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The Railroad Never Sleeps: 24 Hours in the Life of Modern Railroading

Voyageur Press, 2008

For well over a century and a half the railroad has rolled on, crisscrossing the continent in the ceaseless activity that keeps the North American economy moving. This never-ending workday unfolds hour by hour in The Railroad Never Sleeps , a remarkable photographic chronicle of North American railroading over twenty-four hours. On May 10, 2007, the anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony marking the completion of the first U.S. ...

National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe

4 reviews
Ruth Ellen Gruber

National Geographic, 2007

A stunning acheivement !
Wow! This book is no mere travel guide! I had intended only to riffle through the pages. Instead, I read the entire book, unable to resist being carried along on a most remarkable tour. Jewish Heritage Travel is rich with information about the geography, culture, religions, architecture, and thousands of years of history in a part of the world that has deep significance for the human story. ...

The Forgery of Venus: A Novel

18 reviews
Michael Gruber

William Morrow, 2008

I didn't want to put it down!
Having enjoyed Gruber's "Book of Air and Shadows", I was looking forward to "The Forgery of Venus" and I was not disappointed. The story grabbed me from the very beginning and didn't have a slow spot all the way through. The book has an unusual perspective, the first person narration is presented as a recording made by artist Chaz Wilmot, Jr. for a friend and is a recounting of his ...

Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2009 (Gruber's Complete SAT Guide -12th Edition)

22 reviews
Gary Gruber

Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008

Very useful guide with great features
I was thrilled to see the 2009 version of Gruber's Complete SAT Guide. I have used his books for decades with outstanding results with my students. His new additions to the 2009 version like the "Gruber Hot Prefixes and Roots" (which give you the meaning of over 110,000 words) is excellent and a great way to learn the important prefixes and roots of words. Also his "Words Commonly Mistaken for ...

The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel

94 reviews
Michael Gruber

Harper Paperbacks, 2008

Complex and engaging
I've noticed a wide variety of opinions posted about this book so I felt compelled to weigh in. I found it to be an engrossing tale that weaves together the stories of characters from Elizabethan England and contemporary New York with a terrific command of narrative and suspense. I very much appreciated the author's ability to evoke the very different atmospheres of these very different places ...

Tropic of Night

69 reviews
Michael Gruber, 2003

INTRODUCTION TO AFROCUBAN DEITIES
THIS IS A WONDERFUL NOVEL FROM SEVERAL STANDPOINTS. IT IS PAINSTAKINGLY RESEARCHED, LITERATE WITHOUT BEING PRETENTIOUS, INTERWEAVES SEVERAL SUBPLOTS SEAMLESSLY INTO THE TEXT AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE INTERESTED, OPENS A HITHERTO CLOSED WINDOW ON A BELIEF SYSTEM THAT AT LEAST 5 MILLIONS AMERICANS SHARE'

Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis

7 reviews
Edwin J. Elton, Martin J. Gruber, ...

Wiley, 2006

Excellent theoretical background
This was one of the texts I had to read for one of my MBA classes. It provides an excellent theoretical background in finance and the theories that link finance to macro and micro economics. It is not very practical however. Not much in the book can be applied. It is a must, however, for any serious student of finance. The coverage of option models is a little light, however. I highly recommend ...

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Art

9 reviews
Tedd Benson

Fireside, 1981

Excellent
The details on this are excellent. Sketches, plans, perspectives, maths, tables, formulas, theory, you have it all. All graphics hand-drawn! Each joint has a photo, a drawing and cutting details and dimensions. Focused too: nothing outside the scope of the *classic* timber frame.

Valley of Bones

28 reviews
Michael Gruber

HarperTorch, 2006

Way above average crime fiction
It's summer: I'm reading a lot of crime fiction. I've picked up some Patterson (how can you avoid it) some Baldacci, and some others. I picked up this one (book on CD actually) because the premise intrigued me. Crime fiction without a serial killer! Does anyone do these anymore? Well, Gruber does, and this is a great one. Apparently, the hero of the book, I.X. "Jimmy" Paz, is the star of ...

Night of the Jaguar (Jimmy Paz)

11 reviews
Michael Gruber

Harper, 2007

Plausibly supernatural & a fine character-driven mystery
Nobody has done a better job of bringing the "lost" supernatural dimension of primitive folk magic and religion into the modern mystery/thriller world than Michael Gruber. He has a deep and sympathetic understanding of what we secular Westerners might regard as "alternative belief systems," and he manages to seamlessly juxtapose witchcraft, Santeria, etc., with utterly plausible crime and ...

