Optical Semiconductor Devices

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This book is devoted to optical semiconductor devices and their numerous applications in telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics-areas where signal processing or the transmission of signals across fiber optic cables is paramount. It introduces a new generation of devices that includes optical modulators, quantum well (QW) lasers, and photodiodes and explores new applications of more established devices such as semiconductor lasers, light-emitting diodes, and photodiodes. Mitsuo Fukuda examines the material properties, operation principles, fabrication, packaging, reliability, and applications of each device and offers a unique industrial perspective, discussing everything engineers and scientists need to know at different phases of research, development, and production. This guide to the state-of-the-art of optical semiconductor devices:
* Helps you choose the right device for a given application.
* Covers important performance data such as temperature and optical feedback noise in lasers.
* Highlights epitaxial growth techniques and fabrication for each device.
* Features one hundred figures and an extensive bibliography.
* Provides a clear and concise treatment, unencumbered by excessive theory Optical Semiconductor Devices is an essential resource for engineers and researchers in telecommunications and optoelectronics, equipment designers and manufacturers, and graduate students and scholars interested in this rapidly evolving field.

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I REALLY want to give a higher rating........2005-11-12

Some explanations in the this book are very clear. However, the reader may often need to refer to the author's previous book -"Reliability and degradation of semiconductor lasers and LEDs".

WDM Technologies: Passive Optical Components (WDM Technologies)

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WDM Technologies: Passive Optical Components (WDM Technologies)

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ASIN: 0122252624

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The communications industry is at the onset of new expansion of WDM technology necessary to meet the new demand for bandwidth. This is the second of a four reference books that will cover this technology comprehensively with all of the major topics covered by a separate volumes - i.e. active components, passive components, systems and networks.

This book is the first which covers all key passive optical components required for current and next generation optical communication systems. World-renowned authors, who are pioneers in their research area, have written the chapters in their area of expertise. The book highlights not only the principle of operation and characteristics of the passive optical components, but also provides an in-depth account of the state-of-the-art system applications.

- Helps the reader to choose the right device for a given system application.

- Provides the reader with insight and understanding for key passive optical components frequently being / to be used in the optical communication systems, essential building blocks of today's/next generation fiber optic networks.

- Allows engineers working in different optical communication areas(i.e. from system to component), to understand the principle and mechanics of each key component they deal with for optical system design.

- Covers Planar lightwave circuit (PLC) based router, different optical switches technologies (based on MEMS, thermo-optic, and electro-optic) and different optical amplifier technologies (based on semiconductor optical amplifier, EDFA ,and raman amplifier).

- Highlights the operating principle of each component, system applications, and also future opportunities.

Devices for Optoelectronics (Optical Engineering)

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Almost Completely Useless
this book is sloppy and unuseful

Devices for Optoelectronics (Optical Engineering)
Wallace B. Leigh
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 082479432X

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Offers coverage of optical devices utilized in communication and information processing systems, highlighting the physics of optoelectronics necessary for both hybrid and monolithic optical integrated circuits. The text aims to bridge the gap between thin-film switches and active semiconductors by analyzing lithium niobate as well as compound semiconductor devices, and includes discussion on optical transmitters, receivers and switches.

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Almost Completely Useless.......2004-08-07

This book was used as a text for an electro-optic devices class that I took. I can honestly say that the book was almost completely useless to me throughout the course. Topics are covered very poorly if at all and good explanations are few and far between. You would be much better off using other books, neighbor kids or indeed rubbing sand in your eyes rather than try to use this book.

this book is sloppy and unuseful.......1999-09-09

This book is written by someone who obviously understands the subject very well, but isn't very good at presenting it. The equations contain many mistakes and none of the terms are properly presented. Any other book on the same subject would be better. If the author simply referred the reader to another book, he'd be saving the reader a lot of time.

