Clinton's study of the origins of judicial review is very interesting despite some major weaknesses. His attempt to understand what the Framers of the Constitution believed judicial review to be would be much stronger with more detail to the controversies raging within states just after ratification about judicial review. This is because he depends heavily upon his assertion that Marbury was consistent with the generally understood meaning of judicial review that the Framers shared. If there was no generally understood meaning about judicial review, then his hypothesis suffers a major blow.

The Access 2000 Tutorial is a great product which allows easy understanding of all concepts. This tutorial could allow a first-time computer student to fully complete all ideas and be able to remember concepts and procedures by memory. Easy to follow directions and color graphics provides a simple understanding of Access 2000. The Access 2000 Tutorial is highly recommended by college professors and myself.

I teach a technical writing/advanced Word course at a university. After reviewing several similar books, I found this one to be simply the best available. It's easy to read, and easy to follow. Good job!

I brought this book last winter. I have read it several times since. I have to admit I am biased, I am quite familiar with the area Mr. Williams wrote about. I have brought several copies for family members. Mr. Williams did an excellent job describing the history of the area and in doing so makes the reader realize it is our responsibility to keep the past from disappearing. Every developer and real estate agent should be forced to read it. Then maybe, they wouldn't be so eager to destroy, what history has left behind for us. Mr. Williams brought old buildings and their inhabitants back to life.

This is an excellent collection of high quality MR images of the brain, each accompanied by a brief clinical history, radiologist's findings, a discussion, and a list of suggested reading. The 100 topics cover a vast area of clinical neurology, from common disorders to the uncommon and the rare. The presentation in the form of a teaching file gives the reader the opportunity to study the cases in an interactive way. As a practicing neurologist, I found going through the pages of this book an enjoyable, and of course, a profitable experience. I have no doubt that all those interested in clinical neurology, from undergraduates and postgraduates to practicing clinicians will find this book an exciting way to learn MR imaging of the brain and sharpen their clinical acumen.

Enchanting. Enlightening. Beautiful! Henri is a marvelous portrait painter.

When perusing this volume, you will be struck by how skillfully the author manages to strike a balance between letters and his own interpretation. You are taken on a journey of Roethke's poetic process; the text explores the why and how of Roethke's work in a subtle yet understanding way. This is a good read for those who wish to learn more about the private mind behind Roethke's published writing, and those who wish to gain a better appreciation of how one literary mind shapes and guides another.

I occasionally teach Soviet KGB History. I tell my students that I am pretty much a poor substitute for this book, and I make them read it.

There is no better book on KGB history.

This is the reprint of the edition published in 1797, with engravings of William Blake. The poem itself, enormously popular in the 18th century, is now shrouded in obscurity, and it stays in print only due to Blake's illustrations. But despite of its unpopularity, I found it quite enjoyable. It is best read in one sitting, without interrupting the constant flow of ideas and thoughts. It is a meditation, at once introspective and all-encompassing, a contemplation of Death, Time, Friendship, and Immortality of man. Granted, it does tend to drag on too much in the last chapter, but the first ones are so good they're worthy of being memorized. Blake's engravings, surrounding the text as a frame, capture the essense of the poem and at the same time enhance it, adding to it even more depth. The poem's abstract concepts take shape, making some passages more memorable. (This edition includes a commentary on the pictures' symbolism.) The book is worth getting for the engravings alone; it is a work of art in every sense of the word.

Rather than collecting poems from a wide spectrum of poets, this volume's editors instead chose to concentrate on 17 writers, including nearly 300 poems altogether. The writers collected here are Joel Barlow, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jones Very, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, Emily Dickinson, Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, Sidney Lanier, and Edwin Arlington Robinson. The most space is given to Whitman, Melville and Dickinson. While I can't fault the editors for most of their selections, I would have omitted Barlow, Holmes, Lowell and Piatt and opted instead for Christopher Pearse Cranch, Henry Timrod, Stephen Crane, and Trumbull Stickney. Those latter four certainly seem stronger than the former group.

While I can understand the inclusion of Barlow, Holmes, and Lowell, since once they were viewed as quite important poets, though no longer, the logic of including Mrs. Piatt escapes me. Her inclusion is rather meekly defended in the introduction, since she can make "the most conventional sentiments believable." So what? The finest poets say rare, unique things. They are individuals. They do not write about the superficial, but, like John Webster in T.S. Eliot's poem, (taking it slightly out of context) they see the skull beneath the skin.

As to those who were included in this volume, it is gratifying to see Melville getting so much respect as a poet in this and other recent anthologies: he was marginalized too long. Tuckerman is unknown to most people, but he could write wonderful sonnets and "The Cricket" is gold. Although Longfellow was overrated in his time, since then he has consistently been underrated. He's treated pretty decently in this book, so I hope it indicates that his reputation will finally get some balance in the near future. Bryant is a skilled poet, but not necessarily a gifted one. Still, he wrote some excellent poems. Whittier wasted most of his talents writing political propaganda, although when he got off his high horse he could really write some memorable stuff. Jones Very is quite an intense poet - too bad he burnt himself out so young. Lanier is a poet of exceptional ability, but unfortunately this anthology doesn't include his best: "The Revenge of Hamish" isn't a very good poem; but "The Marshes of Glynn," "Song of the Chattahoochee," and "A Ballad of Trees and the Master" are, only you won't find them here. Emerson, Poe, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson and Robinson are old favorites. All in all, it's a fine anthology.