This book does what it sets out to do admirably well, although the reaction of certain readers makes it clear that its approach is lacking in certain areas.

This book is a comprehensive but well-focused review of the current political and economic system of China, recent trends in US-China relationship, and the emerging currents in Chinese society that will shape the country in the next quarter century. The book is written primarily from a business perspective, focusing on China's economic and market potentials (forecasted to match the US in total GDP by the 2020's though still much poorer in per capita terms) and the impact of political developments on the business environment. For those readers not yet familiar with contemporary China, this book is a remarkably well-informed primer. But even old China-hands will find the authors' detailed discussion of the probable future of China (some 100 pages are devoted to the section titled "Geomancing the Dragon") thought-provoking even if their own conclusions may vary.

However, the authors sought to instruct as well as inform. And their recommendations for improving US-China relationship - although perfectly sensible - may not persuade the human rights hawks in the US, who may consider arguments on strictly mercantilist terms immoral. But it's no accident that most of those intimately familiar with China are "pro-China" in the sense defined by a previous reviewer. China has plenty of human rights problems, but it has also come a remarkably long way in a amazingly short time. Progress cannot be measured without the context of history, and it's this area that did not receive sufficient treatment. The general normalcy of China today is an accomplishment that cannot be adequately appreciated without greater understanding of 20th century Chinese history.

There are issues of fundamental human rights and there are issues of political organization. While one is certainly entitled to avidly avocate the political system of his or her choice, one should refrain from waging moral crusades when we are all equally human and fallible.

Another one of my highly recommended books is Big Dragon: What it means for Business, the Economy, and the Global Order. Overall, the authors have a good comprehension of China's economic and political structure. However, Big Dragon has one important omission. Although the authors casually mention the economic impact of FDI on China by overseas Chinese, I would have devoted at least one entire chapter to the subject. In fact, the vast majority of foreign investment continues to flow from overseas ethnic Chinese around the world (over 80% of FDI). Along with Taiwan, there are significant ethnic Chinese communities across Southeast Asia. Inspite of the war of words, Taiwan has over $40 billion and growing invested in China. The chances of a hot war between China and Taiwan are minimal. The overseas Chinese FDI permeates throughout China's economy in almost every sector including agriculture, biotech, services, high tech manufacturing, etc. Many Chinese officials that I have spoken to would disagree, but I would argue that China's economic renaissance can primarily be attributed to the skills, technology, and capital provided by the overseas ethnic Chinese across East Asia. The growing informal structural ties between the Chinese communities across East Asia and China illustrate the development of a Greater China with Beijing at its core. China's current government is similar in many respects to the earlier dictatorships of the Park regime in South Korea or the Chiang regime in Taiwan.

It's been estimated that only 4% of Americans can tell the difference between People's Republic of China & Republic of China. (one of them is Taiwan). only 16% of them know Jiangzemin & Deng XiaoPing are the leaders of China. I've personally known quite a few Americans who think Hong Kong is part of Japan. Yet, they have been brainwashed by the western mass media about the image of China, they think they know China well, whenever a Chinese leader goes to Europe or US, they always raise the free Tibet signs. In this book, the writer, despite being an American , is able to help to point out the common misconception of China.

I agree 200% with what the author says. the writer is right to point out that China has always been peaceful, in late 19th century The Western powers all came here to China to get a slice of cake from the then weak Qing Dynasty. Britain sold us opium, took Hong Kong by force, (some looted National treasure from the Qing Dynasty is still on display in the British Museum. 4 of them were even sold back to China for billions the other week.), Japanese did the nanking massacre, France looted Vietnam, Spain took Phillipine, various inland of China was "rent" to Portugal, Germany, Austria, America, Russia, Italy...etc . Now, when the Communist party took back Tibet which was part of china during Qing & Yuan dynasty, those westerners robbers now get the thick face to tell China to free Tibet and respect human right? If you are Europeans, you'll definitely find this enlightening book. The author tells the fact.

The author also point out that China was centuries ahead of Spaniards and British in exploring the oceans, we were the first one to land in Mexico, but we were peaceful and never took other's land, it's the Westerners who did the expansion. Now, China have every reason to expand the army for self defense, this single act make the guilty/sneaky Westerners nervous. The author also show his confidence in China's peaceful nature.

