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This book explains very clearly the warm up exercises of the Luigi technique. This technique allows you to dance Jazz from the inside, what you learn here can be applied to ballet, modern dance, or any other technique plus to your daily life. The pictures and explanations are easy to understand, but it requires time to learn each exercise. If you have been in a Luigi class before this book will help you remember the exercises.

I thought this book was great! Luigi's personal and professional story is truly inspirational. All aspects of this book was well written. I found the content of this book a tremendous help. I highly recommend it to those such as myself who have never taken a dance class, but are interested in signing up for class and need to prepare in advance for flexibility, strength, etc. The book is easy to follow; the photographs give plenty of visual detail and the descriptions are specifically written to be easily followed by a novice. The exercises in this book condition the body wonderfully in preparation for dance.

Very nice and interesting book on Jazz technique and its basis...

easy to read et to follow...

A must for any jazz teacher!

Dany - www.crescendo-danse.ch

Luigi is a miracle. His dance technique grew out of his self-rehabilitation from a paralysis caused by head trauma. The injury forced him to discover how to stand, walk, and dance with perfect balance and alignment...or he wouldn't have been able to stand, walk, or dance at all. That knowledge has been refined into a jazz dance technique that is CORRECT. It won't hurt the body, and it will actually heal many muscle and joint problems. And it looks absolutely beautiful! This book does an excellent job of explaining not only Luigi's technique, but also Luigi's philosophy that underlies the technique. It should be in the library of every dancer, and of anyone interested in proper body alignment and movement.

As a former dancer, now teacher and choreographer, I have been dancing and teaching Luigi's style for many years(without reading his book). I was taught by an amarican dancer, so when I recently read the book, I was surprised how well known the exercises and not less Luigi's philosophy was to me. The book is a perfect way to learn jazz, diff. steps (lots of small photographs) and not to forget his brilliant idea:"take the barre with you" out on the floor. The most complete jazz system I've ever trained.
The book is easy read, easy to follow even for beginners, and not to forget - a perfect way to get strong,long and smooth muscles. I can only recommend the book - a fine supplement to related books and videos.

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh compares to Walter Mitty at first: a meek soul given to escapist daydreaming but living in reality under the thumb of a domineering wife. That's where the resemblance leaves off, however. Bickleigh, conceived by Frances Iles circa 1930, isn't all that innocent. An English country doctor, already given to dalliances with younger, more pliant women, he decides to do away with the wife and move completely to the role of steamroller rather than steamrolled. This is established in the very first sentence of MALICE AFORETHOUGHT, which gleefully follows Bickleigh from conviction to action and consequences.

The book is a brilliant tour de force. The suspense grows rather than diminishes with every page. There is something for everyone: social satire, mystery and suspense, police procedurals, even the type of science popularized by the CSI shows. The characters are astutely drawn with psychological and sociological nuance. I never saw the PBS version of the book, but it can't possibly have what lifts the book high and above its ilk: the Iles voice. On the page, the omniscient narrator is witty and smart. Iles has an uncanny gift for revealing information. Every twist, every outcome is airtight. He skillfully moves between the up close and personal perspective of Bickleigh, the view of neighborhood gossips and court and newspaper accounts. Most highly recommended. Despite its age, the book hardly seems dated except for references to standard plumbing of the era.

A delightful comedy (for this is its main strength, not the fact that it was the first "psychological thriller"-and I have my doubts about this fact: didn't Mrs. Belloc Lowndes anticipate Cox?). Dr. Bickleigh, a philandering medico suffering from an inferiority complex, determines to rid himself of his wife, a bullying and domineering shrew, in order to marry his mistress-who announces her engagement to another man immediately after the murder. (Of course, his "ingenious" plan is immediately seen through by the other villagers.) Superb wit: excellent social satire-St. Mary Mead steeped in venomed ink, with plenty of amusingly catty back-biting and splendid caricatures. Berkeley at his most acerbic is highly amusing, in small doses-like aconitine.

This is a glorious book if you like cosy English mysteries! A classic from 1931, the dialogue is marvelous; you can just "hear" the English manerisms and personalities through the writing! The characters are charming and likeable, and the main character is fantastic and amusing with his running internal rationalizations that lead to his decisions and actions. Don't miss this one!

I have to confess that I don't own the audiotape, but I've read the book several times and think it's one of the best mystery novels ever written. It definitely, but definitely does not deserve to be out of print! Humorous mysteries are often not well plotted, but this is an exception; it's wickedly funny and ironic, yet it's also cunningly structured, with a story full of twists and turns that lead to a truly satisfying surprise ending. The character of Dr. Bickleigh, the hapless protagonist, is truly a hoot, and the supporting cast is fabulously drawn as well. Don't miss this one.

