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Currently I am taking an AP Human Geography class in my high school and this is the book we were assigned to buy. This book has wonderful charts and pictures along with descriptions. This book goes into depth and doesn't only touch the surface. I recomend this book to AP Human Geography teachers and students!

Although I recognize the intelligence of the author, I would not recommend this book to anyone who is not assigned to have it. The book does very little to help the reader comprehend the information beyond the "Key Terms." I, too, am taking an AP/IB Human Geography Course, and I found this textbook utterly useless. Please, save your money and time and buy a better book. Of course, if you are in college and like to waste your time reading tedious books, then this is your ticket!

This book is very dry and a horrible read. The best thing about the book is the appendix. The appendix is great! It includes several pages for converting Assembly to binary. It also includes several pages on Assembly language commmands and how they are used. The book is definitely not worth its cost, but if you are forced to buy it as a textbook, it may not be bad reference book to keep at the end of the semester.

Creo que este libro es perfecto para las personas que quieren aprender a programar sin saber hacerlo. El libro , aunque tiene ciertos errores de impresion, no deja de ser exelente.

Our main agenda is to have all guns banned. We must use what ever means possible. It dosen`t matter if you have to distort the facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed. ( Quote Sara Brady to Senator Metzenbaun in January 1994.) Now thats some scary stuff. Look at the arrogance in that quote. It is proof of what I have always known about Sara Brady and Politcians like her. They do not really care about public safty . It`s about power. More power for them and more proof of why the 2nd amendment is so impotant and why it was given too us.

Sarah Brady describes herself as a college goof-off, never quite the prettiest girl, and a happy housewife. She was delighted in 1981 when Ronald Reagan selected her husband, Jim Brady, as his Press Secretary. But she admits she was in over her head, wearing the wrong clothes and star-gazing at Washington's elite. Within three months, the dream was over. Jim Brady was gravely injured during the March 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. Sarah Brady's life changed and she became a passionate advocate for sensible gun laws. Her hard work and common sense were instrumental in passing two laws over the objections of the NRA: the Brady Law that mandated a waiting period for handgun purchases, and the Assault Rifle Ban.

For those interested in the give-and-take of the firearms battles in Washington, the book may drift a bit too often into asides about Jim's medical difficulties or the doings of a family maid or longtime friend, while not revealing all you might wish to know about the legislative battles. Fair enough, you can flip ahead. In the end, the personal material reveals Mrs. Brady as a compassionate, strong woman who struggles with family, trauma, and self-doubt, and earns her every victory. She's not quite a hero, in some ways she's more interesting than that. An every-Jane who outworks her opponents.

Brady was a dedicated Republican who felt the firearms issue need not be partisan, but rather one of common sense. While she has become something of a bogeywoman for the right-wing gun nuts (just read some of the other reviews on this page), she states her position clearly, "I believe that law-abiding citizens should be able to buy and keep firearms. And I believe there are sensible standards that we can and should insist upon when it comes to gun ownership." (p.104). Her long years of work in Washington, as a director of Handgun Control Inc., give her access and insights into the corridors of power. Thus her unflattering portraits of Charlton Heston ("phony") and Dick Cheney, who unconscionably was on the losing side of a 413-4 House vote in 1988 to ban plastic handguns that terrorists could use to sneak through metal detectors. One wonders if 9-11 has made Cheney revisit his position.

Brady's greatest legacy may not be the two key bills that she shepherded into law. It may be that she showed the country that the majority of Americans who favor sensible gun regulations can be heard, and that their wishes need not be trampled by the extremists who have hijacked the NRA. She showed us that one hard-working housewife can make a difference. This is a story of American democracy, how one brave citizen can change the law.

Not suprisingly, and as many would expect from the likes of Mrs. Brady, comes an objective book on a topic that is instead weighed down by egotistical banter and false intents.

This book has been summed up (to some degree) by others here already, so I'll save the room for their reviews. The only thing I wanted to add was that for such a "noble" cause (if you consider it that), Mrs. Brady herself along with additional affiliated anti-gun organizations have been caught red-handed using illegal tactics to forward their campaign. One example of this consists of forging official documents from the Department of Justice regarding gun statistics to superimpose high crime numbers that in actuality didn't exist. Since they are so high profile, all they get are slaps on the wrists and fines, and very little air time for being shamed, since the media is of like mentality.

