Germany are poignant and
real. Any history lover, travel buff or architect(professional or
amateur) will be pleasantly surprised by the story this house tells.

Finally, a practical and in-depth study of what it really takes to increase productivity, accomplish personal and business objectives, maintain successful relationships with clients, peers and staff -- while maintaining a perspective and sanity in today's "complicated" workplace. "How To Live Though An Executive," by L. Ron Hubbard, is one of the first realistic set of techniques and approaches to the actual problems an executive and business owner faces every day, both at home and in the workplace. Book Review Editor BNI NEWS

This book will help explain why an executive can be so overworked and show that it doesn't have to be that way. A business can run smoother with executives less harried and everyone is better off.

Finally, a practical and in-debth study of what it really takes to increase productivity, accomplish personal and business objectives, maintain successful relationships with clients, peers and staff -- while maintaining a perspective and sanity in today's "complicated" workplace. "How To Live Though An Executive," by L. Ron Hubbard, is one of the first realistic set of techniques and approaches to the actual problems an executive and business owner faces every day, both at home and in the workplace. Book Review Editor BNI NEWS

Lots of great tips. Auken gives examples of the mini No trump, aggressive bidding, and unusual carding.

Lots of interesting stories as well. Like the time she spilled coffee on an opponent :-)

You will enjoy this book if you are interested in Bridge, the focus isn't on just Bridge play, but on the lifestyle and thoughts at the bridge table of one of the top players.

"We want the Fish"

I don't agree with all the authors views on Bridge (she likes random/destructive bidding - I don't - I think it makes the game more of a bluffing/guessing game than a deductive reasoning game)
and I didn't agree with all her inferences on some hands (skimpy inferences , she was just lucky)
BUT
Its a fun book, with nice hands, and interesting discussions of the weak NT.

If you like books liek AT THE TABLE, you will like this

I Love This Game by Sabine Auken (the world ranked number best woman bridge player) is the exclusive story and instructional telling of the author's miraculous comeback for Germany in the 2001 Venice Cup for bridge. Describing to the reader the final sixteen deals and the order of she and her team's unexpected comeback, I Love This Game helpfully guides its readers through the intricacies of the hands, Bridge principles, carding methods, team chemistry, as well as the pros and cons of mini-notrump openings, multi-purpose two-bids, and the merits of forcing club systems. I Love This Game is very highly recommended for dedicated Bridge enthusiasts searching for an accessible instructional guide for the betterment of their gaming skills -- as well as an outstanding personal story amidst the discussion of Bridge.

I understand that this book is now out of print - but if you are lucky enough to get your hands on this book - you're blessed. In my opinion it is the best book on the life of Evan Roberts. So many books only tell half the story, but the author of this book has done an incredible job of telling the REST of Evan Roberts' story. IT didn't end with the revival.
It will also make your heart burn - may God raise up others in Wales such as Evan Roberts who will catalyse a move of God such as Wales saw at the turn of the last century!

The Welsh Revival of 1904 is one of the most fascinating of the many experienced in Wales. Evan Roberts is a challenge to the modern pulpiteer in that he was not as well educated or experienced, but he was simply a man whose heart was ablaze for CHRIST. Mr. Jones did a superb job on the entire life of this unique man. I recommend it for it imparts vision and also warning of the enemy's tactics to destroy revival and the ones whom GOD uses. He showed the changes in Evan's life and heart that transpired through the years, yet he clearly showed us that Evan's heart never stopped beating for heaven sent revival!

For nine months - between November 1904 and August 1905 - God anointed and used a twenty-six-year-old coal miner named Evan Roberts to channel a stunning revival movement of the Holy Spirit that has profoundly influenced the course of the Church both in Wales and the world. Few, however, know that Evan Roberts subsequently suffered a breakdown and withdrew to a solitary ministry of prayer before he later was once again called.

Generations later, the questions persist: What motivated Evan Roberts? What was his family background like and how was he prepared for his mission? Did he ever marry? Did he go on to pastor, become a missonary, or a writer? After the revival, did he in fact backslide or lose his mind altogether?

This book answers these and even more vital questions that reveal the anatomy of a genuine, earth-shaking revival - and the demands it places on its human conduits.

