Murray Books

Doc Savage has returned!

It is great what Nostalgia Ventures is doing and that FINALLY someone is starting to reprint all these classic tales of adventure. I agree with the other statements, Doc is indeed the first superhero. These stories are timeless and the action is unbelievable. Can't wait for the rest of the series to follow.

I couldn't put this book down. It's not only a fun trip into the early days of PULP, but also a great read.
The original format is preserved; the look and fell of the book itself is cool.
From its action cover to the last page this story was a blast. I also enjoyed the historical notes throughout the book.

Doc Savage was the first superhero. He was the inspiration for Superman, Batman and many other of the heroes everyone knows today. An interesting thing to note is Doc Savage's first name is Clark, and Kenneth Robeson's Real last name was Dent. Put them together and you get Clark Dent. HMM. . . Where have I heard that name before?

If you enjoy Science fiction, action, adventure, or just a good old mystery, these books are for you. Written is a fast paced manner, they read very well and keep the action moving as fast as you can read. Unlike many books today, where the author adds so much detail that a minute's worth of dialogue and activity takes 6 pages to read, these novels keep you moving at the speed of an action movie, not a documentary.I have been a fan of Doc Savage since about 1978. I grew up reading and collecting the Bantam editions. In college, I lost my focus and missed the last years of the series and have been trying to find them, ever since. I was excited when I heard this was coming, but after reading my copy, I can only say one thing. Awesome!

This book is printed in the original pulp magazine style. in the 1930's entire novels were printed on 7X10 paper with illustrations and extra articles and such. This edition is a true book, with quality covers, printed spine and heavy paper. Even the original illustrations have been used, along with the original cover paintings from the first editions. Additional articles about the author and the series add interest over and above the enjoyable stories.


Buy yours today! You won't regret it.

The books gathered here come later in the Doc Savage run, just before the stories started to lose some of their steam. It was almost as if Lester Dent (writing as Kenneth Robeson) became insprired by the idea of someone breaking into The Fortress of Solitude and getting away with it! I actually read The Devil Genghis first in 1967 when I bought a copy of the original pulp, before the Fortress of Solitude came out. It took me about two years to get the original pulp, but by then I had read the Bantam edition of THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.

Doc may seem quaint these days, but Dent's punchy writing style and loopy descriptions still save the day. I recommend all of the Doc Savage books in this run. I'm hoping Doc will find a new audience in the 21st century. He was, and still is, the greatest adventure hero of them all. Above Doc is Superman. There's no one in the middle of those two. Blazes!

One of my favorite children's books; I don't mind reading it over and over. Kids like the repeating lines, and I like the illustrations.

I read this book to my preschoolers with disabilities every year. We have found stuffed animals to match each character,the kids act out the story with the animals as the tape rolls along. They love it and ask for it over and over again!

My son who is 4 talked about this book nonstop since they have it at preschool. He literally memorized it. I purchased it for him at Christmas and had to purchase a second one for his school since they read it so much that it was stapled and taped together. Wonderful!

My son loves this book! The language is simple and some of the lines repeat, so he can "read" along with me. He loves the part where the bear wakes up and growls, because he can growl like the big bear. The pictures are beautiful, and this book is definitely a winner in our house.

I happened upon this book, and after reading the inside flap, I was drawn in. Being one who doesn't eat a lot of meat, I was curious as to the authors' hypotheses surrounding various prion diseases (Alzheimer's, CJD, BSE). At first, I prepared myself for reading this book over several weeks, but when I started reading, I couldn't put it down! That says a lot--this book is wonderfully written, for the medical expert and layperson alike, and easy to follow. The authors have done an excellent job of making their case for the link between the modern meat industry, forced cannibalism of cattle and prion diseases. If you're eating meat, read this book. Even if you're not eating meat, read this book--today!

The main point of the book is the relationship between prion diseases such as Alzheimer's and the consumption of contaminated meat. But there are secondary points the book brings out that are also very important.
One is the lack of testing and other procedures within the meat and dairy industry to safeguard public health. Another is that this industry is dominated by a few, very large companies that control almost everything from slaughter to distribution. That this control is used to increase profits rather than help the public at large is a amply demonstrated.
While there is no need to stop eating meat and dairy products, to do so without being informed is likely to cause serious health problems for people due to the current state of the industry. This is one of a number of books on this subjsct that help give the information needed to avoid such problems.

