The book makes a good analysis of the choice behavior, with special emphasis to the methodological and theoretical treatments given by the Skinnerian perspective, which shows the role of the enviroment on human and animal choices, and the Cognitive Psychology, which attempt to the internal processes of the decisions. With this book, Rachlin shows how these two approach have working about the same phenomena.

I was really glad to have this manual. I knew nothing about Crystal Reports when I started.

...This is simply a reprint of a book that was first published in the 1640s by Roger Williams, who was the founder of Rhode Island and a respected friend ("netop") of the Narragansett tribe.

That said -- this book is not simply a vocabulary, or a grammatical treatise. It also includes dozens of insights into the daily life of the Narragansett tribe, at a time when most of them lived as they had from time immemorial. Every chapter includes not only the actual vocabulary appropriate to the topic under discussion, but also several paragraphs talking about the lives of the Narragansett. Sometimes Roger Williams ends a chapter with a little pedantic poem, but hey, cut him some slack -- he was a creature of his times, as are we all.

Here are a couple of things that I wish someone had told ME about, before I discovered this amazing little volume. First and formost -- the table of contents is at the END of the book, not the beginning. It does exist, you didn't get a defective copy. Second -- for a funny, fascinating set of examples of early native american onomatopeia, look in the sections on "Fowles" and "Beastes." Evidently, the Narragansetts told Roger Williams that they called a duck a "quequecum," a wild goose was called a "honck-honck," and a horse (which they learned about from the English) was called a "nay-nay-oumewot." Maybe this is just my own sense of humor, but I enjoyed envisioning a stern, austere, Godly Puritan, wearing heavy black clothes in summertime (and the hat with the little buckle on front), sitting down with a solemn circle of sunburned sachems, and doing bird calls. I can just picture the Cambridge-educated Roger Williams earnestly scribbling notes in his notebook, while the sachems sat there, pointed at birds outside the wigwam, and went "quack quack" and "honk honk" for his edification. I thought the duck was especially funny -- "Ah yes.... we callum that birdum a quequecum, Good Reverend Williams."

That is a minor point, but it does make the book a little more fun. Basically, however, let me hasten to add that this book is far more than fun. It is ultimately VERY serious. It's one of the few remaining sources of information into the tongues spoken by the early natives of southern New England. If you are capable of appreciating this, I recommend you look for anything by Kathleen Bragdon, or Ives Goddard, who have done a lot of work trying to keep the memories of these lost languages alive. If you prefer libraries to the internet, try to find articles by the 19th century Connecticut state librarian J. Hammond Trumbull, who wrote many articles on native New England place names, and Eastern Algonquin languages in general. You may also wish to seek out John Eliot's "Indian Bible," which is incredibly hard to find in print, but was put on microfilm by University Microfilms in Michigan. The "Indian Bible" was composed, with the able assistance of native speakers, in the Massachusett dialect of Algonquin, which is very closely related to Narragansett. Another little gem is William Woods' "New England Prospect," which includes a handy little SHORT vocabulary. Also, if you're internet-savvy enough, you might enjoy seeking out the work of Jessie "Little Doe" Fermino, a native Wampanoag in Mashpee, Massachusetts, who has recently been developing language classes in the tongue of the Wampanoag tribe.

But back to this book -- it is highly informative, and a tremendous boon to students of early native Americans in New England. Two thumbs up.

A great PI series. This book is on the edge of hard core without all the gore. The character development gives you an insight into the feelings of the book and the plot development keeps you wanting to read on and on. I met Janet Dawson at a booksigning a number of months ago. Bought this first book to try "one of these days". When I finally got around to trying it I could kick myself for waiting so long. It is wonderful. If you haven't tried it, for crying out loud, get it. Just don't do what I did and wait for awhile. Buy it, read it, NOW!!!

This book is a very powerful tool for helping people with various chronic disorders. I have not read anything like this before. Dr. Peiper's book has the ability to help millions of people with MS, Type II Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, ADD, Tourettes, Alzheimer's, Parksinson's etc. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Just reasons to buy this book: -Romance and the Single Nocker. (Hidden pooka fetish exposé). -Kinship unveiled: The FUBAR. -Learn the ancient wizardry of "Infusion," a Nocker-only Art! You, too, can have a bad complexion and cuss, all it takes is this book.

This book explains knee injuries and problems in language a non-medical person can easily understand. The illustrations, though hand-drawn and a bit crude, are easy to follow and are very informative. I liked the explanations of alternatives in treatment and why one method is used over another. I recommend this book to anyone who has a knee injury or has arthritis in the knee.

This book makes a detailed examination of the critical problem of interestingness in data mining and knowledge discovery. The book surveys relevant work and proceeds to define a framework for measuring interestingness. The techniques discussed are applicable and transferable to real world data mining tasks where the volume of discovered knowledge is often large enough in itself to require further sorting. The book combines topical discussion, experimental evaluation and mathematical formalism in a concise and professional way. In addition, the relevant work of others is cited throughout. This book is well suited to data mining practitioners who develop/and or tweak their own algorithms and are looking to enhance their expertise in this area.

I found this book to be the perfect introduction to the world of Korean instruments, with simple and yet informative descriptions of various instruments. It was exceptionally interesting, and yet was not too long, thus keeping the reader's attention. I was especially happy when the book took into account instrumental developments in North Korea, thus providing a wider picture of Korea's musical development. A must for world music students and Koreanologists alike!!!

The alphabetical poetry of Howard Schrager is nicely showcased by the illustrations of Bruce Bischof in L M N O P and All the Letters A to Z, an engaging and original alphabet book for beginning readers. Each letter of the alphabet is featured with a warm color illustration and a unique, catchy, alliterate poem perfect for reading aloud. Some suggested means for using L M N O P and All the Letters A to Z for teaching young people are presented in a thoughtful forward. "B is in bowl, bag, basket, and bin,/All manner of places/To keep berries in./A brawny brown bear/Called Big Belly/Beholds a bee buzzing;/Oh our busy B." Highly recommended for school and community library ABC book collections for beginning readers.