Grant Books

This book has fabulous consulting cases and is written well. The longer cases are broken into parts so you have time to stop and think about what you would do and then read on to see what the consultants did in the next part and what the outcome was.

This is one of the best consulting case books ever written.

All casebooks should be written as well as this one.

I like this book because it frames multiuser detection in a linear algebraic setting, emphasising the connections between PIC (parallel interference cancellation) and SIC (successive interference cancellation) and the Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel iterative methods for solving linear systems. So if you know a little numerical linear algebra and are interested in multiuser detection, then you'll like this book. I like it a lot and have learnt a lot from it.

It really seems incredible that other than papers (these authors and also Rasmussen and others) there are very few sources to read which use this setting for the MUD problem. But then, maybe I just see all signal processing problems as problems of applied mathematics and do not appreciate the extra difficulties of implementing sophisticated algorithms in hardware to run in real-time. (I appreciate the difficulties a fair amount, but still like the matrix-vector approach.)

Two thumbs up (and strangely one of the authors is an Aussie, vying with Anderson and Moore (authors of Optimal Filtering) and The Wiggles (see "Toot Toot, Chugga chugga, Big Red Car", one of my daughter's favourites) for the title of World's Greatest Living Aussie).

My predecessor recommended this book and let me borrow her copy. I immediately knew I needed my own copy. I hope he comes out with an updated version (as some things in this field change with the economic times) soon. BUY IT!

This guide is truly the most simple and direct description out there of how to raise funds from companies and foundations and is useful for any minority group. The Manual is extremely user friendly, well organized, and presents an overview of all fundraising procedures and terminology. It even includes sections on professional associations, foundation center libraries across the country, and a section on how to write proposals specific to corporate interests. Well worth the money !!

Now in a newly updated twelfth edition, Corporate Foundation Profiles is a solid, comprehensive, reliable resource filled with a wealth of descriptive information and facts about philanthropic foundations across America. Corporate Foundation Profiles includes extensive and detailed lists of each foundation's purpose, background, staff, extensive analysis and charts concerning its grants, contact information, and much more, Corporate Foundation Profiles is a superb, comprehensive, unparalleled reference and an essential addition to the fund raising resource information collections of non-profit organization and community library reference collections.

David S. Grant's Corporate Porn represents a bright new entrant to the unnamed genre of fiction from writers like Bret Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk. This genre could be thought of differentially as black humor, satire, deadpan character study, and a dash of existentialism. Though no one has yet to put a name on it, Grant is throwing his lot in with the vibe of some of the very best 21st century American fiction.

It does bear some mention that Grant's work, as with the aforementioned and more popular authors, is highly male-centric. This is not important of itself, but in the context of an academic (and increasingly, intellectual) community that is skewed toward women, it is significant. Not to climb a rusty and dull old soapbox, but I cannot imagine a worse intellectual climate than one controlled exclusively by women. Or, if you prefer, any single gender.

That being said, Corporate Porn is very successful at tapping into the same skeptical, sarcastic, and bitterly funny undertone of other stories of its type. The main character, Trevor, melds so completely with the reader that it might as well be the flustered voice of reason inside us all that, having been ignored for so long, has finally begun to crack under the pressure of insane "real life".

Grant uses old-hat narrative tricks like recurrent phrases and deadpan dialogue delivery to maximum effect. The fact that he did not invent this narrative style does nothing to detract from how effective it is. The narrative is highly visual, even tactile. There is something appropriate about a story that feels like you're slamming your head against a cheap pressboard doorjamb (in a good way, of course, since that's what Trevor's doing). Despite the title, there is fairly little in the book about actual pornography, and only a moderate amount of corporate banter. Nonetheless, the environment of the story is one very much alive with human interaction portrayed with a heavy and refreshing dose of sometimes-hilarious realism. My favorite scenes involved Trevor riding a public bus, an activity which, in a big city, is very much the way in reality that Grant described it.

What really sticks out is the absurdity of Trevor's life in the context of his friends. A sentiment that, no doubt, those of us born after 1975 can relate to the same way our parents related to... oh, hell, flower power or something. There is not a great way to describe how generational this book feels, but it does. I would be interested in getting the reaction from an older audience to this book, because so much of it feels like a Gen X inside joke. I think it is a little unbecoming to gush too much over a work like this, since that's obviously the very thing that the author despises, so I'll keep my qualitative comments to this: I couldn't put it down.

First of all, I'm somewhat biased in my opinion because Mr. Grant was a distant relative. That aside, this book is a must read for anyone who wants a first hand glimpse into life as seen through a pioneer settler's eyes. This man could tell a story in terms that any true midwesterner can appreciate. His other book, Vanishing Wagon Tracks is equally entertaining.

I want to buy this book for my family members. However, others must agree with my review because I've had no success finding this title anywhere else. Hopefully, Amazon.com can hook me up with someone that has this out of print work of art.

Have you ever wondered what the old Westerners meant when they used words like "rustling," "handle," or "blind trap?" This fascinating book has plenty of words like these, but it is not merely a dictionary. It is filled with history and lore that may keep you browsing for hours if you have even the slightest interest in the Old West, or in American culture in general. While somewhat dated (it was first published in the 1950's), it also highlights genuinely little-known history, such as the "Rustler War" in Wyoming in the 1890's. The information about famous Old West artists like Frederick Remington could be valuable to art historians as well. Speaking of art, the illustrations by Jackie and Fiore Mastri add greatly to the book's appeal, as does Grant's cleverly-written text. Even the typeface is well-chosen. This is very, very worth searching out.

I got stuck a lot in this challenging game, especially when getting the gems. Noooo!!!! It's so hard! But then, a Prima Game Guide came down from heaven...and everything became....really, really easy. This guide includes step-by-step strategy for going through the game, with really cool boss strategies, and the easiest ways to get all gems! This is DEFINITELY not a waste of money! HALLALUYAH! HALLALUYAH!