This book is intended to be used as a textbook on senior/graduate level courses in human factors engineering and ergonomics. It will provide students with a background in physiological, biomechanical and anthropometric bases of ergonomics, and then focus on the applications of ergonomic principles in designing work systems for efficient human-machine interfaces.

Bryan "Skipper" Hall died in 1989, leaving behind three generations of churchgoers deeply influenced by his work as a Methodist minister. Anyone who knew Reverend Hall was sure to find inspiration in the little baldheaded man who "skipped" with enthusiasm from one project to the next. As a man who brought eternal cheerfulness and energy to every task, Skipper Hall exhibited a love of life and a commitment to humanitarian values that motivated others to do better in their own lives. Skipper's story, told in this book in his own words, serves as a link to life in the nineteenth century, as well...

Before the world knew Henry McCarty as Billy the Kid, he was a quick-witted and industrious boy living with his mother in the New Mexico Territory. Under his mother's loving guidance, he seemed destined for a conventional life as a law-abiding and well-respected man, a man who would make any mother proud. Fate intervened, however, and young Henry turned to the wrong side of the law, becoming one of history's most notorious outlaws. By the time of his death at age twenty-one, he was known throughout the world as a murderer and thief - the "devil's meat," as one newspaper described him....

The Biblical book of Isaiah rewritten in western poetry style with 8 syllables per line. Footnoted.