This is a must read for those who appreciate interdisciplinary studies and want to understand the global economy, law, and politics. It offers an excellent balance; big enough to offer a lot of detail yet not too ponderous. Although it is very readable (not too technical), it's not a lap read.

This book is one of the best texts about international economic law. This book will help those who study international economic law to understand what is the legal problems of this world of globalization.

I purchased this book to use as a guide for developing a strategy to validate directory-enabled security infrastructures. It met my requirements and more. I discovered that this is also a great introduction to object-orientation for test professionals new to the paradigm. Also, because this book covers every facet of O-O testing it is also useful to testers who have worked in the O-O environment.

It starts out with a good description of the differences and unique challenges of testing O-O software. It then covers the basics. Starting with test planning it provides a clear approach to performing this important task in the O-O environment. This material can also be used as best practices for testing in any environment. I especially liked the chapter on testing analysis and design models. In particular, this chapter validated my personal theories on the way to approach design validation of directory services, such as LDAP, that are becoming a prevalent component of enterprise security infrastructures. The next three chapters address testing classes, interactions and class hierarchies. These chapters cover the foundation of O-O testing and provide those who are new to O-O testing with a clear view of what's important and how to approach developing a test strategy and cases, and performing the actual testing.

The book moves into advanced topics in the chapter on testing distributed objects. This is a complex subject and developing a test strategy in this area is a daunting task. The authors cover this material in depth, and provide a clear and complete description of all issues and factors. I was impressed with thoroughness and attention paid to the most minute detail. The authors include life cycle testing, which makes this book also important to software quality assurance (SQA) professionals. Note, SQA and testers are two different groups with two different sets of objectives. Where the tester is concerned with trying to break software, SQA collects metrics and devises process improvement with respect to defect prevention. The authors' approach contains something for each of these groups. The next level of testing granularity that is addressed is testing whole systems. This chapter covers the entire range, including stress testing, the wider considerations of system life cycle testing, embedded software, multi-tiered systems and more. Because my interest was testing security infrastructures I was pleased to see that the authors included security testing in this chapter. This is an added bonus, and shows the thoroughness with which the book approaches testing in the whole.

Other topics that make this a valuable book for test professionals are included in the chapter on components, frameworks and product lines. The authors show the differences between testing objects and components, and cover topics such as enterprise java beans, inspecting and testing frameworks, and interface testing.

Overall this is a comprehensive book that covers every conceivable task and topic related to O-O testing. It is well written and contains many pleasant surprises, such as security testing, and well developed test strategies for any environment with which an O-O tester will be confronted. It provided me with the exact answers to some thorny questions about validating and testing directory-enabled security, and taught me a lot more about O-O testing along the way.

If you are looking for an indepth history of the Anglican church, this is it. It not only explores the past to present, but also issues about the future of Anglicanism. Not light reading.

I had looked long and hard for a systematic overview of the Anglican Church in one volume and Stephen Sykes and company delivered the goods. The book is a collection of essays that describe what it means to be an Anglican. The contributors are scholars from within the Communion, including such notables as Peter Toon, Reginald Fuller, and Sir Henry Chadwick. All of the essays are well written, informative, and scholarly. The book is divided into 7 main parts: 1) History of Anglicanism (beginnings to late 1980s) 2) The Gospel in Anglicanism 3) Authority and Method (Scripture, Tradition, Reason) 4) Anglican Standards (Articles of Faith, Ordinals, Catechisms, etc.) 5) Church Sacraments and Ministry (Doctrine, Fundamentals, Communion, Laity, etc.) 6) Anglicanism in Practice (Morality, Pastoral Roles, Church-State Relations, etc.) 7) Prospects for the Future (Ecumenical Movement, Non-Anglo Anglicanism). There is also a very helpful glossary of terms and an index. With 500 pages and thirty essays, The Study of Anglicanism is bound to have the answers to most questions about the Anglican Church. I highly recommend the book to everyone, Anglican or non-Anglican, who wants to understand more about this unique, exciting Church.

Sorry, but this isn't much of a book. Only 160 pages without the index and other stuff in the back, mostly self-promotion by a few architects of their own projects -- ok, some nice hotels and good color pictures in the middle -- only a little technical information. Other books have much more content, or more pictures of a wider variety of hotels/resorts. Way too expensive for what you get.

Great Book, I am an architect new to hotel design and I found this book filled with lots of valuable information, especially in chapters 2 & 3 where they discuss some awesome projects. Nice photos and diagrams throughout the book.