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100 Selected Poems
Published in Paperback by Grove Press (1959-11)
Author: E. E. Cummings
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A great starting point
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Review Date: 2005-10-20
I am just now rediscovering poetry. I've always enjoyed it as a teenager, so I bought three books by word-of-mouth this year. I can't say this one was my favorite, but it is a classic! I am sure the effect of Cummings at the time was great, but I strongly suggest that readers take in the writers of our day. This book is a great starting point, but it only gives you a history of what's going on with more contemporary poets.

One of the best
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Review Date: 2004-10-29
Cummings is one of the best American minor poets. He invents a language, a style a way of saying things all his own. And he does this in memorable lines and with his own kind of beauty. "What of a much of a which of a wind " " There's a hell of a universe ,next door. Let's Go" " I sing of Olaf, glad and big " " Nothing not even the rain has such small hands" The style is magnetic and there is a most individualistic celebration of life and love.
Appealing. But without the largeness of Whitman or the mind of Dickinson or the music of Stevens,it is not at the very highest level.
And also sharing with Pound and Eliot, and to a lesser degree Hemingway and Fitzgerald the Anti- Semitism of his time which makes it therefore almost impossible for me to read the stuff with uncritical joy as I would like to.

How Do You Like Your Blue Eyed Boy Now?
Helpful Votes: 15 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-28
I got this book in a used bookstore that was owned by a "former hippie"...is there such a thing, I always felt once a hippie, always a hippie...I didn't even ask for him to recommend it to me, he just looked in my eyes and said, "Hey, man, do you want to read something great?"

I read the whole book from cover to cover in the bookstore and I knew I had to have it as part of my collection. When the old hippie put the book in a bag he just smiled at me as if to say, "I told you so..."

So now I'm telling you, you who is looking for something crazybeautiful in which to pour your lovelyeyeslikemine over. Carry this book with you. Go to the local coffeehouse with pen in hand and make notes in the margins. Talk to Mr. Cummings as though he was right in front of you, because in a way, he never died. He is still very much alive and he especially loves new seekers of his words.

There are certain things that one must read before they exit the planet and this is one of them. You may not go crazy over it as much as I did, and if you weren't the least bit impressed I suggest that you make an appointment with the doctor and see if you have a pulse.

This little book is de-light-full and will work its magic in you if you let it.

A thorough but concise introduction to Cummings
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-15
This sweet little volume is a great introduction to Cummings' work...perfect as a gift to someone who's expressed an interest in him. The small, thin size makes it MUCH more portable than a 20-pound "complete works" volume!

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-25
I was determined to hate e.e.cummings. The quirks of his spelling and punctuation alone seemed to me to be contrived and overly pretentious and I felt instinctively (without reading it) that his poetry must be some sort of grand put-on. I am even today still not completely convinced he did not suffer some form of mild to severe brain damage (perhaps progressive) that increasingly affected his later writings. However, once I was introduced to the man through this excellent collection, I could no longer deny the stunning originality of his poetry or the gorgeous music of his lyrics, particularly when read aloud (most effectively and rewardingly to an adoring female audience of one). I have been converted into an admirer through this collection.

100 SELECTED POEMS is a fine and concise introduction to the works of this nonconformist poet. There is a sampling of his very best poems and enough variety to sway all doubters. This collection wisely (I feel) avoids the more terrifyingly eccentric typography of some of his more notorious efforts, though some of the later poems in this collection push the envelope far enough to be discomforting (but in a good way). No collection of American poetry would be complete without e.e.cummings, and this book rattles like a fragment of angry candy.

Jeremy W. Forstadt

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Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual; Vol. 1. The Upper Half of Body
Published in Hardcover by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (1998-11-01)
Authors: David G. Simons, Janet G. Travel, and Lois S. Simons
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educational resource
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Review Date: 2008-05-25
This is a fantastic resource and basically the bible of trigger point study. It is the fisrt emerically backed study that scientifically shows the benefits of massage therapy and specifically trigger point therapy. It is a valuable two volume set to have to reference.

Great Book for PTs
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Review Date: 2008-05-12
I am a PT student and this book has been very useful in my studies... I also expect that it will be a great reference in my future career.

Un testo fondamentale
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Review Date: 2008-04-07
Posiedo gia la prima edizione(eccezionale)In Italiano.Gli autori sono semplicemente dei geni.Una guida irrinunciabile per la mia formazione professionale.

