Modernity and Nostalgia: Art and Politics in France Between the Wars (Yale Publications in the History of Art)
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    Modernity and Nostalgia: Art and Politics in France Between the Wars (Yale Publications in the History of Art)
    Romy Golan
    Manufacturer: Yale University Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0300063504

    Book Description

    In this original and perceptive study, Romy Golan argues that France-the embodiment of artistic modernism for most of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth-suffered a crisis of confidence after World War I that initiated a period of cultural, political, and economic retrenchment lasting into the Vichy years. Golan shows that France`s new image as a rural, feminine, feudal, and victimized society was reflected in and fashioned by the art of the period.
    Modernity and Nostalgia. Art and Politics in France Between the Wars.
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      Modernity and Nostalgia. Art and Politics in France Between the Wars.
      Romy. GOLAN
      Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000ORWO5I

      A Modern Guide to Spectacles
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        A Modern Guide to Spectacles
        Paul Sargeant
        Manufacturer: Wimbledon Publishing Company
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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        ASIN: 1903222036

        Housewives at Play: The Wedding Album (Housewifes at Play)
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • 7th Collection, this one with the theme of weddings
        Housewives at Play: The Wedding Album (Housewifes at Play)
        Rebecca
        Manufacturer: Eros Comix
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 1560975814

        Book Description

        Is there anything pure and virginal as a bride in white? Not in Rebecca's world.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars 7th Collection, this one with the theme of weddings.......2005-04-11

        Adult black & white collection of drawings.

        This is the seventh (or at least seventh) collection of drawings involving housewives. There are exactly 37 well-drawn detailed drawings of women inside the book. Obviously enough, all the pictures have some connection to weddings, just married women, or just about to be married women. The pictures range from somewhat tame (I guess the tamest one in this collection would involve a woman kissing the bride) to somewhat extreme (involving bondage in one form or another, humiliation, getting caught in action, whipping). The women are brides, guests, in-laws, bridesmaids, and the maid of honor. The men, if there is a man in the picture, is shown shocked/surprised at the action, is being "thanked" by the bride, is walking away happy, is a priest, or is being distracted. Most of the action occurs outdoors or in some form of church or hotel (like the picture of the surprise guest on the honey-moon), but some of the action does occur in-doors (like the picture where the in-laws welcoming their new daughter-in-law by whipping her).

        Overall, the collection is interesting, and well-drawn. The collection contains pictures of bondage, whipping, and humiliation. Note: some of the collections contain a page that collects the title of the pictures, and this is one of those collections. The page is at the very back of the book and is called the "Table of Contents."

        Guy Goes into a Bar
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          Guy Goes into a Bar
          Al Tapper
          Manufacturer: MJF Books
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover

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          ASIN: 156731418X

          Book Description

          Uniquely shaped book to represent its subject matter - it contains the best of the best jokes on the classic topic, drinking in bars.
          Guy Goes Into A Bar
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            Guy Goes Into A Bar
            Bob Fraser
            Manufacturer: PSS Adult
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            Binding: Paperback

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            ASIN: 0843128607

            The Best of Gay Adult Video 1999: Mickey Skee's Dirty Dozens
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • Thought it Was Dated, but it's NOT!
            • The Hottest Gay Videos!
            • Wowza Yowza, I agree with Every ONE!
            The Best of Gay Adult Video 1999: Mickey Skee's Dirty Dozens
            Mickey Skee
            Manufacturer: Companion Press (Laguna Hills, CA)
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

            GeneralGeneral | Movies | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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            ASIN: 1889138142

            Book Description

            With more than 600 gay adult videos produced and released each year, this video guidebook is designed to save buyers and renters time and money by selecting(what the author believes to be(the BEST gay adult videos of the year. Includes more than 150 B&W nude photos of the hottest guys in gay porn and behind-the-scenes "dirt" you won't find in any other book. Categories include: Best Overall Videos, Best Overseas Videos, Best ETHNIC Videos, BEST UNIFORM Videos, BEST SOLO Videos, BEST BISEXUAL Videos, BEST ROMANTIC Videos, BEST ENTERTAINMENT Videos, BEST LEATHER Videos, BEST PURE SEX Videos, BEST SPECIAL-INTEREST Videos and BEST Porn Moments. Also includes a handy Mail-Order Video Buyers' & Renters' Guide. 208 pages (Over 150 photos(Including full-frontal).

