AC Reviews

Mr. Bender has done an excellent job conveying technically difficult subject matter. He should be commended for his contribution to this emerging area of law.

This is an excelent text to use both in the college class room and everyday teaching. The text covers all developmental point of effective teaching. It puts to teacher in a positve position that makes you want to teach and students to learn. If you are looking to sharpen your skills in teaching Math, or any subject you need this text. If you follow it closely "IT WILL KEEP YOU OFF OF A PDP(Professional Development Plan)"

This book is intended for first to second year students,it starts with the simplest circuits, anybody will be able to fully understand this book, many questions are included, and the enclosed CD has all the circuits made.Highly recommended if you are starting in the study of electronics.

During the last few years the field of controlled electrical drives has undergone rapid expansion due mainly to the advantages of semiconductors in both power and signal electronics and culminating in micro-electronic microprocessors and DSPs. These technological improvements have enabled the development of really effective AC drive control with ever lower power dissipation hardware and ever more accurate control structures. The electrical drive controls become more accurate in the sense that not only are the DC current and voltage controlled but also the three phase currents and voltages are managed by so-called VECTOR CONTOL. It is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone who want to be an expert in the field of AC Drives Control.

I have visited SF many times but never was able to get a clear picture in my mind of the different neighborhoods. This book's presentation of splendid neighborhood maps (and comments on the architecture and history) has allowed me to get a hold on the city which I much appreciate.

I went on vacation to San Francisco about a month ago and I needed a book that would guide me to the city. Access San Francisco was extremely informative and helpful. I found some great restaurants, cafés and shopping areas. Of course, it also guided me to China Town and the Golden Gate Bridge. Also, the book tells us the history of San Francisco and the different types of neighborhoods one might want to go to. I loved it. Are you planning on going to San Francisco? If so, buy Access San Francisco. Believe me, it is a tourist's must have!

A San Francisco resident since 1976, I still rely on each new edition of the Access (and Knopf) Guides to maintain familiarity with other neighbourhoods, and supply out-of-town guests with copies of each.

I've been using this book as a resource for evaluating programs at our college and for my doctoral research. The book is well organized and contains several examples and paradigms with which to evaluate programs in both govermental and corporate settings. Expensive book but one that you'll keep handy!

Even though it is not an Evaluation Manual which sometimes comes in handy for conducting evaluation studies, it is a very good book. I have used it for my Masters Program (at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) and found it very useful both for the theoretical and for the practical parts.It covers all major models tracing their origins. I plan on using it for my Doctoral Program, at Universidad de Costa Rica.

I am doing research on the best way to change Americaneducation, and I read this book with great interest. Arons is aninsightful legal scholar who makes a forceful case that the way public schools are presently structured is inconsistent with democratic principles, if not unconstitutional. One of his central themes is that there is no way to make curricula value-neutral. As long as public schools are administered and regulated by the government, everyone's children, except those rich enough to escape, must submit to the Education Empire's agenda, no matter how much they are philosophically opposed. He asks, "By what right do secularists impose their world views on the religious' children, or vice versa?" He says there will continue to be heated conflicts and weakened communities as long as people are not free to choose their children's education. He says personal conscience, an essential for civilization, is only formed in community. Public schooling undermines conscience, as it cannot promote a universal value system without infringing on First Amendment Rights. Civil liberties lawyers have relied on the value-neutral fallacy in order to protect secularist hegemony, and Supreme Court justices have been erratically inconsistent on First Amendment rulings regarding the public schools. Arons also spells out how Goals 2000, passed in '96, establishes an official curriculum, enforces it with national tests, and though it is called "voluntary", it basically denies funding to those states and school districts who do not conform to centrally imposed mandates. He even compares Goals 2000 to a totalitarian system, and shows the similarities. It is quite disturbing to find out what is really going on in education in this country. I have come to agree with Arons that there should be a separation of school and state, and have joined this growing movement. The state should leave the formation of conscience to voluntary communities and parents in a plural society. Otherwise, we really do not have freedom of thought, or freedom of belief, because, as he points out, freedom of expression is worthless unless we are free to FORM different beliefs. But unlike Arons, I think the state should get out of BOTH administering schools and funding schools. Arons' idea of endorsing government funding of schools with the belief that it will not then control them is naive. The education liberation movement is growing, and will continue in the 21st century. This book should spark public debate on First Amendment principles, freedom of thought, formation of beliefs and conscience, and education in America. I also recommend Arons' first book, Compelling Belief: The Culture of American Schooling.

