Please do yourself another favour this year by not buying this textbook. The writter had a difficult time explain the meaning of money and frequency confuse what he was wrtiing in chappeters.

Having taken only a few basic econ courses in college I was looking for a book that would explain the workings of the fed in detail. My main interest is in trading. I found this book to be perfect. It was neither too simple nor too complex. Everything was cogently written and accessible to a layman. I found answers to all my questions and it's organized in a manner that chapters can be read independently of one another. It will serve as an excellent reference manual.

As a resource for undergraduate work, I found this text invaluable. If I had known of this work earlier in my academic career, it would have appeared in more of my research as a source. A must have for almost any general or specific economic study.

Very good book, explaining how the first came to happen(I guess). Worth it, but dont expect to see the same good-ness of the first.

NOT AS GREAT AS THE FIRST ONE , BUT STILL GREAT.THIS TITLE(UNREAL)IS GOING TO BE SO POPULAR WITH THE RELEASE OF UNREAL:TOURNAMENT.I CANY WAIT.

I have just finished the first book and second unreal book and let me tell you I have never read books like this one. Considering I'm 11 I like science-fiction and I extreamly enjoyed this book and recomend anyone who likes to read something intense and leaves you on many many cliffhangers

I too would have appreciated a glossary. Also illustrations would have been very helpful along with the explainations and descriptions of the various instruments used to attempt to detect gravity.

This book would have greatly benifited from the inclusion of a glossary. Any work covering a subject this complex needs definitions set out and collected together. The publisher's given web site was unavailable.

To the publisher I would appreciate it if the publisher could produce an audio adaptation of this book. I would love to listen to this while I drive to work and to let my 16 month old son listen to it as a bedtime story. Arnold D Veness

When I met Wesley Brown in 1998, I was a college student and the professor of a class I was taking (who was friends with Professor Brown) was able to convince him to visit the class (The Black Novel) so we could ask him questions about Darktown Strutters. It was the kinda thing where we absolutely HAD to read the book, lest we embarrass our professor and get him ticked off at us. Fearing a possible bad grade, then, I obviously read the entire book. But I really enjoyed it. The book is valuable for many reasons, but two distinct things I liked were: (a) its historical accuracy and clarity with respect to Jim Crow laws and the advent of Vaudeville, and (b) the "your momma"-style, sharp street barbs traded back and forth by the characters.

For a novel that's practically a classic, it's actually a great read! You go deep into the belly of the black experience before, during and after the Civil War. The cast of characters Jim meets along the travels of his showbiz life are rich and varied. The book will remind many readers of the adventures of Huck Finn. However, it takes a dark Puddinhead Wilson twist. This hurts it slightly, in my opinion, but still doesn't knock the novel off its lofty perch as a very funny, deeply moving and totally rewarding book.

This was my introduction to Mary Wesley. I liked this book very much and I intend to read Wesley's other books. A Dubious Legacy kept my interest, my attention and was responsible for the discreet smile I presented throughout its reading. For, indeed, the doings of three couples through several decades in mid 20th century -- the subject under scrutiny in this comedy of manners -- was portrayed with humorous detachment and unwavering perspicacity. Ms Wesley is very good at placing her characters within the axioms of each decade's mores and develops insightful cameos of each era's preoccupations.
This is a short novel, a succinct book, developed in a fast tempo, keeping all along a mystery we hope to unveil. The central characters look at first as banal as they can be, but soon we realize appearances are misleading. These six upper middle class friends in the English country side are the source of great social commentary made by an ironic and warm narrator, a painter as it were, using few incisive strokes. The result is great fun and speedy reading, a book which I would recommend to anyone wishing to be intrigued and entertained.

A Dubious Legacy is the second book written by Mary Wesley that I have read, and her writing entrances me. This book spans the period of 1944 through 1990 and focuses on the lives of the participants at what appears to be a straightforward dinner party. As the evening progresses, unexpected and unusual things occur. The book goes on to tell the story of the effect these events have on the lives of those present at this dinner party.

By slowly telling the story, uncovering information bit by bit, the writer creates a feeling of suspense. I was reluctant to put the book down, and felt slightly uneasy until I was able to finish it. I enjoyed the unusual characters the writer was able to create and felt that they were right at home in the setting of this novel. Mary Wesley also allows the reader to feel that they intimately know the characters by the end of the story. Somehow she is able to accomplish this with a minimal amount of detail.

I totally enjoyed this book and I have no qualms about recommending it to readers who enjoy the genre of comedy of manners. I am eager to read other books written by this author.

