This book probably deserves 2-3 stars for the quantity of information it contains, but the quality is quite another matter. Throwing warrior peoples in with fighting groups, e.g. the Green Berets or the Long Range Desert Group from World War Two, simply lumps together units which have little or no connection (beyond merely being warriors) except possibly in the mind of the authors. The result is a work which has no conceptual coherence apart from whatever interest the authors may stimulate in their audience.

Even taking this work on its own terms, there are many omissions among "warrior peoples;" only the best-known are included, such as Gurkhas in the Indian or British Army, or Zulus from South Africa. Others who have ben labeled in this fashion, such as the Ila of Zambia or the Ngoni of Malawi and Mozambique, simply aren't here. But the Sikhs are included, despite their assigned role in British India as police, not soldiers. So it is conceived in vague, even misleading terms.

The grossest flaw, however, is that "warrior peoples" simply do not exist, except in the colonial mindset that pigeonholed and then drafted/enlisted them. The term is presumably updated from "warrior races," which is archaic to say the least. But no peoples are naturally more suited to be warriors than others; their history or circumstances may impel them or compel them to combat, but not heredity. People may resemble a warrior race if one looks only at the warriors, but this slights the full range of human endeavor pursued by all human groups.

There are also some factual errors which tend to limit the book's value for reference, and the deceptively long bibliography omits key works which might aid readers (and the authors) in critically analyzing their preconceptions. Cf. Cynthia Enloe's book "Ethnic Soldiers," and Anthony Kirk-Greene's article "Damnosa Hereditas," in Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Though this book has been recommended by reviewers for high-school students and other readers, it may actually interfere with their understanding by encouraging them to think in terms of ethnic and racial stereotypes. For those willing to think critically, rather than stereotypically, about warfare's relation to forms of group identity, this book is simply not satisfactory.

This book is fantastic! I learned more in two days with this book than an entire semester in a college classroom. I love the writing. Some of the pieces read like novels. I do wish there were more illustrations, but one can't have everything. And I agree with the review by Clint from Texas that the guy from Turtle Island or where ever definitely has an agenda. ... Whoever reads this, listen to me, "this book belongs in your collection." I just hope there is a volume two in the works.

After reading the first review from Turtle Island, I wonder if he is reading the same book that I am. After some reflection, it occurs to me that the reviewer has much more of an issue with his own limited perceptions than with this book. I found WARRIOR PEOPLES to be informative, educational, VERY useful as a research tool, and amazingly well-written. It would be interesting to see what actual credentials the Turtle Island reviewer possesses; he certainly cites no concrete examples, but instead engages in unfounded and obviously biased criticisms. I give WARRIOR PEOPLES five stars; any military historian or history buff would do well to have this book in their libraries.

Interesting read but she spends ultimately more airtime on psychology than business applications of this technique.

This was my first look at enneagrams. It makes you realize how pathetic identifying someone as simply a 'Type A' or 'Type B' personality is. It helped me understand why my wife, whom had been categorized as a 'A' type would act differently in different situations, while I, a 'B' type would do the same. Once you find your Enneagram, you will be amazed at how so many things will make sense.

Helen gives practical advice on using the Enneagram typing system to help put people in a position to suceed. The workplace is made up of diverse personality types. Palmer provides the guidelines to help us with daily interactions with differing types. By showing strengths and weaknesses for each type she helps to insure that people can be utilized in jobs that will bring out their best.

Roche's translations of Euripides' tragedies are intrusive. He adds stage directions and characterizations that influence how the reader views the people in the plays. Readers may believe that these stage directions are from Euripides, but most of them are not. I find it irksome having to differentiate between Roche's interpretation of character and Euripides' text.

I am a theatre director and playwright. I read every translation of Medea I could find. This 1998 translation by Roche, after twenty years of ripening, is fresh, clear, and strong. He prioritized retaining the ( ( ( s o u n d ) ) ) of the ancient greek, and his poet's ear captured its slippery almost-iambic trimeter perfectly. A powerful, haunting, contemporary translation. "Deep is her sobbing from depths of pain/ Shrill is the answer her suffering gives/ To the news of a woman betrayed/ A love gone wrong..." A mature poet's text, translated by an equally sensitive poet. It doesn't get any better than this.