Contents:
1. Schoolboy and Collier Lad
2. The Candidate for the Ministry
3. Changed, Consecrated, and Commissioned
4. The Altar, the Sacrifice, and the Flame
5. Whirlwind in the Valleys
6. The Rhondda Aflame for Christ
7. The Refining Fire
8. The Furnace Glare
9. Sunshine and Storm Clouds
10. Personality and Pressure: An Interpretation
11. The Visionary Experience
12. Return to the Place of Blessing
13. The First Revival Mission
14. Walks and Talks in North Wales
15. The Second Revival Mission
16. The Last Revival Missions
17. Through the Vale of Tears
18. The Ministry of "The Overcomer"
19. The Prayer-Ministry of Evan Roberts
20. Farewell to "The Overcomers"
21. Welcome Home to Wales
22. The Little Revival
23. The Hidden Years
24. "Why Art Thou Cast Down, O My Soul"
25. Thine Age Shall be Clearer than the Noonday

"We know Jesus Christ in so many ways. He's often, however, shrouded in the yellowed gauze of antiquity. By placing Christ in such a modern context, Tom Bruno opens a very modern passageway through which the example of Jesus seems not only a possible application for our lives, but a critical one." Devin Scillian Newscaster, Detroit Michigan & Children's Author

NEW YORK, This book was a great inspiration to me. It explains how Jesus lived his life and what His words mean for us and how we should live our lives. A chapter that really helped me was the one entitled "He taught Us not to Worry." Prior to reading this chapter, I would drive myself nuts worrying, I know now that worry is a lack of faith. After reading this book, I got the courage to update my resume and found a new job. As I read this book I felt God was speaking directly to me. Bruno helped me get out of my ruts and really enjoying life. I thank Bruno for helping get my life back and have a plan for my life. If you only read one book this year, this should be the one!

Jesus Ph.D. Psychologist is 21st Century book with new insights into the teachings on Jesus. The stories are interesting and helpful and can be applied to everyday life. the principles of Jesus are presented in a way that are clear and can be applied to our modern behavior patterns. Bruno crosses religious barriers to appeal to Christians as well as non-Christians. A book worth reading, and discussing with friends. A book that will stay with you even after you put it down.

Klondike Doctor
Kate Bridges
May 2007
Harlequin Historical

Kate Bridges has struck gold with her most recent release, Klondike Doctor. She interlaces her story around her setting and brings both alive. Her imagery is flawless and lends a special touch that drives her readers to yearn for more. Ms. Bridges' Mounties are the sexiest heroes, extra yummy. Add in the fact that each of them has a compelling tale and you get a book worth devouring late into the night. Who needs sleep when you can have the pleasure of reading a sensually perfect book? Your dreams could not be better.

Sergeant Colt Hunter is the commanding lead for a special group of Mounties. Their objective is to find and bring down a cunning ring of thieves that is plaguing the trails leading to the gold rich Klondike, specifically Dawson City, Yukon. It is a mission chuck full of danger with no room for mistakes. They plan to pose as brothers taking a chance on making their fortune transporting essentials goods to sell to the gold miners. Basically luring the thieves into a trap, this is a perfect plan until Miss Langley forces herself into his "family." He knows she will jeopardize not only their preparations and lives but also his peace of mind. However, the headstrong woman is determined to go where no genteel lady should go. Since she is the daughter of his boss, there is no way he can refuse to help her reach the Klondike safely.

Dr. Elizabeth Langley is going to the Klondike no matter how Colt feels about it. She will prove herself capable of being more than a doctor for the society ladies of Vancouver. Colt is just like everyone else, thinks of her as "Miss Elizabeth." No one, not even her family, can understand why it is so important for her to be a true doctor. In the Klondike, they needed medical care. Even the men would come to her for help. Her skills and knowledge will finally be put to the test. All she has to do is convince Colt she can play the part of his "sister" despite his doubts. They do not have a pleasant past history. Her meddling has caused him some pain but he will just have to get over it. Besides, going to Dawson City to be a real doctor was not her only reason. Elizabeth has to find the truth out about the secrets her uncle whispered on his deathbed. Once on the way though, neither one, Colt or Elizabeth, is able to completely hide the passion that incontinently flares between them. Can they continue to hide their attraction from everyone? Will they blow their cover of being siblings and put the mission in jeopardy? Only by reading the book will you find out.

I am enchanted by Elizabeth's verve for life. She practically leaps from the pages and drags you back into her story. Colt, on the other hand, makes your heart melt while wishing he was the one grabbing for you. Kate Bridges is a master when it comes to writing. Canada comes alive and its history becomes a daring mix of bravery and strength worthy of a great romance. I am definitely looking forward to more Klondike books from Ms. Bridges.

