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So here is the thing that so far has held true for every Futurama and Simpsons comic that I have read...

It is just like a good episode of the show, just in comic book form.

If you love the show of Futurama and can tolerate reading, buy these comics because they are hilarious. The characters and situations are true to the show and, although I have not found an issue that is as good as a great episode, all that I have read have been as good as good episodes.

These are must-haves for fans of the show.

This is really pretty entertaining. There are multiple spoofs and satires in here, from short movie blobs, and the robot killer santa vs the robot dealer to the more clever versions of the Terminator.

Not sure who came up with Fry's X-Men dream, but that was definitely funny, and well done, particularly with him dressed as Phoenix.

this is a good purchase if you are a big fan of the show and want some sew stories. it isnt that well written( obvouisly not by groening). the problem is that the tv shows jokes had a lot to do with timing. thats hard to replicate as a comic.but ienjoyed it being a big fan of the show.
for added fun.. read it out loud and try to do the voices.!!!

I was a Futurama fan from the beginning of this series. I got others involved as fans. And although this series doesn't have the lingering power of the Simpsons, it was entertaining, witty, and rewarding to the fan who learned the nuances of the characters.

With that said, Futurama Adventures was disappointing. And I'm not really sure that I can tell you why! It wasn't "entertaining, witty, and rewarding to the fan who learned the nuances of the characters." It was flat, bland, and not very entertaining.

I think I have been totally contaminated by knowing Futurama as a television series. I compare the printed version to that audio-visual version, and it loses badly. The tone in the voices, the shrugging of Fry's shoulder, the burping of Bender... it is the little things that make these characters "believable" and "adorable." Take them away, and you get flat, bland, etc. I feel the same way about the Simpsons books.

So... thumbs up for Futurama! If you want to know this series and these characters, get the DVDs. You won't get to know Fry by reading this book.

Adventures is the sequel to Futurama-O-Rama and is a compilation of the next 5 comic books: a) Who's Dying to be Gazillionaire?, b) Xmas Time is Fear, c) New Year's Rockin' Evil, d) Planet X-Press Men, and e) Freaky Fry-Day.
Just like Futurama-O-Rama, Futurama Adventures is an OUTSTANDING book; the art, the plots, the writing, the witty humor and the AMAZING characters are all very well thought out and presented!
The spoof on the X-MEN (story #4) is GREAT!
In short, keep them coming!!!

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip is a informative and interesting book that tells of the invention of a favorite food of the U.S. It is a wonderful addition to any library seeking to add multicultural depth to the collection. It has great illustrations.

I purchased this book for my 7 year old grandson who is biracial. He is having problems with classmates calling him names and I thought this book would show him that race has nothing to do with accomplishments. The book was a little to old for him. The pictures were very dark and not at all bright. He really didn't enjoy the book at all. I don't recommend this book for young children.

I enjoyed this story of George Crum, who in 1853 invented the potato chip while working as a chef at the prestigious Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs.

Crum was confident of his cooking skills but as a person of color, part African American and part Native American; he faced difficulty finding a position as a chef. Hired by Moon's Lake House, Crum's menu soon brought the rich and famous to the restaurant in droves.

He felt great frustration and chafed at the pettiness of wealthy restaurant patrons. After one customer complained about the thickness of some French fries, Crum, in retaliation, sliced the potatoes wafer thin and fried them at a very high heat. The rest is history.

This book works well for kids on many levels. It is a skillfully told story from history. Morrison's illustrations are bright and engaging and evoke the time period. In the dining room of the restaurant, the patrons are white and the waitstaff is black.

Readers will applaud George Crum's independent spirit and his determination to follow his own path. This story of one of our favorite snack foods is a terrific read to share with students.