High quality meets high readablity! I wish everything I've read could meet such high standards of full character development, and intriguing, original, yet beliveable plot. This book is definately deserving of precious leisure reading time.

Marilee has to be my favorite sunfire, perhaps my favorite book. It was a clever combination of adding accurate history, and romance. How she was strong, and wanting to help out. Not expecting to be waited on hand and foot and how she helped her friends. She was really someone you would like to be like. I loved this book so much!

This book had so many twists and turns. My emotions were so worked up! Betrayal, deceit....Marilee handled it all with strength and compassion! Her sister-in-law was so vicious and hateful I wanted to see her put in her proper place. Much of the story was heartbreaking but also engaging. I couldn't put it down. One of my favorites from sunfire.

Marilee, by Mary Francis Shura, captured every emotion and enabled you to actually feel what Marilee felt. I cried with Marilee when Matthew died and I cried when she finally was able to confess her love for Timothy. I could not put the book down. At some points I had to read ahead to know who I could trust or how everything was going to turn out. The part that I enjoyed thoroughly was the end. I absolutely loved it when Timothy came back from the "march" and out of no where expressed his life long feelings for Marilee. The last few pages were so well written that I wanted to read it over and over again and share it with other people. My favorite quote from the entire book was the last paragraph on page 351, "This was love, not magic, not concerned caring, but finding yourself in someone's arms so comfortable that it was almost as if you had been born to end up there." That quote explains it all and the way love should be for everyone.

"Life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow. Don't worry about what you don't know, life's a dance you learn as you go." That is a quote from a song that I think paraphrases the theme of Marilee. It demonstrates the way Marilee went to Virginia, lived with Matthew and Abigail and had no control over anything. She made friends and got used to the new life, but it was definitely a part in her life when she had to follow her heart and learn about herself. Matthew died, Michael married Abigail and Timothy had to go to war. Despite all of her trials she never complained and turned every bad situation into something that led her to her true love, Timothy. The author did a fabulous job incorporating the hard life scenario with a girl who could stay optimistic. That theme clearly symbols my life also, because I think it's a good quote to live by. There is no need to stress about what you don't know because it will come with time.

If you enjoy a twisted romance with historical places and situations then you have to read this book! I utterly love this book, and I don't enjoy reading most of the time. Marilee allowed me to escape my typical life and be enchanted by an adventure of an ordinary, congenial girl. One who endured death, betrayal and hate and was able to find her soul mate regardless of everything. Marilee is a person I would like to be friends with. The way Shura writes the book allows you to fall in love with the characters and the story. It's a book in my opinion, everyone should read to get away from daily problems and to enjoy a classic romance.

After reading the back of this book I was psyched to read the real thing. This book is about an orphan named Marilee who comes to Jamestown Virgina to meet her brother. But what Marilee doesn't expect is that her sister-in-law, Abigail, would hate her, and that three men, Philip, Michael, and Timothy, would fall in love with her. Life gets worse and worse for Marilee. Can she survive through the hatred, Indian attacks, and the ultimate betrayal to claim her true love?

After her father dies, Marilee sails from England to Jamestown, Virginia, where her brother and his wife live. But her brother's wife is bitter and nasty. Then her brother dies in a Indian attack, one of the men Marilee loves marries her brother's widow, another sails to England, and Marilee must decided if the one left is the one she truly loves.

The book is great for a beginner or a more advanced student. The explanations are clear and the content organization is great. I can't recommend it enough.

This is an extremely detailed reference guide on German grammar. I find it very useful since the German language is full of exceptions for every rule. This book points out all of them.

For me its mind blowing to note that there are 3 independent conditions for you to decide weather or not the nominative case applies. There are 8 conditions for the accusative, 9 for the dative and 7 for the genitive. What detail.

The book is heavy in examples. Other dedicated chapters take you into the deep meaning of a lot of special phrases or communication styles.

If I listed out the table of contents it would use up the 1000 word limitation I have to write this review (or come close).

An abosolute god-send for second or third year learners

This is THE book for mastering the nuts and bolts of the German language. It's very complex - not for beginners.

