This book isn't necessarily a "life of Paul," but rather a look into certain aspects of his life. It looks at the differences between the letters of Paul and the book of Acts pertaining Paul's journeys and life. Easy to read book. John Knox did a great job explaining why he discusses the points he does. The book hits broad topics such as the career of the apostle and the man in Christ. Each of which is broken down into finer detail.

The title from Woman in Love, by D. H. Lawrence with a thought of cleaning the world, with "No more people. Just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up.". This sets the tone for a mystery, with 2 identical brothers, one researching deadly bacteriological culture. Sir John Appleby, with the help of Lady Appleby prowling around an old school attic, is off to solve his disappearance, in his civilized manner. There is a Wild Goose (well really a Wild Auk chase), to a secret island. There is enough fun in this book for everyone, especially bird watchers. There are also literate allusions like when referring to one the eccentricities of one of the characters:. He has " Prospero fantasies. The sense that he has supernatural aerial messengers at his command", which is refers to The Tempest.

I thought I had some rather peculiar interests, but why on earth would anyone want to spend years trudging through the wastes of some of the owrst deserts on earth looking for wild camels? Worse still, the author didn't even see that many in all his years of travel!

That said, there are some true gems in this work. His description of the ruins of the ancient city of Lou Lan is intriguing, as is his description of other archeological sites. I was disappointed, though, that many of these fascinating places could have been dealt with in greater depth, and more photos could have been provided. In the end, I felt that the topic was very much "underdone."

There is little explanation of major issues surrounding this book, like the backgound events surrounding the creation of the Gashun Gobi nature reserve, or the means by which he was given permission to visit these areas. They just "miraculously" happened.

I bought it for the archeology and history, tolerated the camels, but felt a little cheated by a book which could have contained so much more.

I strongly recommend this book to those with an interest in travel, nature conservation and the history of central Asia. John Hare gives a detailed and clear account of his expeditions into the Gobi and Gashun Gobi deserts in Mongolia and China in serach of the wild Bactrian camel. Combining history, science and keen observation, John Hare brings the desolate wilderness of Central Asia to life.

The book discusses the pros and cons of the most common CBA and IA techniques at length and makes some good points. However, it becomes unclear when it discusses the CAPM and one of its extensions failing to provide both literature references and realistic examples of how this technique can be applied in the real world. In summary it provides a good review of the advantages and disatvantages of CBA and IA techniques in terms of risk and TVM evaluation but little else.