Another great point the author made is on Hong Kong's return to China Once I met an American woman who told me that she's worried about the future of Hong Kong. she said that so proudly, as if we Hong Kongist all need their help. In this book, the writer dymistified this myth. Western robbers now say China is not democratic enough and will keep watching China's behavior to protect us the Hong Kongist. What they don't know is that Hong Kong has been ruled by several tens of governor of Britain, and only one Primier or Queen was responsible for choosing them, the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee Wah was chosen by several hundreds of people in Chinese government, and now the Westerners think that this is the end of Hong Kong's democracy. the last Governor of Hong Kong did made lot of democratic reform in his final 2 years, China of course have no reason to take that "tradition". I've always known this fact, but in this book, it's logically organised to form a powerful argument against the Western's non-democratic China theory.

Hats off to this American writer who dares to tell the truth and not to follow what everyone else is saying. I think this is the first step to enlighten the American people. You may be surprised to knwo that there are more biased people in the land of freedom USA, than in China when the news are controlled. (In fact, most Americans only care about the pop stars, and while voting, they only vote for the handsomest president. However, in China and India, people read more about politics and history, they are in general more educated and know better what's happening in the world (including the news the Chinese government intends to cover).

I sincerely recommend this book to all Americans and Europeans whose only impression and knowledge of China is from their government propaganda or from the Hollywood movies " 7 years in Tibet", Air Force one or " Street Fighter". China is light years away from what you think. In Hong Kong majority of people welcome the Chinese takeover, while (from this book) only about 10% of American think that the HongKongist like it. majority of Chinese I know in China knew about the June 4th incident, yet majority of them is on the side of the government. (though the use of real bullet raise some debate), This book is closer to what the reality is. If you want to knwo China, read this book, or better learn Chinese and come here to see for yourself. Don't rely on your government's propaganda...

This one could have been a contender. Too bad that three authors invested so much time and still could not pull off a professional product. Too bad that their editrs were so sloppy as to leave in way too many typographical errors and usage errors. In addition, it seems that they were more than a bit sloppy in leaving way too many loose ends and innuendoes. They make assumptions on too many points that a simple phone call could have revealed much more information. (e.g. How does Netscape store passwd information??)

This is an excellent "all-topics" covered book about web security. The book covers both server and client side considerations, as well as deployment issues (e.g., position of web servers and firewalls). The authors are among the most qualified security pundits in the industry - Marcus Ranum practically invented the firewall, and explains in lay terms the factors that influence web and server firewall deployment. Dan Geer and Aviel Rubin make outstanding contributions as well.

Before reading this book, I thought I understood the important security issues on the web. Boy was I wrong. This book is an excellent guide to the real dangers on the web and how to protect yourself. It is easy reading, although in some parts I found it to be a bit too technical. However, it sure is nice to know that I'm reading something where the authors really know what they are talking about, unlike many technical books that you find nowadays.

I was expecting more in-depth exploration of the subject. The author spent a whole lot of time telling the reader that not much was known about the subject because people who would be in position to know her personally have not spoken out. It seems as if the author had attempted to write an in-depth look, was not able to secure interviews that would accomplish this, even after travelling extensively . He then just seemed to quote other author's works to complete the book. I just don't feel he had enough information to have written and advertised this work as the "life and crimes of Irma Grese".

I got a very interesting look into the life of one of the persons belonging to the low ranks of the helpers to SS. As a testimony of what one of this helpers were capable doing - which led to her hanging after after The Belsen Trial in Germany - it should not be underestimated. This Grese has become some sort of cult figure among the neo nazis although they claim the Holocaust never existed or is undervalued. Strange that neo nazis undervalue what the Führer, Himmler and others like Grese did. Read it!

I thought this book was a acurate book of the concratration camps. This was a very deep book and had to be one of the greatest books I've ever read

This book has some very good papers and ideas, but one has to look a little hard. Those who are familiar with Dennett's more popular books will very likely find themselves quite lost. The ideas in "Consciousness Explained" or "Kinds of Minds" can be found, but the core of the book deals with intentionality, or the ideas Dennett laid out in his "The Intentional Stance". The collection of papers consist of otherwise hard-to find or rare reading, but in my opinion required reading for anyone seriously interested in Dennett's philosophy. There are some papers, however, that are out of context, like reviews or responses to critics, or forewords to other books.

