While reading this book, I thought it was accomplishing in its very substance what it was saying with its words. As I expected from a book on culture, it provides examples ranging from western to eastern societies, from contemporary episodes to past ones. The ability to find examples from different fields and to connect them to the central topic makes the point of the tremendous consequentiality of cultural issues. At the same time it refrains from generalizations, highlighting the serious dilemmas in which cultural encounters engage us. It is a committed tour throughout various themes of a cultural perspective in both everyday puzzlements and major events covered in the media. For this reasons and for the style of its writing it comes as a pleasant and compelling reading. The general approach relies on socio-constructionism and cultural psychology, which are part of the very new trends in talking about culture. If you are looking for an introduction to cultural issues in social sciences this book offers a fresh repertoire of relevant cases together with sketched references to some of the among the most appreciated theoretical frameworks in current research.

Not until this new study has anyone examined tthe Roosevelt near-assassination as a criminal case that holds up American jurisprudence and American medicine to embarrassing scrutiny. Not until this new book has any writer delved deeply into the background, motivations and psyche of the assassin. Because of the importance of Zangara's intended victim, who ranks as one of the great men of history, this obscure episode clearly deserves the "sober analysis" that Blaise Picchi has given it. Future FDR biographers: Take note.

The book is marvellous. It cover both continuous and discrete time monetary growth model. I use it as my reference in studying the exam. The math appendix is also brillant.

Ricciotti's book on Julian was first published in the 1950s. For decades it has only been available used. While readable and making no major errors in fact, he has been superceded by more modern works. You will find it an interesting read and will get value for your money. Julian is one of the fascinating characters of late Roman history and the one whom we know the most about, not only from several major sources but also from the Emperor's own surviving writings. Julian, a fascinating character, is worth anyone's time to investigate.

I enjoyed the refreshing realism of this play. Being from Trinidad this book gave me a view into the recent history of my county. The characters were finely drawn allowing a look into the lives of ordinary people during World War 2. This play will rouse you from any lethargy and evoke strong emotions.

make me stroll around the imagenation of hot, wet, drea

Spice is a software package that become a de facto standar in circuit simulation. But as in any other circuit simulator we need to define the accurate input model to get the accurate results. And this book describe in more detail the components that is used in almost any electronic circuit, i.e. semiconductor devices. The value that is a credit point for this book is not just how detail the description of the semiconductor model is in order to get the accurate parameters but also how to use those parameters in Spice. So, for you who new to this circuit simulator there is no need to worry because this book explain how the circuit model is built using Spice. And for you who need the basic theory of semiconductor model the book gives two nice appendices on that one. One chapter that is need to be explored in more detail is about noise and distortion (hopefully in the next edition the editor could have more on that topic). Finally, this is a "must be read" book for you who want to get excellent results in modelling electronic circuit.

(For you who understand more clearly in Indonesian) Spice adalah sebuah paket aplikasi yang secara defacto merupakan standar untuk simulai dan analisa rangkaian elektronik. Namun secara umum berlaku pula bahwa untuk menghasilkan simulasi rangkaian elektronik secara akurat dibutuhkan parameter-parameter yang akurat pula untuk setiap modelnya. Buku ini memberikan ulasan mendalam tentang parameter-parameter bagi pemodelan device semikonduktor. Kelebihan yang dimiliki buku ini tidak hanya pada bagaimana penghitungan dan pengukuran parameter untuk model tersebut tetapi bagaimana menggunakannya pada simulasi rangkaian menggunakan SPICE. Bagi Anda yang baru mendalami spice jangan khawatir karena buku ini juga memberikan ulasan tentang sistem pemodelan dalam spice. Sebaliknya bagi anda yang baru dalam pemodelan semikonduktor buku ini juga memberikan apendiks tentang teori dasar semikonduktor. Satu hal yang mungkin perlu dibahas lebih mendalam adalah tentang Nose dan Distorsi (mudah-mudahan dalam edisi berikutnya materi ini dapat lebih dikembangkan). Kesimpulannya, buku ini merupakan suatu buku yang wajib dibaca bila anda ingin lebih akurat dalam menjalankan simulasi rangkaian elektronik yang menggunakan semikonduktor.

The Squash History · Folklore · Ancient Recipes

Celebrated in Recipes from Ancient Times to the Present Introduction by Alberto Capatti Accompanying Wines selected by Giuseppe Vaccarini

By Arneo Nizzoli

Reviewed by Liz Waters Copyright 1999, all rights reserved

This beautifully illustrated book is the first book in this History-Folklore-Ancient Recipes series by Konemann which takes a food and traces its history and uses through ages. This volume, of course, deals with the squash, a ubiquitous vegetable numerous varieties. These books focus more on the European preparations and traditions of the foods selected, and therefore bring a new spin on them for the American audience.

Nizzoli presents ancient and modern recipes that are appropriate for today's kitchens. The recipes are easy to follow and include nutritional data on each one as well as excellent wine suggestions of Giuseppe Vaccarini.

Here is a recipe for you to try from the book:

Rigatoni with Squash

1 lb. 5 oz. /600 g of rigatoni 1 lb./450 g of onions, sliced the heart of 1 celery, chopped 3 lb. 5 oz./1.5 kg of squash, diced 2/3 cup/150 g of butter 6 ripe tomatoes salt pepper grated parmesan

Serves 6

Method 1.Into a wide saucepan put ½ cup/ 120 g of butter, the onion, the celery and the squash and let them cook, without the lid and on a high heat, until the squash has softened. Add the peeled and chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook on a low heat. 2. Meanwhile boil the rigatoni in plenty of salted water.

3.shortly before serving, add the remaining butter to the sauce. Drain and add the rigatoni, and sprinkle with parmesan.

Per portion: 526 calories, fiber 0.29 oz/8.4 g

Wines - choose a young dry white wine, such as a Colli Orientali del Friuli Reisling, Colli di Luni, Falerio dei Colli Ascolani or Falanghina del Sannio.

Giuseppe Fiori's book on Ernesto Rossi is a beatiful portrait of a man with a passion: politics. This man is far away from the idea that foreigners (and sometimes Italian people themselves) have about Italians. An atypical figure of a man against fascism and communism in a time when fascists and communists were dominating (before and after WWII) the Italian scene.

This book has excellent photography, and the narratives are just as good. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone interested in Italian architecture, design, or furnishings. Although the size of this book is rather large, the pictures are very detailed, and show off the intricacies of every design.