This book has a good argument to a point, but in my opinion drops the ball on dairy cattle. These aniimals are not slaughtered at a relatively young age, as with beef cattle, but are kept in the breeding and milk production cycle as long as possible. This seems to be an ample length of time for symptoms of mad cow disease or other prion-type maladies to surface, but there seems to be no report that this has ever happened. The author mentions that not only are (or were) dairy cows more likely to be fed the "cannibalistic" protein supplements, but are in fact more likely to be made into hamburger, which he says exacerbates the spread of prionic diseases. So the excuse for lack of evidence falls short with dairy cattle, and there seems to be little to support his conclusions. His statistics are also questionable in that only 50,000 or so deaths are attributed to Alzheimer's in the US for any given year; given the average 8-year progression from first syptoms until death, and the 35 million or so persons over 65 years old, the report of cases and nursing home residents seems exaggerated. Only 2.5 million deaths occur annually in this country, a very stable number since 1990, and it seems unlikely that 500,000 of them are individuals with Alzheimer's but only a tenth that many are attributed to it.

I have to admit I didn't know what to expect from this book....what kind of arguments would the author's use to connect modern meat processing/consumption to alzheimer's? My conclusion?....I feel the authors make excellent arguments for the case. The authors use an impressive amount of data to back up their assertions. While reading the book, doubts I may have had on an idea they were presenting were shattered after they backed up their ideas again and again with hard facts. If you're a skeptic like me, I think this book at the very least will make you question a few things that you may never have thought about before on the subject. Highly Recommended!

This record of the experience of intentionally living on the streets as a spiritual practice reminded me of the extremes of loneliness I have undergone, and of how opening the heart is the only way through. An articulate report of our shared humanity with the very ones we tend to make "other" and in taking on the mantle of their hardship, these two on pilgrimage learned how deeply we are they. James' pin-hole photgraphy captures more than images; they translate the brilliance of any given moment as well as the depths of obscuration and dark hopelessness that homelessness engenders.

Ash Wednesday, 1999, Columbus, Ohio. Two friends, Phyllis and James, leave Phyllis' house, pull the door closed, and the lock latches behind them. They have no key to reenter, for they are leaving their homes, and all the comforts of home, family and friends, to spend the 47 days of Lent and Holy Week as homeless persons, walking the streets by day and spending their nights on the street, in the homeless shelters, then in their own makeshift shelter in a hobo town along the railroad tracks. Why? They are not, either of them, entirely sure when they set out. Phyllis only knows that she must; James offers to accompany his friend, and we can guess at the mix of feelings he experienced when his offer was accepted.

Why? Phyllis tells us, quoting Annie Dillard in the Prologue, that "This is not a thing that I have sought. But it has come across my path and I have seized it." And they do seize it, though at times they must have felt seized by it. No longer wrapped in the trappings of who they have known themselves to be, they take on a kind of invisibility; the invisibility of the homeless. The world - that world that you and I walk around in - does not see them, because they - because we - do not want to see them. Eyes are studiously averted. Children, who haven't yet learned that the homeless are invisible, are drawn sharply away as they pass on the sidewalk, by parents troubled to make even this degree of recognition.

James builds pin-hole cameras with materials rescued from dumpsters, and takes pictures of their new world - the same world they'd occupied so recently, now changed almost beyond recognition. The pictures, fuzzy and murky by virtue of the primitive technology, are perfect illustrations for this book. Details are unclear, smudged, so our imaginations borrow from the imagery of the text to fill in the details, and gradually we feel ourselves more and more a part of - caught up in - their quixotic, compassionate odyssey. Phyllis, who is the principle author of the text, predicts this in her Prologue, when she says ". . . you'll be walking [the Lenten sidewalk] with James and me. . . . It will be there in your shivers, your insomnia, your sweat, your stink, your longings, your limp. Let it settle into the marrow of your bones, like a disease, and hope for recovery."

One image captured by the pin-hole camera is a cinder-block wall outside the Holy Family Soup Kitchen, blank except for one word of graffiti spray-painted on its grimy surface:

Why?

The Emptiness of Our Hands has the wisdom and courage to leave us with this question unanswered. But the question asserts itself in our minds and in our hearts more keenly after we've walked the streets with Phyllis and James, and born witness to the unreasonable, indispensable persistence of their love.

