The biggest problem I have with this book is its weight. It's just too big and clunky to hold up to read. Splitting into two bindings would have been nice. But it does cover a lot and it needs to be large to do so.

I bought the Beginners Guide to Linux Programming and I really liked that book. This book is a very good follow-up, but it doesn't give the reader more programming tips.
It covers many topics which makes this book a great reference for anyone who deals with Linux and even other flavors of Unix on a day to day basic. Buy this book if you are looking for a reference book on developing software on Linux that covers advanced topics.

This book is a follow-up to Beginning Linux Programming, but with a wider range of authors. The book is a series of chapters on various tools and applications, all of them Open Source, based mainly round things that application developers might use, though there is a single chapter on device drivers.

Most topics only get a single chapter, so there isn't as much depth as you would find in a dedicated book on each topic, but there is a very wide range of material all covered in enough depth to get the more experienced programmer started with a new topic. There are one or two weaker areas, but overall a good choice of material succinctly presented for the more experienced application developer. I've given it 5 stars as it was exactly what I was looking for - a single reference to help me create a Linux-based web database application, your mileage may vary. I recommend you at least consider it.

This is only one of many books written by members of the LDS Church trying to prove to the world that Mormonism is also Christianity. Fortunately most people are not decieved, no matter how hard you try to name an orange an apple, it will always be an orange. Mormonism is the gospel according to Joseph Smith, nothing else. Daniel C. Peterson is just another spin doctor for his faith. Those who are really interested in Mormonism should read: "Mormonism-Shadow or Reality" by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Word games, word games, word games. As if I had to say it three times, but this is exactly what this book does... Mormons ARE Christians but the fact that they are doesn't necessarily vindicate their faith (or Christianity). This book plays word games repeatedly on the very people it is trying to help avoid them, except of course these word games come from the right side... The minds of most of the readers are already decided and closed.

We're told the Book of Mormon is the "most correct book" in the LDS Articles of Faith. If this is the case, why are there so many changes since the original edition? If it was correct then this wouldn't be the case.

2 Nephi 30:6 (1830) "they shall be a WHITE and delightsome people." Now the word "PURE" is used. Mosiah 21:28 (1830) "...on learning from the mouth of Ammon that king BENJAMIN had a gift from God..." Benjamin is now Mosiah. These are not minor changes.

This seed did "swelleth" nearly to double the size.

Alma 32:30: (1830): "But behold, as the seed swelleth and sprouteth and beginneth to grow, and then ye must needs say, That seed is good; for behold, it swelleth and sprouteth and beginneth to grow."

Today: "But behold, as the seed swelleth and sprouteth and beginneth to grow, and then ye must needs say, That seed is good; for behold, it swelleth and sprouteth and beginneth to grow. And now behold, will not this strengthen your faith? Yea, it will strengthen your faith: for ye will say that I know that this is a good seed; for behold, it sprouteth and beginneth to grow."

If you can't see these changes you need your eyesight tested. Those who wish to do so can buy a facsimile of the ORIGINAL 1830 Book of Mormon at Amazon.

What about Brigham Young? Let's read his own words (no word play here)... Here's his view of his being a prophet, judge for yourself (reference included for personal research into his writings)

Journal of Discourses, 5:177
"I do not profess to be a Prophet. I never called myself so; but I actually believe I am, because people are all the time telling me that I am."

Brigham Young said about black people in his own Journal of Discourses, 7:291, again LOOK IT UP YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME-

"You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind. The first man that committed the odious crime of killing one of his brethren will be cursed the longest of any one of the children of Adam. Cain slew his brother. Cain might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin. Trace mankind down to after the flood, and then another curse is pronounced upon the same race-that they should be the 'servant of servants;' and they will be, until that curse is removed; and the Abolitionists cannot help it, nor in the least alter that decree. How long is that race to endure the dreadful curse that is upon them? That curse will remain upon them, and they never can hold the Priesthood or share in it until all the other descendants of Adam have received the promises and enjoyed the blessings of the Priesthood and the keys thereof. Until the last ones of the residue of Adam's children are brought up to that favorable position, the children of Cain cannot receive the first ordinances of the Priesthood."

