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This is a book for junior activists! It lists many, many undergraduate and graduate schools that are strong in social activism. This book is a first-of-its-kind. There is no other college guide like this one, except maybe "Lisa Birnbach's New and Improved College Book" by Lisa Birnbach. Besides these two, there are no other guide books out on the market that tell the prospective college students and their parents about the political leaning and activism atmosphere of the colleges and universities.

Selecting a college is very much like finding a marriage partner. It takes a lot of effort to find a right match. Too often, students and parents are attracted to the selectivity and rankings put out by US News & World Report, thinking that these numbers mean academic excellence. No, they are not. Selectivity means how good the students are at a particular school. It doesn't mean that the school teaches well. It just means that the students are good. There is no ranking of how well the professors teach. US News & World Report never has such a ranking. Nor is there a ranking of how well the graduates of a particular college or university perform on job after they leave the school. Such a ranking would be the most useful, for it reveals the real and genuine transformation work that a school has done for the students. But no, US News & World Report does not have such a ranking.

This book offers a very unique view into the colleges not seen in other guide books -- which ones are socially and politically active and are doing their best to cultivate activists for social change?

This book is useful to both liberals and conservatives alike. Conservative students and parents can use this guide to avoid the schools listed here. Liberal students and parents can use it to look into and apply to these schools.

Not all schools listed in this guide are of the same degrees or in the same areas of activism. Indeed, some schools are very active and some are very mild in their activism. Also, different schools are active in different areas.

There are two reasons why I give it 4 stars. One is that I think the grammar and the writing style can be better. Another is that I suspect that some schools are not listed. For example, the famous UC Berkeley is not, nor is Macalester College.

I wrote this guide for those of you out there who want to use your education to make a better world. The book features lots of unusual colleges and hard to find graduate programs - filled with hands-on experiential education, community-based learning, meaningful, relevant, career-oriented majors and more. You'll never learn about most of these colleges from your counselor or other guides. Do you want to go to an alternative college? THey're all here. A green college? A college concerned with peace or social justice? Little colleges on islands or innovative state colleges? These places offer exciting educational opportunities, a supportive atmosphere for someone who wants to make a difference. Most of them are friendly places for minority and gay students. Lots of outdoor based recreation too. Parents, these are just great colleges. Many of them are small, and so very good places to send your B or C students. These are character building places, with value-based education. There are Buddhist, Catholic, Presbyterian and other religiously affiliated colleges. Looking for a graduate program? This book includes programs from environmental law to community based medicine, non-profit management to sustainable development. It also lists the Peace Corps Masters Internationalist Programs. Introductory essays from Jeremy Rifkin, AmeriCorps, Marty Nemko (Cool Careers for Dummies) David Orr and more.

Book arrived on time. Tracking showed it was shipped from VA, instead of TN as was stated. Book was in stated condition though.

This is a well written and well presented book. It helps the reader decide which options are most appropriate to his/her scenario and includes lots of new information relevant to Windows Server 2003.

The book goes beyond the bare minimum information needed to pass the exam and instead offers lots of additional tips and useful pieces of information which the authors have no doubt acquired through their years of experience in the world of designing Active Directory solutions.

Thoroughly recommended!

I'm already a Windows 2000 MCSE. This book is a great review of Active Directory, including the differences between the 2000 and 2003 environments. I find Brian Culp's writing style very easy to read and entertaining. The humor in this book reminds me of some Dummies books that I've read. This book is much easier to read than the Mike Meyers 70-293 Network Infrastructure book by Martin C. Brown and Chris McCain. When I read the 70-293 book, I dozed off serveral times before I could finish Chapter 3. Brian Culp's book is also much easier to follow than the big boring Sybex series of books. I also think Brian Culp does a better job with the review questions at the end of each chapter. The explanations of the answers to the review questions are very helpful. Appendix C is also a great review of DNS.

