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New and old wars has fundamentally changed the way we understand a war conflict. The point is realpolitik in stat and globale context.

This book takes a hard look at homicide in the workplace and those who commit the crime. It's a fascinating, frightening read that will leave you with a different view of your job and your coworker. Lots of case studies and recommendations to make the workplace a safer environment

Fine & Jomo's collection "The New Development Economics" addresses directly the post-Washington consensus on its merits, as well as describing the change from the Washington consensus to its new form, and the differences in content between the two. It is assessed to what degree the post-Washington consensus is and isn't an improvement over basic neoclassical assumptions, and why it is still inferior on important issues to radical political economics.

Major Marxist political economist Ben Fine has written the greater part of the essays, especially the general articles on new development economical theory and its relation to the IMF and the World Bank. Later articles go into specialized areas such as economic geography, agricultural economics and economic history. All of the articles in this collection are interesting, well-argued and succinct, making for excellent and informative reading. A must-read for all interested in the future of the developing nations.

I would like to thank you very much. This Book has left a very nice memory related to my childhood. It was one of the books I looked at from our family bookcase. Years later when I went to see my family I looked at the edition published in 1967 and felt as if I found my childhood friend. Thank you for your effort I'm sure it will encourage many people to at least deal with music as a starter. I had firstly read it while I was playing an organ now I started to take piano lessons and found my childhood friend to teach me things I wanted to remember. I think it is like a bible to people dealing with music. I would like to advice this book to everyone. Just buy one and keep it in a place you can easily reach.

The collaborative effort of women's health experts Linda Lewis Alexander, Judith H. LaRosa, and Helaine Bader, and now in its second edition, New Dimensions In Women's Health covers a wide range of medical and health issues directly impacting female health including lifestyle, nutrition, and fitness, as well as diverse health issues and problems ranging from substance abuse and violence, sexual health, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause, to hormone replacement therapy, mental health, and more. A scholarly but highly accessible resource for students of all backgrounds, New Dimensions In Women's Health presents straightforward medical information and advice, and is particularly suitable for a basic educational courses text or for independent personal study and informational enrichment.

Finally something I have read that just does not bash the state hospital system. This collection of articles provides a balanced view of the role of the state hospital vs. the thrust towards deinstitutionalization. It also was very pragmatic and provided a clear understanding of some of the challenges that state hospital's face--from silo departments to ineffective treatment teams. It has helped me as a state hospital administrator understand some of my challenges and provides very practical solutions. I highly recommend this to anyone working in the mental health field.

I do not rate with 5 stars easily. However, Conrad's book is essential reading for everyone not familiar with boards of directors, their responsibilities, their liabilities, and how they work. If you are thinking about joining a board, then read this book and keep it next to your dictionary and your Bible, because these will be your most important books. I cannot say it better than that.

Only two books have astounded and disturbed me. One was a thin volume by Keynes, written just after WWI, which predicted Germany starting another war -- and giving facts and statistics which irrefutably demonstrated Keynes' argument. I was disturbed because the work had been largely ignored by those in a position to change conditions so that Germany need not start another war.

The second astounding and disturbing book is Brooks Adams' "The New Empire." Adams covers a lot of time (4000 b.c. - 1900 a.d.) and territory (Asia, Europe, America). He shows how shifting trade routes have caused great cities to rise, and to fall. He regards these cities as the seats of 'Empires.'

Adams -- younger brother of Henry Adams -- discusses these trade routes as connections among products, resources, and markets. When water traffic became less expensive than overland traffic, port cities became great centers. When the ocean routes began to be navigated, the center of 'Empire' shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic countries, especially Spain, Holland, France and England. Adams discusses various wars as inevitable forms of economic clashes. In early times, Adams discusses the importance of metals. As he moves into the modern era, he looks at coal as essential. I would love to have his thoughts about oil. But the reader can extrapolate easily enough. It's scary.

Lots and lots of good historical stories, including Gengis Khan, the Russo-Japanese rivalry, and the rise of the USA as the center of the 'New Empire." He points out that if we don't stay flexible and energetic, China could become the new center.

He discusses political administrative efficiency as a factor in determining the cost of transport and production.

Why did I never see this book in eight years of university English lit studies?

You'll love Adams' sweeping conclusions and generalities. Buy this book! Read it. It's a keeper.

This book starts where field guides leave off. If you're interested in learning about an animal's habitat, behavior, and distribution in the New Enland region, then this book is indispensible. A great study tool for the wildlife enthusiast who wants to go beyond the condensed text of picture field guides. Note: this book assumes that you are familiar with the animals' physical appearance, so if you're not, you'll need a good regional field guide as companion book.

What does it say about me that I think this is one of the coolest books I have seen in quite a while? If you are passionate about music, especially art music, I think you eventually will want to dig into how it works. This is what music theorists have done over the centuries. While most have found ways to talk systematically about past works, a few have written speculative works talking about possible systems for music making. In any case, once you start down this road you soon learn that there are oceans full of material about music theory. How do you find material on just the right subject for what you are after?

When I was studying music theory at the University of Michigan School of Music (now Music, Theater, and Dance), there were graduate courses that surveyed the vast literature and others that focused on the history of music theory (and the pedagogy of it). It was normal to have to write articles on these ancient texts with everyone contributing to a collection. This book is a very nicely done collection of information from the 16th century Italian music theorist Gioseffo Zarlino through the very influential early 20th Century German theorist Heinrich Schenker. So, it doesn't cover theorists from Antiquity or the Middle Ages. Even though Zarlino was hardly the first Renaissance theorist, he was the first to start thinking about the triad and the ways in which vertical structures in music could function and therefore makes a good place to start a collection of materials on theory related to the art music based on harmony as well as counterpoint.

This is a rich resource with many helps and useful collections of information. It begins by listing the abbreviations of periodicals, special series, and so forth. There are a lot of abbreviations to know and since you can't really know them all, this list is very helpful to anyone doing research in this area. The authors also provide sections on reports of musicological congress reports and important festschrifts (celebratory collections of articles in honor of a person or event). These are all from the 20th Century and most after the Second World War.

The bulk of the book is a "Dictionary of Theorists". This articles give the name, birth year, a short article about the theorist and his work, important editions of those works, and literature about the theorist and his work. There is also a literature supplement listing other works. The Topical Index lets you find a subject such as Inversion, Chordal and find the theorists related to that subject. The chronological indext starts the Glarean in 1516 and lists the theorists and works of that year (i.e. Isagoge in musicen) and takes the reader through articles on subjects published in 1967.

Next is a title index, which helps tremendously if you know a work and are trying to find its author. The following name index helps you find not only the theorist, but all the pages in which he or she is mentioned in this book.

Like I say, I think this book is very cool, very useful, and very well done. No, I don't think it is a book for everyone. However, I think if most serious musicians would think about it for a minute and get past their residual anxiety from their music theory courses, they would realize that they could get some benefit from reading a bit more deeply about their art. This resource could help them find works and material that could be or true interest and great use to them. Really!

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

Here is a link to the companion volume - Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino:

Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino: A Bibliography and Guide (Harmonologia)