This book is very concise and well written. It provides excellent information and analysis of all of the hot topics in healthcare today. A MUST read for all young healthcare administrators and a wonderful read for all of us living the healthcare fight!

Anyone who is looking for a brief and well-written introduction to Hinduism as a religion and way of life, and one written from the Indian point-of-view, will find this book both interesting and useful.

Satyavrata Patel is a Professor of International Law at M.S. University of Baroda and a jurist of international repute. Although he is naturally proud of Hindu culture and its achievements, he takes care to maintain a balanced and objective approach to his subject. His style is both clear and elegant, and although this is a slim book it manages to pack a great deal into its 165 pages.

After defining Hinduism and discussing its sources, Patel goes on to examine its theology and cosmology, metaphysics and ethics, and rites and rituals. Its seventeen chapters cover such topics as - Scriptures and Basic Texts; Historical Perspective and Growth; Systems of Philosophy; Social Framework and Values; Rituals, Sacraments and Festivals; Hindu Gods and Goddesses; Sects; Symbols; Vedanta; Heterodox Schools, etc.

He concludes with what for many may be the most intriguing chapter of all, the chapter on 'The World's Debt to Hinduism.' Although we are well aware of the enormous impact of ancient Indian civilization on the South-East Asian culture area, the fact of India's influence on regions as far afield as Ancient Britain and the Americas will probably come as surprising news to some, although many full-length studies, both Eastern and Western, have been appearing recently which take up this theme (see Navaratna S. Rajaram, David Frawley, George Feuerstein, Stephen Knapp, etc.).

Of the many surveys of Hinduism that I've read over the years, this is one of the few that I've kept and still occasionally refer to. The book concludes with quite a good bibliography that will guide those whose interest has been sparked to further and more specialized reading.

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This book really does teach you how to be happy. I would highly recommend it!

I think it is a good book for you to understand the third world. The technological transformation in the book is a really practive transformation. With the easy words, I can read what I want to know.

The Virtual University: The Internet And Resource-Based Learning is written to enable for teachers to take full advantage of the communication, information, and teaching opportunities made possible by computer and Internet technologies. The topics and issues covered in detail include education and the Internet; resource-based learning; technology; and the impact of computer generated and assisted learning in changing cultures. Authors Steve Ryan, Bernard Scott, Howard Freeman, and Daxa Patel collaborate to provide the reader with accessible, practical information, including a stimulating view of the role of teachers in the new virtual age. The Virtual University is a highly recommended addition to any personal, professional, and academic educational resource and reference collection.

As a teacher of young children I was searching for a book about September 11th that was appropriate for their emotional, perceptual and intellectual levels of development. This book was pretty good. In fact, it was the best I found. Then why did I give it only 3 stars ? In her text she wrote "The world...got badly hurt." In fact, the world did not get hurt badly. AMERICA
DID. I currently teach children from Pakistan, Jamaica,
China and Guyana, as well as The United States. Working with international families for two decades, I have learned that Americans often misperceive our tragedies as world tragedies. What happens in America IS important, but other nations experience tragedies that we barely acknowledge. So I "substituted" America where Ms Patel has written "the world" and the parents were satisfied. The children still understood that something very sad and scary happened to Americans that day, they still understood that they have the power to make the world a better place. And they understood that no matter where we live in the world all children (and grown ups) need to have books of hope. Most of the message is excellent, very empowering to children; and the art work is superb. I encourage people to buy the book, with the advance awareness of its American egocentricism.

I came across this book a month ago. The words haunt me -- but in a good way... "on that day, the day when the world felt like it broke." That's exactly what it felt like. The author opens a window to the young to help explain the "reactions" of adults and gives perspective. It's a big does of HOPE for children and adults. A beautiful book that stands up beyond the anniversary of September 11th. Timely -- but also destined to be a classic.

When this book was shown to me in its originial copy, i was blown away! I couldnt believe that the author could have envisioned something so amazing! I was astonished by how she captured the tragedy of Sept 11th in pictures and gave words that matched so perfectly in how to teach your child about something so unthinkable. I think that every public school that deals with children from age 3-7 should have this book as a teaching aide in their school. If only people interested in buying this book could have seen the reactions it got from college level students, they would see how much this children's book really helps to understand tragedy. This is a MUST BUY!

