Turner Books

I loved this book. I felt like I was getting the real inside scoop on the dirty tricks in the auto business. For the first time in my life, I was able to go out and buy a car, without feeling like I was being taken to the cleaners. I was in control! I loved the way the book was written, too. Mr. Raisglid really has a great sense of humor!

I cannot believe that I had so much fun buying my Acura. Using the Books suggestions I paid only $100 over cost and saved alot on my insurance. OH YEA, You will love the Directory chapter with hundreds of auto related discounters... parts, service, insurance, reviews of web sites! I never thought buying a car could be this good!I know what I am getting my auto buying and leasing friends for the Holidays. Good Luck!

I used this book during my two Calculus courses at college. Usually not studying at home during the whole semester meant that I had to sit down and study half the book 2 days before each final exam.

I found that to be quite easy a task with this book. Anton has written a high-density volume, that nevertheless does not bring a student (or anyone else, for that matter) to his knees trying to figure out all this math. Every chapter is clear and comprehensive, and the examples are very well set, giving the reader a sense of understanding every single line. The unsolved exercises at the end of each chapter are gradually increasing in difficulty, giving the solver a solid grounding on the material covered in the chapter.

Overall, one of the best college books I have ever used, not implying that it could not be used by anyone interested in calculus simply for delving deeply into its wonderful realms.

..of calculus. This book is the best Calculus book I have seen so far, and I've been doing calculus for quite a while now. It's excellent if you need to self-teach yourself, refresh your memory, or even to just have it as a resource. I would recommend this to anyone.

This is a wonderful catalogue that accompanies the landmark exhibition that was held at the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland in 2004, and at the Phillips Collection in Washington. Apart from the groundbreaking comparative study of both artists, which is very well written and highly informative (a trove of previously unpublished documents), the illustrations are fantastic. One of the most moving series by Miro, the Constellations, some 40 watercolors painted in 1941, are wonderfully echoed in a three-dimensional space by Calder's delicate mobiles of the same period. Highly recommended.

it is always interesting to see how artists and friends influence one another and here is another brilliant examination. alexander calder and joan miro couldn't have been more different, yet, it seems that this factor propelled their friendship. they true friends from the beginning the artists, and their families, remained close throughout their careers. often collaborating on works, sharing ideas or simply exchanging artistic gifts their friendship shines through to their art. this show brings commonalities and collaborations together under one roof (some for the first time ever) and explores the influences behind the objects. bravo to the curators for bringing this to our attention and thanks for the fantastic catalogue that accompanies it!

I found this book very amusing and a lot of fun to read. It is a well-depicted "guide" to a country that is believable and reminiscient, to me, of Tolkien's Shire. It tells the history of the country, describes the inhabitants, and even has a bookmark with the alphabet printed on it. I fully enjoyed reading it, even as a 12-year-old, and highly recommend it to all kids.

This book was fascinating. It had all the information you would ever need to live in the utopia-gone-bad world of the three counties. I liked it and I'm sixteen years old, so it's not just for kids!

R.A. Forczyk's review is very thorough and accurate. I would simply like to emphasize that the Osprey series of books are excellent and this volume on the momentous Battle of Cambrai is very well researched and supported with photos, excellent maps and awe-inspiring artwork. These books are concise, handy reference resources. You do not need to read longer, drawn out books on the Battle of Cambrai because the essential details are cleanly presented by Osprey's authors. This volume is essential to any World War One collection and is of great value to anyone studying the genesis of the tank's application in battle. Another good resource to check out would be Ironclads of Cambrai: The First Great Tank Battle a somewhat dated book but still of great value. For a "cockpit", aerial perspective of this battle, you may wish to check out Arthur Gould Lee's book NO PARACHUTE. He devotes a chapter to his experiences flying ground support missions during the Battle of Cambrai.NO PARACHUTE: A FIGHTER PILOT IN WORLD WAR I

