I came across this book by accident. I was attending a book signing to see and hear another author. He was okay, but then Eric Healy read from his novel and I was blown away! Not only is the novel fantastic, but the author is a really interesting guy, and he's got stage presence! Definitely read this book; it will by turns make you mad, make you laugh and make you cry. The downside is that you'll stay up too late reading and be late for work. Worse, you'll be done and have to wait for his next book. Highly recommended.

Barsabas Justus is a well-written book which is difficult to put down once begun. Healy's main character, Tom Judd, is a young man who struggles with creating his own identity and not letting his painful family history dictate who he will become. Healy does an excellent job of describing Tom's past so that we understand why he acts and says the things he does. I strongly recommend you read this book.

This book has a twist that is unbelievable. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The character's life is so beleivable and could have been anyone of us. Give it a try.

Jose Jalife is one of the few people who feel equally at home with both the experimental and computational aspects of cardiac electrophysiology research. He has been author or co-author of numerous well-cited papers in this area. This book not only gives a very good overview of the present state-of-the-art in cardiac electrophysiology, but also contains a lot of the findings of his group - especially on the role of nonlinear dynamics in cardiac arrhythmias. As such the title is too modest - it is not only the clinician who will benefit from reading the book, but also people involved in computational modeling of the heart. For people coming from outside physiology into this area (e.g., I come from physics), this book will be very helpful in giving them a crash course on the essentials of cardiac electrophysiology. The chapters I found especially relevant were: Chapter 4 ("Propagation through cardiac muscle") which gives a clear account of how ionic currents that move across a specified patch of membrane lead to propagation along the membrane so that the electric signal originated at one site can spread from cell to cell to induce the electrical activation of the entire heart (covers cable equations, "safety factor", anisotropic propagation, 2D and 3D propagation, etc); Chapter 6 ("Rate dependency of discontinuous propagation") which discusses the dynamics and ionic mechanisms of complex patterns of propagation (e.g., Wenckebach periodicity); Chapter 7 ("Basic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias") which deals with cellular mechanisms of arrhythmias and discusses in detail arrhythmias observed in clinical settings (e.g., ischemia, long QT syndrome, etc); Chapter 8 ("Spiral wave activity: a new lok at the old problem of reentry") which is really the icing on the cake. This is (at present) the only book aimed at the medical community which deals with the topic of spiral waves at such depth - and makes it clear why nonlinear dynamics is relevant to current research in cardiac arrhythmias. All in all it's a book well worth having for one's personal research reference library on cardiac electrophyiology.

The "Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Clinician" book is a very affordable book, packed with information about all of the components of electrocardiology and electrophysiology. It is obviously a best buy for anyone needing information on electrophysiology.

Excellent review that comes from the authorities of EP who wrote Electrophysiology from cell to bedside. a great book for the clinician

This book is useful on two levels. Firstly, the reader has a chance to survey the confused and disjoined efforts of anti-interventionists in their struggle to stop US invovlement in WWII, an effort doomed to failure because the US wasn't the only party to that decision.

Secondly, the bibliography the author provides is a valuable update to his 1987 work, "Anti-Intevention: A Bibliographical Introduction to Isolationism and Pacifism from World War I to the Early Cold War."

An honest heir to Wayne Cole, Mr. Doenecke is the leading (almost the only) writer on isolationism and anti-inteventionism working today. If you haven't read this book you're not up-to-date on the debate.

Larry W. Jewell
Gradute student,
History Dept.
Purdue University

These days, 'isolationist' is one of the A-bombs of political invective. Along with 'anti-Semite' and one or two other smear words, to label someone an 'isolationist' is to paint him in colors that will never entirely wash away. To be an 'isolationist,' an 'America-Firster,' is to be xenophobic, head-in-the-sand, economically illiterate, and politically a reactionary mossback, a shirker of America's undoubted responsibilities to the rest of the world, and probably a crypto- (or not so crypto-) fascist.

That many on the Right as well as the Left unquestioningly use the term in just this way reflects not only on the sorry state, and narrow limits, of 'acceptable' political debate, but also the way American history has been cheapened and distorted for political purposes. That's what makes Justus Doenecke's impressive history all the more important.

With intricate and painstaking documentation, Doenecke shatters the latter-day myth of who the 'isolationists' (Doenecke prefers the less loaded term 'anti-interventionists') were, and what they stood for. As the clock ticks down to Pearl Harbor, we see the incredible diversity of the anti-interventionist bloc, who agreed on keeping America out of the war, but on little else. Learned and articulate people from every part of the political spectrum opposed intervention. Some anti-interventionists were outright pacifists who opposed any military spending, while others were '100% for arming to the teeth for defense of this country' (as the New York Daily News described Thomas E. Dewey, quoted on page 158). Some denied National Socialist Germany posed any threat to America, while others feared an invasion, via South America or Canada, was imminent. Many were strongly anti-Nazi, while others seemed to believe the longer-term threat to peace came from Imperial Britain. Some wholeheartedly supported the 'bases for destroyers' deal with the UK, but others vehemently opposed it. Some few were indeed anti-Semitic, but most were not, and a few opposed aid to Poland in 1939 explicitly because of Poland's own history of anti-Semitism. And so on.

After Pearl Harbor, anti-interventionists remained divided -- on FDR's degree of culpability, for example. But they were virtually unanimous in calling for an immediate declaration of war against Japan. The time for anti-interventionism had ended, and the America First Committee dissolved itself within days (declaring, as it did, that 'Our principles were right. Had they been followed, war could have been avoided.').

In short, the one-dimensional caricature of 'isolationists' we're treated to today has little basis in reality.

