Heavy

If one is interested in Ford farm tractors, Fordson to the Hundred series, this guide gives a brief thumbnail sketch of the history and development. A list of models, features and serial numbers make this a convenient resource when identifying early Ford tractors. Inclusion of many b/w photos and reproductions of Ford advertising materials make for an quick and interesting read.

This 5-volume series covers all aspects of heavy oil and tar sands recovery. The reader who is gathering information for a literature survey may find that much of the required information has already been gathered. For our purposes, I found Volume 5 (upgrading, recovery) to be the most useful.

It's not often that I switch from my reading preferences of detective and mystery novels, but this time I'm glad I did! The well developed characters, hilarious escapades and exciting plot will have you laughing aloud or holding your breath as you root for the success of the 300 truck convoy mission...Who would have thought truckers could be such fun! Mr. Nist's first novel is a real winner...can't wait to see more from this promising new author!

This is a wide range sample of the artists of Heavy Metal. While not all of the works are breathtaking, there's some pretty nice ones in here.

Yes, they are all mostly-naked girls in sexy/fantasy gear. Some of us like that though. Most of them are pretty artistic and not "swimsuit calender" smut.

Not all winners, but not bad at all.

This book was written in the mid-80s, meaning it has a clearer history of the 70s movement than books written later. This piece is well written, with some lengthy discussions of bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard. It looks at Metal as music rather than as garbage, which is nice, and this is the earliest book devoted entirely to Metal that I've read. The two cons I have with the book is that 1) the history portion was far too small (how nice it would be to compare the history from 1985's eyes compared to the history as we see it today) and 2) the book talks about bands like Van Halen, which would hardly be considered hard rock today, let alone Heavy Metal (at the time, though, they were doing hard rock). Nice job anyway, and good historical reference.

I strongly recommend Guy Fay's _IH Experimental and Prototype Tractors_ to any serious IH fan. Guy has clearly done his homework, and the book contains a great selection of archival photographs and interesting text about the development of IH tractors and crawlers, plus some miscellaneous engines and equipment.

Parts of the book took a long time to read, since (for me, at least) it can be hard to digest the details about the really early tractors. Titan 10-20s, Mogul 10-20s, Mogul 8-16s, International 8-16s...I don't have any experience with the real antiques like that, and so it's hard for me to keep them straight when I'm reading about them. Guy's text is well-written; there's just a lot of detail there.

The chapters about the newer stuff, like the Letter Series Farmalls, were easier--still had lots of good detail, but there I had some frame of reference. Lots of really interesting photos of the many prototypes and predecessors to the H and M--some really beautiful tractors, and some, as Guy says in one caption, "plug ugly" ones. (Plus a simply terrific full-color cover photo of an experimental Super M).

There's also some neat stuff about the patent-infringement concerns IH and Allis had, concerning the Allis B (which was first, and patented) and the Farmall A (which was second). Great reading--really added some depth and understanding to the story.

I did have one disappointment: In the chapter on post-WWII development, Guy has a section titled "The Great Transmission Chase," which begins, "The mid-1950s saw an enormous amount of IH farm tractor engineer attention going into transmissions and draft control." The following text gets into planetary gearsets, torque converters, hydrostatics, and even more unusual stuff, which is fine--but I'd hoped for some insight into the reasons for and nature of the 560's transmission problems, and maybe some details of the corporate thinking behind the decision not to adopt the 3-point hitch.

Guy's book is about experimentals and new developments, and perhaps the trouble with the 560 was that there _wasn't_ much experimentation or new development, so the book may cover the right stuff. But the 560 seems to me to have been a very significant tractor for IH, in terms of the IH/John Deere relationship, and I was hoping to read more about it.

But that quibbling aside, Guy's writing, illustration, and editing are all very good, and this book is a definite keeper.

--Dean Vinson

Well I Have Had This Book 4 A Bit Now And It Is Actually A Very Usefull Book To Have!! It Breaks Down Some Of The Maiden Songs And Describes Each Section Clearly And Definitively. This Is A Must Buy For Musicians That Are Into Their "Iron Maiden". A Must Read For Any Musician!!

Steve Zaloga is an expert on Soviet Armored Fighting Vehicles. This is a well written study of the history of Soviet Heavy tanks. I particularly enjoyed reading and seeing the prototype tanks that never made it into production. There are many line drawings and text to help clarify some of the misconceptions of Soviet tank manufacture. I only wish that the cut away drawing were not cut in half by the pages. Can't have everything, but this is a very good primer, I definately recommend adding this to your collection.

this book was a close up view of how the lifes of led zeppelin was lived during the time from discovery to stardom. it gives a good account of how each member affected the sound of heavy metal. it shows their trials and troubles and the good times to. i talks about how they dealt with groupies and how they meshed well with the bbc so i give this book a good review.

The Complete Guide is a must for any Metallica fan. This book tells the story of Metallica from the time they started up as a garage band, and up until the Load release. This book will tell you the answers to every question you may have about Metallica. The only reason this book did not get all 5 stars, is that in certain cases, the author tends to over dramatise the songs. I have read this book throug, and it has extendet my own knowlege of the band quite a bit. I can definitely recomend this book to all Metallica fans. If you havent read this book yet, then get started now or miss out on a huge part of the history of Metallica.