Hip Hip Hooray! A fabulous biography that is not only multi-cultural, but will hold the interest of every child who reads it! Thanks go out to author Gaylia Taylor, who must have researched many months to find enough details to bring George Crum half Native American, half African American, back to life. Embarrassed and laughed at in school as a child because he couldn't count to one hundred, George decided to live his life by making his own choices, not those of society. There are strong messages about self esteem and perserverance in this story, yet they never beat the reader over the head.
Frank Morrison's illustrations are both interesting and fun.
This book is a must have for all Elementary School libraries. I loved it so much, I bought one for each school in our district!

Frank Morrison's illustrations are the best thing in this biography of the inventor of the potato chip, Mr. George Crum. I've seen Morrison's work in both "Sweet Music in Harlem" and "Jazzy Miz Mozetta," but I think this is his best work to date. Sure, he has those signature elongated limbs and faces, but his backgrounds also curve around, inviting you into the picture. His choice of colors is outstanding, rich greens and browns make you taste the Adirondack mountains, and his precious orchid tones suggest the high-minded, precious ambience of the exclusive restaurants where Crum eventually works. Morrison commands each scene, whether the action table side or in the kitchen, (where George whips up a batch of French fries--their return by yet another horrendous customer prompts an angry George to invent the dish we now call the potato chip), or in a fish-shaped lily pad floating on the river where George lays down his pole.

The story depicts mid-18th century America, and includes some interest-provoking material about George and his sister and supporter, Kate. An early scene that show George's frustration at school sets up George's later feisty personality, and his "revenge" on the fussy french fry complaint. However, it seems a little contrived, and the details about his entire life seem somewhat superfluous. Not to make too fine a point of it, but I also wondered at the cozy racial integration shown both at school and at the cafes. Perhaps this is useful for educational settings, but it's internally inconsistent with Crum's difficulty procuring a chef position, and is very probably contradictory to the times.

While some scene-setting is necessary, perhaps a better tact would have been conclude the story at its dramatic high point (the invention and fame of the potato chip), and include some of the early and later details in the excellent afterward by Ms. Taylor. Still, any story about a food as familiar as the potato chip will attract lots of interest, and Morrison's pictures make this a tasty read.

This book is not as good as Ott's in both depth and clarity, but it is a classic in the field. You might well get it because everyone else references to it.

An expensive book with little meat. Whole chapters dedicated to basic electromagnetism. Nice if it was a primer on electromag but this is supposed to be a focused book.
Buy "Noise Reduction tech. in Electronic Systems" Henry W. Ott. Much better book for the money.

In his book Morrison says he may have gotten a few things wrong. That statement is almost the extent of what he got right. But Ott's book. You won't be sorry.

This book is a good introductory book to understand electrostatics, electromagnetism, and related induction and noise problems. The book is better suited for electronic design engineers and technicians, offering them techniques for handling noise problems, and reducing or eliminating noise in interconnecting systems and electronic equipment.

Probably not the best choice if you are an Industrial Practitioner of Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems, looking to increase your knowledge about noise and induction problems, but especially interested in real world solutions and case studies related to field instrumentation loops, control systems, UPS, and the sort of equipment and devices found in industrial application. If this is your case, you should take a look at "Practical Grounding, Bonding, Shielding and Surge Protection (Practical Professional Books)" by G Vijayaraghavan, Mark Brown, and Malcolm Barnes, and "Control System Power and Grounding Better Practice ("Control Engineering" S.)" by Roger Hope, Dave Harrold, and David Brown, which may probe to be more useful for your specific needs.

I am an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control who has been working in the Process Industries for more than 16 years as an Automation, Instrumentation, Process Safety and Process Control Engineer. I found thie latest two books more useful in understanding and dealing with day to day problems encountered in the field and in control rooms.

The first 3 editions of this book had "In Instrumentation" in the title, the name change reflects an added focus on digital electronics, but the emphasis on analog is still there. The book was and is outstanding in its explanation of how to calculate the magnitude of interference from all kinds of external sources on analog signals between sensors and instrumentation or between instruments, and how to thus select a grounding and shielding system which meets requirements. I have used its methods to solve grounding and shielding problems many times during 20+ years as a field engineer troubleshooting new machinery control installations. It may not the best book for learning digital signal integrity design issues, but does introduce the subject clearly.

