Bond Reviews

The Book contains a wealth of well-writen, concise information on issues relevant to portfolio management in emerging markets, including asset allocation, derivatives, and capital asset pricing. It features an extremely rich bibliography for the theorist, and useful data for the practicioner.

RAND, as usual, produced a first-rate study here. In this text, they looked into commercial SATCOM for Department of Defense use, what roles it should fill, and cost comparison between DoD-owned satellite versus commercial satellites. Many graphs adorn the text, adding useful information to make conclusions clearer and vivid. Anyone interested in commercial satellites and the role they should play for the DoD should buy this book. No hyperbole or propaganda here, RAND's text is useful text and solid conclusions that layperson and communicator alike can understand.

I have used this text for 2 years as part of the author's engineering systems's courses at Lehigh University. I think it is an outstanding pedagogical approach to energy-based modeling. While the focus is on Bond Graph methodology,the author stresses the art of applying fundamental insight and intuition to the modeling process. An attentive reader can develop a logical and simple, yet powerful, framework for modeling a wide variety of engineering eystems. Now that I am in graduate school, I think that the mindset I developed from this text gives me a unique advantage.

There are many interesting dynamic modeling problems, including aircraft carrier landings, eardrum vibrations and even MEMS to name a few. In most cases, extracting the differential equations governing the dynamic behavior becomes a very direct procedure, following the construction of the bond graph models.

This is a great factoral book! Anyone doing research should get it first thing. I loved it!

General Bond kept a diary during his year with the American Volunteer Group. Unfortunately, it was slightly edited for publication, so we don't in all cases get his unvarnished view. Still, it's by far the best account currently in print from the point of view of one of the original Flying Tiger pilots. There's some historical context provided by historian Terry Anderson.

This was another book that I picked up on a whim, and ended up being pleasantly surprised by. The illustrations are great and the story line is touching. And Cornelia Augusta is a very likable and thoughtful little girl, who knows just the right sort of valentine to make for each of her very different friends. A perfect book for Valentines Day!

Reading is pretty easy to follow and there are stories all can relate to who have experienced the blessing of friendship. However, this also seems to be one of those books that you will either love or hate. I just happened to be one that loved it.

This book was written with young children in mind,having two very young granddaughters of my own I wanted to write something that they could read at their your ages. The book is clean and it is thought provoking on many levels for children as well as adults. Being the author and this being my first book I see things that I would have taken out as well as things I would have added -- but I suppose that is how it always is. I want those of us who treasure what family stands for to nourish those memories and to always keep them fresh in our minds and hearts to commit it all to paper, that whether it be poetry or a novel it may one day find that person who needed to be uplifted and bring them hope and bring even joy.

If you are a coach of a youth soccer team, I am sure you've heard this plea before. Yet, you are obligated as a coach to discover which one of them possesses that unique set of characteristics to become the 'last defender'.

This book can certainly help. It helped me to discover at least two potential goalkeepers on our team by eliminating the fear factor. The fear of the unknown was probably greater than the fear of being hit (by the ball, legs, etc.). The illustrations in this book helped to reduce the 'fear factor' and made it possible for the youngsters to actually try and learn the daunting task. Everything from basic ball handling and positioning to penalty and corner kicks is covered in a simple and informative way.

With abundance of photos and pictures that illustrate each technique, this inexpensive book could easily substitute a video; it will particularly appeal to kids. It's a short read (only 32 pages), but it will have a great impact on your coaching ability.

This comprehensive book on the subject is packed with information learned the hard way from an experienced pro. Practical, sample newsletters and business principles specifically focused on the newsletter business was very informative. Answered all my question plus some I couldn't think of prior to reading.