Wow! What an _amazing_ accomplishment! A true intellectual _tour de France_. Adam P. cuts to the chase--what exactly _is_ the relationship between sustainability and democracy? I don't want to give the ending away, but let me tell you, I was duly impressed! I highly reccomend it.

My only quibble was this--Is true (and thereby sustainable) democracy _really_ possible? Especially in countries like ours (the good 'ol USA). Well, call me a pessimist or a Y2K naysayer, but I found his analysis here a little problematic. But hey, kudos to the author!

This book may be Australian, but the phenomenon of the shockjock is universal; sadly, bigotry disguised as populism disguised as'normalcy' will probably never go out of style.

In _Talkback_, Phillip Adams takes one of his typically self-satisfied looks at a few prime examples from Australian radio, including the impossibly obnoxious Stan Zemanek, the credibility-free John Laws, and with a special mention for Ron Casey, who had a horrifying on-air hissy fit about Nokia sponsoring the rugby - because he thought they were Japanes.

Most of the book is plain transcripts, a wise decision on Adams' part, and one which allows the truly hateful nature of the radio people to shine. It's very depressing, but then, evidence of society at large's complete backwardness and bigotry always is.

A good book on the tribology of powders and compacts. Includes both external and internal friction. Some chapters are much more informative than others. Good data despite the "old" day of edition.

an okay effort. i thought the literature lacked alot of elements. whether there will be another version of this , i have no clue, but if you want too know what the times were like for these guys when they volunteered and fought in World War 2 get it-and learn the inner worlds of these war soldiers.

This book was a wonderful selection of well Drawn pictures from the film Watership Down. The books text is just quotes from the movie. That's why I rate it a three. A good thing about the book is that the pictures on their own really tell the story of Watership Down. The book is not really for reading but it is a beutiful display of art. It is great for a book collection. All in all I thought it was a wonderful book.

This is a book appropriate for preschool age children. The start of the book starts out negative about how elderly people need help, need glasses and other devices. It depicts that elderly people our not able to function very well. Then the book takes a change and focuses on friendships. It finally gets across that it doesn't matter what age you are because if you are a friend that is all that matters. Overall and O.K. book but could use a little more positive view of the elderly.

I have been told this is the leading book on wildland watershed management. I do have a complaint though, I believe with a little creative thought any book can be made to be interesting or atleast bearable. This book tends toward the extreme side of dry. It does have the information needed, but the graphs are very dull, nothing here to break the tedium of this book. For the cost of this book (...) there should be colored graphs, if for know other reason than to stop the strain on the eyes, bigger font, to help with not falling asleep and if you HAVE to read it like I did. ANYTHING would have helped.
But like I said it had the information you need, just not in a good format.

Mr.Schmidt sheds some light on an unknown war pitting the newly enthroned Iman al Badr against General Sallal. The Iman had the best intentions of reforming Yemeni society and even admired President Nasser of Egypt. General Sallal, the opportunist seized power with the help of massive Egyptian manpower and resources. The royalists fought back, with the help of the Saudi King. The civil war ends after this book was published, so the reader does not know the outcome of this civil war.
The book details a little known war on the Arabian peninsula. Few people have heard of this war. What is known is that Nasser waged aggressive war against a poorer nation simply to put his stooges into a position of control. Kind of makes Nasser's actions in the Suez Crisis look like the hypocrite he was. For those of you needing a dose of Arab politics, this book show the double dealing nature of the Middle East.

As usual, the Osprey Campaign Series sets high standards for detailed histories of key battles. Yorktown 1781 certainly meets these standards and explains the battle and events leading up to it. The illustrations are commendable and relevant including excellent 3-D diagrams of the battle field at various times. The only problem I had with this book was the somewhat dry wording by the author. The narrative is presented with a stuffy tone that sounds to the reader more like a college lecture than an account of a life or death struggle. This may be too critical however when considering the typical reader of Osprey Military books and military history in general. Aside from the dry writing style, this book is an excellent addition to the series and gives more than enough detail surrounding the battle of Yorktown and the events leading up to it. This book only gets 3 stars because the other Osprey titles are so darn good they are hard to measure up to.

not follett at his best. the idea is good but the book didn't develop well-would've liked a slower buildup to let me get into the characters and that would've helped me accept where the story was going - very creative; but got there too fast.

It would seem that the dashing, all-intelligent, all-powerful male protagonist might be passe. Ken Follett now shows up with a courageous, smart, female FBI agent who makes her fellow male agents look like self serving, incompetent idiots. Would this have been the character set up in an FBI story of 10 years ago? If J. Edgar Hoover hears about this he will be doing some serious rotating in his grave.

Can the terrorists fulfill their threat to create California earthquakes if their demands are not met? It would seem they could, although Judy Maddox's brainless boob fellow agents scoff and publicly embarrass her. Well we all know what will happen don't we?

It's a fun ride though, and I enjoyed it. As someone who lived for years in the San Francisco area I had an extra pleasure in seeing if a British writer would make any mistakes describing northern California. He did pretty well, making only a few trifling errors, like calling the well known Cala Foods supermarket "Gala" Foods.

Well recommended, although I still think Follett's best books were his first ones.

I liked this book and from page one was enthralled. The obligatory romance(s) could have been left out but in case this is made into a movie they have to be there. It was exciting throughout and delved into the mind of an egotistical maniac.