This book was pretty thorough for documenting health and human rights in several areas of the world, apart from those in the middle east. A gross omission was the case of Iraq. It had an appendix with the declaration of human rights (plus others) for those interested in the "ideal" Otherwise, it was a great introduction into health and human rights.

Michael Inwood's Hegel dictionary is a great resource for helping one navigate through the dense fog of Hegel's philosophy. Inwood sheds light on Hegel's odd usages of seemingly standard terms, such as "negation," which under Hegel's pen bear significantly different meaning: to put it mildly.

However, I was disappointed to find that throughout much of the dictionary Inwood offers standard dictionary definitions of words, but neglects to indicate what HEGEL MEANS by a given word. Hegel's usage of terms is quite often so bastardized that standard definitions will not suffice. What a struggling undergrad (or grad) student needs to know is WHAT HEGEL MEANS, HERE, IN THE PHENOMENOLOGY, for example.

Blackwell's Kant dictionary is much more helpful in this regard, but, you take what you can get.

I would recommend using this Hegel dictionary (at least until a better one comes out).

Mahoney's book can be considered an excellent reference work for individuals in the field of manufacturing literature. It contains information on almost every manufacturing concept or idea presented in the last 50 years.

The author, R. Michael Mahoney's, years of experience and training as an engineer are evident throughout the work. The book is written in a straightforward style. Material is presented matter-of-factly. Many explanations are provided in the form of over a hundred charts, graphs, tables, Venn diagrams, and mathematical equations.

"High-Mix, Low-Volume Manufacturing" is not a casual read. It is meant to be analyzed and studied in order to gain the insights described within the text. Mahoney details concepts and ideas in order to help the reader understand the techniques and tools needed to successfully operate in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing operation. The best approach to the work is to read it in stages. This allows the reader to fully grasp and understand the topics discussed prior to reading to another section. The work is well positioned as a reference book

The story of Vancouver's voyage to the Pacific North West is one of much hardship, persistance and determination. John Naish tells the story of the voyage by cross referencing the journals and diaries of four of the key players in this expedition. Taken individualy the journals are a great read themselves but when used to collaborate or just to fill in blanks it results in a very pleasant read. It takes the reader into the world of 1791-1795 in such a way that we can forget, briefly, what we have today and imagine the world during the times of the French Revolution and the emergence of America as a nation.

First let me say that I am neither a science fiction fan nor a literary expert. Like many children, I read The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and the War of the Worlds. Those books became a part of my dreams-and nightmares-for many years. In the intervening decades, I had really almost forgotten about Wells. However,I recently came across a collection of his complete short stories, and this sparked my interest in learning more about him.

This is the first biography of H.G. Wells that I have read, and I must admit I chose it mainly because it was short and compact! I would actually class this book as as more of an essay on Wells the man and his character, than a history of his life. Not that the author ignores biographical data. I knew absolutely nothing about Wells when I opened the book, and now feel that I have learned quite a lot about his life and times.

However, the historical information is mainly presented as a background for the author's argument that Wells has been whitewashed by previous biographers. He begins with the premise that standard biographies of H.G. Wells ignored or downplayed certain negative aspects of his character and thought. According to Coren, Wells was wrongly admired as a working class hero, a scientific visionary, and a utopian dreamer. He states at the beginning that his purpose in writing this book was to set the record straight. His intent is to prove that Wells' works had a "pernicious" influence on society. He also contends that Wells was a man of bad moral character, which was concealed by a public image of genial tolerance.

The author attacks Wells and his previous biographers with two lines of argument. In one, he presents evidence for his assertions of Wells' pernicious influence on British society. Coren contends that Wells was an exponent of xenophobia, religious intolerance, and racism. As he quotes from Wells' own writings, these criticsms seem to be founded in fact. He quotes from works in which Wells predicts a future in which the world has been made safe through a combination of technological progress, and radical eugenics. (Although the author does not make this explicit connection, Wells seemed to be advocating a future totalitarian world society very much like Plato's Republic-except with flying machines and wireless communication.) If true, this certainly seems grounds for criticism.

