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As someone who works privately with students, helping them with term papers, I highly recommend this book. When students call me in regard to assistance with a term paper, I recommend that they buy this book to use as a guide and a reference book. As the title states, this is a "how to" book, and it addresses the concerns that students have about term papers. It is a practical and easy to use guide.

The book has some real valuable information about the various visas and how to go about obtaining one. It also covers cases where one needs to switch visa status. The topics are well divided into chapters and the book is written clearly with great case studies. (It is also available in Hebrew).

I believe this book is one of the best reading materials for anyone who wishes to legally stay in the USA, for whichever purpose. It is highly recommended, even if you have an attorney or about to get one.

This book is a gem. With humor, wisdom, and candor, Dave Hingsburger challenges his readers to come to grips with (and celebrate) the humanity, dignity, and worth of persons with disabilities. His frank discussion of sexuality is an overlay for a book that's really about freedom and basic human rights.

This charming collection of vignettes from the author's childhood in Duska, a small village in pre-partition India, is a delightful book. Evocative, amusing and touching -
A `must read'. The quotidian details of village life are captured with an indulgent and minutely observant eye. It made me guffaw with pleasure and tear up with sympathy as well.

A TREASURE NOT LOST: IBN BATTUTA'S TRAVELS IN ASIA AND AFRICA, 1325-1354

In 1354 the Caliph of Morocco commissioned a royal scribe to take down Ibn Battuta's account of his twenty-nine years of travels. The result was an eye-opening recitation from a learned man who participated in the affairs of the world. The book did not surface in the west until 1829.

The 1986 version under review here was a new translation by H.A.R. Gibb, Lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, reprinted by Oriental Books Reprint Corporation at Delhi, India.

Gibb treats Ibn Battuta "as a traveler, not as a writer of geography" and wrote it so that "this extract may be of service in introducing to a wider circle of English readers one of the most remarkable travelers of his own or any age."

In this work he does the job. The prose is easy to read and comprehend. Gibb's translation does not interfere with Ibn Battuta's narrative style. You believe that it is Ibn Battuta whom you are hearing as you read. The notations throughout the book, as endnotes, are scholarly, although the maps, all by the author, are a little hard to read. There is also an index of names and places, but there is no general index.

The stimulus for Battuta's travels stemmed from the "duty laid upon every Muslim of visiting Mecca at least once in his lifetime, so long as it lies within his power to do so."

"He was in fact the only medieval traveler who is known to have visited the lands of every Muhammadan ruler of his time," in addition to travels in non-Islamic Turkey, Ceylon, and China. His account of the Maldives "is the earliest descriptive account we possess of the islands and their inhabitants."

His pilgrimage in Ceylon to the top of the high mountain known as Adam's Peak is a place unique in the world. Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist alike revere this as the location of the imprint in black rock of the foot of Adam, or a Hindu god, or Buddha, according to their respective beliefs. The reported footprint is over eight feet long.

His account of a cowrie exchange in Malli (Mali) alongside the salt exchange there "showed the existence of extensive trade between West Africa and East Africa, as cowrie shells are found only in East Africa." It should also be noted that Gibb gives a brief but helpful account here "of the early negro (sic) empires" in West Africa in an extensive endnote.

"The extent of his wanderings is estimated at not less than 75,000 miles without allowing for deviations, a figure which is not likely to have been surpassed before the age of steam."

We are lucky to have this translation. It reveals a perspective that could have been lost, were it not for Battuta's keen eye, the royal Moroccan and his scribe, and Gibbs.

A.D.Saunders August 8, 2000 ++++++++

These book is a must for anyone studying for the diagnostic radiology oral boards, DO NOT OVERLOOK IT. I know , believe me.

On 1 Oct. 2001, the DIA commemorated its 40th Anniversary. This history of the DIA starts with DIA in crisis response with the 1998 embassy bombings, moves to the Cuban Missile Crisis, reviews the Cold War, discusses Desert Storm & the current situation in the Balkans, & concludes with the recent EP-3 China incident. The volume records some of DIA's successes over the years. Traces DIA's history, first at Arlington Hall Station as the DoD's one source of strategic defense analysis, & ends with a thorough discussion of DIA as the combat support agency it is today -- a force multiplier supporting combatant commanders facing real world crises. Gives special attention to DIA's evolving technology, its facilities, & methods of operation. Color photos.

My family is planning to move to Washington, DC. in the fall and I wanted to find a school that would fit my children's different needs. This book gave me all the information I needed in an easy to read format, without a lot of unnecessary information. I would recommend this book to any parent with school age children, that is planning to move to the Washington, DC area.