Practical book
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Review Date: 2008-02-13
The book is very usefull in the everyday-practice for acupuncturists/physical therapists who work with dryneedling!!
Each part of the body is in a different chapter and therefore it's very easy to find the information you need!

Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction The Trigger Point Manual
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Review Date: 2008-02-12
When I received this book as a present for passing my medical masseuse exams, I thought I received a "how to fix it" book.
These books are much more for they cover anatomy, innervation, function, testing, reasons behind the pain, differential diagnosis, corrective actions all in addition to Triggerpoint Treatment.
The 2 volumes are a must have in your library for daily reference and/or study. The illustrations are a welcome aid to oneself or for explanatory purposes to clients.

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Art: The World's Greatest Paintings Explored and Explained
Published in Hardcover by DK ADULT (1995-04-04)
Author: Robert Cumming
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Awesome! Opens up your inner eye towards art
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Review Date: 2008-04-14
I always used to think: "Why do other people stare at those paintings? Why is painting X considered more special than painting Y". This is the book which completely opened me up to paintings and gave me a solid footed approach towards looking at them. I now know what paintings were drawn in what generation, what the masters of those generation did and why those paintings are so great. The book dwells in the minutiae as well as the overall painting. I totally love this book. I study one painting a day - it makes my day!

Great work well explained
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Review Date: 2008-01-20
This was a great book to just leave around the house, pick up whenever and learn a factoid or two about great works of art. The details given here are varied, from both historical and artistic perspectives. And the selection of art chosen was good as well.

A great book!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-24
This is an excellent book that can be used to teach art history, art appreciation or an introduction to art. The photos of the artwork are excellent and there are a vast array of subjects covered.

ART
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-18
This is a fine book for the novice who wants a quick review of what the paintings are about, some of the symbols that the masters have suppied for the deeper meanings, and a little about the masters themselves.

great for a lifetime of learning
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-18
This is a great book to use as a self-study course for art appreciation, to improve your knowledge of great artists or to study for a game show appearance. Each artist is represented by one painting which is then described (techniques, subject matter, history) in detail. For example you will learn all about Rembrant's Balshazzar's Feast. The story behind the painting, the meaning of "handwriting on the wall", the hebrew expression that is written, the people present in the painting (Rembrant's wife), you also get a short bit about each artist's life. I read the book cover to cover and learned so much. I have made it a goal to see as many of the painting as I can in each museum. Other members of my family have also enjoyed reading pages of the book. I first read this book as a library copy, but bought it to read, reread and share. I strongly recommend this as a book to someone who is into self improvement, or wants to learn about art for an appearance on Jeopardy!

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Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity
Published in Hardcover by Benjamin Cummings (2003-01-05)
Author: James B. Hartle
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Great text mixing both the math and physics
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Review Date: 2008-10-07
I'm really enjoying this book. It is by far the most comprehensible delivery of general relativity I've read. Other books have the math, but lack in explaining how the math relates to physical reality. This gets both, without going light on the math. I understand general relativity much better than I did before.

great book
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Review Date: 2008-09-09
It's a great book. I like it. No too much mathematics, but it is enough to explain the physics.

Perfect Conditions
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Review Date: 2008-08-25
The book was shipped from New Zeland. It arrived to me in Italy 20-15 days before the standard international shipping's time, in perfect conditions, as bought from the bookshop. I saved about 20 euros.

Des Canyons aux Etoiles
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Review Date: 2008-07-27
The SOED describes the word "miracle" as "a marvelous event not ascribable to human or natural agency, and therefore attributed to the intervention of a supernatural agent [...]" and "an act demonstrating control over nature, serving as evidence that the agent is either divine or divinely favoured". Although this review is not intended to promote the sales of this venerable dictionary, just these two definitions warrant the purchase price.

Since "Gravity" is aimed at a science-oriented readership, the second definition might appear the most appealing. However, the verifiable predictions that emerged from a system that started with the counting that ten fingers allowed, made quantum leaps during the days of Leibniz & Newton, entered early adulthood during Riemann's life time to find its so far most spectacular application in Einstein's general theory of relativity (GTR), suggest to many that mankind's invention of mathematics actually represents the greatest example of (divine) intervention covered by the first of SOED's two definitions. For all those who would like to receive the guidance during the first stages of climbing GTR's Everest to witness the "miracle" first hand Hartle's "Gravity" is a book that should be on the short list. Yet, be aware prospective reader! This book opens the wormhole to that part of our universe where they serve math for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 365 and ΒΌ days every year.

