Freeman Books

I work in data communications and until I read this book I found the folks at the phone company baffling.

This book captures well the technical culture of the phone company right before the Internet took off.

A lot of really great explanation of how things like analog modems work- with a lot of great pictures.

Given that electronic signals are central to both artificial computers and biological nervous systems, this easy-to-read reference on electronic signals may prove useful to readers of many backgrounds.

This book covers physical, information theoretic, and electronic issues in data communication. While the book is a bit dated, the classic material really hasn't changed that much. Pierce and Nolls give a masterful treatment of this material at an introductory to intermediate level. If you are looking for a book packed with equations and proofs or a book devoid of such things you will be disappointed. Rather, the book is heavy on qualitative understanding, with some analysis and equations following from the qualitative understanding.

When I got this book, I picked it up in a bargain bin, and thought that it was worth a ...gamble that it might have some content (it looked a little too accessible, not deep). After reading this book and Pierce's (same author) Introduction to Information Theory: Signals Systems and Noise, I have a new appreciation. Pierce is the kind of guy who can get a point across, and give an understanding of some deep concepts. This book is great, and I'm really glad I have it.

This book offers more information and factual data, then first assumed. You'll learn about sleep disorders, and all of the latest research. For example, did you know that the sleep attacks of narcolepsy occur at periodic intervals of 90 - 100 minutes, during waking, a frequency that collides with the onset of REM during sleep. Not only is this and other interesting facts presented in a clear manner, but the reason behind this is explained in such a concise and constructive way, that you cant help but to consider this a better page turner than most works of fiction. I recommend this to anyone to wishes to learn about the human brain, dreaming, or just sleep in general.

This book offers more information and factual data, then first assumed. You'll learn about sleep disorders, and all of the latest research. For example, did you know that the sleep attacks of narcolepsy occur at periodic intervals of 90 - 100 minutes, during waking, a frequency that collides with the onset of REM during sleep. Not only is this and other interesting facts presented in a clear manner, but the reason behind this is explained in such a concise and constructive way, that you cant help but to consider this a better page turner than most works of fiction. I recommend this to anyone who wishes to learn about the human brain, dreaming, or just sleep in general.

Being a psychology student whose thesis was on sleep and dreams, I am bit bias to be writing a review of this book. I really loved it and think that most people would, weither they know anything about the process of sleep or not. It's very informative and presented interestingly, with lots of pictures and a little humor too. Hobson is one of the leading sleep scientists, so he knows what he's talking about. I would definately suggest that anyone who sleeps should have this book!

I was very pleased to discover that Garrels' classic book is available again. Every geochemist should have a copy of this book in their private library.

This is the absolute bible for all geochemists, It covers material that is found in many other texts but in more detail, with a larger number of worked examples, which really does help. Now it has been reprinted you should go and buy it!

I was very pleased to discover that Garrels' classic book is available again. Every geochemist should have a copy of this book in their private library.

I happen to know Marilyn Freeman, she is my grandmother, and a great one at that. This is the first book that she has published in her career but I bet it won't be her last. This is a great book about twins that spend a summer with their grandma and have alot of laughs. Be sure to read it, cause when your done you'll want to go back and read it again, believe me, I've read it 3 times and I still cant get over it.

I read this book with my kids, ages 7 and 9, a chapter a night for a bedtime story. We got many laughs out of Grandma's adventures with the twins and often couldn't resist the urge to stay up and read an extra chapter. It made for some great snuggle/giggle time.

This is a great book filled with humorous stories centered around a summer spent with Grandma. Twins Amy and Allen decide to teach their grandmother how to surf the web. Why does Grandma put on her bathing suit for this? What happens when Grandma gets in the wrong line at the Water Park? Will she go down the giant slide? Grandma is a wonderful sport about everything! All ages will love reading about her. I know I did.

I have heard several people comment the same thing regarding this daily Christian devotional. "Some days I have all my Christian devotionals scattered on the table, and if I really am in need of getting a word to focus me on Christ, and what life is really all about, I always find it in 'The Supplied Life'." The devotional for January 1 makes clear that we can receive the Spirit of Christ by simple invitation, and the other 365 days emphasize the practical good of His life in us. I highly recommend this book for practical help in enjoying the Christian life.

This daily devotional focuses on helping believers to experience how rich our Lord Jesus is to the members of His body. From enjoying the Lord as the bread of life to the deeper work of the cross, the content of this book is Christ ministering Himself to us as our sweet and wonderful portion. Each daily reading is full of encouragement as Bill helps us look away from our 'self', and to the Lord to receive the ministry of God's life. This is an excellent devotional.