The anti-black priesthood restriction was only lifted in 1978, and can be read in Doctrines and Covenants.

If you wish to KNOW the Mormon church, these quotes from Brigham Young and from the Book of Mormon are ENTIRELY relevant.

The people reviewing the book with a negative aspect on the LDS faith have obviously not read the book. I saw things on the previously posted reviews that Daniel Peterson very effectively refutes IN THE BOOK. I have also seen some of the logical fallacies which DCP also explains in the book. This is a very well-written book.

From an LDS standpoint, it is a good book to own, because it helps to keep faith, even in the midst of many critics spewing forth the same drivel day in and day out.

From an anti-LDS standpoint, this should also be a very good book. While it would be insulting to read, chiefly because of Daniel Peterson's entire outlook on "anti-Mormons", it would serve as a valuable tool to make their arguments a little more effective. I tell you, some of the anti-Mormon literature out there is just plain sad in their poor research and half-truths. If these anti-Mormons would read this book, they may realize that honest research will ultimately be more persuasive then faulty half-truths and fear tactics.
-Christoph-

After reading the masterly work of Baucknam on Jude, I thought all the books in the series were similar. I was dissappointed. There is nothing extra. The greek analysis was okay, but that was all. No discussion on the historical, archeological material or the customs of that day. No comparison of scripture or how verses are linked to other parts of the bible..

It wasn't what I wanted, but it may be okay for others

Smalley really has put together the best commentary on the Greek text of I, II, and III John we've got at this point. He is well-versed in the scholarship on these books and presents others' views well even when he disagrees. He is fairly good at sorting through the issues in a balanced way, giving good arguments for most of his conclusions.

His treatment of the historical setting for these books seems to go a bit beyond the evidence. In the spirit of Raymond Brown, Georg Strecker, and other contemporary scholars, Smalley seems to place much emphasis on reading these books as a response to how some had misinterpreted the Gospel of John, reconstructing a whole historical situation behind the letters reflecting this speculative scenario behind this so-called "Johannine community". While this sort of work is imaginative, it is hardly worthy of the name of historical scholarship. At best it can show us a possible background to the texts at hand.

Compared to Brown and Strecker, Smalley is a breath of fresh air. At times, Brown seems more sympathetic to the heretics John is confronting, and Smalley does seem to identify more with the elder and his concern for purity of maintaining the apostolic doctrine. Brown seems open to taking both the heretics and the orthodox on these matters as legitimate interpretations of the apostolic message, an approach that minimizes the apostolic message and ignores much of the indisputably earlier epistles. Strecker's work reflects outdated scholarship. His now outdated history-of-religions method, together with his placing these books well into the second century despite all the recent evidence to the contrary, makes his work far less appealing than its scholary reputation would otherwise lead one to believe.

Smalley's own unique contribution is in his view that two heresies are at work in the Johannine community. Some Jewish heretics err on the side of Jesus' humanity, not admitting to his divinity because of Jewish monotheistic concerns, and other proto-Gnostic heretics err in denying his full humanity. The evidence shows no such thing, and all the language of these letters fits just fine with some sort of proto-Gnostic heresy, so the two-heresy view seems unnecessary, though showing such a thing will take some significant work in future commentaries on these letters.

I'm not entirely happy with everything in this commentary, but it stands far above the others available with this much detail on these books. I eagerly await D.A. Carson's commentary in the NIGTC series, which will easily be the best work on these letters. On the more popular level, John Stott's Tyndale volume and Colin Kruse's Pillar commentary will provide some balance to the idiosyncrasies of Smalley, but his attention to detail and interaction with the whole of scholarship will prove invaluable, at least until Carson's book is finally published. Schnackenburg's older commentary could also be quite useful as a more in-depth foil to balance out Smalley.

Like all commentary series, the Word Bibilcal Commentary has it's good and average contributions. This is at the very good end, exegeting the text in detail for the student or pastor, while maintaining clear discussion for the layman.

