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Let \(K\) be a field, \(J\) a set and \({\mathbf q}=(q_j)_{j\in J}\in K^J\). The main object of interest in the book under review is the associative \(K\)-algebra \({\mathcal H}({\mathbf q},J)\), generated by \(A_j\) and \(B_j\), \(j\in J\), subject to the following relations: \([A_i,A_j]= [B_i,B_j]=0\) for all \(i,j\); \([A_i,B_j]=0\) for \(i\neq j\); \(A_jB_j-q_jB_jA_j=1\) for all \(j\). This algebra is called \(J\)-generalized \({\mathbf q}\)-deformed Heisenberg algebra. The authors construct three different bases in \({\mathcal H}({\mathbf q},J)\), describe the centralizers of the elements in \({\mathcal H}({\mathbf q},J)\), prove that for \(|J|=1\) the corresponding \({\mathbf q}\)-deformed Heisenberg algebra does not contain any subalgebra, isomorphic to \(K[x,y]\) (under some restrictions on \({\mathbf q}\)) and, finally, construct a realization of \({\mathcal H}({\mathbf q},J)\) by \(q\)-difference operators acting on the ring of formal power series. This is collected in the first half of the book. The second half (which has almost the same size as the first one) consists of four appendices, where the reader can find a proof of the Diamond Lemma, some generalities on graded algebras and some \(q\)-combinatorics. Summing up, this is a very elementary and full of detail book, which some beginners in the theory of quantum deformations can find interesting and useful to dip into for calculations or to learn about the Diamond Lemma, gradation or \(q\)-calculus.