Bernstein Books

As the rather pithy description of this "Candide" score states, this is complete vocal score according to the 1989 Scottish Opera performance, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. There have been alterations made to the original lyrics, and anyone familiar with the 1956 Broadway production will notice that "The Best of All Possible Worlds" is no longer about marriage, but is now deals with multiple topics of absurdity (and, as this is my review, I feel as though I can say I like the updated version more). The new lyrics are thanks to a slew of folks, including Stephen Sondheim and Bernstein himself.

The score has been beautifully set by Boosey and Hawkes and includes a page detailing the different character's vocal ranges. The publisher also lists possible doublings of chorus members and differentiates between singing and non-singing roles. A breakdown of the orchestration follows (it's a fairly large pit, too). As is standard with show music, the score contains a piano reduction of the orchestration. There are no instrumental cues (the only flaw, in my opinion). Several appendices are included which include an alternate musical number, and the running order of several different productions of the show.

This is just my opinion, but I say buy it before it goes out of print.

Compiled and edited by academician Robin Bernstein (who teaches in the Program of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University), "Cast Out" is a collection drawn from memoirs and interviews by twenty-two leading performers, playwrights, technicians, producers, critics, educators, and influential spectators of theatre over the past half-century. The focus is on the experience and perception of homosexuality in life theatre with the expert and personal contributions of Edward Albee, Kate Bornstein, Richard Bracho, Bree Coven, Terry Galloway, Cherry Jones, Lisa Kron, Craig Lucas, Tim Miller, Cherrie Moraga, Jim Provenzano, Peggy Shaw, George C. Wolfe and so many others. The result is an impressive and seminal contribution to the art, creativity, and social changes of American theatre over the past five decades with respect to the gay community. "Cast Out" is a welcome and impressive contribution to Gay Studies, Theatre History, and America Popular Culture Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

Class Dismissed! is easily the best book of poetry I have ever read. It is full of emotion;sadness, relief, fear, and hapiness. It shows how overwhelmed high-schoolers of today are, and the problems they deal with everyday. It brings topics that are often hidden into the light, and discusses them in a blunt and descriptive manner.It is brutally honest, and truly a whorthwhile read.Every parent and teen should read this book.

Mel Glenn has written with humor, pathos, and gripping imagery about the realities, the dreams, the ups, and the downs of being a teenager. From girls who get up the courage to make the first move that is ignored to guys who wonder what went wrong, romantic distresses and exhilirating successes are discussed in words straight from a teen's throbbing heart.

Glenn presents a multicultural viewpoint of surviving the teenage years. Miguel turns his life around one year after graduating from high school, and the reader cheers him on. Brandon, one year after high school, is still a loser, and the reader recognizes Brandon's lack of motivation. Isabel is fighting poverty and personal demons, but when she begins to dance onstage . . . oh, how she leaps above the pain of her life! Veronica's father is in the service, and she complains about the schools in seven states and compares her life to the red lines on the Rand McNally atlas. Barry humorously describes failing his road test again and wonders how he will travel. Dana finds out that there are no "express lanes to happiness" and thinks that perhaps returning to school would be more productive than his K-Mart job. Self-centered Dorothy wonders why her friend leaves, Robert wonders who's going to college--him or his parents, Paul means no disrespect but wonders if his teacher has any books that deal with real life . . . The poems touch on every aspect of what it is to be human, alive, young, reaching, hoping, dreaming, achieving, losing, and trying again.

As a language arts teacher, I use these poems as journal prompts to springboard my students into writing, and these poems touch my students in ways classical poetry does not. My students see themselves in these poems and are always eager to discuss the teens represented in these pages as if they are real people. I highly recommend this book to language arts teachers, teenagers, or those who would like to remember what it was like to be a teen.

I've been collecting Chinese art for thirty five years and have almost everything published about Chinese Jade and related arts. Bernstein's book is concise, to the point and he gives straight talk about collecting Chinese art. Collecting Chinese art is a must have reference tool for all collectors of Oriental art. The author, an internationally famous scholar-dealer really knows his tomatoes. He writes about detecting fakes, scientific testing of Chinese works of art and the current world-wide market for Chinese art. The full color photographs of jades, ancient glass, gold and silver objects and stone scultures are attractive and tastefully done. I recommend it with out reservation.

The Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems, by Bernstein, Hadzilacos and Goodman is the jewel for the Theory of Transaction Management and Concurrency Control in Database Systems. Despite of the fact that it is out of print (the last edition going back to 1987), it is still consider up to date and the best source for important aspects of the implementation of the transaction manager of a DBMS such as: - Transaction design -- query formulation, isolation, degree desired, and transaction length - Serializabilty -- criterion for serializability, serialization graph, serialization order - Atomicity -- avoiding dirty reads, repeatable reads, phantom reads - Concurrency control -- two phase locking, resource & data contention, thrashing, detect deadlocks, intention locks, deadlock avoidance protocols, other concurrency control mechanisms - Recovery -- tolerating failures and guaranteeing atomicity, quantitative conclusions

Again, I would recommend this textbook to anyone who interests in the theory of Database Systems in general and at the Theory of Transaction Management in particular.

