The absolute BEST book I've ever read on France and the French. Enthusiastic though unbiased, extensive and extremely well-documented but never dry or boring, lively but not too "journalist-like", this is an absolute must-read for whoever has an interest in this fascinating - though sometimes hard to grasp - country. Readers will likely understand France better thanks to this book. A real masterpiece. The author's knowledge of France (its history, famous authors, historians, politics, cultural patterns) is simply astonishing.

deep, unbiased, well researched in all aspects of the review. Written with excellent litterary talent, the book, although extensive, is never boring. One of the best I have ever read about the French and their country.

As an American in France I am particularly interested, andreasonablyknowledgeable about, works on france. I found Bernstein's book to provide an accurate and lively portrayal of a subject which is all too often romanticized or written about in a condescending way.

The exhibit was astounding - this museum is HUGE! The works of art featured are very diverse, both in theme, style and culture. The book really is a nice tribute to this grand exhibition. Any Californian who likes both popular art and "marginal" or underground art would be satisfied with this book.

Finally, an expansive and critical, although bewildering, survey of California's visual culture and its impact on American culture at large! Beautiful in its design and generous in illustrations, the catalog offers insight into the complexities of America's "wild frontier." What makes this catalog/exhibtion most intriguing is its inclusion of ephemera, framed by the organizers as important historical and cultural documents of life in California. Often overlooked, these items are often more telling than the cultural productions of visual artists and offer interesting juxtapositions to the art also presented. In addition to the discourse between hi and low culture, is the discussion of the cultural and racial diversity of California's population and its effect on culture and identity. The writers and curators bring together important documents, visuals, and art that construct diverse racial, gender, and sexual identities and also offer critical insight to these.

This book gives us , freshmen in the field of nephrology, a golden opportunity to see and feel in some way, the whole width of glomerular changes and a chance to learn to make a difference which is allways a main problem in medicine.
Our senior colleagues can test their knowledge and find a support for the everyday's difficult decisions.

Egy evvel ezelott nagyon rovid idore kolcsonkaptam ezt a kivalo konyvet.Annyira jonak talaltam.hogy meg szerettem volna vasarolni.A Magyar Nephrologusok Tarsasaganal megnyertem a penzt a vesarlasra,de sajnos a konyv elfogyott-"OUT OF PRINT".Megvan a penz,de nincs konyv.Ez eletemben eloszor van igy,forditva mar elofordult.Azert irok magyarul,hatha ez valakinek jobban feltunik es tud segiteni abban,hogy hol tudom beszerezni a konyvet akar hasznaltan is.Azt hiszem a konyvrol alkotott velemenyemet az fejezi ki a legjobban,hogy ennyire meg szeretnem venni.Eddig 1000 vesebipsiat leleteztem egymagam,mindegyiket immun,feny- es elektronmikroszkopos vizsgalattal.Ehhez ennek a konyvnek a mikroszkopasztalomon kellene lenni!Ugyanezt ajanlom mas nephropathologus kollegaknak is.Bar ok mar megvettek,ezert nincs nekem.

This book examines the practice of social science from several angles, like turning a sea shell slowly in your hand, looking at the curves and openings and aspects. The author accomplishes this by looking at social science through the eyes of empirical, phenomenological, critical, and analytical social scientists.

Sound boring? It isn't -- and you can learn from each perspective. You can also learn why there is no one right approach. Some questions fit better into one framework, some into another. Any social scientist who weds him/herself to a given approach is wearing blinders. This book removes those limitations. Ideologies become tools for social examination. This book should be the starting point for any social science student.

Not very many people seem to read this book, which is a shame. In my opinion, this is a book that every serious academic social scientist should read. Bernstein takes on the difficult but extremely important--as well as largely neglected--question of how the social sciences differ from the natural sciences. The book is divided into four parts, which deal roughly deal with naturalist theories, linguistic theories, phenomenology, and critical theory in that order. He has an extraordinary gift for making clear even the most subtle ideas and manages to deftly summarize material that otherwise would be extremely difficult. In the process, he gets to the heart of complex ideas and neatly illuminates the essential problem each has.

