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The third edition of Governing Japan provides a comprehensive introduction to Japanese political institutions, processes and culture, taking account of the remarkable changes of recent years. The author makes the often confusing Japanese political system comprehensible to the outside observer. He examines Japan's politics in light of its cultural and historical situation whilst relating Japan's experience to the rest of the world. This new edition of the established textbook in this field reflects the patterns of complexity and variety in the Japanese political experience in the 1980s and 1990s. The book identifies six crises central to the Japanese political agenda at the end of the millennium:- A crisis of political power · a crisis of bureaucracy.- A crisis of political apathy and lack of confidence in government.- A crisis of economic management.- A crisis of public satisfaction over life chances.- A crisis of the constitution and Japan's world role.The author analyses the degrees of recent reform in the Japanese political system and argues that moves towards political change in the 1990s reflect a deep malaise in politics, economy and society Governing Japan provides students with an invaluable guide to this transitional period in Japanese politics and the problems and potential solutions that lie ahead.
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Title: Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Major Economy.(Review) (book review)
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Volume: 73
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Most viruses that infect plants need an intermediary (vector) for their spread between plants. This book describes, for the main vector groups, the current state of knowledge of what happens to viruses in their passage through their vectors and what interactions within the vector determine whether or not they are passed on to new plants. This volume of
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Now edited by J.A. Callow (University of Birmingham, UK), supported by an international Editorial Board,
Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to post-graduates and researchers in plant sciences including botany, plant biochemistry, plant pathology and plant physiology. Eclectic volumes in the serial are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as Plant Protein Kinases, and Plant Trichomes.
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This lab manual is for a one or two-semester majors level general biology lab and can be used with any majors-level general biology textbook. The labs are investigative and ask students to use more critical thinking and hands-on learning. The author emphasizes investigative, quantitative, and comparative approaches to studying the life sciences.
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GREAT LAB BOOK.......2007-09-15
This book is a very helpful, practical lab book for college biology. It can be used for 2 semesters so is also a great value. I was lucky enough to have Ed Devine as an instructor for Bio, and just like his lectures, his book is very understandable, and information and labs follow in an order that makes "sense" and is very informative.
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Developed to accompany the Brooker et al.: Biology text; this lab manual focuses on labs that are investigative and ask students to use more critical thinking and hands-on learning. The author emphasizes investigative, quantitative, and comparative approaches to studying the life sciences.
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Move over, Lassie--the dog who rescues cats has struck a chord in America that will not stop resonating. This canine crusader's uncanny ability to find and rescue stray cats has melted hearts from coast to coast, generating massive media attention, making her the top dog in the talk-show circuit and winning her a host of humanitarian awards.
The Blessing of the Animals lets fans catch up on Ginny's latest adventures. Her newfound fame hasn't diminished her selfless devotion to her feline friends, and since the publication of her first book, she's carried out some of her most incredible rescues yet. In one episode, she burrows frantically through a container filled with broken glass, badly cutting her paws, to expose a tiny injured kitten. Sure to warm the hearts of all who read it, this unforgettable reading experience makes the perfect stocking stuffer, Valentine's Day keepsake or all-around feel-good gift for animal lovers everywhere.
Many thousands of readers have shared in the joy and compassion of Philip Gonzalez and his miracle dog, Ginny. Ginny's amazing sixth-sense ability to find and rescue ailing stray cats and Philip's devotion to caring for these creatures have been the subject of television news and talk shows, magazine articles and an outpouring of support from animal lovers everywhere. Since their first book, The Dog Who Rescues Cats, Philip and Ginny have carried out their most incredible rescues and gained fame along the way. The Blessing of the Animals is the next volume of their remarkable, heartwarming adventures.
"Lassie, go home. Ginny is the new wonder dog for those who love heartwarming, heroic canines." -- Kirkus Reviews
"There is an angel living in Long Island....The beauty of Ginny's rescues is that each is directed toward an animal desperately in need -- disabled, neglected, abused or on the narrow edge of survival." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A true, heartwarming story about a dog who gave her owner a new lease on life and taught him how to love again...Endearing and unforgettable." -- Library Journal
Philip Gonzalez and Ginny live on Long Island, New York. Leonore Fleischer is the coauthor of The Dog Who Rescues Cats and lives with five cats of her own in upstate New York.
