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This is a 'must have' book for anyone seriously wanting to cut through the Internet clutter and market their service or product on line.

The wealth of ideas and tips from experts around the world make it essential reading from the novice through to the marketing professional.

I'm proud to have been a contributer to the book and highly recommend it to my clients and audiences I speak to around Australia and overseas.

If you are still not convinced visit my website at ... and I'll show you why it's so important to sort the Internet 'hype'from reality.

Th ehoneymoon period is over for the net and this book will show you practical, down to earth tips top make the most of this new medium.

Thomas Murrell
International Business Speaker
Managing Director
8M Media & Communications
AUSTRALIA
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This book is so full of amazing, supportive information. The ideas by the multitude of Interent Experts are endless. Well done Debbie! I have already used 5 of the ideas from your book, and I have not even finished reading it yet.

How often do you get access to leading experts from around the world in the hot new marketing topic - Internet Promotion?

Let's face it - rarely.

This is a 'must have' book for anyone seriously wanting to cut through the Internet clutter and market their service or product on line.

The wealth of ideas and tips from experts around the world make it essential reading from the novice through to the marketing professional.

I'm proud to have been a contributer to the book and highly recommend it to my clients and audiences I speak to around Australia and overseas.

The honeymoon period is over for the net and this book will show you practical, down to earth tips to make the most of this new medium.

I really like the way the book captures the best ideas and latest edge thinking from around the world. There are not many publications that can provide this perspective.

Debbie has done a great job pulling it all together and this will be a great addition to any business library.

There is a HUGE amount of marketing information, from basics to the extreme, for entrepreneurs online! All of this information comes straight from those who know! This is a must have for anyone who markets or sells online.

I wish I had read this book cover to cover the minute I got it. Silly me, I waited for a good time. The time to read it is the minute you can lay your hands on it...but only if you want the wisdom of the most savvy, prosperous folks who use the internet for business.

Each author has done their best to give their hottest tips for internet promotion and success. You cannot learn these tips unless you've walked the road and fell in a few holes along the way. Save yourself the tumble. Buy this book!

What a great little book. The illustrations are outstanding. The artist really captures the essence and spirit of Corgis. We own several Corgis and this book is a constant on our coffee table. We can't help but smile every time we look at the pictures. It is a real hit.

The write and illustrator have some much imagination. Loved, loved loved the pictures!! We have a corgi, so of course we loved the concept, but this book is for all ages and you will enjoy reading it over and over again!!! Please Ms Colette, write more!!!!!!

Basically a picture book, (and forgive me, but how does this Anjou person get credit ABOVE Evie for having "authored" the book???) this book is an absolute must-have for your corgi book collection! Evie Anderson never disappoints, and this collection of her early work is just delightful! Most highly recommended!

If you are a Corgi owner or just love the breed this is a must have. I have liked the artist Evie for many years and her illistrations are perfect. I can see her two furbabies posing for the pictures themselves. It is a nice simple book that should be a part of everyones collection.

Great children's (and adult) book. The illustrations are amazing and so true to life. Looking forward to seeing these wonderful and spectacular dogs with their own show.

I would have given this book 5 stars, but I couldn't because of the editing errors...so I gave it 4 stars.

Don has some interesting strategies and ideas that even after reading a number of books on Craps had never heard of. I like his style of play and the book really does give some great insight in how to play the game at a lower betting level and giving yourself a better chance at winning. We all know there's no way to beat Craps, but there are some effective ideas that Don presents that can give you fighting hope on a regular basis!

Overall, good book, good ideas, worth the money, and 4 stars instead of 5 because of lousy editing.

I tried craps several times at casinos and always watched my money disappeared quickily while others won tons. I knew there must be some betting stategy I was missing. This book explained several different strategies in a way I could understand. Can't wait to get back to the tables in Vegas. And I'll remember to set my limit at $60 bucks a day.

I must give this guy a "5 STAR" review! This book is a tremendous insight to keeping the house advantage to a minimum. I intend to bring this book with me the next time i'm gambling so I am able to perfect his technique. The book is easy to read (I finished it on a lazy Sunday afternoon) and makes you excited to try out the strategies. It is my opinion that Mr. Favero should follow up this book with a sequel, if possible. I would highly recommend this book to anyone.

I had the pleasure of playing craps with the author at the Rio several years ago. He is a true professional, and the book is well-written and a steal for the money. My game is internet poker, however it's fun to mix it up some in the casino setting. This book is complete with strategy and examples, but I also love the book from the gambling life-style point of view. Favero is not only an outstanding craps player, but he has taught his family and many others the finer points of the game and gambling theory; for his daughter is OUTSTANDING craps player in her own right and developing into an excellent and profitable Texas Hold'em player. I look forward to buying this man a beer! Highly recommended - Grinder

I'm a novice craps player (my typical goal is to break even long enough to burn the casino for a couple of free drinks), and I was looking for a concise text that explains some basic low-limit strategies beyond pass/don't pass betting. Don provides a number of understandable guidelines for minimizing one's risk as a low limit player and achiving modest profits and casino comps. This is not a book on statistical probabilities or game theory by any stretch, but rather a novice-to-moderate player's guide to surviving at the craps table, understanding the game as a whole and having fun.