I must concur with some of the previous reviewers. As a weightlifter in the early stages of converting to raw foodism, I purchased this book in the hope that it would have much more detail in this one specific area than the other raw food books I've read. I wish I had skimmed it a little better in the store, first.
The book does contain some useful information, and the author's enthusiasm may be a turn-on for some (and a turn-off for others), but the same information is better stated in other sources and for me the writing style came across as more of an advertisement for the author's business than anything else. The claims are not well supported by biological explanations (a trend that is unfortunately quite common in books on raw food in general). However, I don't mean to imply that the author is wrong--simply that there could have been more background provided to substantiate the author's statements.
On the positive side, I happen to agree with the author on most of his judgements (for example, that many "scientific" studies are often directed by biased entities and must therefore be disregarded). I think he scores on the fresh, naturalistic, positive attitude that he obviously possesses himself and encourages in others. And from personal experience this attitude, and the corresponding health benefits, can be powerful stuff when one adheres to the raw foods diet. It's just that a better overall explanation of the whole can be found in other sources.

I have read tons of nutrition books - it's my life. I found this book helpful for the recipes and it is really for the beginner only.

Like I said it lacks real substance and is an extremely easy read (2 hours). Very few really new cocepts here except if you are brand new to raw food and healthy living.

This book gave me a good overview for eating raw food and had some good beginning recipes. I also liked the kitchen section which told me what types of equipment I will need and where to find them. It was easy to read and gave me a brief outline of this new way of eating and living. Thanks Stephen, it was just what I was looking for to start.

Ninety-nine percent of the people who buy this book will have no choice; it will be the required text for an undergraduate survey of British literature. They should know that while this is in many respects a fine book, it is misleading. I will offer a couple of examples based on my own specialization, 19th century literature.

The two volumes offer 15 pages on Sir Walter Scott, that is, 1/400th of the whole anthology, or 1/200th of the second volume. Yet Scott is, arguably, the most influential writer in English for the 19th century. No Scott - - no historical novel - - no War and Peace. The volume's ill-treatment of Scott extends to the selection of Scott's prose, namely the first chapter of The Heart of Midlothian. The story proper does not begin till chapter 2. I would advise a reader new to Scott to skip Chapter 1. What about printing one of Scott's short stories instead, "The Highland Widow" or "The Two Drovers"? If an excerpt must be used, what about the climax of Redgauntlet, with the dismissal of Bonnie Prince Charlie?

The editors and/or publishers have prepared a book they think will _sell lots of copies_. Be warned that this has dictated some distortions. Giving three times the space to Mary Wollstonecraft as to Scott is an example. No doubt Wollstonecraft is important for understanding the currents of sensibility of the age and the voice that feminists did have; but then, where are the hymns of Charles Wesley, taken up by innumerable British people? You need to know something about them if you are to understand the period. Leaving them out really does the reader a disservice.

Users of this book get an anthology that subtly distorts one's picture of the eras through which the selections move. Good luck to its users.

I bought the Norton Anthology of English Literature, seventh edition, volume 1, for one of my core classes in my English lit major, and I've found it to be a very worthy addition to my literature collection. Heaney's verse translation of Beowulf(as compared to the prose translation of the 6th edition) is engaging and fun to read(not to mention wonderful poetry). Chaucer's Canterbury Tales appear in their original Middle English, while Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is translated into modern English. This edition contains samples of numerous authors up until the 18th century, and it's an excellent buy for a survey of English literature.

I am writing this not neccesarily as a review, but as a reply to some of the other reviews on the Norton Anthology of English Literature. The NAEL consists of mainly poetry is because for the most part that IS English Literature (Literature does not mean just BOOKS you know). In fact, the novel didn't exist until the 18th century. As for why it's assigned in classes (even if you don't read the entire thing)? Well, maybe your professor figured that it would be a valuable referrence book, as well as a life-long companion-- which it is.

The second edition of this outstanding guidebook has been produced by people who were rightly content in general terms with the style and content of the first. Twelve pages of colour photographs have been added - calculated more to increase sales than to be of use to the traveller on the road.

Of the three sections, Part One, The Basics and Part Three, Contexts, are little changed. Between them, Part Two, The Guide, at 1005 pages is 76 pages longer. Regions which get an increase of twenty per cent or more are Dongbei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hong Kong and Macau.

