books by Brain     books:       Ultra-violet catastrophe! Or, The unexpected walk with Great-Uncle Magnus Pringle4 reviews Margaret Mahy Parents' Magazine Press, 1975 Ultra-violet catastrophe! Or, The unexpected walk with Great I love this book! The story captures the imagination and endears the reader to Sally, the "Tree Pirate" tomboy, and the devilishly mishevious Great-Uncle Magnus. The illustrations have a dream-like quality. As a child (and now as a thirty year old!), I could read this book over and over again and never get tired of it!             A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles7 reviews Brain Epstein A Beautiful Account by the True Fifth Beatle Brian Epstein's magnificence and decency as a person, and secondly as manager of the Fab Four, is what really comes across in this warm, revealing account of the rise of the Beatles. I really think that had Brian lived, the boys would never have split up. Argued yes, but split, no. Not if Brian would have had his way. His integrity (such as not going back on a contract, even though it would have ...             Blood & Rubles5 reviews Stuart M. Kaminsky Blackstone Audiobooks, 1997 outstanding post soviet russia Most writers of mystery in Soviet Russia are boring without the KGB "badguy" holding their hero back. Kaminsky does a terrific job with the new problems of Russia. Read his series from the beginning as the character development from book to book is worth it!             AIDS to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System9 reviews Brain, Bailliere W.B. Saunders Company, 1987 A must for any budding neurologist! Love it! I have seen tons of old school neurologists carry this in their briefcases and they still refer to it! Concise yet comprehensive! all you'll need for the peripheral neurologic exam!             Foldforming4 reviews Charles Lewton-Brain Brynmorgen Press, 2008 amazing metal fold forming guide for jewelers This book explains everything you need to know about fold forming for metal used in art and jewelry. Wonderful pictures and great explanations of how to do form folding...             Brain Quest Preschool (Brain Quest)17 reviews Brain Quest Topeka Bindery, 1999 My daughter loves this! And she wants to "play" with it all the time. While we're driving in the car or at home, my little one loves to go over the game. A definite home run for us!             Birchbark House, the52 reviews Louise Erdrich Ted Smart, 2000 The Real Little House on the Prairie Generations of American children have grown up reading Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I'm in one of those generations. These stories gave us a view into settlers moving into formerly Indian territories and the hardships of breaking new lands to the plow, fighting weather, droughts, floods, and illness. These stories are our stories of conquering the prairie West. But there's ...             Bolivia: A Climbing Guide4 reviews Yossi Brain, Paula Thurman Mountaineers Books, 1999 Beautiful! From Planeta Journal - Before his death in 1999, the author was a professional mountain guide and adventure traveler based in La Paz. A colleague and friend wrote: "His books are the best that have been written about Bolivia's trekking and climbing in decades." In this useful book Brain provides a number of choices of where to climb, including new and lesser-known routes in the ...             Hinges and Hinge-Based Catches for Jewelers and Goldsmiths3 reviews Brain Press, 1997 Practical, very readable. Tons of ideas, sketches Well written book on creating hinges of all kinds. Very easy to read, with plenty of clear illustrations. Author's care for the craft of metals shows through in every page. Technically done very well. The book is 8 1/2 x 11 and is only 110 pages... but that belies the density of practical information crammed on each page. I probably have underlined every other sentence. I also have his ...             Marshall Brain's MORE How STUFF Works3 reviews Marshall Brain Wiley, 2002 Just as good sequel! I bought the first "How Stuff Works" for my son. He is into the hows and whys of almost everything and he enjoyed the book very much. So when he asked for "More How Stuff Works", I got it without hesitation. This second book includes a lot of material that are now part of our everyday life. Even my husband and I found it useful when we had to open my computer to reset a jumper and we found ...             A Fashionable Tour Through the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi: The 1852 Journal of Juliette Starr Dana ...1 review Juliette Starr Dana Wayne State University Press, 2004 A most interesting read For those who like social history written by the comtempories of the actual events, this book is a delight. Mrs. Dana's own writing style is quick and to the point. The editors had the good sense not to get in her way. Thus, the reader gets the true flavor of what had to be an extraordinary event at that time. We just do not have that many contemporary observations from the softer sex. Mrs. ...             