The cream can be found in the papers "Real Consciousness", "instead of Qualia", "Real Patterns", "Cognitive Science as reverse engeneering", "Animal Consciousness" and his "Self-Portrait". Dennett lays bare his ideas on consciousness and qualia, and I have to say that his position as regarding qualia is clearly explained, and initially, seems quite plausible. But one still will feel Dennett goes too far in sayng that qualia are just the group of dispositions in the subject, thus denying their "qualish" quality, the red of redness per se. His paper, "Real Patterns" is quite simply the best defended and most coherent position on the reality of "folk-psichological" states, the ontology of things like beliefs, desires, and so on.

The papers deal with a multitude of subjects, including animal thought and consciousness, AI philosophy, cognitive science philosophy, and many great contributions to the philosophy of mind. I personally do not favour his positions in most subjects, but I cannot disagree with everything either. Dennett is allready one of the great contemporary philosophers, so it is worth trying to learn about his ideas, and I see no better place to start (or finish) than with this book.

Explore the philosophy of progressive, controversial author Daniel Clement Dennett as he takes you through a tour of cognitive science and artificial intelligence. Fundamental analyzation of the human, animal and silicon mind. Delve deep into philosophy of thinking, then come back and build an intelligent robot!

Clearly a "sequel" to Dennett's earlier "Brainstorms," this volume is an update collection of his thinking. The subtitle is pure Dennettian whimsy - "designing minds" - how many ways can you interpret that phrase. The minds within this collection are ours, those of machines, and of other animals. What part has evolution played in our mental elaboration? Is the mind a form of organic machine? This question has plagued philosophers for generations, but more intensely since the development of the computer. Much of the first section is devoted to clarifying the famous Turing Test - can a machine convince humans that it's "conscious"? Dennett's conclusion at this point is that it's possible but not likely practical. In essence, he doesn't care - it's simply not worth the effort.

An essay co-authored with Nicholas Humphrey is of wider practicality and social importance. Is the syndrome known as Multiple Personality Disorder [MPD] a valid psychological disorder? Dennett and Humphrey probed deeply into this issue, sharply aware of the medical and legal implications. The authors' resolution of the question is unique, but will not be surprising to those familiar with the Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness spelled out in Dennett's "Consciousness Explained."

Critics of "Consciousness Explained" are dealt with in a trio of essays. Dennett stresses that consciousness is an on-going phenomenon, not built up from a series of discrete events, as posed by some commentators. He repeats his objections to a "central processing location" in the mind, his appellation "Cartesian Theatre" restated anew.

Artificial Intelligence is a major interest of Dennett's and he devotes a significant portion of the book to the subject. He sees much of the work in AI as providing essential contributions to the understanding of consciousness. After dealing with the imponderables of the "frame problem" in AI, he seemingly enters a wholly novel area. He poses a fresh approach to thinking about Artificial Life through a geographic metaphor. It is one of his more thought provoking "intuition pumps."

In a new departure, Dennett also offers some autobiographical items for our consideration. His highly personalized account of witnessing the experiments with vervet monkeys in Kenya is an exemplary account of animal cognition. One of Dennett's strengths is his ability to deal with philosophical questions in an evolutionary framework.

It is always difficult to fix a "starting point" for those unfamiliar with Dennett's work. The best introduction to his use of evidence and logical thinking, not to mention the power of his prose, remains Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Some of his ideas on cognition and ethics appear there, but it doesn't cover his innovative ideas on cognition, which remains the foundation of his work. Consciousness Explained or The Intentional Stance are the better overtures in that field. This collection may not fit the bill, except that his incisive thinking presented here may lead to other, more definitive essays on his ideas. Still, the stature of Dennett's place in consciousness studies and philosophy are vividly displayed in this collection. If it's your first Dennett, you've chosen wisely. Follow up with his other works and discover what challenges he can pose. He is always a rewarding read.

This is for the individuals who know absolutely nothing about acupunture. Good introduction, but a complete waste, if you are trained or are a physician. There are better and more technical books. It really depends on your current level of acupunture knowledge.

This is unlike any other book on acupuncture. It is packed with useful information and written in language that everyone can understand. I never knew that acupuncture could be used to treat so many conditions. It is fascinating to me that pain can be successfully treated using acupuncture instead of pain medication. This book was an answer to my prayers. Thank you for writing it.

