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Great book with illustrations. Good source for items about my 1968 1600 roadster not covered elsewhere.

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This is a wonderful book with lots of info. I expected it to be okay and nothing to rave about but as I noticed when I read it, it was indeed fantastic. I am glad it was a good book, it will make a wonderful gift for the Z fan in my life. Too bad it is out of print!!!

A fascinating book for any owner or dreamer of the 90-96 Z cars. Filled with great facts and stories. Especially interesting is the initial goal the Company set for itself in designing the world's number one sports car. You learn how various designs and decisions were made in developing this legend. You also learn about the men behind the car and how they all contributed to it's success. This Z car always won Car and Driver's top 10 award every year and for good reason. You can buy more expensive cars, and you can buy more exotic and faster, but dollar for dollar the Z car is truly the best sports car in the world. I just wish this book wasn't so short in length, but like all great reads, you finish and want more.

If you own a Nissan Z car, you absolutely must own this book. I've read it three times so far and still don't know all there is to know about Nissan's famous Z Car. The book is packed with information on the design and development of the 1990+ Nissan 300ZX. It also has a few chapters covering the early Z cars and also some great information on Nissan's racing efforts.

This book provides documentation of the most sensational examples of ijime [bullying]in Japanese schools. It also gives examples of teacher-assisted ijime and the tragic consequences. Too often, these stories are buried and meant to be forgotten. It is the shameful underside of the Japanese school system. In a country where appearances are everything, the instances of bullying in schools are denied or delicately expurged form the national consciousness. No wonder it has never been translated into Japanese.

This book is a MUST read for anyone trying to understand the forces at work in Japanese schools and society (one and the same). I found it not only well documented but also highly readable, gripping even in parts, rare for an academic book. I only hope it will soon be published in Japanese so that the Japanese public can also benefit from Yoneyama's insights and in-depth research.

Contradicting the idea that Japan is the model education system, as seen in the eyes of many westerners trying to boost their own systems, Yoneyama shows how the excessive control from the top down by administrators of teachers and teachers of students is ultimately killing the system. At the same time students, in a desperate attempt to salvage some control, are literally killing themselves and each other.

This Siddur is an excellent prayer book for both orthodox and ultra-orthodox congregations. Unlike many orthodox Siddur's which soley utilize Hebrew only, this book presents the English translation which is vital to Jews of today. The Siddur is also a great reference book which also provides the necessary blessing and prayers for the life cycle events.

We have been using this siddur for years after looking at others. This one is a pleasure to use and follow.

Thank you.

The story of the clandestine immigration ship, Exodus, is known to most people due to the best selling novel by Leon Uris. Many other books have tried to present more complete and historically accurate descriptions of the Exodus and the other clandestine Jewish immigrations to Palestine but none are as compelling or riveting as the recent publication, Exodus Calling, by Nissan Degani. This is the definitive book on the Exodus 1947.

It is the only oral history on this important aspect of Jewish history. Mr. Degani has interviewed many of the people who were on board the ship, including former Palyam colleagues who made up the crew and many of the refugees who sought a new start in their ancestral homeland. He has also spoken with several of the British sailors who were ordered to attack the ship. The English text is not always as polished as we might be accustomed to, but this only increases the sense of authenticity of what the people are saying. It is obvious that the people speak for themselves. This is their story as it has never been told before and it is as thrilling as it is heartbreaking.

As Nissan Degani has said, "The Exodus is the bridge that unites the founding of Zionism (1897) and the establishment of the modern State of Israel (1948). The Exodus demonstrates what the Zionist ideology can lead to -- a dynamic Jewish State."

Though Colin Messer intended his book for certain models only, don't let that turn you off. In the John Muir tradition (How to keep your Volkswagen Alive: a manual of step by step procedures for the Compleat Idiot) Colin manages to entertain and inform at the same time. The illustrations are first rate and the expert knowledge has helped me many times over to understand and fix problems on my early Z car. Although the author clarified that the Z and other models were not covered, you can apply an enormous amount of info to other models. I consider this book an educational experience and though out of print, it is worth finding.

