Chemometric Techniques for Quantitative Analysis

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This work shows how to produce and use quantitative analytical calibrations in a laboratory or production environment, how to estimate the time and resources needed to develop analytical calibrations, and how to employ the quantitative software provided with a wide range of instruments and commercial software packages.

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Most ideal tutorial of chemometrics.......2000-06-08

Chemometrics is not intrisically difficult to understand, but it has a high barrier especially for beginners. One of the reasons may be that most of tutorials employses unnecessarily many equations, and they describe claculation algorithms too much. Nonetheless, the basic concept of PCR and PLS should be described on the line of CLS and ILS. The discovery of advantage of ILS, and the idea of using latent variables by PCA are the most important to fully understand PCR and PLS. Richard Kramer writes the book along this concept, and we can comprehensively understand the ideas of maltivariate analysis of spectra. He uses many figures, as if we were performing simulations by ourself. After fully understanding of this book, we would understand other tutorials more deeply and easily.

Chemometrics For Analytical Chemistry: Volume I PC-Aided Statistical Data Analysis

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Chemometrics For Analytical Chemistry: Volume I PC-Aided Statistical Data Analysis
Meloun Milan , Jiri Militky , and Michele Forina
Manufacturer: Ellis Horwood Ltd
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Explores the use of robust and confirmatory statistical techniques for the investigation of chemometric data in a wide range of experimental approaches using IBM or compatible machines. For researchers in analytical, physical, general and inorganic chemistry, and chemical engineering, plus practitioners and researchers of biochemistry, environmental chemistry, forensic science, clinical chemistry and pharmaceutical analysis. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED IN 11/91 PTR AGENCY CATALOG.

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The application of fractals in the engineering sciences is evolving swiftly and the editors have turned to Springer for the third time to bring you the latest research emerging from the rapid growth in techniques available for the employment of the ideas of fractals and complexity to a variety of disciplines in and associated with the engineering field. The strong potential of this research can be seen in real industrial situations with recent progress being made in areas such as chemical engineering, internet traffic, physics and finance. Image processing continues to be a major field of application for fractal analysis and is well-represented here.

It is important to note that the applications models are presented with a firm basis in theoretical argument, the qualitative observation of fractal phenomena no longer being sufficient.

Consisting of papers written by a world-wide pool of experts, the multidisciplinary approach of this third volume will be of particular interest to industrial researchers and practitioners as well as to academics from many backgrounds.

Fractals in Engineering: New Trends in Theory and Applications continues the publication of engineering-related research in fractal techniques begun in Fractals in Engineering and Fractals: Theory and Applications in Engineering (Springer London 1997 and 1999).

Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements, Trends and Challenges for the New Decade

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Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges
A formal vision of DSS

Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements, Trends and Challenges for the New Decade

Manufacturer: IGI Global
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ASIN: 1591400457

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The book presents state of the art knowledge about Decision-Making Support Systems (DMSS). Its main goals are to help diffuse knowledge about effective methods and strategies for successfully designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating decision-making support systems, and to create an awareness among academicians and practitioners about the relevance of decision-making support systems in the current dynamic management environment. Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade is a comprehensive compilation of DMSS thought and vision, dealing with issues such as decision making concepts in organizations.

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Decision-Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges.......2003-08-04

Excellent resource spanning both background material and the future of decision support systems. Great book for the practitioner and the theorist. - Gloria Phillips-Wren, Ph.D., Loyola College in Maryland, USA

A formal vision of DSS.......2002-12-10

This books is really an interesting and coherent vision of Decision Support System. Professors Gupta, Forgionne and Mora have been an outstanding job where summarize different approaches and theories about how managers, IT Professional and organizations in general using IT/IS as Intelligent Platform to enhance his own projections and develop new business options in Complex business World.

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This volume contains expanded versions of talks delivered by leading experts at the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems Symposium (MTNS 98) in Padova, Italy, in July 1998. It is a valuable reference for anyone with an interest in the analysis and design of engineering systems.

