We used this text in my social work school in 1995. Since then I have given away my copy and I'm sorry I did. The book begins with Freud and covers the works of Peter Blos, Carol Gilligan and Erik Erikson.

If you don't have the time to look into the source texts then this is a good book for you. This book gives a broad overview of adolescence and in the cases of Freud and Erikson, an in-depth treatment on the various pre-adolescent stages. Most illuminating for me was the chapter on one of America's greatest contributions to this field, Harry Stack Sullivan. His chapter on Erikson is also quite good. But, if you have the time, read some of the source books. I recommend Erikson's CHILDHOOD AND SOCIETY, IDENTITY: YOUTH AND CRISIS; Gilligan's IN A DIFFERENT VOICE, and Sullivan's THE INTERPERSONAL THEORY OF PSYCHIATRY.

This book is great! It is definitely THE book to learn Weber's Theory of Electrodynamics. Something everybody interested in the fundamental laws of the universe should learn. Weber's Theory is very simple and fun to learn. The only dissapointment is that the theory doesn't explain the motions of particles travelling at near the speed of light (but that can easily be resolved). I also learned a lot of math by reading this book; It uses math in ways I haven't seen done in any other book. The book is very well organized and includes derivations for practically all the formulas. It also has a great bibliography to continue your studies in Weber's and other alternative theories. What I really don't like is the huge price tag, which means I have to go the library everytime I wanna check something out from the book.

If you've learned the Classical Theory of Electrodynamics, such as the one taught in Griffiths' and Jackson's books, and ever wondered if there can be another way... Then you gotta get a hold of this book!

This book discusses the history of bread from the viewpoint of western philosophy. That said, the earlier cultures (such as Egypt, for example) are not Western by nature -- and so a Judeo-Christian approach is applied to some societies that was not necessarily a part of them originally. It is more a modern interpretation of said history, which makes this a perfect book if you're looking for that. However, the title and the back of the book are misleading about this for the most part, unfortunately. I was expecting a very different book from the one I received. As I said before though, other readers may be pleased with the content. Your mileage may vary, as the saying goes.

After rereading the book, I noticed that the sources in the back are from the very early 20th century, and indeed, some from before. None were dated past around 1940 or so. Curious, I checked out the copyright date -- it's the early 1940's. So as a purely historical reference this book is indeed outdated. It's a shame; as if a revised and rewritten attempt were made it would be a delightful historical reference.

That aside, if the history of food is a turn on for you, and especially the philosophical thoughts on food and society, this would most likely make you happy. It was not a book of pure trivia and history, which made me a bit sad since I've been looking for a good one about bread for a while now. My recommendation is checking it out at the library, and then give it a whirl if it catches your fancy.

I picked up a copy of Six Thousand Years of Bread in an anitque shop. It sat on my shelf for years. I finally read it. WOW! What a fascinating look into the history of civilization-all based on grain and bread. According to H.E. Jacob's convincing theories, the rise and fall of nations is all attributed to grain and bread. H.E. Jacob, a Nazi Germany escapee is an excellent writer and the book reads like an intriguing mystery novel that spans 6,000 years.

It was published in 1944 and ends it's story during WWII. I would love to see it revised and expanded to include new discoveries about history and to bring it 's story into the 21st Century.

Jacob's Six Thousand Years of Bread is an amazing presentation of the relationship between bread and the history of Western Civilization. Even if it were just about bread's history, it would be an amazing book given its scope and knowledge. But it isn't REALLY about bread. It uses bread as an access point for discussing transformations of values and paradigms of knowledge through history. In a word, Jacobs presents a philosophical "genealogy" of Western Civilization through a discussion of the role of bread.

Thus, Jacob's is a unique philosophical work. I can't think of any other book in philosophy or history that makes such a clear presentation of the causes and forces of historical transformation. In fact, the term "genealogy" I have used above has a specific sense that is relevant here. Coined by Nietzsche, "genealogy" is a strategy employed for a philosophical discussion of historical transformations of the sort Jacob discusses. But whether comparing Jacob to Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Heidegger, or even Hegel and Kant, I can't think of a better example of a philosophical discussion of historical transformations of values and knowledge. As a bonus, the Jacob's method of using a history of bread to present this genealogy makes it far more approachable than most philosophical discussions. I can't recommend a book more highly. I might even use it as a recommended reading for students in my philosophy classes.