When it comes to science's special effects quantum theory's "strangeness" and GTR's "curved space-time" are among the top attractions. While like for many my early years resulted in enough exposure to quantum mechanics (QM) to last a lifetime, an attempt at gaining familiarity with GTR would likely have required drop-out-inducing levels of mathematical indigestion. Yet, many years later the dissatisfaction that ensued after the zillionth attempt at explaining space curvature by dropping a solid sphere on a rubber sheet proved enough to give "Gravity" a try. It looked highly appealing, since Tensors that are introduced in chapter 2 or 3 of many GTR books only enter here in chapter 20 of 24. Many clear graphics further added to the appeal.

This book is divided in three main sections: I. Space and time in Newtonian physics and special relativity; II. The curved spacetimes of general relativity; III. The Einstein equation. In addition the text does not just color between the lines but offers many interesting subjects in dedicated boxes throughout the text. The author explains his strategy as follows: "the simplest physically relevant solutions of Einstein's equations are presented first, without derivation, as spacetimes whose observational consequences are to be explored by the motion of test particles and light rays in them. This brings the student to the physical phenomena as quickly as possible. It is the part of the subject most directly connected to classical mechanics, and requires the minimum of new mathematical ideas. The Einstein equation is introduced later and solved to show how these geometries originate". For this reviewer this strategy worked very well: no spheres, no rubber sheets, nothing in the pockets, nothing up the sleeves.

The reader starts in Euclidian geometry, enters into spacetime aided by many excellent examples and supporting graphics, to receive a gentle introduction to four-vectors. Next the fundaments of gravity as geometry are laid and the mathematical description of curved spacetime is presented, to serve as building blocks for the geodesics chapter. Only a third of the way into the book the Schwarzschild geometry is already there for the taking in awe and gratitude. The next two chapters then address the experimental verification of this concept in our solar system and the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. What would GTR be without black holes and there they are in chapters 12&13. Next, the previously introduced Scharzschild geometry becomes a stepping stone towards non-spherically symmetric geometries for a journey to event horizons and the ergosphere. The following three chapters introduce gravitational waves, address the Universe and its expansion and describe cosmological models and the Big Bang, leading to chapter 19 entitled "which Universe and why?". Chapter 20 carries the tongue in cheek title "a little more math" but should be accessible for all familiar with multivariable calculus. And (...drumroll playing in the background...) there are the Tensors. These tools then allow access to the Einstein equation, curvature and more than a little surprising after having heard so much about the disconnect between QM and GTR "the power of the Pauli principle" in the final chapter of relativistic stars.

Throughout the text the author goes out of his way to explain things from different angles in a highly accessible style. While much of the subject matter often serves as food for philosophers and science fiction enthusiast, the author remains -no pun intended- down to earth. Example: "asking what happens before the big bang in quantum gravity is unlikely to make sense because classical notion of time breaks down at a singularity". Others have already commented on the omission of the answers. This is an all too common deficiency in textbooks. Fortunately Schaum's Outlines of Modern Physics" and "Tensor Calculus" are there to lend a helping hand.

While I vividly remember a TA who mastered hard core graduate level GTR in two months, this "lite introduction" took me the better part of a year. Yet, once life has afforded the basic necessities for survival, few endeavors may be more rewarding. At $60 this book is more of an investment than Gould's 2nd Goldbergs, but certainly cheaper than Vermeer's "View of Delft". Beauty and truth come in many guises and at different prices.

I am sorry Colin (Blunstone), you got it half wrong when you sang about miracles, they may not be a matter of believing, but of doing the math.

More math than text
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-06
It was probably my error, I suppose I did not read enough reviews about this text book, but I bought this book believing it would contain more text and less math. I was wrong! I read into about a third of the book and started losing interest. It is not that it is a bad book, nor am I saying it is not interesting, but the caveat here is ... interesting to who?