Systems, control, and network theory have permeated the development of much of present-day technology. The impact has been visible in the past fifty years through the dramatic expansion and achievements of the aerospace and avionics industry, through applications to process control and factory automation, robotics, communication signals analysis and synthesis, and, more recently, even finance, to name just the most visible applications. The theory has developed from the early phase of its history when the basic tools were elementary complex analysis, Laplace transform, and linear differential equations, to the present day, where the mathematics ranges widely from functional analysis, PDEs, abstract algebra, stochastic processes and differential geometry. Irrespective of the particular tools, however, the basic unifying paradigms of feedback, stability, optimal control, and recursive filtering have remained the bulk of the field and continue to form the basic motivation of the theory coming from the real wo rld.

This book is a collection of essays devoted in part to new research directions in systems, networks and control theory, and in part to the growing interaction of these disciplines with coding, computer vision, and hybrid systems. The essays, written by world-renowned experts in the field, reproduce and expand plenary and minicourse/minisymposia invited lectures which were delivered at the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems Symposium (MTNS-98) held in Padova, Italy, on July 6-10, 1998.

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All papers were peer reviewed. The purpose of this conference is to present current research in the field of astrodynamics with a special emphasis on the use of the methods of chaos theory and dynamical systems to find low energy trajectories. Applications to current and future space missions and to dynamical astronomy are given. The paper by Edward Belbruno describes a new way to orbit the Moon that offers enormous fuel savings over the more traditional lunar orbits, as well as offering a new methodology for an Earth-Moon transportation and a lunar communication system suitable to service a lunar base. Other topics include interstellar mission concepts, relativity, advanced propulsion, guidance and control, celestial mechanics, near Earth objects, and space policy. These proceedings are an invaluable source for mathematicians, aerospace engineers, astronomers, and those interested in the future of space exploration.

New Trends in Cryptographic Systems (Intellegent System Engineering)

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New Trends in Cryptographic Systems (Intellegent System Engineering)

Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers
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New Trends in Dynamic System Theory and Economics

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New Trends in Dynamic System Theory and Economics
Masano Aoki
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ASIN: 0120588609

New Trends in Fuzzy Logic II: Proceedings of the Second Italian Workshop on Fuzzy Logic Bari, Italy 19-20 March 1997

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New Trends in Fuzzy Logic II: Proceedings of the Second Italian Workshop on Fuzzy Logic Bari, Italy 19-20 March 1997

Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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New Trends in Fuzzy Systems: Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Current Issues Fuzzy Technologies/Methods and Environments for Planning and Programming, Cift/Mep

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New Trends in Fuzzy Systems: Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Current Issues Fuzzy Technologies/Methods and Environments for Planning and Programming, Cift/Mep
International Joint Workshop on Current Issues Fuzzy Technologies , meth , and Massimo Squillante
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New Trends in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics - Volume 1 Basic Problems and Model Systems Paris, France, 1999 (Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Volume 6)

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New Trends in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics - Volume 1 Basic Problems and Model Systems Paris, France, 1999 (Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Volume 6)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792367081

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This is one of two volumes which together comprise about forty papers coming from the most outstanding contributions to the fourth European Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics workshop held in Marly, France, in 1999. These books cover a very broad spectrum of scientific research work from quantum-mechanical many-body methods to important applications and computational developments, and from atoms and molecules to condensed matter.
The first volume is subtitled Basic Problems and Model Systems, which includes the following topics: density matrices and density functionals, electron correlation effects, relativistic formulations and effects, valence theory and nuclear motion. The second volume is subtitled Advanced Problems and Complex Systems and covers the following topics: response theory, reactive collisions and chemical reactions and condensed matter.

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New Trends in Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics: Volume 1 Basic Problems and Model Systems Paris, France, 1999 (Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1402004117

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The first volume is subtitled Basic Problems and Model Systems, which includes the following topics: density matrices and density functionals, electron correlation effects, relativistic formulations and effects, valence theory and nuclear motion. The second volume is subtitled Advanced Problems and Complex Systems and covers the following topics: response theory, reactive collisions and chemical reactions and condensed matter.

