Photographer Robert Lautman has taken and assembled a remarkable set of photographs depicting scenes which a visitor would see upon touring the wonder that is called Monticello. Near the beginning of this book are two architectural drawings showing the first floor room layouts. Numbers appear on these drawings and they indicate the approximate camera positions for each black and white photographic plate.This is an outstanding photo-tour of Jefferson's custom built mansion. I would have given it a 10 rating had it not been for a few little features and omissions which detracted from the work. The major distraction centered on an obviously retouched photograph showing the surrounding hills as seen from Monticello. The photographer, in an attempt to show what the view might have looked like for Jefferson, had to manipulate the photograph to remove or minimize modern distractions such as houses, roads and other man-made edifices. While the intent to recapture a lost vision is a good one the execution wanting. It would have been nice to see more than one photograph of the second floor rooms.

This seems at first like a solid, academic, study. There's some interesting material on corruption in Mexico and Columbia, and on government use of drugs dating back to the Opium Wars. But by the time you get to chapter 10, on "Cultural Underpinnings of Modern Drug Consumption," it's hard not to realize that in fact the book puts forward a ... conspiracy theory: Freemasons, George Soros, Paul Allen, Satanic rock musicians, Playboy magazine, Aldous Huxley, George Soros again... -- they've all supposedly been involved in a vast conspiracy to promote drug use to undermine the state. ...

Professor Jordan's Drug Politics sheds critical light on one of the most persisting problems of the post-World War II period: How to properly tackle the problem of the illegal drug trade. What I found most valuable was Dr. Jordan's identification of the false underlying assumptions that have plagued America's anti-drug policy for decades, and have led many people, in frustration, to accept the even more deeply flawed arguments of those proposing the legalization of drugs. The vast majority of treatments of the drug plague fail to take into account the witting role of powerful "overworld" forces, including those in the banking and financial community, who engage in drug money laundering; politicians who become witting captives of the drug interests; and media and cultural industrialists who profiteer off of their own promotion of the drug culture. This book is a real thought provoker, and, what is best, the careful diagnosis of the false assumptions give one the idea that a viable approach to dealing with the deadly plague of illegal drugs may, at last, be possible. In addition to having the courage to names some of the names of the "overworld" figures promoting the drug epidemic for their own gains, the book provides invaluable historical background and insight. Yet, it is not an overly written academic treatment. It is one of those rare books that is too good to put down.

At last a comprehensive study of the "Drug Issue". This book not only deals with hard facts but provides a solid theoretical framework of analysis. The author provides a lot of information and references, plus a new interpretation on the nature of the Drug Problem seen in a historical perspective. If you want to know how Drugs, Governments, Businessmen, Financial Institutions, media and organized crime are related: read this book! A must for politicians and community leaders!

If you are beginner and want to use wordperfect 9 for dailly use, this book is just for you. It starts from bottom and take the reader strait trough the end. Tools and technics in this text processor are described in enough detail so it will not be confusing even for total beginner (for 'dummies', remember). Perhaps there is insuficient info about different file formats (.txt, .rtf, etc), but that is acceptable for this level of knowladge. If you have experiance in some other text processor, you will probably find your self comfortable within WordPerfect.

It was difficult to understand this book. People who are new to computers need a book that is written in non computer language. It helped me figure out how to set up a spreadsheet, but I still don't know how to undisable my toolbar so I can cut and paste. A lot of the terminology is not explained. This does not help the novice to understand what is going on. I think the way the book is set up is very confusing. It seems scattered to me and I had to skim through the entire book to find the references I wanted. I am taking a computer class for teachers now and I am still confused when I use this book. My instructer had to point out that the graphics in the book actually related to the computers tool bar.