Handbook includes disease states, and categorizes medications of primary choice, and provides secondary alternatives. There are excellent abbreviated text outlining etiology and pathophysiological parameters. As well as step wise flow charts as a decision tool and guideline. The tables for medication dosing and comparability between different classes of drugs are extremely helpful, visually and content wise! In hospital pharmacy practice, this handbook has been my peripheral brain.

very, very thorough book. it covers essentially every common diseaes state and the treatment for each. i highly recommend it.

At last, real solutions to the reality of the day-to-day problems/frustration when dealing with aging parents who are "DRIVING YOU CRAZY!" Great title, easy to read, valuable advice, and it really helped me cope better. The other book I also highly recommend is "Elder Rage," which is fun to read because it is filled with humor about this most heart-breaking subject. Both books will get you through it!

Joseph Ilardo and Carole Rothman effectively collaborate in Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? to show stressed out adult children how to resolve the most common and frequently encountered dilemmas that arise from efforts to care their aging parents. Cogent, insightful, practical, and competent problem solving advice, suggestions, and observations are provided when an aging parent can no longer safely drives but is refusing to quit; detrimentally skimps on expenses even though they are not poverty stricken; refuse to see a doctor or ignore medical advice; want to move in with their children; antagonize home health aides and other support workers; are unwilling to discuss vital end-of-life issues and decisions; and more. Also of great and enduring value is the advice on handling adult siblings who refuse to help in the care and problems of the aging parent; resent the time spent caring for a parent; disagree, discourage, or undermine parental care efforts; steals from the parent, and more. If you are undertaking the responsibilities of caring for an aging parent, begin with a careful reading of Joseph Ilardo and Carole Rothman's Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? It will save you immense amounts of stressful anxiety and bewildered frustration -- as well as substantially improve the quality and effectiveness of your efforts in behalf of your aging parent.

This is a standard text now, and indeed it has it merits. The book uses algebraic geometry of curves throughout, instead of using the so-called 'Lefschetz principle' as done in older texts like Serge Lang's. Using general theorems of algebraic geometry instead of explicit polynomial calculation simplifies discussion, and at the same time paved the way for the reader towards the higher dimensional version of elliptic curves --- abelian varieties, whose geometry and arithmetic predate much of modern number theory research.
After preliminary chapters on the underlying geometry of elliptic curves, the book take up its main aim -- proving the Mordell-Weil theorem, in chapter 8. The Mordell-Weil theorem states that the group of rational points over a number field is finitely generated, and finding the rank of this finitely generated abelian group effectively is subject to much current research (c.f. the Birch Swinnerton-dyer conjecture).
The proof of Mordell-Weil theorem in this book is standard: one first establishes the weak version: E(F)/m E(F) for any integer m >1 , is a finite group. To prove this one has to know basic algebraic number theory, Kummer theory, and some Galois cohomology. For those who are not familiar with Galos cohomology, the author has provided an appendix on Galois cohomology, which should contain all that 's needed.
To deduce the full Mordell-Weil from the weak one, one establishes an important device: the theory of heights on elliptic curves. The height of a point is roughly a kind of norm, which measures the arithmetic complexity of the point (i.e. set of rational points with height bounded is finite) . The height function come with a whole family, but there's a canonical one , the so-called Neron-Tate height, which actually is a quadratic form on the algebraic points of the elliptic curve. After establishing the property of this height, one nearly trivially deduce that the rational points must be finitely generated.
The heights on elliptic curves and abelian varieties contain lots of (conjectured) information about the arithmetic of the varieties. One readily realise this when one look at the BSD conjecture, the Gross-Zagier formula, and various Diophantine approximation type conjecture (e.g. Vojta's) .Therefore it's worth spending time to study the theory of height. Unfortunately the author develop just that amount of theory to prove the Mordell-Weil theorem. For those who want furhter information , one can look at the book "Introduction to Diophantine Geometry" by M. Hindry and Silverman. But to really go to the heart of the matter, one must learn the intrinsic formulation of height by Arakelov (so-called Arakelov theory), as witnessed in Faltings' work on this subject.
The Final two chapters are: Chapter 9 on integral points, Chapter 10 on computation of the weak Mordell-Weil group. Superficially, these 2 chapters are of completely different style: the theory of integral points employ classical Diophantine approximation technique, such as Roth's theorem and Baker's transcendence theory; while the theory of rational points (i.e. the structure of the Mordell-Weil group) employs the theoy of principal homogeneous space, Galois cohomology to measure failure of Hasse's principle, etc. As J. Tate had remarked in a 1974 article 'The theory of integral points on elliptic curves involves completely diffrent concepts (from rational points) and that we mention it only in passing...'. The situation now changed completely. The classical style of Diopahntine approximation, is employed by Vojta, Faltings, Bombieri to prove even stronger version of Mordell conjecture, which is about finitebess of rational points! The proof is much more elementary when compared to Falting's original proof. One can look at the book 'Diophantine approximation and abelian varieties' by Edihoxen and Everste for an introduction to this revival of the subject.
But now back to this book written in 1986, the most importanr result of chapter 9 is Siegel 's theorem: finiteness of integral points on hyperelliptic curves, with application to the establishment of the Shafarevich conjecture of elliptic curves: finiteness of isomorphism class of elliptic curves with good reduction outside finite set of primes. (Note: the general Shafarevich conjecture lies at the heart of Faltings' original proof of the Mordell conjecture!). While Chapter 10 is an introduction to the Galois cohomology methos of calculating the weak Mordell -Weil group. Both theories and numerical examples are richly presented. In particular the important Selmer groups and Tate-Shafarevich group are introduced.Finding the 'size' of these two groups is subject to much current research. For example, bounding the size of a certain Selmer group lies at the heart of Wiles' proof of the semistable case of Shimura-Taniyama conjecture( hence Fermat). This is indeed a very rich subject. For further information, one must studt further Galois chomology, arithmetic duality, Iwasawa theory, and finally Euler system.
Overall, I think this book will appeal to anyone who want to know how to apply algebriac geometry to study Diophantine problems.

