this book is great in term for those who very very interested in world currency and pro in this field... it may be good to own a copy of this book cause it include a lot of world money that you and me were not born yet... especially note that impress me is the CHINA's CENTURY ... it is like amazing to see those kind of note that never thought of it would be called as "money"...

anywhere this book is great... and if this book improving its' note with color than it is highly recommended...

thank you...

regards,
Jason Yap

The book is of a great use not only for a bank note collector, but also for educational purposes, as it includes a brief history of every listed country, written numerals, dating systems even exchange rates of various countries. Paper money images serve as a great educational material about world's famous people, buildings, scenes from history and many more. Everyone may even use it for identifying various paper notes. It is really a Specialised Source!

The text is well written and the diagrams of the drills are easily understood and implemented. The book breaks down the numerous drills by disciplines, (ie.. shooting, ball-handling, etc..), for easy use and reference. I have personally implemented over twenty drills into my Jr. High basketball program.

When I first bought this book, I wasn't sure if it was a collection of articles that simply addressed contradictory point of views on the subjects listed on the cover, or actual transcriptions of debates that occured in the past. I was very pleased to learn that it was indeed transcriptions of live debates that occured in the early part of the 20th century. There are three debates in all:

Has Life Any Meaning? - Between Frank Harris and Percy Ward, Sunday, April 11, 1920, Kimball Hall, Chicago

Debate on Spiritualism - Between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Joseph McCabe, November, 1919, London, England

Is Evolution True? - Between George McCready Price and Joseph McCabe, Queen's Hall, Langham Place, London, September

Though the publishers at a casual glance (of their published books) seem biased towards a particular atheistic/materialistic point of view, they none the less reproduced a fair example of high class debates between learned men of both pro and anti-views on these subjects.

One particularly interesting aspect of this book was exactly what was used as evidence for both anti and pro views at that time. As an example, pro-evolutionist Joseph McCabe said the following:

"Now I come to man. There is a general opinion that a vast gulf separates man from the ape. It did one hundred yeas ago. It certainly does not today... Now we have men of the Stone Age carrying us nearer to the ape; the Piltdown man, and one or two others, going as far again in the direction of the ape"

Of course, as most people are aware, and as the publishers themselves noted, Piltdown man was a fraud and was uncovered as such in 1953. But being "undeniable" at the time, it was still a piece of evidence for Evolution.

Being a collector of books on the subjects of the origin and divisification of life and the existence of the supernatural, I was very pleased with this book and the disputants themselves. While the evidences used are outdated, it has quite a bit of historical value, whether one is interested in the discussions or the men debating. I personally highly recommend it, and believe it would make a good addition to any personal book collection.

the fundamental ideas mentioned in this book are timeless, hence is valuable.

but some of the systems suggested are dated. the book needs an upgrade to keep up with the times.

satish paul

The Editorial Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a London based think tank, records in his forward to Professor Selgin's book that the counter-revolution in economics has resulted in a revival of classical liberal ideas. Later he notes that the central argument of the book, is a monetary policy that permitted prices to vary with changes in productivity ie a productivity norm. The author, in his research, claims that the idea was considered by 19th century thinkers but was almost lost under the tidal wave of Keynesian ideas.

This paper finds particular relevance at the moment when interest rates in the United States and Japan are close to zero.

Professor Selgin begins the book with a note on the current view of monetary policy being directed at achieving a price level at or close to zero. The idea of monetary expansion as a means of achieving full employment has been discredited. He introduces his concept of a variable price level with reference to a productivity norm and establishes basic ideas about productivity.

From here he begins to develop his concept in greater detail, looking at the case for a zero price level before moving on to consider the issue of productivity and relative prices. The argument he develops uses historial evidence as well as a little formal analysis involving 4 Aggregate Supply/Demand diagrams but the level of rigour is not too onerous for the general reader.

A brief chapter considering the effects of a productivity norm on contracts between debtors and creditors before Professor Selgin moves to the Historical Implications of a productivity norm. In this chapter he sets out a number of examples from history whereby falling price levels were considered to be signs of depression and rising ones to be a sign of excessive monetary expansion. In each case he sets out to establish whether or not these were actual depressions and in each case he discovers that the facts reveal otherwise.

In the penultimate chapter, the practical implications of a productivity norm are considered. In his concluding remarks, Professor Selgin considers why this proposal has not enjoyed more support from the professional economic community.

This book deserves serious consideration and should be on the reading list of every student of macroeconomics, public policy makers and your everyday central banker. The text, at times alittle dry, is challenging buy mainly user friendly. Well worth persisting with.

This formidable work manages to be comprehensive despite the scope and ambiguities of the period covered. The listings of coins themselves are in step with very recent numismatic discoveries. Accompanying photographs to many of the coinages are clear and fairly representative. Now, the length with which German issues are treated may surprise some, but this may be due to availability of records. Also, the prices quoted for most coins in general seem very approximate at best (particulary for issues from within many Spanish dominions), but this is only to be expected of a publication that must remain usable over several inflationary years. As a reference in identifying coins from the world of the 17th century, this Standard Catalog will stand one in good stead indeed!

I found this book to be a great resource when plowing my way through trusts & estates in law school.

It's a hornbook. How can any law student survive without pouring through a hornbook? I'd buy it again, and I'll hang on to it.

Dan Lobnitz - University of Denver College of Law (2L)

Save money if you want to buy this three year old guide and buy it direct from the publisher in the Amazon auction section where he offers it for only 12.00 which is fair since it is out of date material..for the up to date prices try the Official Price Guide that is published by the Autograph Collector magazine..who better to know the real skinny on prices then the top magazine in the field.

This book is a must for autograph collectors. Seems like everyone (non-sports) who is collectable is in this book. I don't purchase an autograph (or bid on one) until I check this book. Don't pay too much for an autograph -- this book pays for itself.

I waited a long time for this new edition to come out and it is a whopping 700 pages but, it spends half of its content lamenting the loss of the original author who died last year and reprinting articles I have from earlier editions. The names were updated abit but the prices still seem inacurate. A disapointing end to a once prolific career for the author.

Sanders are THE experts in autograph pricing and have been for years, this edition had chapters on matting and framing your collection, with web sites to get tools and materials, also a chapter on internet auctions and watching out for forgeries which are prolific on the web. If you collect autographs, this book is a must!

this book opens with blackwood's great story: the wendigo. B is the master of the setting, noone can create the background and atmosphere like him. a very well written story from Brennan here. and Meloff's story is also an interesting read. derleth is at his best here. i don''t care that much for the guy, have never considered him to be HPL's great successor or anything, but he knows how to write, and i have always considered his story about Ithaqua to be his best contribution. the rest of the stories are well written. i don't think any of chaosium's anthologies contains of so much good writing than this. but good is not great. and the rest of the stories never turns out to be really good. the suspence killed by irrelevant writing going on for too long, mostly. sad. but the book is still wort reading