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This work clearly and concisely emphasizes the salient points of the proposed regulations. However, true notional principal contract enthusiasts will want to check out Mr. Shapiro's more ambitious work -- Taxation of Equity Derivatives, Tax Management Portfolio No. 188.

This is an excellent, well written article that provided me with many great ideas. I am planning on opening a tea room when I move to a small town in the Georgia mountains in a few years. Lisa's article has really inspired me with her terrific marketing techniques that are bound to succeed (they would certainly work on me)! Well worth the $5.95.

B.J. Bullert provides compelling view into recent documentaries that have taken a controversial political viewpoint and have had run-ins with the public broadcasting system. The book is organized with a clear case by case structure. Bullert describes in egaging detail the difficulties that filmmakers with socially challenging documentaries have had with the PBS hierarchy and station managers. The sections on "Roger and Me" and "Tongues Untied" are particularly thorough and thought provoking. Public Television : Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film is an accessible, insightful and essential companion to any college-level documentary film class looking into the distribution and broadcast of American independent documentaries with a strong point of view.

As the author of this essay, I am astonished to find it "for sale" on amazon.com without my permission (and certainly resent someone else making money on MY labor). If you find my email online by doing a google search, I will send you a copy for FREE.

In this beautifully edited book, Garlock shows everyone his brilliant skills in editing and interviewing some of the best authors of feature stories of our time. Everyone should read this book and be enlightened with wonderful reading material. And we should all be able to learn a little bit from teh professor of knowledge, brilliance... Mr. David Edward Garlock !!!

Karsh makes some excellent points in this review of a truly terrible book by Ilan Pappe.

As Karsh points out, Pappe admits that he is writing from a biased position. Rather than stick to truth, Pappe admits that he has "compassion for the colonized and not the colonizer who sympathizes with the occupied, not the occupier." Of course, there may not be universal agreement about just who the colonizer and occupier might be! In the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire might have merited that description. In 1919 through 1948, the British seem to me to have fit that description. But today, I think it is unreasonable to call all disputed land "occupied" by either side.

Karsh explains this point well. As he says, "the equation of Zionism with colonialism, the cornerstone of Pappe's historical narrative, has been a staple of Arab propaganda since the early 1920s. Almost as predictable is the portrayal of Arabs ... as the hapless victims of this alleged foreign invasion."

As Karsh shows us, the book itself is riddled with some amazing factual errors and misleading material. And he calls it "a sad testament to the pervasive politicization of Middle Eastern studies where the dividing line between academic scholarship and unadulterated propaganda has been blurred, if not erased." I myself find it alarming that the Cambridge University Press was willing to publish such trash.

I'd like to conclude with a point I made in my own review of Pappe's book. I called the book "propaganda masquerading as history" and said:

"This simply isn't history. In real life, people do things for reasons. Historians explain what happened and (to some extent) why. That is how they are able to infer as yet unknown details and even predict future attitudes and acts. Pappe gets plenty of facts wrong, but his biggest failing is to ascribe incorrect or even impossible motives to many of the people of the region."

I'm glad that Karsh took the time to describe some of those facts that Pappe gets wrong.

Mark Hinshaw proposes a departure from the typical "American Dream" - rather than the single-family home with a nice big yard for the kids, he proposes living in the urban center, surrounded by a vibrant, living city. His proposal is attractive for all ages - from the very young who learn about the diverse and interesting American melting pot, to the very old who no longer have reflexes quick enough for driving, but who have plenty of good years remaining to enjoy and contribute to the lifescape around them.

This is a great interview, and I also highly recommend his book, True Urbanism.

Very interesting and readable, as are all of Denhardt's books. Deals with the history of the Quarter Horse. Denhardt is the best source for Quarter Horse history, because he is the founder of the AQHA. Get all of his books, they are all excellent, and will never get outdated. The ones that are out of print will be republished later, keep watching for them. I pretty well have all of his books now.

From my years in publishing as an author, magazine editor and currently a book acquisitions editor, I know the value of a good pitch. It's everything to capture an editor's attention.

Tom Clark gives seasoned advice about how to seize the editor's attention and imagination. if you want to cut down on your rejection rate as a writer, then get this book.

As he writes in the final pages, "Successful freelancing isn't a one-shot proposition. You write, you sell, and you write again. But each article will be a different experience. The first article may be on safety in homes, and the next one is on Hawaiian rain forests, and the third is on mega-aquariums. The world truly is your oyster; you can pluck the pearl of an idea from any spot on it."

I recommend this book.