What a fascinating and enjoyable read with a humorous twist! I have been suffering with the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome and thought that my only relief could come from surgery. Reading this book gave me the information I needed and led me to seek acupuncture treatment as an alternative to surgery. I am happy to say "it works!" Mr. Sollars book is also loaded with some great self help techniques. This is a must read for anyone who is interested in alternative health care.

I didn't have the patience to listen to all of the CDs, but what I heard was terrible. They repeat every sentance in English, then in Spanish. This is not advanced at all and a jarring way to learning the language. Like other reviewers, I thought this was at most intermediate and not advanced. I'm still looking for a good CD set...

I have completed this course as well as Ultimate French and Italian Advanced. Ultimate Spanish is by far the poorest of the three.
Like all of these courses there is, in my opinion, a very major flaw. There is no transcript for the "Learn on the Go" tapes or CD's which comprise half of the audio material. The sentences spoken are often complex and are spoken at normal speed. No matter how many times I listened to some of them, I was unable to decipher them. I also found that for them to be of any value that I had to transcribe the "Learn on the Go" material myself--a very time consuming task. It took me at least a couple of hours per lesson--and I am a very advanced student of languages.
I was sometimes unable to make out the words even with repeated listening. (Of the three courses I was able to transcribe completely the Italian--a language in which I have near native fluency--and even that with difficulty. French stumped me once or twice. But Spanish...)
Another aggravating peculiarity of the course was the continual use of the future subjunctive--so beloved of examination writers of the 1950's but of little practical value. Also, dialectical froms such as "vos" received undue emphasis as did the second personal plural form "vosotros" which is absent in Latin American Spanish.
There were also a number of editing errors. The most egregious one appeared in the "Apuntes" section of chaper 13 wherein it states that the Basques are "direct descendants of the Celts." That is, of course, completely false. The Basques and their language are as far as ever has been determined are totally unrelated to any others.
I would also agree with other reviewers as to the limited value of the business information and the exercises.
All in all, Ultimate Spanish Advanced is not without value as long as one is wary of the many pitfalls. You do get a lot of material for the money--especially if it is bought at the discounts offered by amazon.com and elsewhere.

I completed 4th year college Spanish 20 years ago. I can understand a lot of what I hear on the radio or see on TV but am slow and clumsy when I have to form sentences on my own. The content of this book is on the right level for me.

Before I started using the book I reviewed grammar with Dorothy Richmond's Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses. I'm extremely glad I did. The Living Language book has oddly basic grammar information and very little practice. However, the notes to the dialog have good information that I put on flash cards.

The dialogs deal with content that's refreshingly far from the stuff I remember having to read in college. The dialogs take place at a book fair in Argentina, a job interview in Venezuela, a political rally in Guatemala City, and so on. I own my own business & like to follow international news, so I'm interested in the business & political info.

The recorded dialogs expose you to different accents and go at a realistic pace. However, the repetition exercises go too quickly for me. They'll read a line of the dialog that I'm supposed to repeat, but the line is often so long that I forget the end while I'm repeating the beginning.

The book claims it's equivalent to two full years of college-level study. I highly doubt that. There isn't enough practice, unless you make up your own exercises. And it takes me only about an hour to do a lesson, including making my own flashcards, repeating the dialogs twice, and listening to the supplementary info.

Since they're charging a lot, I would have expected the publishers to do a better job at laying out and editing the book. For example, there are no running heads. You can't flip through the book easily and know what lesson you're in. There are also a surprising number of typos.

Even with these complaints, the content is much more varied & interesting than other courses I've seen. So I'm happy.

Worst book I've read all year (this is being written in late November) and strong contender for worst book of the decade. Flat, leaden, dull prose. Cardboard characters with no depth. Silly little trivial asides. No sense whatever of plotting, timing or narrative. The author uses a true story from the pages of the Wall Street Journal as the basis for this book, but does not realize that he still has an obligation to write well and make the characters come alive -- you can't hang your words on an extoskeleton; the book has to have internal structure. The ending is farcial, and the subplot conflict between father and son is a genuine embarassment to read. Avoid at all costs. I want my money back!!

In just his second novel, Daniel Akst has certainly grasped a level of cynicism that nearly overshadows a brilliant book about the loss of innocence in small-town America.

Akst's The Webster Chronicle captures a town in termoil after an allegation of spanking at a local day care evolves into a national drama with the town's newspaper editor at the center of it all.

