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Its rather important to understand how another health system thinks about disease. This book written by residents give an excellent initial insight into the US surgical resident's thinking. I was trained in Ireland and there are some interesting differences that this book highlights.

This book is the first of its kind to prepare you in total for the Absite examination. This book incorporates basic science with the clinical science in order to allow you to review for the tests in a short text version without having to decipher through large textbooks. It has references to O'leary, the basic science book used during my residency, as well as to other major textbooks. This book seems to cut out the redundency of larger books and includes small facts that they love to ask on the exam. A must for those with weak scores or those looking to gain extra points... who isn't.

I read this book and my in-training exam score went up by over sixty points. It's not exactly a quick read at over 500 pages, but it's very readable and it contains all the information covered in the ABSITE exam. I highly recommend it as a review book for surgery residents looking to improve their scores.

Good case selection and pictures.
Highly recommended just like all the others books from this series.

Its an excellent companion to the Chest requisites. It is the best book in the case review series based on the requisites. Combined with the requisites its more than enouch for the chest section of the residency boards. A must buy for the residents!

Presents broad range of common (and some rare) diseases/pathology with pithy, relevant discussion. Questions highlight important pearls. Quality of the images is sometimes less than desirable for demonstrating the findings, but this is a minor complaint.

I love this CD. I wish that I would've had this on my first day in the cath lab. It is beyond my expectations.

I am currently using this disc to study for the RCIS exam and am finding it to be an outstanding tool. The amount of information on the disc on the wide variety of subjects more than makes up for the cost; you could easily spend 4 or 5 times that amount on the various books listed as references in order to get the same amount of necessary knowledge. The graphics and various games and tests are not only a great way to judge your comprehension of the material, but they actually make studying fun. I highly recommend this disc to anyone studying for the various interventional examination or as a great way to bone up on this type of material.

This CD makes studying for the RCIS exam fun! And it's fast. I can scan hundreds of questions in an hour.

The CD appears to be professionally done, with color graphics, sound effects, different types and levels of questions, and sophisticated scoring and saving routines. One hardly knows that these are the same questions that are in Todd's acclaimed review books - they appear so much more colorful and interactive.

Although it is designed to award CEU credits upon completion of a chapter they do not appear to be available yet. Perhaps after the nursing organizations see how educational one of these chapters is this Todd will get this worked out.

I found this book enormously helpful in figuring out what I had seen and how the material had been adapted for the screen. The authors of this book have a deep knowledge of the Tolkien texts and they have also viewed the films and DVDs very carefully. The assessments are balanced, well informed, and not likely to be surpassed as a commentary on the transformation.

Very interesting read, well written and witty. Recommend especially for people studying Lord of the Rings.

This highly recommended title explores Tolkien's Lord of the Rings vs. Peter Jackson's film adaptation of it. The several essays chosen by the editors are all very convincing and well-researched. They're also immensely enjoyable to read for those who've read Tolkien and seen the film (or vice versa) and love to compare the two. The editors were also careful in presenting a balanced view, for both pros and cons are represented (sometimes even within the same essay.) And there are even some essays on Tolkienian fan-fiction (and slash) that's proliferated on the net. Truly an engrossing study of Tolkien's work and Jackson's successes and failures in adapting it! I hope a second volume is being considered...

Most candidates have trouble starting to write a resume and the 20 pages of resume samples short-circuit that stumbling block. It shows numerous "actual" sample resumes in Chapter 8 and highlights sections that are good and WHY. In addition, Chapter 5 answers common questions by job candidates about what to include and provides evidence by polling recruiters and job counselors. Overall, a superb resource for the 1 to 5 year candidate and a great one for anyone looking to brush up their resume.

Having been an employment counsellor with University students for the past 25 years I have read many books on Resume writing... This book is the culmination of my views on how a resume should be written in today's ever evolving labour market. I only wish that this book would be translated into other languages (French, Spanish, and German) so that many would benefit from it's wealth of resouces in resume building. As I said...a book I would have written, is well worth the purchase... a job hunter should combine this book with Richard N. Bolles "What Color is your Parachute - 2001" and would have all he or she needed in their job hunt...Good luck and good read.

This book is very well written, and addresses its subject in an easy to follow way.

It's definitely a number one trashproof reference for people seeking help designing resumes.

If you're really into home theatre or are just getting started collecting DVDs, you have got to have this book! It lists almost 2,000 movies with a story and a picture of the DVD box, but best of all, it gives professional reviews of the picture and sound quality so you know which movies will show off best on your home theatre equipment. It also tells you about all the extra features that DVDs come with. There are articles about DVD software, reviews of DVD players, articles about how movies are made and a lot of other awesome stuff like DVD-ROM and the difference between widescreen and pan-and-scan movies.

