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Anyone wishing a more comprehensive treatment should utilize Foye's Medicinal Chemistry or Goodman and Gillmans work.

This book is very good introduction in the major aspects of the chemistry of the drugs. It explains with good schemes the reactions of drugs and others important mechanisms. But in my opinion it is necessary a chapter to explains the analytical methods that are being used nowadays in this field like HPLC,NMR,Mass spectroscopy and so on, for searching the drugs process thru the living system.

While I understand that many counselors lack the time (and, unfortunately, perhaps the desire) to read the original philosophical texts discussed here...I am very concerned that counseling professionals unacquainted with these thinkers will be terribly misinformed if they rely solely on this text. Having read the sections on Nietzsche and Hegel, I am fairly upset, as it seems to me that he has misinterpreted both thinkers and imposed his own (often contentious) values onto their writings. If I were completely unfamiliar with a thinker like Nietzsche and was introduced to his writings through this book, I know I would not want to examine any of his work on my own. But, in reality, Nietzsche's writing has been enormously influential and valuable in my life as a counselor. I'm sure Alex Howard very much believes that his account of each thinker is accurate, but I cannot be so sure.

Also, I really wish that more "helping" professionals would seek to further their education (and develop self-awareness) by reading original philosophical texts. Of course, it is no easy task, but it is so worthwhile!

In this well thought-out book, Howard provides concise overviews of around thirty philosphers and thinkers whose ideas bear on the deep questions of ordinary life. Though the primary value of this book is as a reference for philosophical counselors, and counselors of other kinds seeking to integrate philosophy into their practice, it is also a fine book for general readers. The book's short, self-contained, chapters provide many rewarding and provocative one-sitting reads. Few would not find some significant personal question addressed in it, along with tips for further reading.

THIS IS REALLY A NICE SIMPLE READ ABOUT AN INTERESTING MAN. ALEX KARRAS HAS HAD HIS SHARE OF FAME FROM FOOTBALL, BROADCASTING, ACTING AND WRITING. HE SHARED SOME VERY INTERESTING INSIGHTS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER. ALSO SOME GREAT PICS ARE PROVIDED OF MANY FACETS OF HIS CAREER. JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE THAN 80 PAGES TO THIS BOOK. INTERESTING AND WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.

Doulis takes on his vacation to Italy and in the process discusses bonds with his friend who is putting a barrier coat on the bottom of his fiberglass sailboat in a boat yard protected by the Mafia. The information on bonds, and the boat incidentally, seem very accurate. These are complex subjects and the explanations of the intricacies are excellent. For example, he uses graphs and text to explain how return on bonds are a function of interest rates. He explains some weaknesses in the way equities (ie, stocks) are sold to the public, and how the yield on stocks is not always what it is seems to be. I'm not certain, but I think he may imply at one point that you can avoid paying income taxes by having money in forien banks. (Hmmm...) My dissappointment came at the end of the book. I would have liked more information on mutual funds that invest exclusively in bonds. I expected him to show us, based on our individual risk tolerance and goals, how to best invest in bonds or bond funds. I had hoped he might even mention some bond funds he liked. Perhaps he believes you should make that decision on you own, but I came away without any inkling of a strategy or direction for investing. I also wonder why anyone would take the gel coat off of a perfectly good boat bottom and replace it with a prophylactic barrier coat.

As students in an English 101 class, we're the people that learn with this book. The book is well organized and we like that the book is paperback making it easy for students to carry it around. The Call to Write, in the brief fourth edition, provides us with information regarding how to write in general and also how to analyze other people's papers. It helps to explain different genres, as well as distinguishing the different genres. For instance, memoir, profile, reviews, etc. This is helpful because it teaches a wide range of information - for everybody. The arrangment of genres provides examples of the specific genre, breaking down for us the details of the fundamentals of each. However, the book often referrs back to previous readings, making it less affective to the certain genre, also this makes the reading more confusing for the reader. The tone of the book is down to earth and works well with students. The book also brings a variety of questions for each reading; these so called questions draw out the writer and its meaning. Overall, this book is a good tool that allows for students to write better in the real world.

There are many articles in this book, and space limitations allow comment on only some of them.

