Stiglitz, who is the former Chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist of the World Bank, won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics (younger than Milton Friedman had been when he won his Nobel). This moderate pragmatist can hardly be called a soft leftie and yet his stinging attack on the IMF and the World Bank (both organizations intensely disliked by Republican rightwingers) is both surprising......and perfectly justified, in my view. He develops this theme more fully in his other book "Globalization and Its Discontents," while this small book is a good extract of his economic philosophy. In his many public speeches and statements Chairman Joe lends the full weight of his considerable authority to China-boosters and China-lovers everywhere. But his frequently expressed optimism of China's economic prospects is not his main point - he uses China as an example to show why and how you can avoid messing things up if you use the right methods.

the correct title is: "The Rebel Within: Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank"

I purchased this book after reading a book called "Grow Up-How Taking Responsibility Can Make You a Happier Person", by Frank Pittman. In that book, the author described how the giving of love was more important for happiness than the receiving of love. I realized that I didn't even have a clue what love really was! How could I give more love than I was receiving if I didn't really know what love really was? How would I ever be happy? I was pondering about what the true nature of love really was until I decided to read a book about it. This book answers those questions and more.
The author is a medical doctor and he uses medical analogies to describe the action of love as if it were an essential hormone. Negative emotions such as fear are like "drugs" that pollute the system and "block" the action of love, just like a beta-blocker drug blocks the action of adrenalin, for certain heart conditions. Thus "love-blockage" keeps us from experiencing love.
The author is a Christian writer, but anyone with any background can read this book and obtain a deeper understanding of the truer meaning of love.
I am definitely glad I read this book, and I highly recommend reading this book to anyone searching to get a deeper understanding of the meaning of love.

I have found this book a great help; Biuso and Newman approach the problem of feeling unworthy of love from the viewpoint of a medical doctor and a psychologist, respectively (which they are). Especially good is the analogy of receiving love with the brain's reception of neurotransmitter chemicals such as serotonin and endorphins.

This book covers resp pharm and other parts of pharmacology well .Its simple as that.

This text is well constructed to be user friendly and simplistic in terms. The foundations in respiratory care are drugs and the effects of their use, primarily the use of bronchodilators. This text was well rounded for the beginner, but also went into the realms of cellular biology, general physiology, along with biochemistry. The understanding of basic chemistry is essential for productive readers. The overall structure and concepts of this book are defined and analyzed in appropriate order and in great detail. The overall concepts are conveyed and specific in description, this text is an excellent addition to the the multi-skilled RRT or the beginner CRTT. -MJW

This is a very concise and thought provoking book. Dr. Andrews addresses issues that are still challenging us today while at the same time, giving the reader an excellent historical guide with fascinating information not only about the events and sites of this exciting part of our Country's history, but also by giving us glimpses of the part played by many diverse people (which, unfortunely, is not fully explored in most of our American history textbooks). The introductory section "Modern Myths and Revolutionary Realisties"and "Prelude to the American Revolution" sets the stage for what follows--a truly readable introductory history/guide book about the area! Of special interest to this reader were the sources listed at the end of every chapter as well as the chapter explaining some of origins of Colonial idioms still in use: "skin flint", "mind your P's and Q's", "pot luck". This book is a winner and deserves to be in everyone's bookcase or back pocket to be read and used and savored and given as gifts.

Joseph Andrews' Revolutionary Boston, Lexington & Concord: The Shots Heard Round the World! offers the unusual combination of being a quick read yet containing factual, compelling information. The author has done his homework on this one. The content is succinctly written and contains many interesting anecdotes, actual quotes from the patriots and British, little known facts and myths that all add up to a little jewel of a book. If you are traveling to the Boston area or just want to bone up on this most historic area, without reading tomes of history, this book is for you.

each time, it seems like visiting an old friend.
When I first picked up this book, I had almost no knowledge of St. Catherine. I'm not even sure why I bought the book, to be honest. On first reading, I found it rather dull, having recently read other saints' biographies. However, I began to understand the greatness of this woman as revealed by Fr. Dirvin. This great soul had contact with the Mother of Christ and was given a mission by Her; yet, Catherine never spoke of it; indeed, she kept it a secret for over forty years, and thought as little of herself as anyone else. How different from most of us, who amplify our acheivement of much less portent and swell with pride over nothing! St. Catherine was so devoted to her "old men" at Enghien that none of them died without the sacraments in the forty years in which she had charge of that house. She did her duty for love of God and bore abundant fruit as a result. We can certainly learn from her example to make our ordinary actions meritorious before God.

