Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited is a brilliant piece of forensic literature! The graphic and case-by-case, first-person accounts provide that needed "dose" of reality. Dr. Athens has developed a unique theory that is, paradoxically, both down-to-earth and profound in nature. He's a true forensic expert! The man focuses on quality rather than mere quantity in his works. His contributions to the field of criminology await full recognition. Reviewer is the author of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: One Man's Recovery.

If you have any interest in violent criminal acts, criminal justice, chronic/acute criminal behavior from a treatment, control or academic perspective, this is a must read. I have spent 25 years researching, planning, and programming in this field and Dr. Athen's work has major implications across many domains. Whether or not you agree, after reading this book you will be left motivated and enlightened. I also recommend reading "Why They Kill" by Richard Rhodes either before or after reading this book.

Mimi Herberts book explores deeply the world of the Wayang Golek, weaving scholarly facts and personal accounts into a tapestry as rich as the art it examines. Whether doing research on Eastern puppet traditions or simply pursuing personal interests, her work offers a fully comprehensive tour of one of Indonesias oldest artforms. Students, scholars and even museum book stores would do well to have a copy on their shelves.

Mimi Herbert and Nur S. Rahardjo with Univeristy of Hawaii Press and the Lontar Foundation have produced an excellent and beautiful book on the Wayang Golek of Indonesia. All students of Indonesia and those interested in the arts of Asia should have this book in their library. The photography is superb and the text is well written and comprehensive. If you have an interest in this subject BUY THIS BOOK. You will not be disappointed.

The best book on intepreting light for an artist that I have read.... and I have read well over a hundred by now.

BETTY'S STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION AND CHOICE OF SUBJECTS GIVES THE READER THE TOOLS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT PAINTING AND TRANSLATE THAT EXCITEMENT TO THE PAPER/CANVAS. THE BOOK IS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK NOTES WHILE BETTY WAS TEACHING HER WORKSHOP.

have all her books. and each one i read is better then the last. She makes you wish you could be there to watch the villin die and hug the hero, or heroine. This books is one of my favorites!

I think the review could be "Hated the villian. Loved the hero's". An outstanding addition to the Dark Horse Clan Series with some surprising twists and turns to keep the reader involved.

Every pro-choice woman should own a copy of this book. Besides telling how to find safe, professional abortion providers, this book also how to do your own abortion WITHOUT killing or maiming yourself.

I have only two criticisms: First, a lot of the information about finding an abortion provider may soon be dated, as it lists active organizations which may come and go. Secondly, the book came out in 1992 before the abortifacient use of methotrexate was well-publicized in the USA. Therefore, it has no info about methotrexate, which is a serious defect, because methotrexate is MUCH easier to get hold of than RU-486, both for doctors and non-doctors.

Given the strong likelihood that Roe v. Wade will be overturned soon, this book is MUCH more important today than it was when it was first published in 1992.

If you are interested in women's self-help gynecological care and learning about menstrual extractions then this is a must have book. It is the best book on menstrual extraction available at this time.

Well, I really thank to the author of this book. It is very useful for everyone especially who wants to try new things. read it all, try it!

In the 50s and 60s we had the Coventry Climax 750cc race engine for cars. The present day equiv. is the Reliant 750/850. This book covers that engine completely and in depth.

An Ace and His Angel is a wonderful read. These tales, in WWII flying Ace "Stub" Hatch's own words, transport you back to a very unique time in American and World history. Hatch not only recounts his memories of bravely flying air combat missions over the European continent, but also tells of the real human emotion involved when men go to war. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to read about valor, courage, and what it meant to be a fighter pilot in the World's biggest war.

According to Simon, much has been written about actual doings in administrative theory, but less has been written about the processes that precede action, that is, decision-making processes. The main objective of the book is to understand the organizations in terms of decision-making processes. Comprehending the decision-making processes in administrative settings, according to Simon, will give the executives the opportunity of influencing the decisions of lower-level decision makers.

The book starts with a sarcastic criticism of classical administrative theory that has organized itself according to the schools and based mostly on principles. Simon demonstrates the limitations of principles-he calls these proverbs-offered by administrative theory scholars by illustrating how these principles contradict each other under specific circumstances. As an example, the author uses the conflict between unity of command and efficiency. When these two principles conflict with each other under some circumstances, these principles themselves do not give us any criteria that will provide us with the priority ranking that will help us to apply one of them. That is, a set of criteria that will guide the application of these principles must be developed. Instead of gathering around schools, Simon proposes that each theory deal with different domains of administrative organizations and knowledge cumulated about these domains be related to each other and be placed in a larger structure.

Also, Simon asserts that the fact and value must be separated from each other in a decision-making situation. The truth or wrongness of any decision in any administrative setting must be assessed according to the factual content of the decision, believes the author. I am not sure about how can we separate the value from fact, and Simon does not give any satisfactory answer to this problem. This problem belongs not only to Simon, but also belongs to all scholars that follow logical positivistic tradition of science.

The most contributive and thought-provoking chapters of the book are the fourth and fifth chapters in which the author develops the concept "bounded rationality", a concept that has positioned itself in the history of management thinking. First of all, Simon introduces the concept "means-ends hierarchy" to base the rationality on a robust foundation. Rationality is defined as the behavior alternatives (means) that will help the organization members achieve the stated ends above his level of hierarchy. That is, instrumental rationality is accepted. But, Simon asserts that rationality of an individual is bounded because "the number of alternatives he must explore is so great, the information he would need to evaluate them so vast that even an approximation is hard to conceive" (p. 92). Because of the limitations of the psychological environment of the individual, it is impossible for any decision-maker to be purely rational. According to Simon, the pattern of human choice is often more a stimulus-choice pattern than a choice among alternatives (p. 117). Due to information-processing limitations of individual workers the design of the decision-making system becomes very important in that Simon believes that the system must be designed in such a way that brings the "necessary" data (not much data) to the zone of attention of the individual decision makers. The objective for the executives, Simon believes, is to influence "givens" of the employees. Division of work, establishment of work practices, hierarchy of authority, communication system, training and indoctrination are some tools to be used to influence the givens of the individuals in a way to better serve the larger goals of the organization. Based on bounded rationality, "administrative man" makes a decision not to maximize the utility as does the "economic man", but to "satisfice". I think this is a great contribution that has taken a respectable position in the field of organization theory, though the economists are still at rational economic man.

There are very interesting chapters in the book that symbolize the breaking points from the classical administrative theory. However, one of the most important flaws of the book I believe is its assumption that organizational goals (at the top level) are known so that means-ends hierarchy serves a useful purpose. If the members of the organization at the top (top management) are not aware or are "consciously unconscious" of the organizational goals, the whole theory of Simon collapses.

I think and see that the later scholars of administrative theory have not followed the advice of Simon to establish a coherent framework and theory regarding organizational thinking, instead the theory has been splintered into different schools, each of which draws a different picture of organizations based on different premises. I believe this is the indication of richness, not the proof of the immaturity of the field.

Overall I highly recommend this classic to every student of organization theory. This book is worthy of reading several times, despite the discussible points I mentioned.

This book has some great ideas and example code for all sorts of problems, including graphics, DOS and BIOS interface, assembly...