Emerging Optoelectronic Technologies and Applications (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, Vol 10)

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Emerging Optoelectronic Technologies and Applications (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, Vol 10)

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Semiconductor Devices for Optical Communication (Monographien Aus Dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie = Psychia)

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Semiconductor Devices for Optical Communication (Monographien Aus Dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie = Psychia)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0387096361

Semiconductor Lasers for Long Wavelength Optical Fiber Communications Systems (Iee Materials and Devices Series 4)

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Semiconductor Lasers for Long Wavelength Optical Fiber Communications Systems (Iee Materials and Devices Series 4)
M. J. Adams , A. G. Steventon , and W. J. Devlin
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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Michael J. Connelly
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ASIN: 0792376579

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The semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has emerged as an important component in many optical fiber communication, switching and signal processing systems. Besides its basic use as an in-line amplifier, SOAs have found use in a myriad of applications. Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers provides a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the design and applications of SOAs.

Key areas covered include:

Historical background.
SOA principles - theory of amplification, gain, noise, noise figure, polarisation dependence, spectral bandwidth, dynamics.
SOA structures - travelling-wave, Fabry-Perot, DBR, DFB, multi-section, twin-guide, polarisation insensitive configurations, low-reflectivity coatings, angled facets, high-power devices, gain clamped devices, SOA packaging.
Bulk and quantum-well semiconductor materials.
Static and dynamic modelling - travelling-wave equations, recombination mechanisms, analytical approximations and computer modelling techniques.
SOA optimisation, slow and fast pulse amplification.
Applications in optical communication systems - direct detection and coherent receivers, amplified light detection statistics, preamplifier, in-line amplifier, booster amplifier, amplifier chains, SOA based optical network topologies, TDM, WDM, soliton transmission, system experiments, analog systems.
Non-linear behaviour - cross-gain modulation, self-phase and cross-phase modulation, four-wave mixing, frequency chirping, bistability.
Functional applications - intensity modulator, phase modulator, switch, add/drop multiplexer, wavelength converter, in-line detector, dispersion compensator, pulse-shaper, all-optical clock recovery, loop mirror configurations, logic functions.
SOA photonic integrated circuits.
Current developments and future prospects.

Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers is an invaluable information source for researchers and engineers involved in SOA and optical systems design and manufacturing. It is also useful to graduate students, in optoelectronics, optical communications and optical engineering, entering this rapidly growing and exciting field of research and development.

Improved on-wafer techniques evolve for MMIC testing. (monolithic microwave integrated circuit)(Special Report): An article from: Microwave Journal

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Improved on-wafer techniques evolve for MMIC testing. (monolithic microwave integrated circuit)(Special Report): An article from: Microwave Journal
Howard Bierman
Manufacturer: Horizon House Publications, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Microwave Journal, published by Horizon House Publications, Inc. on March 1, 1990. The length of the article is 3348 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Improved on-wafer techniques evolve for MMIC testing. (monolithic microwave integrated circuit)(Special Report)
Author: Howard Bierman
Publication: Microwave Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1990
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Volume: v33 Issue: n3 Page: p44(8)

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Luxtera introduces industry's first 40G optical active cable, world's first CMOS photonics product.(NEW PRODUCTS): An article from: Fiber Optics and Communications

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Luxtera introduces industry's first 40G optical active cable, world's first CMOS photonics product.(NEW PRODUCTS): An article from: Fiber Optics and Communications
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Release Date: 2007-09-12

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This digital document is an article from Fiber Optics and Communications, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 710 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Luxtera introduces industry's first 40G optical active cable, world's first CMOS photonics product.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Fiber Optics and Communications (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 30 Issue: 8 Page: 6(2)

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MRV Communications' fiber-optic WDM systems and out-of-band management solutions U.S. DoD approved.(BUSINESS): An article from: Optical Networks/WDM

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MRV Communications' fiber-optic WDM systems and out-of-band management solutions U.S. DoD approved.(BUSINESS): An article from: Optical Networks/WDM
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ASIN: B000O59SEK
Release Date: 2007-03-08

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This digital document is an article from Optical Networks/WDM, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 483 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MRV Communications' fiber-optic WDM systems and out-of-band management solutions U.S. DoD approved.(BUSINESS)
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Publication: Optical Networks/WDM (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Page: 8(1)

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Unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and riveting suspense: These are the trademarks of beloved author Judith McNaught. With millions of devoted fans and ten New York Times bestsellers to date, McNaught is a writer whose work just gets better with each new novel–and Every Breath You Take is the book readers have been waiting for. Returning to the lavish Chicago setting of her popular novel Paradise, and revisiting some of that book’s characters as well, this story will captivate in inimitable Judith McNaught style.