Obviously, by the title, prison inmate Eduard Delacroix is electrocuted in this book. Unfortunately, it's at the hand of Percy Wetmore, the prison guard who's been bullying Eduard from the beginning. He's the one who sabotages the execution, giving Eduard a painfully long-drawn-out death. This scene is rather gruesome and will remind readers that this is still Stephen King writing, even though The Green Mile isn't King's usual horror fare.

While Eduard dies, though, Mr. Jingles is "resurrected" by John Coffey, after Percy had stepped on him in the previous book, "Coffey's Hands." Like the sudden endings in most of these books, this one has another good cliffhanger, in regards to Coffey's innocence. These sudden endings can be aggravating, but they were a very good marketing technique at the time of publishing--to keep the loyal reader addicted for the next installment, especially for the following two: "Night Journey" (#5) and "Coffey on the Mile" (#6). However, since the complete serial novel has since been published, I'd recommend getting that one instead.

As the series keep floating along, as does the tension in the room where I read these books. This time Percy, the wicked guard, goes a little too far. Probably even farther than he ever thought he could get away with. John Coffey still remains in the prison, and his guilt is beginning to be questioned by the guards. Could someone so gentle kill so easily

If Sean Penn read this book before walking his last "mile" in Dead Man Walking, he wouldn't have been so brave! Of course, Stephen King ain't exactly Susan Sarandon, either!!
The reader not only is walking with Eduard Delacroix as he approaches his fate, he IS Delacroix. The smells are pungent, the sight is vivid, and the end is horrific.
More questions arise, however. What about the mysterious powers of John Coffey? Or the secret plan of the guards? Well, it just so happens...DARN! Have to wait for the next installment to come out for those answers

This utopian/futuristic novel presents two, evolved versions of current, western society. While both are highly digitalized/computerized, one is an even more exploitive, controlling and corporatized version of "now". The other, for some readers, will be a more ideal model of what "might be". Here, in what is essentially a new culture, the reader is exposed to the characteristics of a re-ordered society involving advanced technology that benefits all, different child-rearing practices, superior shared/group decision making and the absence of traditional government. For a reader with an academic psychology background, the novel is more intriguing in that it's author is a mathematical physicist rather than social scientist, sci-fi writer or full time novelist.

Memoirs of the Future is a thoroughly enjoyable, stimulating and thought-provoking Utopian novel set in the future. A wealthy playboy, Dr. Philip Deron, disenchanted with his life in the present-day world, embarks on an adventure involving suspended animation, which takes him 350 years into the future. What he finds there and how he deals with and influences it cannot help but challenge your values, your perception of today's societies and your hopes for the future of this planet and mankind. This is a book that you must read a second time.

Dr. Lohse explains pertinent facets of the Jewish and Hellenistic-Roman cultures of the period from 400 B.C. through A. D. 100. The reader will become acquainted with the political intrigue, historical patterns, religion, economics, intellectural currents, and overall culture of both the Jewish and Hellenistic-Roman powers of the Near East. There is an up-to-date explanation of the Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls as related to the New Testament. There are two charts which help clarify the genealogies, and two maps which depict the physical and political geography of the New Testament world. There is also a complete bibliography, chronological table, indexes of names, subjects, and New Testament passages.It is a very well written book. It reads like a fast moving novel, easy to read for the layman and yet scholarly enough for use by those who have a desire to learn indepth the lifestyles and background of the Near East during the time that Jesus of Nazareth walked this earth.It is an exciting adventure in reading,taking the reader into the very heart of the world of Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. Probing the intellectual currents of Judaism as well as stepping into the time of the Hellenistic-Roman environment. John Steely translated it into English for an excellent resource.

This volumne by one of Germany's foremost evangelical scholars rates along with F.F. Bruce's New Testament History as the most through introduction to New testament background that anyone can acquire. Professor Dr. Lohse's command of the primary sources is evident throughout the work. Personally I feel this volumne is a must read for a positive and sound conceptualization of the world within which the NT story developed.