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Thought it Was Dated, but it's NOT!.......2003-12-29

            I thought, well, I'll get this to add to my porn collection of books, but this is a guide I've used to buy at least 13 vids in 2003~! tHERE WERE TITLES I'VE NEVER HEARD OF! aND I've been collecting for 20 years...anyway, i'm very excited to get the info about where to get the movies and where to find titles I've never heard of, and I love the categories, TWINKS, BEST ROMANTIC, BEST LEATHER, BISEXUAL and toher categories. I hope the others are as good as this one

            4 out of 5 stars The Hottest Gay Videos!.......2001-03-15

            This is a must have reference book for anyone interested in Gay Adult Videos. There are more than 100 reviews here. I look forward to these reviews from Mickey Skee every year, it makes it so easy to rent & buy the best videos with the hottest guys. Whatever your interest there are categories for uniform, leather, ethnic, solo, and many more. Plus you get all the behind the scenes dirt you could ever want to know about. A lot of appreciation goes out to Mickey for putting this very comprehensive selection of the best gay videos together every year. It certainly makes it easy for us. Great job!!

            5 out of 5 stars Wowza Yowza, I agree with Every ONE!.......1999-01-29

            This is far better and more in-depth than the first edition, and the author only seems to get better with every version. He's become more eclectic in his choices, my god, there's some kinky stuff in there (read the review on FIREWATER!) and he has smaller companies, like Brush Creek and Titan, not just the BIG obnoxious ones like Catalina, Centaur etc. Can't wait 'til the 2000 version to see what this expert picks! I thought I knew 'em all!

            Mahler's Sixth Symphony: A Study in Musical Semiotics (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
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              Mahler's Sixth Symphony: A Study in Musical Semiotics (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
              Robert Samuels
              Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

              Mahler, GustavMahler, Gustav | Composers | Classical | Musical Genres | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
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              ASIN: 0521602831

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              The terms of structuralist and post-structuralist theory have been widely debated within the field of music analysis in recent years. However, very few analyses have attempted to address the repertoire of large orchestral works of the turn of the century - works which seem most obviously to escape the categories of conventional analysis. This study uses a semiotic theory of signification in order to investigate different types of musical communication. Musical meaning is defined on several levels from structures immanent to the work, through questions of tradition and genre, to consideration of the symphony as a narrative alongside other contemporary non-musical texts. Ideas from Eco, Barthes, and Derrida are deployed within the context of close analysis of the score in order to unite specifically analytical insights with cultural hermeneutics.
              Mahler's Sixth (6th) Symphony : A Study in Musical Semiotics (Studies in Music Theory and Analysis, No. 6)
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                Mahler's Sixth (6th) Symphony : A Study in Musical Semiotics (Studies in Music Theory and Analysis, No. 6)
                Robert Samuels
                Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: B000MBNWFW

                Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
                Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                • Tells you almost everything !!!
                • Tells you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!!
                • Not Just the Revolver, It's Worse!
                • LARA 'S NEW REVALATION
                • Getting past Alexandria without the revolver
                Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
                Dimension Publishing
                Manufacturer: Prima Games
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback

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                ASIN: 0761526048
                Release Date: 1999-12-01

                Book Description

                We reveal it all!

                • A thorough, step-by-step walkthrough of the entire game.
                • Over 2,000 full-color screen shots describe all of the action in glorious detail.
                • All the moves, weapons, and items–including "combining" abilities.
                • We follow every move Lara makes through every area in this massive adventure and bring you to the climactic ending.

