AC Reviews

I was looking for a book that could help me set up parades, festivals and meetings. Adavance Coordination Manual focused a lot on stage set up-breakdown and contracts. This book was not very helpful for me. I'm sure it could offer direction for those planning very large events.

I bought this book to learn more about planning for larger-scale events, like concerts and festivals. I have been very impressed! A great reference guide for almost every aspect of event planning.

After more than a decade coordinating small, mid-size and humongous events - and having had to write my own guidelines for future events - Jan Moxley's extraordinary work was a most welcome and unexpected surprise when it arrived just in time for Pope John Paul II fourth visit to Mexico, where we put the whole package (book and CD) to the test, under extremely difficult constraints and conditions.

The results were spectacular!

Whether you are an expert in the field, or are just getting ready to face your first event, Moxley's book is more than just "a must!": It will be your guide, mentor and advisor throughout every stage of your planning and execution, as well as a most welcome companion when having to explain difficult technical considerations to "non-techies".

A great read for any true fans of the incomparable Bon Scott and the classic years of Acca Dacca.

Clinton Walker's work is meticulous and almost scholarly in tracing the roots of Bon Scott. In this book you get to know maybe who the real Bon Scott was: part showman, part wildman, part genuine good guy and part lost man.

Walker peels back the hype and reveals Bon as good hearted, lovable rogue who ended up a lonely musical enigma.

My only criticism is Walker's anti-Young family position taken in the book. The Youngs - Malcolm, Angus and producer/godfather brother George, refused to cooperate with Walker for this book and as a result, we get a less than objective account of how heartless the Young clan is, with precious little praise for their obvious talents and achievements. This is a shame because the Young's story could have been a real piece on it's own.

But that criticism aside, if you wanna know how AC/DC made their 'long way to the top' in the early years before they became part of the rock 'n' roll furniture then this is the book.

Opens with a breathtaking description of the authors' first near-Cobra experience. Has all the facts and figures. Lots of juicey pictures. Complete (compleat for the Anglos) race results ad nauseum. Some enjoyable accounts of the drivers and their steeds. An extensive study of the Daytona coupe's development. Finishes-up with a thorough explanation of current attempts to re-introduce the Cobra marque.

Flexible ac transmission system is a new concept which explains the use of various power electronic devices to control the flow of power over transmission lines. Yong H Song and Allan T Johns have done a very good job of selction of topics and editing them.The book is very well organized and moves from one topic to other in a systematic way. Although different chapters are written by different people the reader does not feel any disccontinuity .Chapter 8 ,9 , 10 and 11 explain the advantages of FACT devices in improving the performance of power system . However the practical applications and actual implementation and their problems are not discuused in detail.

I have just recently come in contact with a classic AC Ace automobile. There are limited resources of information on the web and also in books, probably because there were so few of these car produced. Rinsey Mills has put together a great book with all the historical details and a bunch of the mechanical details as well. It also has a ton of great pictures, new and old. If you are own or are interested in an AC Ace or Cobra, you need this book.

This is really one of the very best books for people in the Health-related fields. It helps in a very good understanding of the fundamental basics of Evaluation which will help in a good understanding, evaluation, and application of Programs at large and Health Programs in particular. Note: You need to have a good basis of Statistics to read this book. Watch out!

Randomized experiments rule the world of empirical research. This book shows you how to do them, and how to analyze the results. If you are even thinking about experimentation, you need this book. I could never have completed my doctoral dissertion without it.

I found this book and I was thinking that the title sounded interesting. The author talks about how the Acupuncture elements work in relationships. There are 5: Wood/Liver, Fire/Heart, Earth/spleen, Metal/Lung, and Water/Kidney. He goes into depth about each personality of men. He gives examples on how to balance an out of balance man to make him happier and your life saner :) The man in your life will find tips on how to improve his health and sex life too.

So, this is a book for both women and men to read. I don't recommend this book for children under 19.

No, I'm not a disgruntled grad student who had to take a qualitative eval course with this book as the bible. I'm a very happy grad student who enthusiastically pursues qualitative methods (and in fact teaches them to his undergrad students), but who learned at great expense to avoid this book at all costs.

A large number of professors teaching research have latched onto Patton as the qualitative guru for valid reasons. He has done seminal work in the field, championed the process for decades, and is deservedly well respected for these efforts. The problem is using his book as a classroom textbook.

This book is OK as a reference source, but the man is not a textbook author. The book is extremely difficult to comprehend, has not been revised significantly since the first edition in 1980, wanders off on tangents seldom related to the content (try the start of Chapter 5 if you need an example), fails to provide groundedness with adequate theoretical applications, and so on. ....I do use this book and quote from it when appropriate, but cannot recommend it as a textbook.

As a senior in college who is conducting interviews with high school and college students, I would recommend this book. It provides an excellent jumping off point for both novice student interviewers as well as seasoned teachers. Patton, himself an experienced interviewer, and also an award-winning teacher and storyteller, outlines all the necessary steps involved in the interview process in a very entertaining way. The book reads much like a textbook, complete with original cartoons, historical examples, and vast personal experience. Moreover, inspirational and often amusing quotes kickoff each section. Appearing throughout the book is the fictional sage-like character Halcolm, a philosophical alter ego of Patton, who, "like his name (pronounced slowly)," forces the reader to ask "how come?" (p. A2).
Patton has divided Qualitative Research and Evaluation into three main parts: Conceptual Issues in Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Designs and Data Collection, and finally Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting. Under each section are many subsections, all clearly laid out in a very detailed table of contents. For example, Conceptual Issues is divided into four subcategories: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry, Strategic Themes in Qualitative Inquiry, Variety in Qualitative Inquiry: Theoretical Orientations, and finally Particularly Appropriate Qualitative Applications. Furthermore, these four subcategories are then broken down in additional detail in the table of contents. The titles of these sections (and chapters) are somewhat typical for the text as a whole in that they rely on sociological terminology that may be unfamiliar to beginners. At first glance, the table of contents appears to be little more than a patchwork of intellectual vocabulary, but the book reads in much simpler terms.
The index to the book is also very useful for finding numerous narrowed down focuses. I found this the most helpful. For example, when I wanted to find out about transcribing interviews, I was able to find all of the relevant chapters and information at once.
Unfortunately, however, Patton's broad scope is also his main weakness. It is very easy to become bogged down by the mass amount of details and by his many examples. Also, for scholars primarily interested in the interview process, only the final section is useful, especially in the field of analysis.
Patton attempts to cover all of the basics of interviewing, and provides an excellent outline, but nothing can compare to actual experience. Nevertheless, it is highly recommended that first-time interviewers consult Patton's book for an introductory guide, and even veteran interviewers can learn something from Patton's vast experience.
Researchers will also find Patton's 36 pages of single-spaced references very helpful, and graduate students will find it invaluable for dissertations.

If you've been asked to gather qualitative research but you've never gathered qualitative research before, then this is the book for you. Unlike other qualitative research books that often focus more on a particular phase of research, this book covers all phases in depth, from conceptual issues and qualitative reseach design to analysis, interpretation, and reporting. If you were to read this book from cover to cover you would enjoy it, but you may yawn once or twice. To ease the boredom factor, the author was kind enough to include jokes and cartoons and sage anecdotes from research guru Halcolm. If you just want to use this book to answer particular research questions, then this is also the right book for you. I've looked at several other qualitative research books and this one seems to address all the major questions a researcher could possibly have. I highly recommend this book for any and all qualitative research neophytes.