The book should read to "Letters by Theo. Goldin" to and from various different people, E.A. Brinistool, Albert Johnson, Phillip Cole, Fred Dustin and eventually Capt Frederick Benteen. Most of the letters were written when Goldin was very old and blind. Interesting insight into Benteen and a scathing by Benteen of Custer and his preported "conduct". Worth the reading if you truely "understand" what happened on June 25th 1876. Not for the first time reader... you'll be lost within a matter of pages unless you understand the "who, what and where" of different people.

This book is the printing with minimal commentary of letters between Goldin and Benteen. Frederick Benteen was an officer and Goldin an enlisted man in the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Correspondence between officer and enlisted man is unique in itself. In the case of first hand participants their direct insights into events is always fascinating. This book does not answer any outstanding questions but it does add insights especially relative to Benteen. Anyone interested in the history of the Seventh Cavalry and the personality of Frederick Benteen, a major participant in the Little Big Horn scenario will be interested in this book.

I'm sitting for the AICE Economics exam this year and I found this book of great help. It covers most of the syllabus very easily explained with clear examples. It is very detailed in most of the topics and includes further explanations for every case presented. It is a very complete book, I quite recommend it for those who are doing this course. It might me useful as well the Study Guide for this book from the same author.

This intro textbk. illuminate certain topics like economies of scale concept and other Micro topics like price elasticity demand very well , as compared with other more prominent Econ. textbooks.

I'd strongly recommend this book for any new econs. students and others too, who want a different angle of this subject treatment

If you want something to help you buy jewelry more intelligently, or buy loose stones and have them made into your own designs, also here at Amazon try : Gemstones of the World (Schumann) *and* Jewelry & Gems, The Buying Guide (Matlins & Bonanno) -- they supplement each other well. As for this book : Kunz is a historic name well-known to gem and jewelry lovers, and I hoped there might be some helpful info -- or perhaps some fascinating gem exploration/ discovery tales -- here along with the 'lore.' None that I've found so far, though. Well, at least the 'lore' did provide me with some reasonably interesting chatter when folks ask about my jewelry or I notice theirs.

I bought this book because I enjoy buying gemstones and rocks and just for fun I wanted to know more about the traditional properties that were associated with them. This book written in 1912 and was last reprinted in 1971. Author, George Frederick Kunz, was no doubt the leading expert of his time. The book is full of all kinds of information, from every religion and culture, and was very well researched. He quotes literature from ancient times through what was known up to his time. His writing style is also consistent with his times, so modern readers may find it a little stiff. There are newer lapidaries available...this is a good and entertaining reference.

I keep going back to this to research this stone or that one. Mr. Kunz is a bit on the dry side, but his information is superlative. Many of the pagan books of today don't give enough resources... Mr. Kunz does. I realize he is not a pagan author, but this is a useful resource for pagans interested in stone work. Here is where Scott Cunningham got much of his lore!

Unevenly written at times, but a great story of the decaying British empire: After some 15 years in hot and miserable Upper Burma, the wretched James Flory, 35, a man whose inner rot is as obvious as the great, ugly birthmark on his pasty cheek, convinces himself that a vapid young English girl carries his hope of redemption. Flory is sick about the state of the empire, sick about the way his fellow Club members slag the natives and Flory's Indian friend Dr. Veraswami, sick about his Burmese concubine, and just generally, fundamentally sick. Elizabeth, a club member's niece, is pretty and modern, but he never quite figures out that she's as twisted, racist, and proud as his hated colleagues, and meanwhile he stumbles in the way of the plans of the fabulously corpulent and corrupt U Po Kyin, a Burmese bureaucrat of ruthless ambition. Needless to say, it all ends quite badly. Narratively, the book is most remarkable for its cinematic style, especially considering when it was written.

I have to admit to being a huge Orwell fan and having lived in Burma for several years (and having visited the location of the story in "Burmese Days" (Katha), I believe this book presents one of the most accurate representations of the Burmese character and of the relationship (that was) between the Burmese (as opposed to the Karen, the Chin and other minorities). Anyone who desires to understand Burma, its people and its government (Aung San, Ne Win to the present SPDC) should read this book. It is a masterful work that remains important for several reasons.

