Edwards does give a reasonably comprehensive treatment of the topic but does avoid making the tough calls in his conclusions.

NGO accountability is a huge problem, far greater than Edwards is willing to admit.

I use Beyond the Magic Bullet all the time in my work with NGOs and students studying the NGO sector. Since this book was published in 1996 some of the case studies seem a bit dated, but the overall message is still fresh and the conceptual frameworks among the best available. Unusually in books about NGOs, this one is clearly written, rigorous and balanced, with no axe to grind either way and a genuine desire to help NGOs understand and deal with the problems of accountability and performance evaluation they face. For an update I would recommend some of Edwards' more recent work, especially Global Citizen Action (edited with John Gaventa) and NGO Rights and Responsibilities (which I bought from Amazon-UK).

For anyone wanting a comprehensive review of the lastest developments in the global voluntary sector with plenty of interesting case studies. Starts with a great introduction and ends with a brilliant conclusion, which saved me reading what would have taken hundreds of hours research. This book should be available to any student, practioner or academic because it applies to all

I discovered that most people find this book great. Yet, it may not be what you are looking for if you are a person who (i) have some previous exposure to calculus, or (ii) have planned to do a major (or honours) in applied or pure mathematics. First, I have to stress that I am not saying this is a terrible book although I've giving it one star; it's terrible for some kinds of people, though.

This book would be very wordy to you if you have studied calculus in a very elementary fashion. The writers spend too much time explaining some very simple topics and easy examples. You will find this book covers everything that you need if you take calculus because you are required to do so or you just want to know how to compute derivatives and integrals. However, the theory is either treated poorly or even omitted. For example, the topic on convergence and divergence of improper integral is useless, or you can consider that "it's not there". The most serious omission of topic is the absent of binormal in differential geometry; quoting my instructor, "...the book pretends that binormal doesn't exist, but it's in fact very important."

The books will give you the impression that calculus is easy, as it is said by many instructors; but in fact it doesn't have to be easy. I suppose the book will be very helpful for students seeking the basic calculus for applications in social sciences and economics, but it will not be good if you are in physical science or engineering, and certainly don't even read a word from it if you're in mathematics.

I started using this book during my sophomore year of college and found it to be a bit rough. While the text does do a good job with proofs of theorems and propositions, it fails to show why calculus is important to a math/science student.

In many instances of the text, the material is explained, and the reader is assumed to have comprehended every word without second sight. Then, some of the problems are given and certain stipulations to some arrise and the reader is to assume to have known about it.

Bottom line, the book is great for those who already know, but for someone learning calculus the first time, I would suggest Larson.

This book is the best book on mathematics I have ever read! very well written! May not be good for people who dont have any time to read though! ;)

This book tells the story of two people whose careers took totally different paths - one to success and one to near complete failure. The author of this book, Edward De Leo, worked with Al as a mentor very early on in Pacino's acting career, and probably helped him a great deal, but once Al became successful, De Leo was little more than a nuisance to him, hitting him up for movie parts and money over the years. The story of Edward De Leo's life is really pretty pitiful and the introduction of little bits of information about Pacino, although somewhat interesting at times, fail to disguise this book as anything other than one more attempt by a man who perhaps feels entitled to a piece of Al's success, to exploit it. Kudos to Pacino, who, by all accounts, treated this "old friend" with kindness and generosity. For Pacino fans, there are some interesting tidbits...

I think that this book is very good and well written i had a good time reading it and i think that if you want to read a tale of two actors read this book i highly recommend it. Edward De Leo should write more books i look forward to seeing your next book.Thanks and Good Luck

The premise of "The Bones of the Buried" is promising: Lord Edward Corinth, a sensitive and earnest British aristocrat investigates three interconnected murders during the 1936 Spanish civil war. He does so with the "help" of Verity Browne, an upper class woman who is passionately commited to communist ideals.

Verity, unfortunately, dismembers what could and should be a satisfying read. There is no opposites-attract chemisty. In fact, this woman is so annoyingly selfish and shallow that Edward's love for her undermines his own credibility.

In his attempt to create a sparky but adorably vulnerable pro/antogonist, author David Roberts instead presents us with a one dimensional harridan who's too obnoxious to lend this book the richness of its premise.

For example, Verity has two lovers, one a smarmy writer and the other a ruthless terrorist, both of whom she adores - and she continually makes darn sure Edward knows it. She actually seems to enjoy degrading and abusing Edward, while he reacts meekly or with amusement. Yes, he's developing into quite a credibility problem for this reader.

I beg Mr. Roberts to do something about Verity before he loses his own believability. If this character can't evolve, then write her out and introduce Edward to someone who's his match for integrity and depth. Alternatively, give Edward a good thump on the head to wake him up. This man needs some romantic backbone!

Here's a tip when reading "Bones of the Buried," have a piece of paper with all the characters names written down so that you don't start confusing one character with the other. This was especially true of the men in this mystery novel -- after a while, they all seem to be variations of a theme/mold. I'm usually rather good at being able to distinguish characters (and love novels that have lots of characters), but even I got confused a few times. Except for this small peeve, "Bones of the Buried" is a rather nifty and engrossing murder mystery, that is highly evocative of the period, and worth touting about as an excellent read.

