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The author has done a wonderful job conveying a complex set of issues in a user friendly manner. This killer disease is the subject of intense research and it was good to get an up to date perspective on the topic. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in being empowered on the subject.

This book let me finally understand where my doctor was coming from. I read the book three times, I found it so useful. Being able to understand both the potential dangers that lie ahead and how to avoid them has made me a stronger person as I confront this disease. I have read several other books on hepatitis C, and I liked this one the best. I really liked learning about the PEGYLATED Interferons as well as the safe use of alternative antioxidant treatments along with the ones my doctor is prescribing. This book seems really up to date. I am pumped about it.

A non-technical, easy to read approach. Short chapters cover the realm of topics and FAQ's. This may not be the only book you read if you want an in depth knowledge of the disease but it is excelent starter book. The information is current and timely. Timely information is important on this subject.

Excellent! Up-to-date information in understandable terms! The new edition of Hepatitis C, The Silent Epidemic gives basic explanations and also features recent breakthroughs in the use of PEG Interferon treatments. This paperback brings valuable and hopeful news!

This book reads like a conversation with a concerned, experienced and optimistic doctor! It describes Hepatitis C and its life threatening effects with the sincereintention of making the public "...aware of the potential danger lurking within thelivers of so many unsuspecting Americans..." For those of us who may already beinfected, it gives easy-to-use tables listing diagnostic tests, people who should be screened, treatment side effects, and more. In addition, there is understandableinformation about everything from the newest research to alcohol consumption, to nutrition, and even to "alternative medicine" discussion. If you have Hepatitis C,if you think you may have Hepatitis C, if you are thinking about getting a tattoo,this is the book you've been looking for!

I bought this book when it came out in 1996. I thought it would be the first of many to follow and it is still the only one own. A lot of information is out on the internet now, but I always come back to this book and just double check what I find. It is not a big book and does not contain everything, but it is a great book that contains a lot. Yes, the layout is great and information is so easy to find. I love the recipes! I have also varied some of the ingrediants with the other herbs she talks about that have the same healing properties and had great results.

I have gone back to this book over and over, using the tinctures or teas as needed. Keville gives excellent explanations regarding different ailments, then suggests remedies, often telling a short story about someone who used the remedies. I have given copies of this book to three different family members and even took my copy along on a month long trip. As with Dr. James A. Duke's books, I trust the advice in Keville's books.

******This is a review of the paperback version*******

It's amazing that I can go out and buy several $20+ 'recommended' books, and the 5-8 dollar paperbacks end up being the best. Such is the case with Kathi Keville's Herbs for Health and Healing. While not an herbal that is the end all of every herbal out there, it's extremely informative, enlightening, easily digestible, and chocked full of useful information.

The author genuinely has a love of herbs and a belief in their performance; for a change we have an herbalist who really is one, and not just trying to cash in on the latest craze. This little gem is broken down cleverly, with each section as exciting as the last.

The introduction alone is useful, highlighting some of the common reasons to use herbs and natural remedies; she lists facts that are eye openers and refreshing.

Why Use Herbs? further demonstrates her reasoning, listing the troubles of combating side effects, the benefits of herbs, how they work, why they do, and more.

The second, Herbal Preparation, briefly touches upon various way to use herbal remedies and make your own. It's of course clear to see this should be included, and included in this order. She mentions main herbal preparations, with some brief illustrations. There is not outright detail, but it's clear enough to get the basic idea.

The third section, Herbal Medicine, breaks down the larger sections into various body systems, beginning with the Brain and nervous system, ending with The skin. Each system is introduced with the roles it plays, things that can go wrong, and why they do. From here on she lists major complaints, symptoms and causes, backs up the herbs recommended with various studies, then backs up further with personal experience, and THEN usually has a basic formula to recommend. Excellent quick resource for a variety of maladies, clearly and confidently written.

For part 3 we have Living with Herbal Wisdom. Here she devotes an entire chapter to Men's Health, then Women's, then Childrens. Everything from hormones and infertility, to colic, to male baldness is touched upon. The section for children is an especially welcome entry; teeting, earaches, sugar blues, you name it.

And....this isn't all. Chapter 14 lists Herbal first aid, helping you establish a 'first aid kit' , why the herbs are recommended, how to use them, etc. Here she goes into detail on poison oak, ivy, bug bites, stings, mosquito repellants, and sunburns.

