3 comments about Which Door has the Cadillac: Adventures of a Real-Life Mathematician.

1. What an interesting book from a man who has lived through the most momentous moments of the 20th century!

   Don't worry --- this isn't a math book; it's the memoirs of Andrew Vazsonyi's journey from pre-war Hungary to modern-day California, and the ways that math has helped him to solve real problems, and have fun.

   The style is easy and fun. Highly recommended.




2. I just finished Which Door Has the Cadillac. As far as I know it is the first autobiography written by a modern mathematician, as the others are biographies. Vazsonyi has written a fast-paced, humorous, and engaging story of his life. I was moved by his personal struggles to escape Hungary before the Nazi onslaught. Interesting anecdotes of his encounters with notable and not-so-notable people, such as Paul Erdos and Zepartzatt Gozinto, made it difficult to set the book down. My vision of math has been expanded by Vazsonyi's quirky and yet grounded examples. The probabilities associated with the Cadillac problem are excitedly counterintuitive. It doesn't surprise me that even Paul Erdos was fooled by this problem. My favorite chapter was The Galloping Fighter Plane. All and all an excellent read!



3. A nice, fun autobiography. Not as good as "Surely you are Joking, Mr. Feynman", but quite entertaining. Andrew is basically a guy who started off as a 'pure' mathematician who 'sold out' to do stuff that is actually useful (due to circumstances) and has grown to love what he did as he went along applying mathematics to 'real life'. On top of it he had about at least 4 careers, going from and aerodynamics engineer for one of the early missle programs to a managment consultant to a marketing wiz to a professor. Combining this with his 'Marsian-Hungarian' background this makes for a lot of interestiong stories.

No comments about Cadillac Eldorado 1967-78 Performance Portfolio.

5 comments about Guitars & Cadillacs.

1. This is an EXCELLENT book! The tie-in to the music industry is incredibly creative.



2. This book is a great example of the worst romance writing - cliches, trite dialog, preditable situations, implausible resolution. Had to force myself to finish it just because I wanted to plumb the depths of how truly awful it was. Save your money & buy a Nora Roberts novel.



3. This is a really great story, especially if you're a country music fan. The references to current singers and songs lends a certain relevance to the book, and the behind-the-scenes look at the industry make it that much more interesting.

   After all that, though, it's just a nice love story, drawing you in quickly and making you care about the characters. I'm looking forward to the next in the series.




4. i like country music and romance and this book had plenty of both except for a few typos i really liked this book can't wait for the next one



5. The lure of the bright lights and fame of Nashville are the setting of "Guitars and Cadillacs," the first in the SoundMaster Romance serices, a series of novels revolving around the people who work with a recording studio in Music City USA.
   This particular story follows the courtship dance between radio disk-jockey Reanne Parker and singing sensation Colton "Mr. Right" Wright. As the two struggle to keep their blossoming romance a secret from Colton's fans, they deal with various problems ranging from keeping a long distance relationship alive to a vengeful ex-wife who is determined to make a name for herself. Through it all, the couple's love manges to remain intact, as they discover dreams do come true on Music Row.
   Sabine Keevil has done a great job of capturing the magic allure of the country music industry. She has done her research, as evident by the details contained within this story.
   I heartily recommend "Guitars and Cadillace" to anyone who likes a sweet love story, and who loves country music. Look for more books in this series to be available soon.

   Sharon Galligar Chance
   TIMES RECORD NEWS, Wichita Falls, Texas

4 comments about Buy the Chief a Cadillac: A Novel.

1. Buy the Chief a Cadillac is indeed a wonderful historical novel, although fairly recent history, as the time period of the book is in the early 1960's.
   The Klamath Indian tribe, living on a million acre reservation in southern Oregon, is about to be terminated. The government passed a plan where they would pay each Indian $43,000 and in return, the reservation would be no longer. This novel is set in the days just before and immediately after the Termination Act took place.
   Full of well fleshed out characters, mean drunks, crazy cowboys, whisky swilling loggers, lawmen both good and bad, this book is a darn fine read. It is historically correct and explores clearly one of the last really big rip-offs of the Indians by the US Government.
   Buy the Chief a Cadillac is fueled by 60's rock and roll, a river of potent booze, hopped up hotrods, guns, chaos, greed, murder and abundant mayhem. We meet and journey with each of the many and varied interesting characters from their own point of view, something that works very well.
   The book is tight, keeps the reader turning the pages; the writing is crisp, clean, and clear, and has a definite ring of authenticity about it. This is the first of Rick Steber's books I've read and I plan to read more of them. I'd recommend it for anyone who enjoys reading about the West, for those interested in American history, and think it would make an excellent book for professors to have their students read in classes that deal with the American Indian, the reservations, the 1960's. A terrific book by a talented writer.



