Why on earth is this book in the business and investing category? It's about library science, for goodness' sake!

I found Katz Introduction to Reference Work, Volume II to be extremely helpful when it came to the finer points of reference work; Especially well written was the chapter concerning the reference interview. Katz has an amazing ability to turn mundane subjects such as the chapter on the rules of the search and turn this easily boring subject into something quite enjoyable. The chapters are very well written and he, Mr. Katz, has an amazing ability to write so that the novice librarian, i.e., student can understand the main points of each chapter. Thank you, Mr. Katz for writing an indispensable book.

William Katz's Introduction to Reference Work : Basic Information Sources (Introduction to Reference Work : Basic Information Sources, 7th Ed) can be justly called the bible of reference work. In this book, Mr. Katz has been able to introduce the novice librarian to different sources and tools in the field of reference work. The chapters are very well written and the examples are extremely helpful.

If you like the abstract expressionist's paintings, then you'll probably enjoy this book about Twombly's photographs. All photos are isolated on their own seperate page and prited in very high quality. The only drawback to this book is the inadequate essay on the photos that is only a paragraph or two long. But overall, this book is a great buy and has been put together beautifully.

one of the best collection of photographs i have seen in a whil

When I saw the page I recognized the cover of the book, but I could not believe what people were actually writing about it.

First I want to say that I am an undergraduate biotechnology student. I have a very strong background in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, tissue culture techniques, and immunology; but I have not had any classes dealing with anatomy or physiology since Bio 101 way back when. I have read and am quite comfortable with Alberts Molecular Biology of the Cell and Stryers Biochemistry, and even a handful of primary journal articles, so I do know how to read a textbook.

Now with that out of the way, let me say that this book is completely incomprehensible. It is so full of anatomy and Latin derived words (which it does a poor job at explaining BTW) that I can only assume that it was meant for medical students, and to have physiology an a prerequisite for it, but it doesn't even have an introduction describing the recommended background or whom it is supposed to be for. In fact, most of the book is devoted to the physiology of sensation and movement, not neurobiology. Now if you have the background for it and thats what you are looking for then it is a very thorough text that goes into a lot of depth.

If you are looking to understand the biochemistry or molecular aspects of neurobiology, find another book!

As an undergraduate Psychobiology student, this text served me well in my Neuroscience course. In all honesty I never went. I just read this book. I got excellent marks in the class. As a serious slacker and bibliophile, I recommend this textbook for any like-minded student.

As an undergraduate Neuroscience major I found this textbook to be highly informative and well-written. It was used to a Freshman-level course, and was easy to understand, yet thorough and interesting. The graphics are well done, and the format is better than most textbooks I'm used to. Anyone, even with minimal science experience could dive right in and learn a great deal. It may not be advanced enough, however, for grad or medical students. As a reference it does okay, but there are more-advanced texts which would probably do better. All-in-all it is an excellent book. In-fact, I liked it so much that I didn't sell it back at the end of the semester and keep it on my bookshelf for future reference (and future classes!)

"Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance" is a book filled with stories of how black slaves dealt with their servitude. It gives examples of the horrible conditions they faced everyday and uses primary sources, such as interviews with former slaves, to give a accurate picture of their lives. Using many different methods, such as rebellions, running away, or sabatoging the plantations, the slaves did what they could to escape the bonds that tied them to their masters. "Breaking the Chains" gives first hand accounts from run away slaves, and it offers many details that keep the reader's interest. It tells how many slaves were willing to risk their life for their own freedom and the freedom of fellow slaves. They fought to get away from their hard plantation life, controlling masters, and to remain with their families. It also tells of the religious fervor held by the black slaves that gave them hope to carry on. Even after they were not allowed to gather together for any reason outside of work and faced severe punishment if caught, slaves continued to congregate to sing and pray for salvation from their oppression. Katz leaves out his own opinion and uses facts and interviews of other people, which allows the reader to form his or her own opinion. This book shows the restless spirit possessed by blacks during this time period that made them continue the struggle to be free.