Chapter 15, aptly titled Cautions and Considerations, warns about using things safely. Topics include essential oils, identification, contamination, endangered herbs, and rare reactions. 16 dives briefly into the huge pool of aromatherapy, something that is obviously a first love for Kathi. In fact, she has other books on this subject alone. Techniques and measurements are all laid out. The list keeps growing - chapter 17 brushes upon Skin Care - including hair of course. Homemade beauty recipes, as well as combating skin issues and problems - are mentioned. Great extra! Finally, chapter 18 is about cooking for health - delicious recipes are given for soups, oils, vinegar, spices, pestos, veggies, hot sauces, homemade coffees, ending with candies such as ginger and horehound drops.

I repeat, sometimes the more expensive, bigger, prettier book is skimpier. From skin and cosmetics to cooking to first aid to body conditions, it's all here. It's not the most advanced herbal out there but it's not too basic for those with experience. Beginners will easily understand, while those who know their stuff will keep learning as the page turns. At this price, it's a bargain, a steal, almost a sin if not purchased.

I absolutely love this book, and have yet to find one that rivals the information & layout of this book. Very informative, but easy to read--excellent for the beginner!!!

The organization of this highly informative book allows the reader to read straight through, or us as a reference - easy to find the information needed. I found this book along with others of similar topic in my local library. I kept straying to this one, causing me to order one of my own. In comparison to my own discoveries, this book is right on track. Mostly, I've learned much from it!

This is a very practical book for those just starting to use the contemporary healing method of homeopathy. As well it will be welcomed by lay homeopathic study groups around the English speaking world. Instructional. Well Organized. Ready to teach you how. Once you know you want to learn how, this is the best place to start your study.

As one begins to learn the homeopathic methodology, repertorising is a difficult, if not ominous endeavor. This book helps to sort out the many nuances of old, and clarify much of the "older" jargon. This puts the learning curve back in the present! I have utilized this book extensively in my studies with the British Institute of Homeopathy. I recommend it highly!

As one begins to learn the homeopathic methodology, repertorising is a difficult, if not ominous endeavor. This book helps to sort out the many nuances of old, and clarify much of the "older" jargon. This puts the learning curve back in the present! I have utilized this book extensively in my studies with the British Institute of Homeopathy. I recommend it highly!

Most homeopathic books aimed at the layperson focus on acute prescribing in homeopathy. Even though this book is aimed at beginning homeopaths, it is accessible and understandable to the layperson, and can help to understand constitutional prescribing. It will enable you to work with your homeopath to find the similimum for you and your family members (because you understand what he/she is trying to accomplish and you can contribute meaningfully) .

I have only worked through the first two chapters of the book, and I can't believe how much I have learnt.

This is the kind of book I've been looking for for ages! It explains to the novice homeopath just how to begin taking a case and using the Repertory in practical terms. Wonderful! It also includes simple history-taking forms & templates. I highly recommend this book!

Well-researched and written. A Bataan death march survivor and prisoner of the Japanese for several years, Johnson rose to the top of his profession, Chief of Staff of the Army. Truly a great man but largely unknown. An exciting story.

Harold K. Johnson was a soldier's soldier who had the misfortune to have his career bookended by a pair of tragedies. As a young officer at the beginning of World War II, he was captured by the Japanese on Bataan and his sense of duty forced him to abandon thoughts of escape in order to look after his men. Then, as Chief of Staff of the Army, he was forced to watch the civilian leadership ignore his advice and make a hash of a winnable war. Again, his sense of duty to his men forced him to swallow his anger and abandon plans of resigning and going public with his criticisms.

Lest one think that something other than duty led him to these painful decisions, the core of his career reveals a brilliant, courageous soldier for whom duty was his watchword. Sorley writes with objectivity and sensitivity about Johnson's career and this book becomes a virtual primer on duty. Selflessness marked all of Johnson's actions and while one would have preferred seeing a happier conclusion to the career of this fine man, Honorable Warrior shows you why the best people in America are sometimes forced to live with the consequences of someone else's muddled decisions.

Sorley's book succeeds as top notch military history, a thoughtful biography of a good man and a philosophical meditation on the nature of duty.

Sorley had become the preeminent biographer of military leaders. His first book, Thunderbolt, was a joy to read. Honorable Warrior is the story of man who fought, the Japanese, survived the Battan Death march and many years of unspeakable horror in Japanese prison camps. He also fought with great bravery in Korea. However, I t was his time as Chief of Staff when General Johnson faced his most difficult professional agonies. Anyone interested in leadership, the military or American history should read this book.