This book "The Druids" is somewhat of an ambiguous introduction about the life and history of a people who's culture has been ingrained in almost every walk of life in the western world. What makes the druid historical axiom so difficult to deduce is that for centuries these eclectic occultist
practiced oral traditions insofar as telling their own histories and legends.

Stuart Piggott who was an Abercromby Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh from 1946-1977 wrote that "Druidism, it seems, was the religion of the Celts of pre-Roman Gaul and Britain. Described by Greek and Roman writers, it fell from view with the coming of Christianity, only to be rediscovered by classical scholars of the Renaissance." So, at best the druid history is extremely sketchy. The reason for this is that there wasn't enough information or documentation about these people because in one certain case around 60-BC Julius Caesar claimed he was the "only authority for Druidic organization under a single pontiff in Gaul (France)." Caesar wasn't exactly a credible source but the war with Vercingetorix and the Gauls and his war with ancient Britannia (Britain) makes his account viable to Druidic research at large.

Piggott's book can be summed up in three parts. The first 1/3 of the book is about the archaeological artifacts discovered in Celtiberia which is now modern day Spain and Portugal as well as Gaul, the British Isles and Galatia (Asia Minor) where it is believed that the Celts migrated through the Balkans to create settlements there. And if you'd appreciate a biblical account of the Galatians then I strongly suggest reading the bible if you are a religious person.
Furthermore, this book endeavors to explore many grave-sites, ritual shafts, and ancient villages that were discovered all across the European continent.

The second 1/3 of the book covers the historical and literary significance of these people. In chapter 3 page 110 Piggott writes about the human and animal sacrifices, which took place inside a wicker cage that was shaped like a human being. This cage was called the wicker-man and the Celts paid homage to their gods and goddesses by burning people alive in these thing for the interest of winning wars and hierarchal propaganda .
"The aspect of druid function that has been found most embarrassing to certain apologists is their association with human sacrifice. Animal sacrifices are involved in (historian) Pliny's description of the cutting of the mistletoe from the oak-tree," plus "(Historian) Diodorus assigns animals and human sacrifice to the seer (manteis)," while "(historian) Strabo classes the equivalent vates as interpreters of sacrifices in general, but does not specify the precise practitioners among the hierarchy who actually carried out the animal and human holocaust in wicker figures." said Piggott.
This practice was abolished during the first century AD when the Roman Empire reigned supreme over the Celt world.
At best for a better understanding of the Gallic Wars and Caesar's other Celtic wars I suggest reading "Caesar Against The Celts" by Ramon L. Jiménez, because Piggott's historical assessment lies in his field of expertise, which is archaeology, while Jiménez introduces the subject from a much broader historical perspective.

The last 1/3 of the book delves into the romantic images of the Druids and the Druidic practices in modernity (today). Piggott discusses the Druids' embracement of the forest and environment around them, which was the very nucleus of their religious belief system.
Furthermore, Piggot addresses the overly romantic facts and theories of Stonehenge. As a matter of fact Piggott writes, "The association of the monument (Stonehenge) and the (Druid) priesthood has become so established a piece of English folklore that it is too often forgotten that its origins lie no earlier than the late seventeenth century, and that[s] when (John) Aubrey[] suggest[ed], it was merely one among several alternative views about the origins of Stonehenge."
(John Aubrey, 1626-1697 was an English antiquary and writer.)
And what makes the Druidic religion even more enchanting is that modern Druids still celebrate the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge.
It's simply amazing to think that this religion has survived virtual extinction from the ancient Roman Empire and the Vatican a.k.a the New Roman Empire.

Please beware, this book is a scholarly work, so if you're not into academia then this isn't for you because Piggot quotes many ancient historians such as Pliny, Suetonius, and Strabo. And if you're not familiar with these historical sources then you may not enjoy this book.

I do wish that Piggott discussed Freemasonry considering that Masonry borrowed a copious amount from this religion and inculcated it into their own belief system.