Breaking the Chains was a well written book by a former middle school social studies teacher named William Loren Katz. It was organized in a very easy and understanding manner. This book was very interesting in that, it told about a lot more slavery issuses than a high school like myself has learned about. It brought to life many historical figures that influenced the institution of slavery on both sides if the issue. It talked about the slaves daily toils and struggles, to the fights and rebellions. It also takes you to their march to freedom. This book would be good for anyone who wants to know more about American slavery. It demonatrates how slavery in America was finally defeated through the sacrifices and rebellion of the slaves themselves. Breaking the Chains is a book that keeps your attetion from cover to cover. Katz lets the facts and truth of slavery known to man in this book.

In reading the novel "Breaking the Chains," itchanged my aspects on the black history were they began to treat theirmasters as extremely dum people. They had many dialects to hid their dances, the get togethers, and other activities that they were engade with durning their life of terror.

Dowling's introduction to intensional semantics is quite good if it is evaluated solely as such an introduction. However, this book also, unfortunately, presents itself as an anti-deconstructionist polemical text. In this regard it falls short, mainly because Dowling's presentation of deconstruction leans on a few rather stereotyped straw men that really don't adequately stand for what the central deconstructionists are up to. Amazingly, Dowling presents "Derrida and differance" as some kind of dangerous substitute (dangerous supplement!) for "close reading!" If he had actually performed a "close reading" on Derrida, Dowling would have noticed how much Derrida himself relies on close reading during his deconstructive projects, and how frequently he affirms the necessity of such reading. To be sure, some who associate themselves with Derrida ignore close reading, and this strange tendency needs to be attended to and evaluated. But to aim a text on semantics at Derrida for supposedly bypassing close reading and allegedly dismissing the possibility for determinate meaning is to miss the proper target. Derrida may be no innocent bystander in the current academic wars, but he is also not the demonic relativist that some irresponsible hacks make him out to be.

I picked up this book expecting to skim it. Our professors in graduate school taught us that "the literary study of literature" was a formalist slogan from the 1950s used to justify escaping from politics into "aestheticism." I bought the book because an ad said it gives an introduction to Chomsky's linguistic theory, which I always wanted to know about. I thought I could skip the other parts and just pick up some linguistic theory.

Now I've read the book -- so have two friends of mine: we stayed up all night talking about it -- and my sense is that there is some kind of big change going on in English departments that we didn't know about. The book turns out not just to give you Chomsky's theory -- I actually understand generative grammar now -- it gives you almost a whole course in modern philosophy of language, incredibly clearly explained. You feel like you actually understand all the issues and the philosophers (Frege, Wittgenstein, Quine, Kripke, Grice, et al.) in non-oversimplified terms, but also without pain. The effect is like a bucket of ice water. My friends and I have agreed -- two of us have, anyway -- that the "theory" we learned in grad school was a giant fraud. The last chapter of this book talks about how what English departments count as "theory" is an intellectual embarrassment. When I ran across that sentence while leafing through right after I bought it, it made me really mad. By the time I'd read through the whole thing and got to the same sentence, it just seemed like plain truth. It is an eye-opener.

The demolition job on "political" criticism and "poststructuralist" criticism (Carey and Dougherty) in chapter one is sort of bloody to watch: when you're reading it, it seems like Sherman's march to the sea -- scorched earth, nothing left standing. But the "positive" parts of the same chapter -- where the book takes you inside a classroom where "close reading" is being taught and shows you how it works, lets you see it from the students' point of view -- are exhilarating. So you come out feeling pretty good. Then the rest of the book, that takes you through a whole stretch of modern philosophy of language and lets you understand it, is amazing. Five stars.

As an artist I travel alot because it is required of me, but when one tours a country they'll never truly know what to expect, especially since tour guides only reveal the good things about their country. This book is really excellent for people who are interested in not only the physical beauty of a country, but its social and political standings. It's very informative and gets staight to the point.