Akst weaves the plot and characters so deftly as to marvel at his level of craftsmanship. But in the midst of a thought-provoking tale, he defaces any and all societal institutions, including a tabloid media, religion, government, the justice system and corporate America, which leaves the reader with a sour taste.

With so many integral parts to the puzzle, the message is so muddled and gets lost in a maze that eventually reaches a lousy ending in the final two pages.

While Terry Mathers, Akst's complex and pot-smoking protagonist, eventually reaches an obvious epiphany, the fate Akst's creates for him is so far from what anyone might expect, particulary his final career and relationship destinations. Mathers, like his father and his wife, end the novel with no redeeming qualities.

But that is Akst's ultimate goal and message. In a complex and inter-connected world, nothing and no one are as innocent as they appear.

Daniel Akst takes his readers into the small town of Webster, where Terry Mathers and his estranged wife Abigail run the weekly newspaper, The Webster Chronicle, in a time of change. The local department store is embroiled in a takeover bid that threatens the downtown as Webster knows it (no matter that most people shop at the mall), and the Alphabet Soup preschool is so popular that they admit children on a competitive basis (even though it is used primarily for day-care and not academic enrichment.) Single parenthood is on the rise. In this environment, the stage is set for an unknowning reenactment of the Salem witch trials: a drunken, bereaved mother shouts out a single, misunderstood accusation, and the town is forever changed by hysteria.

Akst is best here when he explores Webster through the eyes of Terry Mathers, the stuttering, struggling, editor who feels that he will always be living in the shadow of his father, a well-known newscaster. Emily,the owner of the preschool who is accused of child abuse, also has a compelling perspective, but some of the others water down the central thrust of the novel. Akst, in his attempt to fully explore the issues, spreads himself too thin, sometimes glossing over areas he has carefully introduced, other times concentrating on a minor aspect. However, the quality of the writing carries this story through its weaknesses with aplomb.

Although THE WEBSTER CHRONICLE does not have the emotional energy of Akst's debut, ST. BURL'S OBITUARY, it does have the mark of a maturing novelist. Akst is a literary talent to watch.

I recommend this book for readers of literary fiction as well as for those interested in issues of small town America, false memories, child abuse, and mass hysteria.

I rarely find myself dissatisfied with a product. I'm not this time, but there are a few comments I feel should be made. First and foremost, White Wolf crossovers simply don't work. This book requires you to take Werewolf out of its normal context and place it in a world designed for Vampire.

This is not inherently a problem. Werewolf has certain perks, even in the Dark Ages. But there is no conflict. When White Wolf branches into alternate settings, there is always a unique conflict (such as the Storm Eater in Wild West). I find that oddly lacking. This book lacks the conflict in the Americas (for obvious reasons), all-powerful Wyrm spawn, and all other potential enemies. In fact, it seems more to me like a hack-and-slash version of a serious game.

What I find most distasteful is that it's a reprint of existing information. It varies only in small areas from the information in Werewolf: the Apocalypse. The Pure Ones are missing and the Glasswalkers have a period-appropriate name. But the Vampire: the Dark Ages covers this information sufficiently.

In the end, all I can say for sure is that this is a good game out of its element. If Werewolves are to be used in the Dark Ages, use them with crossover rules: there are no tribes, they're all Lupines. Keep the games true to themselves, leave them in their own time.

Dare you leave your filthy alleys and rotting cities, toss modernization behind you and visit the era when the wyrm was young and the garou mere legends? True enough, no real roleplayer needs to be told what a broadsword is, and not many would find the entire chronicles of the british islands necessary, but this book conveys an entirely new atmosphere. No longer a fugitive in a losing war and painful memory, the garou in the dark ages are the real monsters - the Bad Wolf of legends, horrors in the long nights. These are the times when a wolf can really be a wolf. However - don't mistake these times to be placid or tranquil - the young (and so far largely unknown)wyrm is growing stronger and bolder, huge monsters of old times stil wonder about, the Burning Times (the garou term for Inquisition) can return at any moment, and the abominable Leeches hold Europe by the throat. And intend to bite. You could say that this book is an interface between Vampire and Werewolf, because the Leeches recieve here a lot of attention - both in articles and in rules, and it is probably very handy reading this book along with Vampire. Being a devoted storyteller of the Apocalypse campaign, and having no vampire rulebook close by, I skipped through much of the Leechy parts, and focused on the wolf point of sight. Herein you would find the viewpoints of each of the Old World tribes along with short articles written on each (and smashing artwork - espeacially the one along the Fenrir and Fianna tribes), whole chapter devoted to history and atmosphere, new skills, gifts, rites and fetishes (sadly no new Totems), and new monsters to entertain the aggressive wolf race. Admittedly, those who know next to nothing about Vampire (like myself) miss a bit of the point, but overall this is a good book to have.