Overall, this book is a heavy read and it's not the most enjoyable book to state the least, but it deserves 3 stars because it's packed full of history and antiquities of pedagogical significance.
However, I do suggest reading other books on this subject especially if you want to fathom what Wicca is all about. And if you want to inquire about the Albion Lodge of the Ancient Order of the Druids at Blenheim, or York and Scottish-Rite Freemasonry in general.

For further reading I suggest reading:

"Who Were The Celts?" by Kevin Duffy. For a more ascertainable look at Celtic history.

"Celtic Magic" by D.J. Conway. For a clearer view of the Gods and Goddesses and magical rituals.

"A History of Ireland" by Peter and Fiona Somerset Fry. For a proper perspective on Irish history

"Legends of Arthur" by Richard Barber. For some Arthurian mythology since it's heavily based on Celtic and Christian allegory.

And I already recommended "Caesar Against the Celts" by Ramon L. Jiménez.

For the most part this is a decent book.

Fusing both historical research and anthropology this talented author brings to life figures that would require a lifetime of study to partially comprehend. I would suggest this book to anyone who thinks Celtic=Wiccan or that the Irish/Celtic natural spirit is anything but Heathen. A great read for curious Wiccans and well read Indo European sons and daughters.

I read the `Druids' with slightly amused rapture as I imagined the croaky voice of a pre-war colonial authority on primitive tribes. This book had been recommended to me so many times that I eventually caved in and procured it as a bargain on E-Bay. I was perhaps slightly wary of the semi-divine official status of Professor Stuart Piggot, an accepted archeological authority at Oxford University, and whilst he follows the standard principals of academic research and remains objective throughout, his style of writing provokes a `Monty-Python'esque' humor for its occasional eccentricity.

What I found immensely helpful was Prof. Piggot's approach to analysis, categorization and organization of evidence and information. This would include the use of archeological, iconographic, epigraphic, classical and vernacular sources. Whilst I groaned every time I came across the word `savage' or `barbarian,' I was also grateful for the authors introduction to the terms `hard and soft primitivism' to explain the differences between the classical Greek and Latin accounts of the Gallic tribes and the Druids.

Piggot is absolutely thorough in his approach and account of the Druids. He is prepared to examine every facet, each crumb of evidence and article of information available to him, regardless of academic opinion. I can imagine how revolutionary in format this book might have been when first published, since even today few academics are willing to explore a subject beyond their own particular specialism. For this I admire Piggot, who evidently pushed out the boat, broadened his field of enquiry and tackled the subject as a whole rather than remain in a subjective arena. And so, I found myself looking at the importance of maps, place-names, technology, science, agriculture, economy, social order, language and literacy, archeology, shrines, temples, earth-works, burial sites, votive sites, etymology, rituals, education and literacy, cosmology and religious beliefs, magic, gnomic wisdom, philosophy, and politics. In this respect, `The Druids' is definitely comprehensive, provocative and inspiring; it provided me with a wealth of topics for deeper consideration and contemplation.

The bulk of the text is conveniently divided up into four main chapters. In the latter part Piggot deals with the romantic ideal and the Druid revival. Whereas many scholars would begin perhaps in the 17th century with Tolland and Stukely, Piggot draws back to the last phase of the European Renaissance to discover the roots of paganism as we know it today. I found it interesting to learn that many early speculations on the nature of the Druids and Celts were colored by the discovery of native American Indian tribal cultures and systems. Piggot takes the reader up to the romantic revival, the `dignified nonsense' of the Welsh Gorsedd and Iolo Morganwg, the shady mysticism of dreamers and the `cosy world of lunatic linguistics' of individuals like Rowland Jones. Piggot's view of this latter modern development in `native spirituality' is one without historical or cultural foundation, a colorless and fanciful imagining, and I for one must surely agree.