A truely insightful look at the Word of God. It's not full of fluffy, useless, advice or just another authors opinion. This book gives the Ultimate Authors' opinion. It gives the reader solid food to take through the day. I highly recommend this "gem." It is worth its weight in gold x10. :)

In 2003 Annette Freeman, Australian lawyer, book lover, and adventurous traveler, opened a Sydney bookshop and café called "Tea in the Library." With its excellent food and drink, comfortable chairs by a fireplace, and carefully chosen stock of intriguing books, "TITL" (pun intended by Ms. Freeman) was a bibliophile's dream as well as the very personal vision of its determined owner. Although it earned rapturous reviews and gained a following of loyal customers, the shop never quite made enough money to become self-sustaining, and in 2005, after well over a year of personal and financial sacrifice, Ms. Freeman reluctantly decided to close it, thereby unwillingly depriving Sydney of, as she says, "one great little bookshop café."

Ostensibly about the many trials of running a small business, "Tea in the Library" really deals, in an intimate but not mawkish manner, with the author's journey--including literal journeys to the Himalayas and the Antarctic--to a fuller understanding and a greater acceptance of herself. Forced to develop and implement a business plan, learn the complexities of the bookselling business as well as how to run a café, and grapple with the practical and emotional difficulties of hiring and, unfortunately, firing employees, Ms. Freeman found herself a much stronger and more confident person at the end of the process. As she notes, although she had become a partner in her law firm, the experience of opening, operating, and then closing Tea in the Library helped her realize how very far she had come from the young "Tazzie" (Tasmania-born) woman once almost too shy to answer the telephone and the young lawyer who wrote letters in longhand because she was afraid to expose her inexperience by attempting to dictate them.

"Tea in the Library" will be of interest to a wide variety of readers: book lovers certainly but also persons interested in running small businesses and those with an interest in Australian life and culture. However, "Tea in the Library" will appeal most to the many readers who, like Annette Freeman, wonder how far they can press their perceived limits, whether those imposed by society or by themselves. As Ms. Freeman discovered, and as she expresses so eloquently in this well-written and beautifully illustrated memoir, those limits can be pressed very far indeed. For that reason we are, as she is, "grateful that Tea in the Library has been part of [her] life."

Pour yourself a good cup of tea, curl up in a comfortable chair, and lose yourself for a few hours in this wonderful "Library."

Since I have met and shared good meals and times with the author this was a very good and interesting book about a special time in her life. Knowing Annette made this book really special to both of us. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to be touched by a special time in someone elses life. I hope it does well.

Tea in the Library is, as the blurb says, about how one woman fulfilled the dream of many a book-lover by opening a bookshop café in the heart of Sydney. It is not, however, a `how-to' business book! It does give some ideas about how to cope when the going gets tough; how to deal with the everyday crises that seem to be a part of the project; and how to stop and enjoy the frequent excellent outcomes; how to delight in the highs as well as endure the lows.

It is obviously a book for book-lovers. There are fascinating descriptions of many bookshops, in Sydney and abroad, which were visited as part of the `research', and the literary references add to the `bookish' tone. Fans of memoirs will be interested in the narrative of the author's early love of books. Readers who enjoy eccentric real-life characters will find plenty to amuse them. Those who like travel books will find excursions to the Himalayas and Antarctica - places where we find there are also highs and lows to be experienced.

Finally, it is a personal book. We find out what lawyers really think of lawyer jokes, and about the anguish of dealing with unforseen, sometimes catastrophic situations. The writing style is very personal and readable; perhaps a little repetitive in places, but this in the end only adds to the character of the book.

Highly recommended.

What a terrific cookbook! Vatch provides fantastic recipes, great information about equipment and techniques, and menu ideas. He includes key recipes from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. He includes pictures from each country, insight into the way of life, and outlines how the food differs from one country to another.

There are also terrific pictures of many of the dishes. I especially like his "Making a Meal" section, which helps a chef plan a pan-Asian feast or a one-dish dinner.

I really recommend this cookbook to anyone who is interested in cooking authentic meals from several countries of southeast Asia.

I lived in Bangkok for 3 years and have tried every Thai cookbook in print--this is the BEST. Easy easy easy and authentic, with beautiful illustrations and descriptions of food from Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, this makes a great gift. You will use this cookbook all the time.

I just love this book. I stumbled on to it while browsing the library shelf and knew I had to own it. The recipes are great, the pictures are beautiful, and the book is well laid out by country. I've been to SE Asia, and now every time I prepare a meal from this book, I look at the pictures while cooking, and enjoy the wonderful memories of Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, where I first sampled many of the dishes. This book would make a perfect gift for someone who has traveled SE Asia and loves the food. It was my gift to me.

I am going through treatment for cancer and if one more person gave me some syrupy sweet, overly illustrated, overly Job (cough,cough Max Lucado) book candy coating the message "shut-up-and-put-up-God-can-do-what-He-wants-so-you-have-no-right-to-feel-anger-or-grief-or-confusion" I was going to go insane.

Then I stumbled on this book in the teen Sunday School class and it blew me away. It's small but packs a powerful message that helps answer questions but also helps you learn to deal with problems.

I've bought a few of these to pass around chemo. I could have done without some of the cutesies, i.e., "King Jimmy" but it's easily overlooked.