I'm four-fifths done with "Honorable Warrior", and about the same amount done with "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" by Neil Sheehan, and I'm terribly afraid, in fact, I'm pretty sure (I looked at the ending) that Mr. Sorley will duck the question that his subject could not duck..quite. That question was whether the military effort was going to work. General Johnson was averse to Phoenix-style assassination programs and to unrestrained bombardment. He thought local policing and interdiction of infiltration would answer things. This assumes (on his part) that the South Vietnamese regime would use this breathing space to flourish in democracy, rectitude, and mercy. Why did he assume this? His cherished analytical principle, Mr. Sorley informs us, was "challenge the assertion". For instance, the General tore to shreds, anaylytically, one of McNamara's "Systems Anaylysis" monster-reports on Vietnam by pointing out that it had been cobbled together out of twenty-eight other analyses, each of which had different assumptions. As my history professor would say, "scissors and paste" or "daisy-chaining" does not good history make. My question is whether the General was rigorous enough in evaluating his own thought, his own assertions. The question is directed to Mr. Sorley, who says in his conclusion that the war was actually against mere "surrogates" of China and the Soviet Union. By that logic, we would have been morally authorized to kill every Vietnamese, since they were only inert instruments of the source of the belligerency. Trying to look through Mr. Sorley's somewhat blood-misted eyes, I take seriously his suggestion that the General was often tempted to quit and that he had paralyzing doubts about the war, which he justified to himself as bringing freedom to the people of Vietnam. Did the General end up believing, in the words of the U.S. officer so often quoted, that in order to save the nation of Vietnam it was necessary to destroy it? No, I hear his fans shouting, he was too moral! But was he moral enough to realize that it was immoral to police and interdict a viable political regime (sponsored by Ho) to death in the hope that another regime would spring up from the morally toxic swamps of Saigon? (This concept of viability of regime is the standard upheld by so-called international law in determining which of competing regimes deserves recognition). Could he make that leap of faith in good conscience? Or did he in fact drape his moral doubt in words like "anti-communism" and "security", and leave it to someone else to decide if the whole thing was going to work? My suggestion for a moral lesson is that if you're called on to do something by someone who is farther from the action than you are to the extent that you're confident that you know more about the moral questions raised than your "superior" does, so much so that your sense of obligation to this superior evaporates, you cannot dress up your feeling of emptiness with some slogans, much less with the claim that you're only following orders, but must do something to rectify the malfeasance of your own superiors. In the words of Matthew Ridgeway, words that the Army put on a leadership poster ten years ago, "If you are confident that your orders are mistaken, you are obliged to attempt to fix things." Not his exact words. I don't think he just said to bring it to the attention of your superiors. I suppose that leaves disobedience, resignation, and forceful advocacy. It is the lack of forceful advocacy by the General, and lack of concern by Mr. Sorley over the General's lack of forceful advocacy, that makes the life of the General, as Mr. Sorley tells it, only worth four stars out of five. I mean, you can't just blame everything on General Westmoreland, especially when he worked for General Johnson, traditions of lattitude for field commanders notwithstanding. Alright, how do I know the General wasn't forceful enough since I haven't finished the book? He could have ordered Westmoreland to fix things: whatever, invade Laos, install U.S. commanders in all ARVN units, take over the administration of the South Vietnamese civil population, which is the same as taking over the Saigon regime, whatever it would have taken in his mind to win ("the freedom of the South Vietnamese people", remember) and then suffered the consequences. The President could have fired him. The fact that the President didn't fire him is proof to me that he didn't advocate forcefully enough. That is crude of me. Romantic. Duel at Diablo. End of story. Soul intact. It is so easy in a bureaucracy to adopt the attitude of "garbage in, garbage out", but they pay you and respect you for doing hard things. In the words of the New Testament parable, we are worthless servants when we only do what we are told. If the General had no doubt that his conduct of the war -- he was plumb in the middle of the road of the chain of command, it was on his watch -- was ethical, we cannot second-guess God's judgment of him. To quote the previous reviewer, however, it seems that he thought that his job was to follow orders. That is not ethical. That is, in the final analysis, stupid. We don't creates lines of authority to multiply our stupidity, but to diminish it. If, when you give somebody an order, there is no implicit "or am I being stupid" which they feel free to confirm or deny, you are not getting the best out of that subordinate and the people are not getting its best out of you. This applies the more so, the higher up you go. Hey?

I had the honor to know General Harold K. Johnson while he was a Commanding General, and then to serve two years as his personal aide while he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Sorley has done a magnificient job of research and reporting on the life of the most dedicated American military leader in recent history. General Johnson was a unique man, humbled by his roots, molded by his experience as a POW, and a man whose personal moral standards never waivered. I think the author has portrayed General Johnson as the man I knew. My only difference with the portrayal is the implication of "resignation in protest" on a number of occasions. General Johnson held the view that his function was to advise the President, and that the President had no obligation to accept that advice. I would accept the "resignation" theory only if it portrayed General Johnson as considering resignation because he felt his advice was inadequate or that his articulation ! of that advice was inadequate. The idea of resignation would have been because he felt someone else could perhaps do it better. He was such a private man that I also doubt he would have shared that thought with others, particularly junior to him. But, a really excellent biography and Sorley has done himself proud.

