books about: collision

books about: collision

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Collision

Star Trek: The Academy--Collision Course

William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, ...

Star Trek, 2008

An enjoyable start to a promising series
As a previous reviewer has noted, this novel is not intended to be great literature, but it is far more fun to read than that stuff anyway! It is obviously directed to fans of the Original Series, so my comments are only applicable to those readers. Yes, you will be ...

Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two ...

Mira Tweti

Viking Adult, 2008

Strong research, interesting facts exposed
I have read this book with keen interest. Tweti's research is both thorough and factual, and she has traveled to remote areas to uncover little known and discussed facts about the parrot trade (and other species on her way). I disagree with a comment below ...

Collision of Angels

Michael Carver

BookSurge Publishing, 2008

Great Book by First Time Author
Do you like politics? Intrigue? Questions of Faith? Suspense? Choices of right & wrong? Fiction...or maybe not? Pick up first-time author, Michael Carver's first book, Collision of Angels, and you will get it all. A perfect start to your New Year's resolution to ...

Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology)

Christer Ericson

Morgan Kaufmann, 2005

worth every dollar
Two things stand out about this author: 1) he drives every discussion toward performance issues, and 2) he provides just enough source code for a developer like me to lock in the concepts. That's a great combo that makes this book a hands-down winner. I've never ...

The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce

Fred Goodman

Vintage, 1998

My Mansion is Bigger Than Your Mansion
If you have ever winced at the rapid co-opting of 60's and early 70's rock music by big business and/or mercenary musicians, if you have ever gritted your teeth at paying $15+ for a CD and then wondered who gets your money, if you ever hoped that there was once ...

The Right Thing

Scott Waddle

Thomas Nelson, 2003

I Blame The Navy!
To me this is two books in one. Its is a story of faith in the face of adversity. In that it is excellent. Since that has been discussed here heavily, I wont go any further with that concept. What I find more interesting is Cdr Waddle has unintentionally given us ...

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two ...

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997

School Mandated
I read this book as a requirement of nursing school, but I thoroughly enjoyed it... It will captivate anyone with a heart/soul. I might even read it again later in my career- I really enjoyed the exposure to cultural competence.

Understanding the Times: The Collision of Today's Competing Worldviews

David Noebel

Summit Press, 2006

A Must Read For Every Parent
This is a must read for every parent in America. David Noebel offers an intelligent and yet deferential elucidation of six of the most prevalent worldviews competing for the souls of future generations. Most have opinions as to the rudiments of these weltanschauungs, ...

Collision Course (Star Trek: Academy)

William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, ...

Star Trek, 2007

What can I say? Shatner has his own view of Trek, but I like it!
In the multi-faceted 'Shatnerverse' things happen sometimes different than within the same timeline already established with Trek Lore, including episodes and/or established novels written prior to his novels, but who CARES?? These are science fiction stories ...

Moonfall

Jack Mcdevitt

Eos, 1999

A Must read!!
this book should have been made into a movie. Instead, they made Armaggedon and Deep Impact which are entirely forgettable. Moonfall has it all-a disaster that threatens Earth, people who are trying to fix it, fruitcakes crawling out of woodwork and of course, the Moon ...

A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection

OV Books, 2008

Funny. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable.
I read a review of this book in Utne Magazine & ordered it. I found the short stories to be exceptionally written. Some of them stayed with me for a long time. Favorite stories were: Shoes, In Cuba I was a German Shepherd, The Neighbor, Border Crossings, Attila the ...

Crash!: Twisted Steel, Mangled Bumpers and Shattered Windshields from the '40s, '50s and '60s
John Gunnell

Krause Publications, 2006

We've all been there, driving by the scene of a car accident where you can practically hear every "crash" "crack" and "crunch." This gift-sized guide features the biggest collection of the most spectacular and sometimes humorous traffic accidents in automotive history. An attention getter of anyone who's ever gotten behind the wheel, this ...

The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures (Palgrave Essential Histories)

Marshall C. Eakin

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Drinking from a firehose
You have to expect that any book covering more than one year of history per page is going to be a survey, and this is a good one. The author has a clear and comfortable style, command of his facts, and tenable theses. The book is littered with references to other ...

Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

A Very Distinguished Collection.
The horrors of September 11th 2001 have resulted in terrorism and political violence as an area of study becoming increasingly topical. In terms of publishing output this has been a mixed blessing. The area has become "fashionable" but quantity has not always been ...

Collision

Jeff Abbott

Dutton Adult, 2008

Absurd, Outlandish and I STILL loved it!
Yes, the characters are cartoonish images - the secretly decent killer spy, the fumbling accountant who suddenly acquires survivalist skills, the corrupt former CIA agent turned evil businessman. You've seen them many times before but still they entertain. Needless ...