The authors spent the 40 days of Lent and Holy Week 1999 living on the streets of Columbus, Ohio, being "present" to the homeless and destitute living there, under the radar of most notice. We learn much through their eyes about the "Christ is distressing disguise" we ignore in our own community. There is no simple do-gooder attitude here, but a deep reflection on the habits of the heart that often harden each of us in our attitudes and behavior towards others, especially those in long-term need. The authors listen and let the homeless speak, rather than talking about or down to them. The 30 b/w photos made with pin-hole cameras from street trash open a new lens on a familiar cityscape. In words and photos it is a map of the heart.

Emptiness of Our Hands is rare witness to the ancient practice of presence and accompaniment. Phyllis and James allow themselves to transparently participate in the daily life of the streets of Columbus, Ohio. No stage. Just deep living articulated in raw honesty, without pretense.

They invite us into a life-changing and perception-altering journey.

For anyone doing exegetical work in Colossians and/or Philemon, this book is so helpful it's almost funny. He gives helpful answers to almost every question that the thoughtful exegete asks of the text, provided it is the meaning of the text that you are trying to unearth.

For a number of years I have taught second year Greek for seminary students in Asian and Africa using Colossians as the set texts. Harris has in effect taken all of the work out of this effort for both the teacher and the student! This is good in that it frees up the student to focus on decision making about critical exegetical issues, to work on background issues and to grapple with application. One hopes that Harris or others will quickly finish other volumes in this series.

This is not a "commentary" in the traditional sense, but rather, as the title says, it is an "exegetical guide" to the translation and interpretation of Colossians & Philemon. Those who know Greek will find this extremely helpful in the evaluation of various exegetical options. For preachers or teachers, the homeletical support is excellent. This is a unique and extremely helpful tool for the serious bible student; check it out - you've not seen anything like it. I too am eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series!

This book is a must have for pastors and students who are serious about studying the biblical text in its original language. Each section advances with an analysis of the paragraph structure, followed by a succinct, yet, very helpful analysis of each phrase of the Greek NT and culminating with a translation, an expanded paraphrase, suggested books and articles for further study and homiletical suggestions for preaching the text based upon sound exegesis. This volume is well worth while, I can hardly wait for the next installment in this series.

It was a delight to read/reread Leinster's material. Much of it was familiar, from years of collecting and reading pulps, but there was some that was new to me and all of it was fun to read.

These are some of the best sci-fi short stories I have read. Yes, the stories are dated, but the imagination, mystery and wonder are awesome. The Castaway is one of the finest. I recommend Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster as well, if you can find it. Happy reading!!!

Murray Leinster was very hot in the world of science fiction -- several decades ago. As the years wore on, he was largely forgotten, except for one story of his, "First Contact." "First Contact" has appeared in numerous "Best of" collections and won a "Retro-Hugo" (a Hugo handed out for work in a year when there were no Hugos, 1946). Now you can have "First Contact" (I'm not the only one who thinks it's the best first contact story ever.) along with 23 other great (some are classic) tales from S.F.'s golden age. You'll be suprised at how well these hold up. Plus this book is a real treat. It's on acid-free paper, and it's a well-bound, solid hardcover.

I read this in less than a week. My 'First Contact' with Murray Leinster floored me. The style of Leinster's writing is provacative; his diction, use of tone tone and image, are as advanced as any literary writer in any field. There isn't one weak story in this book! The stories, though dating as far back as the thirties, hold up as well as any modern work I can think of. Especially interesting is 'Plague on Kryder II,' which describes a disease that affects one's immune system and causes one to get disease after disease. It was almost as if he had heard about AIDS in 1964. I'm so impressed that I went right out and bought every book I could find by Leinster and am in the process of reading them right now. You wont't be disappointed.

I loved the freshness and cleverness of the book. This is a very creative work with words and art.

I thought these wonderful and whimsical poems were terrific. We have the book lying around, and every once in awhile, I'll pick it up and read a poem to my daughter. Invariably, she'll say, "Let me see!" I'm reminded of the great books I used to read as a kid.

P.D. Murray's collection of playful poems and illustrations
shows a sparkling talent...I believe some of these poems
are destined to be remembered for years to come.
What's next, P.D.?

I have had so much fun reading these lovely poems to my grandbabies...and my granddaughter has already memorized two!!Great job P.D. Can't wait to see whats next!

Although this is a "coffee table book," and is mostly geared for those that are unfamiliar with the evolutionary processes, Eldredge does emphasize something many evolutionist authors haven't; extinction. Not simply the different periods and era's, but what a significant role extinction plays in the evolution of new species.