Perfect for that quick (yes, it is quick to use) answer to a tough grammatical question on your homework at 2am, also perfect for proofreading that German composition you spent hours on (also at 2am). Coupled with a good German dictionary this book will help any college student (like me) with their coursework, as well as advance and further their understanding of German. When I put away my other courses and crack out the German, I HAVE to have this book on my desk, as I will be pawing through it constantly. GREAT BOOK!!!

Philosopher, Sociologist, Musicologist...and the list goes on with the accomplishments of this amazingly creative person. Adorno studied philosophy first (forming a long friendship with Walter Benjamin). He also studied composition with Berg in Vienna. One of this centuries most critical theorists, Adorno brings us thought provoking, difficult conceptualizations of the instrumentalisation of rationality and means for the utilization of art to oppose our modern, repressive society. Negative Dialects -his anti system- is one of his most important works. As stated by earlier reviewers, this oeuvre is best read when you've laid the necessary previous theoretical foundations. Then it's a joy...

Negative Dialectic is very thought-provoking and difficult text in itself, but it is worth of the effort. If you are interested in Adorno, it is a must-have. Yet the English translation is unbearably inadequate, you may make better sense of it, if you consult with the original German text. The companion piece to Negative Dialectics is Adorno's Prism. Get Prism first, and wait for a better translation of ND.

Famously bad translation of the central piece of Adorno's philosophy. I recommend getting Aesthetic Theory now and waiting for the next translator's attempt.

Michel Foucault once stated that it was a great tragedy that the Frankfurt School and the French post-structuralists were unaware of each other's work. He felt that the two schools of thought could have gained much from dialogue, and this text illustrates his point in its relatedness to postmodern discourses on the limits of knowledge and the ends of positivistic philosophy.

Adorno addresses the relationship between the concept and the nonconceptualities, which is nothing more that the relationship between discourse and the Other in post-structuralist phraseology. The text is extraordinarily difficult - not always a problem explainable via the difficulties of the ideas involved - and I often find myself spending an hour reading and re-reading a page or two before being able to come to terms with the content. Personally, I enjoy such difficult reading, however, and find it an avenue for developing critical reasoning skills at the sime time as I re-investigate the problems addressed in the difficult prose.

I highly recommend this text for anyone interested in pessemistic, carefully thought-out discourses on the limits placed on understanding by the "pigeon-holeing" of conceptualization, anyone who enjoys cracking hard nuts via time, sweat, and frustration, and anyone looking for a difficult text to read superficially and criticize emptily as being an example of the poverty of post WWII continental philosophy. In a sense, it is a book for all . . .

I once had a professor who exclaimed to me that Negative Dialects was "impossible," "the most obscure, impenetrable philosophy every written." From that moment, I knew that I must read this book.
The first reading was a disaster. I'd read nothing else of Adorno, knew only very superficially Kant and Hegel, and consequently made it to about the end of the fifth page before throwing it down in disgust.
But I persevered, read Teddie's lectures, the Hegel Studies, the Culture Industry essays, and most importantly, read Kant's Critiques and Hegel's Logic--strangely, the fog started to disappear and little gems began popping up everywhere.
Other reviewers are correct that this text is obscure, but it is never willfully so. It has an analogous place in Adorno's Oeuvre to Difference and Repetition in Deleuze's. It is a skeleton key to his whole philosophy, but you can't understand it until you already understand that philosophy. So it goes. I say this only to frighten readers off who are about to make the same mistake I initially did. Truly, it is impossible to understand this book without a more than passing knowledge of Kant and Hegel, at least, and without some familiarity with Adorno's ideas. I'm serious about this: I don't mean "impossible to understand" in the sense that you'll think you understand it but really you don't. I mean it in the sense that it will read like Attic Greek, and will be, as my professor said, "impenetrable."
But if you feel prepared, then this book will be a goldmine. Adorno's critiques of Heidegger, Kant, and Hegel are included here in massive detail, and then bound up together in his grand vision of society and thought. And they are all so brilliant, you feel as though you've died and gone to philosophical seventh heaven. Whatever your bents as a thinker and whatever your opinions on the aforementioned giants, exposing yourself to Adorno's razor sharp dialectical blade will only enhance your capacities and broaden your opinions. This text, along with Bergson's Matter and Memory, may be the two most criminally ignored works in philosophy today. It is inexcusable to not come to terms with Adorno, even if only to rip him to shreds.
But that by the way. If you want to know what this book is "about" then I certainly can't tell you. The gist of it is that concepts do not fit objects without leaving a remainder, a fact which logical thought, our thought, must see as a contradiction. This sets dialectics in motion. "Negative" means basically that focus is directed to the remainder, to the "non-identity," instead of, as with Hegel, to reconciling that remainder with the concept. A similar line of thought, in case you're interested in another criminally neglected masterpiece, is pursued in Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption.
Good Luck, and may the force-field be with you!

