This book is an excellent practical tool to gain understanding on how the Production Sharing Contracts/ Agreements of the international oil industry work and how the negotiations on PSA normally flow. Johnston does not concentrate on cultural aspects of a particular country, but rather on the mechanics of the PSA and its major issues. The topics that Johnston covers are "Petroleum Fiscal Systems," "Concessionary Systems," "Production Sharing Contracts," "Risk Service Contracts," "Threshold Field Size Analysis," "Global Market for Exploration Acreage," "Production Sharing Contract Outline" "Accounting Principles," and "Double Taxation." This introductory comprehensive overview of PSA concepts is written in a clear and understandable manner so that even a person without a background in accounting, taxation, and oil engineering is able to understand the author's explanations and conclusions. This source will be most helpful to consult if one is interested in learning or simply clarifying the concepts of exploration economics, oil taxation, contract/fiscal terms, and PSA negotiations in the international context.

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Daniel Boone , a renowned name in the field of speech pathology, has written a readable self help book for any person who is keen on improving his/her voice. 'Voice Care & Vocal Enhancement' is a complex and specialised subject .But, Daniel Boone has written it in a simple, easy to understand format which would appeal even to a novice.The tests devised to gauge the various parameters of the voice viz. breath control, loudness level, optimum pitch, tone focus are easy to follow.The exercises for improving various aspects of the voice can be easily understood and performed by the reader. However,the book is aimed mainly at the layperson and is not for you if you are a singer or performing artiste who has a fair knowledge of the voice.

Despite the unashamedly academic origins of this quite massive book, Clayton delivers a compelling and surprisingly accessible account of the impact of the arrival of European explorers, traders and settlers on Canada's Vancouver Island. He examines the records left by all parties: British, Spanish and, refreshingly, Native American, and reinterprets the perspectives of each. This book is more than history, however, as Clayton demonstrates that geography, like history, is an entirely subjective discipline and equally prone to manipulation by individuals and nation-states with their own political, imperial and commercial ambitions. The effects of these competing interests and selective interpretations of the 'truth' have come to shape not only the history of British Columbia and Canada as a whole, but much of the world as it is today. This makes me think that this book has a far wider relevance than its immediate focus on North America's Pacific coast would suggest.

Particularly interesting is how the author analyzes European attitudes towards and treatment of the indigenous populations of the region, whose status as eager trading partners was quickly reduced to virtual invisibility as politicians, traders and historians set about shaping the region into a form which suited their own particular interests. The consequences can be found reaching into Canada's law courts two centuries later. Well written in an affable style not common in heavyweight academic books, "Islands of Truth" has transformed the way I look at history and geography; a thoroughly rewarding book which deserves to be read more widely than the subject material would suggest.

As a self-taught pianist (and well trained cellist), I love playing from this book. It's not beginner's music, but if you can keep two hands going in different directions (almost no chords), you can play this too! Some of the pieces were originally written for piano like Fur Elise and the Moonlight Sonata; some of these have been simplified. Many of the pieces come from his symphonies, and are great fun to do all by yourself. If you yearn to play Beethoven but can't handle the originals, this book is for you.

James Burnham (1905-1987) may be the "forgotten man" of the Conservative movement. Although he has been the subject of a few monographs and chapters in various books on the conservative movement, his name is not well known in the conservative world. Many who have heard of Russell Kirk, Whittaker Chambers and William Buckley probably know him only as a writer of apocalyptic anti-Communist books in the 50s and 60s.

Burnham's life was fascinating, and this book is a well-written, enjoyable biography. Born to a wealthy railroad executive, Burnham attended Princeton where he studied philosophy and literature. There he first became associated with Philip Wheelwright (he was also at Princeton at the same time as Cornelius van Til - another Wheelwright student -- but Kelly makes no mention of whether they were acquainted). He attended Oxford where he met Tolkien and Brand Blanshard. In the 1930s, Burnham became a Communist (of sorts) and an advisor to Leon Trotsky. In the late 1930s, Burnham rejected Communism and ultimately became a conservative. He even worked for the CIA for a few years.

Burnham began writing for National Review from its inception in 1954 where most of his writing concerned foreign policy and winning the Cold War. Burnham continued with National Review until he suffered a stroke in 1977, which impaired his short-term memory.

Burnham is not easy to pigeonhole. He was neither a member of the Old Right nor the Neocon Right, but shared characteristics of both. While sympathetic to free enterprise, he wasn't a doctrinaire believer in laissez faire. He rejected isolationism, but his internationalism was largely limited to anti-Communism. For example, he opposed US involvement in the Middle East.

Burnham's views on Congressional supremacy, his partial support for Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his views on racial matters would place him, broadly speaking, on the paleconservative spectrum. Burnham rejected neoconservatism when it first appeared as a distinct ideology in the 70s and his last public appearance, in 1983, was to accept an award from The Ingersoll Foundation, which is associated with a paleoconservative think-tank. In light of all this, it is a stretch for Mr. Kelly to suggest that Burnham was a proto-neoconservative.

This book gave me an interesting overview on Japanese sayings and probverbs. Alot of these probverbs will leave you stunned. You can apply these sayings of knowledge to everyday life even today. I would love it if this book came out with a revised version soon, because alot of use comes from these sayings. I hope I will help influence you if you decide to buy this book.

This book is basically in two sections. The first section is mostly an informative interview with Daniel Libeskind, which provides great insight into his theories of architecture. The second part is a beautiful photographic essay by Helen Binet. The book could use more things to read and intertwine the photos amongst the entire book, rather than nearly separating the two. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Libeskind's archiecture. Maybe sometime down the road we'll see a great collection of Libeskind's complete works.