Although author Henry L Feingold denies that such is the intent (p. 397), it becomes obvious that the Holocaust-uniqueness approach advocated in this book does in fact diminish the genocides of non-Jews, and not only in a passive sense. Alex Grobman engages in an ACTIVE attempt to marginalize Polish deaths: "When the Nazis murdered approximately 10,000 Polish intelligentsia, in 1939-1940, and Polish Catholic priesthood in western Poland, for example, they were trying to prevent these groups from becoming a political and spiritual force that could unite the country against them. Similarly, when the Nazis murdered over two and one-half million Soviet prisoners of war, they were killing a military force that had fought against them on the field of battle." (p. 3).

But notice that the German killings were not limited to those Polish intelligentsia or priests who were advocating resistance against the Germans! As had been the case with the Jews, an ENTIRE GROUP was targeted for extermination because of the actual or potential actions of some of its members against Nazi Germany. And, as pointed out by Raphael Lemkin, who Grobman mentions but misrepresents (p. 4), the destruction of Poland's intelligentsia and clergy were not just ends in themselves. They were but the first steps in the eventual genocidal extermination of the Polish people.

Once disarmed, the Soviet soldiers were no less defenseless than Jewish civilians. And, exceptions aside, the Germans did not murder western POWs despite the fact that these had ALSO fought against them. Clearly, Grobman's reasoning is self-refuting.

Without intending to, some of the authors in this volume actually provide implicit evidence against the uniqueness of Jewish deaths. Yisrael Gutman writes: "As far as is known, there is no document extant which shows who decided, when and how, to commence the total extermination of European Jews. Many historians believe that no such order was ever set down in writing." (p. 119). So how can it be maintained that "all" literally meant ALL when the exact nature of the order is unknown?

Jane Gerber discusses the Nazi persecution of Tunisian Jews (p. 132). But the unanswered question is obvious: If the Germans were out to kill every last possible Jew within grasp, as Holocaust-uniqueness advocates claim, then why did the German forces not shoot all of the Tunisian Jews before retreating back into Europe?

Even more telling is the fate of Jewish POWs: "Allied soldiers captured in the West, even Jews, were treated more or less as provided by the Geneva Convention. Allied soldiers captured in the East, however, did not receive any protection from international agreements." (Henry Friedlander, p. 227). It is sobering to realize that the Nazis respected the lives of British and American Jewish POWs more than those of Soviet gentile POWs! The Germans had obviously placed observance of the Geneva Convention over the extermination of Jews. In view of the fact that some Nazis (e. g. Goebbels) were seriously considering the abrogation of the Geneva Convention for unrelated reasons (killing of captive Allies in retaliation for German civilians killed by Allied bombings), this takes on further significance.

In two articles, John T. Pawlikowski more or less accepts the premise that Christian leaders did not do enough to stop the Holocaust, and that traditional Christian teachings about Jews prepared for the way for the extermination of Jews. If so, then why did the Pope not stop the extermination of 2-3 million Polish Catholics (including thousands of Catholic priests) by the Germans? And to what traditional Christian teachings would Pawlikowski attribute the centuries-old German desire to destroy the Polish nation?

There is a variety of seldom-mentioned information in this volume. For instance, and in agreement with many Polish authors, Steven M. Lowenstein recognizes the fact that official prewar Polish actions against Jews were not based on religious or racial hatreds, but on economic self-interest: "In contrast to Russia, Jewish communal life was left relatively free, but great economic and political pressure was put on the Jews. The Poles found it intolerable that the majority of merchants in Poland were Jews, and to change the situation they implemented tax policies and created monopolies which excluded Jews." (p. 26).

Lowenstein is also candid about the Soviet Zydokomuna (Jewish Communism): "On the one hand, the Red leadership contained many persons of Jewish origin, and Jews as a group had been supporters of the new regime. On the other hand, much of the policy of the Communists was bound to work against the Jews." (p. 24).

The much-celebrated Danish rescue efforts of Jews are placed in proper perspective by Gutman: "The various conquered peoples were allowed different degrees of self-government. The Poles, for example, had no self-government, while the Danes retained relatively wide powers." (p. 121). And, in discussing the postwar hostility of many gentiles to surviving Jews, Joel S. Fishman comments: "Displeasure at their return was reported even in Denmark, where the population had helped save its Jewish citizens." (p. 338).

The means by which Simon Wiesenthal's wife survived the Holocaust is recounted by Abraham Cooper: "It exacted a heavy toll on the Wiesenthal family--eighty-nine members perished without a trace. Simon Wiesenthal arranged for the Polish underground to spirit his wife, Celia, out of the camp in the fall of 1942. For two years, the blonde woman passed as an Aryan in Warsaw." (p. 384).