Lord Edward Corinth has barely unpacked his bags and accustomed himself to being in London again after having spent six months in New York, when a rather hysterical Verity Browne turns up at his doorstep demanding his help. The last time that the pair spoke, Verity was on her way to cover the Spanish Civil War and keeping company with a rather obnoxious fellow communist party member, David Griffiths-Jones. Now, Verity wants Lord Edward to help save Griffiths-Jones from a Spanish firing squad. Apparently, Griffiths-Jones has been found guilty of murdering another communist party member, and a fellow Brit, Godfrey Tilney (an old Etonian whom Lord Edward remembers as being a bit of a bully and fairly unpleasant). Verity is certain that Griffiths-Jones is innocent, in spite of the circumstantial evidence against him, and wants Lord Edward to help her. Lord Edward is not so sure if he can indeed do anything to help save Griffiths-Jones from execution, but he agrees to set off for Madrid with Verity. What he finds is a country in chaos and full opposing little factions. Working against time, Lord Edward and Verity must navigate their way through all the petty internal politics and confusion in order to discover the evidence they need to set Griffiths-Jones free. But will they be able to accomplish this feat?

"Bones of the Buried" proved to be a highly engrossing read. I particularly liked that David Roberts took such care to get the feel of the period just right, and to explain the politics of the times in such detail. The mystery with all its little subplots that may or may not be interconnecting, was a brilliant brain teaser too. The character of Lord Edward seems to have matured a little since "Sweet Poison," however I really kept getting irritated and frustrated with the character of Verity Browne. In "Sweet Poison" she seemed to be on the path towards realising the difference between ideals and dogma, but in "Bones of the Buried" however, she seems to have lost her ability to face the unpleasant truth about the Communist party, and constantly lapses to mouthing the party line whenever something she'd rather not face surfaces. Verity Browne, in this novel, comes across as an insecure and unsure young woman when she was not passionately discussing world affairs. And I kept rooting for Lord Edward to snap out of this fascination he had for Verity, esp since all she seems to do is use him for her own ends, otherwise dismissing completely his abilities and opinions. It's not that much fun reading constantly of one major character putting the other down for whatever reason. However this is only an opinion I have; other readers may enjoy Verity's constant abuse of Lord Edward.

Barrng my nitpicking about the Verity Browne character, "Bones of the Buried" is indeed a really engrossing and fun read.

If you are an erudite and prolific writer in the genre of textbooks you might sample this tome for HOW *NOT* TO WRITE A TEXTBOOK. The author is obviously a keen expert in the source material (and goes to great lengths to let you know that his techniques are the best aka "silver-meal")

I'm an engineering manager and have taken a company through an implementation of an ERP system and know that this material is quite useful..however, this should NOT be your first source of exposure to the subject. A prior review put it well "VERY TECHNICAL". Not many examples in the text (except for the parts where the author likes to demonstrate his better method - which is better, but its not like he hides it :). A better source might be Fogarty. I deeply appreciate that the author took the time to acknowledge many of the other sources in this field. He goes to great lengths to pass along credit and this is highly commendable - however, a quick glance through the book will note how this acknowledgement interferes with the message as the authors and dates are spread not too sparingly across the middle of concepts.

If you have already purchased the book you might want to spend a small amount of additional change and get the solutions manual. It will help you considerably.

Book goes into great detail with plenty of math for examining inventory levels. This makes this book very hard reading. Does not spend a lot of time on JIT.

If you are new to inventory model or a professional but off school for several years. Don't forget to get this book. Silver et.al. review + explore the inventory problem in both macro and micro viewpoint. For supply chain manager, this book is more quantitative (infact, I think this is the most quantitative analysis) and full of reference (more than 150-200 references for each chapter). One disadvantage though... Too expensive... don't you consider to have the paperback edition? C'mon... student doesn't have much money.

I used this book for my high school curiculum and will use the exact same book in my collge calc class. And I have enough experience to say that, although this book seems to be user-friendly, it is by far not. The layout is relatively simple, however is not very in depth. Additionally, this book smashes together several large topics together with very little explanation. This lack of explanation, in turn, makes some of the problems practically impossible due to the fact that you haven't seen any problems like them before. All in all forget this book, and pay attention to your instructor.

This text is an excellent text for business majors of all disciplines. It features real world applications and examples to learn from, and comprehensive excersises to demonstrate mastery of the material. The text is jam packed with helpful and clear illustrations and pictures.

This is a great book. It helped me pass my business calculus course.

This book was used in an introduction to differential equations, and was of very little reference value. The theory is extremely distant from application, and the scientific and engineering motivations for solving differential equations are not apparent. If a concept was missed in lecture, it was often an ordeal to attempt to learn from the book.