I read the book 20 years ago and searched long and hard to find my own 1896 copy. I'm looking forward to having a copy I can read that I don't have to be so careful with. This book is very funny. The people in the book are folks you haven't thought of in years (and some you may have to look up to compleat your education). I recogmend this book be required reading for any body under 50 (I'm in my 40s).

I haven't read this version, only the original 1896 copy that I happened to pick up at a book sale because I liked the title. John Kendrick Bangs has become one of my favorite authors now. I recomend this book to everyone. It is witty and actually itelligent humor. I would say find the original though, it's usually cheaper than the $...for this copy.

Take a dash of fanatasy , a few dead (?) historical and literary figures, add a dash of whimsey, philosophy that is firmly tongue in cheek and mix with a fine sense of wit. The results are J.K. Bangs "A Houseboat on the Styx". It make take a bit to find this book (which should never be out of print!!) but it is well worth the search.

No book more wonderfully captures the wimsey and foibles of mankind, while providing a perspective on historical thought like this book. Delightfull conversations in which P.T. Barnum berates Noah for not saving the more interesting animals, in which Shakespeare and Bacon argue about which of them really wrote Hamlet (and Hamlet responds) are just some of the delightful by-play of this romp in a Gentleman's Club in Hades.

I ran across an 1896 copy of this book in a nearby used book store and snatched it up. A lover of Greek mythology, anything with Styx in the title had to be worthwhile. To my delight, Greek mythology was bombarded with some of the most delightful historical and literary characters ever known, thrown into delicious turmoil. Where else could Napoleon throw a pool cue at Shakespeare. A must have for any reader.

"Enemy Territory," the third book in the I.K.S. Gorkon series by Keith R.A. DeCandido is perhaps the most vividly written of the Gorkon stories so far. DeCandido's knack for including solid character development in his story without suffering the battle sequences so key to the Klingon lifestyle takes the forefront in this tale. It opens with Shipmaster Vor Ellis of the Elabrej being awakened to the fact that her fellow crew members have located an alien conveyance, or ship. Her religious upbringing (as well as that of most of her people) has declared that there are no other beings in the universe except for the Elabrej. However, she finds herself and her crew members face-to-face with another alien race. Perhaps out of fear, she gives the command to fire on the alien ship. Unfortunately for them, the alien ship, the Klingon Chancellor-class I.K.S. Kravokh, returns fire and sets into motion a great battle between an alien race that thought it was alone and another that relishes a good fight.

After having not heard from the I.K.S. Kravokh in roughly two months, the I.K.S. Gorkon learns of a massive gathering of alien ships in the last known location of the Kravokh. Sensing an offensive strike, Klag and company, as well as a large fleet of other Klingon vessels, set out to investigate and possibly engage the enemy that brought down the Kravokh. What Klag finds is a one-sided revolutionary war on a planet that's more alien than anything he's witnessed before. When the Klingons join up with a separatist faction, things really get going. On top of all of this, Klag is also trying to weed out possible mutineers on the Gorkon.

DeCandido catches readers up with characters such as Wol, Toq, Rodek, Leskit, B'Oraq, Lokor and Goran. He allows these and other characters to take the spotlight from Klag to varying degrees. Wol is especially highlighted and one could argue that this particular tale is more about her growth as a Klingon warrior than any other character in the story. DeCandido also gives the reader a wonderful look into the social structure of the Elabrej hegemony as well as a solid understanding of certain members of the Elabrej race.

As stated before, DeCandido blends action and character development flawlessly. This makes the reader cheer on certain characters and develop a general dislike of others. It makes the death of some characters (both heroic and cowardly) that much more meaningful as well.

The story is briskly paced and each chapter demands the reader to keep going and not put the book down. As always, DeCandido sets up the the timeline for the story and includes a brief dictionary of Klingon terms used in the book. He also gives a brief overview of each of the Chancellor-class Klingon vessels.

This is the best book in the series so far. At the end of the tale, DeCandido promises that a new adventure for the Gorkon and its crew is yet to come. I hope that he's telling the truth. He's developed these characters so well that I've grown to like many of them more than some of those who are on television each week in reruns. This tale can be read as a standalone novel, but I highly suggest to anyone who reads it to please check out the first two books in the series.

Highly recommended.

I hope that this isn't the last book of the Gorkon. I've grown fond of our lovable, warlike characters.

