This is an elegantly produced book, with thoughtful and scholarly writing by Sylvia Shorto, who is one of Bermuda's most knowledgable antiques experts and whose contribution lifts this book out of the realm of just another pretty Bermuda picture book. Ian MacDonald-Smiths pictures are well done and provide an excellent overview of the development of Bermudian architecture and style.

The book provides answers to the key issues on exchange rate modelling supported by empirical evidence. It gives a comprehensive overview of the econometrics technique used for modelling exchange rate from macroeconomic perspective.

It is an essential guidance for those readers generally interested in the topic and those practitians actually trying to model the exchange rate.

This is *the* reference for symmetric functions and related topics. The second edition is greatly expanded, including (among other things) valuable material on Macdonald polynomials (though the author modestly does not refer to them by this term). The exposition is clean and to the point, as we have come to expect of Macdonald. The only defect of the book is that it can be hard to find things in it. The index is much too short, and much of the material is presented in long lists of disconnected "examples" that are very hard to search through quickly.

This is the second book I know of written about the Princess Sophia tragedy. While the Morrison-Coates effort may be superior in some areas, there are two in which this book is clearly superior. One, the pictures are much better. And two, the author gives some long overdue credit to the captains and crews of the "Cedar" and the "King and Winge", both of whom made every effort to rescue the people aboard the Sophia, even to the point of severely risking themselves. This is sad and interesting story that few have heard.

This was a small ship with a big loss of life. Unfortunately it has been sadly forgotten untill this book came along. It retells the story so vividly you feel that you were there. A must for a ship buff.

Revolution In the Head is a song by song survey and analysis of all the Beatles songs, and the fan will find himself fascinated by all the tidbits and details. The author shows how the songs were developed, and one leaves this book very appreciative of the "hooks" in their songs, and the undervalued importance of the "middle eight" and the "bridge" in pop music. One thinks of songs of the last decade of so, and how they contrast with the two and a half minute gems that Lennon and McCartney composed. Today's songs tend to drone on and on for 5 minutes, with no change of pace, and songs tend to have the whole bag of tricks thrown in right away. Reading this book was a refreshing antidote, especially playing the Beatles while reading this.

The author shows the good and bad, the brilliant mixes, the bad editing and cutting on some songs, especially the earlier ones, and gives credit where credit is due. He can get a bit too overbearing at times, I happen to love the keyboard solo in "In My Life", I hardly notice the little flourish at the end of it which the author dislikes. On certain songs such as "Revolution", the author dispenses with song analysis altogether and starts writing an essay about the politics and culture of the time. This I found a bit annoying. The Beatles were a phenomenon, but as John Lennon once said, "we were just a little band who made it big". The music is meant to be enjoyed, from "Little Child" to "Glass Onion" to "For No One", there's no great social meaning to all this, it's just a rich pop tapestry.

Overall, a fascinating book, well worth it for Beatles fans and for those just discovering them.

This is a really great book for any die-hard Beatles fan. Have you ever wondered what was meant by "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"? Heard lots of stories about "Yesterday" but wonder how Paul really came to write it? Confused by all those strings on "The Long and Winding Road"? Then this is the book for you.

It looks at all of the Beatles songs, in chronological order, and gives you little bits of insight into the stories, the logic and the madness that went into their creation. In a sense it is the history of the Beatles from the music's perspective, and fascinating it is too!

I guess this is a little intense for anyone with a passing interest in the Beatles or the music of the 60s, but for the rest of us, it is a wonderful reference book.

"Revolution in the Head" is a vast, intelligent, subtle, lucid, and thoroughly engaging masterpiece. Ian MacDonald captures the essence of each track precisely, with a natural insight into the workings of pop music and lyrics. His writing displays taste and concision throughout, putting most similar books in the shade.

In place of cold dissection of the score, or tedious misinterpretation of the "meaning" of the songs, MacDonald proposes an explanation of how and why each Beatles song affects us. His critical stance is refreshingly honest: for example, few others have dared to give the White Album the treatment it deserves. Nevertheless, I have yet to discover a book that crystallises the magic of The Beatles with such grace and compassion.

The book is imbued with a sense of loss for the passing of the decade that produced all the music. I suspect that this must put off certain readers; to them I suggest that a careful reading of the Introduction is essential. But it's hard to imagine anyone with respect for the Beatles' legacy failing to enjoy this book.

Great book to look at the Intenet in a very different way: curriculum and information literacy. The book examines the implications of information overload from a teacher's point of view and focuses on the critical tools that are needed to develop information and communicative skills in all subject areas. The book gives the list of all the skills needed for adressing information, and teaches the 5 steps of information literacy: asking, accessing, analyzing, applying, and assessing. It provides scope and sequence for informational and technological fluency: activities, resources, timelines, and ideas for assessment. Great handbook!

This is not a book of theory of free trade. It is a history of FTA and NAFTA between USA and Canada and is a set of some 15 speeches delivered by different key personnel in making it happen. Also has details of different beauracratic problems encountered in achieving this.
It is also bundled with some empirical data of before and after the agreement and also touches the trade with Mexico.