Warren Books

This is a very well done book that makes a useful teaching tool for anyone wanting to understand economics at work in the real world. I recommend it highly.

Dr. Coats does a great job of describing the process of creating from "scratch" a viable economic system. His ability to tell a tale coupled with his inside knowledge makes this a great source of insights for any one of us who are tried to figure out how an economic system is put together.

This is the last game in White Wolf's Æon Continuum series which includes Trinity and Aberrant. The setting is the 1920s were over-the-top heroes right what is wrong with the world. With a handy energy shtick gimmick (Z-Wave) in the meta-plot, the world was changed forever allowing people to develop super-powers and weird worlds and monsters to exist, all for two-fisted heroes to take down in an explosive manner.

Of the three games in the series, Adventure is possibly the best one. The setting is very rich and dynamic. Any setting is possible with the Z-Wave gimmick. Fans of pulp stories and movies will have a great time recreating their heroes and using them to battle villains with weird weapons. Though recommended for the pulp era, World War 2 and film noir campaigns are also possible with the listed powers and setting. It is possible to have the heroes battle dinosaurs, zombies, cavemen, aliens, killer plants, and giant robots with this game.

This is the only book in the series that does not have supplements. And honestly it doesn't need any. There is a wealth of recommended resources in the book that can be accessed on the Web.

Fans of Trinity and Aberrant will find this book interesting because it details the early history of the Æon Trinity, the predecessors of the Psions and the Novas. You will also learn about one of the big villains in the two games and how he was before his transformation.

I highly recommend this book for gamers who would like a break from the standard World of Darkness. The level of optimism is high in the game and big heroic acts are encouraged and rewarded. Fans of Trinity and Aberrant will have no trouble picking up the game and running with it. The rules are basically the same except for a few changes here and there. Optimistic World of Darkness fans, especially fans of the Sons of Ether, will love this book. Wild gadgets are all over the place along with people trying to save the world while looking good. Okay, even Technocrats will enjoy this book.

When you were a kid, did you ever run through the yard shooting bad guys and ducking under bullets and blades by the skin of your teeth? Did you rescue the girl in the end? Did you dream of being a famous wing walker, a hard-boiled detective, or maybe even a man of Bronze? Were you born and raised on the pulps of old where larger then life men and women duke it out with truly villainous villains?

This is the game of those times, those dreams, and the very desire for Adventure! Within its pages you will find everything you need to know in order to play your favorite pulp hero or heroin. Make up your own "men of action" or build from literature. It's your choice, your "Adventure!"

This is one of White Wolf's best games to date and captures the feel of the pulps accurately and entertainingly. This is the final book in the Aeon Trinity Games by White Wolf (Trinity, Aberrant, and now Adventure!).

I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone who has role played before or to those who have never pretended to be someone they were not.

Now is the time for Adventure!

Well writen story! Very action packed. The characters were very believable. I highly recommend the book. I can hardly wait for the next book in the series.

I love this book! It's characters seem like they are real. It's a fun book with lots of adventure that sometimes leaves you on the edge of your seat.

I can't wait for the next book!

Beautiful photos of baseball folk art and an informative text which discusses the specific pieces of art shown and the artists who created them -something many art books don't do- this book is a treat for baseball fans and art lovers, as well as a deserving CASEY Award Finalist for 2003.

I don't usually buy "art" books, but as a baseball fan I couldn't resist this one. I'm glad that I didn't, since I don't remember when I had so much fun with a book. Page after page surprised, entertained, and informed me. I don't know which I enjoyed more, the illustrations or the text. One intriquing aspect of the book is the way in which it ties the changing folk art and ephemera of baseball to a changing American society.

Would I have enjoyed the book if I weren't a baseball fan? Probably. I lent my copy to a friend with an interest in art, but absolutely no interest in sports. She liked it enough to visit the show at the American Folk Art Museum. (But not enough that I could talk her into attending an actual baseball game.)

In summary, I strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in EITHER baseball or folk art.

The author of this book intended it for the convenience of teachers and recreational leaders who cannot read music and therefore cannot learn hitherto unfamiliar songs from musical notation.