First the 10 Plays -- Alcestis / Hippolytus / Ion / Electra / Iphigenia at Aulis / Iphigenia among the Taurians / Medea / The Bacchae / The Trojan Women / The Cyclops -- together with a pronouncing Glossary of names and places. Tops out at about 575 pages.

Placing the only extant ancient Greek satyr play, Cyclops, at the end, Roche supplies the needed comic relief of Odysseus among the randy, wine-craving satyrs who toil away for the famed one-eyed Polyphemus.

Roche's introductory material is short, clear and useful, especially will thought out his method of translating Greek meters into English verse. Each play has a brief introduction as well.

The translations are vigorous, modern, and to this reader both lyrical and moving. Roche's poetical gifts are obvious and put to effective use.

Let Paul Roche be ivy-crowned, son of Semele, son of Zeus!

I realize that Morand is considered one of the most brilliant French writers during the high modern period, but this is really pretty thin stuff. I don't know if Gide will ever be taken so seriously again (as he was a couple of decades ago), but his reputation will come to no harm when read alongside Morand. Oh well, there's still some Genet I haven't looked at yet

Other reviewers have accurately described this: it's a relatively slight, though densely written, series of vignettes, each dedicated to a different idealized woman. It's tough, however, from the English translation to tell how much of this is the work of Morand. Ezra Pound took incredible liberties with his translation, sometimes to quite interesting and idiosyncratic effects, and Proust's introduction is a valuable essay on its own. This isn't the sort of book that will keep you wildly captivated; but it is an excellent piece for any library.

the brief stories in this work, translated by ezra pound, are lovely and tender descriptions of individuals and nights of activities. i'm not sure if it's morand's work, or pound's translation, but they are exquisitely beautiful.

That's right, the author of this book either thinks that his readers are so stupid that they will not understand the blatant points and arguments his one-dimensional characters debate that he puts notes in the margins. As well, the prose style is so mundane that the notes are actually more exciting. He highlights the key arguments of PAS (Physician Assisted Suicide) but closes with the strongest arguments against and the strongest arguments for, stacking the deck against PAS. A biased book from a publisher that is biased (the publisher is a Christian publisher, a traditional Christian publisher, thus opposed to PAS).

Dr. Chamberlain plunges us into an ethical dilemma that is hotly debated around the country today. Physician assisted suicide has been considered in many states and legalized in Oregon. This book takes us to a probable state senatorial debate where the arguments for and against physician assisted suicide are presented. The debate boils in the senate while two friends, Dr. Ron and Dr. Pat, meet. Patrick is dying and Ron has to decide if he should assist in his friend's death. The reader's eyes are opened by a trip through a palliative care ward. The debate in the Senate shows how an issue can be molded and sculpted to look attractive. The author's credentials may help one to see which way the decision must go but in all fairness I leave the answer to the reader. The bigger question is how we are affected by the tale and what would we do?

Paul Chamberlain has certainly provided us with an engaging and instructive volume on euthanasia. Couched in a fictional narrative, Chamberlain's plot walks us throught the relational, philosophical, medicinal, and legal dynamics of euthanasia. And though the narrative is fictional, Chamberlain points the reader to some of the better literature on the subject in his endnotes.

I seldom read a book cover-to-cover, but Chamberlain's narrative caught me and held me captive until I finished the book. But I must warn you, as someone still working his way through all the attendant issues (religious, social, philosophical and emotional), the first half of the book provides an emotionally swaying presentation of the case for physician-assisted suicide. While reading it, I kept wondering "What I would do -- if I was the one dying, or if I was the one asked to help a friend die?"

The second half of the book engages the many arguments in favor of euthanasia in a thoughtful, but never shallow, fashion. Here one will encounter a real struggle over suffering -- but viewed from the perspective of one informed by the facts, engaged in the drama, and influenced by sound religious, philosophical and social principles.

I enthusiastically recommend this book as an introduction to the subject by an author well-informed in all the facets of the issue. For more information, I would recommend the reader visit The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (www.cbhd.org).

On the one hand, McKechnie's prose is often clear and engaging, sprinkled with a sense of humour. There are bits and pieces of valuable insights in the text. On the other hand, it seems evident from the introduction on that the book lacks a clear direction or purpose. Despite some useful comments, it is hard to know what to make out the total picture. I was never clear where McKechine had left, or where he was heading. The book has value, but I came away unsatisfied.

