This book is an exceptional outline of the law concerning the 4th, 5th and 6th amendments. It is well organized and completely thorough. While I would never suggest to a law student that they ignore reading all of the assigned cases in a particular class; this outline is so well done that you could rely upon it almost exclusively in your study preparation and still receive a good grade. I would also recommend this book to police officers, paralegals, or anyone else who needs to learn the intricate details of the law of search and seizure, confessions and the right to counsel. As a former student of Professor Capra, I was not suprised at the quality of this work.

I've read several books about Bob Marley, and this is one of the best. Davis tells Bob's story--the good and the bad--with heartfelt love. (In fact, he concludes the book by saying Marley is a "god." Wow! I admit, that's a little much...) Anyway, Davis' book is FILLED with direct quotes from Bob, his mother, his wife, his band and his friends. Consequently, we get a behind-the-scenes look at many of Bob's most personal moments--the assassination attempt, for example, and Bob's discovery that he had cancer. It is clear that Bob's family and friends opened up to Davis in a way they hadn't with other authors.

I also appreciated Davis' book because of the respect it gave to many elements of Jamaica's culture--the "rude" boys and the Rastafarians, for example. Davis explained them with understanding rather than judgement, unlike other authors I've read.

My only wish is that Davis would update his book to include what's happened with Bob's estate and the remaining Wailers.

If you can only get one book, get this one.

One love.

This 2001 collection of essays from 22 living theologians is a celebration of the 70th birthday of a pastoral human being who is a renowned transcontinental scholar of our times. It is obvious that Fr. O'Collins' deep faith in Jesus Christ has personally touched each writer as they participate in his enthusiastic search for truth. The book is a theological treasure that will find a warm welcome in global circles. While I did not receive any new insights, the work tied together numerous concepts that are fundamental to Christian theology. I would highly recommend this "Festschrift" for Adult Lifelong Learning groups as well as for College courses. For all who engage in "faith seeking understanding," it treats many topics that provide stimulating reflection and discussion. It leaves one immersed in an experience of a lived community of believers. Happy Birthday, Gerry!

This book is FUNNY.

I have read "Tomás" to my students for two years. They love the colorful cartoon-like illustrations, the funny sounds in the "talking bubbles," and how naughty Tomás is.

The text is easy for emergent readers to handle themselves. Much of the text is presented in short utterances or simple sentences. The longer section in the middle of the book is done rebus-style.

I laughed myself silly the first time I read the book, then I shared it with my co-workers, who also cackled.

It's worth buying for your permanent collection.

Although there are probably as many theodicies as there are people in the world, Stephen Davis does a fine job selecting scholars who represent various, major viewpoints on the classic problem of evil to elucidate their positions. John Roth represents a theodicy of protest whereby it is insinuated that God may not be totally good. God, says Roth, has a dark side and so must be persuaded by human protest and prayer to do what is right. Hick, of course, represents the position of an Irenean theodicy where God is portrayed as simply unable to stop all evil since evil is born our of free will and God cannot contradict the free will He gave us (lest it cease being free will). More than that, however, God has created a world in which trouble and evil exist in order that, by virtue of our free will, we might grow in character through the hardship. God, says Hick, is in the business of soul-making and has an overall plan for us as His creation to grow into spiritual maturity through the joys and sufferings of this life. Davis takes the classic Christian perspective position that evil is the result of human sin, that Jesus died to redeem us of that sin. We are responsible for the evil in the world, but God has created a way to redeem the world by taking sin on Himself in the form of Jesus Christ. By recieving Christ into our lives, not only are we promised a future in eternity without evil, but we are able to grow through the sufferings of life instead of shun them as worthless. He argues that there is no logical contradiction between the Biblical God (omnipotent and omnibenevolent) and the existence of evil in the world. Griffin represents the process theology position that God is evolving with the creation and so is learning as He goes. Matter, says Griffin, is eternal like God and has its own kind of "free will." Complexity in the arrangement of matter, furthermore, is tied to the amount of free will something has. Thus a rock can do less evil and yet God is less able to use it for good, but something as complex (and thus having more free will) as a human is capable of doing much more evil by resisting God and much more good by submitting to God. Finally, Sontag takes a highly skeptical position about God's goodness. God is unpredictable and violent at times and all we can do is hope for the best. We must acknowledge God's existence and power, but Sontag's god is semi-demonic in nature which explains evil in the world and why he doesn't stop it.

Of course, this small review doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the indepth and well written arguments of each of these scholars. The book is complex enough for college and graduate classes but written with the lay-person in mind as well (the writers are careful to define their terms in most cases). Also, I really enjoyed the fact that each contributor has the opportunity to critique the other's theodicies and then the chance to defend against the other's critiques. This point/counterpoint approach was excellent and informative.

My only critique of this book is the subtitle ("Live Options in Theodicy"). While the five views represented in this book are indeed reflective of five major worldviews of the problem of evil, they are not the only *live* options. To suggest so implies that any theodicy significantly different than those represented in the book is not a valid option. But because the problem of evil is more of a mystery and less of a logical problem to be solved with a fancy syllogism, it can be approached in a number of ways -- not just five.

if you know C and/or read c++ for dummies BUY THIS BOOK, this book explains streams very well as well as overloading operators ect. and in the end you go through the procces of building a REAL app. it also covers making your own streams

This book is a must have for any Fleetwood Mac fan! It includes wonderful pictures and an indepth history of the band. The CD includes Mick Fleetwood talking up 2 never released songs sung by Peter Green - very cool!