In his epilogue Piggot succinctly draws his conclusions and theories together. He defines the practices of the earliest Druids as being developments of customs and rituals in Paleolithic prehistory, and proposes the possibility of syncretism with other Indo European cultures. Piggot even considers the possibility of a strain of shamanism within Druidic practice, a question which regularly appears within online discussion groups today and inspires fierce arguments.

Having absorbed the radical content of this volume I can now see how vastly it influenced the beginnings of a traditionalist Celtic Pagan movement in the latter half of the twentieth century. Piggot has created a stable foundation on which reliable research can be conducted for the implementation of traditional practices and rituals within a modern context. Perhaps his final comment reveals the most about the inherent characteristics of the Druid, that the truest modern evocation of their spirit is within the realms of scientific exploration and computer engineering than mythic reconstructionism and `role playing.'

The message I got from this book was that I should be prepared to question everything, to analyze and carefully weigh the evidence of any spiritual matter but particularly those subjects dealing with ancient concepts. Piggot provided me with the academic tools to disseminate, examine, and probe beyond careless ambiguity and imagination... and seek the core dynamic of a topic rather than peruse its exterior decoration.

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_The Druids_ by distinguished archeologist Stuart Piggott, published in the Ancient Peoples and Places series, is an essential source on this ancient Celtic priesthood. This book covers much material dealing with the archeological remains available from the ancient Celts, as well as material from ancient texts (mostly written by Greeks and Romans). The first section of this book covers the archeological remains of the ancient Celts, including tombs and various artifacts which are believed to be connected with the Druids. These remains are present throughout Britain and Ireland as well as in parts of Continental Europe, from France all the way to Czechoslovakia. The second section deals with ancient texts which help inform the archeological discoveries. Important writings from Posidonious, Lucan, and Caesar are explained. To the ancients, the world was believed to have fallen from a lost Golden Age, and thus the ancient barbarian tribes represented this pastoral paradise. Thus, druids were depicted as noble priests and wizards who ruled as philosophers and poets of nature as part of a soft primitivism. However, as part of a hard primitivism it was noted that druids practiced human sacrifice and engaged in ghastly rituals (often involving mistletoe as a sacred plant). Caesar and others were appalled by these cannibalistic rites and had them prohibited. The third section of this book deals with the romantic notions of the druid that sprang up later. These romantic notions again incorporated elements of soft primtivism, presenting the druids as noble savages (much as the inhabitants of the New World were perceived), or hard primitivism, presenting the savagery (especially human sacrifice) of the druids. Important writers developed the druid myth, often deriving them from the children of Noah after the flood. The druids came to play some part in the thinking of deists and nature worshippers but also in that of orthodox Christians who saw in the druids a precursor to their own faith. Early writers dealing with the druids included John Toland, William Stukeley, and William Blake. Also, the stone monuments such as Stonehenge came to be associated with the ancient druids through this romantic literature. Within the last hundred years, societies sprang up claiming druidic pedigrees for themselves. Indeed, one such druidic society included among its members Winston Churchill. Today many of these druidic societies hold rites around Stonehenge and other sacred monuments during certain times of the year. The author stresses however the distinction between druids-as-known and druids-as-wished-for. This book provides an excellent introduction to the archeology of the ancient Celts and the history of the druids.

This is the one that all other books are judged by. Piggott doesn't wander off into romanticism but it also isn't just dry anthropology.

Morrison as usual takes us to a place...she writes a fictious story, but it is true in all form. She encourages us to look at language. Morrison is brillant and her use of descriptive, vibrant, language not only tells us a story about language...but, has many underlining meanings. I think the old, blind, woman is Morrison writes about is...herself.

This Nobel acceptance speech is not only a masterful message about language, integrity, courage, and literature, it also happens to be one of the most powerful statements I've encountered about what it means to be a good teacher. Every educator should read this.

Morrison delivers the line that gets drawn in the sand. She asks us to pick a side. A side for language to live with us, or die with us. Some of the most inspirational words i have ever read.

Toni Morrison is an awesome writer and truly deserves this prize not just for "Beloved", but for this wonderfully written speech. She is one of the best writers of today.

