The reason I give the new CSIS study on Russian organized crime merely one star, is that it fails to meet elementary standards of scientific inquiry. The CSIS shows no interest in theoretical issues, nor does it contain a discussion of the methodological problems that are inherent in any study of crime phenomena. Unsurprisingly, the findings of the research are based in large part on press reports, and perhaps also unsurprisingly, only point in one direction: the US face a serious threat from Russian organized crime. Now, press reports and descriptive, non-theoretical work of course can offer information that may be of use in research, and also the CSIS study in this respectmay be of interest. Nevertheless, the reader can only use this kind of information if he or she has the impression that authors handle information sincerely, otherwise one does not know what to believe and what not. In this respect the CSIS report falls short in a big way. This becomes obvious when one looks at how it handles the study by Finckenauer and Waring ('Russian Mafia in America', 1998), a study that does live up to the requirements mentioned above, but that comes to a quite different conclusion than the one the CSIS reaches. I found only one referenceby the CSIS to this work (on p.22: "A recent nationwide survey of police agencies revealed that at least 34 states have some contact with ROC in émigré communities"). The reference suggests that the survey confirms the image of dramatic proliferation of the Russian mafia, while in fact the opposite is the case. Finckenauer and Waring conclude: "Our conclusion - which may be startling to some - is that the Russian organized crime in America widely known as the Russian Mafia is first, not Russian; second, not a mafia; and third, not even organized crime" (1998, p.xiv). If the CSIS has access to information that refutes this indeed remarkable conclusion, it should have presented it. The only impression the reader now gets it that the CSIS simply did not do its job properly. From an institution on the board of which we find many functionaries from the CIA and other government agencies, and which gives advice to policy circles in the US, we should have expected a more convincing handling of the subject - how reasonable or not the advice given may be. Now the reader is left with the impression that Finckenauer and Waring were right when they wrote that "The label Russian mafia offers a convenient hook for understanding but at the same time sensationalizes matters so as to peak interest. It thus serves both law enforcement and media interests"? (1998, p. 250).

This solutions manual gives exact answers but the explaination is so vague that it's not worth it to even buy it. Ask anyone else they'll give you more of an answer than this book.

I found the title of this book to be misleading -- which may be a little ironic for a book on ethics.
As an ethical person with high standards, I was expecting some insight on how I could succeed ethically in the workplace while others, including the company, were bending the rules. There was none.
The book is a re-hashed management book which preaches to managers about doing the right thing. Managers who want to do the right thing don't need the book; others will scoff at it.
Within the past year or so, there have been numerous news stories about corruption in American business. Time's Women of the Year (2002) were people of high ethics who stood up for what the believed in. I would like to read about their person experiences and experiences of other people like them.
I found no value whatsoever in this book, and I'm sorry I wasted my money.

This book was first copyrighted in 1973... and has not been seriously updated since. It covers cross bar, step - by - step, and other ancient switching systems. It would be usefull to those people that are required to maintain a very old system. Perhaps third world countries still use this stuff.

Why Amazon.com put this book in this section is beyond me.
This is not a book about any aspect of any pagan religion.
Mr. Sumrall is a fundamentalist christian. This book is all about slamming pagan religions and beliefs. It's just another one of the hundereds of attempts to invalidate and stamp out another religion that is different from the mainstream. Just another attempt to errantly link paganism with evil.(I am familiar with this author, I used to have a couple of his books back when).
Steer clear from this book if your sick of this sort of [stuff]. However, if you can stomach it and find the whole subject interesting then this might be an interesting read. However, I wouldn't spend too much on it by paying full price unless you desperately need kindling for your fireplace.

This was one of the worst books I have ever read. The poems start out okay but they go on and on and on and on and it gets really old. They are kind of sad at the beginning but by the end of the poems, I couldn't stop laughing because they were so bad. The poems are about really serious topics but are badly written.

Given: Grand socialism of the State has been an abysmal failure. The demise of the USSR, the retrenchment from state ownership in Great Britain, Sweden, and elsewhere, and the failure of socialism to establish fair value and actual prices all lead most of these authors to this inevitable and obvious conclusion.

Suppose: Instead of a grand program of State ownership of production, why don't we try individual ownershp through cooperatives, employee-owned corporations, and the like? Ever heard of United and Transworld Airlines? Both followed this model right into bankruptcy. How about Ben and Jerry's ice cream; perhaps the model has to be super-small inorder for the the concept to work?

These are the primary and reasonable arguments made repeatedly in this well-writen, but no longer timely, book. The problems with socialism are so gargantuan that no socialistic scheme will ever work. One only has to read Hayek's prescient "Road to Serfdom" to see all the reasons why this is so unfold. Besides, "market socialism," as one author admits, is a contradiction, or an oxymoron if you wish, which is being forced into some scheme because the larger and older scheme didn't, and in fact cannot, work.

I admire the authors' attempts to fight the many problems with capitalism, such as worker alienation, slave wages, job insecurity, and the like. But the answer to these time-tested problems don't seem to be any form of socialism that this book unsuccessfully addresses.

That said, don't stop trying, but the schemes outlined in this book, many of which have been tried and failed since its publication, are passe.

This book is nothing more and nothing less than the documentation of the Java language that Sun has made available FOR FREE at its web-site:

http://www.javasoft.com:80/products/jdk/1.0.2/api/Package-java.awt.html

The book does little to clarify practical arcana of Java AWT programming, like layout managers, the repaint-update-paint cycle, peers, etc. Those looking to hard-core work with the Java AWT might to better to begin with David Geary's "Graphic Java"

There have been so many books on the Wizard of Oz. So many of them good and some not so good. This book falls in the uncategorized section.

The Wizard of Oz is a fairy tale. To think that political and social subjects are within the scope of the story is to believe there is a Santa Clause. If something should be written then it would have to be racism within Munchinville, as its whole society was created with stature in mind (but that is neither here nor there).

Much of the story is a fantasy--a bedtime story for kids. I'm sure the author sat down and thought, "Hmm...how can I put forth a story that would be a skillfully covert political statement in a children's story?" Exactly.

So...the Wizard of Oz is just a story...not a statement, a case study, a historical treatment, an X-File...

My rating is 1.

I bought this book hoping it would be of help to us with our recent move to a rural area. It shows you that you shouldn't buy books based upon the title. This book was of no help to us as I found it poorly written and far too general to be of any use. Don't waste your money on this book is my advise.