One of the marvelous things about this book is that Fr. Dirvin does not exaggerate the saint's virtues and give us the impression that she had absolutely no faults. Many biographies of saints come across as advertisements for the religious order to which the subject belonged; not so here. This is an honest story of a woman who had a temper (her superior described her as being as "hot as milk soup") and yet was able to overcome this fault. Fr. Dirvin also describes St. Catherine as having traces of self-love unitil the last days of her life, yet, of this too was she purified. What hope can we not take from this book. St. Catherine is portrayed not a mainly a visionary, but as a woman who became a saint by living in humility, not seeking praise from others. Rather, her was a life of devotion to her duty and service to others. Which of us cannot imitate that?

I think I may have to read this book yet again. It may be time for a refresher!

This is the story of the famous saint through whom we received the Miraculous Medal. No sacramental since the Rosary has had such an impact on the Church. The author spent 10 years in research, studying many documents never before available. What he has produced is a definitive life of the Saint which is both highly readable and inspiring. You will come to love St. Catherine Laboure, will see in her a woman of incredible strength and character, of unbelievable constancy, of kindness, humility, obedience and self-effacement. Here was a saint who, from her early years was "entirely mystic," to quote her sister; who from age 12 served 10 years as mistress to her father's large household of 17 (five family members and 12 farm hands), who worked 40 years with constant fidelity running an old man's retirement-nursing home for her order; who after the Miraculous Medal apparitions, would speak to the Blessed Mother at any time she chose and be answered by Our Lady; who was a tower of strength to her order during two revolutions; and who made innumerable prophecies that came true. Full of hidden gems. Enthralling story! Full of terrific photos including some of her incorrupt body. 239pp. PB. Imprimatur.

. . . and I've tried a few! I have already purchased three copies of this version of the NAB, for school, chapel, and time at home from seminary. Its best features are its small size and the FOOTnotes. Nothing drives me more crazy than flipping around for endnotes on a point I'm interested in pursuing. The quality of the footnotes is very high as well. The text is small but very readable, sharply printed on bright white paper. This publication of God's Word remains the best I've seen in years.

This Bible's advantage is it's size. It's very compact, fits easy in a brief case or purse, yet easy to read. My son needed a Bible for his confirmation class and he wanted one like dad's. So, now we both have one. If you want to keep God's word with you at work and on the go, this is the Bible you want.

People have dubbed Joe Salerno's Sara Smile 'Lolita for Dummies'. The unofficial title is considered flattering by the author. Readers say 'Sara' offers an interesting read on a taboo subject without the cumbersome, verbose literary styling found in the Nabokov classic.

I couldn't put this book down. The story is very compelling. AND did anyone catch ALL the Alanis Morissette references. They are everywhere. Is this book about Joe Salerno's secret crush on the 90's angster? Great book. It was a quick read, funny and honest.

It is the type of book(at the beginning) that you say to yourself "This has to get better before I continue reading it" And then, half way through the first chapter, you don't want to drop the book.....the excitment builds. You are afraid to drop the book before you miss the excitment and adventure that the author so vividly makes you feel and see. He brings you to the point where you are living the adventure with him and enjoying the excitment of it all!!!I think Joeseph Visceglie is an excellent author and knows how to keep his readers wanting to read on!!!So, if you are looking for adventurious reading with a touch of romance read "Search for the Cartagena." I assure you that you will enjoy it very much!!!