I believe this book is aimed more at those with an interest in math and or the explanation of all theory at the mathematical level. I understand mathematics is the underlying point behind Einstein's theory of gravity, but I am not well educated in complicated mathematical formulas (they tend to put me to sleep) and when I purchased the book I was more interested in someone's explanation(s) of the underlying theories by way of the English language and not by way of mathematics. I prefer formulas be translated to English, similar to how computers translate lower-level assembly languages to higher-level languages for user-friendly interaction with a computer.

Bottom line: Buy the book if you have at least a rudimentary background in mathematical formulas or if you are willing to read between the pages and pages of formulas to pick up the useful and informative information in the book. Otherwise, I suggest looking elsewhere.

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Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
Published in Hardcover by Benjamin Cummings (2000-07-22)
Authors: Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler
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Excellent delivery!
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Review Date: 2005-09-24
This book was delivered in immaculate condition and is exactly how I was hoping it would be. Thank you for your product and i hope to do business with you again!

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Good book if you like mathematics!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-04
This is the best book about General relativity ( GR ) that I have ever read. Instead of trying to explain GR with words the author is using mathematics to to illustrate some of the consequences of GR. This means that some mathematical knowledge is required ( but not knowledge about tensors and dfferential forms ) and that the reader need to spend some time with paper and pencil to truly understand the text. The examples is concentrated on what is happening around black holes but the advance of Mercury's perihelion and the slowing of light around the Sun is also described. A very good book!

Amazing Introduction to a Very Esoteric Subject
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Review Date: 2006-06-10
Einstein's general theory of relativity is perhaps one of the most mathematically intense areas of research any physicist or astronomer could undertake. However this book takes the subject and turns it into a joyous romp through curved spacetime.

By avoiding the field equations and focusing on their solutions the authors impart to the eager student an overview of general relativity and set the stage for a more rigorous approach to be undertaken later. This book is the perfect introduction to the subject.

The book is well suited for advanced undergraduates who have had several hours of physics and mathematics. It is likewise suited to serve as a introductory text for graduate students that are studying astrophysics and astronomy. In the latter case the text serves well as an overview of what general relativity is, many of its findings, its predictions, and its relevance to observational astronomy.

If you have a basic understanding of calculus and have studied the special theory of relativity in some detail then this book is well suited to your needs.

A Breakthrough in Undergraduate Texts
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-14
A book I really wouldn't have thought could have been written. There are a lot of books on general relativity at the superficial level, call these books 'mathless.' There are monumental tomes aimed at the graduate student level, call these books 'tensor calculus.' Here is a book exquisitely positioned between these others. The student will need to have had differential calculus, and perhaps a bit of basic physics, and with these he will get a pretty good, introductory understanding of General Relativity.

The real key to this book is that it explains a lot, but then it open up a bunch of other questions, questions that we really haven't answered yet -- things like dark matter, dark energy, accelerating expansion of the universe, and more.

The book ends with: 'How can physics live up to its true greatness except by a new revolution in outlook which dwarfs all past revolutions? And when it comes, will we not say to each other, Oh, how beautiful and simple it all is! How could we ever have missed it so long.'

That's just the awe, the vision, that we want new and budding physicists to have.

Gives an intuitive understanding of General Relativity
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-18
This book sidesteps the hard work needed to motivate and develop the Einstein field equations, and goes directly to one of the most important solutions of the equations, the Schwarzschild solution, which gives rise to the concept of a black hole. By exploring what observers in different parts of space-time would experience along their different trajectories (whether falling into a black hole or watching from a safe spot far away), Taylor and Wheeler manage to convey an intuitive understanding for such typical GR "paradoxes" such as the fact that the same "event" (the crossing over of an object through the event horizon) can be seen to take 15 minutes, or forever, depending on who's watching it.

Because of what it omits, this book is not a complete presentation of GR. It does present the most fun part of GR, however, in a way that is mathematically accessible.

Along the way, a few side questions are adddressed, like "How painful would it be to be squished/torn apart as I fall into a black hole?" A lot of time is also spent explaining how the weird trajectories of light within the event horizon will transmogrify what is seen by the observer.

This is a great book and a lot of fun. I am also left with a greater motivation to go back to a more complete presentation, to be convinced that "this is where you have to end up". Although much longer, this book is a worthy successor to the original output of this dynamic duo, "Spacetime Physics".