If you love the English language and are truly very curious about the meanings of its words as reflected in the evolution of its origins and meanings, this is a "must have" book. I have used the 1966 issue of it for years now, and rate it more useful, although a companion book, to the seminal work of Walter Skeat. No library can realistically be said to be complete,nor can any lover of the English language, without both of these works.

Please bring it back and put one under the pillow of every lover and liker of the language of Shakespeare and Milton. (Or, check your local used bookstore when you're feeling lucky.) My favorite book on English etymology.

Over thirty years ago I begun developing the habit of consulting etymological dictionaries whenever I wanted to deepen my understanding of words. I equipped myself with several etymological dictionaries in each of the three languages I use: spanish, french and english (which share many words). Over the years and independently of the language that triggered a given search, I found myself increasingly going FIRST to Partridge's ORIGINS (acquired in 1977) and often feeling no need of consulting another dictionary.
Quite a number of years comparing etymological dictionaries! Hence I agree, it should at least be reprinted or, hopefully, edited anew after improvement by a team of experts knowledgeable of more recent research in the field.

A little complex to use but once you get into it it can be fun. Set up like a dictionary so you need to thumb through it. Interesting resource though

If you have any interest at all in English etymology, you MUST HAVE THIS BOOK. Beg, borrow, bid, phone every used bookstore you can find -- do anything to get a copy of this book. This book is so good that when I came across a copy of it and skimmed it, all I could do was look back with new regret at the years I'd spent using other works I could now recognize as inferior.

This is simply the best book on English etymology I've ever seen -- beats the earlier etymological dictionaries by Skeats and Weekley hands down, and of course is superior to any normal dictionary's treatment of etymologies (OED, Merriam-Webster, etc.).

Path of Totality grabbed me from the very start and wouldn't let me go. It filled me with every emotion and made me feel for the well written characters. The author has a very poetic writing style that left me wanting to re-read chapters again and again. I didn't want to stop reading this book. I look forward to more from Todd C. Noker!

Upon starting this book I knew I was on to something special. I could not put it down. Path of Totality was gripping, intense and gritty. As other reviews have stated, I felt sadness, terror, and triumph. I am looking forward to the next work from Mr. Noker and hope that it comes out soon.

I couldn't stop reading this book!! I was completely addicted. I found myself thinking about it even when I wasn't reading it!
It is very graphic in the appropriate places; enough so that you feel hatred, extreme sadness, hopelessness, and panic! If you don't cry while reading this book, you are not human. The book is written in such a way that it is easy to relate to some of Devin's life experiences and teenage emotions. I also felt as though I wanted to reach inside the book and pull him out of his Hell.
I am very impressed by the level of experience Todd writes with, and this is only his first published work! I can hardly wait to read Todd's next book. He writes with all of his senses and does an incredible job portraying them to the reader.

I havent read a book this freakin good since I got out of prison. I loved it, Todd Noker keep up the good work!! A book about loss and the loss of family and then family comes back again.

I can count on one hand the number of times that I literally COULD NOT PUT A BOOK DOWN. Todd Nokerýs Path of Totality ensnared me nearly immediately. Completely fascinated and repulsed by Devin Arnoldýs path and transition out of hell into not heaven but an earthly lesser hell(?) With classic redemptive themes, Noker literally and seamlessly draws on religious and natural metaphor. His compelling voice comes from a dark place. But it is a voice headed for light. Noker seems to be taking us somewhere. After painting a picture of dreary Utah bleakness and pain, Noker skillfully weaves a resolution . . .with a twist.

This book is a completely visceral experience. I literally felt Devinýs pain in my gut. And yet every page made me hungrier for the next. Baiting with subtle innuendo in the first person, Devin Arnold is in real trouble and pain. I felt empathetic for this rebellious violent teen who suffers from physical and emotional abuse. And yet his spiritual cry is not stifled. Devin is hopeless, aching to die an early death and yet basketball and fantasizing for his long lost brother (who is the only family that he has left) keeps him going one day at a time.

Simple text deep subtext.

I recommend Path of Totality highly and my only regret in reading it is that now that I have finished it, my hunger for his next book will not be silenced until his second book. Write Noker Write! I have high hopes for this young author. First book. Wow.

Creative and inspiring,Roger Brooke's collection is a walk into the depths of experience!