Doenecke's research is truly impressive. When I first opened this book, I was surprised at how small the type was. But then I realized that literally the final third or so of the text is all endnotes, references, and bibliography, and that was what I had opened to. The author of several histories of anti-interventionism before and after the Second World War, Doenecke's familiarity with the relevant sources is unsurpassed.

But Doenecke's not just a skilled researcher. He's also a fine writer. His narrative is fast-paced and engrossing. Most usefully, while he's recounting the on-the-one-hand/on-the-other-hand positions the anti-interventionists took, he doesn't comment on which position turned out to be historically 'right.' Only in the excellent Conclusion does he weigh the merits of the different arguments, and the anti-interventionist position generally.

As with any group of diverse and opinionated humans, there's good and bad, right and wrong, in what the anti-interventionists said, and what they stood for. It's hard to dispute, though, that there's much we can learn from the principled stand these men and women took. As Doenecke notes, for example, they had a healthy skepticism of Presidential power, were keenly aware of geopolitical reality (including the threat posed by the Soviet Union), power politics, and of how engagement in wars abroad inevitably swells the size and power of the State at home.

In these days of a new war, when some commentators explicitly call for America to embrace its alleged role as Global Empire, this book is exceptionally important reading. As important as grasping 'Why We Fight' is an understanding of why, sixty-plus years ago, so many people tried so hard to keep America from having to do so.

In Storm On The Horizon: The Challenge To American Intervention 1939-1941 is a compelling and informative history of how America became entangled in Europe's political and military struggles prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor which resulted in a formal declaration of war and overt participation as a combatant. Justus Doenecke (Professor of History at new College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota) combines painstaking and meticulous historical research with perceptive insights and an ability to engage the reader's total attention. Storm On The Horizon is particularly recommended reading for students of 20th Century American history, World War II, and the role of the Roosevelt administration in dealing with American isolationist sentiments.

This is a great book for anyone interested in the cattle business, Texas history, or the politics of big business in the middle of this century. One need not be a rancher or cattleman to enjoy this book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone from any background.

If you have an interest in the King Ranch, you should read this book.

This book is an absolute "must have" for obstetrical practitioners and expectant parents who are looking for a way back into normal childbirth. Medicalized obstetrics has taught their students and society that "techno-birth" is not only logical but safe. This book proves that the way we have been delivering babies for the past 40 years is not the safest most competent care we can give. Hopefully, after reading this book, the practitioner will come away with a renewed sense of purpose in providing safe, logical, evidence-based care, and the expectant parent will take a firmer stand against allowing unneccessary and hazardous "routine" birth interventions. We are all the better for this book and the many years of sound, documented research it provides us. The next generation of babies will thank us!

This book is an invaluable reference tool for anyone involved in childbirth, including educators, doulas, midwives, nurses and doctors. It provides reviews of the current literature regarding just about any procedure of standard care that a pregnant woman is likely to encounter in the American medical system. This book provides important information, especially for anyone who is trying to convince an OB that "standard procedures" (like limiting food for a laboring woman) may not be supported by research

This is a remarkable piece of philosophical exegesis. In a mere 124 pages, Hartnack explicates the arguments of the Science of Logic. What is particularly interesting is that the Danish author is apparently trained in analytic philosophy, which is notoriously hostile to Hegel and all things Continental. Hartnack makes many references to philosophers such as Strawson, Wittgenstein, Russell, Carnap, and Frege. This is not a mere matter of saying "here's the Analytic Hegel." These references are used conservatively, and only to bring clarity to Hegel's own text. This is not a book that contains the next great "reading" of Hegel a la Kojeve or Hyppolite. But it is perhaps the book that one should seek out if he or she wishes to achieve a nuts and bolts understanding of what is perhaps the most difficult work in the history of philosophy.

Baron Justus von Liebig was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century. He was, for instance, one of the founders of organic chemistry and largely responsible for the increasingly important study of biochemistry and bacteriology. His early work on agricultural chemistry revolutionized both British and American agriculture. His work on animal chemistry, combined with his agricultural work, to establish an influential theory of disease. William Brock's book is an admirably clear, understandable, and interesting study of von Liebig's life and career. His chapters are arranged topically, "Liebig and the Doctors," for instance. This makes reading on particular topics much easier than it would otherwise be. His footnotes and bibliography are well presented, thorough, and do not clutter up the text. Those interested in either the history of science or the cross-cultural influences between Germany and Victorian Britain will find this study both informative and very interesting, even if they are not scientists themselves.

I love *good* seafood and I am very picky about taste. I have a small collection of ~15 cookbooks and I have looked at over 50+ while browsing in bookstores. I got this cook book as a gamble (you can't browse when you shop online) but because I love seafood and the book was inexpensive, I said "What the heck" and brought it. What I've tried from the book was simply delicious. It's well written, easy to follow, and for the real chefs out there, you can either read it for a skeleton for what you want to make or maybe give you thoughts of different combinations of ingredients you didn't think of or have forgotten about. I normally do not rank many things very highly but this is one of the few that made it to the top of my list. Oh yes, did I mention that the book is less expensive and has better receipes than other more expensive cookbooks out there? One thing I should mention is that it's not just a seafood cookbook. Happy Cooking!

Thanks for providing this informational book. It hit home as I am going through a tough time in my life and it has provided both inspiration and valuable information. It truly has been a reference book for me to find solutions to many of my current problems. I highly recommend this book to any man who finds himself in a tough divorce. Congratulations to William C. Justus for both his knowledge and easy to read guide. A must have and one I'll recommend others to find on Amazon.com.

What an amazing book! I glimpse into the not-so-distant past when we couldn't just "log-on" and get whatever we desire. This cookbook goes back to the time of self-sustaining farms and communities. You can see this in the number of recipe variations that include the town where it is common. Anyone familiar with PA Dutch cuisine should own this cookbook!