So far, there has been no anatomy atlas in the world that has beaten Pernkopf Anatomy. No anatomy book contains such detail or such visual confirmation. This book is a work of art, something everyone in the medical field should see. Frank Netter's atlas cannot be compared to Pernkopf's. They are in completely different leagues. The controversy is over. It is time to start the presses again!

With respect to those who refuse to read this book on moral grounds, the fact remains that, although the methods used to produce this work may have been monstrous, boycotting the book will not undo them. No executed prisoners will be brought back to life and no torture undone. Rather, let their suffering, though involuntary, at least help us to save the lives of others, so that their deaths not be in vain.

I'm a medical illustration student, and find these books invaluable. It's too bad they're out of print. They are still lives of real dissections and are much better then Netter. Netter tended to abstract and totally lose proportions of the human body. After having gross anatomy, I can assure you that Netter's pictures don't look natural. From what I' know, it's a debate wither Pernkopf ever used Jews in his dissections. There's not much written record of the bodies used, but most of it's authors were actually serving in the war and weren't putting much time in the books. They were done over several decades, and used executed convicts. Though there still is a great deal of cynicism over them, as first editions carry the SS symbol on them. A good history of the series can be found at....

Id have to say a better name for this book might be The Complete Waste... I remember when I first got this book I thought wow Ill just play this as my system and be set... Yet as I got into the reality of play I realised just how many gaps were really in this book... Besides the fact many games you cant even setup the Dragon they give you nothing but the pure dragon... They dont even talk about the Accelerated Dragon at all in the least... Too many people play Sicilian Lines anyways to be honest... If your reading this thinking of picking it up dont really waste your time... I find it best to not play sicilian and to just plain avoid it as white... No reason to enter a game vs. someone thats all booked up with no life... Many Sicilian players do not know how to play chess and simply resort to memorizing lines and variations... They seem like better players than they are cuz of so much coverage of opening... They spend so much time learning and studying over line after line just to get a false inflated rating... Bout only good thing about this book is its sorta shiny and reflects the light funky :).... If you have money to waste on a chess book you can find lots better...

Let me start by explain my rating of this book. If you are looking for a book specifically on the Dragon, you probably won't find a better one and this one is five stars. As a general Chess book, this book is pretty awful and would rate one star - maybe two since it covers what is proposes to so well. Given that anyone who purchases a general chess book with the title "The Complete Dragon" didn't bother to do *any* homework, I give this book 4 stars. To show the scope of this book, let me quote the introduction: "... decided to limit our coverage to just the 'real' Dragon, 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 ... and not deal with the so-called Accelerated Dragon (2 ... Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6)." What follows is a 348 page discussion on the "Yugoslav Attack..., classical variations..., modern variations... and... a misc group of less common continuations." So, given that: 1) you find yourself playing black and 2) have played the first five moves of the Dragon and 3) you're within 100 points of your opponent and 4) the two of you aren't within 200 points of Eduard Gufeld and 5) you've pretty much memorized 348 pages: you can reasonably expect to mop the board with your opponent. "Look into the eyes of the Dragon and dispair." Though I don't believe this was Gufeld's intention. He does a truly *excellent* job with his material. Even if you don't memorize the variations, as a previous reviewer says s/he has (a monster task to be sure), following the development and understanding the logic behind it is enlightening - whether you play white or black. I would have to say this book is written for"terminally chess curious," "serious club" players and above. "Casual coffee house" players and those under, say, 1500 should probably stick with Seirawan's "Winning Chess" series published by MS Press, My System by Nimzovich or The Mammoth Book of Chess.

First, let me present a shocking fact: GM Anatoly Kárpov has played almost 30 games after the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6, all of them on the white side. The result is awful for black: +1-25=3. 25 against 1!! Only GM V. Korchnoi could defeat with the black pieces the former world champion in 1978. All of this contributed to a "bad fame" for the Dragon Variation between my generation. Only the patient practical and theoretical work of GM Eduard Gufeld and some british GMs (and recently GM Fedorov)has sustained this line at the top level of competition in the last 30 years. And they won!! This book is a real synteshis of a life-span work and the still unfinished figth of a real hero. I had first readed the Dragon Variation article in Gufeld's "In search of Mona Lisa", after what I wanted a lot to read this book. And I havent's been dissapointed! The balance between memory learning and logical learning is almost perfect. I'm sure that many people will lost any fear to play the Dragon Variation after reading this handbook.