The book's only downside is the editing, or lack thereof. There are typface inconsistencies that are kind of jarring, and serious copyediting errors. Also, the book is poorly organized. For example, the primer on craps rules and betting is at the end, but terms from that chapter are used in the preceding chapters. Some of Don's personal stories within the strategy chapters are humorous, but often are non sequiturs to the lessons themselves and break up the book's flow.

Granted, I'm in the publishing business by trade, so I'm OCD about some of these editing details that others won't care about. On the whole, Mr. Favero has done an exceptional job of getting logical craps strategies into the hands of casual players like me. I'm looking forward to applying his lessons in a few weeks in upstate New York.

The lexicon provides excellent coverage of all English words used in the King James Version of the Bible. In addition passages where words are included in the critical Greek texts are also listed (an added bonus).

The concodances of both English and Greek are most helpful and adequate to the average student. It is like getting three books in one: a lexicon, English concordance and a Greek Concordance.

Another bonus feature are the appendices of various readings of the major Greek Critical texts. Most helpful are the variants given to the Codex Sinaiticus.

This is an excellent biblical study aid, that along with other research tools gives greater insight into many Greek words in the New Testament, thereby giving a greater understanding of the rightly divided word of God.

This book is a good starting point studying the New Testament translation. Makes reasearch easier when words used in the KJV are translated into Greek with the original meaning of the words used.

This Greek Lexicon is a great resource for the bible student or seeker of the real definitions of Greek words. This not only helps with defining a word but gives you a better idea of the context of an entire passage. For example the word "teach" used in 1 Tim. 2:12 is one of instruction or direction (leading a flock) but the teach" in 2 Tim. 2:24- meaning to instruct ( as in the context of skilled in teaching or the havin the ability to teach. This book gives you the scripture passages that the word occurs in and it is very helpful. The only draw back is the numbering is in ROman numerals, but its good practice.

I own this concordance as well as strong's and young's. This one is by far the most informative, easy to use, and gets the most use in my house-hold. I have not found a Lexicon/concordance that is more insightful than this one (which doesn't mean one doesn't exist). The definitions in this concordance are clear, open up your understanding to God's word, and I actually find it easier to use than Strong's and Young's (it is designed to go alphabetical by the english word, and then you find the greek words that are used in translation with the verses under the english word). This book is truly more informative than anything else I've seen. For me this is a MUST OWN!!! You won't be disappointed by this book.

One of the most famous - and infamous - letters in all of literature, De Profundis is a strange little piece of work: either much more than it appears on the surface, or much less. It is something I think everyone should read, if only for its insight into the human character, particularly that of one under great personal suffering. Wilde wrote this extraordinarily long letter from prison to Lord Alfred Douglas, his friend, lover, and the man who - by all accounts - was the reason Wilde was in jail in the first place. Despite repeated assertions in the first few pages alone to the contrary, Wilde seems reluctant to blame himself. He clearly blames Douglas to the hilt, and harbors a certain bitter resentment towards him. And yet... he clearly still hold much dear affection toward - and even loves - Douglas. He still seems to be asking for forgiveness - despite the fact that, by all accounts hardly excluding his own, he was the man wronged. It is quite clear from reading this letter that, desite the view history holds of him, Wilde was clearly a man of very high moral character. Certainly, one would not put Wilde atop a pedastal as the zenith of ethics - he himself says that morals contain "absolutely nothing" for him, and clearly admits - and is proud of - his having lived the high life to the hilt during his youth - but Wilde was a man of principles, and he stuck to those principles to the tragic, bitter end. Perhaps you might say he carried them too far. One gets the sense in reading this letter - or a biography of Wilde - that, not only could he have stopped his immiment imprisonment, but could have severed his ties with Douglas completely - had he wanted to. Apparently, he had his own utterly compelling reasons for not doing so. Whatever the case, Oscar Wilde is one of the most fundamentally and perpetually interesting characters in the whole of history. A self-described man of paradoxes - Wilde was subsequently the true essence of his time, while also being far ahead of his time - De Profundis makes for required reading by one of the most endlessly fascinating individuals you'll ever read about, and also provides a startling - indeed, perhaps too much so - insight into human nature.

De Profundis, though long for a letter, is not a long work in the conventional sense. Consequently, as many editions of Wilde's collected works are available, buying this on its own may be deemed questionable. I highly reccommend purchasing a Collected Works of Oscar if you have not done so already - it's well worth the price - but, should you desire to have more compact editions of specific works, an edition such as this will be privy to your needs.