The second line of attack is on Wells' faults as a friend and husband. The author gives considerable space to the feuds that Wells carried on with other literary figures such as Shaw and Chesterton, and to his spats with members of the Fabian Society. I found this the least interesting part of the book, but that may be because I know so little about the people involved.

Mr. Coren also takes Wells to task for his marital infidelity and irresponsible sexual behavior. Here the argument seems a bit shakey, as Wells and his circle were exponents of free love and sexual revolution. It is hard to see what else could have been expected from someone who held such views.

As I have not yet read the other biographies to which this book refers, I can't comment on the accuracy of his claims, or say whether Mr. Coren proves his point. However, reading this book was worthwhile. Before reading it, I had no idea that Wells had been such an influential man, or that his writings included such a broad range of subjects. I certainly found this book a fast and enjoyable read, and I am now interested in in tackling some of the longer biographies and crititical studies of H.G. Wells.

After wading through a wealth of new age and neo-pagan type pseudo-history books, this book was received with extra pleasure. A difficult read because it does deal with ancient Ireland from an archeological perspective, but worthwhile for anyone that is interested in life before the Celts. No gushing about how wonderful life was or how we should try to get back to the way our ancestors lived, the authors keep speculation to a minimum and focus on what is actually known. As a practicing druid, let me assure you that enough junk has been written about Ireland with nothing to back it up except other Llewellyn books! Actual information is hard to come by, this book is the best I've read (OK, it's the only pre-Celtic I've read)

Extremely well done and presented, this book offers unique introduction and insight into the martial arts World for aspiring young enthusiasts and their parents. The no nonsense information is presented in a very special way that kids can relate to and others can learn from quickly. The many pictures are very clear and feature not only techniques in good form but also historical and some martial arts celebrity shots that everyone will appreciate. The drills that are presented are challenging and on the cutting edge as far as developmental tools and will improve the quality of martial arts performance overall by novices and advanced practitioners. The drills are excellent models that all instructors will want to have access to.

Although simplified from the original scores, Lee Evans does an excellent job maintaining Gershwin at his best for the advanced pianist. I have been playing these arrangements for years now, and recommend them for the Gershwin enthusiast. No lyrics, unfortuneately.

Georges Simenon, that most prolific of writers, strikes literary gold once again with this charming "policier." Maigret finds a seemingly unimportant homeless man on the dark streets of Paris. The man and his story are more important than we think, however. The plot is intriguing, the character studies are astute, and the language is elegant. I highly recommend this short detective novel.

This could have been called the tail of two authors / Presidents. The book covers the Presidency of George Bush Sr. and similar to the Administration, the book has two faces. To me it seams that the foreign affaires sections of the book held the better writing style and most of the excitement or accomplishments. The domestic affaires section writing was just a bit less interesting; it lacked a certain spark that a good political book has. Given these two slightly different styles I would assume that the authors spilt up the duties and one wrote the domestic section, the other the foreign affaires section. One could also draw an interesting parallel with the actual Bush administration as they did a good job on everything outside the U.S. With this said, the authors take a critical look at the Bush years and they do not give it high marks outside of the Gulf War. The book is actually quite negative toward the Bush Administration, but in line with the current historical view of his presidency.

I also found it interesting, reading the book, on how many similarities there seem to be with Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. I can only assume that as time goes on a few books with come out with a detailed analysis of the father son team to compare and contrast the two administrations. If you are interested in that kind of thing this book would give you a good look at the job the father did. Overall, I found the book for the most part far and accurate in my opinion. If you are a big fan of Bush Sr. then this book will leave you a bit upset as the authors take a very critical look. It did drag at times and was not the exciting insider's tail that tends to make for the most interesting of political administration overviews. It did offer a very good record of what took place during the administration.