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Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
Published in Hardcover by Benjamin Cummings (2003-09-28)
Author: Sean Carroll
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Great GR book to learn GR from
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Review Date: 2008-10-04
I'm using this book to teach myself and a few friends in my department GR. Apparently (according to my professor who was with Carroll at Harvard), thats how the book came into existance in the first place. As far as I can tell, the book is excellent. I highly recommend it.

A nice blend of the ideas of physics with mathematics
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-10
Kudos to Carroll.

This book is an excellent INTRODUCTION to SR and GR for the graduate physics student as well as the graduate mathematics students.

Pure mathematics often loses sight of the ideas which motivated it and physics often loses the mathematical foundations from which it is built.

This book offers some level of mathematical formalism to the physics student while exposing the ideas motivating the mathematical concepts.

I particularly like how he builds up the mathematical machinery of GR by introducing sets then topology on this set giving a topological space. Now he adds in the ideas of a manifold which make this topological space look like Rn locally with the patches sewn together smoothly. The manifold comes equipped with tangent space, cotangent spaces and their product spaces giving tensor spaces. These are defined nicely with reference to component formalism as well as the multilinear algebra approach as maps from products spaces to the reals, etc. He delves into forms and tantalized the reader with deRham cohomology although doesnt go into it. He shows how these can be differentiated ( exterior derivative ) and integrated.

Now the metric is introduced giving a geometry. To this is added a connection which is independent of the metric and leads to notions of parallel transport and differentiation of tensors ( covariant derivative ). One sees that in a special case one can derive a unique connection from the metric ( Levi-Cevita ) which is used in GR.

Fibre bundles, Lie derivatives, pullbacks etc are introduced as needed.

He then presents some introductory GR material by applying the mathematics.

Wordy and Wonderful
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-12
This is an advanced text, but all the same it is not particularly rigorous or dense, so it is in principle accessible to the beginner. With an easy authority, Carroll leads us on a wandering journey through the mystical lands of general relativity. This is very different from, and compliments nicely, the clarity and directness of Wald. As a student of GR, I use Wald for the bottom line on any subject, and Carroll for the random physical or computational insights that I invariably find in any section of the book. Carroll's prose is like music to the ear and I always enjoy myself when I decide to open up this book.

Be warned that there are lots of mistakes in this first edition--you might want to wait for the second one.

Also, his chapter on cosmology is better than any I've seen.

Great Book But Won't Get You To The Promised Land
Helpful Votes: 82 out of 84 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-14
My comments come with a few caveats.

1. This is my fourth GR book.
2. I'm not hardcore into physics. I'm not a physic grad and I'm reading GR for fun. I have a decent graduate math background but I've been corrupted with 10+ years in working in various roles software engineering, electronics engineering and marketing.
3. I assume that since you're considering buying this book, you're goal is to get at the "real" GR, not the watered down discover channel version.

With these caveats in mind, here are my comments.

First, on a scale of 1-5, I rank Carroll at level 3 in terms of math/physics maturity and thoroughness. Here is my full ranking of authors from my limited reading: 1. schutz 2. hartle 3. penrose 3. carroll 4. wald 5. physics journal articles

Second, using the rankings above, I recommend Carroll as the second port of entry. If you're comfortable with multivariable calculus, start with schutz (#1). You'll get warm fuzzies doing the toy exercises. But Schutz is tensor/math-lite. If you've had advanced calculus and geometry already, jump in with carroll (#3). But you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone else as polite to the reader. He won't prepare you for 80 percent of what's published. If you're ready to throw off the training wheels and jump dive into mainstream GR go with Wald (#4).

Note that Hartle (#2) is a good "tweener" book with feel-good exercises and some of the full-on GR equations at the end. I bet most instructors teaching a first year grad course would go with Hartle along with a dose of supplementary material.

Third, don't expect Carroll to be your last GR book purchase if you want to reach the promised land (see caveat #4). Living and breathing GR is found in physics journals and for that you'll need Wald or another advanced GR book.

BY FAR the best book on GR
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-20
I am currently on the 4th chapter of Carroll's "Spacetime and Geometry" and thus far I am amazed at how clear it is. Sure there is a lot of math in it however that also is very clearly explained. In fact, I think that Carroll explains the differential geometry material better than any mathematician has in any book on the subject. If you want to learn general relativity, there is no getting around the math; sooner or later you'll have to learn it. I'd suggest, especially if you are self-studying the subject, to rather pick up this book and go through it than pick up a more "elementary" text and a book on Riemannian geometry to look at later.