It's too bad this book is out of print. It was written after the style of John Muir's classic "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive", and follows the same plain-language explanation of mechanicals and proceedures as Muir's book, with helpful advice along the way like "If you're getting angry at your car, stop for a while." Sound words! Instead of photographs to accompany the text, there are extremely clear artist's illustrations which, in my opinion, surpass most photos that appear in manuals of this type. A very worthwhile book to have for any owner of an old Datsun/Nissan, and one which did in fact keep my '72 1600 Pickup alive for many years. These are still in stock at some Nissan dealership parts counters.

FROM THE DIVINELY INSPIRED WRITINGS OF KING DAVID... TO THE EPISTLE OF MAIMONIDES... COME THE CONTEMPORARY LETTERS BY THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. His name conjures hope and delight in the possibility of the Torah-true path and the messianic age. To have been in his presence while he physically graced the earth was truly a miraculous occasion. Imagine then being his personal secretary. For over five decades and in several languages, Dr. Nissan Mindel, of blessed memory, faithfully transcribed the words of the Rebbe into correspondence. These letters were carefully preserved as part of the extensive teachings and personal yechidut of the great Rebbe. They reveal the Rebbe's role as confidant and counselor among his other roles. For the first time, some of these letters are bound together in the first volume of THE LETTER & THE SPIRIT: LETTERS BY THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY DR. NISSAN MINDEL. From the very public debate over prayer in school to private questions of family, faith and Jewish law, THE LETTER & THE SPIRIT gives the reader a seat at the table with one of the world's foremost spiritual thinkers and religious leaders. Truly amazing, they reflect the Rebbe's ever growing influence - indeed his posthumous continuous presence - on the issues that affect Jews and Gentiles in the ever-changing modern world. Dr. Mindel waded through the copious flow of personal letters, questions and pleadings that crossed the Rebbe's desk and presented Rabbi Schneerson's remarkable spiritual insights in a comprehensible and eminently readable manner. Dr. Mindel ushers the reader beyond the walls at 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Lubavitch movement, past throngs of the Rebbe's well-wishers and Talmud scholars, and into the center of Lubavitch world. The reader is privy to both the practical and the holy. Mindel reveals how letters were crafted and prioritized in a manner consistent with the philosophy of Chabad-Lubavitch.

Probably great because it only really covers a single model. Very clear and easy read.

Japanology is viewed with suspicion by scholars in less politically charged disciplines - and rightly so. For one thing, many of Americafs most visible and widely quoted Japanologists spend little time in Japan and thus are largely dependent on secondary or tertiary sources in trying to understand this most opaque of nations. As most of the secondary and tertiary sources are in one way or another mouthpieces of the Japanese systemfs extensive international public relations program (the gmutual understandingh industry), there are clear grounds for concern about their reliability and trustworthiness. Enter Brian McVeigh. A resident of Tokyo since the early 1990s, McVeigh is one of the few American Japanologists who can claim a truly authoritative first-hand knowledge of his subject. Moreover he brings to this ultra-political field, a mind that is unrivalled in its commitment to the most rigorous standards of intellectual honesty and impartiality. McVeigh views Japan through the lens of anthropology - and the picture he presents is a disturbing one. While less informed observers maintain that nationalism is dead in modern Japan, McVeigh expertly debunks this myth. Stating his case in the precise language of anthropology, McVeigh presents an electrifying picture of a nation driven from the top by authoritarian bureaucrats who pursue an uncompromisingly nationalistic - some would say profoundly xenophobic - agenda. As McVeigh shows again and again, the bureaucrats have left almost nothing to chance in building what will in the fullness of time come to be recognized as one of the strongest nation states in world history.

Eamonn Fingleton, Mita 2-chome, Tokyo