Another good Star Trek book.
The Klingon language is used throughout, adding authenticity to the story.. The female characters actually are more important, with much stronger roles than usually seen in TV Trek.
The author has done a very good job not only with the Klingon race in describing it, and all their peculiarities, but also has rounded out an alien race that the Klingons have found. A race that firmly believes it is the only race in the galaxy, which of course leads to trouble between the two. This is the third book in this series and each seems to be better than the last.

Three books in this new I.K.S. Gorkon series and Keith R.A. DeCandido has bowled three strikes.

This book features one of my favorite aliens in Star Trek because their appearance is so radically different than bipedal humanoids that dominate the Star Trek franchise. Even the Founders of the Dominion appeared as bipedal humanoids in the presence of those in the Alpha Quadrant.

The Elabrej Hegemony is a nation of four worlds. The peculiar thing about them is not their caste system or the belief that they were alone in the universe. They are sexpedal, rather than bipedal, and they don't have an identifiable head. They have a full range of vision, contrary to most bipedal humanoids that can only see in front of them.

Their religious caste insist that they are alone in the universe. However, despite that believe, they have developed some awesome offensive weapons. As a spacefaring race, they are a stark contrast to the San Tarah. However, they do not have the warrior ethnic of the San Tarah the Gorkon last encountered.

Klag has to deal with Klingon captives, his own ship disabled and forced to land on a moon, and a formenting rebellion as a result of his actions of San Tarah.

This storyline brings us to another part of the Kravot Sector, but the story continues nicely from the first two volumes of the series. Once again, DeCandido captures the spirit and essence of the Klingons. I hope the Elabrej are further developed in future volumes because they are radically different from previous alien species, and that in itself is refreshing after so many variations on the humanoid theme.

Keith R. A. DeCandido knows the Klingon heart and spirit, and "Enemy Territory" is sure to please any klinfan. KRAD is a fan himself, and the author of several superior pro-novels and much excellent fan-fiction. In the best fanfic tradition, he has melded concepts from John M. Ford's definitive Klingon novel, "The Final Reflection," with elements from The Franchise to create a rollicking Klingon series. Supporting characters from Trek episodes are brought together and fleshed-out far beyond their one-shot roles in the series, yet remain true to their "canonic" characterization. Add an action-packed plot with some very original (and truly *alien*) adversaries whose socio-political culture KRAD has created with fine detail. Klingons are aliens too, and KRAD does not let the reader forget that -- his protagonists think and speak and behave like *Klingons*. The Klingon language (a combination of Okrandian tlhIngan Hol and Fordian klingonaase) is sprinkled throughout, adding authenticity to the prose. The female characters are particularly well-drawn in the I.K.S. Gorkon series, with much stronger roles than usually seen in the televised Trek. If you are a klinfan, one of those Trek enthusiasts who prefers the Klingons to Roddenberry's other alien creations, you will really enjoy this series.
I have only one critique: the ghISnar, aka grishnar, is not a small cat, such as the tI'qa' (domestic Housecat) and vIghro'(small wildcat). In the one DS9 episode in which it was mentioned, Gowron refered to Sisko as a "toothless grishnar cat," in Fedegon idiom, a "toothless tiger." The ghISnar is clearly a large, ferocious Klingon beast.
On a final note, I noticed KRAD dedicated "Enemy Territory" to his late feline companion, Mittens. I was personally touched by that. I'm sure Mittens' ka is in Sto-Vo-Kor, hunting and carousing and practicing kung-fu with all the Klingon cats who've gone before.

Wonderful Book! It was so compelling and exciting that I couldn't put it down untill I was seeing double and my eyes were crossing....Imagin Love and Love Songs are my favorite and I shall continue to read all of Kathriene Stones Novels...

This story was well written and held my interest throughout. However, I did not like the main hero, Cole Taylor. I don't know, he seemed so lifeless, so impersonal, so NOT appealing. I liked Claire, it was unfortunate someone so sweet had such heartache in her life.
Lady Sara and Jack Dalton were lively, and seemed to make a wonderful couple, although we'll never know since their story wasn't fully explored here.
Lucas Cain and his wife, Emma were a sweet couple. Despite doubts, they were very much in love. Even their story could have developed a little more, but what we got was better than nothing. The author's compassionate, romantic and sensitive side really came through in this couple.

This is one of Katherine Stone's best novels. The story line is complex and surprising. Of course, we know their is a happy ending for all, but I certainly didn't expect some of the twists and turns along the way.

I especially liked the love story between Emma and Lucas. But all of the interweaved story lines touched my heart.

I also highly recommend Stone's Pearl Moon, my other favorite.

This book was totally magnificent. From beginning to end, it was good, very interesting. I couldn't put it down. It was one of the best books I have ever read. Most books aren't good from beginning to end. I mean it was really good, even from the beginning.