High atop a snow-covered hill, the stately old Wyatt mansion is perched like a crown, its stone spires pointing upward, its stained glass windows glowing like colorful jewels. Such opulence means success and, surely, happiness. But on the eve of wealthy philanthropist Cecil Wyatt’s eightieth birthday, all the money in the world won’t bring back his missing grandson, William Wyatt. The only thing for certain: Foul play was involved.

The family, the police, the media–all have tried in vain to discover the young man’s fate. Now suspicion has turned shockingly toward William’s own half-brother, the rather distant and enigmatic Mitchell Wyatt.

Kate Donovan never dreamed that a chance romantic encounter on a tropical island paradise would tag her as a suspect in a high-society murder case. But after Kate tangles with the darkly charismatic Mitchell Wyatt, she finds herself cast in a shadow of guilt and mistrust. As the Chicago police tighten their net, it will take all of Kate’s ingenuity to clear her name. With her calm, cool wit, and the help of a man who may or may not be a dangerous catch, Kate vows to claim the life and love she desires.

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Judith McNaught soared to stardom with her stunning bestseller Whitney, My Love. Since then she has gone on to win the hearts of millions of readers around the world with such breathtaking novels as Double Standards, Tender Triumph, Once and Always, and the New York Times bestsellers Something Wonderful, A Kingdom of Dreams, Almost Heaven, Paradise, Perfect, Until You, Remember When, Simple Gifts, Night Whispers, and Someone to Watch Over Me. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

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great read--this had a little bit of everything.......2007-09-23

read this in one night, it was great. as usual judith mcnaught has written another favorite book for me. kate met mitchell while on vacation, one day changes everything... you never know who to trust...i want to say so much more, but don't want to give it away. you won't be dissapointed in this book, except it is too short.

Great crime - dont expect the same style as a historical McNaught.......2007-08-08

Meet another friend of Matt Farrell (Paradise) and Zack Benedict (Perfect), Mitchell Wyatt. He's an enigmatic self-made man, an illegitimate son coldly and disdainfully palmed off by the Chicago Wyatt family onto various international foster families when he was a child, but moved before he could form close attachments. He might have been raised with some of the family's wealth, but he's more than made his own fortune and now doesn't want to have anything to do with them. Understandable! Out of the blue his half-brother William discovers Mitch's existence, and delightedly takes his wife and teenage son to meet Mitch - and the emotionally controlled Mitch bends a little under William's eager affection for his `new' brother. Then, shockingly, William goes missing, feared dead, and police suspicion falls heavily onto Mitch - the new Wyatt `heir'! Kate Donovan knows nothing of this when she takes a brief island holiday on St. Maarten's following her father's death. Her long-time lover, lawyer Evan Bartlett (whose lawyer father colluded with the Wyatts to banish Mitch from the family) can't join her due to work pressures, and Kate runs into Mitch at the hotel café. Their attraction is instant, hot, and somewhat illicit, given Kate's stay is being paid for by another man... Too late! She and Mitch have a raunchy, blazing affair. Then something happens that splits them apart and wrecks any chance of a future relationship; a huge misunderstanding `a la McNaught'. Oh, the secrets and lies! Primarily a character driven book, it's still difficult to know who to trust in this high stakes story of murder, danger, deception and love. A true `McNaught' at its finest!