This is a very moving account of a heartbroken man who was betrayed by a person he loved dearly. The pain, the trauma, the love, the anger, the frustration is evident in every single well-written sentence. This book is not only a window into the mind of one of the best British writers of the late 19th century. It is also a timeless lesson on what can happen when one falls in love with someone who doesn't truly appreciate what they have before them. Of course there are other lessons to be learned in this book but rather than point them out here, I'd much prefer you pick up a copy of "De Profundis" as soon as you can.

Not actually a "letter," though it had to be originally presented as such for him to be allowed to write it while in prison, *De Profundis* is Wilde's masterpiece--one has to have really lived and really, really suffered to have written it and it's amazing that he achieved it.

I only very recently read it--and "got" it. It rings true to me, and is very, very moving and "profound." It ain't summer beach reading.

Wilde is still and will probably always be best known as a "Personality"--that and the author of a couple of decent period plays, a short novel, a few stories, and lots of forgettable poems and such. But THIS--THIS is IT.

He really WAS a great writer, it turns out, after all.

So many people concentrate on De Profundis' accusations cast towards Alfred Douglas. Yes, it's true that the letter was written to him and that Wilde is ruthless in letting Douglas know exactly what he thinks of him but that's not why De Profundis is a great piece of work. It is great for three reasons. Number one - It contains the best account of the life of Christ. Christ as the romantic artist is the only account that has moved me to tears and the only account I can personally embrace. Number two - it is chock full of the Oscar Wilde voice and wit and as a result it reverbates as a true work of art and number three - It is ultimately a work that celebrates the things in life worth feeling - failure, love, injustice, strength and forgiveness.

Don't waste your time with the accusations towards Douglas. He is unimportant. Oscar Wilde is what's important and De Profundis is Oscar Wilde bare.

Ah, me...one doesn't know which to be more irritated
and exasperated with: whether it be Walt Whitman doing
his dissembling shuck-and-shuffle about the children
he had sired (to throw off a probing, serious John
Addington Symonds) -- or Oscar, in this "j'accuse," which
he should have spoken while looking in a mirror, rather
than writing it on paper to Lord Alfred.
This is without doubt a fascinating, horrifying,
and yet in places humorous, "piece de Miserere mei"
(to combine a bit of French with Latin).
If one chooses to believe Oscar, his only fault
was weakness in "giving in" to Lord Alfred. Oh,
come now. Blinded by Eros, reason flies out the
door...if ever reason was in control. There are
some sentences which are devastatingly revealing,
but Oscar doesn't seem to see it. "The trivial in
thought and action is charming. I had made it
the keystone of a very brilliant philosophy expressed
in plays and paradoxes." Ye gods, and little fishes!

And this man dared to call himself a "Classicist?!"
Yikes!!!
The best exercise for the reader is to just take
many of the things which Oscar accuses Lord Alfred
of, and turn them toward the self-blind, self-
justifying Oscar, to see their devastating hitting
of the mark. Never having met the young man, but
only having the "benefit" of hearsay (mostly from
Oscar's literary defenders) Lord Alfred seems to have
been calculating, temperamental (using anger to get
his way), manipulative, etc., etc., etc. The best
description of him may be Wilde's referring to him
with the lines from Aeschylus' play AGAMEMNON,
about the lion cub being raised in a house and
being let loose to wreak havoc and ruin.
But Oscar bears his share of blame -- more than just
that of the "sin" of weakness which he constantly falls
back upon in his own justification. Even in the midst
of what purports to be some sort of penitent cry from
the depths of hell...Oscar still is ever the poseur:
"And I remember that afternoon, as I was in the railway
carriage whirling up to Paris, thinking what an impossible,
terrible, utterly wrong state my life had got into, when
I, a man of world-wide reputation, was actually forced
to run away from England, in order to try and get rid
of a friendship that was entirely destructive of everything
fine in me either from the intellectual or ethical point
of view...." Er, when was the last time that the
"everything fine" had last seen the light of day?
Was Oscar an "Artist," as he consistently claims?
Was he the wronged, harmed Artist? Perhaps only the
reader can decide that for himself. Without doubt
he was witty, acerbic, funny, cute, clever, perhaps
even charming (to some -- sort of like a Pillsbury
Dough Boy with flair and a clever tongue), perhaps
stylish (in a frumpy, velveteen sort of way). Was
he wronged by a predatory clinger and manipulator,
and a hypocritical social prudery and class power
play (Oscar is no Socrates--that's for sure!)? He
hardly seems worthy, in some ways, of being a poster-boy
for Gay Pride parades. More likely, he is a better
warning poster boy for the self-excusing, and never
take-responsibility-for-your-own-actions crowd.
But this is an incredible piece to read and think
about. There is some of it that is mordantly hilarious.

The relief of debt for poorer countries is an issue which many support but few really understand. Noreena Hertz is someone who knows what she is talking about. She formerly worked at the World Bank and in now Professor of Economics at Cambridge. She is also a tireless campaigner for debt relief.