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This album-matching folio is a Parrothead's dream with eight pages of color art and all 38 of Buffett's biggest hits. Titles include: Brown Eyed Girl * The Captain and the Kid * Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes * Cheeseburger in Paradise * Coconut Telegraph * Come Monday * Everybody's Talkin' * Fins * Fruitcakes * Havana Daydreamin' * Last Mango in Paris * Margaritaville * The Pascagoula Run * Sail on Sailor * Son of a Son of a Sailor * Volcano.

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"Ultimate" is a perfect description........2007-08-23

A great songbook of great Jimmy Buffett songs. It has every song on the album, including the songs Jimmy did not write (Brown Eyed Girl; Everybody's Talkin'. I'd been looking for the sheet music of Everybody's Talkin' for awhile, and when I saw it was included, I bought it). Many similar songbooks of albums are not as complete as this one.

The format is chord names and guitar chord diagrams on top, then a treble clef and bass clef for piano, and lyrics. Many of the songs have tempo notes. For guitarists, there is no tab if it's what you're looking for. As a guitarist, I'll get over it, but I wish Amazon's "see inside this book" feature would show at least one page of the actual sheet music, so a buyer has a better idea of what they're buying.

Margaritaville Revisited.......2006-03-11

This is a fine book. Many of the somgs can be found in other places, but not all. The transcription is done well. If you are a Parrot Head and have a guitar, keyboard, or piano, you need this book. Well worth the money

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the very first toy my 3 month old wants to play
Hours of toddler entertainment

Play Me Another Song Piano Book
Jimmy Tanaka
Manufacturer: Tormont
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Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 2764110707

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Singing "Hot Cross Buns" is a lot more fun when your kids can play along.

An exclusive all-in-one keyboard and music book will entertain them for hours as they easily learn the words and notes to their favorite songs. The keyboard is numbered to correspond with the notes in the music. And these quality keys resonate through a mounted high-quality speaker for superior musical tones than ordinary electronic keyboards.

The colorful book includes 12 favorites including "Yankee Doodle," "It's Raining, It's Pouring," and "Pat-A-Cake." Kids just choose a song and press the keys that match the numbered notes above each word.

Youngsters from age three will use this innovative entertainment system for years to come.

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the very first toy my 3 month old wants to play.......2004-09-25

after we played it twice together he figured it out - that you need to press keys - and starts happily touching and scratching them when I give him the book. The results are quite pleasant, actually :)

Hours of toddler entertainment.......2004-06-25

My daughter received this as a gift when her little brother was born over a year ago and it is still one of her favorites. It is easy for little ones to figure out, and they feel very proud when they play each song "all by myself." Younger toddlers will have fun just pressing the keys. Highly recommend!

Take Me Fishing: 50 Great Writers on Their Favorite Sport

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A great collection by great writers

Take Me Fishing: 50 Great Writers on Their Favorite Sport

Manufacturer: Skyhorse Publishing
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The Gigantic Book of Fishing Stories

ASIN: 1602390436

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Here is great angling writing from the best writers in the business—from Tom McGuane to John McPhee to Lefty Kreh. With proceeds going to FishAmerica, to help keep waters and fish healthy, and the Future Fisherman Foundation for education programs for children, these articles include Joan Wulff’s look at the stages in an angler’s lifetime; John McPhee’s passage on our country’s “Founding Fish”–the American Shad; Dave Barry's not-so-reverent take on fishing; Dave DiBenedetto on migrating stripers; Monte Burke on record bass; President Jimmy Carter on his youth; and Ted Williams on the environment. And there are many more, every one a joy to read.

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A great collection by great writers.......2007-04-05

This is a wonderful collection with some of my favorite fishing writers. I loved this book.