Overall, this is an interesting book. Throughout the book, the author throwed out questions that are good for deeper thoughts. But this book is definitely not suitable for someone who does not know enough about that period to weigh the various sources of evidence.

I found this book to be an outstanding introduction to the major issues surrounding the early church through its first three centuries. Mr. McKechnie directly engages modern scholarhip, such as Frend, Pagels and Meeks, which is very helpful to get a good feeling for where his own ideas fit. I am reading it in preparation for a graduate divinity class in early Christian thought, and I have found it to be an excellent primer. Mr. McKechnie introduces all of the major thinkers of the period in a way that balances readability with sound scholarship. Plus, he uses footnotes (as opposed to endnotes or no notes), which I find very helpful.

I agree with another reviewer that the book can at times wander, but I always found the prose engaging.

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get a thorough introduction to the early church.

Overly complex in exposition. Insufficiently illustrated. Represents an NIH viewpoint, not the best in science. Does not relate the molecular details to the cellular interactions sufficiently.

It is not recommended as a text book, but is as a dictionary. Because it contains many informations about immunology and few illastlations.

This book is in many rspects the Immunology equivalent of the G&G pharmacology bible. Or in other words: if you do Immunology for a living, this book should always be within reach. Just like G&G's book, Fundamental Immunology started out in the same way the "encyclopedia" started in the Age of Enlightment: a compendium of all the knowledge available. With the exponential expansion of both Pharmacology and Immunology, these disciplines no longer fit in one, ten, or even a hundred volumes each, and tough choices have to be made. In Paul's FI, these choices are very much geared towards the professional, and far less so to the student. Yet, many of the subjects are treated in a way that not only incorperates much of the up to date details, but also gives thorough treatment of the fundamental concepts behind them. Thus, this book should also be the text of choice for those students that have sufficient tutoring resources available to guide them through the maze of the wild and wonderful world of Immunology.

Unfortunately, there are only a few biographies of Eva Peron that I would recommend, and this is not one of them. As with many others, the only thing that is really interesting about this book are the pictures of Evita herself. The author didn't have much cultural sensitivity in writing this book, and also recounted many by now well-known myths as facts.

The over-all tone of the book is very "noir-ish." In other words, the author works to portray Evita as a "spooky" figure, rather than just recount her life as it was. The reason Evita can seem "spooky" in some ways is because of cultural misunderstandings. For example, the spectacle of her dramatized "dying in public" and her funeral falls well in line with the Hispanic preoccupation with death; in Hispanic culture, death is not something that is swept up under the rug. In Hispanic culture, death is often associated with a form of dignity. It is common in some Hispanic cultures, for example, for people to commemorate the death of loved ones by actually having picnics on their graves; this is not something you see in Anglo Saxon-based cultures. Without bridging the gap between the cultures, a biographer runs a risk of succumbing to what Robert D. Crassweller terms "the legacy of incomprehension," or "the inability of one ethos truly to understand another."

The first half of "Eva, Evita" deals with the life and death of Eva Duarte de Peron. Born into poverty, she left her family at age fourteen to pursue a theatrical career. She met Juan Peron, a widower colonel, and managed his political career and election to President of Argentina. She took from the rich to give to the poor working class (and to the richer - namely, herself and her closest friends) who worshipped her as a saint. Evita died of ovarian cancer.

The second half of the book illustrates just how strong Evita's power was. Juan, a pedophile, shopped for mistresses in the school system. He was unable to control his staff, and the people revolted. His hold over the Argentine people was released, and he was forced into exile.

There are many books about Eva Peron. This book paints a better picture than others I have read; it also casts Juan Peron in a more unfavorable light. "Eva, Evita" goes into depth about the embalming and preservation of Evita's corpse, its theft, and the doctor who spent three years preserving her for posterity. These sections are incredibly morbid, but are important to the history of the legend of Eva Duarte de Peron. There was a bit more political background than I expected; however, this gave me a more broad view of everything surrounding the events that led to Juan Peron's election and fall from grace.

This is an interesting little book, especially amusing in its attention to events surrounding Eva Peron's dead body and the doctor who preserved it.