Toni Morrison delivered a fine lecture upon her acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. The lecture is dominated by a central parable: about an elderly African-American woman sage who is questioned by some young people.

This parable is a bit overdone, and I found it less than convincing by the end of the text. But the lecture as a whole is thought provoking and even inspiring. Morrison's language is elegant and powerful, and she shares important insights. Especially important, in my opinion, are her cautionary words about the potential use of language as an oppressive force. Overall, I find Morrison's Nobel Lecture to be a fascinating component of her larger body of work.

I jusst finished reading this sports almanac. It gave me axcitement from the time i opened the book, to the time i closed it. It displayed so much information. Every reecord set in sports was in this book. They covered just about every sport thats played and i found it pretty interesting. I start in the baseball section and finished right throught the boxing section. In football they listed every catagory of records there are. From the college level to the professional level. It also had arena football, canadian football, and the xtreme football league ( the XFL). It listed every coach who was honored to be th coach of the year from the year of 1955 to 2000. The all-time list of rushing, receiving, passing, winning, losing, years coached most super bowl appearences and wins, etc. In college basketball it has the complete 2000-2001 season of stats. It also has the full bracket for the tournament. In the nba section, they have the all-time scoring, assist, rebounds, free throw shooting, three-point percentage, wining percentage lists visible. Boxing lovers aren't left out because in this almanac there are facts about the greatest heavyweights, cruiserweights, light heavyweights, super heavyweights, middleweights, jr. middleweights, lightweights, jr.lightweights, featherweights, jr. featherweights, branweights, jr. branweights, flywights, jr. flyweights, and minimum weights ever. Yes all of that.

This book is a must read for ESPN fans. It is an amazingly detailed book, and one that you are able to look through for hours and never get tired of.

Would'nt you like a book that covers records for ALL the popular sports, instead of just one or two? Well you've come to the right place!!! Baseball, college Basketball, Pro Basketball, College Football, Pro Football, Horse Racing, Formula Racing, Nascar, Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Summer Olymipics, Winter Olympics, Bowling, Track and Field, Boxing, and Fishing, are just a FEW of the sports covered in this extra thick publication!!! You get last years season records for baseball, football, and basketball, plus, the most popular All Time Records. There's hundreds of breath taking photos as well as coverage of last years World Series, and All Time World Series Records. Ever had an argument with someone about a popular sports record? There are tons of records recorded in this fine publication. Want to improve your knowledge on sports trivia without having to thumb through thousands of sports memorabilia books? Well, here's your answer! Folks, to put it simple, this book is the best publication for sports trivia in the World PERIOD I started buying this book in 1998, and it's a big help for me. I can keep up with how my favorite players and teams are faring, plus, I need it to help me pick whose sportscards I'm going to invest in. So can you tell me who the all time Rushing Leader is? If you can't, you can find out by getting this book! ENJOY!!!

This book is a must read for ESPN fans. It is an amazingly detailed book, and one that you are able to look through for hours and never get tired of.

This is a pretty good book. I liked it but: 1. Too Long 2. Hard to understand I still recommend this book if you need a sports almanac.

I am a fellow of Nephrology at University of Vermont.I have used this book occasionly , due to the reason as it is a bit bulky to carry in white coat.I wish it was more portable.Secondly main reason I say its ordinary book because the information is not very updated and the science of therapeutics is changing.It does not talk in detail about high flux dialyzer clearence of drugs.
I will recommend it to my fellow colleagues in Nephrology to use but not to rely solely on it.
Tariq Rehman MD
Fellow in Nephrology
University of Vermont
Burlington VT

After completing a residency in internal medicine/pediatrics and using many other sources to decide on renal drug dosing I have been most delighted with the introduction to this one at the beginning of my nephrology fellowship. The very rapid accessible concise format of key essentials I need for patients with temporary or chronic renal failure are also adjusted for types of renal replacement therapy. Only suggestion I have is: please update with new addition and more meds included as soon as possible. Wish I had known about this book from the first day of my internship.

