A very favorable review of this book can be found on page 57 of the May 14 issue of the highly acclaimed Asian current affairs magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review. I am surprised that amazon.com does not yet have this review listed.

I most enjoyed reading New Media in the Muslim World. This bookexamines the recent introduction of mass education and theavailability of new media (including: fax machines, private and satellite Television channels, internet, desktop publishing as well as video tapes and telephone) in the Muslim World. These new media challenge existing modes of governmental and religious authority and creates new discursive spaces for the articulation of ethnic and religious identities.

This work starts with three theoretically oriented chapters and continues with ethnographies. All case study presented in the collection are immensely relevant to new media researchers, although only one of them deals specifically with the Internet.

Other themes consist of: the continuity between old and new in popular culture (Armbrust), interactions between technology and culture in the new "communication ecology" (White), how new communication networks have de-centered debates on the construction of ethnic identity to Europe (Yavuz), the narrowing gap between broadcast production and audiences and the intellectualization of Islamic discourse (both by Eickelman), the discovery of the civil society as a topic for debate in the Muslim world (Norton), etc.

One of the book's strengths is that no simplistic causal link is assumed between new communication technologies and their social impact. The essays are informed by a rich ethnographical context and an understanding of larger social and political.

This book comes to fill this gap with case studies of regions as diverse as diverse as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, the Arab world, and the United States...

At it's worst, SF can be cheap schlock insulting the reader's intelligence or poorly-thought out boring drivel. At it's best, SF is lucky to come close to Poul Anderson's _The Night Face_. A short, intense page-turner, it has a rich cast of compelling characters, and the narrative is as lush as the thick greenery on the world of Gwydion - the planet where the action (and mystery) is set.

Three characters form the story's center, whirling through the book in a race of misinterpretations and incorrect assumptions. Of them, one is a Gwydiona, and two are of the visiting space travellers: one is Raven, leader of the expedition's military branch and of warrior-race ancestry; the other is Miguel Tolteca, a more peaceful republican seeking commercial and scientific rewards.

These three intersect - collide - thorought the story, their misaprehensions framed in the gorgeous natural scenery of Gwydion. The other characters are fleshed out as well, the dialogue is sharp, and the story is fluid, unencumbered, and hypnotizing. It is definitely the work of a master.

As both Anderson says in his Introduction and (in my 1978-edition copy) noted SF critic Sandra Miesel notes in her Afterward, _The Night Face_ can fit in Anderson's Technic Civilization series, but it stands brilliantly alone. It is evocative and chilling; its brevity not an obstacle to a well-detailed and satisfying story.

Originally titled _Let The Spacemen Beware!_ (and based on a novellete called "A Twelvemonth and a Day"), my only gripe with _The Night Face_ is the blurb on the back, which gave away the story's chief hook: the mystery surrounding the too-peaceful life of Gwydion's inhabitants, rooted in their extensive myths and legends.

My recommendation for this book is in two parts: read it as soon as you can get a copy, and do not read any blurbs anywhere on it (even Larry Niven's short, glowing review, inside the book). They will ruin the suspense. But definitely hunt down a copy of _The Night Face_ - it is powerful, unforgettable, and the only thing more tragic than its sad, gripping story would be a missed opportunity to read it.

This book should be made of glass rather than paper. I read through this book and saw the lives, the greed, the desperation, and the joy of people long since dead. "Night of the Silent Drums" brings the history of the bloody 1733 St. Jan, Dansk Vestindia slave revolt to the present. The Virgin Islands' drought that year was the only thing dry about this book. And it succeeds without couching our preconceived notions of slavery or slaves, plantations or masters, by telling the truth as well as the facts. This work is gratefully and substantially more than ink on paper. When you pick up this one you will become more of a witness than a reader

Tesla was a great genius. His designs and works were brilliant. I must to any computer or electrical engineer.

LIFE WITH LOUIE REMINDS ME OF THE OLD BILL COSBY SHOW FAT ALBERT VERY REAL AND EXICTING LOVE THE BOOk <5150>

This is a good story about a thoughtful and clever girl. All mothers could use the unusual and creative gift Charity thinks of. Perhaps this book will give your own kids some ideas.

What I found unique about No-Nonsense Leadership is how easy Dave's principles are to apply.

Forget all the hype and headlining many leadership trainers are promoting. Dave Anderson is right on the money because he has worked in the trenches --he's suffered your worst nightmares! Best of all, he gives you dozens of techniques you can go out and apply right away in your job.

If your 2002 book budget is tight, buy this book and read it every single day of the year! Your career will take off...

There's something most of us find fascinating about the lineages of persons of note, whether they're royalty, U.S. presidents, movie stars, military leaders, or literary and historical figures like Pocahontas and Louisa May Alcott. The Virginia ancestry of the Queen Mother is relatively well known, as are the New England cousins of the late Princess of Wales and the Duchess of York -- but did you know Elvis Presley, Jimmy Carter, and Jesse Helms are all collaterally related? Roberts is probably the leading expert at this sort of thing, especially when it comes to uncovering surprising connections, like the British royal descent of Karl Marx's wife (whose grandmother was Scottish), and he carefully lays out examples of what might be called "genealogical evolution," demonstating that genealogy really is inclusive, not exclusive. Many British, European, and American contemporaries are much more closely related than we often realize. There are also a number of descents contributed by guest columnists which maintain the same high standard of documentation.

This is the best book I found on the subject. It brings practical information about hybridization conditions such as temperature, salts, time...

Over the past days I have been looking different books and this one is far the best.