Washington University Books

This is one of the best written and researched books out there. The respect that Dr. LeWarne gives these communities helps bring out their achivements and their follies. A must-read for any local historian or person interested in Western History.

Even as the face of British Columbia is changing, artist Michael Kluckner is capturing a vanishing region in watercolors, as best he can. Vanishing British Columbia uses words and images to examine ethnic sites and diverse roadside towns and worlds. Historic towns, houses, railways, and more are given strong social and historical treatment in a moving tribute to a vanishing world.

Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art In Nineteenth-Century Australia is a unique and impressive work surveying the history of Australian visual culture, theatrical performance legacy, and cultural peculiarities. A richly detailed, nicely illustrated, superbly well written, comprehensively researched and presented history is an engaging as it is informative and highly recommended to students of Australian popular culture, theatrical history, and non-traditional art forms.

If you've ever read Yellow Wolf and Hear Me, My Chiefs! then you must read this book. It's the not always glamorous behind the scenes of just how the books came to be. I had perhaps three very minor criticisms while reading the book but must say that Evans did a fantastic job. Long live Yellow Wolf, Peo Peo and the non-treaty Nez Perce. You have my eternal respect!

We purchased 4 prowler books to assist my daughter in making her final college decision. They were quite helpful in getting beyond the mainstream guide information. This book helped her decide on W & L . Every school has characteristics which make it right for one kid and wrong for another. Reading this book points out some of these important distinctives. In getting several guides we were able to compare / contrast different schools as they all follow the same outline of chapters. This resource helped my daughter to zero in on questions to ask students and professors when visiting. It also gave her a starting point in deciding about a dorm. This book is a good perspective to round out other sources such as Princeton, US News and ISI guides. The ISI "Choosing the Right College" guide is another good alternative perspective emphasizing the traditional liberal arts preparation each school may provide.

Get this.....especially if you are studying for boards (either USMLE or path boards). A great tool to have at the scope side. Make sure you register for the web site...the image bank alone is worth the price and the entire text is available online.

As a practising oncologist, I own a whole personal library of oncology books. I find this book easy to use and sufficiently authoritative as well as up-to-date for quick reference and reminders. Compared to the standard large textbooks, it restricts discussion to only the most relevant and frequently quoted studies, but this should make it ideal for the trainee doing his/her revisions not to be too bogged down by details. Among the "shorter" textbooks/manuals, this is definitely the best.

One notable problem however relates to the faulty 'binding' of book, and both my paperback copies (one kept in my office, and the other at home) fall apart within weeks of purchasing. Publishers take note !!

This is an excellent review of the major essentials of Pulmonary Medicine. Thanks.

This is an excellent book to carry with you during your rotation in surgery. Not only does the book provide organized and concise information on every topic in general surgery but it also provides concise explantation on how to perform common procedures. Excellent book that I would recommend to anyone on surgery to carry around in their white coat.

The politics of the State of Washington is one that has emerged from strong progressive and populist sentiments, according to some of the scholars whose works have been collected in this very useful volume of information explaining Washington politics and governance. This book is an excellent reference explaining how the various branches of Washington government operate and the background to how they become as they are.

Washington began as a state founded by optimistic settlers with utopian dreams, and to some degree that sentiment continues resonating. It has been an activist state which tends to have one of the largest percent of female legislators. Washington was one of the first states to enacted abortion rights and to create a state Equal Rights Amendment. Still, there also exists a strong conservative base, as was noted when Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley was defeated by a `Gingrich Revolution' candidate in 1994.

Comparisons between the Washington government, including its legislature, and governing in other states can be made through examining this book. As in other states, Washington voters appear to dislike their legislature but support their particular legislator, showing legislators have a closer connection to their voters even if the public doesn't always like the legislative results.

Washington is an initiative and referendum state which allows voters to place policy questions before voters to decide. This process thus often restricts legislators in how they may handle issues and debatably makes Washington more open to public interaction in policy making. On the other side, this places decisions more into the hands of interests in elections and less into the hands of a representative democracy. The legislature has found it is very constrained in developing a state budget as previous referendums require limiting expenditures and revenues as well as calling for mandated spending. This leaves limited flexibility in shaping a budget, which has become more of a concern in recent years as the state has been experience decreasing economic growth.

Some authors consider Washington as having a "moralistic political culture" with citizens placing high expectations of strong performances from their public officials. The political parties are considered by authors in this book to be relatively weak. Voters have weak political party affiliation. There has been a growing increase in the number of ballot questions over the last couple decades, indicating the voters are more apt in Washington to take major issues into their own hands rather than allowing political leaders to become as involved as they may be in other states.