I drafted the Supreme Court petition questioning the legality of a people's initiative which purportedly sought to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution which was our first democratic constitution after the dictator President Ferdinand Marcos was exiled (Santiago v. COMELEC). One of my main references for the petition was this book of which I am deeply indebted for valuable research in U.S. constitutional law and legal history. It discussed exhaustively and in a very provoking manner, the challenges posed by amendments to the immutable nature of the constitution as fundamental law of the land. Our petition, which sought to deny the proposed amendments by way of a people's initiative, differentiated between piecemeal amendments and a revision of the Constitution. I argued that if the amendments sought would ultimately change the form of government, then it should be considered a revision. Our petition was granted by the Supreme Court and became a landmark case in Philippine history. It also found its way as a bar exam question. This book was my guidepost as I drafted the petition in the wee hours of morning in view of the urgency for a Supreme Court ruling on the matter and to avert an impending national crisis and another coup d'etat. The legal luminaries of this country have hailed Richard Bernstein and Jerome Agel's book as the most persuasive and thought provoking treatise on the subject.

When my husband developed diabetes II his doctor recommended this book. An interesting and informative discussion on diabetes.We followed the instructions to the letter. His sugar went from 318 to normal in less than six weeks and he has been off medication for 5 years. It really works! This is a must read for diabetics.

Much discussion of the Holocaust, perhaps influenced in part by Hannah Arendt, invokes the phrase 'radical evil'. But the term springing from Kant, in his Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, speaks what seems a different almost technical language of the will, in the context of the critique of practical reason. There the surface complexity of the lore of Kant's distinction of Wille and Wilkur seem to obscure the analyis, although Kant, too out of fashion, and bespeaks the question with underhanded profundity. One needs perhaps to get the knack of noting, if not understanding, the implications of these abstractions blind before the noumenal dragon's lair--of what do we speak, if of the 'will'??! As Arendt seems to suggest, Kant was not quite letting on.
This work is an invaluable history and compendium to any discussion of 'radical evil', and of the passage of the them via Kant through Hegel and Schelling to Nietzsche and Freud, concluding with the post-Holocaust thinkers Levinas, Johas, Arendt. This history should be better known in an age when the discussion is either positivistic discussion of the next robot advance in value free science or some mythical strain from the spiritual Hollywoods of too long ago. After Kant, 'at war with himself'(the point is debatable),the author critiques Hegel's great system with the sure fate of this question in a tighly conceived teleology, and then the surprisingly refreshing views of the less well known Schelling. It is hard to take the analysis of the inscrutable beyond these seminal sources (in my view,I find Nietzsche less profound that his reputation would suggest), but the remaining discussions are compelling none the less as the question explodes from its airy quality in the context of the twentieth century. Very fine study, although one might have thought Marx/anti-Marx a pole of this history. The question of 'radical evil' in relation to Hannah Arendt is also considered in the author's Hannah Arendt and the Jewish question.

An insightful read. Perhaps more could have been made of the investment practicalities involved in when to actually make a transition from one style to another. It would also have been nice to have been given further details on style index constuction in order to aid the investment profesional. But overall, a seminal and defining book on style investment.

If you are a long-term investor, or if you are in the business of providing investment advice, this book is required reading. Richard Bernstein points out, in simple terms, how investors let the media, friends, co-workers, and even financial analysts deter them from a well thought out financial plan. NAVIGATE THE NOISE is a blueprint for disciplined, long-term, goal driven investing.

Rich Bernstein is one of the "Wisest" Professionals on Wall Street. While there are a lot of smart people in the investment community that can easily rattle off facts and figures, Rich helps you understand why much of the information is worthless and can even be harmful to an individual investor. "Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype" helps explain how individuals can avoid following the croud, or getting caught up in the news event of the moment. He provides a common sense and thoughful appoach to what information is important to achieving YOUR investment goals and objectives, and not simply following the croud when it comes to making investment decisions. With all the talking heads in the media and investment community Rich Bernstein is a "Breed Apart".
This is one book on investing that can help new and experienced investors stay focused on the information that can make a positive difference to their investment returns.

