Six step approach systematically guides the process of problem identification,needs assessment, writing goals and objectives, educational strategies, implementation process, and getting worthwhile evaluation and feedback. Based upon Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine model but substantial utility for all medical disciplines. I will use it in redesigning curriculum at my institution. Highly recommended!

Paul Evans DO, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs, Oklahoma State University COM

Although evolutionary psychologists (EPs) use economic (i.e., utilitarian) language, they rarely argue that market capitalism realizes human nature. But they never tire of damning Communism as unnatural and attributing its demise to Karl Marx's refusal to acknowledge that competition and inequality are natural. Ironically, when they castigate Marx, they condemn one of their own. Karl Marx a Darwinian? Impossible. Yet that is the implication of Tom Mongar's The Death of Communism and the Rebirth of Original Marxism. Marx believed that we are hardwired for the development of such natural powers and capacities as freedom, sociality, language, purposiveness, consciousness, and creativity. His complaint is not that capitalism exploits us, but that it prevents us from developing our natural powers and capacities. The more capitalism develops, the more one-sided and underdeveloped we become, until we reach the point that we are no long human. Marx was what EPs call a 'mismatch' theorist. He does not say when or how were were hardwired, but the answer seems obvious: during the thousands of generations we worked together with our kinsmen in the 'chase' and resistefd the bullying of alpha males -- unless we are to believe that productive arrangements make no contribution to reproductive fitness. Marxian communism does nothing more than restore to workers ownership and control of their work. It is nothing more horrible than the conversion of private businesses into enterprises owned and managed by workers, such as Mondragon in Spain. Only one thing changes: income derivedfrom the ownership of productive property disappears. Employers join their former employees on the shop floor and workers participate in the management of the firm. Marx warned against premature attempts to abolish capitalism because it produces the immense wealth and other conditions that make communism possible. He certainly would have opposed the Bolshevik Revolution in economically and politically backward Russia. He was not denounced by anarches for opposing hierarchy, but because he thought that a directing authority would always be necessary to coordinate workplace roles. But be also believed that workers who rotated themselves through the workplace division of labor,including management roles, would recover their missing sides. Moroever, he thought inequality would survive both stages of communism: the lower (market communism) because contributions differ, the higher (democratically-coordinated communism)because developmental needs differ. The point is that different abilities neither produce nor justify different developmental needs. How could the EPs have been so wrong about Marx? Like most Western intellectuals, they have never tested their Cold War images of Marx against the Old Thunderer's writings, a demanding task because Marx neglected to write down his theories in a single volume. Those who bother to read Marx from beginning to end will see the evolutionary psychologist in him and see how his theories answer Peter Singer's demand that the Left seize Darwin from the Right. Tom Mongar's book covers the whole corpus of Marx's writings admirably. If you lack the time to read Marx, read Mongar.

A refreshing treatment of alternative economic organization. In a casual and conversational manner the author saves us the sugar coated reviews of the all-but magical Kerala development story and dives right into the reality of an industrial cooperative in an Indian state that is breaking all of the capitalist rules and still winning the game! A must read for anyone interested in the struggle to transform exploitation into cooperation and voluntary participation. This book is a breath of fresh air in the sometimes stale realm of economic literature. Includes detailed analysis of organizational structure of Kerala Dinesh Beedi.

Really a very well organized manual. Very helpfull both for new labs and labs that should be in compliance with the regulatory requirements.

Direct democracy is an excellent introduction into the workings of democracy and the ambiguity of the various systems which claim the title of democracy. In almost textbook fashion, the book analyses the history of the democratic process and its possible continued evolution. An easy to read book that should be in every political theory classroom and on every citizen's bookshelf. If you are a student of democratic or social theory this text is invaluable as a guide to the multitude of implications democracy harbours. If you are an active citizen I would urge you to read this book to be aware of the manchinery of democracy. If you are not an active citizen read Thomas E. Cronin's Direct Democracy and you will become one.

Divorce Dirty Tricks by this team of attys. is the ultimate in
information on how to get the proper legal representation including gutsy questions to ask an atty before you retain them.
It is written in an easy to read and vastly interesting format.
For every legal situation they provide various situations with
various outcomes... and a concise wrap up called "Moral of the story". It is both an offensive and a defensive book in covering
everything imaginable involved with divorce. My only criticism is
that there has never been a reprint of this must have for anyone
who is or about to be married,no matter how well it is going.

Doc Leroy is one of J. T. Edson's primary characters. It is possible to find him in many of Edson's books. Well defined with a lot of detail, you really feel that you know 'Doc' when you finish the book.

One of the best of the Travels with Jack adventures, Dreams of Sumatra is full of Sufi wisdom and native sounds. This is not an audio book but a full blown RADIO PLAY with a complete cast. Jack Flanders, an adventurer who explores planes of magic and enlightenment, is hired to find Jessie, a young woman who has fallen in with a native cult. He finds a book of Sufi peoms and leads a merry chase to the Vortex where Jessie is held. Inside the vortex, Jack must convince Jessie to free herself from the illusion she has created. The sounds were recorded on location in Sumatra and are simply amazing. Perfect for anyone who loves Radio Plays or Sufi Poetry.

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas made history in his poetry readings to an American audience in 1950: his style and presentation went beyond most academic presentations of poetry and entered the realm of the personal. This provides a biography of Thomas which is key to understanding his works and experiences in this country, and will make for excellent supplemental reading for those studying his writings.

Given all the books that have been written about the Tudor period it is extraordinary that none has covered Thomas Howard, the 3rd Duke of Norfolk. He lived through the reigns from Henry VII to Mary and played a major part in the maintenance of the Tudor grip on England. He even survived being sentenced to death for treason under Henry VIII, and spending Edward VI's reign in the Tower. Not bad for a staunchly conservative man of Catholic persuasions. (He avoided the block because Henry VIII chose the day appointed for his execution to die). Thomas Howard was released in the reign of Mary and died shortly afterwards at the age of 80. It is hard to think of any other aristocrat who was so fortunate. However, for once in the Tudor period, justice was done; he had backed his sovereign through thick and thin. Indeed, he has been much maligned as being no more than a 'yes-man' to Henry VIII and none too bright with it. But although he made no great claims to learning his contribution was immense. He communicated directly with diplomats, accumulated many works of art (preserving several of the Holbein portraits that are increasingly well-known today). He is perhaps best thought of as the last of the feudal lords, able to raise effective armies almost at will (though always in the interests of his liege sovereign).

David Head is apologetic about the length of time it has taken to produce this work, which has been gestating for over a decade, notwithstanding that it formed the basis of his doctoral thesis. However it is clear to the educated eye that a colossal amount of work has gone into it. It is increasingly rarely that one can read a history book and be sure that it is entirely the work of the person whose name appears on the cover. Possibly the reason no-one has attempted a similar work to this in the intervening period is that its reputation for excellence and academic rigour (sorry, I'm English!) travels before it.

This book is worth every penny to the serious scholar, although it may come as a bit of a shock to those who thought that Tudor History and Antonia Fraser were synonymous!

John A.W. Lock