This is a great, small book of images. They are compiled in a systematic arrangement that causes some questioning. I can offer no interpretation of the selection of images, because the experience is so individual. This is an excellent buy for anyone interested in challenging thier visual experiences and expanding thier ideas of non-lyrical viewing.

I like this book for language therapy with preschoolers. Because it is very simple, with few words, it helps the child clue in to the new vocabulary which includes days of the week and some great verbs. I use it to teach regular past tense (Jasper planted, Jasper watered, etc.) and in a different setting present progressive (Jasper is planting, Jasper is watering...) The kids enjoy it and don't realize how much they are learning!

This book shows us a kitty named Jasper and he is out at the store trying to decide what to buy with his birthday money. It has adorable illustrations that are good at catching the attention of children and keeping them focused on what is happening in the book. In the end Jasper decides to take home a stuffed likeness of himself!

....Jaspers is difficult reading in places but has a plenitude of existentially worthwhile ideas: historicity, Existenz, the Encompassing... worth the trouble.

I am a programmer as well as a sports bettor and this book is right up my alley. The book is very well written. He gives many sports handicapping programs in BASIC for baseball, football, basketball, horse racing and dog racing. Unfortunately, although the programs are written in BASIC, they are written in a version that is outdated on today's Visual Basic compilers. Unless you know Visual Basic down pat, you will not be able to use the programs. I liked the book a lot and wish Jasper could have written follow ups. But I am glad to have this one. His sports betting books are the best ones of the genre!

Written by prominent scholars of social movements, this book explore the role of emotions in contentious politics. The first 3 chapters offer very interesting theoretical insights that somewhat lacked in previous accounts of emotions and social movements. The numerous case studies tackle a good variety of movements but I would argue that their theoretical and empirical quality varies greatly (emotions are not easily studied scientifically). Many argues that we are now witnessing a paradigm shift in social movements studies from rationality to culture and emotions; I am not convinced however that it is exactly what is going on. I would argue that if we are witnessing the dissolution of strong rationalist approaches, the resultant is not merely a return of pendulum toward the study of emotions but rather the emergence of numerous fields once muted by the dominant theories. One thing is sure however, the study of emotions in social movements is clearly one of the most interesting new avenues open to social scientists.

Tony Jasper gives us an overview of Wings from the band's inception in 1971 up until 1977. Each album and band member is profiled, as well as giving us a chapter on Paul and Linda's homelife. Mostly geared toward younger readers.

Most philosophy books deal with trying to find the axiom of uniting reality & thought. To Plato the axiom was the "Good" or "Ideal", to Descartes the "Thinking Self", to Kant the "Categories of Thought" etc...this book is completely different. Karl Jaspers started out with a psychiatry degree but after World War I became Professor of Philosophy at Heidelberg, but during the mid 1930's with the raise of Hitler & Nazi Germany, he had to leave his post due to his Jewish wife & anti-Nazi stand. After World war II, he returned to Heidelberg to give a series of lectures dealing with "The Question of German Guilt", this book being a written version of those lectures. Karl Jaspers writes very clean & precise while not using the difficult words like Kant's "Transcendental Manifold" or Heideger's "Dasein" etc...therefore sit back, get a cup of coffee & enjoy another very well written, easy to read philosophy book. Within these lectures Karl Jaspers tries to help his fellow German people to struggle through their current defeat & the Nuremberg trials by giving the reasons behind the raise of Nazi Germany, the dates when certain people either left or were trapped within the new social system, & the defeat & current responsibility of certain individuals or the German people as a whole. Karl Jaspers then lists 4 categories of guilt & degrees of responsibility: Criminal guilt (the commitment of certain acts & judgment by trial), Political guilt (how involved one is within one's government), moral guilt (your own private or circle of friends consciences), & metaphysical guilt (an universally shared responsibility to choose to live rather than protest evil). Each category is then explain in great detail of its pros & cons of legality, & which categories have more of a proof of guilt. I enjoyed the book, I hope you will too.

Nowadays, it is hard to imagine how the world was in the heroic years of 1917-45, when the Soviet Union stood alone, attacked, besieged, blockaded and threatened. It was surrounded by enemies, who had allies inside the country, even inside the Party: Trotsky's provocations invited imperialist aggression; Bukharin's efforts to prevent industrialisation and collectivisation would have left the Soviet Union defenceless against the Nazi onslaught. After World War Two, the Soviet leadership had the sheer courage to rebuild the country, and also to create and aid new socialist societies, in the teeth of the US nuclear monopoly.

This book expresses the British Foreign Office's view of the Soviet Union. For, after Yugoslavia won its independence in 1945, with the Red Army's aid, Tito became increasingly anti-Soviet, thus gaining US and British support. The book depicts Tito as Bevin did, saying in 1949, "He's a ..., but he's our ...." The British and US Governments 'kept Tito afloat' with financial aid. The US National Security Council believed that "much as we dislike him, Tito is presently performing brilliantly in our interests in leading successfully and effectively the attack from within the Communist family against Soviet imperialism." (cited p. 300)

The British Government told Tito that they would stop aiding Yugoslavia unless he stopped aiding the Greek revolution: Tito closed the border, trapping half the Greek Liberation Army inside Yugoslavia. Tito's colleagues Dedijer and Djilas slandered Stalin, claiming that he told Tito to stop the aid. Yugoslavia abstained on the UN Security Council vote to send troops to invade Korea and on the UN General Assembly Resolution that falsely branded the People's Republic of China the aggressor in Korea. The NATO powers told Tito to establish friendly relations with the ... Greek Government, which he did. In 1954, he signed a defence pact with Greece and Turkey.

Inside Yugoslavia, Tito increasingly favoured the free market, and he gave its six republics more and more autonomy. In 1963, he created a federal Constitution; in 1970, he gave the republics even more autonomy, and, in the 1974 Constitution, he gave them almost complete autonomy. This successive yielding to devolutionary pressures gave more power and more credibility to those who sought to break away from Yugoslavia. Thus Tito's policies led directly to Yugoslavia's disintegration and descent into war.

I just finished reading The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce. It was a historical fiction book. I didn't like the book, because it was a boring book and because it was a journal and I don't get those kinds of books.
The book was about a boy named Jonathan that had to leave his brother Tom because he was going to America to practice his religion and to baptize too. When he got to America they found out that there were Indians there.
Jonathon was a very nice and brave, he stayed strong. They were on the Mayflower.

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Our rating: J J J/3 stars out of five

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, by Ann Rinaldi, is about a pilgrim boy who goes on the Mayflower. When he got on the Mayflower, he left his brother, Tom, behind. Tom and Jasper had different masters and Tom's master didn't want to go but Jasper's did. He writes in his journal to remember Tom. The journal he writes in is about his journey to the New World. We thought this book progressed slowly, because there was too much details. Also, we thought it was boring. But, despite all these negatives, we also liked it. We learned a lot of history. Norman Yu, Tracey Li, Brian Wang, Jeffrey Chan and Julia Chen

Ann Rinaldi is one of my favorite author's, so I grabbed "The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy" as fast as I could. Most Mayflower stories are about life on the boat itself, while this book told about life on the Mayflower, life on their new land, and meeting with the Indians. It did drag at times, but nonetheless, it kept my attention. A great way to learn history. I recommend.