The authors allow the readers to take a close look into the history of electoral socialism....Highly recomended to political science students & others who wish to know more aboute the intriding world of politics.

I purchased this book b/c I am looking to get into the trucking industry. After I received this book, I was pleased. This book is well-layed out and describes all aspects of the trucking industry and CDL requirements. Each chapter is followed by a series of questions and the authors give tips throughout the book for passing CDL exams. Includes all endorsements, and the book was published in 2001, so you know it is not out-dated. Overall, I am satisfied with the contents and hope to get into the industry.

This is wonderful review books. Excellent writing and informacion. Great pictures and examples. I do much, much better on exam from this books.

This book is marvelous, it's fun, useful, easy to use and so resourceful. It includes 25 poems organized in 5 topics and for every poem there is a thematic web with activities for language arts, math, social studies, science, art, music, health, cooking and physical education. The plans are explained step by step and all resources have granted permission for copying them. I say a must for kindergarden teachers!

I've always loved the more literary espionage novels, like those written by John Le Carre or Graham Greene; but for more purely escapist reading, I've enjoyed few books as much as Adam Hall's Quiller novels. Of these, "The Peking Target," remains a personal favorite (esp. since I was studying karate when I first read it). Few authors do as good a job of entering into, and involving the reader in the borderline insanity of an action hero's mind. Even fewer did a comparable job of describing a hand-to-hand fight scene from that same perspective (Quiller never used a gun, and both the author and character were long-time karateka). Adam Hall's Quiller books were really great fun and I'd love to see them back in print some day. If you like straight ahead action with a degree of psychological depth, try a Quiller novel (if you can find one) try it (and remember to tell me where you got it).

this book isn't normally something I would pick out for myself, my grandfather gave it to me. after reading it though, I understood a bit more about my grandfather as well as being a southerner. as young native of a big southern city, I gained a new respect for life in a small town, although I still love the conveniences of city life. you can tell that the author very fondly remembers those years and that town. almost makes me hope that I will remember atlanta as fondly someday.

Fast action, witty dialog, sharp characters and believable situations made this book the best of the "Horror High" series. See if you can get it used somewhere. It's worth looking for.

This book provides good information layed out in an easy to read format on the cultivation, consumption, legality, and history of peyote and other similar cacti. It also gives a breakdown of the alkaloids in peyote and gives detailed methods for mescaline extraction (you know...for resaerch purposes). It also includes pictures and descriptions of other cacti containing alkaloids similar to peyote. The only shortcoming I find in this book is the lack of any research reports on the harmful effects of peyote, but that could be because there has been very little research done on it. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in peyote for any purpose.

Considering how frequently a pedestrian can see a variation of Benjamin Franklin's name while walking around downtown Philadelphia, one almost wonders why a statue of William Penn is erected on its city hall. The U.S.'s former capital is thick with American history. When the Declaration of Independence was signed there in 1776, it was North America's largest city. Considering the jeopardy our founding fathers risked in rebelling against England, there is plenty of residual stress for ghosts. PHILADELPHIA GHOST STORIES does a captivating job of introducing readers to the city through its ghost folklore.

This 1998 book consists of ghost stories taking place in this historic city. The volume contains 23 chapters (including introduction), each one dealing with either a single haunted site or multiple shorter encounters with a common trait. Black and white photos and art supplement these stories.

In Library Hall, the solid apparition of Franklin, with an armload of books, pushes against a 19th-century cleaning woman with an impact that nearly knocks her over. Late employee Albert J. Edmunds at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania was an avid follower of the supernatural and can still be heard typing away in his former office. At Fort Mifflin, a Civil War blacksmith is still heard working and seen standing outside of his shop.

Through Philadelphia's ghostlore some of its obscure or macabre history is revealed. Dealing with massive death rates during the Revolutionary War or at times of epidemics, the bodies of the indigent had to be buried in paupers' graves and they currently remain in these "Potter's Fields." Their mass graves are located in two primary locations, known today as Washington Square and Logan's Circle. Voices are sometimes heard floating around these vicinities and Leah, a little old lady who used to patrol the aforementioned park to discourage resurrectionists, has been seen by one of the most credible witnesses an investigator could hope to run across: a policeman who just happened to be walking through one cold November morning.

In this book's preface, Author Charles J. Adams III says "I am not a scholarly folklorist. I am not a historian. I am not a paranormal investigator. I am but a storyteller." As a storyteller he does well. Adams's style is engrossing, making it hard to put down and fun to read. The stories have just enough background to make them satisfying.

Some of the different fonts took away from graphics' aesthetics. The need to fill white space seems compulsive, but the book's format was readable regardless. Those requiring magnify glasses to read might appreciate the type is larger than the average found in most trade books.

The nature of this type of ghostlore book could have a bit of serendipity for a few readers. Although some of the names have been changed, genealogists with an interest in Philadelphia might run across a story with a familiar name or homestead and maybe even find new information about their ancestors.

As for whether Franklin actually "built" the city, it is one of the few things he didn't found. Ironically, his home and print shop--located close to Independence Hall--were torn down to make way for a new thoroughfare during the 19th century. (Therefore, it's no surprise his studious soul is seen at Library Hall.) Despite this thoughtlessness, he is the most influential citizen Philadelphia ever had.

If readers take PHILADELPHIA GHOST STORIES in the spirit it is intended, it can be a really fun book. Anyone looking for something more serious in science or background should go somewhere else.

In the shadow of the upcoming Supreme Court decision concerning affirmative action, I wanted to do some research on the issue. This books treatment is excellant. There are detailed articles about the Bakke and Hopwood cases. There's a summary of the Harvard's affirmitive action policy which was praised by the Supreme Court in the Bakke case as an excellant policy. An article opposing all civil rights laws followed by an artcile that justifies affirmative action are both thought provoking. There is also an intersting article about various ways to look at equality and fairness in treating your children in different situations.

The upcoming decision in the Michigan case may truly be a watershed opinion on affirmative action at least in university admission cases. Justice Blackmun said it best in the Bakke case: "there is no other way" than affirmative action. We cannot end racism without taking into account race.