British military historian Alexander Turner, a serving officer in the Irish Guards, provides a valuable and in-depth look at the landmark Battle of Cambrai in 1917. This battle was remarkable both for the first massed use of tanks by the British and by the first large-scale use of Stosstruppen tactics by the Germans on the Western Front. Although many accounts focus too heavily on the tank aspect of this battle - which was really only significant in the first 3 days of an 18-day fight - Turner does a great job filling in the combined arms picture on the contributions of infantry, artillery, cavalry and air units. Furthermore, Turner does not carried away with hand-wringing `might have beens' about the failure to use the initial success of the attack to lead to greater exploitation in depth. As Turner sees it, a big breakthrough was never in the cards and the real issue was whether or not improved artillery and infantry tactics, supported by tanks and close support fighters, could defeat fortified trench systems at a reasonable cost in lives. The answer found on 20 November 1917 was a qualified `yes.' Overall, this volume is a good addition to a First World War library.

In standard Osprey format, the opening sections discuss the origins of the campaign, the opposing leaders, opposing forces and opposing plans. The 9-page section on plans is very good and lays out how the British expected the battle to go (German counterattacks were expected after H+48) and how the Germans expected to use their new defense in depth tactics. The author provides a detailed 3-page order of battle for both sides and also has a table listing British artillery available. Only the section on opposing commanders is a bit weak, listing only 2 British and 2 German senior leaders, but no corps or division leaders.

The campaign narrative itself is 52 pages and covers the fighting in considerable detail. Readers should be able to follow most of the action on the maps provided. The author tends to discount the `tank shock' used in some other accounts and instead stresses the role of British combined arms tactics in quickly crushing most German objectives on the first day. Indeed, he notes that the Germans quickly adapted to tanks and began issuing armor-piercing ammunition to their front-line troops early in the battle. A great deal of the narrative focuses on the attritional battle for Bourlon Woods - another one of those tactical slugfests like Hougomont in 1815 or the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in 1942 that quickly causes the attacker to forget their original intent. The author faults the British intelligence effort for failing to detect the German counterattack preparations that ultimately robbed the British of much of their initial gains, as well as Field Marshal Haig for continuing the fight at Bourlon Woods for days, thereby draining British infantry reserves. In retrospect, the author also suggests that the British Army of 1917 was unready for mobile warfare when it had a brief window of opportunity on 20-21 November and was too focused on consolidating the initial objectives.

Cambrai 1917 has four 2-D Maps (3rd Army Objectives for the Cambrai Operation; British 3rd Army attacks against Bourlon Woods and Fontaine, 27 November; German counterattacks 30 November - 1 December 1917; Final Front-line positions, 7 December 1917) and three 3-D Maps (Flesquieres Ridge and a foothold in Fontaine, 20-21 November 1917; the Lunge for Canal Crossings, 20-21 November 1917; the Battle for Bourlon Wood, 23-25 November 1917). The volume could have used an extra 2-D map, showing initial attack boundaries for each British Division, as these are not depicted on the otherwise very good 3-D maps. However, the 3-D maps are focused enough to add visual impact for discrete parts of the battle. The author also includes a nice 2-D sketch map depicting tank tactics against trenches. The three battle scenes by Peter Dennis (A Tide of Iron - the advance of III Corps on 20 November 1917; the crippling of "Bandit II" in Fontaine, 23 November 1917; Stosstruppen on Canal du Nord, 1 December 1917) are superb, particularly the one showing German infantry close-assaulting the British tank `Bandit II' inside the village of Fontaine. The B/W photographs throughout the volume, mostly from the Imperial War Museum and the Tank Museum, are very good. The volume also has a short bibliography, an index and notes on the battlefield today.

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Unrequittted love? No one knows it better than Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Paris, Casablanca, does it matter where love meets up again? Reality intrudes, and makes these two face facts. This is the ultimate love story of the century. What this world truly means. Unrequited love, and our responsibility to everyone else. "Fall in love all over again." And I always thought that quote was so corny. Until I saw this. Watch this. You'll really fall in love with Ingrid and Humphrey, and cry at their nobility and their own love. And what they'll do for love. See it. Understand it. There is nothing better.