What I most appreciated was her ability to explain the economics in a way that was both understandable and convincing. She tells us how the debts came about - often during the cold war in an attempt by the West to gain and maintain areas of influence in the developing world. She also reminds us that many of these loans went to corrupt leaders of countries whose citizens now have to pay the price. As a result basic human needs - food, housing, and healthcare are sacrificed to service the debt payments.

We are left in no doubt that we carry a significant responsibility for this situation. This is why we should lobby our leaders to write of these debts. It is easy to say that fault lies on both sides. That may be so but if poor children have to pay then we who are in a position to do something should do all that we can.

She writes all of this in a very readable style. This book did far more than big events such as Live 8 to convince me of the need to do something. I would urge all readers to get hold of a copy and read it!

Insightful, interesting and accessable. I read this book as part of my disseration research for a critical assessment of World Bank/IMF policy with regards to third world development. Prof. Hertzs' arguements are persuasive and compelling. They demand the attention of the policy-makers, finanical workers and the international community at large. Debt hangs from the neck of the developing world preventing it from standing upright. Prof. Hertz explains that this need not be the case.

Debt cancellation for developing countries is a subject that has attracted much attention and little real action, despite in 2005 G8 countries and few others have taken some clear-cut commitment. This readable book provides:

a) a quick and simple description as to how developing countries got trapped into unsustainable debt levels. But among developing countries it fails to distinguish between middle-income emerging market economies and low-income economies. Therefore, the author jumps to the conclusion that Argentina (or Turkey) and Somalia (or Botswana) should be treated the same.

b) a simple theory, which suggests that developed countries often offered loans to corrupt governments (or full-fledged dictatorship) of developing countries and therefore, the peoples of those countries cannot bear the burden of servicing that debt, for which they did not benefit at all. Thus understood the problem, the full debt cancellation is a moral (and maybe legal) obligation. The author does not develop further that theory, but in practice she says that those countries that have violated human rights, or more specifically, at the time of borrowing were violating civil and political liberties, and/or economic, social and cultural rights should be provided full debt cancellation. Who and how the violation would be assessed is not clear, but this idea merits to be developed further and into operational detail.

I would recommend it for the general reader and those interested in development issues without prior knowledge.

Noreena Hertz's basic principle is that the rights of creditors do not stand above fundamental human rights.
Debt repayments should not be imposed on governments when they could put in danger a minimum level of food, health care, clothing, water, education and housing for the entire population.

But as US president Calvin Coolidge said to the English delegation after WWI: 'We lent you money. Didn't we?'
The fact is that a lot of money was lent to corrupt and despotic regimes (Suharto, Marcos, Abacha, Ceaucescu, Mengistu, the South-African apartheid regime ...). More, after the end of the cold war, the US asked immediate debt repayment from States which were no longer strategically important.

Democratic governments should not be responsible for irresponsible lending by States or International Organizations.
She remarks that 60-70 % of all World bank projects under Mc Namara were failures and that only 10 % were ecologically and socially sound investments.

For her, debt should be forgiven if it was lent to undemocratic regimes, if the investments were against the interests of the majority of the population and when those who gave the money knew for what it was disbursed.
Ultimately, debt forgiveness will ot only favour the poor but also the rich countries, for it should not force nations to implement unsound policies and should improve security in the world.

By the way, she rightly lambastes massive arms investments (4 stealth bombers represent 1 schoolyear for 155 million children) and agricultural subsidies in the US and Europe (every cow receives 2,20 $ per day, or more that 1 billion human beings on our planet).

This book is a must read about a crucial problem for a massive part of the world population.

Just as her other great book , The Silent Takeover, this one is an honest effort, well documented and basically well intended.I think Ms. Hertz is brilliant and brave in her exposure of the facts. But...and there is always a but. I think that, her final proposals tend to be naive. Do not misunderstand me. Her proposals would be very good...if and only if, the people with the power to move ahead with the kind of actions that are needed were really interested in the fate of poor countries and in the people of their own countries ( as she very well explains). What they are interested in , I mean the elites everywhere,is in PROFITS and power..that is the reason and the blood of limitless capitalism. All other issues, including the welfare of the people or the environment are simply not considered.
Another point is that the role of the corrupt political elite in third world countries is in some way minimized. These guys are gangsters and must be treated as such. But instead they are very well treated by the political and corporative elites in the developed nations...and when they no longer represent PROFITS or geopolitical advantages they are simply discarded..Just remember Noriega or Saddam...The sad point is that the people of these countries can not discard these gangsters by their own means..Why?? Because of the support the corrupt Govts' receive from the rich countries..And they preach about moral and ethics....!!! Very good read....Worth your time.

this book presents a very detailed analysis of world war ii, though at times borrego's own agenda gets in the way of his presentation of the facts, even if it's much more subtle here than in other books of his. still, if his interpretation of the facts is questionable, what is very remarkable is his presentation of them - this book contains a LOT of information and a very good bibliography.