Kim Swiderski
Writers Unlimited Reviewer

Elizabeth Langley is determined to get to the Klondike, even if it means
having to travel with a troop of Mounties who are heading there incognito
to find and capture thugs who are robbing the miners. The daughter of a
government minister, and a newly graduated physician, Elizabeth is used to
the good things in life. She knows the trip to the Klondike will be
difficult, but she has to get there to discover if her uncle's deathbed
confession also involved her fiancé, Gerard, another doctor. Using the
excuse that she's visiting her grandfather, Elizabeth will deal with the
consequences when she arrives in the north.

Sergeant Colten Hunter of the North-West Mounted Police had hoped never to have to deal with Elizabeth Langley again. As her father's body-guard, Colt was well aware of the lovely Elizabeth, especially after she interfered with his plans to marry the elder Langley's kitchen maid. Now he's stuck with Elizabeth, at least until they get to the Klondike where he can hand her over to Gerard. He forces her to agree to his travel plans. She will pretend to be the younger sister of the band of brothers, the "Blades" who are heading north to find gold. And she can't tell anyone she's a doctor.

It's not an easy journey during gold rush fever. All sorts of unsavory as
well as unprepared characters are hurrying to the north country. The
"Blade" family is well stocked with provisions, including crates of
sausages and apricots which they plan to sell. Colt wants them to appear to be a modest family who just wants to stake their claim like everyone else. It's not so simple, however, when lawlessness and criminal behavior crop up every step of the way, not to mention people falling ill or getting injured. It is difficult to blend in, but it's the only way Colt
thinks they can weed out the group of crooks robbing people. And then there is Elizabeth - stubborn, outspoken, and incredibly lovely. How will Colt deal with his feelings for her?

KLONDIKE DOCTOR is another of Kate Bridges excellent tales of the growth of the Canadian west. The first book of her Klondike Gold Rush series,
KLONDIKE DOCTOR is filled with adventure and a growing romance set in the
wild, untamed northwest where people of every description are hoping to
find their dreams, or take those of others. Elizabeth is a determined young woman with a good head on her shoulders who is confused by her feelings for Colt, all the while focusing on her immediate goal of clearing her family's name. All man, Colt has his own job to do, but pretending to be Elizabeth's brother isn't always easy. The "Blade" brothers are excellent, strong, mostly silent secondary characters who watch the by-play between Colt and Elizabeth with both concern and amusement. Saint, the dog who attaches himself to them, is a wonderful diversion. There are villains, good-hearted fellow travelers, and other colorful folk who drift in and out of the story, but the best parts are the interactions between Colt and Elizabeth.

Don't miss this exciting, page-turning tale. And look for the next in the
Klondike Gold Rush series. I know I'm looking forward to Colt's brother,
Luke's story in KLONDIKE WEDDING coming in September!

In 1898 North West Mounted Police Colton Hunter is assigned to escort Dr. Elizabeth Langley from British Columbia to the Klondike. He is outraged because he has better things to do than baby-sit. Colton informs Elizabeth she is to obey his orders on the trail and to act as his sister as she suggested although he believes that will prove impossible. She frustratingly agrees because she needs his protection and escort to reach her grandfather in the gold fields.

However, Colton is even more upset with himself for having non-sisterly thoughts about his ward. On the trail, they face danger from nature and a nasty felon, but it is their feelings that both fear. As they fall in love and he learns to respect her medical prowess, her fiancé Dawson refuses to let Elizabeth go.

Kate Bridges returns her fans to the late Victorian age in Canada with a fabulous action-packed road thriller. No one writes about the Canadian wilderness and the sexy North West Mounted Police like Bridges. Her heroes are the strong, silent type, and it's simply delightful to watch them fall in love with her headstrong heroines. Not only is the romance wonderful, the unique backdrop adds another fascinating dimension to a terrific story. The exciting story line stars two "siblings" whose skirmishes make for a fun tale of love. However, the superstar in this vivid historical, as with the previous Bridges to the late nineteenth century (see THE COMMANDER) is Canada circa 1890s.

Harriet Klausner

The other people who wrote this book are totally cool 2. They know a lot about statistics and math!! BUY THIS BOOK

GEORGE COBB ROCKS!!! He knows so much about statistics. I knows so much now. I feel like a light from above has captured me and brought me to the land of statistics. GET THIS BOOK!!! I want a good birthday present, and with your contribution I will be getting one, because Mr. Cobb is my dad and well my birthday is coming up and with each kind contribution I am closer to getting a good gift. So please I beg of you buy this book. It will help you learn about some bridge that is higher than statistics, and well that sounds like so much fun

As a math minor at Mount Holyoke (yes, my professors actually wrote the book!) I found the book extremely useful especially as an introduction to writing math reports and papers. You will too. :)