This is an important book for future generations. The revolutionary work done by Pinochet and his advisors, copied not only in Latin America but the world at large.

It is also important that this book calls Pinochet by his real name, a Capitalist. These days anybody that doesn't agree with marxists-liberals is a fascist.

I'm still waiting to see how fascists implement free-market reforms like Pinochet did.

In summary: Pinochet is a Capitalist, fundamentalist if you will, who allied with the U-S during the Cold War, which was the fight between Capitalism and Communism. For a Latin American fascist look at Peron.

Wether you are in favor or against Pinochet it is important to get your facts straight.

I am an M.D. but not a cardiologist. I looked at this book for a very specific purpose. I wanted to learn about nutrients as adjunctive therapies in heart disease. My interest in this topic arose because a family member, who has CHF, is not getting adequate relief from his medical regimen. This text is clearly not a nutritional or alternative work; it is very mainstream and the vast majority of the text is devoted to usual pharmacotherapeutic topics. But unlike almost any other book I saw, this one devoted short, hightly focused, and serious review coverage to cardioactive nutrients like L-carnitine, fish oils, taurine, and coenzyme Q-10.

The parts I read were well written and well thought out. I also glanced through the rest of the book and it appears to be a text that the authors worked dilligently to make into something truly exceptional--not just a bunch of review articles thrown together. The entire book seemed to be nicely conceptualized and nicely laid out.

The truth is, I almost bought the book just out of interest, even though I do not practice and therefore had no direct need for it. My guess is that clinicians and fellows, especially cardiologists but probably also internists, and perhaps critical care specialists and some others as well, might find this a very interesting and helpful addition to their personal reference library.

As for the nutrients discussed in the book, I had previously done extensive literature searches in MEDLINE and came away impressed by the body of evidence suggesting that these may be helpful in many cases and harmful in practically none. After exploring the issue, I was frankly amazed that some of these nutrients are not more widely used as adjunctive therapies in many cardiovascular conditions. The evidence for efficacy is in many cases not yet unequivocal, but the safety is generally so high, and the cost so low, and the evidence for efficacy is in many cases quite suggestive and impressive. Given this, I suspect that a reasonable analysis of potential costs, risk, and benefits would, in many cases, come down in favor of supplementing traditional therapies with nutritional therapeutic agents.

But I digress. I certainly don't want to leave readers of this review with the impression that this is a flakey or lightweight book; it is not. The coverage devoted to the topics I mention is impressive but short, and the main focus is elsewhere.

John Craig's story of a wandering band of Black ballplayers, playing before and after World War II, is a wonderful tribute to the many who toiled, not in major league stadiums, but in every backwater town in Canada and the United States.

Unfortunately, I never got to speak to John. He had died when I called him, but I spoke to his wife, and John was proud of the book because it chronicled an important time in our lives -- the years before the color barrier was broken.

Chappie's Colored All-Stars, I imagine, were typical of the kind of men who loved the great game of baseball and put up with the many miles of travelling they had to do to earn their keep.

Of course, as John Craig pointed out to Chappie, he was white, in case Chappie hadn't noticed, and to hit the road with them, playing in blackface, had to be the experience of his life.

The book tells us an awful lot about the incredible talents that played the game with him, and the conditions under which they played. To get out of town alive, they had to win by the scantest of margins, but as one reads the book and marvels at the skills these players had, it's not hard to imagine that they could have blown out almost anyone they faced, even the odd professional team.

As baseball fans, we never get to hear all the many stories that are out there relating to the time before Black ballplayers were allowed to cavort on the emerald green fields of major league stadia, but we've heard enough to tell us that their talent was immense, and that, had they played, we would now be celebrating many of their lives and careers.

If you love baseball, give this a read. You'll never regret it. A real gem.

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As one of the authors of Citadel to City State, I believe that it is inappropriate for me to rate it. However, Amazon's format forces me to assign a rating to the book and since I am proud of it, I gave it a high rating. I can confess that work invested in the book was rewarding and even pleasant, at least most of the time. And I was happy to learn that the publisher judged it worthy of a paperback edition so that our picture of early Greece might reach more people.

Its focus is the centuries between the collapse of the heroic Mycenaean civilization and the Classical Age of Greece, i.e. from a civilization based on citadels to one founded on city states. Once thought to be a long, bleak period in which little of significance occurred, new evidence shows it to be a bridge of transformation from one way of life to another. We track that process by focusing on five individual places that demonstrate the steps in the process, a Plutarch's Lives of Places rather than of People.

A recent and suprising token of the appeal of our approach was an invitation to speak to a joint meeting of the local Sigma Xi chapter and the Puget Sound American Chemical Society. The inviter wrote, "recently I read your book, Citadel to City State...It was intriguing about how, in the absence of writing, that it was possible to piece together the social events of that period." The book showed, he continued, "the synergy between the sciences and the humanities." Lessening the divide between the sciences and humanities was not a conscious goal of our book but it is an unexpected and welcome result. Growing specialization has produced such tight compartments of fields over the past half century that collaboration has been difficult. The new spirit of cooperation and interest is vital to an understanding of the base.

This book is an excellent guide for the beginning coach for any sport as well as a technical guide for baseball. Too often coach's manuals neglect the basic tasks of coaching a youth sport. Team meetings, parent involvement and eager athletes are as important as game skills. These areas are equally addressed here. This coach's guide is an easy read with several interesting real life experiences by the author. I am a retired youth sports organizer/coach trainer for the Recreation Dept. in my town and would have found my job much easier with a handbook such as this to pass on to our coaches.

Over the years the Center for the Study of Work Teams has published a number of books describing the theory and practice of team dynamics. The latest edition of the Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook simply sets the standard at a higher level. This book provides readers with a wealth of practical, team-oriented perspectives and applications for improving individual, team and organizational performance. If you are on a team, thinking about starting a team, leading a team or interested in creating a high performance culture, this book is for you.

I am not overexaggerating when I say that this is one of the most helpful books that have been published for lesbian and gay folk trying to understand the experiences involved in coming out. It was of profound help in my own journeying through the dynamics and issues involved in coming to terms with the changes involved in coming out. Spiritually reassuring. Very helpful for parents of gay and lesbian folks too.

I have listened to this tape many times while traveling on long trips. It is soothing and stimulates prayer. The combination of songs are thoughtfully arranged and very well performed. I recommend it highly for meditation or as background to drown out the daily noise. I wish it was in CD format also.

I found this to be a very useful book, with excellent illustrations in color. I wish the chapters were more detailed. The words to know in the back of the book are good, along with lots of other helpful information. I recommend this book for students in 5th, through 8th grades, and for the teachers, as well.