If there were a ten star rating, I would give it to this book! If only all of our Presidents were so committed to the values of home and garden.

This is a wonderful book, both for Jefferson fans and gardeners. Since I'm both, it is doubly wonderful. You can read Jefferson's records of what he planted when, his observations about all sorts of garden topics, his letters to friends and family about gardening, and see the voluminous records he kept about all things horticultural.

Forget About Other Organic Gardening Books! This collection of books and writings by Thomas Jefferson includes decades of his farm records and gardening notes from back when they didn't even have chemical fertilizers, herbiscides, and insecticides yet. He experimented with a huge variety of fruits, vegetables, and fiber plants (including hemp) that he imported from all over the world. He also kept complete ledgers of his slaves, chronicling their births and deaths. He kept records of their production and consumption of linen, wool, blankets, clothing, etcetera. This book is a gold mine of history, gardening tips, livestock records, diary tidbits, photos, diagrams and more.

In Memoriam is a breathtaking poem... written over a period of nearly two decades, Tennyson laments and exorcises the ghost of his friend Hallem, who had died at a young age. He struggles with his religious faith, asking himself, is his friend in Heaven or does Heaven not exist... if not, then what? Tennyson displays an unequaled sensitivity for and mastery of the English language as a tool for expressing feeling and mood, he has created in this poem a thing of great and uncommon beauty.

When I first began to read this book, it was in my Senior English class. At first I thought it would be some dumb poem. But as we read I became so enthralled I couldn't put it down. Alfred Tennyson wrote with such good emotion and truth I felt I knew what he was feeling. He describes so many emotions that most of us feel, and he did it so well. This is a very wonderful book! And although I have only read it once, that is all it took for me to know that it has become one of my favorite.

Terrific book that goes with me on every trip around Colorado. This will get you to most every historic/interesting bar in the State.

It gives an easy overlook over fundamental aspects of human relations at work

At 1773 pages, the "Manual of Clinical Microbiology" is a good (medium size) reference for a clinical or diagnostic microbiologist. It offers detailed information on both practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. Its authority is unquestionable. Pathologists, doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and anybody whose business concerns infectious diseases will find the book useful.
The only setback is that it is awkwardly expensive. Many potential buyers would be enticed by cheaper alternatives: there are lots of them out there.

This book is comprehensive, well put together and thorough in all of its aspects. It is an invaluable text in the microbiology department. I and my workplace have a copy, and it is the most often refered text in our laboratory only Bergeys and Mandell come close. All aspects including bacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology, laboratory metheds etc etc are covered it is a one stop clinical microbiology text. I have no resevations in wholeheartedly recommending this book. The only thing I would add is that I would like to see it on CD-ROM

this is very good book , but u have to know the basic back ground of microbiology because , it give u the smallest detaile , and the unusuall things in microbiology, but it is the bible of clinical microbiology

You've got to love a book with comics in it. The actual text was pretty good too. The book covers several psychological experiments, which were interesting. Works well for general reading as well as a text book if you are interested in psychology.

They need to hire a better editor. I found numerous grammar errors.

It was such a dread when I realized that I needed to take Social Psychology this summer in order to finish my graduation requirements in four years. Well, it turned out to not be as bad as I thought it would be. The class was relatively simple and this book is very easy to understand. The authors, Robert Baron and Donn Byrne do a very good job on personalizing stories and studies to their own lives and make ideas clear and presentatble. The reviews at the end of each chapter are very helpful when studying for quizes and exams. I also would advise purchasing the study guide because a lot of the questions appeared in different form on the exams. Good luck.

This book is readable and gives a good narrative history of the career of Robert Clive. It is however disappointing. The reason for the disappointment relates to the scope of the book and perhaps it is unreasonable to expect a book of its length (the text is about 380 pages) to cover a subject of such complexity in any depth.

Clive was given a number of military commands when England had a number of small outposts on the Indian Coast. The armies were for protection mainly against the French who were also competing in the area. India at that time was broken into a number of independent states which each had vast armies far outnumbering the English.

The men commanded by Clive were armed with smooth bore muskets and some cannon. The muskets had a slow firing rate and had a very short range. The armies he fought had some artillery. In each battle Clive was outnumbered by huge amounts. It was common for him to face odds of over ten to one in each battle. Despite the fact that he had no marked technological superiority over his opponents as later imperialists did Clive won each battle and conquered a country that was bigger than France. This book does not really explain how except to suggest that the armies he faced were not efficient combat units. Something which would in the face of what happened seem obvious.

Despite the continual mystery of why Clive kept winning the book follows his campaigns and his problems with the English government. The reality is that Clive allowed the English to recover from the loss of the American Colonies and to recover as an Imperial Power. His victories unlike that of Napoleon did not fade away after a short time but allowed England to dominate India for two hundred years. He clearly was one of the most important figures of his age. Whilst readable the biography tends not to scratch the surface and give us the nuts and bolts of the process.

Whatever one thinks of the subsequent history of the British Raj, there's no denying that the life of Robert Clive is a remarkable and exciting story. As Robert Harvey states in this short biography, "few authors of fiction would have the imagination to encompass such an adventure." From Clive's unruly early days to his mysterious death, the story is astounding.

This book is a good introduction to the life of Clive and the beginnings of the British Raj, but I was left with several important questions unanswered. Clive's lfe was so action-packed that condensing it into under 400 pages means that inevitably rounded analysis has to give way to mere descriptions of events. For example, why did Governor Saunders of Fort St David agree to Clive's request to strip the garrison of all but 100 men to give Clive men to attack Arcot when the plan was "irresponsible in the extreme"? And what evidence had the author for stating that Warren Hastings "was, like Clive, incredibly popular among the Indian population in his lifetime"?

This exposes another weakness of this account - the Indian viewpoint is never really examined (apart from the Bengal famine, the effect of British policies on ordinary Indians is never alluded to, and the Indian Nawabs are portrayed either as unbalanced despotic bogeymen or pawns on the Europeans' chess table). What was interesting was the ambiguity of the British political establishment to Clive, although one got the feeling that they were more disturbed about the methods than the results.

I short, this book is a good introduction to Clive's life, but I felt the need to read more widely on the British Raj to get a more balanced view.

It was the best material I have read on Clive, and it was a noble effort at parting the clouds of mystery that surround his life.

This book was one of the worst psychology books I've read. It has a very...Ameri-centric view of psychology, and the author tells horrible anecdotes and even has his baby pictures in the book. Have fun with this one in class, kids.

This textbook is a broad introduction to the various lines of research and theory comprising the modern field of psychology. Besides being readable, the novel approach to study exercises, such as "Interactivities," (Exercises relating to the Internet) make the text a valuable resource.