(Although I do also highly recommend Kay's (Schaum outline) "Tensor Calculus" for self study. The prima donnas don't like Kay's book because it "doesn't have enough theory." I suppose if a freshman calculus book does not have the Lebesgue integral defined in ti they'll complain about that too.)

Because, you can always skip through certain sections if the math is too heavy and go back through it later. And like I wrote earlier, you won't find a better introduction to the mathematical material than here.

Carroll should be given the Nobel prize for this book. If not in Physics, then in literature. I'd give this textbook 10 stars if I could.

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Art of Watching Films
Published in Paperback by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US (1979-02-02)
Author: Joseph M. Boggs
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Great Book and Worth the Cost!
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Review Date: 2008-09-14
Another book that was required for an Intro to Film class. This no-nonsense approach to film is definitely for serious students. It explains everything about film and films and filming that I really never wanted to know, but it is well laid out and perfect for the class I took. Rather dry - so what? You will learn the fundamentals of film using this book. It helped me ace the course.

loved it!
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Review Date: 2008-06-11
Bought it for a college course because I had to. Fell in love with it because it's well written, well thought out and full of more information than I thought I could possibly learn about films. The beautiful color photos contained within also help to keep one's interest.

Yes it's pricey, but it's also worth it!!

Excellent beginning film book
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Review Date: 2008-05-16
This book provides insight into the many aspects of movies. It focuses on the details that you don't consciously think about when viewing movies. Any beginning film student (or anyone interested in getting more out of the movie watching experience) will find this book very helpful. I also enjoyed the references to movies young and old.

"INFORMATIVE!"
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Review Date: 2008-02-13
This textbook was purchased to fulfill a required "humanaties" course, while attending college. It's informative, easy to read, and guides you into becoming a "trained observer" in the art of watching films. As part of the curriculum I was instructed to watch several films selected by my professor. Some of the assigned films I would have never viewed by choice, including classics. However, this textbook has definitely given me a whole new perspective when attending a movie theater or at home watching a DVD. I've also acquired a deeper appreciation and understanding for all the hard work that goes into film making. Buy it for school or as a guide to help you enjoy your next movie experience.

outstanding!
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Review Date: 2007-11-14
product was exactly how seller describe. the book gives great insight to understanding all the components and theatrical elements of a film. Every element in a film is purposely selected in order to catch the audience attention and emotions. Highly recommend this book.

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Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, Revised Printing (Coaching Legends in Basketball)
Published in Paperback by Benjamin Cummings (1998-12-18)
Author: Dean Smith
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Great book for higher level coaches
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Review Date: 2007-01-10
I love this book and have bought it for several of my coaching friends. Full of great info from one of the best. Good diagrams and great instruction on how to implement multiple offenses and defenses. One of my favorite coaching books (and I have a ton). A great higher-level resource.

a great book
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Review Date: 2006-08-27
I have read this book over and over again. It has been a useful tool is my basketball coaching.

Must have for coaches!
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Review Date: 2008-04-08
This book is page after page of super basketball information. It goes into great detail offenses and defenses from simple to complex. But best of all, it is written with an emphasis on the fundamentals, which will make any team better. I really recommend this book for any coach, beginner to seasoned veteran, there is a wealth of valuable information from cover to cover.

Must read
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-11
This is an awesome book. A lot of useful information for students, professionals and athletes.

The Holy Grail
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-08
I coached a camp this past summer in which a few coaches were discussing this book and referred to it as "The Holy Grail" of basketball books. To any coach looking for new perspectives and strategies, I would strongly recommend this book. You may not be able to use everything, and some of the information is a bit dated, but it prompted a million ideas of my own, and helped me plan out some fresh drills, plays, and defenses for my team.

Cummings
Selected Poems
Published in Hardcover by W W Norton & Co Inc (1994-10)
Author: E. E. Cummings
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not even the rain has such small hands
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Review Date: 2008-02-27
Everyone should read ee cummings, even non-poetry lovers will love cummings whimsy and clever wordplay. He has also written the most beautiful, most romantic poetry of anyone in the English language.

It's e.e. cummings for heaven sakes
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2002-12-05
It really is a great collection of e.e. cummings - certainly everything I wanted.

