I expected this book to be an overview of the international affairs field, but it proved to be much more. The careers and paths available are well-written and -described, and there are a number of careers that, although not obvious, suit people with an interest in international affairs well. In addition, companies, government organizations, and NGO's that employ people in international affairs are listed along with contact information. It's a well-rounded book that is honest about both the upsides and downsides of each career.

I found all the answers about the different jobs available in a career in International Relations. What's great is that I not only got descriptions of the different jobs, but I also got listings of all the companies involved. Now when I graduate with my master's, I am going straight to this book for the companies I wish to send my resume to. Great read and reference!

We stock this in our career center for our students and it is almost always one of the most requested books. This book is a good starting point for students who "want to do something international", but who are just trying to figure out what that means. The chapters introductions by "international professionals" are especially useful.

Sony Armstrong is greedy, dishonest, a philanderer, a social climber, and a generally unpleasant person. His wife Gladys, who is better born, is dim, and more than a little superstitous. Their son Rohan the subject of the second part of the trilogy is self indulgent, and pays for it. The daughter Genetha the subject of the third part of the trilogy takes after her mother, but with everything amplified. All together you would avoid these people if you ever met them. Having said that, the novel does present a picture of British Guiana in the 1920's-1940's with all it's colonial and class related problems, which I found of great interest, and which I believe to be accurate. Having grown up in BG during that period, I was more than a little curious to read how someone else saw life there. I was not disappointed. Roy Heath did a fine job, I'm just sorry he didn't include a character that you could maybe like.

In brief, I picked up the first of these books about ten years ago after reading a review in the Christian Science Monitor. It literally changed my life. Heath's descriptions of life in Guyana delivered to my imagination the details of my Mother's childhood. These three books inspired me to travel to and eventually live in Guyana where I met the love of my life, my wife. During my travels, I was just as knowledgeable and often times more informed about the sociocultural history of this beautiful country and it wonderful people. Recommended for all of all ages.

My 1st time to read Robert Andrews and don't know what to expect, but the moment I started to read the 1st page, I just got hooked on it! I felt that I step into their world and just follow Frank and Jose as they unravel the mystery and it just get interesting as it goes...

I recommend it...!

As an avid reader of good mystery and police work novels, it escapes me how any reader of A Murder of Promise could find it
"boring." Instead, Robert Andrews has done it again: Written an
intelligent, interesting novel, further developing his two main
characters, whose personal and professional relationship alone
would make the book worthwhile. Andrews has supplied a mixture
of creativity and reality, mixing the Fisher King and Holy Grail
plus very wild computer virtuality with real characters, real
situations, and real knowledge of Washington, physically and
politically. Those with any knowledge of the Washington scene
will find the book particularly absorbing. His State Department
characters, father and son, are certainly credible. In sum, this
is a difficult to put down, fast paced, and intriguing mystery;
and I doubt that many readers will figure out the culprit before
the very end. Highly recommended.

The promise evoked by Robert Andrews first mystery book, good as it was, is realized even more fully in "A Murder of Promise".
As with his first book, Andrews captures the reader's interest as the book begins and never loses it. Beyond the mystery itself, which unfolds in an intriguing manner and pace, the further development of Detectives Kearney and Phelps both as investigators and as people makes the reading experience more enriching and engaging. I found the depth and breadth of Kearny's style and character not only interesting, but very valuable to the story line in explaining his thought process and actions. Hopefully in the next of this series the author will allow us to spend more time with Jose Phelps as well, getting to know him even better.
The plot is excellent and quite believable, and the sense of place this book creates is even stronger than its predecessor. It also adds depth and meaning to the story line. The dialogue is even more crisp and authentic than Andrews' previous book, which was good indeed.
This is an excellent work of fiction, which goes far beyond the standard police procedural in giving us real characters who act in ways that are human and credible to the reader. Well worth reading.

An excellent work that offers support for the tenets of Chomskyan linguistics. The book offers clear insights into the workings of the human mind and would serve well as a text in developmental psychology as well as for related courses in linguistics. The arguments are lucid and the subject matter is both fascinating and central to a more complete understating of language and the mind.

An excellent work that offers support for the tenets of Chomskyan linguistics. The book offers clear insights into the workings of the human mind and would serve well as a text in developmental psychology as well as for related courses in linguistics. The arguments are lucid and the subject matter is both fascinating and central to a more complete understating of language and the mind.

An excellent work that provides support for the tenets of Chomskyan linguistics. The book offers clear insights into the workings of the human mind and would serve well as a text in developmental psychology as well as for related courses in linguistics. The arguments are lucid and the subject matter is both fascinating and central to a more complete understating of language and the mind.

I purchased this book for my children, and they enjoyed it, however there were many undertones in this book that I thought was unneccesary, such as the part about coming to america legally is the only way to come. While that may be true, I do not think that a childs book is the proper place for it to be said. As an adult, if I was at a book store, I more than likely would not buy this book for my children, because I understood the underlying meaning of much of the story. However, my children, because they are young, did like the version of jack and the beanstalk, and do like the pictures and look forward to the next book.