My favorite Judith McNaught novel!.......2007-06-11

I own and have read every novel by this author, including her contemporary first novels. This is her best! Her two main characters, despite a misunderstanding in the middle of the book, actually like each other - something that surprisingly cannot be taken for granted! Both are strong people whose romance enrich their lives. Fortunately, the murder "mystery" does not consume the story. Her supporting characters are not as well developed as in some of her other novels but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that "Gray Elliot" gets his own story next!

Good book, but not complex.......2007-05-07

I dont believe that Judith Mcnaught could ever write a bad novel, and though this book provided a good story, it lacked spark. Though we were able to see how they fell in love and why, the chemistry between the two characters seemed to be lacking and the heroine is not portrayed as a strong, unique individual that we typically see in Mcnaught's novels. However this was a great story and definitely believable. Definitely one to add to the collection if you are a Mcnaught's fan and she even brings back the characters from some of her other contemporary novels.

Frustrating separation, but still a good story.......2007-04-30

I understand the author had to rush to make the publication deadline in the initial book. As a result, she did not provide enough details about Mitchell's feelings toward the end and Kate's, Danny's and Mitchell's new relationships together at the end. I understand that a Special Edition of this story was later published which added these kinds of details, but I did not read it. CAUTION SPOILER: I was troubled by the cause of their separation on the island. All they had to do was speak to each other in person, but each one of them made an erroneous assumption which led to their being apart for the next two and a half years. Her actions were the worst because she had an appointment to meet him at a certain location which she did not show up for or cancel. There was suspense and frustration while reading the book but the ending was happy. Sexual content: mild.

Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

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A Man Who Can't Let Go!
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Can't get passed the 30th page.

Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
Ann Rule
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ASIN: 0743439740
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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AMERICA'S #1 TRUE-CRIME WRITER FULFILLS A MURDER VICTIM'S DESPERATE PLEA -- WITH THIS SHATTERING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"If anything ever happens to me...

find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story."

In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim's request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush -- a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she now chronicles with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor. Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthorne, a handsome charmer -- and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was slain in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila's every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.

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If anything ever happens to me, promise me that you will see that there is an investigation....And find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story," Sheila Blackthorne Bellush told her sister after she divorced multimillionaire Allen Blackthorne. Now, in perhaps the first book ever written at a victim's request, America's Number One bestselling true-crime writer, Ann Rule, untangles a horrific web of lies that culminated in Sheila's savage murder more than ten years after she left Blackthorne. When beautiful, blond Sheila married the charming, handsome Blackthorne, she was convinced she had found her perfect soul mate, and helped him reach his goal of living the privileged life of the country club set. But behind Allen's smooth facade, she discovered a violent, controlling sociopath -- a liar, a scam artist, a sexual deviant. When she finally fled with their two young daughters, she was skeletally thin, bruised, and beaten. Although Sheila recovered, remarried, and was starting a new life and family, she still felt she was doomed. Joyously pregnant, she and her new husband expecting quadruplets, Sheila still feared Blackthorne, who had sworn to her he would monitor her every move and "every breath you take." And, in fact, Blackthorne inevitably tracked her down, as did her killer, who left her in a pool of blood marked by the tiny footprints of her two-year-old toddlers. The questions remained: Could the authorities ever link Sheila's murder to Blackthorne himself? Was his true obsession high-stakes golf and his extravagant pink mansion -- or was it to destroy Sheila? Following a trail of deception from Oregon and Hawaii to Texas and Florida, Ann Rule gained complete access to Sheila's family, friends, and neighbors, as well as to the detectives and prosecutors on the case. With Every Breath You Take, Ann Rule has written a heart-pounding account of obsession, revenge, and murder that will enthrall readers from beginning to end.

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Too long and drawn out.......2007-08-13

This book is filled with extraneous stuff that could have well been left out. I've loved all the other Rule books I've read, but this one was a real let down for me. It would have been good being half as long.

I think it would have been better not written at all, and possibly the request by the victim to have Anne write it clouded her better judgement.