English: A friend of mine recommended this book, all I can tell you is that it is a masterpiece. There are no words to describe it. You must read this book, after you do it, history of WWII is not going to be the same. Very well documented, with proofs that nobody can refute. A YOU MOUST READ BOOK.
Espanol: Un amigo me recomendo este libro. todo lo que pudiera decir es poco, es una verdadera pieza maestra. No hay palabras para describirlo. Usted lo debe leer, despues que lo haga se dara cuenta de todas las infamias y mentiras que nos han estado diciendo. Muy bien documentado, contiene pruebas que nadie puede refutar. Un libro que todos debieran de leer.

In my previous review, I forgot to include references to the specific contents of the book. Take a look at the content. It follows a chronological order of WWII and the personal perspective of the author...

Enjoy!!

This is what the promiment Mexican philosopher, Jose Vasconcelos, had to say about this book:

The work of Salvador Borrego E., which today reaches its second edition, is one of the most important ones that have ever been published in America. It gives satisfaction that a Mexican of our generation has been able to judge with so much certainty the events that we know as Second World II.

Placed on the side of the enemies of the German power, it is natural for us that all of our ideas be tainted with the color of the allied propaganda. Modern wars unfold in the frontlines and in the pages of the press. Propaganda is a powerful weapon, sometimes decisive in deceiving world opinion. Already since the first European war, it was witnessed an audacity to deceive, which was put into practice by agencies and newspapers that enjoyed a reputation that was seemingly irreproachable. Deceit, however, achieved its objective. Entire groups of nations, which should have been neutral, were dragged to participate in the conflict, moved by a sentiment founded on information that afterwards was found out to be deliberately fabricated by the faction that controlled world communications.

Just as well that geographic and political needs brought us to participate in conflicts that were foreign to our historical destiny; the worst is that we let deceit convince us. Congratulations that we had to affiliate with the faction that was closest to us; the trouble is that it was too numerous, among us, the caste of the enthusiasts of deceit. Unfortunate is the spectacle that is still given by some of our "intellectuals", when they speak of the defense of democracy, at the same time that they cannot delete off their foreheads the shameful mark of having served vernacular dictatorships that systematically boast the suffrage. Let us forget those pseudo-revolutionaries, who are no more than usurers of a Revolution that they have contributed to dishonor, and let us try to clear up the mind of those who with in good faith remained deceived.

"During six years, Borrego says, the world believed to be fighting for the flag of freedom and democracy that the allied countries hoisted in the name of Poland. But once the victory was consummated, entire countries, including Poland, lost their sovereignty under the inexplicable spell of a victory whose disaster very few were able to foresee."

The first edition of the book of Borrego was published barely two years ago and in such a short time, the course of events has confirmed its predictions and has multiplied the evils that this book so courageously discovered.

It is no longer just Poland; half a dozen European nations that used to be flourishing centers of the Western Christian culture, are now being crushed upon by the Soviet boot, and are in a state of "definite disintegration."

And the anti-Christian monster continues advancing. Behind the smile of Mendes-France, always victorious, as their henchmen say; behind that enigmatic smile, six million Catholics in Vietnam, precious fruit of a century of French missionary labor, have fallen within the circle of slavery and torture that Marxists devote to Christian populations.

The contemporary case has precedent in the Asian invasions of Genghis-Kan, who enslaved nations; it has precedent in the conquests of Sultan, who decapitated Christians within the temples that they had erected for their faith. The conflict of nowadays is another anxious and crucial moment in the perennial fight that Christendom has to endure in order to survive.

In the book of Borrego, penetrating and analytical, and at the same time enlightened and prophetic, the details of the tremendous conspiracy are revealed.

The distribution of the book of Borrego is of the highest patriotic interest for all the Spanish-speaking peoples. Us, heirs, of the epic of the Re-conquest that saved Christendom of the invasion of the Moors, and of the Counter-Reformation headed by Philip II, that saved Catholicism of the perilous conspiracy of the Lutherans and Calvinists, no one is more obligated than us to unmask the hypocrites and to contain the advance of the perverse. The fight will cost us countless pains. No nation can escape the day, the demands of history, which are of action and sacrifice.

Comfort is always the longing, never fulfilled. The fight among men has to continue indefinite and periodically relentless, until the end of time approaches, as the prophecy warns.

Jose Vasconcelos

February 1955

El contenido de este libro cambió por completo mi percepción acerca de los acontecimientos ocurridos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Más allá de los detalles presentados -con abundancia de pruebas, investigación y mucho sentido común- Borrego hace las preguntas correctas, cuyas respuestas nos acercan un poco más a la luz de la realidad, y nos alejan de la oscuridad en la que nos han dejado los medios de comunicación y el cine.

Al leer este libro se dará cuenta de muchas cosas que tienen validez hasta el día de hoy. No crea todo lo que lee en libros, o lo que ve en películas. Use su sentido común para hacer las preguntas correctas acerca de lo que realmente sucedió, y que continúa sucediendo.