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars Tells you almost everything !!!.......2003-09-14

                A very helpful book.
                It gives all the best true information as possible.The walkthrough is nice because it tells you what you have to do in each level via every screenshot.
                The best thing about this book is that it has a seperate section
                at the end as a guide on how to find all 70 secrets .
                But the only 'bad thing' is the part on getting the revolver. I mean it clearly says in ''Coastal ruins'' that you need a revolver to shoot something. Only problem is we cannot find it, until later in the level .

                5 out of 5 stars Tells you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!!.......2003-07-14

                Tells you absolutely everything! And, as far as what the guy above said, the book does in fact tell you how to get the revolver WAY before it tells you to use it.

                It helped me tremendously as far as giving me the ability to see what it was they where telling me to do via the pictures.

                I would definitely recommend it!

                2 out of 5 stars Not Just the Revolver, It's Worse!.......2002-01-15

                As has already been noted, one of the biggest and most glaring problems with this guide is when it instructs you to equip a Revolver that you don't have. Specifically, when you reach the Coastal Ruins, the guide instructs you to "quickly equip the Revolver with LaserSight." The thing is, you don't have one because the revolver isn't available until much later in the game, when you reach the City of the Dead. (Where the guide states that you can "pick up a Revolver, if you don't have it already." Of course, you wouldn't have it already because it's not possible to get it before then.) The trick, actually, is to equip either the Crossbow to fire at the targets, follow the strategy another reviewer stated of using the grenade launcher followed by the shotgun, or load a super grenade into the grenade launcher and then one blow can take out all nine targets.

                If this was the only problem, then perhaps the guide would still be worthwhile. This guide, however, also completely misses out on many cool secrets. This is absolutely insane, as the spine states "ALL SECRETS REVEALED." Yet it misses two very easy secrets at the beginning of the Valley of the Kings, making this a blatant lie!

                Edit--- okay, so now I realize that the book actually does reveal all secrets- *in a separate section in the book of the book that isn't mentioned anywhere in the course of the normal text!* How, I ask, is that helpful? (Which means, of course, that they stuck in some time after they were originally finished writing the guide, just so they could claim on the cover, "All Secrets Revealed." Sorry, doesn't wash.)

                Add in descriptions that often confusing (despite provided photos) and you have a guide that, while it may get you through the game, is definitely not worth of the title of "Prima's Official Strategy Guide." Don't buy this strategy guide. Instead, just locate one of the many walkthroughs available online. Not only are you more likely to get complete information because site readers can e-mail in if the guide-writer misses something, but you can also check against other walkthroughs to make sure you're not missing anything. The only problems I see with this is if you must have something to hold in your hands (you could print one, if you don't mind using up printer ink, or you have a hookup where you can print stuff for free), or if you don't have Internet access (in which case you wouldn't be reading this.)

                5 out of 5 stars LARA 'S NEW REVALATION.......2001-07-20

                THIS GAME IS FILLED WITH CHALLENGING LEVELS AND PUZZLES. BATTLE NEW AND OLD ENEMIES. BUT OVERCOME IT ALL WITH PRIMAS TOMB RAIDER THE LAST REVELATION STRATEGY GUIDE. IN DEPTH STRATEGY GUIDE FROM THE FIRST TO LAST LEVEL TO AN ANCIENT BAD GUY. CONQUER ALL THE PUZZLES DEFEAT ALL THE ENEMYS AND MAKE IT BACK TO ENGLAND FOR TEA WITH HELP FROM PRIMAS STRATEGY GUIDE.