(1)Dr. Eric Holt, Ph.D., formerly of Georgetown University: "It's an English-Spanish reader aimed at promoting cross-cultural communication and social responsibility...".(2)Walter Claros, 12, 7th grader, Mattawoman Middle School, Waldorf, MD. "The story in Louie Llama's bilingual reader is fun and entertaining. It helps kids reading and learning...".(3)Ronald McDonald House, Hines, Il.Mgr."The need for a book like this is amazing...".(4)The California Dept. of Education, Sacramento, CA: "Congratulations! The review panel found your material...in comliance with social content requirements of Education Code...".

This is an excellent book about a time in our history that should not be forgotten. Learn how several families worked the plantations and see pictures of various buildings, homes, churches, and gardens. Names are listed in the index for those interested in tracing family history. The Allstons (also spelled "Alston" because a branch of the family dropped one "L")played a major role on these plantations.......even to this day. Learn many interesting facts about rice production during the 19th century and how and why it came to an end in the 1st decade of the 1900's.

I've enjoyed reading Elliot Roosevelt's murder mysteries as an easy, enjoyable read in between tackling the 600 plus page novels by other authors. You can put your mind back into the 1930's and 40's, and get an interesting look (albeit fictional) into some of the famous names from the era. 'Murder in Georgetown' was more of the same, with Eleanor meeting with the Marx brothers, J. Edgar, Joe Kennedy, and others. However, the content of this book seemed to take an alarming change from previous books in the series. Is this really one of the late Elliot's unpublished manuscripts, or an attempt by a 'ghost' writer to continue the series? There is too much of a sexual content present, with repeated references to sex, stripping, lovemaking, etc. I lost count on how many times the author used the phrase "empty seminal vesicles" during the book. While the style and content may fit well into books by other authors, it seemed out of place in a Roosevelt mystery. I'm no prude by any stretch of the imagination, but Eleanor, please, clean up your act! P.S. The date typo (1945) near the end of the book was also a sloppy oversight by the editor.

This was a very interesting look at the First Lady and how she helped solve a murder of a very prominent member of the Federal Reserve Board. She enlisted the help of the Secret Service and Joe Kennedy. It led her down a path of deceit and theft. I found the book to be very interesting and the First Lady Eleanor to be portrayed as a formidable person to deal with. I don't think you would want to be on her bad side. Interesting facts about the White House and President in this book as well.

This novel is packed with family references. Rumors, bootleggers, bank fraud, love affairs and murder all combined to make this a wonderful read. Reality blends so well with the fictional murder that it leaves the reader wondering what is the truth. The main plot is excellent but it is the political tidbets which spice up the story. Before I read this book I had no idea some American cultures ate dirt and that it was good for you. Put it on your summer reading list.

Everybody seems to praise Margaret Truman for using inside information on Washington to form her books. Well I'm sorry, but I don't think Washington works the way she casts it --- certainly not as bad. Hired CIA assassins do not go after newspaper reporters, and US Senators do not take orders from the President. The ending to the book has the cavalry coming out of nowhere to rescue our heroes just in time to wrap up 300 pages of ... boredom. This book lacks the tension of a good mystery.

I'm a big fan of armchair-type mysteries, as well as novels about political intrigue. And this one is about as good as it gets. Margaret Truman was the daughter of a President, so of course she has a firm grasp of the culture of Washington's movers and shakers. And she can spin a captivating and well-constructed yarn with the best of them. The main character here is a newspaper reporter who has had the bad luck (or bad judgment) to cross some of Washington's most powerful people. Now his efforts to unravel the murder of the young daughter of another Washington figure threaten to make him even more unpopular with the Establishment. Truman plays fair with the reader all the way, never tipping her hand, and the mystery comes to a completely satisfying ending (although, as in all mysteries, the killer is never the guy you WANT it to be!). Fans of cozy mysteries or political intrigue novels can't do better than this one.

Murder in Georgetown By Margaret Truman was one of the most exciting mysteries I have read in a long time. The plot of the book kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters in the book I found to be very interesting. Joe Patamos was the most interesting of them all. I did find it kind of odd that a small time newspaper writer like Joe would be going around trying to solve the case on one of the biggest murders in Georgetown like he was a cop but, on the other hand it was very interesting. I loved the way that Margaret Truman kept changing my point of view of who I thought the killer was by giving many different views of what was going on. Right of the back I had no doubt in my mind that Valorie Frolich was killed by her own dad. As the book went along my opinion changed a lot as I learned more about her and the people should hung around with. Throughout the whole book I changed my thought on who killed her at least ten times. That is the main reason that I loved this book because it was not like some mysteries I have read in the past where the killer is so obvious. I would suggest this book to anyone who loves reading mysteries because the surprise ending will shock just about anyone. cass pd5 cj

Cowell's book does a great descriptive job, in the sense that it gives lots of data on various aspects of this language.
The data is almost untouched: If you know a bit about modern theories then you can easily ignore the theoretical aspects (old terminology etc) hence its a great place to collect unbiased data.
If you're into language learning/teaching, i dont recomend it as a textbook for SA. Its so old fashioned, it misses lots of important points which are sometimes very obvious.