The Ultimate Widescreen DVD Movie Guide is a must for everyone who loves to watch DVD. Widescreen Review has done a wonderful job to create an informative, technically brilliant and easy to read guide for every owner of a DVD-player. The 555 pages provides you with every data you can imagine: DVD reviews (technical data, a short story line, picture and sound rating), facts and inside looks on the DVD industry, a DVD-player buyer's guide, a DVD-ROM review section, complete listings of DTS- and THX-DVDs and a complete set of DVDs FAQs. For everyone new to this hobby it's great to get an explanation on the various aspect ratios movies do have. It simplifys things a lot just to open the magazine and show someone the facts when explaining why it's better to have a 16:9 TV set instead of a 4:3 or why on a normal TV the black bars are good things and not bad ones. Another interesting section is the 70mm movie list which shows every movie made in this format from 1929 until today. Complete with studio, soundtrack, original photography format and notes. Don't we movie buffs love things like this. The DVD FAQs are interesting stuff for beginners and even "experts" can learn a thing or two. All in all the issue, which is thicker than some telephone books I know of, is worth every penny spent. I'm really looking forward to get my hands on the next issue 2002. Congratulations to the staff for doing an excellent job.

The Ultimate Widescreen DVD Movie Guide is not just a guide...it is a complete reference for all that is widescreen DVD. There is nothing on the market that can compare to the extensive compilation that Widescreen Review has put together here. From a comparison of DVD players on the market to thousands of DVD reviews, this is definitely the guide for DVD enthusiasts and newcomers.

This book is awesome! This is not a registry review book or anything, but for someone going into OB/GYN ultrasound this book is fabulous. It includes descriptions, signs/symptoms, and an US pic. This is really helpful with pathology that you may have heard of, but are not familiar with. Excellent book!

A must for anyone in the field of sonograph

This a very usefull and handy book for a quick reference for O&G ultrasound. It contains a lot of diseases, most of them with the corresponding images.It also gives quick and easy tables for reviewing the diseases. Worth the price.

Unmasking Terror is an excellent purchase for anyone interested in learning more about global terrorism. The breakdown of the book is by country, which makes it very easy to navigate through. I was delighted to see that a large percentage of the authors actually live and work in the countries they reported on. Unfortunately, it's not often you find a book which offers so many different perspectives outside of the American one. In addition, the interviews were tremendously insightful since many of the interviewees are privy to the inner workings of these groups. In my opinion, this is the best compendium of articles on terrorism in existence.

By Michael Scheuer, Author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror

"If it's not classified, it's not intelligence." Sadly this operating assumption is all too commonly held in the highest policy-making levels of Western governments. U.S. and European policymakers -- appointed and elected -- are beguiled by the thought of reading materials collected in the ether or via spies, and often ignore information just as pertinent to their pending decisions simply because it is unclassified. To their countries' detriment, they miss much because of this condescending attitude, and the excellent new book from the non-partisan Jamestown Foundation -- Unmasking Terror: A Global Review of Terrorist Activities -- provides a superb example of the kind of quality information policymakers tend to ignore.

Jamestown's 600-page volume captures the worldwide dimensions of Islamic terrorism and insurgency and does so in short, digestible articles based on indigenous press sources, personal interviews, and the substantial experience of their authors. Multiple articles on al-Qaeda that give readers a clear view of the organization's durability and lethal potential are followed by similar multi-essay sections on Chechnya, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Europe and North America. The volume's editors succeed not only in providing a region-by-region review of Islamic terrorism, but have constructed their book in a way that affords the reader an understanding of how the groups -- of which al-Qaeda is only the most prominent -- increasingly view themselves as part of a worldwide movement.

Jamestown's Unmasking Terror also presents the reader with what seems to me a unique set of interviews with some of the world's top experts on the war being waged by al-Qaeda and its allies. Peter Bergen, Jason Burke, and former National Security Council Senior Director Daniel Benjamin speak on the capabilities and evolution of al-Qaeda, while Sa'd al-Faqih, the London-based leader of the Movement for Reform in Arabia, discusses al-Qaeda's role within the context of opposition to the al-Saud family in Saudi Arabia. Other interviews in the book also add to our understanding of the growth of Islamic militancy in Europe, Central Asia, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and Afghanistan.

I would recommend Unmasking Terror to any specialist or lay reader who is interested in an erudite but manageable survey of Islamic terrorism around the globe. The book will leave the reader with a solid if unsettling view of the dangerous historical period into which the West has entered. It may also leave the reader angry that the policymakers tasked to defend us against the terrorist threat far too frequently fail to exploit the kind of fine, objective, and unclassified scholarship on the issue that is contained in Unmasking Terrorism.