A few new routes have been added, including the roads from Chengdu to Shaanxi and from Mangshi south-east along the Burma border. The book notes the opening of western Sichuan and north-western Yunnan, but unfortunately and oddly provides little information about these important regions. In fact there is very little mention of a vast tract stretching generally south from the Xining-Lhasa road, through Qinghai, the Tibetan "Autonomous" Region and western Sichuan to north-western Yunnan.

Although that region warrants much more attention, it is inevitable that there will be some substantial regions that do receive little or no attention. All of north-eastern Sichuan/Chongqing, for example, is a blank. Perhaps it deserves to be; but a traveller is unlikely to find out unless he ventures there and explores for himself. This raises another unfortunate omission - any comprehensive account of which parts of China are still closed to foreign visitors without special permits. That matter is of little importance to travellers wishing to visit the "sights" listed in this guidebook, because few of those "sights" are in closed areas. That is, I expect, why the whole matter of what is closed amounts almost to a non-issue for the popular guidebooks. But it is certainly of importance to the traveller who, having reached this or that province with the help of a guidebook, wishes to go off to see what is in one of the blank areas. Comprehensive lists of what is closed are available, but hard to get, and available nowhere that I know of in English. Such a list, or better still a map of China showing the counties which are closed would be invaluable. That is exactly the kind of information that a guidebook of this kind should provide.

The great majority of the changes in this edition are in the detail - admission prices, opening hours, accommodation addresses and prices. Whether the new information is accurate will have to wait for on-the-road testing. But the very large number of detailed changes suggests that the revision has been thorough.

There is, of course, the usual and almost inevitable smattering of errors - Dehong described as an "Autonomous Region" (it is an autonomous prefecture) at page 810, Hubei abutting Sichuan (p503: it used to, but not since Chongqing was excised from Sichuan province in about 1997), the map on p773 showing part of Guanxi as incorporated in Guizhou province, Anhui not named on the map at p470, Macau omitted from the table of contents. An important error is the map on p898, showing the "Desert Highway" across the Taklamakan as joining the southern highway at Khotan, more than three hundred kilometres west of the actual junction, which is east of Minfeng (Niya).

I would have liked to see more attention to the regional maps rather than the twelve pages of pictures. The maps are, on the whole for their given scope, reasonably well done, fitting in well with the text. Their scale bars are sometimes awry, and maps of adjoining regions are sometimes incompatible - most notably the map of the north-west, which does not fit with the other maps at any scale.

So now I come to another special plea. Planning a trip through several regions calls for an overall map. In times gone by, fold-out or loose sheet maps were sometimes provided with guidebooks. Perhaps the practice was abandoned on the grounds of cost; it was not abandoned for lack of usefulness. Of course separate maps are available, but they are much less useful than a map would be if specially prepared for a particular guidebook - less useful because they include so many places not mentioned in the book, omit some that are, and in China may even use different names. After wrestling with adjustments to scales different from those indicated by scale bars I produced a single map of China from the regional maps in the new Rough Guide, and a most useful map it is for use in conjunction with the book.

When next I travel to China, the new edition of the Rough Guide will be the one I shall take, supplemented where needed and possible by information from other sources. ()

The book describes in detail almost everything one needs to know about going to China. From reccomending large 5 star hotels to Yurts in out of the way villages, the Rough Guide helps you get there the way you want to get there. The guide is so detailed that it even reccomended a small village in the middle of Inner Mongolia called Zhaohe. I went there and found it to be what the guide promised...out of the way and no tourists. Invaluable information such as this makes traveling in an already crowded China more rewarding and interesting.

I am just back from a week in China. Unlike my normal travels this time I stayed in luxury hotels and had arranged transport. Therefore I did not depend on the guide to tell me which bus to take from which museum etc ( at any rate a painful thing to do with most guides and something to be explored much more easily locally).

The guide was superb in giving condensed information on the places we have visited ( Beijing, Xi'An and Shanghai) and enabled us to do all the planning of what we wanted to do and wanted to see whilst travelling. I found the information on markets and shopping to be very accurate and, most enjoyable, for all the markets, places of interest, restaurants, hotels etc. the guide had the names in Cihinese characters as well, so that we could tell our driver or the taxidriver where to go.