A Man Who Can't Let Go!.......2007-06-23

Of course, Sheila Bullush said that if she was murdered that Ann Rule should write a book about it. For Ann Rule, she kept a promise from an unknown woman. This book is about the troubled marriage that ended in a nasty divorce. Her former husband can't let her go without her. It's more of a male ego and pride than anything else. She left him, divorced him, remarried, and gave birth to quadruplets (4 babies at a time) with the help of fertility treatments. She also had two daughters from a prior marriage, the nasty one. Sheila is murdered but she thought she was safe from her ex. We read about how the four babies are found with their mother's blood on them. Her husband had hired a hitman to kill her. I feel sorry for her two older daughters who loved their father and torn in a nasty divorce. One of them reluctantly revealed the location of their mother's whereabouts. After all, they didn't think their father would go so far. Regarding Sheila, I don't know much to make a judgment about her. She was a fan of Ann Rule but she was torn, troubled, and always hiding and living in constant fear of an ex-husband from hell. I have sympathy and empathy for her second husband who became her widower and the father of four young children.

Best Bet.......2007-01-26

I have never been disappointed by an Ann Rule book. All are page turners. Though, this is not one of my favorite books from her, it will still have you up reading late. Also try "Stranger Beside Me" and "Small Sacrifices".

600 pages should have been 300!.......2006-12-30

The story is interesting but way, way too long. Ann Rule's books keep getting worse. Her first books were great but have gone down hill lately. Some are nothing more than old newspaper articles put into book form. This one is half filler material about houses, cities, wedding dress descriptions.........yawn. I'm done spending good money on bad Ann Rule books.

Can't get passed the 30th page........2006-07-30

I would not tell anyone to read this book. [No offense to the family it's about] but I wanted a book I could get so into I wouldn't put the book down, this book -- I couldn't keep reading. It's way too boring in the first 30 pages, I just gave up with it. A waste of my money.

Every Breath You Take: Revolutionary Asthma Treatment

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Every Breath You Take: Revolutionary Asthma Treatment
Paul J. Ameisen
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This book reveals a natural treatment for asthma and other breathing disorders that helps adults and children, no matter how severe their condition. It explains the effective control of asthma with a simple breathing technique, the Buteyko method.

Sixteen million Americans suffer from asthma, and traditional research has failed to explain why. This book explores the physiology of the disease and gives new hope for effective treatment! It gives a full description of the technique, all the medical theory, and the wonderful case histories of people who have been relieved from their crippling asthma. It is the result of six years of research and observation by its author, a General Practitioner who now makes this benign, natural treatment of asthma known to all.

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No substantial information.......2003-06-22

This book is basically a pamphlet for the Buteyko method and those that teach it. It briefly describes the Buteyko theory behind asthma, a bunch of testimonials, a history of Dr. Buteyko and the practice of his technique, and the goals of the technique. This information is freely available in equal or greater depth on the internet. I don't find testimonials to be terribly convincing. This book does not teach one how to do the Buteyko technique, claiming that it must be done under the close supervision of a properly trained person. As such, this book is worthless.

Every Breath You Take (Laura Principal Mysteries)

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un-put-down-able!
Lots of great characters
I like the author's penchant for detail.

Every Breath You Take (Laura Principal Mysteries)
Michelle Spring
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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ASIN: 0345435486
Release Date: 1999-11-02

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Wildfell Cottage is a serene weekend oasis for three career women whose lives have taken sudden turns. But they are barely acquainted before one of them is dead--and another is determined to find out why.

Between the worlds of academia, art, and politics, someone slipped into a woman's life and snuffed it out in a burst of rage, leaving Laura Principal to untangle a wicked web of secrets and hypocrisy. What Laura finds is the perfect suspect. Unfortunately, a better one has found her. . . .

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un-put-down-able!.......2006-03-13

I bought this when it was first out in paper in the UK, and liked it well enough to keep. Last week I was scanning the shelves for something put-down-able to reading while grading midterms, and pulled _Every Breath You Take_ off the shelf. Wow, did I make a mistake.