This commemorative book, published in 1992, certainly does its job of commemorating the movie Casablanca. It's a slender book with tons of photos of the actors, sets, and posters from the movie, and packed with everything you seemingly would want to know about it.

You find out about what led to Casablanca's production, its inspiration, how the actors were chosen, the history occurring at the time that helped it along, the quarrels on set, the difficulties with budget and timing, the process for coming up with the ending of the movie. You learn about the director's accent and odd way of speaking that sometimes confused everyone. (When he asked for a "poodle" and such a dog was brought, he angrily tried to clarify that what he wanted was a "puddle". ) You learn about Bogart's standoffishness to Ingrid Bergman, and Peter Lorre's continual playing of practical jokes on the cast. There's a bio about each actor, and how the movie affected his or her career, and a listing of movies that were intended copies or spinoffs. This is a great book if you love Casablanca, its actors, or want to know about moviemaking of that era.

An excellent portrait of Mr. Clay, refreshingly written with honesty and excitement while avoiding the sensationalism of previous renditions of Mr. Clay's life.

Thoroughly researched, brilliantly written, and interesting beyond all belief, this stupendous work by the multi-talented artist/author Keven McQueen is certainly worth your time. Take a peek and be pleasantly surprised that history is so attention-grabbing.

As I began reading this book I knew very quickly that I would be challenged to look at the subject of war in ways that I hadn't thought of before. The author puts forth many questions and then seeks to explain them with biblical reason. It definitely made me think...and I'm still thinking. A must read!

The "war question" was thrust into the minds of many when they were but babes in Christ. As young men with an abject dearth of information and prejudicial advice given them, they quickly found themselves forced to make a conscience decision...a choice that in all probability was an uneasy and unsatisfying one. Either patriotism or Christianity seemed to be the only options. Are they disjoint and mutually exclusive? They are not and Allan Turner explains why. He does this by explaining how one can be a patriot without doing so blindly and be a Christian without being a pacifist. In his recent publication, The Christian And War, he explores in depth the alleged dichotomy between being a patriot and being a Christian. Turner's rich background of being in the military, being a policeman and above all an astute Bible student allows him a perspective that is quite unique. You will be challenged, enlightened and probably surprised at the author's candid and common sense solution to this question. One that has baffled the ripest of scholar's who have tried and failed to grasp the "war question". It is my judgment that you will find his book refreshing and interesting. In that spirit I heartily commend it to you.
Charles G. Goodall, Ph.D

I grew up going to Galveston and have always loved this strange city. This book does a wonderful job of capturing the architecture that made Galveston unique. Clayton is definitly the definitave Galveston architect, he shaped the style of the city. Galveston was so lucky to have had him as their preeminant architect. I loved the historic pictures in the book and the text was facinating, I learned a great deal about a subject I thought I knew much about. I urge anyone who visits Houston to make it their mission to go take in Galveston and take this wonderful book with you.

Few people have shaped the face of Galveston and Houston as much as architect Nicholas Clayon. This book compiles the architect's works in Galveston during the boom of the Gilded Isle. This invaluable resource is filled with photographs and renderings of Clayton's projects, both commercial and residential. While many of his buildings remain, many more have been lost and this book helps recreate Galveston during Clayton's time. It also includes information on other architcts who were Clayton's contemporaries. A must for anyone interested in Galveston, architecture and how one was shaped by the other through Clayton's vision.

5 stars, because it is simply the best for all medical students. To be good in clinical practice you have to build a systamic way to examine any patient, this book help you to build that system! Give you outline (with explinations and some illustrations) on examination of all body systems. For all medical students who want to start their clinical years, this book should be in your pocket from the first day! repeating reading this book (which is small) will help you to master most of the clinical skills.

If you are searching for a pocket book containing consice, high yield clinical information then this is the one. It contains topics in several desciplins including: History and physical examination, special investigations and procedures, ECG reading, statistics and much more...with nice illustrations !. I recommend it for every medical student entering his clinical period .