Drs. Alarcon, Foulks, and Vakkur have brought out some ideas that are ever more pertinent to the questions being asked today in light of recent domestic events. Well worth the time needed to read the arguments through.

This book is pretty good for being such a broad range of species
and an all around type of book.In spite of the fact it touches on a good portion of subjects and problems from birth to death,
it still manages to impart a lot of info needed. it benefits the multi-pet family the most and secondly the dog and/or cat owners.For it's genre , an all encompasssing pet care book, it does the job quite well.It is what is expected from Rodale press
--balanced and a lot of info with some common sense added.
I am a big dog person but I love other animals ,too.I think a fish,reptilian etc. owner would be disappointed in it. it truly is mostly for the dog + cat owner and a bit of bird and rabbit
and ferret tips are in there....there are a few snake and lizard
also...but of course not as extensively.
So, I would say any dog or cat owner will definitely like the book, especially the newer owners and the younger owners. it will also help one to decide WHICH pet is for you as you read and see the responsibilities of different pets.

The book is divided into three sections.

Tebbit begins with a perspectives on the nature of law ranging from Aristotle through to modern day theorists like Hart and Dworkin. He follows this by an explanation of contemporary theories of law that owe their origin, both in substance as well as name, to the prevailing philosophical traditions of natural law, legal positivism and legal realism. He makes explicit the consequences of these perspectives by use of legal precedents. This first section is nicely done I have to say. It provides a solid grounding for both the student of law and the student of philosophy - his jointly intended audience.

The groundwork done he turns his attention in part two to an analysis of the reach of the law. Here he considers the philosophical background to problems arising in jurisprudence. However, his need to foreshorten the philosophical analysis, lest he loses the law student, leaves the philosophy student wanting. That said, there is enough philosophical content to give an insight to the competing theories of justice offered by Mill, Rawls and Dworkin.

Also a little thin, philosophically speaking, is the final section where Tebbit provides an analysis of criminal responsibility and punishment by contrasting consequentialist and retributivist theories of law. But again I guess we can forgiven him any lack of philosophical rigour given the book is an introductory text - it passes the sufficiency test. In mitigation Tebbit does provide a carefully directed reading list at the end of each chapter for those feeling short-changed philosophically.

Tebbit's clear and lucid style is to be commended, though his reason for not translating the odd Latin tag escapes me. This niggle aside, the book is a definite must not only for students interested in law, or the philosophy of law, but for anyone who ever wondered what philosophy has to do with everyday life.

Excellent value -- a small, well-written book based on interviews with two of our greatest portrait photographers/photojournalists. A valuable starting point for photo students and amateurs who would like to know how two of the experts work with their subjects. The emphasis is on capturing the spirit and essence of the subject and creating interesting compositions; this is not a technical work.

This is 'the' data compilation of physical properties of polymers. This is the only book that contained the parameters that I was looking for.

A typical Golden Guide pocket book. This book is a fact-filled reference work on the solar system. It should be in any astronomer's library. Full color and full of pictures it covers all the planets, the sun, moon, and a general guide to the night sky.

This book is divided into two parts: Part One is an overview for readers who are new to the Internet and/or to investing, and Part Two is a guide to investment sites on the Web. Breivity is the hallmark of the "Pocket Guide" series, but Fister covers the bases -- with a few hidden treasures to be found along the way, as well

This book is the only book that I am aware of that treats Elizabeth Siddal as a true artist and not just the muse/wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is dedicated entirely to exhibiting her poetry and artwork.

I normally don't read books of this nature, but I found this one of the most captivating and suspensful books I've ever read. Mark Murphy takes the reader on a journey with the inside life an R.C.M.P. officer focusing on one main goal - "putting bad guys in jail". He offers a chronological account of his dealings with an ex-Satan's Choice biker so that the reader is quickly flipping pages to find out what will happen in the next day, hour, and even minute. This book provides a surprising insight to R.C.M.P. life - painting a vivid picture of what risks actually go along with the job. It was very easy to read, although it was difficult to keep all the names straight. The thing I liked most of all was that each sentence was very personal and straighforward without imagery or fancy words to get the point across. This is definitely a job well done!

We, Europeans, think we live in the most progressive and human society on earth barring of course the first half of the century. Most countries in Europe are democratic to a fault and the battle between fascisn and communisn seems to be long over. Most of the Western World does not seem to realize that we live in communities were we have given the state exclusive rights to resort to violence over it's citizens and sometimes their enemies/neighbors. Mazower looks at the passing century and examines the contradictions, incompatabilities and chaos that have resulted with the polarization of ideology into camps of radical left and right. Governments or sometimes local authorities have used this to "keep the peace" on the homefront. To name a few; Bloody Sunday Belfast, Kent State University, The Democratic Convention in Chicago 1968, Tiammin Square,the massacre of defensless protesters in India 1936 etc.The list is endless. Postwar Germany and Italy with the Baader-Meinhof and the Red brigade are a special case but before WW II Hitler and his henchmen relentlessy persecuted their political opponents not to mention those they considered of a unpure race. Mussolini did not play in the same legue but his method fell well short of respecting basic human rights. Mazower goes tgrough these developments and goes to the roots of them. His observations are very thoughtprovoking and in the end quite convincing. A must read for all those interested in history/political science amd even the phikosophy of laws. The book is well written, well researched and deals with issues that are to seldom explored.