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Handbook of CCD Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) from Cambridge University Press Price: $27.99 Customer Review:  Steve is the master of the art of CCD photometry. This is an essential book for professional astronomers and amateurs alike. |
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Practical Statistics for Astronomers (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) from Cambridge University Press Price: $29.80 Customer Review:  This book appears to be written for people who already completely understand statistics, in which case they probably don't need this book. I'm someone with a undergrad-level understanding of statistics and astronomy and this book does little to further my understanding of either. I wish the authors... |
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Chinese Art and Culture (Trade Version) from Prentice Hall Price: $53.55 Customer Review: This is a great book for a serious survey of Chinese art and also for common readers interested in Chinese art and culture. The first six chapters by Robert Thorp deal with the period between the Neolithic and the Tang, and the rest of four chapters by Richard Vinograd cover from the Song to the... |
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The Empty Ocean: Plundering the World's Marine Life from Shearwater Books Price: $17.16 Customer Review: In his latest book, marine artist and writer Ellis (Aquagenesis) expresses his deeply felt appreciation for the uniqueness of all forms of marine life and his sorrow at their dwindling numbers or extinction through elegant prose and finely detailed line drawings. He clearly explains the economic,... |
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Encyclopedia of the Sea from Knopf Price: $23.10 Customer Review:  His previous work shows that Richard Ellis is certainly a man of artistic talent with a broad interest in all things aquatic. With Encyclopedia of the Sea he has tried to bring together as much information as he can about the ocean. Everyone should know that this can't be done in one book,... |
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Great White Shark from Stanford University Press Price: $23.73 Customer Review: I found GREAT WHITE SHARK by RICHARD ELLIS to be one of the best books about GREAT WHITES ever written. I can see why STEVE ALTEN the author of MEG recommendeds it. It talks about the GREAT WHITE'S hunting instincts, swimming instincts and breeding instincts with more information about GREAT... |
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No Turning Back : The Life and Death of Animal Species from HarperCollins Price: $17.13 |
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The Search for the Giant Squid from Penguin Books Price: $10.17 Customer Review:  I'm not a scientist and don't play one on TV. I picked up this book knowing nothing about Giant Squids ... or *any* squids, for that matter. The first few chapters were fascinating. Ellis explores the history of man's encounters with the squid past to present. A nice discussion of squid taxonomy... |
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Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea from Penguin Books Price: $10.20 Customer Review: I read the author's very good "Encyclopedia of the Sea" and hoped this would be equally entertaining. It seems this book is more for people who already know a lot about ancient life. There are illustrations, but not enough as the author will describe bizarre, one of a kind creatures, but then not... |
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The Chopper Boys: Helicopter Warfare in Africa from Stackpole Books Customer Review: I acquired this gem from my favorite used bookstore in Denver and am sure glad I stumbled on it! For anyone out there interested in the history of conflict in modern day Africa this has to be on your bookshelf. A great set of photographs from the beginning of the helicopter era coupled with good... |
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Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans from University Press of Kansas Price: $19.77 Customer Review: I read "Monsters of the Sea" and "Search for the Giant Squid" by Mr. Ellis and was expecting the same great read. I was disapointed. Slow, and far too technical. I am still hacking my way slowly through the last few chapters. Read those other titles first! |
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London Under London from John Murray Publishers, Ltd. Price: $19.79 Customer Review: Except for Anglophiles and London Buffs most people's knowledge of the London Underground is limited to its use as a bomb shelter during the World War II Blitz. However, the Underground existed for centuries before WWII. Chapter 1 succinctly narrates the Underground during the Blitz, and concludes... |
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Practical Reiki: Focus Your Body's Energy for Deep Relaxation and Inner Peace from Sterling Publishing Price: $12.57 Customer Review: Richard Ellis has recently published a new book which at present is only available through UK distributors. You can find it at Amazon.co[m].uk The new Title 'Reiki And The Seven Chakras' offers us a unique perspective of the practice of Reiki by drawing on the authors personal experiences and... |
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Culture Matters: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky from Westview Press Price: $33.00 Customer Review: In this collection of essays in honor of Professor Aaron Wildavsky you may found and interest approach the the cultural theory. Eventhough it is a very good compilation of about the relationship among culture and politics, it lacks of the relation culture-development, which must be seen as the... |
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Cultural Theory (Political Cultures) from Westview Press Price: $32.00 Customer Review: "Theory," wrote philosopher George Santayana, "helps us to bear our ignorance of fact." Theory illuminates and instructs, it is a lens through which one may look forward while also reflecting on the past. Theory lets us comprehend rather than simply to apprehend. In "Cultural Theory," Michael... |
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Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) from Cambridge University Press Price: $75.00 |
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The Deep Atlantic : Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss from Knopf Customer Review:  This is a wonderfully illustrated book, except it is terribly written. Mr Ellis may have a good eye and hand, his writing is full of stock expressions and canned phrases. He seems unable to focus on any particular idea for more than a paragraph or so, and he meanders, but not in any reflective or... |
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Judaism in Music and Other Essays from University of Nebraska Press Price: $25.00 Customer Review: The German word "Erdball" means "world". It takes a weird translator to want to render it into English as "Earthball". H Ashton Ellis is that translator, a man who, in learning German, forgot all his English. Ellis translates German compound words not with plain English but with strange Germanic... |
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Monsters of the Sea from The Lyons Press Customer Review: I'd read Deep Atlantic before finding this book. In Atlantic, Richard Ellis wrote elegant, spare, relatively straight science. His illustrations complemented the text perfectly. Here he's having a rollicking good time, and with a subject that's great fun. I recommend this highly, and I recommend... |
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Dolphins And Porpoises from Knopf Price: $35.00 Customer Review: I can't keep track of how many people I've met that love marine mammals; especially dolphins and porpoises. If you too are interested in these amazing creatures, I highly recommend this book. Dolphins and Porpoises is a book with the straight facts. Unlike other scientific books, Dolphins and... |
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Kathy: A Case of Nymphomania from Lifetime Books |
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Book of Whales from Knopf Price: $23.10 Customer Review: Ellis' book on sharks is probably better known than this book on whales, but both are great. The cornerstone of the book are his numerous paintings of a variety of whales. Ellis also puts forth a good effort in describing what is know about this group of marine mammals. He addresses aspects of... |
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Calculus: Mathematics and Modeling from Addison Wesley Publishing Company Customer Review: We are currently using this text in a graduate course in Mathematics & Modeling. We are completing the first chapter in Modeling Change. Some of the definitions are vague. The examples are good; although, I would like to have seen more. Exercises are good--prehaps add more "warm-up" exercises.... |
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Men and Whales from The Lyons Press Customer Review: For nature lovers, the descriptions of whaling practices may be difficult and painful to read. But, if you are intersted in maritime history, this book has a whole lot to offer. Ellis has several 'interludes' throughout the book that describe life aboard a whaling ship in addition to some amazing... |
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Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: A Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat from University Press of Colorado Price: $23.62 Customer Review: On September 17, 1868, Eugene Carr's Fifth United States cavalry guided by "Buffalo Bill" Cody, surprised and attacked Tall Bull's village of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers at Summit Springs, Colorado Territory. In one of the hastily abandonded lodges, a ledger book was found which had been initially... |
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