Also the general information on history and culture where quite interesting and gave another dimension to our short and unplanned trip. All in all well worth the value.

One tip; the guide has for all the hotels the listed prices. Through the Internet or with frequent flyer cards you can get up to 60% discounts even in the big hotels like Sheraton and Hilton.

Interesting story about one man's rise from the porch of poverty to the mansions of Beverly Hills. The story is well researched and well reported, but it seems that Geffen is a hero to the author, and there is a positive slant placed on almost all his actions. The actions of his rivals are seen almost always in a negative light.

The choice for references was kind of strange to me, too, including long quotes from "Queer in America."

This shows the work of a hero-worshipping author writing from afar. One who sat down with David Geffen and spent time and effort to interview and understand the man might come up with a much different, and much better, work.

Rags to riches...David to Mr. Geffen, Sir. This book is a true testament to hard work does have it rewards. David Geffen's rise was phenomenonal but with his work ethic and business savvy it was actually expected. It landmarked Geffen's rivalries and inhibitions and showed how he made the big mergers of the conglomerates in the 90's work for him. A fine road map for future moguls. Slow reading in the beginning but it made up for it in the end. A fine piece.

Stephen Singular details the meteoric rise of a music moguls rise from a working class Brooklyn family to a major player in the entertainment industry. Personal secrets are shared with the reader including a lost love with Cher and the pain of admitting his sexuality in public. A great read for someone intrested in how the entertainment industry works or just how to claw your way to the top.

Historical imperative is mercyless:Federations do not survive.Anybody who asserts that a group of heterogenic nations in every respect-cultural,linguistic,religious,racial,ethnic.-could coexist within one virtual border and where like Brown's Movement will persist difusion of uniformitarian tendencies that serve to create common identity,is simply ignorant utopist,that fails true vision of history and "Us and They" factor as product of vigorius separatistic forces which promote diversity,quite unlike authors solipsistic "unity in diversity" social outlooks.Convergence is not the option and it could contribute towards escalation of particularistic sentiments,and it is absurd by the virtue of its own egalitarian sentiments because creolisation which will be created will exhaust itself in capability to promote generation of acceptable to all cultural modalities,unlike the model of clearly defined social coexistence,which has infinite potentials for progress within balanced preservation of complexities of group identitys.Interesting is that a new kind of identity has suplanted ancient ethno-cultural loyalities namely continental identity.Thus people speak of themselves as "Europians","Africans","Asians"-as if Irish,Greeks,Swedes or Japanese,Philipinos and Aphganistanians are something different from others,and this is clearly case of subconciouss emulation of Mondialistic identity model,nurtured by those Social Engineers like Marx,Popper,Russell and others who would assert that "global citizenship",presumably one that is born under Guiding Force-temporarily functioning enforcing center(role that U.S.S.R. tried to play once),will eliminate regionalisms and lead to Eternal Peace,where conflicting defence systems would be merged into "planetary police".It is precisely that unnatural policy that has lead to "Heider Phenomenon" in Austria.Xenophobia will ultimately show itself victorious over mediocretisationing of masses,streching their collective identity too far into wide areas of Cartesian deductionist aculturisations ,and it would be impossible to establish illusion of neutral relations in such collectives,without massive,faceless bureucratic machinery.It is living truth that majority of those people who were engaged furiously in ellimination of communism during 1989,had sympathy for the regime,that claimed virtualy the same ideals, without mental reservations.All those "dissidents" and "martyrs" who were persecuted,tortured,maligned,barefooted,derogated,maligned again,marginalised etc. are only product of their own conformism,and if some other "ism" were to be triumphant it is likely that many of them will join the mainstream,representing evilness of curent social reality.With regard to N.A.T.O., it was perhaps pragmatic nessecity of the time,but now idea of collective deffence,under the euphemism of partnership,is as absurd as Planet Earth's football team.It is clear who are Russians and who are Estonians or Armenians within the Alliance.History will witness massive resistence within the N.A.T.O member states to risk their citizens lifes and resources,for what are somebody else's problems,even when outcome may be benneficciary. Simply,Greeks and Americans are not 300.000.000.And they are partners-but only complementary up to the certain point,and rigid enforcement could provoke only ambivalent relations.Therefore,N.A.T.O. has reached its fifteen minutes of glory and speaking of its future is highly hipocritical euphemistic exposure of relation-Hungary was occupied,but now it's partner,U.S.S.R was ruthless Empire,but West is voluntary created Commonwealth.Hopefully, perhaps such globalistic ideology will transform itself peacefully,in accordance to some of its own ideals,and that there will be no need for illusions of "security guaranteed" within what seems to be a fast evolving Power Monopoly-evolving into advocate of everything that was against for.