The postwar use of ex-Nazis by the US government was a two-way street: "No one, to this day, knows how many Nazis the Communists used (and may still be using) in their military research programs." (Martin Mendelsohn, p. 390).

Much information is presented, some of it being superficial. Space limitations allow comment on only some of it.

Although author Henry L Feingold denies that such is the intent (p. 397), it becomes obvious that the Holocaust-uniqueness approach advocated in this book does in fact diminish the genocides of non-Jews, and not only in a passive sense. Alex Grobman engages in an ACTIVE attempt to marginalize Polish deaths: "When the Nazis murdered approximately 10,000 Polish intelligentsia, in 1939-1940, and Polish Catholic priesthood in western Poland, for example, they were trying to prevent these groups from becoming a political and spiritual force that could unite the country against them. Similarly, when the Nazis murdered over two and one-half million Soviet prisoners of war, they were killing a military force that had fought against them on the field of battle." (p. 3).

But notice that the German killings were not limited to those Polish intelligentsia or priests who were advocating resistance against the Germans! As had been the case with the Jews, an ENTIRE GROUP was targeted for extermination because of the actual or potential actions of some of its members against Nazi Germany. And, as pointed out by Raphael Lemkin, who Grobman mentions but misrepresents (p. 4), the destruction of Poland's intelligentsia and clergy were not just ends in themselves. They were but the first steps in the eventual genocidal extermination of the Polish people.

Once disarmed, the Soviet soldiers were no less defenseless than Jewish civilians. And, exceptions aside, the Germans did not murder western POWs despite the fact that these had ALSO fought against them. Clearly, Grobman's reasoning is self-refuting.

Without intending to, some of the authors in this volume actually provide implicit evidence against the uniqueness of Jewish deaths. Yisrael Gutman writes: "As far as is known, there is no document extant which shows who decided, when and how, to commence the total extermination of European Jews. Many historians believe that no such order was ever set down in writing." (p. 119). So how can it be maintained that "all" literally meant ALL when the exact nature of the order is unknown?

Jane Gerber discusses the Nazi persecution of Tunisian Jews (p. 132). But the unanswered question is obvious: If the Germans were out to kill every last possible Jew within grasp, as Holocaust-uniqueness advocates claim, then why did the German forces not shoot all of the Tunisian Jews before retreating back into Europe?

Even more telling is the fate of Jewish POWs: "Allied soldiers captured in the West, even Jews, were treated more or less as provided by the Geneva Convention. Allied soldiers captured in the East, however, did not receive any protection from international agreements." (Henry Friedlander, p. 227). It is sobering to realize that the Nazis respected the lives of British and American Jewish POWs more than those of Soviet gentile POWs! The Germans had obviously placed observance of the Geneva Convention over the extermination of Jews. In view of the fact that some Nazis (e. g. Goebbels) were seriously considering the abrogation of the Geneva Convention for unrelated reasons (killing of captive Allies in retaliation for German civilians killed by Allied bombings), this takes on further significance.

In two articles, John T. Pawlikowski more or less accepts the premise that Christian leaders did not do enough to stop the Holocaust, and that traditional Christian teachings about Jews prepared for the way for the extermination of Jews. If so, then why did the Pope not stop the extermination of 2-3 million Polish Catholics (including thousands of Catholic priests) by the Germans? And to what traditional Christian teachings would Pawlikowski attribute the centuries-old German desire to destroy the Polish nation?

There is a variety of seldom-mentioned information in this volume. For instance, and in agreement with many Polish authors, Steven M. Lowenstein recognizes the fact that official prewar Polish actions against Jews were not based on religious or racial hatreds, but on economic self-interest: "In contrast to Russia, Jewish communal life was left relatively free, but great economic and political pressure was put on the Jews. The Poles found it intolerable that the majority of merchants in Poland were Jews, and to change the situation they implemented tax policies and created monopolies which excluded Jews." (p. 26).

Lowenstein is also candid about the Soviet Zydokomuna (Jewish Communism): "On the one hand, the Red leadership contained many persons of Jewish origin, and Jews as a group had been supporters of the new regime. On the other hand, much of the policy of the Communists was bound to work against the Jews." (p. 24).