Another thing that Mrs. Brady fails to comprehend is that no matter how restrictive her "people" make gun purchasing, no criminal will ever abide by them. I have never heard of a felon walking into a gun store to give fingerprints and begin 4473 paperwork. Illegal weapons come from harbor freights and other unregulated/hidden means. The additional laws Sarah proposes will only restrict our ability to protect ourselves, but won't take that Glock out of Mr. Break-in-your-house-at-3am's hands. So grab your last legal self-defense weapon (hopefully she won't go after baseball bats) and 'try' to protect your family.

All hail societal downfall and insecurity...all hail Sarah Brady.

One simply has to accept the book for what it is. From its opening words, "As I write this I am fighting for my life" the book is a pity piece, interspersed with personal trials and tribulations calculated to draw the sympathies of the unsuspecting reader to Mrs Brady and thereafter her personal vendetta against the Second Amendment and the right of the law abiding citizen to exercise their individual right to keep and bear arms.

While I extend my sympathies to the Brady family, the fact is simply that Mr. Brady had the misfortune to be in the way of a random bullet, fired in the assassination attempt against President Reagan. This was something that the Reagans themselves handled with remarkable understanding and compassion, compared to Mrs Brady, who turned the incident into not just an understandable distaste for Mr. Reagans attacker, who so severely injured her husband, but in her own words a "rage" against the National Rifle Association, which is comprised of some 4.2 million law abiding firearms owners.

Many of us in life have experienced exactly the same misfortunes as Mrs. Brady, concerning the trials and tribulations experienced by both our loved ones and ourselves. However, few of us have used those experiences as an attention grabber to draw the empathy of others to ourselves and then shift their focus to a personally vengeful cause. In reading the other reviews I find the readers of this book fall into two distinct camps (1) the poor brave Bradys and (2) those who realize what this book is really all about, which is no more than an opportunity for Mrs Brady to vent, while using this same opportunity to draw a few more well intentioned, but totally uninformed individuals closer to the cause that she personally chairs.

The book should be read from two standpoints. (1) If you like personal stories, I have nothing against the personal story of the Brady family who has indeed fought a good fight (2) However if it is to be read as a decision making tool concerning "the right to keep and bear arms" I suggest the reader arm themselves with a highlighter, several hours of research time and seek the truth of the matter for themselves from independent, unbiased sources of information, whereupon in the end, will prove for themselves, with out any further prompting from anyone, that all of the energy, time, effort and money ever poured into the issue of "gun control" has been a totally irrational lost cause.

Sarah Brady describes herself as a college goof-off, never quite the prettiest girl, and a happy housewife. She was delighted in 1981 when Ronald Reagan selected her husband, Jim Brady, as his Press Secretary. But she admits she was in over her head, wearing the wrong clothes and star-gazing at Washington's elite. Within three months, the dream was over. Jim Brady was gravely injured during the March 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. Sarah Brady's life changed and she became a passionate advocate for sensible gun laws. Her hard work and name were instrumental in passing two laws over the objections of the NRA: the Brady Law that mandated a waiting period for handgun purchases, and the Assault Rifle Ban.

For those interested in the give-and-take of the firearms battles in Washington, the book may drift a bit too often into asides about Jim's medical difficulties or the doings of a family maid or longtime friend, while not revealing all you might wish to know about the legislative tussles. Fair enough, you can flip ahead. In the end, the personal material reveals Mrs. Brady as a compassionate, strong woman who struggles with family, trauma, and self-doubt, and earns her every victory. She's not quite a hero, in some ways she's more interesting than that. An every-Jane who outworks her opponents.

Brady was a dedicated Republican who felt the firearms issue need not be partisan, but rather one of common sense. While she has become something of a bogeywoman for the right-wing gun fans (just read some of the other reviews on this page), she states her position clearly, "I believe that law-abiding citizens should be able to buy and keep firearms. And I believe there are sensible standards that we can and should insist upon when it comes to gun ownership." (p.104). Her long years of work in Washington as a director of Handgun Control Inc., give her insights into the corridors of power. Thus her unflattering portraits of Charlton Heston ("phony") and Dick Cheney, who unconscionably was on the losing side of a 413-4 House vote in 1988 to ban plastic handguns that terrorists could use to sneak through metal detectors. One wonders if 9-11 has made Cheney revisit his position.