Orwell writes an engaging novel that clearly reveals typical attitudes from the side of the master and of the servant. I found that his portrayal of the British men in the lonely Burmese outpost to be believable and probably highly descriptive of common beliefs of the day. I also found his treatment of the subservient native population to be most likely accurate.
Orwell has a way of capturing thoughts and emotions common to any man, and he expresses those so very clearly. He clearly shows the danger and sadness of unrestrained ego, of submission to the baser desires common to man, and of the passions of men in search of significance.
While some argue that the work is not relevant to today, I argue otherwise. The same racist attitudes, conniving spirits, and raw emotions are just as prevalent today in every culture of the world as Orwell's day of 80 years ago and as probably all of history. The novel is chock full of lines worthy to be quoted with frequency.
It is an excellent read for those interested in the British Colonial Empire, the history of subjugation, or just a story of love forsaken.
Likewise, those interested in Indian/British history may consider an equally informative book by Mark Tully called "No Full Stops in India."

The Living Landscape has made a lasting contribution to ecological planning through its detailed documentation of this planning process and thoughtful comparison of the process's application in case studies. Dr. Steiner demonstrates in his book that ecological planning is just not a static plan-making process, but rather a dynamic process that requires consistent and meaningful input from stakeholders. In addition, he sees plan-making as a process that has implications for different scales of the environment, from the nation to the neighborhood. He stresses that the ecological planning process does not end when the plan is finished, but rather the process continues through the linkage of planning concepts to physical design. Given the strengths of this book, it is an essential volume for the library of any professional or student in the disciplines of the built environment and environmental management.

It is a rare planning book that outlines a detailed process for guiding landscape change in a deliberate and ecologically sound manner. The Living Landscape accomplishes this in a robust, clear and convincing way. The second edition improves on the first by including more landscape design information, updating case studies, and deepening the planning method (for instance, by including more on the use of Geographic Information Systems). The liberal use of cases is a strong asset of the book; each step in the ecological planning process is illustrated and explained by way of 'stories' from real places around North America. The Living Landscape is useful reading for students and practitioners in landscape architecture, architecture, environmental planning and natural resource management.

The second edition of The Living Landscape has came out nine years after the first. The first, in fact, was published in 1991, it received an ASLA Merit Award for Communications in 1993, and then it was translated into Italian in 1994, where it was very well received among scholars and students of planning as well as in the schools of architecture throughout the country.
The very first difference between the two editions is the publishing series. The first did not form part of a series while the second is now in the McGraw-Hill "Professional Architecture" series. The Professional Architecture series is devoted to giving helpful tools to practitioners who are on the field and The Living Landscape provides a very wide set of how-to and why-to-do-it instructions, where-to-keep information, and best practices examples to learn from, organized around an eleven-step Ecological Planning Model. I consider The Living Landscape a refined, high-level professional handbook devoted to enhance the toolbox of any present or future planning practitioners.
The Living Landscape II edition, as was the first, is built around a scheme of eleven steps called "Ecological Planning Method" briefly presented in the first chapter and used as a step-by-step pattern to guide readers into the organization of a planning process. The "Ecological Planning Method" is a framework for presenting information to decision-makers, and to display "a common language, a common method among all those concerned about social equity and ecological parity" (p. 9). The approach to planning presented by Steiner is innovative for two reasons. The first is the incorporation of ecology in planning - briefly "the use of biophysical and sociocultural information to suggest opportunities and constraints for decision making about the use of the landscape" (pp. 9-10). The second reason is the author's stress on the citizen's involvement in almost every step of his method. These two issues, even if they are the prime themes of the book, are prudently embedded into the body of the full text. Ecology and citizen involvement are the leitmotif of the entire book which is composed of a precise combination of techniques and tools presentation, useful references to literature, light - but effective - revocations of the theoretical frameworks on the issues, and application examples deriving from real plans or projects.
The eleven-step Ecological Planning Model goes from the identification of problems and opportunities (step 1) and the establishment of goals (2) to inventories and analysis at regional (3) and local level (4). It proceeds with the realization of detailed studies (5) and the definition of planning concepts (6). The landscape plan (7) follows and it is directly assessed and criticized by citizens (8), who are involved and educated along the whole process-phasing. Design exploration (9) comes next and the study of the implementation of the plan and projects (10) precedes the administration (11) that is the last step of the model. The Ecological Planning Model is linear in its descriptions (the book chapters - excluding the introduction and the conclusion - are devoted to deepen every single step, with some minor exceptions), but the steps are strongly interactive. In the graphic scheme of the model (p. 11), solid and dashed arrows between the steps emphasize the necessity and the opportunity of feedback and retroactions in order to monitor the previous results.
Citizen involvement is the center of the model. Almost every step is addressed to inhabitants and a systematic educational and citizen involvement effort occurs throughout the process. The model, between the last step - administration - and the first - problem and/or opportunity identification -, presents a dashed arrow in order to accent that problems and opportunities facing the region and the goals addressed that may be altered by time, occurrences and circumstances.
Compared to the first edition, the structure of the Ecological Planning Model and of the book contents remains unchanged in the second, but the book has some 120 more pages. Graphic design of tables and figures has been enhanced - a four-color page section was added to present the GIS maps of the Desert View Tri-Villages Area (Arizona) and of the Camp Pendleton study area (California), two of the many new examples used along the entire book. New photographs, mostly authored by Steiner, follow the entire text. Sources and references have been updated including recent books and articles on the matters. New examples, as said before, have been included in this edition to present more recent application of techniques and tools explained and illustrated along the text. The final glossary, one of the many useful tools of the book, has been enlarged with 46 new entries bringing the total to 350.