On the weaken side, I think Gufeld pass very fastly over some important variations. For example, the game after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bc 11. Bd4 e5 12. Bc5 Be6 13. Bc4!?, where the move 13. ... Qh4 is not mentioned. Even the move 13. ... Nxc3 could been more extensive analyzed. Regrettably, the line 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 wasn't developed at the time this book was published, but I wondered to know the author's opinion on it. It's desirable too a future Gufeld's book on the Accelerated Dragon.

Let's read, let's play!

We don't need to see the Little Mermaid's nipples.
(I can never understand why the people who cry out that the nudity is "JUST art!" don't notice that it is never underdressed males, but little girls that we have to look at.)

Amazon.com rates this book for ages 4 - 8, but the text is difficult and violent, and the admittedly lovely art is appropriate for graphic novels in the _Sandman_ vein, not for kids.

Yes, it is a lovely story, yes, it was dark to begin with, and no it is not a children's book.

Good translation, pretty (aside from the gratuitousness) illustrations earn 2 stars.

Sulamith Wulfing's art is gorgeous! Unfortunately, most of the reviews I see here are NOT for her book! They are reviews of the version Rachel Isadora illustrated (see the "nipples" and violence comments); or even for Disney's Little Golden Book adapted from the cartoon. I don't understand why reviews for other versions are displayed here; it's very misleading! If you like Sulamith Wulfing's art, you'll probably like this book.

The Little Mermaid. Illustrated by Sulamith Wulfing; text by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the German by Petra Michel.

Sulamith Wulfing is a fantastic artist whose work has been sold as books of plates, calendars, and even decks of cards. This book is special because it is one of the few times that her works illustrate a story. Each page has black and white line drawings and there are ten full page color plates. The color plates are the type of work for which the artist is most known and the ten in this book have been reprinted in her calendars and other collected works. The color is vibrant and the themes of each are sublime. The cover illustration is also the last illustration in the text and shows the mermaid transformed into The Immortal Soul.

An epilog called "The Sacrifice" written by the artist's son, Otto Schulze, states that a new translation of Andersen's story was used and that "parts of the story have been summarized." While staying true to Andersen's original plot, incidents and characters have been left out and parts of the story have been changed. These changes raise the story above being a children's fairy tale and highlight its allegorical theme about the role of love in the quest for immortality. The modified text and the mystical art go together excellently to make this the best rendering of this story I have ever seen. Originally published in German in 1953, this work is as vibrant today as when it was first conceived 50 years ago.

At the end of the book is a brief one page biography of the author with an early photograph of her and a self portrait painted in 1953.

My problem with this book is that some of the recommendations in this book are very complex defenses which beginning and intermediate players might find difficult to use. They are very tactical, and Gufeld does little explanation of them. There is some analysis, but many times he will just attach a game fragment and say who's better with no explaination of why or what to do. He gives brief strategy summary at the beginning of each section, but as an intermediate player (USCF Rating of 1650) I find it difficult to use these recommendations in my own play, because there is little explaination of the variations. If you use the recommendations, you may need to do your own research and analysis (which you should do anyway), but isn't part of a repertoire book's job to do some of the homework for you? What it does do is give a repertoire for most major defenses so that a player does not have to pick one himself. My best use for it was to look at the sections and find my own choices for variations and use the sections as a list of defenses I need to prepare for using other sources.

This is a great book; it is very well-indexed and right tothe point. Its recommendations are all sound and all are open attacking game. It does require further research if you wish to play many of the lines, but it is a great place to start. It is very well-done, and very easy to follow. Excellent!

I love this book, and finally found a book that presents a comprehensive repertoire that I can live with. The recommendations rae internally consistent, such as the Vienna along with the Grand Prix attack, as both involvve an early f4, along with the Dutch, which involves an early ...f5. As another reviewer pointed out, this book contains enough information to get you up and running, to do further research. The book also is good in providing recommendations for all the other second moves you will see as black if you play the Dragon. I was pleasantly surpised by this book! It is really wonderful.