Bryan Books

This book is a permanent reminder to me of this fascinating continent, its surrounding ocean and the wildlife that inhabit them. The book starts with an introduction then a chapter setting the historical background. Next comes a chapter describing the ecology of the three main regions - the continent of Antarctica, the maritime Antarctic (the ocean surrounding Antarctica) and the sub-Antarctic - further out, including South Georgia and nearby islands. Penguins and albatrosses each have a chapter to themselves with all other birds (cormorants, gulls, skuas, wakes, petrels and pigeons) grouped together in another chapter. A chapter on seals and a chapter on wildlife photography in the Antarctic complete the main book (there is an appendix and an index).

The longest chapters is the one devoted to penguins - at forty pages, it is double the length of the next longest chapter. Quite right too, as penguins are what most people think of when they think of Antarctica. You may be thinking that one penguin is much the same as another - if so, you'd be wrong. In fact, there are eight different species, thought the Royals only nest on Macquarie Island. The others are Emperor, Adelie, Chinstrap, Gentoo, Macaroni, Rockhopper and King. Each species has its own distinguishing characteristics - for example, the Royal, Rockhopper and Macaroni penguins all have crests. The Emperor and King penguins (as their names suggest) are much larger than the other species.

This well-written book has a lot of information about the birds and seals of the region, matched by many spectacular photographs. If you are interested in Antarctica, this book is well worth looking for.

This is an authoritative study of "early music" in the Western World. It is the textbook for a course I will be taking in the fall which studies this period. I have also purchased the CDs which are imperative to the understanding of the text.

I received this book within 3 days on standard shipping and it was in great quality. The textbook is also very clear and easy to understand. I recommend it to anyone in music history as a supplemental textbook.

The book was easy to read and adressed everyday situations and mind sets. I was very impressed with the practical nature of the book as well as the revelation into scripture verses.

Terisa Turner and the contributors to this collection break new ground in both analysing and predicting directions of social change. The new ground arises from the combined treatment of woman-man relations, race and class in practical cases in contemporary social struggle. Take gender to begin with. Turner's conception, outlined in the first two chapters, is based on the view that unpaid work of women undergrids corporate profits and hence any talk of social class must also include analysis of relations between women and men. The subsequent chapters proceed to document the importance of gender in social movements geared to abolishing exploitation and injustice founded on class. Rastafari in both East Africa, where the Pan-African movement originated, and in the Caribbean where it has flourished, is presented by Turner as a post-capitalist, global way of life which brings together a vast array of social groups united by the value of human life as opposed to profits and speculation. Other analyses of Kenya's social struggles, those of women in Nigeria's oilbelt, those opposed to the 1991 Gulf War take further the book's central thesis: when women's fundamental security is threatened they organize a movement of resistance, and this movement's success depends on a section of their menfolk breaking away from 'male deals' with exploiters and joining women in a struggle for transformational justice. This thesis is expressed in Seth Tobacman's shocking graphics ('the discovery of america and tompkins square park') and in Trinidadian Brother Book's powerful poem, 'message to the intellectuals from the grassroot' The collection of fight-back chronicles was inspired by the high points of the democracy movements of the late 1980s and early 1990s and has never been more relevant as the neo-liberal order crumbles under its own weight and irrationality at the beginning of the new millenium. The marxism of CLR James informs each chapter.

The Arizona Almanac of Business is a wonderful resource for networking in Arizona! Whether you are seeking employment, sales leads or curious to learn about the business environment before relocating, this is a useful directory. In addition, the biographical section should be of particular interest to anyone needing information on corporate executives. If you are doing business in Arizona, you should check this one out.

Featuring an informative foreword by J. P. Bryan, "At The Heart Of Texas: 100 Years Of The Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997" by Richard B. McCaslin is a definitive history of the institution dedicated to discovering, collecting, preserving, and publishing historical material pertaining to Texas. Founded on March 2, 1897, the Texas State Historical Association has been instrumental in saving material relevant to the history of Texas that would otherwise have been lost to future generations of scholars and appreciative citizens. A professor of history at the University of North Texas and a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, Richard McCaslin brings a special expertise to his text that he has enhanced with the inclusion of sidebar vignettes, and an epilogue bringing the history up to date, illustrations, appendices, a bibliography, and an index. A seminal work of scholarship in its own right, "At The Heart Of Texas" is a core addition to Texas state history collections and could well serve as a template for other state historical associations in developing histories of their own.

Certainly the most serious, scholarly, and musicological study of Schoenberg's early, atonal work. For those interested in less of an introduction and more in depth analysis, this book is the key for its subject area. Lucidly written, the ideal first step beyond so many biographical-introductions to this great composer.

Mr. Schlesinger is cogent and to the point. The best attack on multicultural agendas there is--from an intellectual giant. Short enough to be read in one sitting. Unfortunately, America's public schools and their hyper-ethnic curriculums will never catch on. Jesse Jackson only wishes that he could refute Schlesinger's wisdom.

did not purchase this for the role playing game but for the information about the rangers - excellent source for those who are writing about Babylon 5