2. The characters in this book are drawn deeply and realistically. I could not put this book down.



3. As I lived close to this area during the time of this book, it was thrilling to read Rick Steber's view of the happenings at that time.
   
   It supposedly is not based on facts. I remember too well the incidents and the stories of the law enforcement officers relating to the "trouble with the natives". Humourous as it was at the time, it is truly a sad tale of loss of another one of our native American tribes and the plight the white man has brought to them.



4. Since I grew up in an area near an Indian reservation in central MN, and now live in an area that was formerly a reservation in central OR, I had to read this book by Rick Steber about his viewpoint. It brings us great sadness to realize how difficult it's been for the American Indian population to assimilate and succeed in our current culture, and why alcohol plays such a great role in their attempts. I did enjoy reading 1491 which documents their predecessors' success in living a better life as the early natives to this continent. I'm glad to hear we're beginning to see the necessity for restoring the prairie grasses and conservation practices of burning, etc. that were successful for the early forestation and conservation of our country.

3 comments about The Cadillac Story: The Postwar Years (Stanford General Books).

1. ...the first is Bonsall's other Cadillac book, the out-of-print "Cadillac: The American Standard" (CTAS).

   In fact, this book is essentially a near-verbatim subset of CTAS. Where CTAS begins in 1902 and ends right around 1994 (when it was published), this book begins in 1946 (hence "The Postwar Years" in the title), and seems to leave off right around the beginning of 2002 even though it includes references to 2003 and 2004 Cadillacs, (it seems that most of the copy covering 1946 to 1994 was lifted right out of CTAS).

   The fact that the book makes no mention of the enthusiastic public reaction to the '02 Escalade and the CTS, as well as the incorrect reference to the '04 XLR as the "SLR" tell me that Mr. Bonsall probably wrapped up the manuscript in early 2002.

   This is a bit problematic, because even though the rest of the book is thorough, engaging, and superbly researched, it sort of sputters once you hit 2002--when all the really cool new Cadillacs suddenly hit the market, (the new Escalade, EXT,and ESV; the CTS, SRX, XLR). From that point onward, it reads like reprinted Cadillac brochures (literally in some paragraphs) and signals an abrupt end to the author's thoughtful analysis and edge-of-your-seat storytelling. It's like watching Cinderella up to the point where the clock strikes midnight, and then being hit with a commercial for glass slippers and ending the story without ever getting to the Prince and all the "happily ever after" stuff.

   Otherwise, this is an excellent book from the absolute best automotive writer on the planet. If you're a Cadillac enthusiast and you don't already have or can't get Bonsall's "Cadillac: The American Standard", then this book is a must-have. If you already have the other book and you don't mind shelling out some good money to fill in the space between 1994 and 2001, then this is also a good book to get.

   Note that there are no color pictures in this book, although there are many very good pictures on most pages. This book is perfect as a history of Cadillac after WW2, but it isn't intended as a coffee table book. If you want beautiful photographs in a large book, check out Rob Wagner's "Cadillac: A Century of Excellence".




2. [Attention editor: Please replace the existing review by "Mary Madoni" with this review. The previous review was written when I was accidentally logged in as Mary (my wife). I wrote to your customer service people about this problem and re-submitting the review under my own account was a suggested resolution, so here it is. Thank you.]

   ...the first is Bonsall's other Cadillac book, the out-of-print "Cadillac: The American Standard" (CTAS).

   In fact, this book is essentially a near-verbatim subset of CTAS. Where CTAS begins in 1902 and ends right around 1994 (when it was published), this book begins in 1946 (hence "The Postwar Years" in the title), and seems to leave off right around the beginning of 2002 even though it includes references to 2003 and 2004 Cadillacs, (it seems that most of the copy covering 1946 to 1994 was lifted right out of CTAS).

   The fact that the book makes no mention of the enthusiastic public reaction to the '02 Escalade and the CTS, as well as the incorrect reference to the '04 XLR as the "SLR" tell me that Mr. Bonsall probably wrapped up the manuscript in early 2002.

   This is a bit problematic, because even though the rest of the book is thorough, engaging, and superbly researched, it sort of sputters once you hit 2002--when all the really cool new Cadillacs suddenly hit the market, (the new Escalade, EXT,and ESV; the CTS, SRX, XLR). From that point onward, it reads like reprinted Cadillac brochures (literally in some paragraphs) and signals an abrupt end to the author's thoughtful analysis and edge-of-your-seat storytelling. It's like watching Cinderella up to the point where the clock strikes midnight, and then being hit with a commercial for glass slippers and ending the story without ever getting to the Prince and all the "happily ever after" stuff.