I agree whole heartedly with the other reviews here, and merely wish to second their opinions. I bought my copy in 1960 and would never part with it. I still have crystal clear images in my mind from courant's exposition of the 1-1 correspondence between points of the real line and infinite decimals, his comment that all absolute convergence tests result from comparing with a known convergent object - either the geometric series or an integral, and his preface emphasizing "the chief task" of one who would pursue the study of Science: acquiring a firm grasp of the application of general principles in particular cases.

I have studied and taught calculus, advanced calculus, real and complex analysis, Riemann surfaces, differential equations, and differential manifolds both real and complex, for over 40 years, but anyone who reads thoroughly these 2 volumes and masters them will know more calculus than I do.

I am a pure mathematician, and I believe these volumes are highly recommended not just to physicists and engineers, but to anyone who would master their subject. I also love the book of Spivak, but after teaching from them together one summer, and comparing proofs, I concluded that Spivak himself probably learned the subject from Courant.

I will not say, as is common in reviewers of books on calculus, that this is the best book of calculus that there is. Indeed, calculus is a subject with so many textbooks that it can be said that there is no best textbook, but that each person can find one that suits his/her needs.

Nonetheless, Courant's book is an old text, around 70 years old. It belongs to these classics of science that were influential and held its own as a source of common knowledge. Why?

I believe that the answer to this question is simple: Courant's book has the perfect balance between theory and applications. It does not use too much pedantry in its exposition, is full of examples (for the student to do and also some worked-out), ranging from simple to very difficult, and yet it proves everything that is important in a way that no mathematician can complain. Indeed, the authors leaves the most difficult demonstrations to appendixes that can be found in each chapter, so the reader that doesn't want to enter into the complications of the proofs can skip them. And the book is written in a conversational style, that much probably influenced the book that, in my humble opinion, is the best that can be found treating the subjects it treats (so I also have my favourite calculus text: Spivak's Calculus!).

There are two volumes, the first one dealing mainly with calculus of one variable and the second with multivariate and complex analysis. It contains the core of the mathematical theory useful for physicists and engineers and has this that is amazing: it develops the theory and always gives good physical examples. Indeed, a whole course of theoretical physics is contained in this book, almost hidden.

So, if someone is reading this review and is in doubt whether the book is good or not, I can say, with the experience of having read a long list of calculus texts, that the book is good and is worth-while. It is useful to the mathematician and to the engineer, to the philosopher and to the physicist, and serves extremely well both as a text book for class study, self-study and for reference. If you are worried that the treatment is dated, I can say that, although today the most common treatment of, say, multivariate calculus is through linear algebra, that leaves the subject much cleaner, Courant's work still is of value in that it explains everything in as simple way as possible, mantaining always ahead the objectives of each section. It is essentially a book of applications of analysis and if you read and work the examples, you will turn yourself into an expert both in theory and application and will be able to follow easily any work that has classical analysis as prerequisite.

Great classical book!

Courant knows the art of writing a good preface. He attacks "diffuseness" and "pedantry" and aims at "exhibiting the close connection between analysis and its applications" and "to give due credit to intuition as the source of mathematical truth". The book also has a tone that is unusual today: Courant speaks to us the way a dignified, open-hearted professor speaks to an intelligent student. No rambling pretensions; just to-the-point, good mathematics. This is the perfect solid-as-they-come, timeless book on the calculus, and most likely it will never be surpassed in this domain. One must be warned, however, that this is a very serious book and reader-friendliness has lower priority than technical coherence and brilliance of formal organisation. The likely reader will know calculus already and use Courant for masterful, concise exposition of standard topics as well as a wealth of topics that have been watered out of most current calculus curricula (e.g., evolutes, involutes, envelopes, curvature, geodesics, centres of mass, the gamma function, the catenary, the cycloid, the lemniscate, the brachistochrone problem, Kepler's laws, Maxwell's equations, the zeta function, etc.). Everybody knows that all the usual calculus books, "reform" or not, are pathetic. But what is even worse is that there are no good alternatives even if one is prepared to dig deep into the library shelves in hope of finding an author who has not sacrificed his intellectual dignity at the altar of royalties. Take for example Serge Lang's books "A First Course in Calculus" and "Short Calculus". Lang is of course the virtual definition of the mainstream of respectable mathematics. Nevertheless, these books are soaked with the common formalistic attitude. In fact, as if his books had not finished the job, Lang adds an appendix to both books called "Physics and Mathematics", which very explicitly drives a wedge between physics and intuition and mathematics. Courant is a good antidote to such modern nonsense.

This is the best calculus text for aspiring physicists as well as applied mathematics students. However, don't know why Amazon sent the book with different front cover to me. It's not the one shown in the picture but rather a black cover--exactly the one seen on barnesandnoble with the same isbn. Although the covers are different, the content is the same.