Sometimes life isn't fair, but we expect it to be...why else would we be so angry and hurt when it isn't. We wonder:

* If God is a God of love, why is there so much suffering in the world?
* Why do the wicked seem to prosper?
* Why do terrible things seem to happen to nice people?
* Why does life have to hurt so much?
* Isn't there an easier way to grow?
* Can any meaning be found in suffering?

Endorsed by the likes of Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham, Paul Meier and others, When Life Isn't Fair: Making Sense Out of Suffering (Hardcover, 144 pages) presents helpful insight, poignant stories and touches of humor in revealing a biblical perspective on these questions. Written in a highly readable and thought-provoking style, author Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. encourages readers to seek a greater understanding of their feelings through personal reflection. He also prompts discussion about their expectations of themselves, others and God.

Published by New leaf Press as part of the Trusting the Master series, Dr. Freeman's newly revised and reprinted book contains Bible verses that speak to specific situations. Drawing on his years of experience in counseling people through their grief and suffering, Dr. Freeman provides a framework upon which can be found true, lasting peace and security.

As a State of Maryland Board Certified Professional Counselor, Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. holds a Master of Science degree in counseling from Loyola College (Baltimore) and also a Ph.D. in the same discipline. He served as mentor/chaplain for the NBA Washington Wizards for 19 years ('79-'98). As president of The Freeman Institute™, Dr. Freeman conducts team building/leadership/diversity/change management initiatives for leaders of other nations, government agencies, corporations and faith-based organizations. Joel and his family reside in Maryland.

In the midst of a very terrible time in my life, I stumbled across this book. It blew me away. I have read many, many books on suffering and dealing with life's tragedies. This one is different in that it does not simply regurgitate the standard pat answers to why suffering exists and what to do when it happens ("Trials are actually a blessing! They'll make you a better person! Embrace them!" -- Give me a break.). Joel Freeman avoids preachy, sanctimonious language and never gets condescending. He gives you practical strategies for dealing with not only suffering and grief but the accompanying feelings of unfairness and "God's absence" that go along with these. My faith in God was strenghthened by my having read this book.

Once again we find a book under the general heading of photography where the title seeks to make a very big claim. Achieving photographic style is as difficult for the photographer as trying to define what precisely is meant by that very term is for the writer. In this fascinating book by one accomplished photographer, we are treated to the works of numerous other accomplished photographers - most of whom are not household names.

In a book which is very thoughtfully laid out and presented, we find how successful photographers have found that certain measure of style in a situation where other photographers were also present and failed. It is always the successful photograph - and, thereby, the photographer, who is remembered. From people involved in confrontational and even warlike situations, to the peace and solitude of an outstanding landscape or a subject of still life, this is a book which should be studied by all photographers - if only because there is an image in there somewhere which will give you an immediate idea.

Ideas are what photography is all about and this book is packed full of them.

NM

Once again we find a book under the general heading of photography where the title seeks to make a very big claim. Achieving photographic style is as difficult for the photographer as trying to define what precisely is meant by that very term is for the writer. In this fascinating book by one accomplished photographer, we are treated to the works of numerous other accomplished photographers - most of whom are not household names.

In a book which is very thoughtfully laid out and presented, we find how successful photographers have found that certain measure of style in a situation where other photographers were also present and failed. It is always the successful photograph - and, thereby, the photographer, who is remembered. From people involved in confrontational and even warlike situations, to the peace and solitude of an outstanding landscape or a subject of still life, this is a book which should be studied by all photographers - if only because there is an image in there somewhere which will give you an immediate idea.

Ideas are what photography is all about and this book is packed full of them.

NM

The amg books are quite exceptional but this one is really something. There are a few omissions I noted (Rotary Connection and Fanny)yet the proof is in the pudding. Prove it to yourself by finding an artist with several works you have a view on and see what their writer says...often the observations are right on whether you fully agree or not. The reviews and bios are quite interesting, and it is a volume to get lost in...a real treasure. A few artists will get more attention than you might like, but it leaves all other volumes like it in the dust.

I've found the "All Music Guide" to be such a useful research tool, that I start lapsing into an "info-mercial-esque" tone when I begin extolling its virtues: "Hi. My name is Alan, and I'm a freelance music writer. When I'm assigned to write about a band that I know next-to-nothing about, I always turn to the 'All Music Guide'. This mammoth music encyclopedia is not only useful, but a ton o' fun! Let's say that I need a quick factoid about some rock group that I despise--like, I dunno, The Scorpions. I just pull out my 'AMG', turn to page 329, and voila; I quickly learn that Scorp's, co-founder Michael Schenker quit the band in 1973 to join fellow metal-meisters UFO. Wow...UFO! But they don't call it the 'All Music Guide' for nothin'; flip over to page 1351, and you'll find incisive reviews of almost every available record by legendary jazz saxophonist/heroin addict Art Pepper. If you only buy one music research book this year, make it 'All Music Guide'." In all seriousness, this thing has saved me hours of net-surfing, in addition to helping me avoid a few hundred research sojourns to Tower Records trying to find out what year Buddy Guy's first record was released.