I had already seen the first associated encyclopedic set, The Great Archaeologists. This particular three volume addition is just as impressive. I would like to compliment Tim Murray for the overall quality for all of the main encyclopedic entries, not an easy task when there are so many contributors. This would be a fine reference source for anyone who wants a definitive, world wide glimpse of the varied field and history of archaeology. A cumulative table of contents in the front of each volume provides us with the complete listing of the main alphabetical entries. Signed entries (the list of contributors forming part of the appendices in the last volume) include appropriate see also references and bibliographic references for further research. A well done powerful reference tool is the index, one of the best that I have seen. Page numbers in bold face type show that the subject has its place in the main encyclopedic presentation. The editor took special care to indicate if the subject reference is a photograph or illustration. Consider this as an essential, first stop reference tool to ground you in a wide variety of related world-wide archaeological subjects.

The "Encyclopedia Of Archaeology" series is being published by ABC-CLIO in five volumes under the meticulous editorship of Tim Murray, professor of archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. The first two volumes survey "The Great Archaeologists" and draw upon hundreds of scholars from all parts of the world to provide readers with accurate and up-to-date information. These first two volumes present 58 remarkable and informative biographies of the world's best-known archaeologists who have developed the discipline from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Essays conclude with bibliographies of primary sources for those wanting to read about the archaeologists' discoveries in their own words, as well as secondary sources to see what critics and admirers had to say about them and their activities. Encyclopedia Of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists (Vols. 1 & 2) are enhanced with an historical introduction to archeological biography, a glossary of terms, a full subject index, and more than a hundred dramatic illustrations. Volumes 3, 4 and 5 ("History and Discoveries") is set for publication in about six months. The "Encyclopedia Of Archaeology" series is a very highly recommended, definitive, comprehensive, essential, core acquisition for professional, academic, and public library collections.

From the beginning of the Minoan Civilization to the Roman Annexation of c. 146bc, the Greek civilizatiuon is covered here in 550 extensively cross-referenced entries covering not only the deities and prominent historical figures, but also the development of law and democracy, philosophy, historical events, and the arts.
The authors have skillfully distilled a mass of information into a highly readable introduction to Ancient Greece suitable for the student or general reader, with bibliography and an admirable index.
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Michelle is the guru of fetal monitoring...She's simply the nations foremost authority on the subject and all the rest are immitators. I've heard her speak several times in my nursing career and keep her books in my locker at work. A Ph.D, ., expert witness and professional speaker, if Michelle doesn't know the answer, no one does. If you're an labor/delivery nurse, midwife or physician, this is the information you need to approach your patients in a sane and safe manner.

This is a wonderful book for everyone who has ever dreamed of living abroad. The author describes his experiences of living in several European capitals in practical terms -- how to rent an apartment for a short stay, how to forward mail, where to find other Americans abroad. Also included is information about sightseeing in the city and daytrips to nearby attractions. But, what I found most enjoyable is that each chapter is a wonderful travel memoir of the authors' time in each city, excellently written by one author and brilliantly illustrated with the drawings of the other.

First, this is a technical, academic book, targeting linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists. Not introductory.

Having said that, I enjoyed the book tremendously. My background is in linguistics and computational linguistics. The various authors consider a) the ways in which language is a complex adaptive system (and what it means to be complex and adaptive) and b) the evidence we have about how language evolved, from various perspectives. For example, how human language differs from, but is related to, abilities and attributes of higher primates, and how the two might have been bridged. Evidence is drawn from medicine/brain science, as well as physical artifacts studied by archeologists. Other papers look at linguistic data from the perspective of various theoretical orientations, including the typological perspective, considering the types of variation that is and is NOT found in human language and what that may suggests about the language faculty. Language development stages in children, and the amazing area of creoles, in which children construct a complete language from fragmentary pieces are also of interest.

Anyone who has a good technical background in linguistics will find it accessible, and it is an engaging way to broaden your thinking about language and linguistic analysis.

I've been a christian for 27 years and found this book to be the most informative concerning what God intends the Christian life to be. Andrew Murray make Christian principles and doctrines not only simple but delightful. He basis every teaching on scripture.

EXCELLENT is the only word that I can think of for this book. It conveys all of the vital points necessary for spiritual growth that every believer should know and learn more about. Andrew Murray does a superb job of teaching you. Excitement will grow inside of you as you read this book. The Holy Spirit is revealed in these pages and comes alive to you! After you have read this book, you'll want to change your life, increase your relationship with Christ through His spirit, and then share with others what this book has done for you so that, hopefully, it will have the same affect on them that it had one you. This book will get your spiritual fire burning -- NEVER to become dim! Buy this book today and experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit in your life!

This excellent book fills the gap in autism literature, by providing comprehensive yet easy-to-read explanations of the problems encountered in the autism spectrum and provides specific intervention strategies. It provides an integrated approach to looking at the problems. Treatment strategies address behavioral intervention, sensory integration, neuro-developmental treatment techniques, augmentative communication as well as traditional OT, PT and ST.

It is the first book I have found that tells you what you are seeing, why you see it and what to do about it! The case studies are wonderful and the pictures help clarify the treatment ideas.

This book is a must for anyone working with children in the spectrum of autism. It is critical for all professionals, therapists, teachers, and parents.

The human brain is dominated by the wrinkled sheet of gray matter called the neocortex. Almost all the information reaching this sheet arrives via an obscure but vital lump of 100 million nerve cells called the thalamus, the subject of Sherman and Guillery's exciting though forbidding book. The book is exciting because it breaks away from the sterile, narrow and hyperfactual approaches that have hitherto dominated this field. Even more exciting are the glimpsed possibilities it provides that if we could only understand the thalamus, we could perhaps also understand the neocortex, and hence, the human mind. The book is forbidding because the thalamus is complex, mysterious and seemingly useless - like the hieroglyphics carved on an old pointed rock sold in a bazaar as a hatrack. Other far more expensive tomes on the thalamus insist that it is merely a hatrack, but Sherman and Guillery rightly concentrate on the hieroglyphics, though they ultimately admit themselves stumped. We still do not know what the thalamus does, but the authors bring a number of new issues to center stage that will surely be part of the solution. First, the main cells of the thalamus can send two quite different sorts of electrical message to the cortex. Second, the message selection hinges on "modulatory" influences arriving from the cortex itself as well as deep brain regions that control sleep, dreams and attention. Third, when one part of the neocortex communicates with another, it often does so via the thalamus, as though it cannot understand messages unless they are thalamically interpreted. If you want to reach the basecamp that leads to the unconquered Everest of science, the human brain, struggle through this book.