This work has an honored place on my bookshelf. A colleague
recommended it to me when I was in school and I bought a copy after
looking at it in the school's library. It sits next to my copy of
"The Feynman Lectures in Physics". These are works you go to for
insight. I like Courant's mixture of physical examples with the
mathematics.

After encountering Courant's book for the first time, I remember
wondering why the first volume wasn't used as the textbook for the
typical year and a half of basic calculus. Then, as now, I can only
conclude that teachers probably think it's not watered down enough for
the students. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise to come across
Courant after you've been taught calculus from an uninspiring "modern"
text.

Everyone's needs are different, so take all reviews with a grain of
salt. As a working scientist/engineer, my primary use of the calculus
is as a tool to get things done, so I'm typically more interested in
learning the mechanics than getting a deep understanding like a
mathematician would. Courant works for this, yet still allows one
to dig in deeper when desired. It's still an awfully good book, even
if it is 70 years old.

Excellent framework for business development analysis from market overview to deal implementation. Terms for some sample deals are provided, but wish even more was written on deal structure specifics. The book covers turf not previously explored and advanced my professional thinking. Very useful.

I have been involved in private equity, acquisitions, and joint ventures for the last several years, and bought this book to learn more about other types of deals, such as e-commerce partnerships, etc. Given the multiple five star ratings for this book, I expected quite a read. Unfortunately, although the book is fairly informative, I cannot say that it imparts anything that could not be gained by an attentive reading of the business press--just a chronology of various deals along with their rationale. I would say that this book would probably be quite useful for a novice or someone that doesn't keep up with their business magazine subscriptions.

If you 'do' strategy, if you 'do' planning, this is a must read for you. Time is, without a doubt, the most perishable asset on the planet. Where and with whom we spend our times now defines our social and workplace identities. The efficacy associated with our use of time charts our career trajectory. Spending time `strategically' on `strategic issues' is what executives are supposed to do. In almost two decades serving as trusted advisor to executives, I have never heard an executive say, `We have no time for strategy." Having huddled around my fair share of top-of-the-house campfires, I find that as the libations taken at CXO watering holes loosen tongues and the executive elders start to tell stories, the most memorable narrative emerging revolves around a review of past decisions. I have heard, stated quietly and in confidence, "We focused on the wrong things. We made the wrong decision." The payback on time spent strategically was, in many instances, negative.

Is time spent strategically a bad thing? Is strategy dead? Was time spent on strategy wasted? Does strategic planning have no place in our time-crazed, execution-obsessed New Economy? In 1983, the uber-executive of our age- General Electric Chairman Jack Welch dismantled the company's once heralded planning department. We have empirical evidence that those spending the most on traditional forms of resource-centric `strategy consulting' [the cerebrally challenged SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats dance] performed the poorest in the market place. The biggest strategic planner of them all, the Soviet Union appears to have just about finished its pre-Millennial journey from totalitarianism to disintegration. Strategy is not dead, but it had certainly fallen out of favor. Few companies don't have strategic plans. Yet few devote the resources to them they used to. Most disturbing, is that efforts to fix the problem, often had the effect of making things worse - or at least making them bad in a different way. Crusades and reforms intended to reinvent, relaunch and reposition the practice strategy have failed.

Lewis Mumford divided history into epochs characterized by their power sources. Traditional strategy tended to emphasize a focused single line of attack, executed by a single economic enterprise- a clear statement of where, how, and when to compete. Noticeably lacking was the question of `with whom?' The new power source in the New Economy is the ability to assemble the most resource-rich, market-savvy, technology-gifted, fleet-of-foot, known-and-trusted-by-the-consumer armada of partners. The way you do that is the subject of Digital Deals.

No book can promise infallibility. No book can guarantee that good decisions will be made. This book will help you spend the time you can allocate to strategic thinking more efficaciously. As such, this is not a coffee-table book. This is not a Great-Title-No-Content book. This is not a Good-article-unbelievable-they-stretched-it-into-a-book-book. This most definitely is not a I'll-buy-it-but-I-won't-read-it book. Digital Deals is the new, new thing in strategic thinking. Using the framework in Digital Deals to analyze the ur-protangonists of our evolving New Economy [Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, AOL, AT&T, Amazon] I experienced something akin to the joy that must have accompanied Galileo's use of the telescope to study the heavens or Robert Hooke's (1635-1703) use of the microscope to study bacteria. The tools contained in these pages will let you see new things. It will simplify what heretofore has been an incoherent jumble of pieces parts. This book has helped me understand the players, the deals and the deal rationales of the market I work in - digital security and privacy. As I read the book, I continued to ask myself whether the two Georges were adding words to the existing vocabulary of strategic planning or creating a new grammar into which the old words might be conjugated. There is no doubt that the process of market modeling described within these pages fundamentally changes the types of conversations we will be having as we try to plan our respective futures.

For an organization to survive in today's economy, it's not just a matter of doing deals, but of doing deals in a strategic and systematic way. Geis and Geis emphasize this tenet and provide substantial evidence why a well-planned partnering methodology is critical for the future of any organization. Not only does "Digital Deals" explore a number of partnering models, but also uses extensive real world examples and case studies from familiar companies who battle with these challenges every single day.