Michael Scheuer served in the CIA for 22 years before resigning in 2004. He served as the Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He is the once anonymous author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror and Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America. Mr. Scheuer is a regular contributor to the Terrorism Focus, a publication of the Jamestown Found

This is a very detailed volume, it's a useful reference. i'm not sure about the average reader who knows very little about the actual issues involved, this is really the meat and bones of terrorism and security. i have suggested it to other collueagues in Sweden too. If you want details without opinion, this is a good buy.

I remember the year, if not the month and day, when I became hopelessly hooked on "trash cinema". It was sometime during the Summer of 1986 when, out of boredom, I decided to watch "Spawn of the Slithis" on the "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" midnight movie show. I couldn't believe what I was seeing!! How could I have been missing out on this great stuff for so many years?

Since then I've made it my mission in life to watch as many of these "underground" classics as possible, i.e., without getting divorced; everything from silly TROMA splatterfests to "subversive" spaghetti westerns. Naturally, this gives me a licence to bore my friends and co-workers with my latest discoveries (every week), but they tolerate me pretty well.

I've always had a tough time, however, deciding what to rent or buy next; and those masive paperback video guides by Leonard Maltin and Roger Ebert were of limited use to a geeky, twisted son-of-a-bitch like me. I've relied mostly upon the kindness and patience of video store owners and passing strangers.

But now, here it is! In addition to being a former video store owner, Scott Phillips is a sucessful screenwriter and director ("Drive", "The Stink of Flesh", "Science Bastard") who is eminently qualified to dish the dirt on trashy gems such as "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" and "Shriek of the Mutilated"; two of my all-time favorites. His cinematic knowledge is STAGGERING, and all of his reviews are funny as Hell, and often heartwarming to boot. For the most part, he concentrates on "overlooked" classics of the 1960's through 1990's, but his takes on selected mainstream oddities like "Porkys" and "Xanadu" are howlingly funny! His love of the art form and the moviemaking process shines through on every page.

This could not have come at a better time for me! At my (middle) age, I was beginning to think that I'm a "lost cause" because I remember kooky characters like Bert Convy (that swingin' hepcat), or that I'm the only guy my age who has a crush on Fairuza Balk. Now I feel better!

This book should be required reading for all film students. Please, Mr. Phillips, keep it up - we want more!

This book of video and movie reviews covers some classic and some long-forgotten so-trashy-they're-awesome flicks. I had heard of a lot of them, but there are many more that, after reading about them, I'm definitely going to have to find somewhere! Even the reviews of the mainstream movies are pretty hilarious.

It almost doesn't matter what this book is about because the writing is just so fun to read. Scott Phillips is a low-budget filmmaker reviewing other people's low-budget films, so you really get an insider's perspective from someone who has seen a LOT of movies. This would make a great stocking stuffer for anti-Hallmark Chrismakkah friends and loved ones. I would prefer to give it 13 stars but 5's as high as they go.

This book would have to be the most comprehensive gathering of literature concerning Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic (UCSC), ever. You may need to know everything that has spawned in the literature since Dr BJ Palmer's controversial assertion that the upper cervical spine is the only place chiropractors will find a subluxation. You may just want to casually look up a paper written on the upper cervical spine's influence on health. The book is designed for either type of study. In fact, the beauty of this book is that you don't have to read it so much as refer to it. And for the busy clinician, that's all we can realistically expect.

UCSC is a specialty within chiropractic. As Dr Dan Murphy, DC states in the introduction, for a third of chiropractic's century as a profession "the predominant practice of chiropractic involved primarily the upper cervical spine". Yet, as the Australian experience reflects, it is very few in this country indeed that refrain from directing forces to areas other than C1.

This book is incredible . Everything I have encountered in my own endeavour to seek out anything scientific supporting what BJ was zealously advocating all those years ago, without any apparent evidence, is here. Any low-level writing, such as that of general digest publications, is tolerated well because the reader can look at references instantly to find out how to mentally categorise each opinion. This is a unique format; you don't have to sift through a reference list at the end to see if it was written in this decade, or if your scientific nemesis wrote it! Older papers are listed first, and editorial comment is distinctly defined from abstracts and text. What an enormous gap it fills on my bookshelf.

The only thing this book has not done is to explain the extremely limited uptake of UCSC amongst chiropractors in - and outside of - the USA; which, in turn explains the aching lack of research into large populations undergoing upper cervical chiropractic care, and it's impact on public health.

Yet, does it not make far more sense to discover the intricacies of the articulations of the skull base before any other region is attempted? If you answered yes, this book is for you. If "no", you still need to own it as a complete "chirocentric" literature review of the topic.

Dr. Erickson's work is exemplary! I am a psychological researcher and have found his book invaluable. His editorial comments are very well written. The future of Chiropractic Orthospinology is in good hands - literally.

Dr. Eriksen's book is a significant contribution to the profession. Don't be misled by the title--this book is a must read for all chiropractors--not just upper cervical specialists. It provides the "intellectual ammunition" to respond to those who claim there is no scientific evidence to support subluxation.