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Tribute for Ginny - The Dog Who Rescued 900+ Cats!.......2005-10-25
Ginny's unique talents in locating sick and injured cats had rendered her numerous appearances in CNN, Animal Planet and major news. Her rescue stories were illustrated by two national best selling books: The Dog who Rescues Cats and the Blessing of the Animals. Ginny passed away on August 25th, 2005.
With the passing of Ginny, her unfinished mission of cat rescuing is continued by her caretaker Philip Gonzalez everyday. A non profit organization, The Ginny Fund, has been established to raise fund for cat rescuing in Long Beach New York.
For more information about Ginny, Pleas visit ginnyfanclub website.
Our Kitty Saint has left us..........2005-08-27
Today's New York Daily News reported on the passing of Ginny, a/k/a the Mother Theresa of Cats, gone at the age of 17. She succumbed to old age yesterday afternoon on a blanket in Philip Gonzalez's care. As for Ginny's story, this is one of my favorite books. The stories are truly heartwarming and this book was a "gotta have it" purchase. Browsing the pet section in a local bookstore, I found this and it jogged my memory: Ginny's story was familiar to me due to a Reader's Digest article, but what happened next? This book captures all the tails...er, TALES, lol. I will definitely re-read this now. How could a dog love cats she doesn't live with? As a cat person, I've always been intrigued by this. How ironic that such incredible humanity could have come from one of god's furry creatures. Rest in peace, Ginny. Let us hope there are more of you in the world.
Absolutely wonderful.......2004-05-06
I read this book in one afternoon and handed it off to my husband, who could not put it down. I relate to the author in one respect: after having animals all my life, I connected with one cat so profoundly that I have devoted my life and work to alleviating animal suffering and overcoming the devastating problem of pet overpopulation. It's bittersweet. I love animals with a depth that is so satisfying, and enjoy human and animal company more than I ever was able. But I am now so attuned to animal suffering (generally due to human neglect or abuse -- I'm not trying to fight the forces of nature) that it is difficult to focus on anything else. Just read this book. It feels so good!
Who Would NOT Like This Book?.......2002-11-18
A continuation of a very sweet story. I have a few stray cats around my home and even though my inside cats aren't as willing to share as Ginny (LOL), I make sure to feed them and give them shelter. I highly recommend this book and also the one that came before it! (Not sure of the exact title).
BUY THIS BOOK!.......2001-01-06
Just as I feel about their first book, do yourself a favor and treat yourself to this one too! Let's hope these true stories inspire others so be so kind. Enjoy.
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Introduction to Saltwater Fly Tying.......2007-05-13
Well, this book is just what it says, an introduction. For any tyer that is just starting to tie saltwater flies this book is excellent. I goes into great detail on tying methods, which actually the beginner does need. I've been tying for almost 30 years now and still found this book interesting. A great book to have in any tyers collection.
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If you're hooked on Emily Anne Croom's Unpuzzling Your Past, then it's time to get the workbook with its multitude of forms to keep you from recreating the wheel every step of the way. There are checklists to help you organize your research, guidance on census and military records, forms to speed the information gathering process, contact logs, and various organizational method prototypes to help you make sense of all the geographic, generational, and chronological family data you collect.
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Not for Non-USA Research - Very Misleading Title.......2003-07-28
I have to strongly disagree with the words "for all genealogists" in the book title. This is a great book if you are doing beginning or intermediate research in the United States. However, if the majority of your research is based anywhere else, it's not worth buying and it's definitely not "for all genealogists".
My research is almost solely based in the UK and this book has been totally useless to me. The following are examples:
Census forms: (years 1790-1920, 4-5 of each, totalling approximately 64 tear-out pages) are for the United States and do not bear any census dates or helpful information for the UK or any other county.
Military Records Check Lists: also for the United States and do not have any other country's information on them nor is there any information on how to find military records in other countries.
Deed index: ditto all the above.