This is a book that puts partnerships and alliances in perspective in terms of their usefulness, value and criticality for the future of any organization in today's complex, competitive business world. Highly recommended reading for executives in general and Business Development professionals in particular.

Geis and Geis have produced an extraordinary product that will serve business leaders and deal makers well in both old economy and new economy companies. Their methodology of digital deal mapping provides a very necessary organic approach to identifying, organizing, and strategizing deals in the new millenium.

As a marketing/brand consultant to both Fortune 500 companies and to start-ups I will be handing out this book as Christmas presents to my favorite clients.

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
Laura Amores is a tortillera -slang for "lesbian" in Miami's Cuban-American social scene, and a term either of endearment or a slur, depending on who is using it. But once Laura's secret is out, a tortillera is all Laura seems to be-to her mother, the nuns at her Catholic school and even some friends. Laura is thrown out of school and even from her house: "I'm sorry, Laura, but I can't continue loving you if you stay gay," Mami says as she literally pushes her daughter out the door. Luckily, Laura meets "bois" who introduce her to Miami's Cuban gay scene, and her best friend shares her home and family, unconditionally. Laura remains reluctant to accept her gay identity, however, and her exploration of possible relationships-with a boi, a "delicious" young woman and a boy she dates in hope of restoring herself to her mother's good graces-form the main arc of this honest, intense and at times moving romance. Using Spanish colloquialisms and slang, this debut author pulls off the tricky task of dialect in a manner that feels authentic. As Dole tackles a tough and important topic, her protagonist will win over a range of teen audiences, gay and straight. Ages 14-up. (Mar.)--Publisher's Weekly

Mayra Lazara Dole's Down to the Bone will be talked of everywhere this year in the GLBT blogs, but should be purchased for all high school collections. (Yes, I know I'm an elementary school librarian this year, but this book was amazing and I couldn't resist reading it.)

Controversial? Sure. More explicit than most novels I see daily? Sure. But, an absolutely amazing book that kept me reading and avoiding all phone calls. This book can't be pigeon-holed. It is a debut novel written in response to the questions, "Where are all the lesbian books? Where's the racial diversity?"

Laura is a Cuban-American girl in Miami who is caught reading a love letter from a girl while at her Catholic school. As she is ejected from the school, her mother rejects her "deviance" and throws her from the family. Laura struggles to discover herself, her place in a family, and her sexual preferences while trying to deny and change herself. Her struggle and decisions are realistic.

Mayra Lazara Dole involves you so deeply with this character that I found myself cheering for Laura to accept her feelings and to stop trying to be what others expected. Teenage love angst, relationships with peers, dropping out of school, and trying to maintain family sibling relationships despite all obstacles. This book was an amazing debut. It is joyous, hilarious, fun and stretches you emotionally. The descriptions of Miami were lively and we were able to glimpse life in Cuba and Puerto Rico from the conversations of characters. A Refreshing and needed title.

Count how many times I said "Amazing". Get the picture. --Diane Chen. Practically Paradise - Blog on School Library Journal

A colorful, vibrant, insightful, easy-to-read, interesting book that portrays real issues relating to teenagers, sexual orientation, and their taboos. This book addresses the strong, negative views that parents face with their homosexual children, especially in the Hispanic community.

I picked up the "last" copy of "Down To The Bone" at Border's and read it in one night. I couldn't put it down!! So much of Down to the Bone described my own experiences growing up. Finally at 4:45am, I turned my night light out and went to sleep smiling. Thanks for a great night, Mayra Lazara Dole!... : )

Grisel

Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole gives us a look at the disenfranchisement of gay and lesbian teens, particularly in the Cuban community. Seventeen year-old Laura has fallen in love with Marlena. They have been involved in a committed relationship for two years, however, neither of their families know. That all changes when Laura is caught reading a love letter from Marlena by one of the nuns at her Catholic high school. Not only does the nun retrieve the letter, she reads it to the entire class. Immediately, Laura becomes an outcast in the eyes of her friends. When she goes home she discovers that her mother was notified and she is immediately cast from her home.

Laura goes to live with her friend, Soli and her mother, Viva, who are more open-minded and loving but she never stops yearning to go home. Laura is unable to tell anyone that she is a lesbian, so for most of the novel she lives a closeted lifestyle. The reader is allowed to feel Laura's pain as she loses the people in her life and also her joy as she matures. Down to the Bone was filled with the angst and drama young people endure when their lifestyle choices are different than their families expect. Ms. Dole does a fine job of allowing us a peek into the Cuban, gay and lesbian teen culture without ever being sexually titillating or graphic. The author also provides us a clear view of the pain these teens must go through to be themselves. I recommend Down to the Bone to teens older than sixteen and other readers who can learn from the subject matter.

Angelia Menchan
APOOO BookClub