I've been in education for over three decades and have always felt that our system needs to be rebuilt in major ways. Arons' book is the best combination of analysis and concrete proposals for reform I have ever read. He points out that school issues are always mired in political debate, and that whoever is ascendant at the moment holds sway in the "Education Empire." There is no room for individual students and families to take their own positions and to follow their own educational paths.

Arons recommends as a remedy an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would provide the same educational grant for every school-age child; each family would have the right to choose any school as the recipient of this grant. This amendment would also prohibit government at any level from establishing curriculum in any school. One provision I especially like is one that gives each kid 15 or older the right to choose her or his own school.

I work with teenagers who, in my opinion, have been abused by schools that fail utterly to recognize their students as uniquely talented people and instead pay attention only to ideology and institutional habits. Arons' proposed constitutional amendment would allow kids and their families to escape this abuse by choosing schools in which they feel comfortable and can learn happily and effectively.

I found this book to provide a very useful summary of a philosophy of evaluation that seems very valuable. Despite the horrible title the test is easy to read, and scattered with funny stories which may be an advantage or disadvantage depending on your perspective.

The first two parts are largely philosophical, with the later parts providing more of the practical back-up.

I am not convinced by all of Patton's arguments, but he certainly gives evaluators food for thought.

One of the most important books on evaluation ever written, and this third edition is better than ever. How to ensure that evaluation results are put to maximum use, by involving key stakeholders as true partners in the effort from start to finish. This is evalution for the new century at its finest. And fun to read as well.

As I read the first chapter, I remember thinking, 'oh lord, not another psychological mumbo jumbo book.' However, I decided to be open-minded and continue reading. Thank God for open-mindedness or I might have not tossed aside a book that, in my humble opinion, delievers an all encompassing view of what we will need to know about ourselves and how we can achieve much needed balance as we travel our spiritual path. The author begins with a simple overview of his interpretation of soul psychology, which is where I almost detoured off this path and put the book aside. In this first chapter, you may feel as though your are about to undergo another hideous variation of one person's answer in the never ending field of self-help. Fear not! This book will enlighten you and give you many tools to clearing the negative ego. A few chapters will seem very self-help oriented but don't let that scare you. These tools provided are excellent for healing emotions and working through the negative emotions that keeps coming up in your life. These tools can be of great assistance in situations where you keep repeating the same or similar behavioral patterns, emotions and reaction, as if you are caught in some sort of cosmic feedback loop. While the author doesn't describe these experiences the way I have and simply provides the tools, I have found that these tools offer an opportunity to rise above these pattern or step outside the loop. This is a major component in becoming more spiritual, for how can one be more spiritual when he/she consistently reacts/responds to situations with negative emotions such as fear, anger, powerlessness, frustration, indecisiveness, judgementalnes etc. The tools provided are helpful to rising above these conditioned reactions.

Another one of my favorite sections is the list of traps one will likely fall into on a path to ascension. I found around 70 that I know I am facing in one way or another. This list alone will help one understand what it truly means to clearn the negative ego/emotions and become more spiritual. The author also discusses the chakras and the human aura to some degree, all of which can be useful to you.

Finally, there is much, much more that this book has to offer... the laws of manifestation (a much more spiritual version than what I have encountered during my journey to self-realization), the laws of karma, archetypes, spiritual tests...

Soul Psycholgy is a book that I will be refering to over and over again. It offers tools, insight, and understanding whether it be more 'practical' or more 'esoteric' (Some would not appreciate me separating the two. Yet one must realize there are people who would be drawn to this book for more practical reasons just as there are people who would be drawn to this book for more esoteric reasons, and IMHO, this book can offer a great deal of insight, understanding, and guidance, as well as assistance to either group.)

It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. This book will be a teacher to all are ready to receive what it offers.

I never thought I would gain so much insight, understanding and practical guidance from a single book. Dr. Stone has put together a modern compilation of techniques and psychospiritual systems in an easy to understand format. I definitely recommend this book!