Mission Possible, Special 10th Edition1 review Andrea T. Goeglein; Stephen Covey; Brain Tracy; Richard Tyler; Cherry A. Collier; Tal Stokes; Robert J. Danzig; Paul Clayton; Vicki Simmons; Waldo Waldman Insight Publishing, 2005 The Wingman rocks! I'm just back from a Waldo "The Lead Wingman" Waldman seminar. I bought the book there and will go see him again, anytime I get the chance. He knows his stuff. You won't be disappointed. And the book is co-authored by Waldo, Covey, Tracy, and crew. Wow!             Brian McFarlane's World of Hockey1 review Brain McFarlane Stoddart, 2000 Terrific book One of the best hockey books I've ever read -- and I've read a ton. Highly readable and terrific insight and anecdotes from past and current players as well as officials and team owners. If you are a hockey fan, buy this book!             Insight Guides New England1 review Brain Bell Apa Productions, 1995 A feast for the eye and spirit! As a travel writer focusing on the New England States, I am always on the look out for informative and well-written guides concerning these interesting states. A well- researched book can provide an excellent window into a particular geographical area's history, culture, attractions, and its people. Not surprisingly, Insight Guides New England guidebook effectively synthesizes an understanding ...             Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics of Zero2 reviews Brain Rotman, B. Rotman St. Martin's Press, 1987 Countdown from zero A delightful little book about the history of zero. But by no means is it a history of nothing. It tells the story of how the zero was invented in India (perhaps out of philosophic necessity demanded by Vedic cosmology), then traveled over to the Arab world, giving birth to al-gebra eventually, and later still, arriving in Europe in the very early dawn of the Renaissance. That much we know. ...             What If...: Intriguing Answers for the Insatiably Curious3 reviews Wiley, 2002 Just plain fun Marshal Brain has created a niche for taking questions that children and adults come up with that go beyond the normal range of books. Here, he contemplates and answers questions ranging from the scientific "What if someone shot a gun off in an airplane?" to the practical "What if I had to file bankruptcy?" to the just plain strange "What if I tied 150 helium balloons to my Jack Russell terrier ...             Contracts ("Quick Review" Book Outline Series)2 reviews Brain Sum & Substance, 1998 Use this during the year and at exam time Good explainations. Good case summaries. Contains Case "Squibbs" in the back - case summaries of major K cases - along with a de minimis and de maximus outline. Also, there are good review questions and tips for what to do when you've only got so much time to study.             Evidence-Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology1 review Brain Feagan, Andrew Burroughs Bmj Publishing Group, 1999 Good evidence in Digestive diseases This is by far the best reference if you are looking for evidence in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Objectives very clear and useful for attendings, residents and medical students not only in a G.I. service but also in a medicine rotation. It helps me a lot when we are discussing a controversial topic like treatment in functional dyspepsia, treatment of ulcerative colitis or the screening in ...             My Rules: Photozine2 reviews Glen E. Friedman Burning Flags Press - Glen E. Friedman, 1982 Better than your grade school yearbook In 1982, photography, BLACK FLAG and the value of $2.00 meant nothing to this then three-year-old kid. Some 20 years later, I picked up nearly mint copy of MY RULES for around $70.00 on eBay and finally experienced, albeit on yellowing paper, what I was born too late to witness at the time. But this is a vital time capsule worth preserving to remember the mentality and energy that's harder to ...             House Mouse Aggression: A Model for Understanding the Evolution of Social Behaviour (Ettore Majorana ...1 review P. F. Brain Routledge, 1989 Great for research I found this book very usefull for my graduate project. It covered several things I needed I know, and was not exceedingly difficult to read like many scientific journals. If you need any information on agression, especially in commensal rodents, this book it the way to go. Includes differernt types of agression including intermale, lactating female, and close quarters.              search for books aggression, autobiography, behaviour, birchbark, catastrophe, cellarful, contracts, evidence-based, evolution, examination, fashionable, foldforming, gastroenterology, goldsmiths, great-uncle, hepatology, hinge-based, insatiably, international, intriguing, mcfarlane, mississippi, peripheral, photozine, preschool, semiotics, signifying, ultra-violet, understanding, unexpected books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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