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I love this book! Someone gave it to me as a gift. It has pages of beautiful photographs and wonderfully wise quotes from Tsem Rinpoche's dharma lectures. It would make a wonderful book for anyone that you love.

Of all the books on the Qabala I have read, from the traditional Jewish teachings to the books on it for the use of magick, this is by far my favorite. My copy is well worn, with lots of dog-eared pages, highlighting and underlining. I love this book.

I appreciate the in-depth information on the paths of the Qabala. It takes the reader to a gentle understanding of a powerful subject and does so in a manor that will not unbalance the neophyte.

The book teaches path working with the use of many meditative options such as, imagining, candle burning, use of specific incense, stones, arch angels, sound and dance.

I was surprised that when I decided to use the techniques in the path working that I did so in a slow manor. I would do a meditation with the book at my side and know that I had experienced something of importance, even though I wasn't sure what it was. After doing a path there would be enriching changes in my life. A month or two later I would be called back to the tree to do the next path. Again, it would be followed by more changes, some very subtle and some not so subtle! I loved and appreciated the whole process. I am in a debt to Mr. Andrews for his writing.

How children are effected by the commercials? What kind of advertisements do children like? Which ages are more effected ? How parents react to their children's requirements? Do commercials create a standard consuming profile to children?

Presents a compilation of information from a worldwide pool of experts on their practical experiences in telecommunications sector reform.

This study compiles a wealth of information from a worldwide pool of experts on their practical experiences in telecommunications sector reform. It provides an up-to-date account of approaches to the major policy and structural issues and describes developments in Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. The study also examines issues related to investment, regulation, and implementation.

While each of the eight parts centers on a particular aspect of telecommunications sector reform, the study highlights several recurring themes and looks at a number of country experiences from the perspective of policymakers, regulators, investors, operators, the international development community, and other industry specialists.

This volume provides valuable information on how to implement telecommunications reforms, offers insights into the effectiveness of these reforms, and identifies critical areas in which further discussion of related policy and implementation issues in this increasingly important economic sector.

I've worked with designing instructional support materials for this text because I value the approach and content. I've used the work in my classes with success. I like the clear focus and emphasis on solid research. Well done.

JPS The Americanization Of Jewish Culture 1888-1988 is a comprehensive history of The Jewish Publication Society and its mission to become America's foremost publisher of Jewish books in English. From the efforts JPS's founders, a group of genttel Philadelphia philanthropists, to the story of how a tragic love affair with a JPS author was the turning point for Henrietta Szold to become a founder of Hadassah and Youth Aliyah, to a close scrutiny of the deliberations and behind-the-scenes work that went into the JPS Bible translations of 1917 and 1985, which have been since deemed acceptable to all major branches of Judaism. Part reflection, part manifesto, part record and part testimony to an ongoing dream, JPS The Americanization Of Jewish Culture 1888-1988 is a welcome addition to Judaic studies and literature reference shelves.

Janine Marchessault's study of McLuhan's ideas really engages with the subject. Rather than a dry, academic reading of McLuhan, Marchessault really makes his work come alive, and shows us why he's such a key thinker of the 20th century. As I read this book, I found myself applying McLuhan's ideas to present day culture and media. This book helped me to realize that McLuhan gives us very important tools that we can use to help us understand our society. There are a lot of McLuhan books on the market, and one of the things that makes this my favorite is Marchessault's willingness to let us know what she thinks. One has the sense of an intellectual jouney...

This book covers all the right topics for undergraduate students in media and communication studies, and in a delightful and informative way. I think it would be an important addition to any course on media research, audience analysis, and research methods in communication.

This is a really straightforward and easy to understand book. Berger carefully and thoroughly goes over different methods used to create original research, both qualitative and qualitative. He carefully spells out the drawbacks each can have and outlines the important tactics that a researcher can use to insure the validity of their findings. Among the topics covered in this book are how research proposals generally work, interviewing, content analysis, historical analysis (quantitative), polling, statistical analysis, and testing (experiments) (qualitative). He also talks about different kinds of textual analysis and includes in here possibly the clearest explanation of semiotics I have ever come across. He has a plain, un-jargonized writing style and breaks apart text with cute illustrations and some admittedly lame "skits" (always between "him" and the "Grand Inquisitor" - you'll see. These are apparently supposed to be funny, but aren't.)

The chapters in this book are aided even further by never being so long as to be overwhelming. Berger doesn't mince words, but explains precisely and completely- and then switches to a new topic. Would that more authors would learn how to do this!

This was assigned reading for a graduate level class in which we prepared our thesis proposals. I think it should be mandatory reading for anyone considering embarking on original media research. I liked this book and though I would never have picked it up on my own- I am grateful that of all the choices there must be out there, my teacher chose this book.

MEDIA LAW is a course text or a reference any college-level student of media studies and law will find most accessible. It covers all the modern issues in media, from privacy and restrictions to freedom of expression and recent case decisions, offering up summaries and insights designed to supplement existing texts for the course. Any student will find this insider's guide essential to understanding media law concepts and issues.