I have many friends who are graduate students or upper level undergrads in mathematics at Columbia and Yale who are suffering in their Real Variables courses because their arrogant,aloof instructors are using overpriced,ultra-TERSE higher analysis texts like Rudin's Real And Complex Analysis or Royden's incomprehensibly "classic" text.(For those of you who are using Royden and spent the insane cover price on it,you should realize there are a TON of errors in it.)I feel so bad for them because they really got taken for a ride-for a fraction of the cost,they could have had this GEM of a text.Taylor,famous for his Advanced Calculus,developed this text as a series of lecture notes at UCLA in the 1950's.Taylor rightly realizes the key to understanding mathematical analysis/measure theory at this level is a firm grip of point-set theory and abstract topological spaces-of which the real and complex numbers systems are but special cases.He then proceeds to develop the metric and topological properties of the number systems in this abstract setting-focusing on the rigorous set-theoretic foundations. Critical to analysis(and pure math in general) are PRECISE DEFINITIONS-and this is what makes Taylor's approach to the subject so beautiful and crystal clear,without sacrificing rigor or exposition of challenging theories.How many analysis text do you know develop BOTH the classical Lesbegue approach to modern integration as well as the Daniell approach for functional analysis-without losing an ounce of clarity? Run-don't-walk to your bookstore and order this if you're in upper level analysis courses. This will become a standard reference throughout you're career-I promise.

Thomas Sayers Ellis is one of my favorite poets. I admire his skill, style, and playfulness. This is a great series of poems. I can't wait for his next book!

Packed with incredible stories, wonderful humor and terrific advice, GIRL POWER has the ability to reach the heart and mind of any teenage girl facing today's most frightening decisions. This book has had an unbelievable influence on my own two daughters. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I loved this book. At times it was very funny; at times very sad. Ellis has written a briilant mixe of autobiogrphy, and political analysis. I sat reading the book, and I could distinctly feel a wam glow around me. Thanks Bob.

Bruce Benson has written the clearest treatment of the religious turn in phenomenology in print. Focusing on the idol as a root metaphor for the human proclivity to absolutize conceptual constructs, the author takes us on a tour from Nietzsche to Jean-luc Marion explaining their struggle to speak about the Other in a non-metaphysical idiom; that is to say, in a manner that will remain vigilant of the inadequacy of all possible idioms. Philosophy's conceit that it could ground its epistemological claims and subjugate the Real via rational schemas proved to be a delusion. The story of that delusion culminated in the death of God and the reductio ad absurdum of the modernist project at Auschwitz.

The only serious flaw in the book was the author's exposition of Heidegger which lacked sufficient depth. Heidegger represents an epochal shift in the consciousness of the Western tradition, a mode of thinking which evolved from the classical paradigm of the form/particular (ideational/material), to critical reason and Kant's architectonic model of subjectivity. Hegel's transitional thinking toward a deeper awareness of the historical conditioning of mind, as well as the evolutionary unfolding of consciousness as a universal phenomenon, laid the groundwork for a new, transpersonal gnosticism which would begin to manifest itself in the Heideggarian corpus. Heidegger's receptivity to the numinous, the uncanniness and mystery of Being - which opens up a horizon of luminosity (Lichtung, clearing) wherein Being can disclose itself to Da-sein - marked the beginning of a dialectical conversion to a trans-rational philosophical thinking. That is to say, a thinking which is willing to abandon the desire for conceptual closure or instrumental reason in order to explore its temporal nature and ontological contingency; and also a thinking which seeks to encounter the Other as Other. Heidegger thus provided the necessary impetus for both Derrida's deconstructive readings and Marion's abandonment of a theology ensconced in metaphysical categories.

This book is small, compact, and has maps of old forts, digs, directions to drive there, etc. Good research by Peter Berresford Ellis, noted Celtic scholar.

The most interesting aspect of this book, and several of the others, is the fact that John Constantine rarely uses magic. It's his trademark, aside from arrogance and a trench coat, but I've found the best stories deal almost exclusively with the man.

In this volume, our chain-smoking hero tries to hunt down the killer of one of his ex's, whose spirit is now trapped on earth. Some familiar faces pop up, and John takes the reader on an interesting trip through London's history. The writing here is great, and the art crisp, and the story is self-contained enough that even if you've never read a Hellblazer comic before, you could follow along. A great buy.

One of Peters's best plots. Despite Cadfael's absence in the middle of the narrative, this chronicle kept my attention. This is a deeply religious experience as Peters examines some of the origins of Christian dogma through her characters. As always it is Peters's style that sets it above the common mystery. Trurly one of the best of the Cadfael series.

"Hiring Contractors" should be read BEFORE you ever consider talking to anyone who might work on your house. The author identifies particular areas to be cautious with contractors to prevent shoddy work or being overcharged. The book advises the best process in choosing, working with and staying in charge of your contractor. If you want to prevent potential aggravation or problems with contractors, this is the book to show you how. The author also well advises the homeowner how to avoid potential lawsuits and hazards in working with "contractors". A very readable and useful book.

This book is pleasantly free of jargon and psychological intricacy. Instead it uses lay language and examples to demonstate that fatal and life threatening illnesses need not always lead to despair. Ellis and Abrams make the application of cognitive behavioral techniques readily attainable. Both authors are psychologists who have worked with large number of people who have faced death. Their experience is apparent in this work