As a nephrology fellow I found the concise tabular format in this book very useful and reassuring while beginning my consultation months. I still like the basic idea behind its publication, but am increasingly disappointed. Much of the dosing information is readily available now for free, and it is frequently more accessible on palmbased programs such as epocrates and medscape that avoid the need for carrying multiple pocket references. I would like to see the text regularly updated, go beyond data available in existing palm programs, such as including recommendations/cautions regarding drug combinations for transplant recipients, discuss intraperitoneal dosing for CAPD patients on relevant medications, include critical liver metabolism pathways (i.e. P450 enzymes systems) so interactions with other meds might be better predicted. I would enthusiastically support adding a palmtop version to the appropriately updated text.

Very helpful, quick reference for Physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses to determine possible effects of renal disease on drug disposition.

As a Renal Case Manager, this book has been quite valuable to me in the care of my patients. If I have a question about dosing guidelines for my patients I have a quick and easy source to guide me in my decisions. The drugs are divided into different classes for easy access to the information. This book is a must for any member of your renal team.

This ahrd-reading book is really THE FULL STORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR. IT's detailed and very well researched. The author had access to a lot pf previously unseen documents, due to the Freedom Of Information Act.

But a detail amazed terrifically. In page 114, Morrison makes the following statement, about JFK murder:

"Later that day, during a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, President Kennedy was assassinated by a professed communist and former United States Marine - Lee Harvey Oswald"

I almost choked with desbilief. Does Morrison, such an accomplished and veteran writer, really believes in that? Does he really believe in the Warren COmission report that Oswald acted alone??!! I could not believe this. At least he could have written "...was SUPPOSEDLY assassinated by..."

Oh boy, this is heavy reading. The book deals about everything in the Vitnam War. The funny thing is that Morrison is consiedered to be a great military AVIATION writer, but this book delaing with a much more complex subject is very entertaining, objective and complete.

Great read, albeit a hard one.

This book was published before Robert S. McNamara started churning out books about Nam. There had been a lot of books about Nam up to that point, and what struck me was how much had been left out of all of them. Since this book called itself the complete story, and listed the author's home town and zip code, I wrote to the author, asking if he could send me any funny Nam bits for MY VIETNAM WAR JOKE BOOK. It was difficult for me to believe that Wilbur Morrison was smart enough to know how much of his book I hadn't read and still write to tell me that Nam had no humor, the American forces in Vietnam entirely lacked anything to joke about, and I should do more reading. Thinking `What does he know?' I then wrote to Robert S. McNamara, promising to give him full credit for any funny Nam bits he could send me, though MY VIETNAM WAR JOKE BOOK wasn't really that kind of joke book, it was more about things that a 19-year-old grunt might say that would never find its way between the covers of any book more historical than DISPATCHES by Michael Herr. I even remembered a joke that I hadn't heard in Nam: What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs when he's swimming? Bob, of course, though you might not call him Bob to his face if he were the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America. Did Bob even know what Nixon was saying when the White House Transcripts book said, "That was national security, because it had to do with the (expletive deleted) Vietnam war" ? (President to John Dean, March, 1973, when a cancer on the presidency was all the rage).

There is a point in THE ELEPHANT AND THE TIGER when I definitely thought that something was left out, possibly because those who supplied the official information thought it was necessary to sanitize it. In November, 1946, something happened in Haiphong which does not get mentioned, but by December, Morrison reports that the Viet Minh were retaliating for something by engaging in open warfare against French troops. If this book was really complete, every reader would be informed what the Vietnamese thought they were retaliating against, and would not be surprised, not even as surprised as some Americans were by the ceasefire Tet offensive in 1968, which was designed to show that if anyone in Nam didn't know what was going to happen, it was sure to be the Americans. That might not be funny in America, but by 1968, I'll bet the French were able to laugh, and they might still be laughing.

Altough the book does not use a complex language, you must bear in mind, when going for it, that it's really a HUGE book. It's about 638 pages with SMALL type lyrics, believe me!!