I tried to use this book before I traveled to Syria and found it difficult to use. However, after being in Syria for two months and acquiring a basic knowledge of the dialect, I picked it up again and benefited from it greatly.

The strong points of the book are that it is very comprehensive in grammar, vocabulary, and pronounciation. However, it has several drawbacks. First, it is not organized like a textbook. I often found it difficult to find what I was looking for and one should not attempt to read it cover to cover. Second, it is too comprehensive for a novice. Third, it uses a lot of lingustical terms. I found that I would read a section and not get much out of it, but when I came back to it later, after I had improved my Arabic, I would learn a lot from the same section.

I would highly recommend this book to someone who meets all of the following criteria:

1. Has a solid foundation in Modern Standard Arabic
2. Has a basic understanding of the Syrian or another Levantine dialect.
3. Is serious about learning Syrian Arabic and wants to become proficient. If you just want to get the basics this book is not for you.
4. Does not plan to use this as a textbook, but plans to use it as a reference or as a supplement to a class, speaking with a friend, or to another book.

As a note, A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic: English-Arabic is an even better book and makes a great companion to this.

After studying this specialized philological book, which I borrowed from foreign library, I think that it is suitable, with its formal and contents structure, only for academic study. (I study latin philology and so I was trying to study syrian language as a self-taught person, because I am interested in studying of ancient languages. I did like this grammar-textbook of syrian language very much, but unfortunately I don't have it now. I had to give it back.) I consider it very clearly arranged a understandable.

River, Cross My Heart is the story of a black family in Georgetown, DC in the 1920s. Early in the book, the youngest daughter Clara drowns when she follows her older sister Johnny Mae and friends to the river, where they're forbidden to go. The book is billed as the story of how the family deals with this tragedy. Although that theme plays a role, the book is just as much the story of Johnny Mae growing up, and the life of her mother, Alice Bynum, and her friends and relatives in the neighborhood.

Although there were some interesting themes and characters in the book, I found that the story was fairly disjoint. One of the more compelling themes is Johnny Mae's obsession with the white people's pool and her indignation that she's not allowed to swim in it. Another little vignette is about Alice's job as a housekeeper for a white family and her relationship with the woman she works for. We also learn about Johnny Mae's odd friendship with a painfully shy new student, Pearl, and how Pearl gradually develops confidence. We learn of Pearl's mother's expectations about being welcomed by and invited to the church. We get a very brief glimpse of the life of Johnny Mae's father and an even vaguer view of the men of the neighborhood. We meet the neighborhood "medicine woman" who cures people with mysterious concoctions. There is some evolution to the family's acceptance of Clara's death, but again, that theme wove through the story only in the background, and it never seemed to be fully resolved. Although some of these vignettes and personalities kept my interest, in the end, I don't believe they hung together well as a novel.

I have read River Cross My Heart, a novel by Breena Clarke.It is two-hundred and forty-five pages of heart renching brilliance. The novel's main characters include; Alice, Willie, Johnnie Mae, and baby Clara. The whole Bynum family displayed in there all but too human emotional rollercoasters. This book takes you inside the heartache and long healing process of a family after the worst devastation a family could have, losing a loved one. This takes place in the early 1930's in Georgetown,in Washington D.C. . This book gives you the knowlege of what it takes for someone to gain courage, control of their life, and to find the key inside themselves to gain all this. The best qoute in this book is,"For a few moments, she had been a woman-nearly-a grown woman like all the others."Pg95 The cover is a wonderful foreshadow of what you are about to read. A great significance in the novel, signifying the Potomac river. The title is an emotional feeling of one of the main characters Johnnie Mae. She feels that the Potomac river will always be in her heart since it played a role in her life that she will never forget. She will always have the memories. This book has become a new favorite of mine. The structure and theme made it exceptionally good. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes reading about the younger times of America and also the wonderful insight on human behavior.

Imagine living in North Carolina noy many years after slavery was abolished. This African-American family wanted to get out of the south where oppression was at an all time high and move to the north to raise their family in a what they considered to be a better town . . Georgetown that is. Georgetown was thought to be a safe haven for "colored folks" back in that day. This town is too segregated this community holds it binds together to make through. This book centers around Johnnie Mae a young child who is forced to deal with why the world is the way it is. It centers around the community swimming pool, the water is beautiful, it is brand new, and it it for whites only. Johnnie Mae loved to swim and was an excellent swimmer by nature. She had the responsibility of watching after her younger sister, Clara. While Johnnie Mae is cooling off in the Potomac River, her younger sister Clara drowns, and Johnnie Mae feels responsible.

This story is about Johnnie Mae trying to find her place in the world, to figure out who she is. The only way to do it, is to swim. But Johnnie Mae's obsession with swimming was her parents hatred because of their beloved daugther lost in the river.

This book really made you think about life as you read. The author touched on some very strong feelings when she talked about how her mother greived her daughter's death. This book shows how the African-American community deals with life, death, racism, placism, and about the river across many of our hearts. Well done Breena Clark, well done.