                4 out of 5 stars Getting past Alexandria without the revolver.......2001-05-25

                This book is a "must have" to get through this game. I would have given up on the game long ago without it! The problem is when you get to Alexandria, you need the revolver and the book doesn't tell how to get it. I haven't found it but I found an alternative way to shoot the targets: Put wide shot ammo in your shotgun and the equip yourself with the grenade launcher. Slide down the ramp to the target area and jump up and fire the grenade launcher. This will get all lower targets. Immediately grab your shotgun and jump to shoot the remaining three targets. With luck, you will get all targets and receive the token for the trouble.
                Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (UK) (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
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                  Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (UK) (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
                  Prima
                  Manufacturer: Prima Games
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback

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                  ASIN: 0761526757
                  Release Date: 1999-11-29

                  Successful Executive's Handbook
                  Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                  • Exceptionally well organized for how Executives need info!
                  • Overpriced and Boring
                  • The Successful Manager's Handbook for Executives.
                  Successful Executive's Handbook
                  Susan H. Gebelein , Kristie J. Nelson-Neuhaus , and Elaine B. Sloan
                  Manufacturer: Personnel Decisions International
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                  Binding: Paperback

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                  ASIN: 0972577009

                  Book Description

                  THE book for executives to develop themselves! This is an essential resource to support executive development, giving individuals easy access to targeted, realistic strategies to improve job performance. A special section provides a comprehensive list of the best books, seminars and web sites designed specifically for executives. Based on the format of the Successful Manager's Handbook by the same publisher.

                  The Successful Executive's Handbook will help you: *create a clear business vision and strategy *plan for self-development *attract & develop talent for your company *develop a global perspective

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars Exceptionally well organized for how Executives need info!.......2002-09-03

                  The information architecture of this exceptionally useful guide exemplify the publisher's respect of the material. The guide is resourceful and easy to use. This is not, as one reviewer suggests, a poor book to be compared to "7Habits". The Successful Executive;s Handbook will be a welcome resource addition to any person responsible for the culture, health and profitability of their organization. My copy is dog-eared and comfortingly close to my desk.

                  1 out of 5 stars Overpriced and Boring.......2001-12-23

                  Incredibly boring book which is way overpriced. I learned absolutely nothing from this book. I found that other books I bought like the "7 habits of highly effective people" and "one minute manager" were far more practical and interesting for executives. The book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" explained how to become a millionair, and was written by a millionair, but this book about how to become a successful executive is by a complete unknown...if she's so brilliant at being an executive why isn't she running General Motors or Maytag or General Electric, etc.?

                  5 out of 5 stars The Successful Manager's Handbook for Executives........2001-01-06

                  Susan Gebelein and the contributors at Personnel Decisions have taken the ever-useful Successful Manager's Handbook and raised the bar for executives. This book does a good job of addressing the often vague, nebulous, and "fuzzy" skills and behaviors that make senior executives successful.

                  The book is truly written for leaders who are responsible for the strategy, health, and market performance of their organizations, and offers specific development suggestions and advice, as well as references to a good selection of supporting material.

                  I would recommend using this book as 1) a reminder of things that you should not forget to do in an executive role, and 2) a resource for specific advice on how to do better.

                  It makes a good companion (and word of sensible, research-based advice) to the popular books on executive leadership. I find the research-based recommendations written well and concisely--an advantage for execs who are always pressed for time.
                  The Successful Meeting Master Guide for Business and Professional People
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                    The Successful Meeting Master Guide for Business and Professional People
                    Barbara C. Palmer , and Kenneth R. Palmer
                    Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Trade
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Hardcover

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                    ASIN: 0138633738
                    Dear Sirs: An executive's guide to successful business correspondence in English = Una guia de correspondencia comercial en ingles para el ejecutivo
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                      Dear Sirs: An executive's guide to successful business correspondence in English = Una guia de correspondencia comercial en ingles para el ejecutivo
                      Clive Alexander Bayne
                      Manufacturer: Piramide
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                      Binding: Unknown Binding

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                      ASIN: 9686070028
                      How to set up a successful profit-sharing plan: A complete working guide for both top executives and professional men
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                        How to set up a successful profit-sharing plan: A complete working guide for both top executives and professional men
                        George Barron Mallory
                        Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall
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                        ASIN: B0007GW7UI