This is an extraordinarily rich collection of Jungian essays with the best introduction to phenomenology you are ever likely to find, anywhere! Exceptionally wide ranging, the chapters look at a spectrum of issues of concern far beyond the Jungian world from postmodernism to television, spirituality to modern philosophy,selfhood, death and eros. From within the Jungian-phenomological frame, essays offer new insights into the work of such thinkers as James Hillman, Heidegger and Erich Neumann. Particularly evocative is the teatment of alchemy and psychology. This is a book for any serious reader looking for healing possibilities in the modern world.

You couldn't find a smarter collection of short developments in the Jungian world. Romanyshyn, Goodchild, Corbett....any one of their pieces would make this a book worth having. There is a freshness about the pieces herein that's missing from so much other Jungian writing.

I have been waiting eagerly for this book since reading Dr. Brooke's previous book (Jung and Phenomenology) several years ago. And I am absolutely thrilled with the results! The introduction and the first two essays alone are worth the price of the book. I am a very avid reader, and have been reading a number of Jungian books recently. Outside of the classics, Dr. Brooke's current work is the best piece of Jungian literature that I have read recently. I am also a practicing clinician, and this book has helped me to deepen my clinical practice and understanding of the issues I face on a daily basis. The phenomenological analytical psychology that Brooke is discussing in his books is, in my opinion, groundbreaking work that accurately identifies some of Jung's theoretical shortcomings, as well dreaming Jung's dream onward. One area of clinical specialization that I practice is integrating the body and somatic experiences in psychotherapy. Dr. Brooke's current book lends itself extremely well to the support of (dare I say it) holistic work such as this. In closing, anyone interested in Jungian psychotherapy and/or theory would do well to read this book. (And for any Gestalt oriented therapists - you will also find that this book has a great deal in common with a Gestalt phenomenological approach)

Roger Brooke has gathered together a fine collection of essays for the edited volume, Pathways into the Jungian World. The volume is a rare treat for those with a mutual interest in Jung and phenomenological psychology, but also proves to be an entry point for analytical psychologists into phenomenological perspectives of Jung's legacy. For Brooke, Pathways into the Jungian World is a natural progression from his 1991 work, Jung and Phenomenology, which developed from his doctoral dissertation at Rhodes University, South Africa. Brooke is Professor of Psychology and Director of Training in Clinical Psychology at Duquesne University, as well as an Adjunct Faculty at The C.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program in Pittsburgh. It is clear, from the beginning, that Brooke has taken pains to make the volume "user-friendly." His introduction provides newcomers to phenomenology and analytical psychology a hospitable "pathway" into the intersection of these two worlds. While the introduction is rather brief at seven pages, it gives the reader just enough background information to confidently situate the essays in the volume. Brooke makes a point of showing how analytic psychology and phenomenology have had "an uneasy relationship" (p. 1). On the one hand, Jung himself considered his work phenomenological in nature, part of the Geisteswissenschaften(human sciences) as opposed to the Natuurwissenschaften (natural sciences), though at times he attempted to straddle this rather ambiguous line. On the other hand, Jung has been relatively ignored by phenomenologists until fairly recently. Brooke locates part of the tension in the conflicts between Jung and Medard Boss, who developed a psychotherapy based on Martin Heidegger's Being and Time. The good news is that both analytic psychology and phenomenology share a desire to "describe the phenomena of psychological life without violating the integrity of experience" (p. 1). As Brooke tells the story, analytic psychology and phenomenology are no longer merely rigid systems of thought, but rather movements that can be mutually enriched through dialogue with one another. Clearly, Pathways is a huge leap forward in fostering such a promising collaboration between these two traditions. While there has certainly been a tension between analytic psychology and phenomenology, it is hoped that this volume will stimulate more scholars to take up the challenge of charting the deep waters where these two traditions intersect. With papers from brilliant writers in the field, including Robert Romanyshyn, Michael P. Sipiora, Eva Simms, Mary Watkins and many others, this volume will not disappoint. (Note: To read the whole review see: http://www.janushead.org/3-2/brooke.cfm).

This is the first book I have read by the author, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. It is so simple but true in its message. Persistence and faith are the two main things that I took away from his message. The things he speaks of, you may already know. However, he has a way of writing so that his message of faith really sinks in. I look forward to getting other books he has written.

Most Christians need encouragement in learning to pray for healing. This book by an expert is terrific for getting one started. Just as Jesus healed all kinds of illnesses in His earthly ministry, He encourages us to continue this ministry in our own lives in our own families and beyond.