I can't say enough about the latest installment by this author. It's clear to me why the Passport series keeps going back to Mr. Culp, as his insight and knowledge are unequalled. Add his truly entertaining style of writing and this book is in a class of its own. When new products have come onto the market in the past, often we are forced to choose between books that read like stereo instructions and books "for Dummies," (both of which are currently being used to torture suspected Al Qaeda members). If you are looking to learn and actually enjoy the process, I highly suggest this book.

Ed Levine is the host of a funny and very informative local New York restaurant and food review show called "New York Eats". I have repeatly sent in emails hoping to get a free copy of his book but to no avail. Alas I recently bought this book and it has helped me on many occasions. From finding the best pizza in NYC to the best take out fois gras. A indispensable gift for someone living in New York City and surrounding areas and even better for someone about to visit and they want to know where to get the best food in the best city on earth.

My copy of the previous edition of this book is dog-eared and worn because I use it so much as a guide, reference and and entertainment. Levine knows New York, food, and people. He knows his stuff but he's not snooty about it. He's as much at home writing about Gray's Papaya hot dogs as he is about the finest wines

We were in Paris in April 2000. From this book we picked a small hotel in the San Germain area, on the Left Bank. We loved the hotel, it was the perfect location for us, and great service. After reading this book, we choose five hotels that we were interested in. I am sure that any of the five hotels would have been to our liking. This book made it so easy to decided where we wanted to stay in Paris. It was recomended to us by a friend who had used it for her trip to Paris.

If you would like to find a hotel (in the words of the authors) "as alluring and memorable as the city itself", use this guidebook. If you want all the creature comforts of home, a large air-conditioned room with a big TV in a "known" chain hotel with room service, look elsewhere. Picking a hotel from the choices reviewed in this guide almost assures an added dimension to your experience in the city of Paris. It is well worth the extra $ to add this guide to your trip library in order to find that special place.

The hotels listed are typically locally owned small hotels located in wonderful historic buildings and neighborhoods. Rooms do tend to be smaller at this type of a hotel in all of Europe, including Paris, but the added character of these accommodations more than makes up for the shorter list of amenities and square footage difference. One should not spend a great deal of time in the hotel room while in Paris anyway.

These are the types of hotels I imagine the relatives of local Parisians stay at when visiting the city. Be a traveler, not a tourist, and live some of the local flavor by staying at these choices. I personally have stayed at three of the listed hotels over the last five years and all were exactly as described. Read the reviews carefully and pick the ones that sound best to you. Paris is a very special city; your hotel choice should be special also.

This is an excellent book for doing research using the world wide web! While many of its tips are documented elsewhere, the dicussion on how to document sources in a bibliography when the source is a web page is great! This is uncharted territory and few other books, if any, cover this subject. Many universities are sticklers about what style to use in bibliographies and this documents both MLA and APA styles. It also notes that the way the book shows how to do it is not yet an "official" standard from MLA or APA. However, the recommended style is close enough to both to be usable.

This book contains valuable information about the research process. Particularly helpful are the sections on citing electronic documents and organizing research information. However, this information was marred somewhat by the controversial subject matter chosen for the example research paper. Whatever the author's stance on affirmative action, this book should not be used as a platform for it. A more neutral subject would not detract from the information covered in the text.

This is a "real" guide. It has been carefully compiled and includes all the information which any water-borne visitor will need to know when visiting the Windward Islands., These are (in the order they appear in the book); Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Bequia (pronounced Beckway), Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Tobago Cays, Palm Island, Union Island, PSV and Petite Martinique, Grenada, Carriacou, and, of course, each of the passages between these enchanting islands.

In an informative introduction, which gets anyone who is sitting in a cold house during an American or European harsh winter (like I am!) wanting to reach for the phone and book a flight, we learn something about the local land and the customs of the people who live there. There are also a number of helpful suggestions on any topic from "what to bring" to sunburn - and it's all useful stuff, even for the seasoned traveller.