I'm a GM and i've been one for about 8 months, I love Vampire: The dark ages, and this is a must if you want to run a dark ages game. The only problem is you do need Werewolf: The Apocalypse in order to use this book. Either that, or you are familiar with werewolf systems and have certain knowledge on Rolemaster. Still I strongly recommend this book for those who like White Wolf's WoD.

"America's Undeclared War" could have been a wonderful article for a quarterly publication, a format that would have afforded Daniel Lazare enough space to make his argument, but which would not have allowed him 300 pages to ramble.

An inelegant and windy writer, Lazare has a tendency to lose the reader's interest by filling page after page with information that is only tenuously connected to his argument. He frequently lopes off the path, including long dirges on Jeffersonianism and Jacksonian democracy, as well as a host of other subjects that, while no doubt significant, could have could have been greatly summarized with the attention of a ruthless editor. As it is, "America's Undeclared War" suffers from Lazare's inability to determine what's really germane to his argument, and what he considered interesting or notable during his research. A particularly egregious example of this tendency to prattle on is a two page summary of Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," which Lazare details to reflect the move toward urbanism in New York between the mid-1770s and the mid-1790s. The Rip Van Winkle connection could have been made much quicker, which is true of so much in this book -- a book that easily should have been 150 pages shorter.

When he finally gets to his argument, Lazare provides some interesting, though not new, information about how government policies have served to drain urban vitality, and produce a move to the suburban hinterlands. So little of Lazare's book is pathbreaking, and it takes the author so long to get to his subject, that "America's Undeclared War" is hardly worth reading. Kenneth T. Jackson's "Crabgrass Frontier," which details much of the same subject matter, but which was written about 15 years ago, is a far more potent, incisive narrative. Read that instead.

Too many weird tangents. As other reviewers have pointed out, Lazare correctly identifies a variety of government policies that have caused urban decay. But most of his points have already been made by other commentators (e.g. James Kunstler, Alex Marshall). Also, Lazare goes off on tangents about things like the life of Henry Ford, labor union policy, etc. which really aren't that relevant to his major point. Like many leftish urbanists, Lazare seems to think that good urbanism leads to a liberal welfare state -- yet that most urban of industrialized nations, Japan, has a government as small as that of America.

Lazare's account of the systematic destruction of American cities is an indispensable eye-opener. Lazare demolishes the conventional myths that pass for analysis in most discussions of this topic, and reveals the extent and origin of anti-urbanism in American life.

or poetry to be read in a safe. there are some lovely poems here from sherman alexie, david barber, mark levine, and david marlatt, but for the most part, the poems feel stiffly correct -- corpses with perfect posture. this is no-beauty, no-risk stuff.

By far the most representative and complete of the slew of younger poet anthologies. There are some fabulous "younger" poets highlighted here, Joe Bolton, Joel Brouwer, Stephanie Brown, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Mark Levine, to name a few. There are also a number of poets included who I feel are just flavors of the moment. The democratic nature of this anthology is both its strength and its weakness. But if you're only going to purchase one "younger" poet anthology, this is definately the one to get. Trust me, I've read them all.

There is a proliferation of anthologies out this year that collect the works of a number of younger poets (a response to the new millenium buzz, no doubt). However, of all them I found the Carengie Mellon anthology more comprehensive and inclusive in the scope of its vision. It is the largest with the highest number of younger writers (perhaps the press simply had a bigger budget). But regardless, Daniels and Costanzo gathered here an amazing group that reflects what will eventually become the diversified literary canon of the future. There are many discoveries here and it is obvious from the intro that the editors tried their best to search for those finds that other anthologies overlooked. Reaching for the obvious names would have been too easy a task, best left to lazier editors, so it is with great admiration that I salute this, the most energetic effort to date.