books by Stuart Stevens

books by Stuart Stevens

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Stuart Stevens

Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Road (Traveler)

Stuart Stevens

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

It's all about the journey
Stevens provides a humorous recounting of a romp through Western China attempting to follow the trail of 1936 travelers Fleming an Maillart along the ancient Silk Road. Night Train to Turkistan is entertaining for its quirky characters including infuriating ...

Feeding Frenzy

Stuart Stevens

Ballantine Books, 1998

Delicious, humorous, nice yarn
Unlike many other reviewers I liked this book immensely. I doubt that many of us have eaten at many (or any) of these gourmet palaces described in the book, but we can still dream. I enjoyed the whole setup - the decision to go, the pair that traveled, the 65 ...

Alphabet of Ocean Animals (Alphabet Books) (Alphabet Books)
Laura Gates Galvin

Soundprints Corp Audio, 2007

Take a trip into the deep blue sea and explore the exciting and mysterious world of ocean animals! Learn how dolphins breathe, where coral reef can be found, how walruses use their tusks, and mush much more in this rhyming alphabet book.

Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics:Volume 2A -Classical Inference and and the Linear Model (Kendall's ...

Maurice Kendall, Alan Stuart, ...

A Hodder Arnold Publication, 1999

Beautifully Written
I've been reading the general linear model section all day today, and it is just so nicely written I thought I needed to write a review. I can't imagine a clearer and more succinct description of this difficult topic. Entirely understandable, but be prepared to read ...

Sex, Lies And Private Eyes
Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estleman, ...

Moonstone, 2008

When it comes to sex, lies often follow... and in the dark heart of the city, death can be the ultimate payback! Moonstone Books, publisher of fine books and comics since 1995, is proud to present this landmark collection of all-new, original noir stories with the theme of 'sex for sale'. Written by some of today's top crime writers, Sex, Lies ...

The Big Enchilada: Campaign Adventures with the Cockeyed Optimists from Texas Who Won the Biggest Prize in ...

Stuart Stevens, 2001

Whoa! Politics is actually entertaining
Wow! No matter what your political bent, this book is a quirky peak into the political subculture of presidential campaigns. Althought this book appears to be 100% political, the story really revolves around the stressful, intense, and humerous life of political ...

Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics: 3-Volume Set (Hodder Arnold Publication)
Alan Stuart, Keith Ord, ...

A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2005

This set offers the complete, classic Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics in a single value-for-money pack. The latest set includes the brand new second edition of the popular "Volume 2B: Bayesian Inference," along with the sixth editions of "Volume I: Distribution Theory," and "Volume 2A: Classical Inference and the Linear Model."

MALARIA DREAMS: AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE (ABACUS BOOKS)
STUART STEVENS

ABACUS, 1992

Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure

Stuart Stevens

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994

Great book for a long flight
This is just the book to read on a long flight in economy class. Any delays and discomforts you have to put up with will fade by comparison with what Stevens experienced. It's a hilarious account of travels in Central and West Africa. (incidentally at that time, the ...

The Eye of the Leopard
Henning Mankell, Peter Robinson, ...

Harvill Secker, 2007

The Passion for the Truth
Steven A. Hite, Stuart A. Hite

DayStar Publishing, 2004

A scene by scene, verse by verse expose of Gibson's Passion of the Christ and what was left in, left out and added to the Biblical account. An easy to read format with the Bible charts on the left page and commentary on the right. Find out what was Biblical and what was from a Roman Catholic Mystic.

Malaria Dreams

Stuart P. Stevens

Books on Tape, Inc., 1990

Fleetingly Amusing / Somehwat Offensive
Stevens's account of a trip to Africa to drive a Land Rover from Bangui in the C.A.R. up to Europe (via Cameroon, Niger, Mali, and Algeria) is like meeting an entertaining raconteur at a cocktail party. He has lots of comic stories, and is amusing in a very breezy ...