Reviewed by NIGEL CLIVE in International Relations, Volume XIII, No 5, August 1997

The end of the Cold War was not foreseen on either side of the Atlantic. The consequential need to rethink and update strategic, political and economic relations between America and Europe in a global context has spurred a contingent of leading RAND thinkers to sketch out the contours of a redefined Atlantic partnership. This welcome project has already been praised by Henry Kissinger and George Schultz. No less welcome would be a similar academic initiative from the European side. The readiness of Europe to accept greater responsibility could encourage internationalism in the United States where the latest evidence shows public preference for shared world leadership. Indeed, both Atlantic partners need to raise their sights to the idea of a global endeavour. The Bosnian war has made the European Union (EU) begin to assume a leading role in the Atlantic partnership within Europe, and it is clearly in a better position than the United States to ensure the economic and political stability of East Central Europe, the Baltic States, Ukraine and the Balkans.
Ronald Asmus's examination of the new partnership after the end of the Cold War involves enlarging the EU and NATO eastward. The second enlargement means broadening the horizon beyond the European continent where the United States and Europe share vital interests. NATO should expand its responsibility from that of defending Western Europe to that of managing security in Europe as a whole, as when Alliance troops were used to implement a Balkan peace plan and prevent instability from spreading in Europe. Asmus argues that if one wants to have a strategy for fighting wars together, one should first develop a common strategy for preventing them. This underscores the need for a coordinated and political and economic strategy.
Gregory Treverton outlines an economic agenda for the new era. He puts forward ideas for a more ambitious Atlantic partnership in trade and other economic policies and examines how growing European interests in world trade might bring advantages to both parties as they exert global economic partnership. New military structures in NATO are advocated by James Thomson, who proposes a new NATO major command to deal with contingencies outside the NATO area, most importantly in the Persian Gulf. He acknowledges that there are serious problems on both sides and recalls that the Bosnian peace deployment debate was a close call. John van Oudenaren shows guarded optimism about the multiplicity of partnerships that span the Atlantic. The United States has every reason to encourage initiatives by the EU, but the fact that the US is still needed in Europe to contribute to European security introduces a major asymmetry in the American-European relationship. It means they can never be truly equal partners outside Europe.
According to David Gompert, the strength of the integrated world economy is to the new era what the containment of the Soviet Union was to the old. The more integrated the core of the world economy, West Europe East Asia and North America, the more indivisible is its security. In varying shades, the threat comes from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and North Korea. On most matters of global significance, the United States seeks the support of its European partners in the United Nations, G7 and NATO. But it will take US initiatives to persuade Europeans that the Atlantic relationship needs a new purpose, a broader scope and reformed institutions.
Stephen Larrabee describes the security challenges on Europe's eastern periphery where the main challenge in Russia is helping to stabilize the reform process and integrate Russia into the broader European structures. Restructuring NATO to focus more on crisis management (Article 4) rather than territorial defence (Article 5) would help to build a more cooperative relationship with Russia. In view of Russia's hard line on NATO expansion, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, not the United States, should take the lead in campaigning for the Baltic states to join the European Union, not NATO. Security cooperation with Ukraine would be part of the Partnership for Peace programme, This would be an indirect means of drawing Ukraine closer to NATO. Polish-Ukrainian defence cooperation could also become a useful way for NATO to enhance its ties to the Ukraine 'through the back door'. Finally, the United States and Europe need to develop a common strategy for dealing with the two issues left out of the Dayton agreement: Macedonia and Kosovo. Challenges in the Greater Middle East is the subject of Zalmay Khalizad's essay. The United States, Europe and Japan need the free flow of oil from the Middle East at reasonable prices. Regional instability in the Middle East poses the first threat to an American-European partnership. The second threat is terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Despite their common interests, there is no US-European common strategy, especially with regard to Iran.
This collection of American viewpoints calls for a European comment which is well provided by John Roper. He agrees that less attention is given in Europe than in the United States to the risks of proliferation of nuclear weapons. There have been differences in perception and approach in dealing with hard-core outlaw states, and Roper concedes that Americans are generally correct in criticizing European strategic myopia. Europeans will need a 'leap of imagination' to accept a full partnership role with the common European voice in world trade negotiations, but progress has been much slower in the politico-military field. The global partnership has to be to the mutual benefit of the United States and Europe. Greater European coherence can only make a working partnership easier to achieve.
David Gompert and Stephen Larrabee conclude that the new partnership must be both more global and more equal than the present European-American relationship. Unless NATO's strategic rationale includes the protection of common interests beyond Europe, its vitality within Europe will erode. Americans must accept that only a more cohesive Europe can be a more responsible and effective partner. If the European Union is perceived by Americans as not pulling its weight, the American world outlook and role could change in ways that could leave European economic and security exposed. As a final thought, the two editors claim: 'it is high time for European and American leaders to reflect on how a partnership would help them achieve their highest priorities. Prosperity and security, political and economic freedom on a global scale can only come through vision and leadership.'
NIGEL CLIVE

