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Life Writing/Writing Lives is an informative collection of ten outstanding essays addressing the practical and intellectual issues related to writing and reading biography, autobiography, memoir, and hybrid blends of these three categories. In the essays, authors of memoirs and biographies explore the complexities of their specialized writing craft, while other contributors address the theoretical side of life writing (especially life writing as literature). Life Writing/Writing Lives is rewarding reading for anyone who enjoys good biography, and very highly recommended for anyone contemplating writing the autobiography or memoir, as well as those seeking to research and write the biography of someone else.

Managing Software Acquisition: Open Systems and COTS Products is an in-depth guide to gaining open systems and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Getting the right software and using it properly can save great amounts of time and cost during the life of a computer system. Business managers and staff must closely understand what is entailed in the often difficult transition from in-house, custom-made software to commercial market products. With reference models, projected cost implications, contracting strategies, and much more, Managing Software Acquisition is strongly recommended for anyone in a business who needs to upgrade their software regularly!

Strongly recommended for school and community library "Other Lands, Other Peoples" collections for young readers, Many Ideas Open The Way: A Collection Of Hmong Proverbs is a bilingual English/Hmong picture book that presents the enduring wisdom of the Hmong people. Photographic illustrations by Randy Snook of Hmong in traditional cultural costumes illustrate the timeless advice, such as "Think before you speak, translate before you explain" and "Those who live far away love one another; those that live close together dislike one another."

This book is great! If you don't have access to college courses or the time to take them then this is a book for you. This book is clearly written and its exercises guide you through properly interpreting mass spectra. The first edition of this book is also excellent. If you compare this book to McLafferty's (Interpretation of Mass Spectra) this is much more effective for teaching the beginner. I highly recommend this book

Many persons interered in mesoamerican art and indigenous culture draw a line at 1521, when Cortes and his 50,000 strong indigenous allies overcame the last stronghold of Mexi'ca (azteca) power at Tlatelolco. They seem to feel that once this happened all "indigenous art" ended, surviving only faintly in the artesanal crafts of distant indigenous villages. Many feel that colonial art and architecture are fake and clumsy derivitives of an imperialistic culture that was forced down the throats of the the vanquished indigenous people.

But what McAndrew profoundly shows is that the indigenous artists (painters, sculptors and craftsmen) quickly, eloquently, and innovatively, abosrbed the late mideval- early renaissance/moorish styles of the spanish and quickly created a uniquely Mexican colonial/indigenous style that still captures our modern artistic sensibility. They aggresively adopted the technological imports of the Europeans ( the arch, metal tools etc.) But in doing so they not only kept alive their precolumbian sensibilities, the embued the european esthetic with a richer, more passionate exuberence that was lacking within the mannered and court-approved styles of European culture.

This "tequiti" style gave rise to modern Mexico's unique blend of latin rooted "spanish colonial" style with deep indigenous currents; as well as blending in asian and african touches that were a part of colonial Mexico.

McAndrew's book justly calls our attention as travelors, lovers of indigenous art, and historians to discover and study the great conventos, churches and chapels of Mexico, created by the same people that created the "pyramids" of Teotihuacan, Tula, Tenochtitlan and Chichen Itza.

Dr. Sapaty describes some very far out and very powerful technologies that are coming on line for organizational management of dynamic distributed systems. The Internet will no longer be just for sending emails and basic e-commerce in the very near future. I see WAVE as a general solver to a multitude of distributed systems. WAVE is a new methodology and technology enabling the solution of any reasonable, and some that may not be currently reasonable, problem in distributed computer networks, with code mobility being a key principle. The technology allows for the problem description on a semantic level, shifting traditional coordination, synchronization, and data or agent exchange to automatic implementation, making application programming very compact and simple.

This WAVE paradigm looks very powerful: One issue with it is that it is so radically new and improved from what is currently being done, that it will take a while for people to actually believe it is real! I do, and now I want - no, need - to help convince others...The fact that you are reading this review indicates that you have interest in this field. As such, I recommend that you purchase this book, as well as his new book that discusses advances in the spatial programming of distributed dynamic worlds (which is due to be released soon) and judge for yourself. You will not be disappointed.

Larry M. Deschaine, PE / Systems Optimization Design Engineer / Fortune 500 Company / MIT '84

This book is the best motion book that I have read. It gives you so much informaion that you have to read the book again to go through it all. The first time I read this book I was overwhelmed, but after further readings I figured out you cannot do all the options, you just need to pick out the ones that best suit your personel. Excellent book!

This book moved me to tears. Mrs. Vanderveen is a very talented writer. She explores the many emotions a grieving parent goes through- even the ones most people are afraid to acknowledge. I love her honesty and openess.It will help others feel not so alone with the emotions they will be going through...such as spirituality & sex. Her children are very lucky to have such a wonderful Mother who has left them a treasure of herself and their brother.

This book lends many ideas for journaling. From "My Most Precious Possession" to "People Who Give Me Hope." It is in a "guided" journal format, and is very easy to use. The soft-bound cover makes for convenient use. Excellent source for those who wish to record their precious time on this earth.

Each 128 pp edition of "Paintings" catalogs, in full color, work of the 50 winners of a rigorous competition for mid-career and emerging painters held in one of six regions of the US and juried by curators from major art museums (Guggenheim, National Gallery, etc.) museum-quality stock and reproduction; exciting new talent; almost no artspeak. Collectors and gallery directors report using these books as valuable resources for finding new talent. Great coffee table books for everyone!

Like potato chips, it's hard to be satisfied with with just one. This first, 1993, volume features artists from New England. Subsequent volumes feature artists from Mid-Atlantic, Southern, Midwestern, Western and Pacific Coast states; and then start again in the Northeast. Differences and similarities of artists around the country are fascinating to follow.

As of December, 1997, at least two competitions will have been held in each region of the country. For a list of volume numbers by region, e-mail your request to us.