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Even the non - professional (biology, health care professions) might like having this added to their library. While one may have studied anatomy and physiology (A&P), they may have missed some of the interesting history that went into the subject. Dr. Knight provides this history and writes well as he does whether it be in a text book or murder mystery.

I like this book very much. Basic theories are presented in a very concise and clear way. However, it may not be good for the first time introduction study.

In 1973, I made a trip to Washington, D.C. This book was great research material. Not only did it tell me about places to visit, but the maps and pictures of the buildings made me very familiar with the city, and what was where. I was able to name the buildings when I was in the city. People stopped and asked me for directions. Now, I have a friend who is going to D.C., and I am buying this book for her, and I hope it is as valuable to to prepare herfor her trip as it was to me.

I first read this book in High School while skipping class. A comprehensive history. Explains the differences in east-west thinking. an absolute must.

I just finished reading this book, and I was so impressed by the profound metaphysical insight of the author that I had to advertise it here. The Dominican priest who wrote this work achieved something particularly useful, especially in the climate of "existential thomism" that is dominant in some quarters. I confess that I myself was for a long time under the influence of this school of thought, not without some real benefit. However, I have grown disenchanted with the dead end of the quasi-mystical worship of "esse" and the fruitless tirades against "essentialism." I think that the recent translation of this 43-year old work from the French is a timely contribution to the thomistic movement.

Montagne delves deeply into the metaphysical question of the "analogy of being" and traces the development of Saint Thomas' doctrine over his writing career. He concludes that the proper way to interpret Aquinas' doctrine is to understand it as an "analogy of relation" (sometimes called the "analogy of intrinsic attribution") not as the "analogy of proportion" favored by Cajetan. Now there is no shortage of those who are ready to criticize Cajetan on behalf of Saint Thomas, and one suspects that the behavior has been over-indulged in order to prove one's (existential) thomistic credentials. Most of these criticisms are rather shallow, however, and take one into blind alleys. They are even polemical to the point of rudeness. Ralph McInerny's book on analogy, for example, manages to be both. Montagne, however, couples a deep capacity for metaphysical reflection with that gentleness which is the offspring of a true love of truth.

It would be impossible to summarize the work without doing Montagnes an injustice. So I will not attempt to do so. Those who appreciate this review will likely appreciate the book as well. I do however want to note one deficiency, not in the work itself, but in the translation. There are a reasonable number of instances in which typing errors occur and prepositions are left out. They do not hinder the overall understanding of the work, but they are an annoyance. It is surprising that in an age of word processors such things can be allowed to happen on so large a scale. The proof-reading was evidently sloppy and it detracts from what is otherwise a very professional work.

the poetry in the first two volumes by Kurt Miles are amazing to say the least. He has experienced a lot in his life and has put down in print much that can be taken and applied to our own lives either for introspection or self-improvement.

this book was great. I enjoyed it all the way through. I could hardly put it down. A touching read. Very interesting. Strongly advised by me for my teenage friends. Loved every part of it. A good deal to buy or borrow. Gripping action the whole way!

Mr. Conners either has one of the best imaginations in the known universe or he has really lived this stuff.

Perhaps it is a bit of both: imaging and doing? Crime novel readers should add this to their must-read list. See this author's other work: "Dancehall" as well as The Hampton Sisters

This is a unique book. It is one of the few memoirs of a line infantryman from the Napoleonic Wars. It is all the more interesting in that it is a soldier of the famous 95th Rifles. The original version was a stream of conciousness tome dictated by Rifleman Harris some years after the war. In was not in chronological order and could be quite confusing to all but the most informed student of the war. Eileen Hathaway has done two marvelous things in this version that make it much more accessible. First she has sorted out the original narrative of Rifleman Harris in chronological order with very brief explanations of the context in which they were written. (With one chapter of all the bits even she could not figure out when they happended.) Secondly, she has incorporated extracts from other memoirs of the time that bear on the same events that Rifleman Harris is describing. This also helps to give context. Rifleman at the time often had little or no understanding of the larger context. Not only did they suffer the same lack of view of the entire battlefield as any infantryman, but the nature of how riflemen were employed lead to them generally seeing an even more restricted portion of the battle. Hence Eilens narrative and the related memoir extracts puts everything in a perspective.

All ain all a great read and a perspective hard to come by elsewhere on Napoleonic service.

This is an astounding book really outlining Fabian Socialiam as seen in the plays of Henrik Ibsen. It has profound implications even today. It is a very interesting, enlightening, and literate book. One of Shaw's best works.