I bought this book shortly after reading the screenplay of Notting Hill(also by Mr. Curtis and another beautiful volume). This book is fully worth reading, whether you are a fan of the film, the genre of romantic comedy, and even if you wish to learn the ins and outs of filmmaking. That said, the bonus sections, especially the scenes cut from the film, make this book more than just a "companion" piece and frankly, are the bits I keep going back to.

All in all, the book makes for an enlightening look into how words on a page become a successful film.

There's something most of us find fascinating about the lineages of persons of note, whether they're royalty, U.S. presidents, movie stars, military leaders, or literary and historical figures like Pocahontas and Louisa May Alcott. The Virginia ancestry of the Queen Mother is relatively well known, as are the New England cousins of the late Princess of Wales and the Duchess of York -- but did you know Elvis Presley, Jimmy Carter, and Jesse Helms are all collaterally related? Roberts is probably the leading expert at this sort of thing, especially when it comes to uncovering surprising connections, like the British royal descent of Karl Marx's wife (whose grandmother was Scottish), and he carefully lays out examples of what might be called "genealogical evolution," demonstating that genealogy really is inclusive, not exclusive. Many British, European, and American contemporaries are much more closely related than we often realize. There are also a number of descents contributed by guest columnists which maintain the same high standard of documentation.

Richard G. Lipsey, Microeconomics, Growth and Political Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp. 480.

Richard G. Lipsey, Macroeconomic Theory and Policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp. 429.

Curtis Eaton and Richard G. Lipsey, On the Foundations of Monopolistic Competition and Economic Geography. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp. 314.

Curtis Eaton and Richard Harris (eds), Trade Technology and Economics: Essays in Honour of Richard G. Lipsey. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1997, pp. 340.

It is hard to imagine any major area of economic theory and policy in which Richard G. Lipsey has not been an important contributor. Several of his six textbooks had over a dozen editions (some have been sold in the millions) and they have been translated into 15 languages. These, along with 11 monographs and over 130 articles, in total around 80,000 pages, have influenced the education, further research and thoughts of around 15 million economists throughout the world over the past four decades.

Each of the first three volumes published by Edward Elgar provides a reprint of around 20 articles or chapters written or co-authored by Lipsey. The last volume, edited by Eaton and Harris, is a festschrift in which some prominent economists discuss and attempt to build on Lipsey's contribution. Even though no selection of already published articles and chapters can do full justice to the extent, nature and significance of Lipsey's contribution to economic theory and policy, the selection of pieces may serve at least two useful purposes. First, the books may remind practicing economists of Lipsey's contribution to economics and, second, others will have a handy selection of classical pieces and learn some important things.

The first volume on microeconomics has five parts. The first deals with economic growth from a microeconomic vantage point. Basically, technological change (innovation, accumulated knowledge) set in an historical time dimension is the principal (although not the only) driver of growth. The second contains the value theory. Lipsey's and Lancaster's theory of the second best has had the most profound influence on all social sciences. In a world where optimality requires satisfaction of many conditions, a move from a given sub-optimal situation that satisfies only some of these conditions does not necessarily improve welfare (neither does an addition of one or more imperfections necessarily worsen the given sub-optimal situation). This theory had a revolutionary effect on welfare economics and was, unfortunately, avoided by those that did not have the nerve to consider alternative approaches to their own. Writings on international trade are in the third part. One of the most frequently reprinted articles is on customs unions. Lipsey demonstrates that a trade-diverting customs union may be beneficial for the participating countries. Fourth is the part on the political economy. Lipsey analyses and evaluates issues which include the merits and flaws of the free price system and government intervention, American savings and the trade imbalance, as well as the British participation in European integration. Finally, in a consideration of methodology, Lipsey argues that theories should not be evaluated according to their intuitive plausibility (Austrian-Robbinsian) or political acceptability but rather on how well they meet the facts. That was the reason for naming his basic economic text Positive Economics.

The tome on macroeconomic theory and policy, organized into five parts, brings together articles on inflation, anti-inflationary policy, the Phillips curve and the Keynesian economic model. Although controversies about inflation are here to stay, there is quite an accumulated body of knowledge on how to handle the problem. The impact of powerful groups such as labour unions that can push prices upwards (their existence in Europe and their non existence in the United States) has a significant effect on differences in employment levels in the two regions. In such cases the authorities can either accept unemployment or accommodate price increases with new money creation. Another frustration to anti-inflationary policy may come from trade credits among firms that are ready to accept some of their balances in this way. Incomes control as an anti-inflationary policy tool may be used only in exceptional situations. As it usually stays much longer after the need for such intervention has expired, it may 'do a lot of harm by trying to do a little good'. In addition, there is still the largely debatable issue of whether high employment is compatible with zero inflation. One has also to keep in mind that Lipsey was one of the instigators of the currently popular approach that macroeconomic relations need to be derived from microeconomic behaviour.

The volume on monopolistic competition and economic geography includes Lipsey's articles with Eaton mainly published during the period of the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, which are perhaps more relevant now than at the time of their publication. The reason is that one can hardly imagine a more exciting area of contemporary economics than the new economic geography. The study of the location of production has a long, although somehow meagre history in spite of the fact that economic activity is unevenly distributed geographically. The neglect of the geography of production was not because the research field was uninteresting, but because the issues were regarded as intractable. New research tools such as monopolistic competition, production linkages and multiple equilibria have been introduced. Sixteen articles reproduced in this volume were a crucial (although not yet fully recognized) contribution to this field.