Brady's greatest legacy may not be the two key bills that she shepherded into law. It may be that she showed the country that the majority of Americans who favor sensible gun regulations can be heard, and that their wishes can overcome extremist views. She showed us that one hard-working housewife can make a difference. This is a story of American democracy, how one brave citizen can change the law.

The tendency of this book to ridicule America (its history, its culture, its priorities, etc.) really calls into question the objectivity and political persuasion of its authors. Whether it's the destruction of the environment or world poverty, America and the American people are always to blame. We use too much energy; we don't share enough; blah blah blah. America does more to promote peace and economic development throughout the world than any other country. While the authors of this book don't seem to be so, I, for one, am PROUD to be an American

The general feel of this book is dark and dull. Graphics are oddly benign,upside, the Geography in Action sections offer realistic insight into Geographic concepts. Clawson and Fisher tried.

The general feel of this book is dark and dull. Graphics are oddly benign,upside, the Geography in Action sections offer realistic insight into Geographic concepts. Clawson and Fisher tried.

If you want to fall in love with philosophy don't read this book. An overly pretentious writing style will keep you from the concepts over and over again. Some concepts could be easily be explained in 6th grade language, but instead, is made so convoluted that you'd think it was a credit card company purposely trying to make you avoid reading the fine print. That's what this book is... a 600 page long fine print. If you like reading fine print, then this is an awesome book. Thus 2 stars total.

I had to read many of the readings from this book for my Intro to Ethics class. While it continued to stimulate my mind and make me think past what I had previously believed on many issues, I had to re-read many writings multiple times to even start to understand what was REALLY being talked about. However, when I did understand, it made the reading that much more interesting.

The other reviewer apparently had only volume 2 of the two-volume gift edition of this book issued for subscribers. The book appeared in that format and in a one-volume trade edition. I have the trade edition and I can vouch for its valuable blending of text by Merrill Peterson, a sage and worthy scholar of this period, and letters and other writings by Madison himself. This is one of the best volumes in the short-lived NEWSWEEK "The Founding Fathers" series.

The copy I had, oddly starts at Chapter 6 at a page in the 200's. The book is not really in his own words but rather a bio with his letters included. Compared to more current bi-ops, this book falls a litle flat.

I had to buy and use this book for my CAD class as a beginner in 1997. R12 was nothing like r14 or 2000, but more complex at the time. I liked this step by step instruction with exercises, but most of us were still very confused. Plus, we found more than several mistakes in this book. Another thing is that I just checked the new book,AutoCAD for Interior Design and Space Planning Using 2000 at a book store, but after more than a few years, I still recognized the same drawings in this book. So I agree with one of the reviewers on Beverly L. Kirkpatrick's books that they like to reuse whatever they created in the past....or other books. they are just lazy or what?

James Merrill's biography of William F. Halsey, "A Sailor's Admiral," is a superficial story of Halsey's World War II in the Pacific. The book focuses almost exclusively on World War II, and often is just an account of the battles in which Halsey participated, interspersed with a few command scenes or quotations from Admiral Halsey. There is no analysis of Halsey's actions or insight into his character. After reading this, I did not felt that I knew Halsey any better than I did before reading this book.

But if you're only looking for an overview of Halsey's participation in the Pacific Theater in World War II, this book is readable and does a fair job telling that story.

This novel is interesting if you like mysteries. It is well written and the chracters are interesting. The work is pure fiction and has very little historical value for someone wanting facts. I bought the book looking for facts and what I got was a great read of fiction. The storyline is interesting involving murder and spying. A good cold war U.S. vs KGB story.

This 8th edition could easily be replaced with the 7th edition for a lot less money. The chapters contain basically the same information AND the 7th edition comes with a cd with strategies and the 8th edition does not have any extras. This is a paperback book and for the money, you would be better off saving it and getting the 7th edition.