                        Oncogenes, Aneuploidy, and AIDS: A Scientific Life and Times of Peter H. Duesberg
                        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                        • A review of one star reviews
                        • Biography of a Flawed Scientist
                        • Flawed, but interesting
                        • Stimulating and Thought Provoking
                        • Mr. Bialy's opus. Science fiction at its worst.
                        Oncogenes, Aneuploidy, and AIDS: A Scientific Life and Times of Peter H. Duesberg
                        Harvey Bialy
                        Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books
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                        ASIN: 1556435312
                        Release Date: 2004-07-09

                        Book Description

                        According to author Harvey Bialy, the work of molecular biologist Peter Duesberg has been grossly distorted by the media and scientific establishments. Until recently, the scientific community—and most notably, those from the National Institute for Health—have been unwilling to look at his provocative theories of different causes for cancer and HIV/AIDS. Inspired by UC Berkeley's rare creation of an archive for Duesberg's papers, this book explores Duesberg's early groundbreaking work with viruses and oncogenes, his contentious fights with other scientists, and the profound influence of his life's work.

                        Customer Reviews:

                        5 out of 5 stars A review of one star reviews .......2007-08-03

                        Great book. Read it in one go despite the technical vocabulary brain stretching. I've read similar minded books including Lauritsen's which gives a clear picture from the gay world's point of view during the first AIDS outbreak.

                        What's most important is the reaction of the one star reviews. It's amazing the degree to which they make their scientific arguments entirely out of personal attacks. An example: "If HIV is not an infectious disease why don't [they] take a vial of infected blood and inject it in [their] body?" Of course this could in no way constitute an experiment, whatever the result might be, but it satisfies the true believer by focusing hatred on the perceived enemy.

                        No one argues that AIDS sufferers have not died, but the HIV=AIDS folks have such a huge emotional attachment to the (as yet unclear) mechanism of the syndrome that they have stopped doing science, or even reason in favor of the championship crying jag. In many of these one star reviews we are beaten down with the reports of (reports of) thousands who have, or will suffer. Regarding each death as a vote for their "side" they heap abuse on the skeptical for not caring as much as they do.

                        That there are people capable of objectivity in the study of diseases is a great thing. That this objectivity can be strained and tested is the running theme of this book. Reading of famous scientists (famous patent holders) who can't come up with real answers, (in a tough debate situation, maybe, but even months afterwards?), but launch into personal attacks is a warning about who these people are and how their objectivity is holding up.

                        The parallel to Global Warming is identical. Again, the numbers of scientists belonging to the club rather than the value of any reasoned arguments, is used to beat down the opposition.

                        1 out of 5 stars Biography of a Flawed Scientist.......2007-04-17

                        Shame on Harvey Bialy for not telling the entire story of this misguided man. Duesberg has caused many people to stop or not start medications that have been proven countless times to save lives. Who cares about the argument that HIV doesn't cause AIDS. Does HIV do bad things to people's bodies? Yes. (This has been proven thousands of times.) Can HIV treatment, imperfect as it is, help? Yes. (This too has been proven thousands of times.) Where would you find this information out? The same place you would discover information about heart disease and diabetes and other diseases. Just read scientific medical journals, not this bio of a wasted scientific career.

                        Scientists should look at study results. Scientists should not hold onto one theory from 1993 and not change their minds when the data change. Medical knowledge changed rapidly. Peter H. Duesberg has not changed his mind as most of us witnessed the world of HIV dramatically change from one where a great percentage of those infected with HIV died to one where the disease could be managed. So many lives have changed as a result of these developments in HIV care and treatment.

                        I personally know a few people who bought into the Duesberg theory of HIV medicine and did not take medications. Guess what. They died. People like Harvey Bialy who write biographies of flawed men share the responsibility for these people's deaths.

                        3 out of 5 stars Flawed, but interesting.......2006-10-07

                        First, this reviewer is a dyed-in-the-wool contrarian with no background in medicine.