As the wife of an entrepreneur, I found this book to be just what I needed. The author's motivation is found in scripture and help me recognize what I need to do to help encourage my husband as a self-employed businessman. The difference it has made to me personally, as well as in my struggling marriage, is well worth the price!

I read this book while I was in a "crisis mode." We were literally building our own house with our own hands. My husband and I were needing very much to be unified in our attitudes. I remember reading this book in our makeshift bathroom inside the house structure. It was the only time that I was able to be alone! This book was very helpful to me. It caused me to reevaluate my ideas about marriage. I had read so much psycho-babble, even "Christian" psycho-babble, that was confusing. This book cuts through to the heart of the matter. In the 90s, it is difficult to reconcile the present attitudes about women, marriage, and our role with our husbands. Mrs. Cantrell comes from a thoroughly biblical standpoint with no compromise, yet makes a very practical case of how to be the best wife one can be, even in these feminist-dominated times.

If the previous reviewer thought *this* was too complicated and confusing, I don't know what they'd make of the leading textbook in the field, Krugman's International Economics, which is a confusing, disorganized, and bloated mess. In my opinion, this book is much simpler, clearer, better organized, and better written. I just took a course with Krugman's text, and now I'm reading this to figure out what the heck Krugman was talking about, with great success.

I have been using this book in an international finance class. It has been very imformative but is very slow going due to the complex nature of the text. I would suggest this to anyone who is not just interested in the subjecrt, but dedicated.

Jumping the Queue is an unusually crafted story that begins with Matilda Poliport's attempt to end her life thwarted by timing, a non-event which sets the tone for the whole tale. Mary Wesley describes Matilda's environs with exquisite word pictures: her cottage, her neighbors, town. When matricide Hugh Warner stumbles into Matilda's life, things take an interesting turn, and they keep turning that way till the end. Jumping the Queue is an extraordinary story whose ending surprised me, and I'm hard to fool.

The marvelous Mary Wesley passed away a few weeks ago. She was 90. She did not begin publishing until she reached her 70's. She wrote witty social comedy with depth and tenderness and could spin a wicked plot. This was her first novel. I had the pleasure of discovering her when Arts & Entertainment, a TV station, broadcast "Harnessing Peacocks," which was my favorite of her novels. I binged on her work in the 90's, reading one after another. Now that she's gone, I shall reread them all.

Love Made Perfect is a good introduction to the doctrine of sanctification in the Wesleyan tradition. As an introdution the book primarily serves the lay audience. To aid in study the book includes questions at the end of the chapters. This book would be an excellent resource for those who want to have a basic book for use in a Sunday School class. I would recommend the teacher also use or read A Laymam's Guide to Sanctification by H. Ray Dunning. For the person looking for a more indepth look at the doctrine of sanctification from the Wesleyan perspective, I would recommend they get another book by the same author: Wholeness in Christ. That book deals with the Biblical material in greater depth.

Dr. William M. Greathouse, General Superintendent Emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene, has written a primer of the Wesleyan way for the lay person. In a straightforward manner LOVE MADE PERFECT introduces the reader to the perspectives of the "holiness folk" about the Christian life. With careful appeal to Scripture and to the writings of the 17th century Anglican and founder of Methodism, John Wesley, William Greathouse presents a balanced and sane perspective of the Wesleyan tradition's concern for the sanctification of life. It is theology with practical application to life, for each chapter concludes with an appended "Light For Your Spiritual Journey" that seeks to help the reader incorporate the truth of holiness into everyday life. This little book is a fitting door-opener for one seeking acquaintance with discipleship Wesleyan style.

John Dean's many enemies didn't have to worry about discrediting him - his wife takes care of it in her self serving memoir.
John Dean is Mo's third husband. When they first met he didn't bother telling her that he was still married to a wife he later divorced and throughout the book he treats her like dirt. Their falling in love is described in a sickeningly fairy tale way. And it only gets better. Mo does let John have his say and attack his enemies through her book - She hates whoever he hates so there is a repeat of the pettiness in blind ambition, particularly the attacks on John Ehrlichman and Jeb Magruder.
I like this book because it is so ridiculous that it is humerous.

This little book is a must-have for anyone who joined the national Watergate fan club immediately after the scandal broke in the early 1970s. Maureen Dean's account, speckled delightfully with detailed descriptions of the clothing/accessories other Watergate women are wearing, is comically young-minded. Even so, its emanations form an illuminating penumbra (if that's possible) that reveals the spirit of the Nixon White House; a good example is the style of the fake-serious interoffice memo which John Dean submitted to Haldeman asking for time off to marry Mo.

An excellent companion piece to this book is "Silent Coup," which adduces other, darker facets of John's and Mo's relationship. Read "Mo" first, while you're still in the mood for levity.