Nobody Asked Me (Penguin Sports library)

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Nobody Asked Me (Penguin Sports library)
Jack Cannon , and Tom Cannon
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0140066179

The Spy Who Was Me (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius)

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The Spy Who Was Me (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius)
Michael Teitelbaum
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight
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ASIN: 0689863187

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The government's top agent is missing, and Jimmy Neutron has been recruited to find him! The boy genius goes across the world to find Agent X, who turns out to be Jimmy's super-spy hero, Jet Fusion! While rescuing Jet from his captors, Jimmy comes face-to-face with his old enemy, Professor Calamitous, who is determined to flood the world. Jimmy and Jet team up to defeat the evil

professor, but can they stop him in time?

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Entertaining

Great Info, Fair Writing

iam 11 years old and i still enjoyed it

the best fishing book i have ever read!definitly!

Caught me a big un is GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!

Caught Me a Big 'Un
Jimmy Houston
Manufacturer: Atria
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Binding: Paperback

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Hooked!: America's Passion for Bass Fishing

Hooked For Life

Fishing on the Edge

Catch of the Day

The Bass Angler's Almanac: More Than 650 Tips and Tactics

ASIN: 067100915X

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One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years....

CAUGHT ME A BIG 'UN...

and then I let him go!

Anyone who loves fishing -- on a lake, pond, river, or ocean -- is guaranteed to love Jimmy Houston's insightful, instructive, and laugh-out-loud funny tips and tales. Whether he's fishing with sports or political celebrities or his children, Jimmy proves there's no story like a fish story, and here are his best-packed with all the know -- how that has made his name a legend.

Discover the secrets of tournament fishermen from Jimmy and other award-winning pros; get the lowdown on tackle, baits, and boats; and find out why the best anglers know that you have to understand fish in order to catch them (and how you can, too!), and more. From that first tug on the line to the last cast of the day, every angler will love Jimmy's bass fishing tips and anecdotes. Get in the boat with the master -- and turn those tall tales into reality.

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A two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year Award, and one of the best known and most loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston is a bass legend. Whether he's fishing with sports or political celebrities or with his children, Jimmy's tips and tales are insightful, instructive, and laugh-out-loud funny. There's no story like a fish story, and here are Jimmy's best - crammed with all the know-how that has made his name legend. Discover the secrets of tournament fishermen from Jimmy and other award-winning pros; get the lowdown on tackle, baits, and boats; and find out why the best anglers know that you have to understand fish in order to catch them (how you can too!) and more.

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Entertaining.......2000-03-15

I bought this book because I'm a big fan of Jimmy Houston and of bass fishing. I thought the book was really entertaining, but the quality of the writing wasn't so good. If you like Houston's TV shows and magazine articles, you'll really enjoy this book. I think it would have been better if it was a little more organized, but it's still worth the money!

Great Info, Fair Writing.......2000-02-11

Jimmy Houston is definitely a big name in professional bass angling, and the countless tidbits of tips and tricks contained in his book are a testament to his prowess. Nonetheless, it is evident that Houston isn't as professional with his writing as he is with his fishing. The book was very readable and understandable, but it is clear that this was a somewhat haphazard attempt at putting his truly great skill into words. Bottom line: great info, good for a calm day when you feel like picking up some tips, don't model your writing style after it.

iam 11 years old and i still enjoyed it.......1999-07-20

iam 11 years old and i still think that it is the best book i have ever read!Hi Jimmy!your my idol

the best fishing book i have ever read!definitly!.......1999-07-13

jimmy houston is great, the book is fun and educational.i highly recomend it.i went fron catching 1 fish per trip to 10 fish per trip!I love it

Caught me a big un is GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!.......1998-08-14

I really enjoyed this book from the times i laughed and the times I was studing. All i can say is it is GREAT and you need to read this book!!!!

Caught Me a Big'Un...and Then I Let Him Go!: Jimmy Houston's Bass Fishing Tips 'N' Tales

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A must read for anyone who loves to fish.

Caught Me a Big'Un...and Then I Let Him Go!: Jimmy Houston's Bass Fishing Tips 'N' Tales
Jimmy Houston , and Steven D. Price
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0671552899

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A must read for anyone who loves to fish........1998-11-23

This book is a must read for anyone who loves to fish. It is very humorous, as well as, informative. I myself can appreciate the humor encountered, because I have spent many hours on the water and can definitely relate to this book. Buy this book for yourself, or someone who loves to fish. Whomever receives it will greatly appreciate this book. I couldn't put it down until I had read the last word.