Of course Morrison does his costumary excellent job. If you have only one shot at figuring out what Vietnam was all about, this is the book to get. But remember: be patient while reading it! I can take a long time...

The Elephant And The Tiger: The Full Story Of The Vietnam War by Wilber Morrison is a stark, comprehensive, straightforward evaluation of the Vietnam War, its military battles and its aftermath. Meticulous and sparing no details, it covers the beginnings of the war with a brief overview of ancient Vietnamese history to the treatment America's Vietnam veterans received upon their return home. The Elephant And The Tiger is a very highly recommended reference about a grave conflict that forever changed nations and a welcome addition to the growing library of American military history in general, and American involvement in the Vietnam conflict in particular.

I love this book! It's been a few years since I worked exclusively in HTML and this book was a great review even if I did skip some. But it has more than HTML, it introduces scripting, CSS, XML and I believe XHTML. So far I'm on the CSS section.

The reason I love this book is that it's a great read and very easy to follow. The author makes sure you know what you're doing and introduces things slowly so you can get confident with them. This book may not be a reference book but it really is great for beginners in any of the technologies it introduces.

The one con I can think of is that this is a slightly older book and some of the code doesn't seem to work any more. However, most of the code does and at least he teaches you the techniques and stuff. That is what's really important.

I'm new to web programming & design, and this book was extremely useful.

This book is great, in fact, I used it in order to make my own page.

The book was written for absolute beginners. It assumes the readers don't know anything about the web. It is not a good reference at all. Everything was written in an essay-like format; it makes it very hard to spot or even find tag names or key words. After wasting my time in the first 2 chapters, I am going to buy another book.

This book is nice book, but has some bad parts to it as well. This certainly not a book for people who already know HTML and are just looking to get all the fine little details that make websites so good. There is no coverage on HTML forms, colored scrollbars, details in anchor tags, or anything like that. Its very thorough in the stuff it covers, but misses too much to make up for it. I was severly dissapointed

This might have been a pretty good article, but there is just not enough interesting material for a book on the subject. Most of these guys were working class amateurs who made a couple of records. I have listened to a number of compilations that include many of the people that the author mentions. Believe me, there are no lost "masters" among them. The author cannot even really define "rockabilly" in any coherent fashion, and many of his judgments appear quite arbitrary. A short-lived, transitional phenomenon. Not worth the price unless you are a fanatic fan of the music.

This is an interesting dip into the world of rock n' roll and rockabilly. It would have been more interesting had the copy that I purchased, not gone inexplicably from page 76 to 19!! Thus I shall never know the finer points about Carl Perkins that I was about to read!
Certainly though this book is worth getting...although a properly ordered copy might be an advantage! Deserves to be on every rocker's bookshelf!

This book is without any doubt the best out there. Besides good biographical stories about bands and artists, you get to know a whole lot about the MUSIC rockabilly. This book also covers the cultural and sociological aspects of rockabilly. I've just finnished my major essay at the University in Trondheim (Norway) - studying music - and Morrison's book has helped me a lot. From the 50s, to the revival, and up to the present. Morrison's book covers it all!!!

I am researching about rock'n'roll, rockabilly and other rhythms of the '50s and '60s. I am enjoying this book very much and it has been very helpful to me, not only because of the loads of info about history, bands, etc. that it contains but also for the suggested reading & listening lists it gives. I strongly recommend it.

Morrison's book is one of the best overviews of Rockabilly History that I've read. There is nothing too indepth here, but this book is not meant to do that. Instead you get the why's and hows of early Rock and Roll, the definition of what makes Rockabilly, rockabilly. You get bio's of the major, and many minor, movers and shakers of the rock and roll movement of the 50's. This book gets your foot in the door and past Elvis into the coloured and varied history of the scene. From here you can search out bio's and records on Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and The Rock and Roll Trio. A nice appendix included here is a listing of important Rockabilly albums and compilations that one can still find on the shelves. Now that you know the history you know what records to buy to experiance that history.