While there is SOME helpful information in this book and a few worth-while pointers, you'd be better off purchasing a book that deals with your country of research or searching the web for freebie sites that have the appropriate forms on them.
Complete set of forms with good examples of how to complete........1999-01-04
This book appears to be about 250 pages (un-numbered). It's complete with basic forms such as pedigree and family group sheets, but goes beyond with census extraction forms & check lists, Military Record checklists, research planning worksheets and contact logs. Croom's has included completed examples of these forms which make it easy to understand. Very helpful to new and intermediate users.
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The Valkyrie is one of the icons of modern aviation, which is curious considering only two were built and they flew just 164 times. Like the Maiden it was named for, the Valkyrie awed those around it. Beautiful in form, and almost unbelievable in function, the B-70 would have been the ultimate incarnation of Curtis LeMay's vision of a strategic bomber. The half-million pound aircraft was capable of flying over 2,000 miles per hour in excess of 80,000 feet, and doing it for hours at a time. Fantastic as the Valkyrie appeared, it was not to be. The political and fiscal climate that existed during the 1960s strangled - then killed - the aircraft almost before it was born. This is the story of the largest Mach 3 aircraft ever flown - the North American Aviation XB-70A Valkyrie. Dennis R. Jenkins and Tony R. Landis have conducted extensive research in military, NASA, and company archives to find previously uncovered aspects of this fascinating program. Included are descriptions of the proposed bombing and navigation systems, defensive armament, electronic countermeasures, and early attempts at stealth technology. Accompanied by over 250 photos and dozens of illustrations, this in-depth history covers the entire B-70 program, not just the two aircraft that ultimately flew.
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Comprehensive.......2007-06-28
An amazingly comprehensive view of the B-70 project and other military projects that were associated with it. It's a glimpse into a frantic period when weapons systems were evolving so rapidly and the stakes couldn't have been higher... nuclear annihalation.
As the US and Soviet Union jockey furiously trying to allocate their finite resources to the most promising weapons, the B-70 emerges as the last gasp of the high speed high altitude manned penetrator school of thought... just as unmanned ICBM's and SAM's render this idea untenable.
Although this book is written entirely as a rather detached factual account, the result is remakably dramatic. The stops and starts and misdirections that our government takes desperately trying to stay "ahead" of the Soviets gives a glimpse of how highly charged this issue was.
The book is well-written and well-researched. Not to be missed.
Great Book!.......2007-02-13
Answered all my questions and more. Definitive book on a monumental aircraft. Additional chapters on other subjects would be worth the price as a separate volume.
Valkyrie - Sky Goddess Takes Flight.......2007-01-02
Valkyrie - North American's Mach 3 Superbomber
Dennis R. Jenkins & Tony R. Landis
© 2004 Specialty Press
Review by Ned Barnett
Ohmygosh - this book is remarkable. Fantastic. Fascinating. Detailed almost beyond belief. This is without a doubt the most comprehensive volume on a single experimental aircraft type that I have ever read, and considering the fact that I've been a voracious reader of books on aviation technology since 1962, that's saying a lot.
First of all - this book, produced by Specialty Press, is a beautiful example of the printer's art. It is remarkably well-manufactured, well-designed and well laid-out. The balance of color and B&W photography, graphs and charts and line drawings - and text, reams of informative text - is a classic example of what an aviation-technology book ought to be about.
If you have any interest in the B-70, this book is for you. However, if you DON'T have any interest in the B-70, this book is still for you - it absolutely will change your mind about the Valkyrie. I know. Before I got a review copy of Valkyrie from Specialty, I never really cared much for this failed exercise in creating a high-speed manned bomber. I'd seen the cine-film shots of the plane's fatal crash on a test flight, and viewed the B-70 Valkyrie as a tragic technological "bridge too far," one that cost the lives of brave men, yet led nowhere. Besides, as a modeler, I could hardly get too interested in an aircraft that had basically one marking scheme during its too short test career. It never flew combat, never carried squadron markings or nose art, never flew in camouflage - or even bare metal. It was white, dull, unadorned - a failure.
