Machine Tool Technology Basics By Steve Krar, Arthur Gill, Peter Smid, Paul Wanner 2003, 416 pp, illus., Includes CD, 978-0-8311-3134-0, $61.95 download of program on website www.industrialpress.com This text is designed for beginning machine trades students; industrial machine tool training; and practitioners who wish to review topics that they have not used for some time. Divided into three sections, it starts with basic metal-removal operations of conventional machines, progresses to CNC machines, and finishes with CAD/CAM. As an easy to understand and use reference, it keeps operations brief and highlights related information that is not part of the operation. It offers practical examples on basic operations, CNC programming and CAD/CAM designing in an easy-to-follow point form, and provides review questions at the end of each unit. It also contains a section on careers.