The Oppermanns: A Novel

6 reviews
Lion Feuchtwanger

Carroll & Graf, 2001

Eerily foretells the events to come in the Nazi era
I'm amazed this book doesn't have more glowing reader reviews as it is an absolute standout for many, many reasons, not the least of which is the author's amazing ability to predict the events to come, even before they've fully occurred! Written in 1934, the novel follows the life of one family, the Oppermanns, and the increasing restrictions and hatred they face in their daily lives. Unwilling ...

Rashi's Commentary on Psalms
Mayer I. Gruber

Jewish Publication Society of America, 2008

In 2004, Mayer Gruber's landmark "Rashi's Commentary on Psalms" made one of the 11th-century scholar's most important works accessible to a larger audience for the first time. The JPS paperback edition of this exceptional volume includes the complete original Hebrew text and acclaimed linguist Mayer Gruber's contemporary English translation and supercommentary.Fully annotated by Gruber, "Rashi's Commentary on Psalms" places Rashi, the most ...

Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir

13 reviews
Amalie R. Rothschild, Ruth Gruber

Da Capo Press, 2000

Oh wait...
I'm sure I'll love this book. Once I receive it. It's been nearly 3 months since I ordered this...Amazon will no longer be the beneficiary of my internet commerce.

Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America

14 reviews
Ruth Gruber

Three Rivers Press, 2000

Excellent book!
Gripping retelling by Ms. Gruber, who shepharded nearly 1000 refugees from Italy on the Liberty ship, the Henry Gibbons. Afterward, the refugees set up at a camp called Camp Oswego, near Lake Ontario in New York. At the war's end, the refugees are supposed to go home to their native lands, but Ms. Gruber lobbies everyone in the US government that will listen to her to let them stay. At long ...

The Witch's Boy

10 reviews
Michael Gruber, 2005

The Witch's Boy
This Fairy Tale not only describes its own story it also incorporates many other classic fairy tales from Little Red Riding Hood to Pinocchio, each one with an added twist. Lump is the witch's boy. Abandoned at birth and taken in by a misunderstood witch. He grows up in a world of magic. He is taught by an enslaved djin and nursed by a bear. He grows up with very wrong views about people and the ...

When Dead Tongues Speak: Teaching Beginning Greek and Latin (American Philological Association Classical ...

1 review

An American Philological Association Book, 2006

Latin revived
This is a thought provoking and valuable contribution to the educational drive in England and America to revive Latin as a core foundation subject and as the key to European culture, classical and Christian.

Railroads of Pennsylvania: Your Guide To Pennsylvania's Historic Trains and Railway Sites

1 review
Brian Solomon

Voyageur Press, 2008

Excellent Guide to Rail History and Sites in PA
This book is an excellent book for covering the railroads and significant museums, train excurtions plus other PA location. For the novice and practiced rail buff/ historian all of the important places are in this book. Additionally, specific directions to locations are in this book.I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the title topic. Yet another excellent example of Brian ...

Public Finance and Public Policy

2 reviews
Jonathan Gruber

Worth Publishers, 2007

Textbook highlights contemporary issues and contemporary research
An excellent textbook for an upper level course for economics majors. There is a lot of inertia in textbook choice, but I was finally convinced to adopt Gruber's book when I served as the Lecturer for Stanford University's upper-level seminar in Public Economics. The textbook has high production values and of particular note is its timeliness in covering both current policy issues (Social ...

Journey Back to Eden: My Life and Times Among the Desert Fathers

10 reviews
Mark Gruber, M. Michele Ransil

Orbis Books, 2002

Terrific
I don't know which was more interesting, the author's anthropological observations or his spiritual journey. Both fascinating and enlightening. Originally, Br. Gruber sets out to study the fathers of monasticism with a scholar's eye (albeit a fellow Monk-scholar), but the desert and those who live there transform him eternally. This book is a fresh drink of water! Here are my favorite ...

American Military History and the Evolution of Western Warfare

1 review
Robert Doughty, Ira Gruber, ...

Wadsworth Publishing, 1995

The evolution of western warfare
Doughty's book covers exactly what it says. It provides a good overview of American military history beginning basically with the colonists' battles with Native Americans. This book really shines in its discussion of the technology behind warfare and how it affected key battles. For example, its sections on the technology of World War I (machine gun, plane and tank) are carried through when ...

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