I took structural geology at the University of Washington spring quarter 1997. Book was excellent and contributed to a reasonably good grade (3.3) for the course. Recommend for students or professors of structural geology

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BRIEF REVIEW

TIME BEFORE HISTORY outlines what archaeologists know about native peoples in North Carolina from its earliest settlement some 12,000 years ago until the 18th century AD. Thorough and authoritative, well-written, well-illustrated, and at times provocative, this enjoyable book will serve as a significant reference and foundation for North Carolina archaeology for years to come. It makes a valuable scholarly contribution, and it is eminently accessible to any readers interested in native peoples of North America.

LONGER REVIEW

TIME BEFORE HISTORY reviews what archaeologists know about the ancient history of native North Carolina from the original settlement of its Appalachian mountain ranges, its Piedmont region, and its coastal provinces some twelve thousand years ago until the encounters between native peoples and European American explorers, traders, soldiers, and settlers from the 1500s through much of the 1700s. The photos of artifacts and scenes from archaeological fieldwork complement well its chapters about native cultures during different periods of the past. Maps and other line drawings are good contributions to the book. Certainly, the book will appeal to archaeologists and historians interested in native peoples of eastern North America. Meanwhile, its lively prose is accessible to any other readers interested in the culture and history of native peoples in North Carolina.

The first chapter outlines the major characteristics of architecture and other artifacts from North Carolina during different periods of the past, as they are currently understood by archaeologists. The authors then trace the history of North Carolina archaeology, from the late 19th century to current problems and prospects for the practice of prehistoric archaeology here at the end of the 20th century.

The second chapter reconstructs the lives of the groups to which archaeologists refer as Paleoindian people, the mobile bands of hunters and gatherers who settled North Carolina between 9500 and 7900 BC, and whose presence here is reflected primarily by certain kinds of stone spearheads. Just when the original North American settlers arrived and what their lives were like are currently very hot topics in archaeology, but it is clear that ten thousand years ago, native North Carolinians were living in colder and drier woodland environments than are here today.

The third chapter reviews what archaeologists know about what is called the Archaic period, from 8000 to 1000 BC, at the end of which native people began making clay pottery and began experimenting with gardening. During these centuries native North Carolinians tied their seasonal movements ever more closely to the seasonal cycles of the rich mast woodlands in which they lived, as the Eastern Woodlands of this continent became more and more like their current natural form.

The following chapters concentrate on the western, central, and eastern parts of North Carolina, respectively. These chapters trace native cultural history from the end of the Archaic period through the first several centuries of encounter and interaction between native groups and European colonists. A chapter about the southern Appalachians in western North Carolina traces the formation of carefully planned towns and villages of farming communities and the history of public architecture in the region, from earth lodges to earthen mounds to wooden council houses. A chapter about the Piedmont region of central North Carolina describes changes in the placement of settlements across the landscape due to farming practices and perhaps competition for choice farmland, and it describes the spatial layout of palisaded villages with houses and graves arranged around communal spaces. A chapter about the coast and coastal plain in eastern North Carolina concentrates on pottery traditions and the composition of shell heaps found at some sites, which preserve clues about architecture, mortuary practices, and foodways of coastal groups. Each of these chapters describes major archaeological sites and offers many written references for interested readers and specialists to pursue further if they would like.

The last chapter of the book outlines major trends in cultural persistence and change in native North Carolina during early interactions between Europeans and native peoples. Spanish explorers traveled through western North Carolina in the 1500s, several years before the English began their attempts to build colonies along the Middle Atlantic coast. English colonists were actively trading with native groups in central North Carolina in the 1600s, and this web of exchange and interaction spread to southern Appalachia and the Cherokee by the end of that century. Native groups of the Piedmont were ravaged by disease and cultural devastation due to the slave and deerskin trades in the 1600s, and they had become bound together as multiethnic communities much affected by the European presence at the dawn of the 1700s. European colonists along the coast battled the embittered Tuscarora in the early 1700s, and colonial militias conducted several raiding expeditions against the Cherokee in the middle and late 1700s. The history of these tumultuous years is best understood with an appreciation for the rich diversity and ancient history of native peoples in North Carolina before the arrival of different kinds of European colonists.

Written descriptions by early European American colonists of native North Carolinians are certainly valuable evidence about the history and culture of these native communities. TIME BEFORE HISTORY is unique for its comprehensive treatment of what archaeologists know about their history and culture for the ten thousand years before anything was written about them. The authors wrote the book to make such a summary available, and to offer their own interpretations of current archaeological evidence. They encourage further study and welcome perspectives other than their own interpretations, some of which chart new paths for archaeological study in different parts of the state.

The title is meant to underscore the richness of cultural traditions in what is now known as North Carolina long before anything was actually written about its many different native peoples. This very readable book is eminently accessible to any reader interested in native North Carolinians, and it will serve as a touchstone for further archaeological study in this part of North America for years to come.

The Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 edited by Robbie Ethridge (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi) and Charles Hudson (Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History, University of Georgia) is an impressive and wide-ranging selection of contemporary essays presenting and showcasing the latest discoveries and interpretations of how the Native Americans of the Southeast once lived, and their interactions with settlers prior to the establishment of The United States of America. A scholarly, seminal text featuring work by a diverse collection of learned authors, The Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to Native American Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.