This is the book that every nurse that is caring for HIV/AIDS clients should have as their foundation resource. Peter Ungvarski has brought together an outstanding group of contributors to make this a "bible" for the practitioner that is a novice to the practitioner that is an expert.

The text is truly all inclusive, in my opinion. It covers all aspects of aging from infancy to older adult. It delves into the world of the psychosocial and neuropsychiatric dysfunctions. And, Mr. Ungvarski and his contributors delve into the needs of special populations, i.e., men who have sex with men, older adults, injecting drug users, transgendered/transsexual persons, and commercial sex workers to name a few.

Mr. Ungvarski and his contributors go on to discuss alternative and complementary therapies and the issues that arise with implementing these therapies. They discuss the issues of culture and ethnicity and how it relates to HIV/AIDS. And, they discuss legal and ethical issues and how they play a role in the world surround HIV/AIDS.

As a practitioner, this is the foundation I use. I highly recommend it as the resource for HIV/AIDS!

The book includes 11 actual state-of-the-art summaries of immunotoxicological effects of metals (arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, indium, lead, mercury, nickel, platinum, vanadium, iron, zinc, copper) and summary tables concerning the immunotoxicology of these metals. All chapters which are written by scientists working in the field of metal toxicology include a brief summary of the history and the use of the metals, followed by the comprehensive description of the toxicology and immunotoxicologicy. The chapters are completed by a list of references. The recommendable book gives an informative overview of the immunotoxicology of the metals listed above. It is a helpful reference source for all academics involved with immunotoxicology.

Peter S. Onuf's book, Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood, is actually a collection of five essay that, as he says in his introduction, were prepared for different conferences at different times and places. His book is a scholarly coherent and original whole that revolves around two major themes of Jefferson's ideas of empire and nation and their relationship to each other. This is not a biographic narrative, but Onuf's argument that Jefferson believed the American Revolution was the first, powerful step toward a world empire of independent, republics bound together in a union of mutual affection and support. First, the establishment of independent republics forming an expanding union, essential to republicanism, on the American continent. The European continent would follow, and finally a worldwide union of free and independent states, bound together in mutual admiration, aid and affection.

Thomas Jefferson's ideal of revolution, that he called the "Spirit of 1776" would become the "Spirit of Everyman." Onuf argues in his introduction that Jefferson's vision of an empire of liberty would not reflect the corruption Jefferson attributed to the British Empire, and the more enlightened people of Europe would embrace this new way of political rule and life. Jefferson's empire would be made up of independent self-ruling people. The American Revolution would transform the world!

In Onuf's first chapter, "We shall all be Americans," Thomas Jefferson was referring to the American Indians, whom he idealized as natural republicans when they were in their "natural state" and uncorrupted by the British. Jefferson accused the British of being guilty of misguiding and misleading the natives in their mutual quest to fight and overcome the American colonists. In his second chapter, titled Republican Empire, Onuf's illustrates his argument that Thomas Jefferson's vision of an "American Empire" is founded in his experience of the American Revolution. Jefferson believed that a republican empire that avoided a central metropolitan power would be less self-serving, less onerously oppressive and less threatening to liberty. Onuf states, "Banishing metropolitan power from the New World, Jefferson imagined a great nation, a dynamic and expansive union of free peoples."

For Jeffersonians, the "Spirit of 1776" evoked both the Revolutionaries vaulting ambition to inaugurate a new world order and the desperate measures that they had been driven to by the collapse of the old imperial order. This was, as Onuf explains, the same old imperial order that Jefferson as a younger man had embraced and hoped to emulate in his public and private life. In Onuf's third chapter, "The Revolution of 1800," he illustrates the time and feeling of the era of a major sea change from the Federalist government, to Jefferson's principles founded in his proclaimed "Spirit of 1776."

Illustrating our Third President's reasoning Onuf quotes Jefferson, "The revolution of 1800 was as real a revolution in the principle of our government as that of 1776 was in its form; not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people. The nation declared its will by dismissing functionaries of one principle, and electing those of another, in the two branches, executive and legislature, submitted to their election."

Onuf goes on to explain that even Jefferson himself could not have fully grasped what becoming a people of revolution meant in 1776. Their national identity, states Onuf, did not begin to clarify until the revolution of 1800. Onuf explains that the crisis of the 1790s, with the limitations being placed on civil liberties had 'roused the people from their slumbers' with the result that the people began to become conscious of themselves as a nation. According to Onuf, the transformation of Madisonian pessimism into Jeffersonian optimism constituted a crucial epoch in American political history.

In chapter four, "Federal Union," Onuf shows that Jefferson could not, even in retirement, stay uninvolved in national politics. Missouri was to be admitted as a state that would not allow slavery, a "free state" of the union. The controversy heated up as people chose sides to debate the admission of a state that would be required to ban slavery. Thomas Jefferson characterized the controversy as "a fire-bell in the night." The "Spirit of 1776" itself was under attack. To Jefferson, the eventual Missouri Compromise was not a compromise, but a grievous wound to the union that he feared would never heal.