Dr. Ide should be given credit for his very easy-to-understand writing style. However, if you're looking for a fair and balanced portrait of Bush, you won't find it here. I was disappointed that Dr. Ide was apparently unable to look past his political views. What a pity he should conduct what seems to be very expansive research but chooses to litter his writing with personal sentiments. As an Independent, I picked up this book hoping to learn more about Bush, but realized its design was to "add fuel to the fire" of those who already dislike him.

This is a very well written book made up of short, well-researched, topic-based chapters. These chapters cover a broad range of public policy issues (environment, education, tax cuts, religious right), which Mr. Bush acted on during his short but turbulent career in Texas. For anyone stunned by recent ultra-conservative administration policies that seem at odds with Bush's 2000 campaign rhetoric, this source illuminates the historical origins of America's most recent resident of the White House. It may also suggest that the most dramatic policies are yet to come. This book is an especially good reference work for studious journalists and a thorough primer concerned citizens.

Doctor Ide is a truly gifted writer,and he writes what he deeply knows. No wonder his latest stunning work is so accurate,precise,flawless.

Doctor Ide's book is very detailed and punctual,as in Ide's style,and there are pelnty of useful information.

Go buy this important book. You will not regret it!

Let's face it, most people won't be buying this volume by choice--they'll buy it for a class. Still, it's good to know what you're getting into. This is a pretty good anthology of American literature, starting all the way back with Native American myths and Columbus's journals and continuing through Puritan, Enlightenment, Transcendentalist, Romantic, and modern periods of literature in America.

The introductions to the pieces are good--as good or better than Norton's--and the selections themselves are generally good. Still, though, there are a few notable things missing, but that is to be expected in any compendium, I suppose.

One of the highlights of this volume is the full reprints of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. If you have to buy this book, it should be useful and may even be worth keeping around after the class is over. I know I'm going to keep mine.

The book provides brilliant perspectives to look at a wide range of landscape theory. Especially for the ecological oriented landscape theory, it is a good source which reviews different paradigms from utopainism, defensive way of environmental planning to landscape ecological point of view.