                        The book's main subjects are AIDS and the role of aneuploidy in oncogenesis. Its arguments are deeply flawed, but still very much worth reading.

                        The current consensus on AIDS may be summed up as follows:
                        1) AIDS is an infectious disease, deadly if untreated.
                        2) The HIV virus causes AIDS.

                        The book argues that both 1) and 2) are false. As far as 1) is concerned, the book's argument amounts to little more than handwaving. As for 2), the book may have a point, although the alternative explanations provided, such as recreational drug use, are as vague as they are unconvincing and scientifically untestable.

                        Systematic omission seems to be an essential tool of the author's argument. Just to give an example, the spread of AIDS among hemophiliacs is barely mentioned. The AIDS epidemics among hemophiliacs in countries that did not tempestively adopt blood-screening for HIV is ignored.

                        As for HIV causing AIDS, the story is somewhat different. Duesberg's critique may have played a role in pinpointing unwarranted hidden assumptions and flaws in the mainstream arguments. The HIV virus appears to be a very special one, its dynamics is still unclear and, since "in vivo" experimentation is problematic, no direct proof that it causes AIDS appears to be available, although circumstantial evidence is there.

                        The book's chapters about aneuploidy effectively, albeit unwittingly, exemplify the role that explanations (i.e. rethorical models) play in scientific research. It also suggests that neither Duesberg, nor anyone else has a scientifically testable and convincing model for oncogenesis.

                        The author laments the unfairness of mainstream scientists and provides a wealth of vivid and even entertaining examples. On the other hand, Duesberg and Bialy are hardly champions of civilised debate, resorting to double standards (e.g. concerning Koch's postulate), obfuscation and "ad hominem" attacks.

                        The book paints a vivid picture of the inner workings of medical research and it raises important issues, a.o. about the role of the media and about the practical implementation of the scientific paradigm. The critical scrutiny it invokes may be fruitfilly applied to its arguments as well as to those it targets.

                        5 out of 5 stars Stimulating and Thought Provoking.......2006-07-26

                        I was impressed. I invite you to read this fascinating book and decide for yourself whether Duesberg has a point or two. I took time from a busy schedule to see quickly how the saga would end, and came away enlightened by a rich body of information about issues of profound significance that cry out for resolution. The message is quite serious, but the presentation is buoyed by abundant humor and wit - a pleasure to read. This is one of those books that will inspire unending conversations with friends and colleagues. Rarely have I been as moved by a book as by this very scientific biography."


                        Gerald H. Pollack - Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle

                        1 out of 5 stars Mr. Bialy's opus. Science fiction at its worst........2006-07-20

                        Mr. Bialy's journeyman's prose never fails to bore. He creates a parallel universe in which the modern-day plague of AIDS is a fiction created by greedy and ambitious scientists, politicians, activists, Pharma executivies, and other assorted henchmen.

                        Against this backdrop of evil, we are given a Christ figure, played by a scientist at a California university who would save the world from the great lie that is AIDS. Oddly, Mr. Bialy's descriptions of our hero smacks of a schoolgirl crush. Would that we had learned whether this curious realtionship was ever consummated.

                        Mr. Bialy takes a halfway good science fiction story idea (what if HIV were harmless??) and beats it to death with excrutiating, ham-handed detail.

                        Life is too short for this kind of drivel. Shame on me for wasting several hours of my life on this nonsense. Shame on YOU if you repeat my mistake.

                        Greek and Macedonian Art of War
                        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                        • A Quick Read On Ancient Warfare
                        • Excellent introduction to Greek warfare
                        • A Concise Compendium of Classical Combat
                        Greek and Macedonian Art of War
                        Frank E. Adcock
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                        Book Description

                        This informal history traces battle tactics and military strategy from the time of the city-states' phalanxes of spearmen to the far-reaching combined operations of specialized land and sea forces in the Hellenistic Age.
                        The author first describes the attitude of the Greek city-state toward war, and shows the military conventions and strategies associated with it. He then recounts how the art of war gradually evolved into new forms through the contributions of such men as the great commander Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon, his son Alexander the Great, and others. He also discusses the independence of land and sea power, describes the first use of calvary, and tells of the ingenious Greek devices of siegecraft, including the "fifth column."