In his fifth chapter, "To Declare Them a Free and Independent People," Onuf takes up the most difficult part of understanding Thomas Jefferson. Onuf illustrates Jefferson's attitude toward slaves by quoting from Jefferson's autobiography. "Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free." In spite of the fact that Jefferson himself was a slave owner, he expressed his belief that everyone should be free. Concerning slavery, in his Notes On the State of Virginia, Jefferson wrote the prophetic and unforgettable words; "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."

Throughout this fascinating work, Onuf demonstrates that Thomas Jefferson is all too human. In spite of Thomas Jefferson's great contributions as one of our founding fathers and his ideals of freedom and the revolutionary "Spirit of 1776," he is not just an American icon. He is a man, of human contradictions, faults and greatnesses. His relationships with the American Indians and his slaves show his human faults, as well as his humanity.

Onuf shows that we are indebted to Thomas Jefferson for much of our common language of American Nationhood. As the leading Jefferson scholar, Onuf does not disappoint the advanced reader in this well-reasoned, scholarly work. It should be read, studied, enjoyed, shared, debated and on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in the history of Thomas Jefferson and the American Nation.

This is my favorite New York Guidebook. I lived in New York City for 5 years, and although I was in my thirties, whenever my friends would come to visit me in New York, I would pull out my Kid's Guide to New York to remind me of the most fun things to do in the city. Too bad it is 12 years old. Much of the material is still valuable, and it wouldn't take much to update it for 2002. I'd like to give a copy to a 9 year old who will be visiting the city for the first time next month.

Thomas J. Peters wrote this article in 1979 when he was still a consultant with McKinsey & Co. In 1982, after writing the super-bestseller 'In Search of Excellence', he became one of the best-known management gurus.

This article builds on research from Henry Mintzberg, which is summarized in the Harvard Business Review-article 'The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact' (1975). In that McKinsey-award winning article Mintzberg concluded that executives "move in a fragmented fashion through a bewildering array of issues on any given day; in fact, fully half of their activities were completed in less than nine minutes." But in this article, Peters explains that this behavior has its 'silver linings'. He discusses findings from McKinsey & Co. research under four headings: (1) Not enough choices - Senior managers get only one option rather than a set of fully developed developed choices. The advantage is that the one option is in accord with senior managers' preferences and this option is probably shaped over time by the managers. (2) Not enough time - Time is fragmented; issues arrive late, fully staffed. Each fragment can used to convey preferences and provide an opportunity to set direction. Peters also claims that "lateness is relative; each slight modification of the current option becomes a strong signal about what the next one should look like." (3) Too many filters - Bad news is normally hidden. But reviews and comments on good news provide a communication channel for management to share their priorities with those down the line. (4) Too much inertia - Major choices take months or years to emerge, which will result into a consensus that requires minimal correction. In addition, with a large number of choices in the hopper, decisions will show leaders' directions. "This reconception of the top management task requires hard thinking about what is and what is not achievable from the top." So what can executives do? Peters argues that they can shape business values and educate by example. "Top management's actions, over time, constitute the guiding, directing, and signaling process that shapes values in the near chaos of day-to-day operations."

Great article by Tom Peters in which he shows that the reality of management clashes with decision-making theorists and time-effectiveness experts. But he shows shows that this is not all bad the news. He uses four headings to prove his points, whereby he uses (as usual) realistic and simple examples. I recommend this article to all people interested in management and leadership. Peters uses simple US-English.

I would have called this book "Tooth Walker," and perhaps have anthropomorphized the "characters" a bit more, make it both scientifically solid (as it certainly is) and more fanciful, just slightly. It's certainly a valuable little book, and as are the marketing spinoffs. I deeply look forward to reading the upcoming series (Grolier) that Carol Young and Skip Crane are producing (over the next two years), on Imagining Nature, a fabulous and instructional series for young children on nature's formations, such as trees, fungi, ice--all the mysteries (and hidden faces) in the faces of nature. This series will spin the world of young scientists and the curious among us all.

This book is short, but sweet. The illustrations are nothing less than astonishing and the plot is very good.

This is a great book for preventive measures toward good health. It offers balanced nutritional information by an dietician. The recipes are superb for those who need to be careful with dairy or meat products.

We borrowed this book from the library for our 15 month old son, Ryan, and he absolutley loves it so much, I had to buy it! This is the first book that he has actually started pointing to pictures when we ask him things like, "Where is the computer? or Where are the shoes?" This book has great big photos (not drawn pictures) and I think toddlers can definately relate. We spend a lot of time with this book, looking at it over and over and he gets such a kick out of learning and talking about what's in the book. I highly recommend it!

This two volume text is an essential reference and mandatory reading for any Neurology resident or Staff Physician. I had the opportunity to train under the instruction of many of the contributors to this text. I found it to be rich in detail and clinical expertise. I refer to it often in my practice. It is concise and easily understood.