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Shadowmarch

Tad Williams, ISBN 0756403596

The first installment in a new fantasy trilogy by an accomplished author in the genre. Williams has paid close attention to detail beginning with his first work, Tailchaser's Song and this story is no exception. Halfway through, the character development is excellent while the plot line is gradually building up steam. This installment looks to finish well and judging by his past works, the time reading this trilogy (first book 796 pages) will be well spent.
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Fundamental Astronomy

Springer 3rd Edition, eds. Karttunen, Kröger, Oja, Poutanen and Donner ISBN 3540609369

This introductory survey began as lecture notes from a class that Oja taught in the late 1980's in Helsinki. Additional work was added by other Finnish academics as well as the editors who were also responsible for the translations to English and German. The book is concise and clear and is a good refresher text. An updated 5th edition is due out this October.
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Faces Of A Nation

The Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union, 1917-1991, by Baltermants and Von Laue ISBN 1-55591-262-1 This oversized hardcover is a history of the Soviet Union told through the camera of Dmitri Baltermants and text of historians Theodore and Angela Von Laue. Baltermants (1912-1990) was an eminent photographer who served in an official capacity for the Kremlin as well as the news magazine Ogonyok, beginning his work in 1939 for Izvestiya. His photographs capture many facets of Soviet life from military action to daily life to politics and flow through an interesting and well written account of the circumstances of the rise and fall of the cold war nemesis of the United States. Recommended
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