Wrong! Oh, sure, the plane flew in one basic marking scheme. But it still offers modelers a lot of opportunities for creating something distinctive. The Valkyrie flew so fast that the paint burnt off, leaving the plane looking like it had a bad case of acne. The Valkyrie landed at such high speed that burnt-up tires were a constant companion, offering modelers interesting vignette/diorama possibilities - the famous (at least famous among B-70 fans) "tip-toe" landing just begs for a diorama. This plane had more than it's share of landing incidents, including a near-disaster on it's maiden flight - all of which could be modeled. And that's just the beginning.
The Valkyrie went through more provisional designs - many of them visionary, others nothing short of bizarre - than you can shake a large-sized stick at, and this exceptional book covers them all, with line drawings, photos of desktop models, and remarkably informative text. I literally had no idea just how fascinating the development of this Superbomber really was, but this book was enough to open my eyes.
The B-70 was not an aircraft developed in isolation - a series of Mach 3 fighters were created in lock-step; none went into production, but when you see these sleek machines and marvel at their performance, you've got to wonder why. In addition, the Valkyrie was planned to be more than "just" a multi-sonic strategic bomber. Designers saw it as a launch vehicle for the X-15 rocket plane, for nuclear-armed ICBMs, for manned Gemini spacecraft and for low-earth-orbit satellites. And that was just for starters. However, no matter how remarkable the aircraft was (and it was VERY remarkable) the Valkyrie ultimately fell victim, first to the potential threat from Soviet SAM missile technology such as the SA-2 that shot down a high-flying U-2 spy plane, and more directly to the dubious management style and budget-cutting talents of President Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara. This is the man who also gave us the botched TFX program ... and, perhaps coincidentally, the man who finally admitted that he lied to Congress and the American people about Tonkin Gulf in order to "justify" an aggressive war in Vietnam, a war that cost American 58,000 fighting men to no good purpose.
While it's a shame that the Valkyrie didn't become operational - this is a conclusion I reached after reading the book - McNamara's budget-cutting decision that killed the B-70 is a minor issue compared to this once-respected Secretary of Defense's blood-soaked dishonesty over Vietnam. If McNamara ever made a good decision as Secretary of Defense, I'm not aware of it. Killing off what was arguably the most remarkable aircraft developed to that time is merely an example of the kinds of bad decisions McNamara made while serving under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
Almost none of this political rant is in the book - I just have strong feelings about McNamara's lies and the blood-price America paid for his misguided decisions - but his impact on the B-70 is noted. No matter how you feel about McNamara - or Vietnam - set that aside and enjoy this book. It's about technology, not politics, and it's perhaps the most stellar book on a single airplane I've ever seen.
I generally skim review books - except those that really zero in on my areas of personal interest. This should have been a "skim-job" - but instead, I invested an entire weekend reading it from cover to cover in one giant gulp. Sleep? Who needs it!
Unless I haven't made it clear, I cannot recommend this book too highly. From every perspective - text, illustrations, design, even printing - this is an exceptional book and well worth your investment in time and dollars.
Buy It.......2006-03-03
If you are interested in the XB-70 AT ALL buy this book. This is by far the best book on the subject. Thats not to say the others are without merit. This book tells you everything you want to know and more. Look back into the past when we (the USA) use to think we could do and build anything if we set are minds to it. Where have those days gone?
Great book on a super aircraft.......2006-01-18
One of the few books that really cover the XB-70, an airplane that was cancelled after two prototypes were built in Palmdale during the early 1960's. The F-108 Rapier was killed before even a prototype could be built. I was thre when the XB-70 made its first flight and worked at NASA when they used it for a test bed. It was a shame that the plane was terminated when short sighted people thought that iw would be vulnerable to a SAM like the U-2. Since it was capable of Mach 3 flight, sustained ( just like the SR-71 which was never really threatened though many attempts were made to shoot them down). It was an awesome aircraft to see and I was lucky to have found this book which I recommend to anyone that wants to know more about this truly great aircraft. It was a shame the aircraft number two was destroyed when it was on a General Electric photo flight when NASA pilot Joe Walker's F-104 sheared off the XB-70's tail during a mid-air.
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Title: Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber.(Book Review)
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