Eaton and Lipsey reject the neoclassical economic model as it cannot easily accommodate key elements that are relevant in modern economy. First is the neoclassical assumption that all inputs are perfectly divisible. This is not the case as both capital goods and knowledge are 'lumpy'. The second reason for the rejection stems from production inputs (labour and capital). These inputs are activity-specific, rather than non-specific as is in the neoclassical case. The final rationale for the rejection is that there is a diversity of tastes. Consumers in similar situations make different choices (recall the diversity of breakfast cereals, painkillers, cigarettes, cars or bicycles). A combination

My dear friend, Pastor Linda Forsberg gave this book to me as a birthday present in May 2002. One day I began reading the sermons and and I found the book to be a treasure! I've revisited the pages a few times and each time I see a different message.

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Throughout What's In The Bible For Women, Georgia Ling draws upon sacred scripture and expert commentators (Joni Eareckson Tada, Gary Chapman, Florence Littauer, Archibald Hart) to take her reader on a journey through the Bible for the purpose of showcasing what God's Word has to offer women. From bread making to breadwinning, the Bible has immediate relevance through timeless teachings that can be competently accessed by the ordinary reader with no prior experience or expertise as a theologian, seminary student or pastor. The reader will discover what the Bible as to say to women about spiritual fitness, community involvement overcoming disappointments, and much, much more.

Sometimes, I just don't get British humor. My English relatives love the jokes of their countryman -- sometimes I simply don't get it. But, the jokes here are universal. There are many scenes which are made up of very embarrassing, but very funny, everyday scenarios. The story is about Travel bookstore ownder William Thacker, played by Hugh Grant, who lives in London, England's posh, expensive, and very high class Notting Hill district. One day, he meets and falls in love with lovely American actress Anna Scott, in one of the best scenes of the film. (It involves a cup of orange juice, apricots soaked in honey, and "raisins" -- remember that word for one of the film's BEST lines!

And Richard Curtis knows how to write dialogue -- this man can think up some really funny one-liners! Some of the supporting characters were off-the-wall (but not written spaztically -- a good thing). If you enjoyed the movie, check it out. It's worth the cash.

I enjoyed the movie greatly, but it was reading the script which really made me appreciate the sheer genius behind it all. Kudos to Richard Curtis! It is amazing how much he manages to get into a scene - everything WORKS, to tug at the heart strings or strike the funny bone.

The script reveals a few of the artistic choices that had to be made in the process of creating the script and the movie; however, this is a very polished end product - definately a last draft (with a few choice bits of scenes that did not make the cut at the end) and perfectly co-ordinated with film stills and photographs, all on luxurious glossy paper.

However, it is amazing how, having watched the film and knowing the charactrers, it is possible to visualise scenes in your head while reading the script - an especial plus for the left out scenes. I am now dying to compare my imagination with the director's cut, which I have been told might be available on the DVD version.

This is one of my favorite movies, and incidentally, my favorite screenplay! It's an excellent representation of the movie--many full-color pictures of the best scenes in the movie. It even includes story boards, cast and unit lists, and an afterword by Hugh Grant. The photographs were taken by Clive Coote, one of Great Britain's most famous photographers.

Almost everything I'd seen before I bought the book only included pictures of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant--this book is different! It doesn't leave out Spike or any of the other small but memorable characters.

Anyone who's a fan of the movie will love this exquisite book. It gets an A+ from me!

I've done three rooms so far and saved a bundle. Will end up paying about 2.75 a square foot for 5.25 inch red oak planks. Looks great, don't believe it would have come out as well without the book.

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I'm now planning to install ceramic tile for first time and hope to find book on this subject as good as Don Bollinger's book.

Robert

If you're planning to install or refinish wood floors, you really should read this book. Installing wood flooring is definitely something a determined beginner can do, but there are some pitfalls along the way. This book will help you avoid them. There's also a companion video that I highly recommend. The time and expense of buying and reading/watching these materials will be returned many times over by avoiding mistakes.

I used the book and video to help prepare myself for my first DIY floor installation, and everything went extremely well. I also had some coaching from a local installer, which I highly recommend. He had me practice on an 8' x 8' square before doing anything on the actual floor. The more you can learn, the easier it will all be and the better the final results. In my case, the results were really quite astonishing - I had many, many comments and compliments, and more than one person mentioned that my work was better than the "professional" work in their own house. That's an advantage of doing it yourself - you can take the time to do it right.

By the title itself 'Using...', simply means HOW to use Visual Foxpro? It is the best guide for developers who are new and for some who wanted to learn Visual Foxpro as a database development tool. For sure, the learning curve of a newbie VFP developer will be shortened when using this book.

I have numerous VFP books and am firmly a VFP 6.0 user. I have found this book to be awesome for beginner to advanced. Very, very well written.

I've actually found it more usable than the subsequent Que title "Using Visual FoxPro 6" - which has different authors and different approach. Que should have simply upgraded their 5.0 title.

You won't be sorry with this one.

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Simply the best book for learning Foxpro. Mr. Antonovich's style makes it easy to grasp all the new concepts that have come along with Foxpro's adoption of OOP model. Also an outstanding Foxpro and database reference.

I am currently taking Intermediate Accounting. This book is a supplement to the text. It has been very helpful working through problem that are similar to homework assignments and problems on the test. It has 15 - 20 multiple choice questions at the back of each chapter that are simmular to what you find on the test. It helps you to understand what the author is trying to teach you in the text. Highly reccommended if you want to do well in the class and understand the concepts taught. I plan on buying the next volume for chapters 15-25.