Regards, Prof. Sarbanes C U N Y Queens College

P.S. : I am looking for adopting this book for my database course for the Fall 2000, but I can NOT find this text book easily. Any help for this matter, would be greatly appreciated.

This book and CD were tremendously helpful to our agency. We put together an employee handbook in less than two hours and we are very satisfied with the results.

"Das Bernsteinamulett" is a family story about a German womans and her childrens life after the Second World War.

Barbara marries Alex, a man she loves but who keeps a dark secret from her. He has to take on a new name when he returns from the war, fleeing from the Russians. What he does not know is that he owes his life merely to the mercy of a Russian general, dangerously in love with Barbara.
But he cannot stay in the East, so he flees with their daugther over the border into the promising West. From now on, the family is seperated.

While Alex strives to do well in the new Germany, Barbara is left with her sick mother, bringing up their two sons, Christian and Werner, in a tiny hut on the land that once belonged to their family - before the War; before the Russians took over.
And all the while Elisabeth, once their fathers secretary and now important functionary of the communist party, is taking revenge on them for something hidden in the past... A family secret.

The story begins with Barbara as a young woman, sees us through her pain of seperation as well as her husbands affair, and then describes the three children growing up: the rebellious daughter in the west, the communist son who hates his family and Christian, who never knows where he belongs. He is the oldest son, and Alex is not his father...

It is a capturing family story of pain and passion, courage, despair and death, love, hope and hate all influenced by the swirling, changing world Germany was. Serious and yet exciting, it is definately worth reading.

A very personal book on the lives of the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who broke the story of the slush fund and the ultimate resignation of President Richard Nixon. This book contains much more information about Bob Woodward's "secret informer" also known as "Deep Throat" (This has nothing to do with that "adult" film of the same name. They just borrowed the name). Many things were not filmed for All The President's Men (1976). This book discusses the accuracy of the film, and the follow-up book "The Final Days". Patricia Nixon had a stroke two months after the release of "The Final Days" book and Richard Nixon wanted to sue. Woodward and Bernstein would not reveal their sources for the book, just like they will not reveal who "the secret informer, "Deep Throat" is until after the secret informer dies. The author believes he knows who or what people were "the secret informer" was. If you enjoyed the film "All The President's Men" (1976) and the tv-movie "The Final Days" (1989-TV), you will like the juicy information in this book.
They can not really reveal who the "secret informer" is until that person has died. With respect, they must protect their source. Some time after the interment, perhaps, Woodward will announce who the "informer" was.
We don't know how this will be announced, no doubt with high security for Woodward and Bernstein and concern for family survivors. Surely, The Washington Post Newspaper and all news channels will break the announcement.
Bob Woodward is an occasional guest on Larry King Live (CNN) and in 2004, Bob Woodward and carl bernstein appeared on Larry King Live (CNN) and in part discussed that time in 1974. Bernstein even made a joke about putting the flower pot outside again. Carl Bernstein has recently been a frequent guest on MSNBC with his insight about "His Holiness" ( also the name of Carl Bernstein's book).
Is the "secret informer someone who is high-profile: John Dean, Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, George McGovern, Gerald Ford, Patrick Buchanan, Robert Dole? Or is it someone who is lesser known or forgotten?
Could it be a woman, perhaps, Presidential Journalist Helen Thomas (Well, now I am being silly guessing)?
What is certain, this important secret is the best kept secret in over 30 years. The wonder will finally be revealed.
Please see the film, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) and keep your eyes on The Washington Post and CNN-Cable News Network and the NBC Networks.
Update: February 8, 2005--Donald Segrette reportedly said, it is not a former President and the person is not currently sick.
Update: W. Mark Felt, now the age of 91 and in declining health, is claiming in an article in Vanity Fair Magazine on this day that he was the secret informer, "Deep Throat". He was second-in-command at the FBI in the 1970's.
Later that night after W. Mark Felt appeared before the cameras, Bob Woodward did confirm that W. Mark Felt was the secret informer (the source) that he had secretly met with in the parking garage (played by Hal Halbrook in the film, All The President's Men [1976]).
The Washington Post also confirmed.
The 33-year secret has finally been revealed.

Tom Brokaw shared on NBC's The Today Show, June 1, 2005 that the "first clue" was Bob Woodward mentioned the secret informer as "My Friend" (attention to the initials: M.F.). The Washington Post Managing Editor thought it best to change that to another name "Deep Throat". However, nobody thought of Mark Felt being possibly the "secret informer" until just six years ago in 1999.

Another secret revealed was Bob Woodward has been keeping in touch with W. Mark Felt and had lunch with him in 1999.

Bob Woodward wrote a new book on his meetings with the "secret informer", W. Mark Felt, "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat", was published July 6, 2005.

When my husband developed diabetes II his doctor recommended this book. An interesting and informative discussion on diabetes.We followed the instructions to the letter. His sugar went from 318 to normal in less than six weeks and he has been off medication for 5 years. It really works! This is a must read for diabetics.