This book is a lucid, up-to-date and comprehensive reference for theory and practical matters surrounding our two most viable alternate energy sources. Be careful though because the first edition has a few typographical errors, one or two in its derivations.

Very readable, and accessible, even to a non-engineer.

This is a good reference book on renewable energy sources. It is well organized and easy to follow, even for non-electrical engineers. As an environmental engineer, I have found it an excellent reference.

The best chapters of the book to me are the cardiac and thoracic radiology sections written by Gamsu, which provide good approaches to diganostic problems. Also worth mentioning is the section in interventional radiology questions and discussions (pp 601 - 611), which give a series of questions based on films / procedures that are likely to come out in boards / vivas. It would have been good if this part on questions and discussions could have been provided for each chapter / body section.

What can I say about this book other than it changed my life? The writers of this book are geniuses. This book is gripping from cover to back. Even though it is a textbook, I used it for leisure reading. Before I read this, I was a poor lower-middle class American who did all his shopping at Ross and only listened to country music. But this book inspired me and now I make six figures a year. Even if you have no interest in the subject matter of the book, read it. It is great summer reading!

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Of the 12 or so books I have purchased this past year this one is simply the worst. Members of our web services study group have lost interest in part to the overly obtuse, repetitive and boring style of this book.

Themes that could be concisely and clearly stated in one or two paragraphs are unnecessarily drawn out over 10-12 repetitive paragraphs. Code examples are sometimes not clear, or othertime simply won't work as written. For example, an example of XSLT makes no mention that it relies on a bit of XML presented [previously in the book.] The authors are equally careless in their use of language : "A tag is considered to be an empty tag if it stands by itself without any attributes." This is wrong! An empty tag can have attributes but there is no body text in the element. In addition, many of the XML examples have incorrect indentation, making them difficult to read. And there are so many typographical mistakes that simple passages become challenging to read (e.g. referring to "the Price attribute" when they mean the "currency" atribute, and so on).

I don't hold the authors fully responsible for the poor writing and inconcise language; it appears that the editors have been lax in their oversight. Perhaps the book was simply rushed out the door in order to be one of the first Java web services books. Many of the other books that I have purchased are now on my bookshelf and are invaluable reference guides. "Developing Java Web Services" will gather dust in the back of my closet. It has been a disappointment.

I bought this book with less hopes, but this book really excited me with good lot of technologies and examples. Although it discusses about BEA Weblogic and Apache Axis in couple of chapters, this book is very much Pro-SUN Web services book which drives you more in to Sun's JWSDP especially JAX* APIs. The authors tried their best to convince all J2EE Pros including the big crowd of Weblogic and Apache fans before making their introduction to Sun's JAX APIs. I was surprised to see Weblogic 7.0 did'nt have JAX* API support, but the authors are right. The Microsoft .NET chapter shows you how to create .NET Service client but not Microsoft .NET service, this shows the authors interest in promoting Sun technologies. Another surprising thing, In the security chapter the authors illustrate XML Encryption and Signature techniques using IBM Security suite. Now you don't doubt, Why Simon Phipps endorsed this book.

With Web services specifications still evolving and changing everyday, no book would be good forever ! And I also believe no book would be good enough to keep for the next 3 years. But if you have a Web services project in the next six months which involves Java/J2EE and Microsoft .NET, this book is your best companion and the code examples are enough to demonstrate your show.

A great read, cover-to-cover, discussing with depth and well-explained examples outlining every why, what, and how to build Web services applications using Java. It is truly a Java developer's companion and a rare gem of a geekly book that is very helpful for a developer who wants to learn the features and complexities of building Web services practicing examples - from the beginning to the advanced.

The authors did an excellent job demonstrating a complete Web services case study, Interoperability with Microsoft .NET, Web services security at just the right places to help clarify difficult topics. They used a variety of software including Sun JWSDP, Weblogic, Apache Axis, IBM WSDK, Systinet and Microsoft .NET for the demonstrating examples with build scripts and instructions. Which is quite rare to find in other Web services books.

If you are going to build Web services in your project, then it is a true companion and must have book -- I can assure you.