The theory of elliptic curves has to rank as one of the most fascinating fields in all of mathematics. Being around for almost two centuries, elliptic curves are finding myriads of applications, including cryptography, superstring theory, and computer imaging. The author does a brilliant job of organizing and explaining the theory in this book. Although the book requires a thorough understanding of algebraic geometry and modern algebra, the book is packed full of insights without sacrificing mathematical rigor. This is rare in most textbooks on modern mathematics. Numerous exercises exist at the end of each chapter, which allow readers to test their understanding of the subject as well as giving extensions to the main results in the text. The author reserves the cases of elliptic curves in characteristics 2 and 3 to the appendix. This may be disappointing for those reading the book for cryptographic applications of elliptic curves, but it does prepare one for further reading on the subject. By far the best chapter in the book is Chapter 10 on computing the Mordell-Weil group as the author does a nice job of detailing the relevant constructions. This book is well worth the time and effort required to study, and could serve well in an actual class on the subject. The author does have a follow-up book called "Advanced Topics in the Theory of Elliptic Curves" for those who need further stimulation in this intriguing and important field of mathematics.

This is a great book. (Note: It was previously available under the title "Conversations With Arrau.") It does not shoot over the heads of the average reader, but it doesn't dumb down its subject either. Horowitz spoke for hours upon hours with the great Claudio Arrau. What emerges is the portrait of a great man devoid of irony or pretense. The biography is fascinating and the sections on interpretation are interesting conversations Iwish more authors would have with more artists. Then there are sections where colleagues and friends talk about Arrau. Finally the author gives us a complete discography and discussion of selected recordings. A must-own for piano or Arrau fans.

Claudio Arrau was a great child prodigy, and later had a long career as a performing pianist. This book deals in a sensitive way with both the man and his music. I found Arrau, the person, a compelling individual whose virtuosity was both a gift and a challenge. Joseph Horowitz does a superb job of blending narrative with question and answer sessions with Arrau himself. I EXPECTED a nice biography, and I got that. Beyond that, I got numerous invaluable tips as a pianist about playing individual composers and technique.

I am a student in the clinical semesters and each page of this book is pure gold. I just bought the second edition (2000). It is fun to read and teaches the kind of medicine I want to practice. Get it.

The most interesting, complete, and entertaining of all of the books on physical diagnosis I have ever read. I use this book extensively with my medical students, housestaff, fellows and colleagues. For every topic, there is always something new to learn, both technically and historically.

WOW! If one could give out 10 stars on the 5 star scale this would be the book to score that high.

More that just a detailed, beautiful look into one of America's leading illustrators, this is an insightful prose into the mind of that artist. Here is the successor of the great artists of the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Done in a style that is very today, and very much his own.

An amazingly well produced book, with quality throughout. From the paper, the binding, to the wonderful reproductions, everything is top notch. This is an art book you would expect to pay two to three times more for.

I feel this is a chance to glimpse into tomorrows major gallery artist, before he explodes on the scene. Live a little dangerously and venture into some unknown areas. ENJOY!

This book is a great addition to any Joseph Michael Linsner's works. Wether you are a long time fan from back to the Cry for Dawn days, or more recently Return of the Goddesss this is the book to get!!!!! A collected edition that showcases the talents of not just a comic book author/artist but an excellent artist!!! This book also showcases various muses besides his trademark Dawn. This is a must have book.

Outstanding book. Even better than I thought it would be once I looked through it. It covers everything related to movies. There are even exercises, like homework, where you watch various movies to learn different things about the movies. If you take movies and movie reviews seriously, you need this book!

A lavishly illustrated textbook, this book will delight anyone interested in the movies. The reader will be equipped to watch movies with a more critical eye--and may enjoy the experience all the more for knowing why something is appealing. You can open this book to any page and become engrossed in the text and pictures.

I found this book to be VERY detailed, which may be too much information for me right now as I am still learning to see auras - but I definately plan to keep it on my bookshelf for the day when I need to know more about what I am (hopefully) seeing. It explains about the most intricate little details of auras, along with some anticdotes. The best part for me at this stage of my development is that it explains some exercises to help to see auras, which I was afraid it wasn't going to do up until almost the end. Until that point I had resigned myself to the fact that it was not going to help me at all, and be merely an interesting book about someone elses experiences. All in all, this is a very informative book that seems to cover most topics, and I'm glad I bought it.

Rachel - New Zealand.

Auras is a great book! The author can read auras and gives examples of how he does this and how you can do it too. He has a question and answer section and teaches you how to heal and balance yourself by concentrating on your chakras and aura colors. The book explains each aura layer in depth and has an excellent color analysis section. It has answered all of my questions on auras and taught me more than I could have ever imagined. I already knew how to read auras but didn't know how to interpret what I was seeing. The author has taught me how to do this in a pleasant-straight to the point-way. The book also includes a brief history of auras and the people who have contributed to our knowledge of auras. I found this book very hard to put down and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn as much as they can about the auric field.