I sent this book to my nephew and he phoned to say that he has begun praying for healing starting with his girlfriend.

It is easy to read and covers the subject of prayer for the sick wonderfully. I recommend this book highly. Francis MacNutt has written with expertise and great experience.

This small, encouraging book is perfect as an introduction to healing prayer. It is written by a man who has an active and annointed healing ministry in Jacksonville Florida. It is a "quick read", and very inspiring.

I first ran across this book in the library of a retreat center when I was on a self-guided prayer retreat, and was so delighted with it that I decided to order a copy of my own. Covering the basics for a direct healing prayer ministry, the book will allow either individuals or teams to ramp up even when they're just getting started. MacNutt, more than many other writers on prayer, highlights the reality of gradual healing when oral, spontaneous prayer is applied repeatedly over a period of time, and identifies specific techniques besides just words that help to communicate the prayer to the one being prayed for.

While MacNutt is a Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox believers will find this book helpful too.

All of Francis books are wonderful and timeless. A spiritual person should have their library replete with all of the books of Francis MacNutt, Tiffany Snow, Tommy Tenny, and Agnes Sanford, just to name a few. These are the foundations that miracles are built on.

This book is really a jewel. It was used extensively to support two famouse theoretical courses at Imperial College London, namely, Unification and Advanced Particle Physics. It doesn't have typos, its extremely concise and the mathematics are extremely well presented and explained (without hand-waving anything). It explains very simply and clearly hard-to-grasp concepts (a lot of it as part of the Appendix) such as symmetries and their link to particle physics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Feynman diagrams, Abelian and Non Abelian groups, Fermi theory and in general an excellent explanation of the properties of particles. I would recommend buying this book to any Theoretical Physicist taking Advanced Particle Physics courses or interested in knowing the mathematics of High Energy Physics (and not just the theory, because for that there are many other good story-teller books!).

I love this book, mostly because this book told me very well about how to do every kind of particle physics problems.
Before you read it, you needn't have much background in Quantum Field Theory (while it should be quite good to read this book before studying QFT), and you can get almost all ideas of High Energy Physics in an aspect of phenomenology.
If you wanna prepare for a professional particle physics test (such as a PhD Qualification test), for sure this book is the best one to read --- you can pass any kind of these tests if you concentrate more than 2 days on this book.
And even you are not worrying about any test, this book is very good for a beginner to know particle physics quantitatively.

This is a very good treatment of particle physics. Unfortunately, its one of those textbooks where exercises are dispersed throughout the text and which form an integral part of the pedagogy. In other words, the reader must work through the problems as they appear in the book as subsequent material is based upon it; not to do the exercies will result in an incomplete and fragmented exposure to the material. Some might like that approach but I personally find it irritating and slows down the reading. As I mentioned its a very well written expose of particle physics but it could have been great if its format had been more traditional.

If you are a grad student in high energy/nuclear/heavy ion physics, experimental or theoretical, do yourself a favour and buy this book. It starts really from the begining (scalar fields, spinors, dirac equation, propagators) and slowly but steadily reaches the point of gauge field theory, QCD, partons, electroweak interactions , spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Weinberg-Salam model. Dont expect to find anything rigorous about renormalization. Chapter 7 has some calculations about running coupling constants etc. but most of it is intuitive (describing rather than proving) in order to give you a glimpse about these matters and serve as a tool for later chapters. Although I knew the basics of Quantum Field Theory before I read this book, it helped me understand topics like deep inelastic scattering, parton distribution functions, scaling, weak interactions,spontaneous symmetry breaking. Caution: It is not a Quantum Field Theory book, it is a particle physics book. If you are looking for gribov anomalies,ward-takahashi identities, and renormalization of the weinberg-salam model and stuff like that then this is not the place to find it. The book is about particles and their interactions. Its purpose is to prepare the serious student for more rigorous Quantum Field Theory books and give him/her the big picture of the standard model (the forest) rather than the little details of field theory (the tree). I strongly recommend it to any student in the field. The language is clear and the concepts are easy to follow. Its a down to earth approach trying to explain things in a clear cut manner rather than confusing the student with "big words" and terminology. A nice suplement to this book is the book by Chris Quigg (...huge number of references). In short, this book is worth its money ! Buy it !

Excellent introduction to Particle Physics. Q and L should be accessible to anyone with one semester of a standard quantum mechanics course.

As for graduate students, I'd offer that Q and L is as good a book to fall back on in a graduate particle physics course as is Griffith's book is in a Jackson Electrodynamics course.