However, it has other uses too. For instance, it is good for a music teacher with a beginning student. In this book, there are 15 songs to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. If the student's friends and relatives sing those 15 songs while the student accompanies, the student will get plenty of practice and have fun at the same time. Other familiar tunes appear with comparable frequency.

The book is also good for teachers of English as a second language. Most of the songs are repetitious pattern songs which the students could easily learn.

0911019073, 0911019022, and 0911019014 have all been very helpful to me both as a music teacher and as an ESL teacher.

Incidentally, Barney Dinosaur's closing song is taken from page 18 of this book.

The author of this book intended it for the convenience of teachers and recreational leaders who cannot read music and therefore cannot learn hitherto unfamiliar songs from musical notation.

However, it has other uses too. For instance, it is good for a music teacher with a beginning student. In this book, there are 15 songs to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. If the student's friends and relatives sing those 15 songs while the student accompanies, the student will get plenty of practice and have fun at the same time.

The book is also good for teachers of English as a second language. Most of the songs are repetitious pattern songs which the students could easily learn.

0911019073, 0911019022, and 0911019014 have all been very helpful to me both as a music teacher and as an ESL teacher.

Incidentally, Barney Dinosaur's closing song is taken from page 18 of this book.

A Place of Acceptance, a story of loving family relationships gone awry, is a powerful novel that not only holds our interest but ties us intimately into a learning experience. We are learning unaware that we are being taught.
The characters are portrayed honestly and with tact. How does one handle such a problem? Any such scenario in a family is bound to cause problems especially severe when the members are blind to what is happening. And yet the author walks us through so graciously that we are caught up in the story.
We become the jury sifting the facts, even praying about the outcome. The tension builds as we sort the problem ourselves, wondering just how we would handle this if it were our family. The plot is intriguing, honest and down to earth. I would call this book a powerful read, a must read.

A friend of mine said she no longer reads adult ficition because it's depressing. I want to pass her a copy of A Place of Acceptance. The novel, like the cover, is full of light. While there are plenty of problems - old secrets, new ones, accidents, illness and the simple friction of life - every character in the novel does some growing. One leaves with the sense that with love, persistence and grace, all things will be well.

This book is an excellent resource on polarization. It combines the physical description of the polarization phenomenon with a detailed description of the different methods for describing polarization. The assessment of when to use the different descriptions, the references to the IEEE-149 standard and the cautions on differences in conventions between other resources were particularly helpful. Finally, the section on cross polarization was a topic I had not found in as much breadth in any other resource. The problems at the end of the chapters were also useful in assessing my understanding of the topic. To take a line from the movie raters, I give this two thumbs up!

Offers complete coverage of the specialized area of polarization in
electromagnetic systems. The only clear expose of polarization effects in
electromagnetic systems, this "hands on" design treatment doesn't require an
extensive background in physics or mathematics to understand.

CONTENTS: Wave polarization principles; polarization state representations;
partially polarized waves; antenna-wave interaction; dual-polarized systems;
depolarized media and system applications. ...

One of the most eagerly anticipated second editions in the history of mathematics, the wait was worth it. Literally defining a whole new area of recreational mathematics, the problems and proof techniques introduced in the first edition have kept an entire generation of mathematical thinkers busy. Although easily understood, some of the problems have defied solution for decades after the publication of the first edition in 1965. It now appears that all of the problems listed as unsolved in the first edition have been resolved, the last succumbing in 1993. As befits the enormous interest in these problems, three people announced solutions simultaneously, this reviewer being one of them.
While there is not a lot of material that was not part of the first book, it still stirs the mathematical heart. For these problems and proofs are timeless things of beauty. Even a child can understand how to put polyominoes together - my two-year-old daughter is an existence proof of that. And the proofs are sometimes so clever in their simplicity that one is tempted to use the phrase attributed to Paul Erdos, "That one is from God's little book." Who among us fails to appreciate some of the proofs of placing pentominoes on a checkerboard that relies on nothing more than the number of spaces colored black versus red. Even the proofs of the problems that took decades to resolve can be understood by those with only a rudimentary knowledge of mathematics. Sometimes, if you can count to 60, you can understand the proof.
Truly a jewel in the crown of mathematical royalty, this book deserves to be a runaway bestseller.

Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission

Polyominoes is an entire sub-domain of geometrical puzzles and
this book is the epitomie of the subject. Packed full of
results and puzzles old and new. An extensive bibliography
is provided. Another one for the bookshelf of all mathematical puzzlers.

As an MSU student, I found Precalculus concepts to be the most effective math book that I have ever used. As with few math books, the problems within were very easy to understand. Which, for me, was the first time I've ever had a math class that I didn't have to memorize equations. The reason being, is that the book is written so well that you UNDERSTAND the concepts innediately and don't have to spend alot of wasted time studying or memorizing. If you haven't had any math for a while, I would highly recomend this book to you. It has such a broad range of study that really ties together the most important math skills one needs to know, Algebra and Trig. It is an excelent review book and will assist you greatly if you are preparing for math at a collegiate level or if you just want to brush up alittle.

If you are getting ready to take calculus and are not in a math oriented major read this book. This text will clearly spell out the ideas which are implied but not explicitly stated, in most math textbooks. There are many of us who have to take a calculus sequence but really won't be using that much higher math in our major, economics, business, etc. This book definitely makes the math more manageable. It explains the concepts hidden in the fundamentals and will ultimately save you time as you learn new material. How many of you can handle a numeric problem but not a word problem? The reason is concepts, something all math majors quickly catch onto. Why plod along plugging in numbers. Sure we can get the answers eventually, but why waste the effort. Read this book and see how the majors think and work out problems. It will give you an insiders point of view!

(originally posted May 7, 2000)
This is one of those rare books that could easily be overlooked, which is a shame because of its value in bringing some of our early 20th century Presidents back to life. Author Charles Willis Thompson was a journalist who covered and personally knew figures like President (Theodore) Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. From first-hand experience, Thompson's descriptions of their different personal and administrative styles, as well as their varying relationship with the press are fascinating-- his level of detail and personal knowledge would be impossible to replicate.

Originally published around 1929, it's amusing to hear Thompson speak of these people in contemporary terms. But the real charm of the book lies in its humorous anecdotes-like T.R. on the campaign trail and his walking in on his staff's poker game. Thompson writes in a very straightforward manner, never shying away from revealing his impressions-while his admiration of Roosevelt is obvious, so to is his impression of President Harding as little more than an imbecile.

The book re-humanizes these famous leaders and dismisses some of the widely-accepted misconceptions that history has perpetuated about their personalities. When a historian writes for the hundredth time that Roosevelt was a "vigorous, adventurous figure," does this really tell us anything substantial? A prior familiarity with these Presidents or the time period would be helpful as it probably wouldn't work well if you're looking for an introductory book or in-depth biography about these men. A fun read for any history buff...

This is one of those rare books that could easily be overlooked, which is a shame because of its value in bringing some of our early 20th century Presidents back to life. Author Charles Willis Thompson was a journalist who covered and personally knew figures like President (Theodore) Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. From first-hand experience, Thompson's descriptions of their different personal and administrative styles, as well as their varying relationship with the press are fascinating-- his level of detail and personal knowledge would be impossible to replicate. Originally published around 1929, it's amusing to hear Thompson speak of these people in contemporary terms. But the real charm of the book lies in its humorous anecdotes-like T.R. on the campaign trail and his walking in on his staff's poker game. Thompson writes in a very straightforward manner, never shying away from revealing his impressions-while his admiration of Roosevelt is obvious, so to is his impression of President Harding as little more than an imbecile.

The book re-humanizes these famous leaders and dismisses some of the widely-accepted misconceptions that history has perpetuated about their personalities. When a historian writes for the hundredth time that Roosevelt was a "vigorous, adventurous figure," does this really tell us anything substantial? A prior familiarity with these Presidents or the time period would be helpful as it probably wouldn't work well if you're looking for an introductory book or in-depth biography about these men. A fun read for any history buff...