Then it's on to the cruising information with notes on weather and navigation as well as more general information about scuba diving, flora, fauna and even the flags of the different countries visited. From now on we get down to cases in the order of march already mentioned.

Telling people how they should navigate their boat is a very responsible undertaking. Forget to include that, otherwise well known, underwater obstacle and you can guarantee at least 3 boats will have hit the darned thing within the first 24 hours of your book being published. This book, however, is a professional work and I doubt any yacht or other small boat travelling to and from these small islands will be without a copy.

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This is one of the most well-organized and useful cruising guides I have ever read. It covers all the Windward Islands in great detail, starting in the north with Martinique and ending with Grenada. The introductory chapters cover some island basics, such as local lore, "bugs, beasts and plants," weather, customs and even a GPS table. Then each island is organized by its key areas, whether cities or towns, principal bays, and other geographical sites, usually beginning in the north of the island and proceeding south. It is oriented for the sailor, but each area includes a discussion of what you'll find ashore, too. Jam-packed with useful information, each section includes navigational aids, suggestions for anchoring, services, regulations and scuba facilities. The writing style is to the point, but interesting, without being too flambouyant. Beautiful color photographs, helpful illustrations and aerial photos contribute the usefulness and beauty of the book. I can't imagine crusing in the Windwards without it.

Although, I commonly refer to this text for skaing information, many editing problems were found. The text offers useful information on skating, ice rinks, companies offering skating goods, list of skating champions, etc.. However, I found the 1995 edition to have many flaws, including mispelled words, inaccurate information regarding rinks and companies, making the book to be a disappointment. The 1998 edition is coming in february and should be much better.

Alice Berman's Sourcebook is an indispensable resource for figure skating fans, coaches, athletes, and anyone with an interest in the total business of figure skating. I couldn't believe the price remained the same despite the countless improvements to this resource! The Sourcebook contains everything I need including rink locations, vendor/supplier addresses/phone numbers, skating events, historical facts and figures, etc. It is the Bible of figure skating. Thank you Skater's Edge and Alice Berman.

Hardcover for durability and spiral-bound to lay flat for easy reference, The Songbirds Bible is a straightforward, visual directory of 100 of the most common and beloved songbirds in North America. Ornithology professor Dr. Noble S. Proctor applies his 40 years of field experience to create detailed entries for each species, including descriptions of distinctive plumage colors, origin, behavior, distribution in North America, feeding and migration habits, how to attract a given species to one's garden, and much more. Highly detailed color illustrations of each species aid in visual identification, and an accompanying music CD of birdsongs will help both novice and seasoned birdwatchers recognize different species by song. An easy-to-use guide especially meant to be used and enjoyed by bird lovers.

No matter how many bird identification books you own, this one is a new treasure to add to your collection. It is well presented - especially for the beginner birder - and makes it easy to learn how to match the call/song with the bird. Simplistic, yet very specific in it's information, The Songbird's Bible is much more user friendly than any of the Peterson CD's on Birding By Ear. Illustrations are wonderful.
Well done!

I live in Florida and found this volume highly informative. It contains a series of clear and understandable descriptions of retreat sites, their congregations and what the visitor should expect to do and see. The sites are taken from different religions, so there should be something for almost anyone looking to learn and reflect. This is not an "average vacation"-- the reader is politely reminded by author Herreros that the sites are the residences of spiritual devotees such as monks or nuns. One should take time to observe the same customs as those who live there. If you honor the traditional courtesies, you will find the people to be respectful and friendly in return. If you want to add some peace and a bit deeper meaning to your travels, this is a good book with which to start.

This book was recommended by a friend. It offers detailed information for anyone considering (or needing) a few days or just a few hours at a retreat, monastery, or unique spiritual place. The book includes photos and directions plus practical information (over 50 places in Florida, Georgia, Sout Carolina, and Alabama).