I used to study archaeology under Brian Dillon and the next best thing to working in the field with him, would be reading this book. If you are a student of archaeology, paleontology, geology or you plan on going on an "Earthwatch" expedition, you will definitely benefit from this book. Not only does it cover car trouble and expeditions on burro back, it gives you some great no-nonsense tips on surviving and working in the field. Classes tend to load you up on a lot of theory with few opportunities for field experience - this book helps to fill in the gaps and is a fun read as well. If you are an archaeologist or an adventurer, this book is a necessary read.

"Have you ever wondered about how people work in risk management departments of leading banks? What is the tisk culture like? How does the risk management process work? What risk analyses and reports do they use? Go to the 1998 book, The Practice of Risk Management; you will find the answers to all those questions. A collective effort by a dedicated team from both Goldman Sachs and SBC Warburg Dillon Read, the 265-page book is the first treaty of its kind in describing the firmwide risk mangement landscape in these two leading financial institutions. With a delicate balance between conceptual discussion and practical examples, the book takes 4 sections and 20 chapters to cover the context of risk management, the toolkit for measuring market risk, risk management in the real world, and the changing world of risk management. Besides mainstream topics such as firmwide risk mangement framework, risk measurement, and regulatory issues, the book contains detailed presentation of risk reports, and in-depth discussion on risk capital management. For example, there are detailed examples of stress test reports, hot spots reports, best replicating portfolio reports, and implied view reports. These are tactical reports that explain a lot about the risk profile of portfolios in addition to VaR reports. The issue of capital allocation and capital investment have been examined carefully and a general framework of measuring risk adjusted performance (RAPM) is presented. The book finishes with a whole chapter on the future prospects of risk management 10 uears down the road using FutureCo as an illustrative example. Read it to see if you agree! As a guide for practitioners, The Practice of Risk Management is a unique contribution to the risk management community. I highly recommend it to all practitioners in risk mangagement

This is one of the best books by Proclus Diadochus and we are also lucky to have this excellent translation by G.R. Morrow and J.M. Dillon. If anybody is interested in the Neo-Platonic philosophy, or in the ancient philosophy, he should not miss this book. Even if it is rather difficult for a beginner to read long discourses of Proclus on the most important topics of the philosophy, noone should leave this book without careful reading. If you have read the Elements of Theology by Proclus, then you are able to understand everything Proclus is telling us. This book thinks about the most difficult dialogue of Plato - about the Parmenides. In the beginning you are connected with the amazing world of Proclus' allegorical interpretation of Plato's dialogue. Then you can study the world of Ideas as seen by Proclus - you can learn about four problems concerning the Ideas, i.e. whether there are Ideas; what things have Ideas; what is the participation like; and finally where are the Ideas. Proclus shows you all the levels of the realms of the One (Hen) and the Mind (Nous) and you can enjoy also the Proclus' dialectics in the end of the Commentary. The author also tells us a lot of Ideas about the negative theology tells in the last book. The translation is as well of the best value.

This is one of the best and most inovative books of its kind. I had a copy some years ago, but lent it to a friend who lent it to a friend etc. Now I want a copy and can't get one. I would have thought this would be a good time for a reprint with all the health consciousness around today. Roxy Dillon gives a fantastic coverage of all aspects of healthy living and rejuvenation techniques.

The Seekers

I rate this book five stars. I liked this book because it kept me wanting to read it, it was very suspenseful. I also liked it because it was like a love story and I like love stories. This was a very unique book. Not many books have the same theme as The Seekers, but one book I know is Titanic, the Long Night. It was a love story and a journey to the New World, which then was called New York. This story was very different form others I have read. I like that, it means that it doesn't copy other themes and has a mind of it's own. IT has a plot whish will make you want to read it over and over again. It is not only fictional, but historical too. It talks about the hardships that the people on the journey have to the New World and what they had to face when they got there. I recommend this book to anyone who loves romantic and adventure stories. It will make you want t read it, not like those fake books that are not suspenseful. It's short but very adventurous. I had fun reading it. This book makes you think how committed you are to your love ones. The people in this book care about each other very much, for example Edward is so committed to his love one Rebecca, that he goes all the way to the New World just to be with her. But also there is men in the story who loves adventure, but also can be caring. This book should be read, I recommend it.

This is a great book for anyone who (like me) would love to ride in grand prix's some day. It covers everything from lunging your horse over fences to free jumping to learning things like jumper turns and courses all from an experts poing of view.

After heavy storms on the island a cave begins to sing. Behind the former cave wall is a hollow and a viking ship is discovered, although vikings were apparently never in that area of Ireland. It's all the beginning of an adventure for a few young island boys.

This book has beautiful pictures and a new twist on an old tale. I highly recommend it!

This is a very good music book for children beginning to learn to play the violin. It starts with explaining how to hold you bow and violin with nice illustrations. The lessons in this book go from basic to moderate playing levels. Everything that you will do in this book is explained in detail at the top of every page. There is an illustration also. There are some very nice pieces of music in this book also. I reccomend this book to any beginners.

A delightful journey with a young, lonely boy who lives only in the light because of his fear of the dark. He meets a young girl that shows him the beauty and magic of the dark, along with all the creatures that live in the dark. He learns that he has a choice to 'turn on' the light or the dark.