Fossils are a window into time, revealing unexpected insights into the evolution of the staggering variety of forms that life has taken on our planet. This fascinating exploration of fossils overturns the traditional view of evolution as a slow and inevitable process and shows that lifeforms gernerally do not evolve to any significant degree until massive extinction clears the way for new species. This rhythm of life--stability punctuated by burst of change--is revealed by the fossilized remains of Earth's ancient flora and fauna protrayed in 160 luminous cdolor plates and described in in a vivid style that puts the reader in touch with the most current thinking about the evolution of life and the forces that drive it.

Scientists love to write books for other scientists, and overall deplore having to explain their science to the public. Universities work overtime to close their walls to the general public, even going as far as removing their funding from the general scrutiny of the public by catagorizing themselves as "non-constitutional" and in effect keeping themselves out of the public eye. While the general rule for professors is "publish or perish" they tend to attempt to publish in a university press, which is usually a black hole that sucks out lots of money from the university, and is usually funded by grants and endowments and hardly ever from sales - unless those sales are done by making those books "required reading" for University or College students, who can hardly afford another expensive item in their life.

In the introduction to this book Steven Jay Gould laments this problem by saying "In one particularly distressing example... scholars often look down their noses at large format books filled with attractive photographs "coffee table books" in the dismissive jargon." Mr. Gould goes on to say, however "I love this book because it embodies such a fine marriage of these tow m odes of our central vision - palpable photographs of matrials things with a distinctive text of life's history."

I couldn't say it better. Frankly, most books like this aren't very good, this one is perfect for someone with my background: a high school eduction, no chance of ever going back to college, and a overbearing curiosity for all things ancient.

Since starting to collect fossils in the Nebraska road side a year ago, my curiosity of fossils has grown tremendously. Thanks to an effort by a few scientists willling to speak of these things in lay terms, I am able to learn more about the collecting and the science of fossils every day. Books like this are useful to maintain the support scholars need to keep their science alive, and I for one am very happy to see this inexpensive effort from a scientist published and available to the general pubic.

The book indeed has some splendid photographs but the text moves from general to very very specific.A poor attempt to condense all fields of paleontology into a coffee table book.Buy it for the pictures not the text.

This is the first time I buy from amazon and it was great. Very fast delivery. I will definetely buy through them again.

I used this book along with the textbook and ACED the test!

This is the best book we've had in my RN, BSN program so far. The content is very easy to read. The sentences are kept short and to the point. The content is repeated over and over in different places in the chapters as well as throughout the book, making it easier to remember the main points. The summaries at the end of each chapter really focus on the main points and great for last minute updating. I wish all of our books in nursing school were this good.

this is a great review for my nursing classes and career choic

This book is by far the best source of info for those new to UNIX. It takes a step by step approach explaining all aspects of the FreeBSD environment and basic UNIX concepts. Even if you never install FreeBSD, this book is a great reference that is applicable to any UNIX/Linux environment. For you cheap skates, this same book is available on line at the FreeBSD website.

With this second edition, the FreeBSD Handbook comes of age. It even has an index now!
Nik Clayton and Murray Stokley (and many contributors) have rewritten a good deal and clarified more, and added real screen shots.
Yes, it's available on your hard drive. But for me a book is a better random access device than computer file (or a bunch of html files)--I have a better chance of finding what I need and keeping it open on my desktop (the real one) while I'm working.
The handbook tends to be less task-oriented than other books (of which there are still only a handful) and focuses more on FreeBSD itself than on UNIX in general, but it's an essential reference.
I think the editors and contributors did a great job.

I am a complete FreeBSD newbie. I got this book hoping to be able to set up a FreeBSD server, and accomplished it with help from the book, but there were some differences and some confusing points in this book, but that's to be expected with revisions in FreeBSD itself. The only true complaint I have with this book is that it does not go into full descriptions on certain things; Example they begin talking about topic one, then branches off from there going into depth about topic two, then topic three, while your still wondering what topic one was still all about. That happened maybe twice in this book. Other than that, its a great beginners book.

Although you can find more than 100% of the information on FreeBSD website and other sources on the internet; still this book is a very good read and explains many things clearly.

For me it is priceless bcuz I use it as a desktop reference. Of course I cannot be searching the Net for information on a small command or system call and that's where I consult the book.