All you would want in one book!!!! I loved it! Please inform me when another book of this type is written!!! I enjoy adventure novels with a romantic flare!!! Thanks Amazon....

_Searching for Hearts_, a wonderful book of love poems, speaks the truth about interpersonal relationships. These are hard-hitting poems about the ups and downs of romantic love, written in soft, sensuous, and striking language. All aspects of a relationship are explored in these poems. I thought I knew everything about the nature of love till I read these poems. The poems are quotable and memorable. I find myself memorizing and repeating lines from these poems; the content and language are that alluring. Mr. Gustafson is a gift poet.

Anyone who has ever been in love
should read this book. It's unsentimental,
direct, and powerfully honest. Some real
lessons for women who can't understand why
men are aloof. They might get some answers
by reading "Rules on How to Keep Your Man."
Kudos to Joseph Gustafson. We could use a
few more writers like him.

What's Joseph Rykwert's perspective and what's his view of the city? It's not very easy to peg down. It's not that of "sociologists, traffic experts, and politicians" as he says that he's "always been struck at how little the physical fabric of the city - its touch and smell as well as its sights - occupies their attention". Maybe he's more inclined to take an economists view and see things as Jane Jacobs does. Then again maybe not. Rykwert says quite plainly that cities do not develop "naturally". The perspective is definitely not that of a speeding, disinterested motorist. Rykwert refers to the impact of cars as "catastrophic" and says "I am not, nor have I ever been a driver." Now we're getting somewhere - a supporter of New Urbanism? Not quite. He has this to say about one of those showpiece communities: "the whole business of 'community' at Celebration is about...real estate". Rykwert is equally critical of a few architects (modernists), certain building designs (government and institutional), a couple of city plans (Brasilia and New Delhi), and some approaches to urbanism (the New Town concept of post WWII Europe).

With all that's wrong it's amazing that this book didn't turn out to be a miserable reading experience. That's partly due to Rykwert's writing skill but moreso because of his very obvious love for the city. THE SEDUCTION OF PLACE and affection for city space is obvious. The depths of his thinking about the urban form is manifest and Rykwert offers a synopsis of what's wrong and also what's to love about a city. "My polemic is not against the disordered, even chaotic city but against the anonymous and alienating one." With this we finally understand what his perspective is. It's that of a person open to experiencing the personality of a city; that of someone at ground level. Our difficulty with coming up with a clear view of the city might be due to the fact that we haven't experienced the city as Rykwert has and it doesn't yet occupy the same space in our hearts and minds. He invites us to begin. "The very condition of openess is what makes our city of conflicts so attractive to its growing crowd of inhabitants. The lack of any coherent, explicit, image may therefore, in our circumstances, be a positive virtue, not a fault at all, or even a problem."

Joseph Rykwert's new book is perhaps his most radical, although he elaborates on themes that have preoccupied him for more than 4 decades. Never has he so emphatically stated his conviction that the cities we desire can become the cities we have, but only if we take hold of our capacity to effect meaningful reform. Rykwert's position is particularly encouraging and insightful at a time when most of us perceive the built environment as the result of abstract and impersonal economic and political forces seemingly beyond any individual influence. Rykwert's stance is a challenge to architect's, urban designers, planners and other citizens who cannot imagine an alternative between revolution and acquiescence other than surrender to conditions as they are. Such inertia is countered by Rykwert, as are rationalist and quantitative approaches to the city, with affirmation of the city as a fundamental setting of and for human will, dreams, and desire. It follows then, according to Rykwert, that any successful making and re-making of cities depends on a set of rational principles that are flexible enough to accomodate chance, elaboration, and improvisation. Features Rykwert believes can become the special qualities of contemporary and future cities (if they are not eradicated). Rykwert's consideration of the city investigates the full-range of attempts to make cities places of and for people; a thread he pursues from ancient cities, to the revolutions of 1848 to the Seattle demonstrations in 1999 in opposition to the World Trade Organization. It is for these reasons, and many others, that Rykwert's book is a must-read for all lovers of cities and perhaps especially for all those who don't yet love them.