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Immediately, upon beginning to read this book, I began to ask the question, "What is "Creative Destruction?"

Basically this is a term coined by Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883-1950), an economist who taught at Harvard University starting in 1932. Creative Destruction is essentially old technologies and the resulting processes, products, and companies based upon these older technologies being replaced by the new. Examples include the horse and buggy being replaced by the automobile in the early 1900s; carbon paper copies being replaced by "Xerox" copies in the 1960s; and in electronic circuits, the vacuum tube being replaced by the transistor (in the 1950s and 60s) and, subsequently, by the integrated circuit (in the 1980s).

Schumpeter, until his death in 1950, was a leading economic researcher and author of several economic textbooks. One of the theories he promoted extensively was the existence of long, repeating economic cycles. In the 1920s, a Russian economist, Nikolai D. Kondratieff (1892-1932), originally hypothesized - based upon empirical research - that long economic cycles containing both boom and then bust phases, lasting in length from 50 to 60 years did exist. This theory was based upon an extensive review of late 18th, 19th, and early 20th century commodity prices, wages, interest rates, gold prices, and foreign trade in both Europe and the United States. These cycles, later termed "Kondratieff cycles" and, also, "long cycles," were shown to vary in duration from cycle to cycle and, thus, were not strictly periodic. An average cycle length was approximately 56 years. The cycles were shown to contain an initial period of rising economic growth with rising productivity and wages followed by a period of decline, with each cycle terminating at a higher level than the previous.

Ross, a professor of economics at Western Michigan University until his retirement, believes that the next Kondratieff cycle will begin about 1992. Other authors and economists date the beginning of this next cycle - the 5th Kondratieff cycles since the beginning of the United States in 1787 - somewhat differently. Some put the date further in the future - as far forward as 2003. However, all economists who adhere to the existence of Kondratieff cycles seem to believe that the next Kondratieff cycle is either at hand or eminent.

Ross writes in the opening pages of his book: "In the early 1990s, the United States economy will experience the beginning of a rising phase of a long (economic) wave, with the economy booming for two or three decades, interrupted only briefly by shallow recessions. Combined with some favorable structural changes in the economy, the fundamental underlying cause of the booming economy will be the momentum associated with a significantly above-average rate of technological advance. This 'gale of creative destruction' will be associated with an unimagined increase in the level of living by the average American."

Thus, if you believe in long economic (Kondratieff) cycles, the next 28 years or so may be a period of improving quality of life for residents and citizens of the United States. As Ross states in the last sentence of his book: "Prosperity makes civilization possible and perhaps even probable."

The entire "Fine Line Design" series pattern books for the scroll saw by Judy Gale Roberts is an excellent resourse guide in any scroll shop. All the books are laced with "Helpful Hints" and suggestions on how to produce the project and how some modifications can be made. They are a great start for a beginner and a wonderful resourse for the more advanced sawyer.

This book, "The Great Outdoors", has 36 patterns ranging from bass fishing, ducks, eagles, wolves, raccoons and more. The full size patterns are presented on either 9" x 11" or 11" x 17" foldout pages. Also included are tips on how to create shelves, key holders, napkin holders, framed plaques and shadow boxes all with the same theme/design. Excellent projects.

Gail Stewart opens her wounds so we can heal ours. Her technique of interspersing "real time" journal entries with reflective narration is highly effective. Grief Passages lets us experience, through Gail, the traumatic, gut-wrenching, blow to the stomach sensations associated with the death of a loved one.

Why would anyone want to read a book about death that pulls no punches? Because the loss of someone or something close to us WILL happen and when it does we will be filled with emotions never before experienced

Grief Passages is a survivors handbook that educates and let's you know you're not alone.

This book provides excellent companionship to those who have suffered a loss. But equally as important, Gail's open sharing of her mistakes gives readers an insight on what may be done today to ease the guilt sure to surface when a big part of our life dies

Handbook For The Newbery Medal And Honor Books, 1990-1999 is an essential reference handbook for teachers, school and community librarians, and concerned parents in search of the best reading available for their children in grades 4 to 8. Plot summaries are provided, as are author backgrounds, book talks, classroom tips, curriculum connection ideas, and additional reading suggestions for 36 books. Entries for each book feature bibliographic data, genre, theme, readability and interest levels, and review citations.

I was required to purchase this book for my College Technical Writing Class - back in 1983. I still have the book! If you need a book to help you with all of the English language exceptions - this book is for you. Excellent examples and a great index make this easy to use and apply. This book will help anybody with communication skills.

This paperback of 240 pages includes 122 pages of wildflowers/weeds, etc. of this Peninsula area, all carefully illustrated with black-and-white drawings for identification with comments. A detailed description of the Peninsula weather is included with statistics on temperatures and rainfall for over 20 observing stations and shows six distinct climate zones within this 5 x 10 mi. peninsula area in southwestern Los Angeles County. (The author is a meteorologist.) Other subjects included in the book are a bird list and other wildlife in the area, geology of the area, the history of the peninsula from Indian times to recent developments, origins of names in the South Bay, names and locations of the many canyons and trails on the peninsula, and an introduction to the identification of tidepool and seashore creatures. There is an index to the plants (color coded), a bibliography, and an addendum for recently discovered plants. The book has been praised as the local "bible" for nature lovers (and sometimes for researchers). Other short chapters tell of "Escapes and Fires," of edible plants, The book has photographs from the early days, some never before published. [Above description by the author]

I have several "home remedy" books, but this is the most clear and concise. It's very easy to use and follow (not a lot of unnecessary technical information), and it covers everything from anal fissures and bad breath to varicose veins and warts. I refer to it almost daily.

After living through what felt like an insane period of my life I find that I am not really insane at all but dealing with changes of getting older and closer to perimenopause that maybe I would admit.

This book helped me see the ways to help myself adjust and live through it without going insane. I have a few more years to put the whole book into theory but the weight issues are there and fading thanks to this book.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in their 30's and is a woman. It will make all the difference in the world!