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This is an extensive reference book on nonlinear modal analysis. It is an extension of the earlier book [\textit{Ali H. Nayfeh} and \textit{B. Balachandran}, Applied nonlinear dynamics: Analytical, computational, and experimental methods. Wiley Series in Nonlinear Science. Chichester: John Wiley \& Sons. XV (1995; Zbl 0848.34001)]. The objective is to present a coherent and unified treatment of analytical, computational, and experimental methods of nonlinear modal interaction. The book discusses a broad range of nonlinear phenomena including natural frequency shifts, subharmonic, superharmonic, and ultraharmonic resources, period multiplying, bifurcations, chaos, effects on fatigue life predictions, and energy transfer. The book is divided into eight chapters spanning over 750 pages. Following a relatively brief introductory chapter, the author discusses, in the next four chapters, autoparametric resonances where the natural frequencies are integral multiples of one another. Chapter 2 discusses two-to-one internal resonance systems. The third and fourth chapters describe one-to-one and three-to-one systems, chapter 5 is devoted to combination resonances, and then the author discusses systems with widely spaced modes (chapter 6). The book concludes with a relatively brief presentation of multiple internal resonances (chapter 7), followed by an extensive discussion of nonlinear normal modes in the final chapter. The text contains numerous examples, illustrations, and worked-out problems. There is a comprehensive bibliography for further study. The book represents a remarkable documentation effort by the author. It is well-written with good quality art work, and thus should be accessible and of use to students, researchers, and practitioners.