I just couldn't put this book down. I awaited with baited breath for the next shoe to fall. When will the brother's find each other? Would Claire regain her sight? Who was the killer? And believe me that particular question was a total surprise. What about Sarah's baby? Is it alive and if so, who is she/he? All these questions and more were answered by reading the book. By the end I felt like crying at the very tenderness of the novel. I implore all readers out their to pick up Imagine Love by Katherine Stone and read it. Once you do you will really, truly imagine the power of love.

This is an amazing and very moving story as well as sobering, humbling and thought provoking told in a simple but interesting style. It is an excellent account of an American pilot's POW experience in Vietnam and in an interesting part 2 of the book his wife discusses the experience from her perspective.
He describes the conditions and torture he and other prisoners endured. How they communicated and helped each other. A very important theme in the book is Rutledge's renewed faith in God. When I was a kid, I had this story as a comic book and it played a major role in my becoming a Christian and in shaping my respect for those who serve in the military.
I wanted to read this in novel form after finishing John McCain's Faith of My Fathers. The setting of both stories is the same, Hanoi Hilton, and of course there are many similarities in the 2 stories, but each has a unique feel and perspective. Both are excellent and highly recommended.

We all have problems from time to time and get down. I read this book when I was faced with a great tragedy. After reading this man's account of his captivity as an American POW in Vietnam, and the misery, cruelty, and torture that he had the courage to suffer through, I knew that I would be able to survive and get through the problem and the tragedy I was facing. My problems though daunting, were nothing comparted to his. He was a real inspiration and a very brave and heroic man.

When I was only 11, I had the pleasure of meeting Captain Rutledge in August of 1976. He was my Dad's Commanding Officer in the Philippines. We all read his book and sat amazed at the God-granted ability to survive. I borrowed the book from my Dad (25 years later) and just finished reading it again. The faith that he and his wife were able to muster is incredible. Makes the rest of us foolish to take our God, our faith, our families, and our freedoms all for granted.

Captain Rutledge went to his greater reward on June 11, 1984. I will never forget that man. He will always be an example for me.

Read it!

While watching the History Channel on the topic of prisons, Hanoi Hilton came up. A few of the former "guests" were interviewed such as Sen McCain. I had a immediate flashback of Rutledge's book which I read back in the mid-70's. It was one of a few books that was hard to put down.

"Capt. Howard Rutledge,11-27-65" was the POW/MIA name engraved on a bracelet I acquired in 6th or 7th grade (~1972). A grass roots organization distributed bracelets with the name of missing servicemen. The idea was to wear the bracelet until the missing were returned. To my great joy, Capt Rutledge returned and wrote a very inspiring account of the hell he and others lived through and the spriritual toughness and comradeship that got them through it. I immediately read the book when it first came out. As an 8th grader it had a huge impact on me. The book disappeared after being loaned out to friends. I retain the bracelet and an undiminished bank of gratitude to Capt. Rutledge and all other veterans. The depth of faith and cunning of the prisoners and the brutality of their captors is amazing. This is an excellent book about the POW experience and the true meaning of honor and a military Officer.

Few are not familiar with efforts to "measure" intelligence. The research is over a 100 years old. It is attacked often for concealing its motives, which I list:1)Grandiose, suicidal totalitarian political ideation (tied to promises psychologists such as Arthur Jensen of UC Berkeley's School of Education make to "eugenicize" Blacks, Jews and Mexicans; 2)Attempts to influence democratic policy makers, and stir hatred in the middle class (Gardner is a Jew). No thinking and feeling person is not outraged at this cowardly, and craven agenda, which hides under "scientific" disclaimers, and equivocates between fact and value; trafficks in illness,fantasy, and confusion;demands kick backs and preferential treatment in hiring and college admissions; and threatens , ad nauseam to "sterilize" Black Americans. But Dr. Gardner's book, is planted in biological interpretation;recognizes 7 areas of cultural endeavour; posits the link between symbol systems; suggests curriular modules to create genius in 7 areas; mentions faulties conveniently igored, but by no means historially irrelevant (music, poetry, dance, etc);plants its findings in psychology, linguistics, science, and logic;and invites statistical attacks from terified opposition thoerists ( like Arthur Jensen,who decline, choosing torpor, and resistance; craven, cowardly silence). In summary, MI is a theory responsive to human endeavour; inclusive; not vulgar, pleading, and illogial; minimally scientific; and politically judicious. There is no better attempt to unify social practice to science in psychology. Buy it; read it; apply it to your understanding. Dr. Gardner is a brave ally to science, and civilized soial practice-