Good topic - poorly written. Book is vague, covers many topics, although nothing is in depth. This book is probably good for middle school children and nothing more advanced.

An interesting read, but ultimately lacking in scholarly depth. Read more than just this book.

I came across this book by accident while placing an order at a bookstore. I had requested a book that could not be ordered but was informed of "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage" as one to order. This book has answered many of my questions pertaining to the relationship of the Native and African-Americans. I've learned so much from reading this book what the schools never taught me. Therefore, I will make sure my childen, family, friends, and people whose path I briefly cross have the same opportunity to read and learn from this book as I have. I cannot express enough my appreciation for the author in writing this book for people like myself. I am more proud than ever of my Native and African-American heritage.

I'll get to the point quickly and without repetition, unlike the book itself: Jon Katz makes some good (but often obvious) points; unfortunately, he feels it necessary to repeat them ad infinitum. What takes up 200 pages could have easily been summarised in a magazine article.

I'm a parent of boys 9 and 12. I try to choose which movies they see, but they see the ones on my 'black list' at the neighbors down the street. When my older boy is on the net I wonder what he is looking at (usually it is the 'Hate Hanson' chat group, cheat codes for a computer game, or email to a friend). He likes 'gangsta rap' and I don't know why. I've spent a ton of time working on fatherhood issues and I do everything in my power to be a good parent. I am 50. This book is important because Katz reminds us: 1. the world is complex, more so than is comfortable for us to think, 2. human nature is resilient, more so than we may trust, 3. morality and conscience arise from the quality of day to day (minute by minute?) life in our families and communities, and they will not be undermined by dirty pictures or songs, 4. the modern media, internet and culture provide an incredible vista for our children, both awful and sublime, but an incredible amount of information by any measure. My 'take away' from Katz's book is to trust my children, and myself, in negotiating the new media culture. My job is to help my kid come to terms with the reality of our world, not to try to block it out. As Katz reminds me, it is not going to go away anyhow. This is a good book. I give it a full 5 stars because Katz is such a good writer. Some of Katz's prose jumps off the page.

Katz's faith that his 15 year-old daughter has the savvy to negotiate the internet wilderness is a wonderful testament to the new generation which has to endure morals-preaching presidents of Oval Office sexcapade, virtuecrat Republicans who whine when their affairs are exposed, and a so-pious adult generation whose own morals are nothing for the young to copy. Katz's fury at the ridiculous hippie-prig anti-cyberspace unholy alliance of the '90s is worth the few facts on youth risks that he gets wrong. A great book, a needed message, and one ironically large in the post-Starr era.

I'm not so sure about the integrity of the publisher of a book that serves an aid to the wallet but an adversary to the eyes of one who is not so accustomed to reading such an esoteric font.

Blackstone was widely read in America for a century after it was published. Lawyers practicing in the West almost relied entirely on this and the Bible to defend or prosecute. This particular series of volumes is a reproduction of the original publication by Blackstone (which BTW had eight revisions while Blackstone was still alive). The print is large and dark (and very 18th century, i.e. ss is S (or f)), and makes for easy reading. The Editor's notes appear at the beginning of the book and are not intrusive of the volume itself. Overall a very nice reproduction and I found it a nice read.

This book covers a little researched area in literature and will find some use because of that. However, it appears to be the result of an enormous amount of research but little written preparation. The text, though full of interesting information, is disjointed, confusing, and awkward. The book's organization is lacking, beginning with an introduction that fails to introduce the text, followed by several chapters regardig pioneers in the Ohio area, and ending with seven or so chapters that mostly deal with one geographical area at a time. Ideally this format would work, except that the bulk of the information presented is centered on the individuals, and not the geography. Individual people tend to move from one area to another, resulting in confusing chapters. Transitions between discussions of these pioneers are largely left out. The black and white pictures scattered throughout are unrelated to the text half of the time, contributing to the bad organization and general confusion. The large index will help users find the exact information they are researching, so it will be somewhat useful. However, it is doubtful that anyone but a college grad student would attempt to read the book from beginning to end.