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                        5 out of 5 stars A Quick Read On Ancient Warfare.......2005-08-10

                        F. E. Adcock's main theme in these lecture is to elucidate in an easy to read book how Greeks and Macedonians applied their minds to the art of war. It covers battle tactics and military strategy from the age of city-states' phalanxes of spearmen to the more complicated combined operations of highly efficient land and sea forces in the Hellenistic Age. He explains how the art of war gradually evolved into new formations used by such imminent commanders as Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon and Alexander The Great. He describes the first use of cavalry, and recounts the ingenious use of siege craft used by the Greeks to great effect.

                        This is a good introductory work on the ancient art of warfare. Being that I am a retired U. S. Army Major, I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in ancient warfare, and history.

                        5 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to Greek warfare.......2001-01-05

                        This book is a little gem. It is the transcription of a series of lessons, each of which covers an aspect of Greek Warfare from the Heroic Age to the Ellenistic Kingdoms. Although short, the book is exhaustive and definitely worth buying for both the military enthusiast and the general reader. The only criticism I might make is that there are no illustrations; this makes it difficult to visualize the chapter on naval warfare. For this reson, the book should be read together with the "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Warfare" by Warry.

                        5 out of 5 stars A Concise Compendium of Classical Combat.......2000-03-29

                        Adcock gives an all-too-brief overview of Hellenic and Hellenistic military art. He begins with the city-state at war and then devotes chapters to infantry and naval matters. Next he turns to the more Hellenistic topics of cavalry, elephants, and siegecraft. He then gives us a chapter on strategy, and concludes with a chapter on generalship. The book was an interesting read, and I got to the last page far too soon.
                        The Greek and Macedonian Art of War
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                              Frank E. Adcock
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                                The War after the War: Strategic Lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan (Csis Significant Issues Series)
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                                • Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
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                                Anthony H. Cordesman
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                                The United States still has every chance to achieve some form of victory in Iraq and Afghanistan if it persists, commits the necessary resources, and accepts the real-world limits on what it can do. But the United States can also lose the peace in both countries as decisively as it won the wars.

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                                4 out of 5 stars Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan.......2007-04-14

                                Anthony Cordesman is an expert in strategic studies and Middle East policy. He has served as a national security assistant to Senator John McCain, as director of intelligence assessment for the Department of Defense, and so on. In short, an experienced observer and actor in foreign policy. This short book attempts to derive lessons from American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan.

                                He focuses on a series of topics in his brief analysis: (a) the realities of Iraq, (b) the strategic context of the war in Iraq (e.g., the problems of water and struggling economies in Northern Africa and the Middle East), (c) scenarios for American engagement (from departure, through hanging on as Iraq becomes independent, to Iraq becoming a shining beacon for the region), (d) the strategy and risk of strategic overreach.

                                Furthermore, he points out that we must be prepared to deal with other potential crises, and not lose sight of such possible flashpoints as Iran, North Korea, the Taiwan Strait, Colombia, and so on.

                                In the close of the book, he notes that patience is critical if there is to be any chance of success. He says that (page 71) "The image of a quick and decisive victory is almost always an illusion, but it is the image many Americans want and expect." Also, he concludes that bipartisanship is critical if there is to be success, and that neither a neoconservative nor neoliberal perspective is up to the task. Given the situation in 2007, his comments appear almost naive in retrospect. No bipartisanship, no commitment for the long term, no theoretical or ideological perspective that has any consensus from leaders and the public. Success looks even further away, although the future can always hold surprises.

                                ANIMAL HABITATS: WHERE CAN RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS LIVE?
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                                  Herbert H. Wong and Matthew F. Vessel
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