Evans has dug deep into police and judicial archives, as well as a range of other material, to produce four fascinating vignettes of German life in the 19th century. Each tale concentrates on a person on the wrong side of society and the law and is told in intriguing detail. Yet this book is not pure micro-history. It uses the four tales as a basis for an exploration of wider themes such as attitudes to corporal punishment, prostitution, crime and the threat of social disorder. The reader ends up with a much broader picture of German society than he might have expected. It is also a pleasure to read a history book that is devoid of academic jargon - indeed, a triumph of good writing.

As a law student, taking income tax, I found this book very helpful.

Most study materials are dry, outdated and horrifyingly boring. Richard L. Haight avoids this typical study book genre by interweaving a series of correspondence letters with tax concepts. I found myself drawn into the compelling story. At the same time, I became proficient in tax. At times, I was more concerned about the fate of the kingdom than the outcome of my grade.

The story aside, Haight presents a well organized study manual. Each chapter presents a different tax concept, making them easily assessable for quick reference. He imparts each concept in a clear and concise manner. I found this format easy to grasp and learn.

I highly recommend this book to any law student taking income tax. It will greatly help you as it helped me. If you are not a law student and curious about taxes, this book by far is best suited for you.

Oh yeah, I received an A.

Richard Rashke writes a superb example of the underworld drug world. Tracy Sparshot real life experiences of the Montgomery County drug rings and how he shut them down is excellent. For those who risk there lives every day this is an excellent reminder of just how dangerous undercover work can be and at the same time extremly challenging. Should be manadatory reading for the rookie looking to join the force!

Dr. Razgaitis has tackled an area that contains the most difficult question facing professionals and intellectual property owners - how to value and price embryonic technology.

In recent years many have attempted to educate us on the subject of valuing intellectual property. Complex financial theories and spread-sheet models emerged, especially during the e-business bubble as some strove to explain the unexplainable valuations of enterprises whose only assets were intangible. Dr. Razgaitis obviously knows and understands the theories, but doesn't let the reader escape into flights of fancy, instead bringing one back to earth gently, sometimes with humor, sometimes with real-life anecdotes.

This book allows the reader to seek information to a depth that he or she wishes. As an example, the Monte Carlo technique is presented in all its complexity for those willing and able to study it. At the same time, mathematically challenged readers can still come away with an understanding of what is going on. The author is skilled in clearly explaining complexities and the many well designed charts and tables greatly assist the reader.

These are just some of the features that set this book apart and give it a strong practical value to all of those who create and exploit technology assets, and to those who advise them. Anyone in those roles should have this book within easy reach.

As an attorney specializing in employment law, I use this book to answer questions about wage and hour law. It is written in easy-to-understand language, accessible to any employer. Although it says it is for California employers, it also is a comprehensive analysis of federal law. I recommend it for employers in any state. I recently cleaned out my library of all the books I haven't used in years. Only four books were left -- three of them by Richard Simmons. This book is on top.

Nagel's article is essential for serious students of military ethics. It is a thoughtful essay that takes on kant, utilitarianism, moral rationalization, and moral decision making. The conclusion is Kantian: right actions, and not deliberating consequences.

For any lawyer, this book is a must. But it has so much valuable information in it about how people communicate that anyone could benefit from reading it. I have seen many books that merely tell me what I already know about observing and communicating with people. As a lawyer, a writer, and an actress, I find that this book gives me real, practical approaches that can be used in a variety of ways -- to reach others deeply, or to win an argument against them. I'm glad it is now available in a more affordable edition.

This is a very important book which deserves to be read by anyone and everyone who has an interest in the drugs business.

The book is a very comprehensive treatment (pardon the pun) of the case for the legalisation of drugs. Although the study is applicable to Britain it also has a general applicability elsewhere.

For me the value of this book lies in it's general consideration of the public policy making process. What emerges from the case of legalisation of drugs is a strong public choice view of the interests of the politicians and bureaucrats involved in the drugs trade. The growing funds available to those fighting in the war against drugs may not achieve success in the sense of a growing number of arrests and confiscations and a reduced supply of the drugs themselves but can be considered successful in the sense that there are more police, drug enforcement officers, more managers, administrators, more bureaucrats but there are wider powers of stop and search, of bank accounts frozen and assets confiscated, more powerful and advanced equipment etc.

Comparisons of the illegal trade in drugs and the legal trade in accepted drugs such as alcohol, cigarettes or chocolate, or the slightly more restricted trade in drugs such as prozac etc, show how much of the funds available to enforcement agencies could be redirected into criminal investigations where there are identifiable victims and where the success and glamour rates are much lower.

Above all, this is a phoney war. It is indicative of a fettered society where certain practices are outlawed because they do not fit the public values of the elites who manage our society yet who avail themselves of those practices. We live in a hypocritical society where drug use and payment for sexual services are pervasive yet are both categorised as illegal as well as immoral.

The case for the legalisation of drugs is often obscured by reference to the resulting addiction to so-called hard drugs despite the lack of clear evidence. What continues to surprise is the fact that under a legalised system combined with normal business regulation, usage would be much more transparent. This would allow the more accurate use of resources to help people with their own problems which lead to their dependency. It is beyond belief that people cannot see how the resources currently used against petty theft, burglary and prostitution which result from drug users having to find the funds to pay for their drug consumption could be more usefully deployed, not to mention the reductions in those categories that would be reduced.

This is a well written, well argued book that makes an excellent case for the legalisation of drugs. Together with a recent declaration of a change in thinking amongst senior police officers, it is a welcome addition to the literature and debate on the subject.

Should be required reading for every politician.

This is a great book! I found it to be very interesting and educational. It provides captivating real life examples of how people were often wrongly accused and tormented (and sometimes, unfortunately, even put to death) for evils they were alledged to have committed. It examines the lives of numerous individuals and the trials and tribulations they were subjected to. It gives their names, detail information about who they were, where they lived, and it gives clearly illustrated examples of how the judicial system of those past and harsh times worked. It is an excellent textbook about the complex atmosphere that existed during these horrendous witchcraft persecutions---Mara.