I was required to use this book as textbook. It really doesn't help much but if you're the type who doesn't like to sit in during college lectures of a course such as Differential Equations, this is the book for you. It is hard to understand the text for this math book becasue it might ask you to refer to something in the previous chapter. I would definitely go with the first edition of this book. It was much better, and I myself have used the first edition. It is easier to understand. I have not completely read the book, but from what I have read (most of it) I can atleast say that this is not the "best of its kind". Chirag

I don't know why everyone else attacks this book! I used it in a third semester math class at Cornell which was 1/3 vector calc (we used Thomas' Calculus, another great book), 1/3 differential equations, and 1/3 Fourier Series, partial differential equations, boundary value problems. We covered Chapters 1-3, parts of 4 and 6, and all of chapter 9.

The book is excellent. The explanations are clear. The example problems are not just "plug and play." The problems at the end of each section are not bad. I learned about oscillations and mechanical vibrations in physics and then learned about them from this book (3.4/3.6)...the difference was amazing. Their derivations made sense, and the characteristic polynomial technique they use is 1000 times simpler than the trial solution method that many introductory physics books on mechanics use.

The book's only weak point is the discussion of stability and the phase plan in 6.1. They develop it through a bunch of examples instead of talking about the general theory behind it. But this is a minor problem.

A quick read and waste of time. Information contained in the book generally available to anyone in al public forums.

Alzheimers Disease, fighting for finacial survival did not live up to my expectations. The Author clearly has "issues himself" and the biggest one is thinking we need his advice. The title is very misleading. There are many caring books on Alzheimers that include a short chaptor telling all we need to know about nursing homes etc. and protecting your money. There are no magic bullets contained in this book as the title implies and I would return it if I could.

The book isn't about Alzheimers at all. It's simply a rehash of publicly available info on transferring your assets before someone enters a nursing home.

Henry Edwards was one of the 22 American journalists flown to London in 1972 especially to interview David and witness the Ziggy Stardust hoopla - even if he does not disclose in the book that the journalist whose 15-minute conversation with David is described in detail is himself. Tony Zanetta worked with David in the 70's as a MainMan employee and got a co-writing credit in this book for his collaboration. This may not be the best book ever written about Bowie (David Buckley's "Strange Fascination" will probably never be surpassed), but it does provide a fascinating angle of his life, especially in the so-called Ziggy years. And most of all, it is the book the movie "Velvet Goldmine" was based on. The book is never credited in the movie, but you just have to read it to realize the connection. Also, the book includes exclusive Polaroid pictures taken by Dana Gillespie which are quite revealing. There is a candid picture of David Bowie and Mick Jagger in 1974 which is literally worth a thousand words!

I found this book to be quite entertaining. True, it tends to focus on Bowie's betrayal of a variety of people who helped his career take off, but there's enough valuable information about his development as artist. Many of the colorful individuals who surrounded Bowie down the years are vividly described, as well as many interesting happenings. The black & white photographs (some quite rare) are truly impressive. The index, discography and bibliography of books and articles make a valuable contribution. It takes the Bowie story up to 1986, and the gossipy writing style is entertaining enough. Not a classic work, but not bad either.

Being a huge fan of David Bowie, I enjoyed this book emensly, getting a good peek at what Davids life was like. Very easily written, I found the book very hard to put down. When I was finished I was left with a feeling of satisfication and a very stronge (stronger?) desire to meet this man. Very highly recommended for a DB fan.

One of the worst horror anthologies I've read. Not only are there no worthwhile stories within, but there are more significantly BAD stories in this collection than in any other I've read. Avoid this book and strike a blow against mediocrity in horror fiction.

I really didnt care for this horror anthology. There were no stories that reached out and grabbed me by the back of the neck. Usually I read through these kind of anthologies in about a month or so but I've owned this book for a couple years and still havent managed to work my way through all the stories in it so maybe there are some gems hidden away somewhere?

The best stories in NIGHT SCREAMS are:

"Trolls" by Christopher Fahy

"Good Vibrations" by Richard Laymon

"The Wringer" by F. Paul Wilson

At least half of the stories are good.

Some other good stories:
The dripping by David Morrell
The Tulsa Experience by Lawrence Block
Small deaths by Charles de Lint
White lightning by Al Sarrantonio
Hitman by Rick Hautala
And eight rabid pigs by David Gerrold.
Corpse carnival by Ray Bradbury

I was a little disappointed by:
"A season of change" by Richard T. Chizmar
"Redemption" by Jack Ketchum
"Beasts in Buildings, Turning 'Round" by J.N. Williamson
"The book of blood" by Clive Barker

The only bad thing about Cliver Barker's story is that it is so short. It's too short to warrant having Barker's name on the cover.

Lawrence Block's story "The Tulsa Experience" starts out slow but the payoff is worth it.

F. Paul Wilson's story "The Wringer" features Repairman Jack.

The stories by Christopher Fahy and Richard Laymon are my favorites. Check out some of their novels too.
I suggest:
NIGHTFLYER and THE LYSSA SYNDROME by Christopher Fahy
AMONG THE MISSING by Richard Laymon