The much-celebrated Danish rescue efforts of Jews are placed in proper perspective by Gutman: "The various conquered peoples were allowed different degrees of self-government. The Poles, for example, had no self-government, while the Danes retained relatively wide powers." (p. 121). And, in discussing the postwar hostility of many gentiles to surviving Jews, Joel S. Fishman comments: "Displeasure at their return was reported even in Denmark, where the population had helped save its Jewish citizens." (p. 338).

The means by which Simon Wiesenthal's wife survived the Holocaust is recounted by Abraham Cooper: "It exacted a heavy toll on the Wiesenthal family--eighty-nine members perished without a trace. Simon Wiesenthal arranged for the Polish underground to spirit his wife, Celia, out of the camp in the fall of 1942. For two years, the blonde woman passed as an Aryan in Warsaw." (p. 384).

The postwar use of ex-Nazis by the US government was a two-way street: "No one, to this day, knows how many Nazis the Communists used (and may still be using) in their military research programs." (Martin Mendelsohn, p. 390).

this was a text book for psychology at Baker College in Port Huron in Chonda Stimer's class. I found it to be the correct book. Beyond that, it has a lot of useful contemporary (post 9/11) information that is quite useful. Be sure to get the workbook as well. As a textbook, it is actually a very interesting book and no sleeper, as so many text's tend to be.

When I purchased Simpson's A SAILOR'S GUIDE TO WIND, WAVES AND TIDES, I was hoping for a primer which would relate the sailing environment to the sailing experience. I was looking for a book that would explain weather conditions in a way that would be particularly useful and interesting to sailors. What I found, however, was a basic weather text that places the highest priority on a logical presentation of theoretical material, in favor of a more personal or stimulating approach. To its advantage, A SAILOR'S GUIDE is concise and factual. To its disadvantage, it rarely mentions sailing as the context in which it bases the weather information, perhaps with the exception of the disappointingly dull, final chapter. Ideas and facts are presented in a pedantic, logical but at least understandable way. Unfortunately, the material does not build on itself, and reading this book is rather like reading any uninspired basic high school science text. And nowhere does the material come together in the form of any discussion about sailing. In summary, I do not recommend Simpson's book as anything fun to read, particulaly applicable to sailors or in any way memorable. At least it is short and to the point and could possibly serve as a simple reference for further, more specific reading.

It contained all of the necessary information I needed to move my business onto the Internet, without the usual condescension or techno-babble. Half the size and nearly a quarter the cost of similar books, but with so much useful information that the others ignored. I only wish that I'd found it earlier

If you are able to access this review on the internet, you probably know just about everything this book has to tell you. It is SOOOO basic that it is truly for the internet NOVICE. You might glean a few nuggets of information, but I found 99.8% of the book to cover stuff I already knew. I was looking for some good information on marketing an e-commerce site, but beyond suggesting registering with search engines and gently dropping your name in newsgroups, there was almost nothing!!

Another minor problem: the book was written in Britain, which is okay, except that most of the examples of web sites given are for British lottery sites, etc.

The only good thing to say is that the book is short, so if I was going to be wasting my time, the wasted time was limited!!

I would spend my money elsewhere if I had to do it again. I finished reading the book in an hour, and was thoroughly unimpressed.

This book was written for the person who may not yet have owned a computer and who may have never accessed the Internet. Buy this book only if you are the extreme beginner. I was looking for much more high level information that could be helpful in developing a serious, commercial grade Internet business. Information such as what type of technology infrastructure or technical staff might be needed to support an Internet business that gets 'x' hits a day. While the title of this book includes "everything you need to know", it will leave you very short on information for any Internet business beyond a simple web page.

Mostly this book deals with the practicalities of running a business online. Most of the examples given *are* British, but the principles are the same worldwide I would think. This isn't a blazing bonfire of a book, but it did provide me with quite a few sparks and was quite responsible about what it offered me (ie it didn't go on with 'be a millionaire overnight' or 'solve all of your problems with a website' nonsense).

If you are able to access this review on the internet, you probably know just about everything this book has to tell you. It is SOOOO basic that it is truly for the internet NOVICE. You might glean a few nuggets of information, but I found 998% of the book to cover stuff I already knew. I was looking for some good information on marketing an e-commerce site, but beyond suggesting registering with search engines and gently dropping your name in newsgroups, there was almost nothing!!

Another minor problem: the book was written in Britain, which is okay, except that most of the examples of web sites given are for British lottery sites, etc.

I would spend my money elsewhere if I had to do it again. I finished reading the book in an hour, and was thoroughly unimpressed.