"Traces of Thoreau" is a pretentious, self-congratulatory narrative, and rather a bore as a result. For this reviewer, it failed both as a personal story and as a descriptive work about Cape Cod.

The author just isn't as compelling to us as he clearly finds himself. (I strongly disagree with the editorial reviewer who said that Mr. Mulloney largely "absents himself from the narrative." It just isn't so.) Although he fancies himself a modern "H.T.," there's nothing particularly insightful about Mr. Mulloney's walk on the beach, which unfortunately leaves Cape Cod shortchanged as a subject. The book does contain some informative passages about natural history, but there are some great guidebooks that are much better in that regard.

This book would best have been kept as a personal journal. You know, the kind that gets tossed out when it is reread it in a few years and found embarrassing even to the author.

For really fun and insightful travel/nature writing, try Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods"!

As I sat on the ferry steaming across to Martha'a Vineyard, I could not help but constantly gaze to the Northeast and attempt to see past the horizon to the Cape Cod beaches on which Mulloney was strolling. Admittedly, I have never read a page of Thoreau and I embarked on reading this book with some serious trepidation. However, I was more than pleased when I found myself along side him, watching the waves crash along the seashore, listening to the locals tell tales of how it used to be, and generally feeling right at home, even though I had never visited a single place he was describing. And to top it all off, his references to Thoreau ( or H.T. as Mulloney calls him) were not only clear and pertinent, they were solid enough that I now feel as if I am some sort of junior varsity expert on the Concord native. This is perfect summer New England beach reading. It's also perfect winter New England reading for when you're wishing you were at the beach. And it's perfec! t Autumn reading, for that was the season when Mulloney embarked upon his retracing of Thoreau's steps down America's outer rim. And I suppose I must say it's perfect Spring reading, for when you are preparing for the summer's events. "Traces of Thoreau" is summer escapist non-fiction reading at its best. It is a timeless work, to be appreciated for summers and summers to come. Enjoy.

Boston area readers should check out a review by a local columnist for a Dedham paper that in itself is a masterpiece in that it places Thoreau's book among the greats of late 1800s.

A worse textbook I have not seen. It's riddled with mistakes and misprints. The authors should be ashamed. The examples are virtually impossible to follow. Unfortunately, most students don't have a choice but if you do go with Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics (Mason, Lind & Marchal).

There is a newer edition out. However, the good thing about this one is the fact that they got a good Excel Section.

Don't let the title mislead you: Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel (Student Solutions Manual) has almost nothing to do with Microsoft Excel. This book is useful IF and only if you are using it as a companion to the Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel text book in a statistics class.

The book provides ANSWERS. It does not provide any how-to; it does not provide any Excel formulas/etc. But is does provide the answers to all of the even-numbers problems in the companion text book. That's the only reason it got as much as a "3 stars" rating from me -- it was helpful for feedback.