F.G. Bailey's book, "The Prevalence of Deceit," is about deception in human affairs. The book posits that "all facts are theory generated" and that "truth" depends on what people collectively believe the truth to be. The prevalence of deception in human affairs is facilitated by an innate human desire for order, predictablitiy, structure, control. It is this tendency which makes us vulnerable to accepting other peoples' "truths" (deception). Power is the principal motivation for deceiving people (that is, influencing their behavior by your version of "truth"). To persuade people by rhetoric -- i.e., perpetuating your "truth" to others -- you assert your control over them. Politicians are one good example of those who use their words more to persuade/flatter constituents to accept "truth" than to use their words to (dialectically) speak. Actually, F.G. Baileys believes that TRUE dialectics is a philosopher's dream and is virtually impossible. When people accept the "truths" of others, their freedom (to other "truth") is necessarily restricted; that is why F.G. Bailey posits that deception is so prevalent in human affairs. Unwittingly, people lock themselves into paradigms ("habitus") and collectively subscribe to "intersubjectivity." Throughout the book, he uses the terms "syntactical truth," "habitus," "truth-by-coherence," and "layman's truth" to refer to the paradigm problem. One interesting thesis in the book are the so-called "open secrets" (i.e., the so-called double standards) in society. The basis of this can be found in understanding how "truth" tends to be subsumed to the innate will for stability, structure, control. This is why, for example, apparant contradictions in reality are ignored for the sake of maintaining stability, saving face, keeping control. F.G. Bailey gives several examples from his experiences as an anthropologist in India during the 1950s to support his theses throughout the book. Overall the book posits the old epistemological quandary ("what is truth?") and finally warns us to always ask, Cui Bono? (Who benefits?) Thus the preponderance and warnings against deception. Although there is a dry spell in the book's middle on intra-Indian politics/affairs in the 1950s, the book is, overall, worth reading.

Silas Marner is a very interesting book. It is filled with excitement and suspense. I liked the book very much, but as a freshman in high school, it was very hard for me to read. George Eliot uses a lot of dialect along with some Old English words in her lovable tale. Eliot tells the story of a lonely weaver. After getting betrayed by friends in his old town of Lantern Yard, Silas moves to the town of Raveloe searching for a new life. His delusions keep him from getting accepted into the Raveloe community. After losing his faith in God and having his money stolen he gets a very special gift from someone he doesn't know, a little baby girl with golden hair. After that things work out for Silas and Eppie. George Eliot tells her classic novel in great detail with a lot of adjectives and metaphors. She has made a great novel that while a challenge is good for everybody. Silas Marner is really easy to comprehend because it is so realistic. I live in a small town and it reminds me of Raveloe. Sometimes I imagine that I am in Silas Marner's place and all my friends are the villagers. I think about what I would do if I was in Marner's place. Eliot also created a great plot for this book. This classic is great because it teaches people about life. It teaches people not to be selfish and to be kind to people no matter how good you think you are. Eliot has made a great book that would be great to read as a family.

I enjoyed this book very much. The morals and lessons it teaches you are very important. It is the story of a lonely man, who because he was falsely accused of stealing and because this cost him all his relationships with people, he secluded himself in his lonely house along with all his gold that he saved up. He never spent his money because he enjoyed its company. His gold was his only companion for several years of his life. Then one day, he was robbed, and he no longer had anything worth living for.
Silas was slowly dying of misery and depression. He had no reason to live. Then one day a little girl walked into his house and into his life. Her mother died, leaving the baby girl as an orphan. So, Silas adopted her and took her into his home. She grew up a poor, hard-working girl who loved her new father Silas and vice-versa. Because of this new daughter of his, Silas changed for the better. He became more caring and devoted to someone else besides himself. He started to go to church again and changed his views on what really was important in life. And one day when his treasure was found and returned to him, he didn't even care for it. He had something even more precious than gold: someone to love and receive love from.

The fact that Amazon has so many editions of Silas Marner available indicates that it is truly a classic if it is still being read more than 150 years after it was written.

It is unfortunate that some high school reviewers (or former high school readers) feel that they had this book "forced" on them. Yes, the English language has changed since the early 19th century, especially for American readers of this British author.

My suggestion would be to listen to "Silas Marner" as an audiobook, perhaps while reading along. I recently finished listening to this fine book narrated by Margaret Hilton, but I couldn't find her rendition among the titles available here. I'm sure there are many fine versions available.

So, give this tale a listen, and let the language flow into your ears. Then you will discover why this tale about a miserly old weaver, who has been wronged by his neighbors more than once, finds redemption and a new life when he adopts the little girl left on his doorstep is truly a classic.