But what's to review - it's e.e. cummings, it's great

Now I must get back to my toboganning into know

Enjoy.

P.S. e.e. cummings was emphatic about his name being in lower case, so I do have to criticize the Editors of this book for putting his name in caps

e.e. rules!!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-08
One of the great poets of the 20th century gets a nice treatment here. A few of my favorites were not included (disappointed!!), but all in all this is a solid, representative anthology.

EEEEEEEEECAPITALEEEEEEEEEE
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-08
This is not a review. It is a complaint about the review I just read critisizing the editors of this fine collection. E.E. Cummings HATED that his publishers put his name in all lower case. He was not emphatic about it. He thought it was gimicky and exploitive of his publishes.
Whoa, when'd this horse get so high. ooop
S.

"life is more true than reason will deceive"
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2002-04-06
This review is from a strictly prose guy, as poetry usually goes right over my head. In my efforts to understand poetry, I have discovered that the work of e.e. cummings breaks through the stylistic barriers that make many people shy away from poetry altogether. cummings' use of bizarre spacing, punctuation, and phrasings keeps the reader away from the "sing-song" routine that tends to damage the credibility of many a poem, and cummings uses the art of style to say many things and make many points in just a few words. The most fascinating aspect of cummings' work is letting the small number of words in a poem really sink in until you gain many insights. This book usefully arranges cummings' most noteworthy poems into categories so you can more easily dwell on his major areas of subject matter. cummings did not live the hard life of many noteworthy poets, so a good number of his poems are musings on abstract concepts like life, love, mythology, and mortality. However, his much sharper observations on war, prostitution, politics, and the dark side of urban life can be truly shocking once you delve into their deeper meanings. Contemplating the title of this review, which is also the first line of the poem on page 181 of this book, will help any poetry-fearing reader to dive into cummings' world.

Cummings
Under the Liberty Oak
Published in Paperback by BookSurge Publishing (2007-06-20)
Author: Paige Cummings
List price: $14.99
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excellent
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Review Date: 2008-05-24
this is a very entertaining book. Paige has captured the nuances of southern families perfectly. I highly recommend this book.

Under the Liberty Oak
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Review Date: 2008-01-12
We enjoyed Under The Liberty Oak tremendously. Paige Cummings certainly has an understanding of life in the Georgia coastal area in the 60's, and her style of writing and her wonderful descriptions make us feel that we were there. Thank you Paige.

Delightful southern mystery
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Review Date: 2007-12-27
Brittan Lee Hayworth does not want to return to Liberty, Georgia, until a nine year-old girl's body is discovered in the Altamaha River. Everyone thinks it's Beth Ann Hamilton, Brittan Lee's best friend back in 1964 - until the night she disappeared.

FBI Agent Andrew Zeller is already in Liberty, investigating civil rights violations from that year. The night Hurricane Dora swept through Liberty, a terrible fire started in the black community. Everyone always assumed that lightning started the fire, but its origin is now being questioned.

Brittan Lee joins the investigation reluctantly. Always encouraged to believe they were just nightmares, she now has her memories validated and tries to remember what really happened that fateful night. As Liberty faces another hurricane, Brittan Lee finds herself in danger once again, as someone doesn't want that long-ago night's events revealed.

The suspense builds as repeated attempts are made on her life, leading to the stunning conclusion when Brittan Lee finally remembers the details of what really happened the night Beth Ann Hamilton disappeared.

Paige M. Cummings has beautifully recreated the turbulent times of civil rights unrest, revisiting the 1960's through Brittan Lee's memories. She writes with a strong southern voice, painting delightful sensory images. If you enjoy southern mysteries, you'll love this novel.

Under the Liberty Oak is a nominee for the Georgia Writer's Association's "Best First Novel"/Georgia Author of the Year award for 2007.

Reviewer: Alice Berger
Bergers Book Reviews

Wow!!!
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Review Date: 2007-11-08
I absolutely loved this book. I loved Brittan Lee and the description of the area combined with the history of the area. Makes me want to visit Georgia and read more from the author.

Beautifully written
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Review Date: 2007-11-07
Loved it! Absolute page turner. I can't wait for another. It kept me interested, I found nothing boring about it at all. The details given made it seem as if I was right there. Truly a great read!


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