   Otherwise, this is an excellent book from the absolute best automotive writer on the planet. If you're a Cadillac enthusiast and you don't already have or can't get Bonsall's "Cadillac: The American Standard", then this book is a must-have. If you already have the other book and you don't mind shelling out some good money to fill in the space between 1994 and 2001, then this is also a good book to get.

   Note that there are no color pictures in this book, although there are many very good pictures on most pages. This book is perfect as a history of Cadillac after WW2, but it isn't intended as a coffee table book. If you want beautiful photographs in a large book, check out Rob Wagner's "Cadillac: A Century of Excellence".




3. Thomas Bonsall should be thanked for this book. The anecdotes he relates on the inner workings of General Motors, and how they impacted Cadillac, are worth the price alone. Unfortunately, his editors have done him a disservice as there is hardly a page without an awkward sentence, spell check-induced typo, misplaced end note, mislabelled photograph or inconsistency. Although the definitive book on Cadillac for the period from the 1979 Eldorado to the current Art + Science era has yet to be written, this book should be read together with Robert Ackerson's opus, Cadillac America's Luxury Car, to gain the most complete appreciation of the company's post-war history.

4 comments about Cadillac Flight.

1. This is a superb novel based on the Republic F-105 Thunderchief (THUD) pilots in Vietnam. Astounding level of accuracy



2. I have read this book several times and I can't get enough of it. The action is non-stop. And the air battles are as real as my flight-sim. This book is right up there with such authors as Dale Brown, Joe Weber, and Leonard B. Scott. I score it a 10. I just wish he would write more.



3. Once you start this book, it will be hard to do anything else until you finish. Gripping, moving account of the Thud airstrikes over NVN. Newbies to the Vietnam war will feel admiration for the pilots, and anger toward the war leadership that put politics over lives.

   Although Harrison develops his charactors carefully, the reader is pulled rapidly through the unfolding story with its tragedies and triumphs and - surprises.

   If you can find the book, get it. But make sure you have a clear couple of days to get through it.




4. If you are looking for a great novel about Pilots in the Vietnam War, this is the one for you. I can't believe that I paid so little for this book, because it will stay on my shelf as one of those rare books that I will reread. This is a fantastic novel about Thud Drivers in the Vietnam War. The flying scenes, the characters, the complexities of the times are all well thought out and presented in this great novel of aerial combat. Even though it is a novel, I would rate it up there with the offerings of 100 Missions North, Thud Ridge, and all the other great F105 novels. Do yourself a favor and get this book. You will not be disappointed.

5 comments about Cadillac: The Glory Years, 1950-1969.

1. Incredible CD-ROM with everything you could posibly want to know about the 1950 to 1969 cadillacs. Hundreds of high-res photos. It even has TV commercials and sound effects. The screen saver is worth the price alone! I also have other titles from this author which I also love!



2. A warning!
   If you are a Mac user, this CD-ROM is for PC / Windows only.
   Does not say so on product page.
   So the 1 star rating is based on that I could not run it on my Mac.
   It's probably an exellent CD-RoM for PC users.



3. I found that this was a good overview of the Cadillac models and styles. Some of the Advertisements were a little grainy and some pictures not well defined, but overall it was well presented.



4. I love Cadillacs, especially the years up to 1973. I have collected literature and photos over the years. I thought that this might be a good addition to my collection, but was mistaken.
   
   A number of the photos are not labled correctly, pictures are grainy or have poor resolution, and there is no consistancy to any of the presentation. I have a better collection myself by just scanning brochures and ads from magazines like NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
   
   For all the effort and the price, I expected a much higher quality.



5. Good but not complete. The tec specs could be more comprehensive. Above all the picture and movie resolutions shuld be as high as to to allow to use as screensavers on modern big screens. Does not work with a mac unless you pick it apart on a PC, transfer it and watch with mac programs.

1 comments about Cavalier/Cimarron/Firenza/Skyhawk/Sunbird 1982-92: All U.S. and Canadian Models of Cadillac Cimarron, Chevrolet Cavalier, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza ... (Chilton's Repair Manual (Model Specific)).

1. I have a Cadillac Cimarron and it does not run the way it used to. I have been working on it for two years and it still does not run. I think this book will be a big help.!!!!!!

1 comments about Cadillac: Vintage Postcard Memories (MI) (Postcard History Series).

1. This book is an excellent way to see historical buildings and events from the city's past.

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