The Perons were merely opportunist thugs. They and their associates got into power by force, then systematically looted Argentina's wealth. Propaganda forced everyone to pretend to admire them, and force required that everyone obey them.

Evita's life, according to this book, generally follows the path portrayed in the Webber/Rice musical, but differed significantly along the way. The musical version integrated apochryphal information, legendary stories, rather than employing hard fact. A major example is "the first man to be of use to Eva Duarte." In the musical it was a popular tango singer named Augustin Migaldi -- as it was so in Evita's accepted local legend, since Migaldi was a relatively prominent performer. The real guy, though, was a second-tier fellow named Armani, who helped Eva settle in the big city then pretty much vanished from history.

I wish the book had delved into more detail regarding more of Eva's specific activities -- such as the mechanisms/laws enacted to take over all the British holdings in Argentina -- but it was a good overview, a good foundation for moving on to other explorations of that blonde thug's puny excuse for a life.

Paul Richards writes this book from a controversial -- and certainly not typical -- perspective. While refreshing in this innovation, the argument is poorly structured, and Richards' writing nearly impossible to follow. I found reading this work unbelievably frustrating, and the convoluted presentation of both fact and theory inappropriate to a work of social science. Where were the editors?!?

Richards translates sucessfully the complex background history of the current Sierra Leonean crisis into a quantified language suitable for further policy research and study on similar models. His threading of Sierra Leonean nation state history with the ongoing conflict makes his work more active. It is a great upgraded handbook for readers who seek to de-mystify the African learning experience. In that same light Richards' book lacks emotional connection with pan-African political ideology.

Read it.

I feel that Richards' focus is to dispute Kaplan's New Barbarism theory, and for the most part is successful. He contends that the youth involved in the war point to political causes as their reason for fighting. This is the crux of his argument, yet I feel his evidence is not necessarily in line with such a bold statement. Chapter Four outlines his findings regarding how young people experience and react to war in contemporary Africa. While I agree that the New Barbarism theory does not consider this aspect, I do not agree with Richards' argument that these young people who are fighting the power are fully conscious of the political ramifications. My interpretations of Richards' interviews form my opinion, as I understood many of the young soldiers (particularly one named "Charlie") to have joined based on sheer survival, not due to political loyalties. While Richards tediously delineates the conflict in Sierra Leone from any inkling of the New Barbarism theory, I find it difficult to follow his argument from the angle of what is and what is not political. Part of providing a counterattack on a theory or supplying fodder for an original theory is to disprove the argument and then build yours. I feel Richards has dismantled New Barbarism, but does not necessarily provide the reader with the proper tools and equipment to rebuild it.

It's just another "I hate religion" book. This book is seething with "I feel guilty and I refuse to believe its my conscience given to me by God"...

Paul Kurtz's "The Ethics of Humanism" is an excellent book showing an alternative to the mind- rape known as religion. In such chapters as "The Common Moral Decenies" and "Excelsior, The Ethics of Excellence" Kurtz provides an excllent defense of Humanistic principles and shows that life can indeed have a positive affirmative outlook. Indeed, to champion the Promethean ideal of living an automonus ethical life, is lost today in the world bombarded by theism, and Kurtz I feel does a nice job of trying to be Pro-humanist instead of anti-theist. I refrain from giving the book 5 stars because at times I feel Kurtz is a bit too technical in explaining his arguments and at times the book can be a little tedious. However, do not let these minor criticisms stop you from reading, in my opinion, one of the most influental books of contemporary ethical philosophy that I've ever read. This book will leave you with a feeling of an affarmation for the joys of life, an apprecation for autonomus ethical principles and a solid foundation on which you can life a life of principle and purpose without a belief in god. Purchase this book not only for yourself, but also for those who have been trapped in the delusion known as religion.

As in his other book 'In Defense of Secular Humanism', Paul Kurtz explains that one need not be tied to religion to be ethical (or even moral). I agree with the previous reviewer who stated that the wirting can get a bit technical at times, but I don't think that it slows the pace at all. The technicality of some of the arguments is necessary, as Kurtz is using reason and logic to explain issues that are usually debated with emotional rhetoric or repititious dogma. You may have some friends who are teetering in their lockstep devotion to religion... so buy this book and give 'em a shove. They'll thank you.