Frankly, a few years ago I browsed through one of Dr. Stone's books in a metaphysical bookstore. That particular book was about New Age Spiritual Ascension techniques, which left me cold as being just another fanciful dogma to compete with traditional religious dogmas in late 20th century America. Instead of the Christian "royal family" (God the Father, Jesus, Mary and that distant Uncle the Holy Spirit) this genre relied on personification of the divine in terms of great Ascended Masters who speak to Joshua. I was scandalized by this. Yet, recently I was drawn to Soul Psychology, and have been very impressed with its down-to-earth yet inspiring qualities. This is NOT your standard New Age fluff filled with pious platitudes and far out generalizations. Instead, this is a practical working guide to help aid the reader in working on release from the negative programming (of church, family, school, society, etc.) that Joshua characterizes as the "negative ego". How many adults cannot relate to the desire to reprogram their operating system to varied degree, to draw closer to the spiritual, and to what truly matters in life? I would suggest that if someone does not recognize their own "negative ego" (which is inherent to some degree in all of us) then that person might actually be speaking from (albeit immersed within) that negative ego. The differentiation between this negative ego (that mental voice that puts us down or puts others down...) and the ego aspects that allow us to drive a car is quite obvious the moment anyone reads past page 1. This is a sincere and kindly book. I recommend it wholeheartedly. Indeed, perhaps I'll give those Ascended Masters a spin around the book via one of Dr. Stone's Ascension series books. Who knows? They just might be friends of Seth (reference to a negative reviewer's reference to Jane Roberts).

I was expecting so much more from this piece, a profound disappointment. I can see why the members of the AC/DC organization wanted no part of it. Its full of sophomoric, misleading, and inconsequential innuendo and hearsay. The writer has talked to lots of people who knew Bon Scott at one time or another or another, yet little of any substance is presented. Instead, the author spends more time trying to place the life of Bon Scott in a context that did not exist when he was living.
This book is more of a study in social phenomenon than an actual biography. Instead of concentrating on the man and his music, he focuses more on Bon Scott as a social icon. The book is filled with stale cliches and endless repetition of the same dull themes that would be more at home in a mass market paperback about Joan Collins.
If I read a book about Mars, I would expect the author to have a firm grasp of astronomy in particular and science in general. If I read a book about rock and roll, I would expect the writer to actually know something about guitars, chords, notes, progression, recording etc. This author's main credentials with regards to Bon and AC/DC appears to be that he is Australian, and that he has written about Australian music as a popular phenomenon.
Very thin, not much weight to bring to bear on a subject that deserves much better treatment. A lame limp-wristed effort.

I can't understand the Young Brothers ruthless personality. I love AC/DC.
So, when a writer like CLinton Walker tries "heroically" to pay a unabiased tribute to Bon Scott, one should expect that the Young clan would give support to his project.

No. That didn't happen. Malcolm, Angus, George, drummer Phil Rudd, Harry Vanda, ex-manager Peter Mensch, well, nobody connected to Alberts Productions accepted to give an interview for this book, which was almost a "last chance" to homage their fallen comrade. This is even made worse by the fact that Bon's parents, Chuck and Iza, gave their blessing to the project...
Just intriguing, I assume... The author could not even obtain permission to quote from Bon's lyrics, what would have certainly made the book still better!!!
As for the book, it's excellent, altough it quotes so much from Bon's girlfriends (as explained above, this was the only line of action left to the author).
As for people within the band, the most interesting sources are ex-bassist Mark Evans and ex-manager Michael Browning. Altough sometimes criticizing the band, they (and the author) did it in a very soft manner, with respect and gallantry.
Well, once we don't have (and probably never will) any kind of oficial biography about AC/DC, we've gt to put our hands upon anything released. And this is a fine effort!

The book is great!!! You find out the story behind Bon Scott. I was very touched by this book. Bon lived more life than most people will EVER see in their whole entire lifetime. And he died so young. Right before AC/DC got SUPERHUGE. But as it was stated in the book, the band moved on, and it's the way Bon would have wanted it. Nothing could have been done to change that. Clinton Walker does a very good job of making Bon out to be the legend he surely was.