books by Robert C. Martin     books:       Eric Fischl : 1970 - 20002 reviews Arthur C. Danto, Robert Enright, ... Monacelli, 2000 Great book on Fischl, but......... This is what a book on an artist should be, lots of nice big images, early to current work(presented chronologically) and not too much BS, except for an essay written by Steve Martin(yes the comedian). .........But the more I look at the book, the more I think Fischl has quality control issues. The more I look at it, the more bad paintings I notice. Don't get me wrong, this is a great book and ...             Fat is No Fun-The Brooke Bates Story2 reviews Katherine Scott with Dr Robert Ersek;MD;F.A.C.S Med Web Publishing, 2007 A Medical Cinderella Story Liposuction is a controversial technique at any age, but Austinite Brooke Bates was the youngest person ever to undergo major liposuction. This enegaging, frank account of Brooke's metamorphosis offers a balanced assessment of this admittedly drastic measure. Bombarded with criticism by thousands of strangers after a dozen major TV apperances, this feisty Texas teen and her family somehow take ...             Government in America: People and Policy2 reviews George C. Edwards, Martin P. Wattenberg, ... Prentice Hall College Div, 2003 Educational and Thorough One of the most thorough books on government and its workings I've come across. Mr. Edwards is as good a researcher as he is a writer. A+ work. Dr. Henry R. Toof Cambridge, MA             Who Is Coming? (Rookie Readers: Level B (Prebound))2 reviews Patricia C. McKissack Perfection Learning, 1986 Great to Read aloud Little monkey, who lives in Africa, is pursued by several animals that also live there and one who doesn't. In his attempts to get away from his pursuers, Little Monkey has to run up, down, over, under, in, and out. He finally gets a rest when he realizes that his last pursuer, the tiger, doesn't live in Africa. This book introduces children to the concept that there are other places in the ...             Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices33 reviews Robert C. Martin Prentice Hall, 2002 Very deserving in it's own right. After reading this text, I feel it deserves the attention of other great texts such as Design patterns and Refactoring, even though much of it's content expounds upon the ideas of these two classics. It's my opinion that this text has two strong points: it explains the ideas and details of agile development very clearly, and it does an excellent job of explaining the most popular patterns ...             Interactions of Desertification & Climate1 review Martin A. J. Williams, Robert C., Jr. Balling A Hodder Arnold Publication, 1995 the best book on desertification In my limited readings on desertification (about 10 books), this is the only book that covers desertification comprehensively. While other books tell you that desertification is a long-term land degradation and is caused by mismanagement of land, this book covers the climatic factor as well. How climate influences the hydrologic cycle, vegetation and soil, and how in turn these factors ...             Famous Fantastic Mysteries: 30 Great Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Classic Pulp Magazines Famous ...1 review Bram Stoker, Arthur C. Clarke, ... Gramercy Books, 1991 Table of Contents... "Step into the weird and unpredictable world of classic fantasy and horror in this spine-tingling anthology of stories and novellas from the incomparable pulp magazines Famous Fantastic Mysteries and Fantastic Novels." 1. Behind the Curtain by Francis Stevens. 2. Pegasus by Henry Kuttner. 3.The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt. 4. Fungus Isle by Philip M. Fisher. 5. John Ovington Returns by Max ...             Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late40 reviews Sinatra, James C. Roberts M.D. Wiley, 2008 A Wonderful overview for increasing your heart health! I had a mild heart attack in 1993 and had to remain firm in not undergoing the typical invasive techniques that cardiologists at the time recommended. Too many people with mild heart attacks got bi-pass surgery or stents that almost always are limited in effectiveness and by their very nature cause problems. My father died of heart disease at 54 years of age so I did take my heart attack very ...             Acoustic Wave Sensors: Theory, Design, & Physico-Chemical Applications (Applications of Modern Acoustics)1 review D. S. Ballantine Jr., Robert M. White, ... Academic Press, 1996 About the best acoustic wave sensors book available This work does a pretty good job of spanning both theory and practical concepts. After an introduction it gives an overview of piezoelectric theory that is covered in more (but still insufficient) detail in Colin Campbell's book, "Surface Acoustic Wave Devices". The central part of the book discusses thickness shear mode, SAW, acoustic plate mode, and flexural plate mode sensors. The remainder ...             Eric Fischl: 1970-20075 reviews Arthur C. Danto, Robert Enright Monacelli, 2008 Superbly illustrated This publication is an expanded edition of "Eric Fischl 1970-2000". In the opening essay Arthur C Danto helps us see the artist in context from his student days in the 1970s, when painting was almost an anathema, through his early work and to his notorious painting, "Sleepwalker", which brought him to the public's attention, and to his mature paintings. Selected paintings are discussed in more ...             Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)116 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007 A little fore-grounding but to add: this could be no less than five stars. I'd like to restrict this review to some main points since it is impossible to justifiably represent all of Zarathustra within these confinements: The book will be difficult to faithfully digest. Nietzsche wrote this out of extremities of loneliness, solitude, and what he always called his own special pessimism regarding the inevitable personal implosion of the highest ideals. As the subtitle ...             Since Socrates: A Concise Source Book of Classic Readings1 review Robert C. Solomon, Clancy Martin Wadsworth Publishing, 2004 Excellent Seller The item purchased was exactly as described. Book was in great condition. Shipped pretty rapidly. wished I could have had a choice to rush order, but other than that it was a great experience.             Newnes Design Classics Ultimate CD1 review Tim Williams, Marty Brown, ... Newnes, 2008 Circuit Design to go Having these multiple design and debug references on a CD so that you can take them with you on your laptop or keep them on your desktop for quick searches is a great time saver. Since they are all PDF files you can search, save or print pages to store with your project files. Power supply design, analog design, digital design as well as troubleshooting are all covered by well known and respected ...             Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#23 reviews Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin Prentice Hall PTR, 2006 Best Primer for Agile Engineering If you're wondering what people mean when they talk about "Agile Software Development" or "Agile Engineering" and C# is your language of choice, this is the perfect book to get started with. If you've read the Java version of this book or you're already familiar with TDD and the SOLID principles, this book will NOT contain a lot of new information. Another review criticizes the book for merely ...             Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide: Take Care of Your Finances Now...And They'll Take Care of You Later3 reviews Ernst & Young LLP, Robert J. Garner, ... Wiley, 1997 The best calculator I've found for financial planning... Although this book deals with many aspects of retirement and retirement planning, what distinguishes it from the dozens of similar books I have read is a truly outstanding calculator for determining how much money will be available then and how much needs to be saved or invested to eliminate any shortfall. It includes pensions, social security, and savings and investments. It factors in life ...             Pattern Languages of Program Design 3 (v. 3)3 reviews Robert C. Martin, Dirk Riehle, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 1997 Many nuggets of software development knowledge, however you need some knowledge of design patterns to understand it While patterns are an inherent part of the human experience, using them in software development is a recent phenomenon. The seminal event was the publication of the book, "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. A Group so well-known that they are commonly referred to as the "Gang of Four," or GoF for short. ...             RFK: Selected Speeches: Original Live Recordings of RFK's Finest Speeches1 review Robert F. Kennedy Highbridge Audio, 1993 If Words Could Move Mountains ... You can hear the compassion and conviction in Bobby's voices. I have listened to these two tapes many times over... I've read the speeches in text ... but nothing is like listening to Bobby's voice, slightly shaken, slightly rushed, but always genuine and sincere. Bobby Kennedy is an American leader. Though his short life span did not allow him to accomplish enough, his vision and integrity ...             Morality and the Good Life with Free Ethics PowerWeb4 reviews Robert C. Solomon, Clancy W. Martin McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2003 A keeper. This was a textbook in my ethics class, and is definitely a keeper. It outlines works from all of the famous ethical philosophers, and also contains a very helpful "running commentary" throughout. The perfect introduction to the subject, and a lifelong reference guide. I've already used it as a source for papers in other classes.             Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship54 reviews Prentice Hall PTR, 2008 A Quick and Informative Read on Crafting Code "Clean Code" informs developers how they can write code that is more readable and maintainable. The first section of the book covers identifying confusing code and rewriting it for topics such as variables, classes, and concurrency algorithms. These chapters contain snippets of code before and after some thought was taken to make the code's intent clear. Although the examples are all in ...             More C++ Gems (SIGS Reference Library)4 reviews Cambridge University Press, 2000 Useful book. You can read the State Pattern in the famous "Design Patterns" book, but the article in this book, "Finite State Machines: A Model of Behavior in C++" by Immo Huneke, explains why the State Pattern is the way it is. That explanation was missing from the "Patterns" book. Also, Robert Martin's intro to this article was helpful. Mr. Martin mentioned he has a freeware "State Machine Compiler". 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