Not only could I _not_ put down the stalker plot, even the second time around, but the characters are so well crafted that they grip the attention as firmly as if they are in the room with you. Every woman wants a friendship like the one Laura and Helen have built, a refuge as real as the cottage they share, but as open to other people as is the hearth they share with a wonderful variety of secondary characters.

Laura's work and love partner, Sonny, is an almost too-good-to-be-true sensitive new age guy, but the author keeps his page-time to a minimum, thus preserving his credibility. The people whom Laura meets in the course of the investigation are all wonderfully varied -- quirky or steady or fragile or pompous. Angel, a character who has a key minor role, is exquisitely drawn and given a depth and complexity of feeling that never topples into stereotype or bathos.

Spring does places particularly well. Her London, Cambridge, Norfolk settings all ring true in different ways, all open windows with real views, sights, sounds, smells and atmosphere that the reader can move into. Her insights into college departmental politics are also wickedly realistic.

And yes, it is frightening. It's a hard balance to get a capable woman to feel at risk, but with Laura Principal, Spring manages to make the danger real without making the woman either a cowering victim or a risk-taking idiot. The plot is brisk, believable, and packed with enough twists to keep a reader from feeling comfortable. You can see the end coming before either Laura or the police get there, but that simply increases the tension for the reader.

Buy it and keep it to read again!

Lots of great characters.......2005-08-11

The back of the book says: London-based P.I. Laura Principal and her old college friend Helen Cochrane love Wildfell cottage, their weekend retreat on the Norfolk coast. But lately the upkeep has been a burden. A friend recommends an art teacher, Monica Harcourt, to share the expenses- yet when they meet, Laura is uncomfortable with Monica, whose sunny personality is overshadowed by unexplained bouts of fearfulness. Laura discovers too late why Monica was so afraid. Someone was stalking her- someone who left her slashed and bludgeoned body in her Cambridge flat. Flooded with shock, grief, and guilt, Laura feels compelled to investigate, despite protests from her business and personal partner Sonny Mendlowitz. But as she narrows down her list of suspects, the killer is invading Wildfell, intent on turning Helen and Laura's sanctuary into a deathtrap.

The book has a lot of interesting characters and fun secondary plots. The book seemed very "English" to me, with all of the characters being educated and well spoken, even the people in jail. I do recommend this book because it was an intriguing read. The only problem I found was that it was a tad slow and a bit descriptive of the settings for me. But that could be because it is the first book of the series.

I like the author's penchant for detail........2000-07-26

Finally! A mystery that offers fine-hewn details, setting an ambience without getting too carried away or too cute. The characters are defined with a light touch, too. I'm a writer, too, and I know discipline when I see it - Michelle Spring writes with restraint, all the while crafting a believable and captivating mystery. I liked this book so much - and I have read a lot of mysteries - that I bought Spring's Nights in White Satin before I'd even finished the first Laura Principal mystery. This is one likable investigator.

Every Breath You Take Doubleday Large Print

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Every Breath You Take Doubleday Large Print
Judith McNaught
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Every Breath You Take (True Crime Files)

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Every Breath You Take (True Crime Files)
Ann Rule
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6 Book True Crime Collection; If You Really Loved Me; Dead Center; the Jeffrey Dahmer Story; in the Dark; Every Breath You Take; the Mormon Murders

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6 Book True Crime Collection; If You Really Loved Me; Dead Center; the Jeffrey Dahmer Story; in the Dark; Every Breath You Take; the Mormon Murders
Kevin F. McMurray , Frank J. Daniels , Don Davis , Simon Read , Ann Rule , Steven Naifeh , and Gregory White Smith
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WOH0LQ

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6 Book True Crime Collection; If You Really Loved Me; Dead Center; the Jeffrey Dahmer Story; in the Dark; Every Breath You Take; the Mormon Murders.

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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
JUDITH MC/NAUGHT
Manufacturer: BALLANTINE BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V0GG20

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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

Manufacturer: Pocket Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GQSKVY

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Every Breath You Take
Judith McNaught
Manufacturer: Piatkus Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIM04M

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