I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me: A Memoir

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The Hobo Philosopher
The quintessential Breslin voice
No commercials
Breslin almost lets us see him "warts and all"
Jimmy Breslin, Alive and Well!

I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me: A Memoir
Jimmy Breslin
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jimmy Breslin reflects on his life after surviving a brain aneurysm in I Want To Thank My Brain For Remembering Me. From his childhood in Queens, to covering stories on Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and the Beatles, to his family and reverence for Catholicism, to the discovery, by "pure luck," that something was wrong, Breslin recalls the events and people of his past and the meaning they have for him in the present. This is his personal tribute to the magic of medicine and the fragility of all life. As Breslin concludes after the success of his operation, "things turned out pretty well."

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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jimmy Breslin reflects on his life after surviving a brain aneurysm in I Want To Thank My Brain For Remembering Me. From his childhood in Queens, to covering stories on Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and the Beatles, to his family and reverence for Catholicism, to the discovery, by "pure luck," that something was wrong, Breslin recalls the events and people of his past and the meaning they have for him in the present. This is his personal tribute to the magic of medicine and the fragility of all life. As Breslin concludes after the success of his operation, "things turned out pretty well."

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The Hobo Philosopher.......2007-09-20

Well, Jimmy Breslin is Jimmy Breslin. I have always been a fan. The part of this book that really fascinated me was his reaction to the health care issue.
He had a brain aneurysm. He has to have it operated or he dies. He could come out of the operation a vegetable. He tells his wife to get everything out of his name - the home the assets everything. Basically he says; I didn't work this hard all my life to spend my last days as a vegetable and have all my money drained into the coffers of doctors and hospitals.
His wife did not follow his advice and luckily he came out all right.
But isn't that interesting? Jimmy Breslin is a millionaire and with a ton of insurance but yet even he is vulnerable to the perils of this health care system.
I guess since I'm 65 myself now and everybody I know is dead or on their way out - the death deal and everybody philosophizing about it is like water under a bridge. The insurance thing was more important to be. I agree with Jimmy, people all work too hard in this country to have whatever they have left stolen from their children and grandchildren to go into paying for this damn defunct health care baloney.
I say good for him!

The quintessential Breslin voice.......2004-08-20

Outspoken New York newspaper columnist and author Breslin, famed for his sharp eye and wit, explores his own brain in this memoir of his life and his experience with brain surgery.

The book opens the night before his aneurysm surgery in 1994 and closes with him leaving the hospital, mind intact. In between is a free-association of flashbacks - a rollicking ride through his life, his city and his work - punctuated by contemplative reflections on the nature of God and the human mind.

"I lived in the everyday excitement of meeting strangers who unfold in front of you and become people you cannot wait to tell others about. How can you be expected to notice what is happening to your own life? ...and suddenly I look down and see that my feet are pawing strange dirt at the lip of a grave that maybe could be mine. And that is blinding speed."

At age 65 Breslin made a rare doctor's visit due to eye trouble. The eye is nothing, but the attendant MRI shows an entirely unrelated "bulge," which could be a life-threatening aneurysm.

Instantly Breslin recalls the Crown Heights riot after a black child was killed by a car driven by a Jew and a Jewish student was subsequently stabbed. Entering the area in a cab, Breslin was beaten and finally rescued. "The guy with the knife took me by the arm and led me through the crowd. The rest of me was reeling, a flag blowing in a stiff wind."

Breslin's eye was injured in the melee and he seizes on this as an explanation. His memory of the riot is pungent, urgent, but the doctor brushes it off.
The aneurysm confirmed, Breslin makes a joke. The doctor is amazed at his lack of understanding. But: "I also was treating it just as I do any horrible thing that occurs in a day. I report on a tragedy by remaining cold and callous and concentrate on making notes of the smallest details. In the hotel kitchen in Los Angeles, I counted Sirhan Sirhan kicking his legs five times before somebody sat on them after he shot Robert Kennedy."