This readable book explains very important concepts (risk/reward, asset allocation etc.) very well. Serious long-term investors would be well advised to navigate the noise (I would suggest shutting off CNBC as a start), read Richard's book, and then create a diversified portfolio that is expected to help them fund their long-term liabilities (education, retirement etc.) while matching their true risk tolerance.

This is a wonderful book full of detailed information concerning many aspects of diabetes. I picked up this book for my boyfriend who has Type I diabetes who tends to have a large range of bloodsugar everyday. Dr.Bernstein is the first doctor I have come across that doesn't accept blood sugar levels beyond that of a non-diabetic (which can cause numerous complications later in life)but that you can take steps to prevent and in some cases reverse complications.

While what Dr.Bernstein suggests seems radical(a large reduction in carbs in the daily diet) it is what current research supports (Harvard Medical School's finding that the current food pyramid "fats bad" "carbs good" is backwards and actually can increase risk of heart attack, obesity and stroke). Sugar and fast metabolizing carbohydrates (which turn quickly into sugar) are the real problem, not fats. In this book you will learn a little about how the insulin that a some diabetics must inject is still not as effective as the insulin the body makes so a diet high in carbohydrates can have devastating effects on a diabetics blood sugar profile, making it jump all over the place. Dr.Berstein shows you how to structure a plan to live by that will keep your sugars in check so that you can minimize the risk of complications later down the road.

I think this is an important book not only for diabetics but also for non-diabetics to reevaluate the effects of a diet high in carbohydrates/sugar which can eventually degrade the health of anyone later in life. I wish there were more doctors like this in the world- who realize that its the doctor's role to be the guide but more importantly that its the patient's role to make the ultimate decisions and take control of thier life.

This terrific book is a complete research/how to book about blood sugar control. I have read numerous books on Type II diabetes but Dr. Bernstein has been the ONLY person who clearly shows what to eat and why, how to monitor blood sugar at home and why, the importance of exercise, what medications do and why and ultimately the pleasure of lowering one's blood sugar to within a normal range. He shows you how to take control of your own care: what carbohydrates do to your blood sugar and how to be your own detective to discover what works for you. Clearly obesity+genetics=diabetes. A high protein, low carb diet makes me feel great, losing weight is a pleasure because I am not hungry and moderate exercise is fun. This is the only book on the market which is clear, concise and to the point. It should be on everyone's bookshelf!

I had checked out every book on Diabetes Type 2 to try to stay off medications. The doctors, educators and dieticians were no help-none of them believed an obese woman could stay off meds with diet and exercise. I've done it for 2 years but now the numbers were creeping up there and they wanted to start me on glucophage. Dr. Bernstein's was the last book I read-I attacked the plan with zeal and in just 12 days had dropped my average blood sugars from 140 to 124! It was so easy-stay away from carbs-don't eat 60 grams per meal, make it 6 or 12 or 15. My doctor is astounded that I didn't need the rx she gave me. Dr. B. explained all about why I am high in the mornings and how to approach that. He explained about the fast sugars and the slow sugars, and gave me lots of options to try. All the rest of the world keeps telling me to eat more which just keeps driving my sugars higher. With Dr. B. I have found a way to stay off the meds AND I made it through the holiday season with beautiful sugar numbers when everyone else was soaring high. The book contained a lot of specific things I could try to keep those numbers down, not just the conventional drivel you see in every diabetic education course and dietician's plan. He has been on the plan himself for years, so the subject is close rather than just a bunch of #s. If you want to be encouraged to manage this disease yourself, this book is for you. The rest of the medical community won't even take 2 minutes to listen to me because I am overweight, they just plug me into a medication which I don't need. Dr. B. approaches it from the standpoint that you can lick this disease if you just put some effort into it. After a month on the plan, I've had great success controlling my blood sugars and my doc is happy my glycocelated hemoglobin dropped back to 6.5 this last time, thanks to Dr. Bernstein.