Few are not familiar with efforts to "measure" intelligence. The research is over a 100 years old. It is attacked often for concealing its motives, which I list:1)Grandiose, suicidal totalitarian political ideation (tied to promises psychologists such as Arthur Jensen of UC Berkeley's School of Education make to "eugenicize" Blacks, Jews and Mexicans; 2)Attempts to influence democratic policy makers, and stir hatred in the middle class (Gardner is a Jew). No thinking and feeling person is not outraged at this cowardly, and craven agenda, which hides under "scientific" disclaimers, and equivocates between fact and value; trafficks in illness,fantasy, and confusion;demands kick backs and preferential treatment in hiring and college admissions; and threatens , ad nauseam to "sterilize" Black Americans. But Dr. Gardner's book, is planted in biological interpretation;recognizes 7 areas of cultural endeavour; posits the link between symbol systems; suggests curriular modules to create genius in 7 areas; mentions faulties conveniently igored, but by no means historially irrelevant (music, poetry, dance, etc);plants its findings in psychology, linguistics, science, and logic;and invites statistical attacks from terified opposition thoerists ( like Arthur Jensen,who decline, choosing torpor, and resistance; craven, cowardly silence). In summary, MI is a theory responsive to human endeavour; inclusive; not vulgar, pleading, and illogial; minimally scientific; and politically judicious. There is no better attempt to unify social practice to science in psychology. Buy it; read it; apply it to your understainding; and question the agenda of fascists like Arthur Jensen; and the authors of the Bell Curve. Dr, Gardner is a brave ally to science, and civilized soial practice- Dr. Jensen, a shameless coward, merchant of terror, and eugenial fascist.

This is a great book for anyone interested in the subject of intelligence. It's well-written, and does justice to this complex and deep subject matter. Unlike books like "The Bell Curve" this book doesn't try to prescribe a narrow definition of intelligence. Rather it exposes the richness of different conceptualizations of intelligence, and the ways in which intelligence is important in various settings.

Gardner, Kornhaber, and Wake have written the essential book on the subject of intelligence. This book helps to undo some of the damage of books like Herrnstein & Murray's "The Bell Curve." This well-written text presents the many faces of intelligence, across different cultures and different settings such as work and school. It includes psychometrics, artificial intelligence, the role of the brain, and Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, providing a robust introduction to one of the most important topics in psychology and education. This book should be required reading for every educator, and every student of psychology, education, and science.

In one volume, this work combines the theories on intelligence advanced during the past century, but especially during the last decades. Beginning with the pioneering work of Piaget, the authors continue with the latter's disciples, whether supportive or in disagreement; a discussion of the brain and attempts to copy its functioning with intelligent machines. Of special interest are discussions of recent theories of intelligence by Gardner (seven intelligences and the experiments how he arrived at them); Mike Anderson, who asserts that intelligence evolves through changes in the organization of knowledge and skills, indicating that Gardner's multiple intelligences are 'sometimes a behavior, sometimes a cognitive process, and sometimes a structure in the brain'; Robert Sternberg, whose theory is a combination of three 'triarchic' subtheories: the componential, the experiential, and the contextual; and, based on Sternberg, Stephen Ceci's but, while the first has stressed the componential aspect ('what goes on inside a person's head when he thinks intelligently?') Ceci emphasizes the contextual aspect ('How does a person 's interaction interaction in the world affect the world in which he lives?'). The final chapters of the book are devoted to how all this new knowledge will affect schools and learning in the workplace. Each chapter has its own list of 'suggested readings' while the final list of references is comprehensive and inviting for further 'in-depth' studies

The reason I bought this book was to understand an elementary proof of the prime number theorem. Actually, it contains only an outline of an elementary proof. But the book introduces methods for the proof with awesome clarity. It must have been much greater if we could see the detailed elementary proof of the prime number theorem written by Apostol. He gives a reference to An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by G.H. Hardy and E.M. Wright for the detailed proof, but the reader may be required to do unnecessary guessing (which is believed to be good in learning math, but seems to be nothing but trouble for me) to go through it.

The amazing positives of this book are accurately described in the other reviews so I will skip them. There is no negative, but the other reviewers assert that the reader needs no prior exposure to number theory. I completely disagree.

While this book does quickly cover elementary number theory, a reader new to this field will quickly feel lost. Without more exposure and a good prior feel for elementary number theory, the use of analytic techniques will seem ad hoc instead of following a logical pattern. By way of example, three areas covered in this book that are not part of analytic number theory and for which the reader would do better to learn from a less sophisticated text are the Fermat-Euler Theorem, Diophantine equations, and quadratic reciprocity.

Excellent texts for a first exposure to number theory are, from simpler to more difficult:

1. Elementary Number Theory by Underwood Dudley

2. An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by Niven, Zuckerman and Montgomery

3. An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by Hardy and Wright

Apostol's book on analytic number theory is a classic that may never be surpassed. It is a marvelous second book on number theory.