As he educates himself about the aneurysm and his options, he recalls the deaths of others - Nelson Rockefeller, his beloved wife Rosemary, the New York stabbing of Martin Luther King and his assassination a decade later - and endures the kindness and shocking insensitivity of various friends and colleagues.

He recalls colorful characters from mob bosses to shady polls, rollicking nights in bars where he learned more than any journalism graduate sitting at a computer (he has the older generation's contempt for new ways).

He remembers the cold dread of being broke, the bitterness of his childhood, his own floundering lack of identity - always pretending to be someone else. And all of it in vivid anecdotes that rivet the reader to the page.

In contemplative moments he explores his relationship with God and the Catholic Church and researches the science of the mind, discovering that there isn't one.

And he name-drops a bit. Governor Mario Cuomo asks the state health commissioner to recommend a doctor for his case. On the other hand murderer David Berkowitz, "Son of Sam," once pointed him out, saying " 'That's Jimmy Breslin. He's a very good friend of mine.' "

Vintage Breslin, this is a compulsive page turner; funny, poignant and opinionated. His colorful, rushing style is quintessential New York and uniquely Breslin's.

No commercials.......2003-01-16

"You take emotions, curiosity, whim, wandering around, out of a day's work and you have a corporation of zombies giving you an array of facts and details not worth space in a waste-basket." writes Jimmy Breslin of many of his fellow journalists. No commercials in Jimmy Breslin's prose, just gusty gutsy sentences, long crescendos, reflective adagios, and many many characters, all of them greater than life.

This is a book of reminiscences first and foremost - thirty years of roaming New York's (and the world's) back streets like a mongrel journalist dog, sniffing garbage, following up on a scent, and peeing at lampposts to mark the most extraordinary territory on earth. Never awed, never condescending, Breslin is simply and unwaveringly curious - hence masterly.

In the second part of the book this curiosity takes him into the OR and over the medical logs unflinchingly to understand the brain surgery he underwent, and to report on it. I'm not sure he fully succeeds in weaving it all into a story, though. It is like passengers watching on the TV screen the plane as it takes off - instant replay, and a bit unreal, or a gimmick. So what, it remains a great read.

Breslin almost lets us see him "warts and all".......2001-01-03

Although the memoir is primarily the story of Mr. Breslin's diagnosis and treatment for a serious medical condition, it is delightfully sprinkled with anecdotes that pop into his head as he's contemplating his own fate. It is these stories that make this book well worth the reading. I only wish that Mr. Breslin had been more willing to let down his guard so we could get a better glimpse of the man -- I'm certain that he's at least as interesting himself as are the stories he tells about others.

Jimmy Breslin, Alive and Well!.......1998-10-26

I became interested in Breslin's book because a good friend passed away this year from a brain aneurysm. My friend did not know he had one and did not know what hit him when it burst. Breslin was lucky. He had symptoms, had it diagnosed, did his homework, and went to the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. There he was operated on by Dr. Spetzler, one of the world's greatest neurosurgeons.

Jimmy's life flashes by throughout the book and we meet a lot of the characters he has been acquainted with. But the focus of the book is the anatomical anomaly known as an aneurysm.

Jimmy takes us inside the O.R. and we can almost see the great Spetzler as he delicately clamps off the bulging blood vessel in Breslin's brain, a brain which has given us over 40 years of wonderful writing and humor, no matter what you think of his politics.

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Reveals amazing personal and spritual insights........1999-09-05

This is a very interesting book. I have never read one quite like it before. In this spritual autobiography Swaggart reveals his most personal revelations, experiences, his call to ministry and even his dreams are interpeted. I recommend the book to Christians and non-Christians alike.It shows a side of Swaggart that is revealing, informative and engrossing. It should be required reading for all Christians.

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Are You Looking at Me, Jimmy?
Arnold Brown
Manufacturer: Methuen Publishing Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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