I think that there will be little harm if the title of the book is changed to 'Introduction to elementary number theory' instead. The author presumes that the reader has not any knowledge of number theory. As a result, materials like congruence equation, primitive roots, and quadratic reciprocity are included.
Of course as the title indicates, the book focusses more on the analytic aspect. The first 2 chapters are on arithmetic functions, asymptotic formulas for averaging sums, using elementary methods like Euler-Maclaurin formula .This lay down the foundation for further discussion in later chapters, where complex analysis is involved in the investigation. Then the author explain congruence in chapter 4 and 5. Chapter 6 introduce the important concept of character. Since the purpose of this chapter is to prepare for the proof of Dirichlet's theorem and introduction of Gauss sums, the character theory is developed just to the point which is all that's needed. ( i.e. the orthogonal relation). Chapter 7 culminates on the elementary proof on Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progression. The proof still uses L-function of course, but the estimates, like the non-vanishing of L(1) , are completely elementary and is based only on the first 2 chapters.
The author then introduce primitve roots to further the theory of Dirichlet characters. Gauss sums can then be introduced. 2 proofs of quadratic reciprocity using Gauss sums are offered. The complete analytic proof, using contour integration to evaluate explicitly the quadratic Gauss sums, is a marvellous illustration of how truth about integers can be obtained by crossing into the complex domains.
The book then turns in to the analyic aspect. General Dirichlet series, followed by the Riemann zeta function, L function ,are introduced. It's shown that the L- functions have meremorphic continuation to the whole complex plane by establishing the functional equation L(s)= elementary factor * L(1-s). The reader should be familiar with residue calculus to read this part.
Chapter 13 may be a high point of this book, where the Prime Number Theorem is proved. Arguably, it's the Prime Number Theorem which stimulate much of the theory of complex analysis and analyic number theory. As Riemann first pointed out, the Prime Number Theorem can be proved by expressing the prime counting function as a contour integral of the Riemann zeta function, then estimate the various contours. The proof given in this book , although not exactly that envisaged by Riemann , is a variant that run quite smoothly. As is well known , a key point is that one can move the contour to the line Re(s)=1, and to do this one have to verify that zeta(s) does not vanish on
Re(s)=1.The proof , due to de la vale-Poussin, is a clever application of a trigonometric identity. Unfortunately, the method does not allow one penetrate into the region 0The last Chapter is of quite differnt flavour, the so-called additive number theory. Here the author only focusses on the simplest partition function ---the unrestricted partition. However interesting phenomeon occur already at this level. The first result is Euler's pentagonal number theorem, which leads to a simple recursion formula for the partition function p(n). 3 proofs are given. The most beautiful one is no doubt a combinatorial proof due to Franklin. The third proof is through establishing the Jacobi triple product identity, which leads to lots of identites besides Euler's pentagonal number theorem. Jacobi's original proof uses his theory of theta functions, but it turns out that power series manipulaion is all that's needed.
The book ends with an indication of deeper aspect of partition theory--- Ramanujan's remarkable congrence and identities ( the simplest one being p(5m+4)=0(mod 5) ). To prove these mysterious identites, the "natural"way is to plow through the theory of modular functions, which Ramanujan had left lots more theorem ( unfortunately most without proof). However an elementary proof of one these identites is outlined in the exercises.
This book is well written, with enough exercises to balance the main text. Not bad for just an 'introduction'.

You normally dont talk so much about readability of a book on Math, but of all the other books on number theory that I've seen, this is quite a page turner. Strikes just the right ballance between theory, proofs and examples. As mentioned somewhere in the book, one of the aims of the author is to arouse reader's interest in number theory..which this book will certainly do..especially since its main emphasis is on prime numbers.

This book is absolutely incredible. The topics covered range from some very elementary topics on the theory of certain basic arithmetic functions, to much more advanced topics such as the theory of Dirichlet L-Functions. I have never seen a clearer explanation of the characters associated with finite Abelian groups, and the L-functions associated with Dirichlet Characters, than that provided by this book. Apostol makes even the most difficult concepts seem clear and simple. As an added bonus, the end-of-chapter exercises range from moderately difficult to almost excruciatingly so (but still very fun to work on) and give the reader excellent experience in solving problems in this field. With all this said, it should be pointed out that, as another reviewer stated, this book should not be read until the reader has already had a good deal of previous exposure to number theory. I myself would recommend the book of Hardy and Wright. As a second text on number theory, and an introduction to the aspects of number theory related to function theory and analysis, I believe that Apostol's book is the best that anyone could possibly hope for.