"NATO in the Balkans" is a must for anyone who seeks the full truth about the US/NATO war against Yugoslavia. Tired of the CNN version of reality? Tired of the lies and half-truths? "NATO in the Balkans" is the best antidote for what has been passing as "objective" journalism. It shows, in a fully documented scholarly way, how the war against Yugoslavia has its roots in the desire of the U.S., and its NATO partners, to dominate the world economically--that is, to expand capitalist exploitation globally. This is what's behind the expansion of NATO--a cabal of right-wing militarists who became even more emboldened with the break-up of the Soviet Union. This magnificent book balances the lop-sided, ahistorical view of the conflict being pushed by the big-business media. It talks about the tens of thousands of Serbs, for example, who were "ethnically cleansed" from their homes in the Krajina region of Bosnia, with hugh numbers dying during the NATO-backed expulsion. It exposes many of the atrocities allegedly committed by Serb forces as being carried out by groups aligned with the U.S. to justify intervention. The book documents the source of the bloody conflict in the Balkans, which was instigated by the U.S. and Germany. How many people have heard about "Foreign Appropirations Law 101-513" passed by the Congress in 1991? Well, "a section of this law suddenly cut off all aid, credits and loans from the U.S. to Yugoslavia within six months. The law also demanded separate elections in each of the six republics that make up Yugoslavia, requiring State Dept. approval of election procedures and results before aid to the separate republics would be resumed," wrote author Sara Flounders in a chapter entitled "Bosnia tragedy: The unknown role of the Pentagon." In addition, "only forces that the U.S. State Department defined as 'democratic' would receive funding," wrote Flounders. This is neo-colonialism at its worst! It was the classic ploy of divide and conquer. The law was, in fact, the spark that ignited the civil war in Yugoslavia that led to the breakup of that multi-national country--one that had been peacefully united for decades under socialism--a system that the U.S. must now seek to fully crush in Europe--for starters. A simple review cannot describe the treasure trove that is "NATO in the Balkans." I have already purchased, for friends and co-workers alike, at least ten copies. Do yourself a favor, come into the light of independent thought and scholarship. Get yourself a copy soon.

The book will open your eyes. It will help you understand what is happening in the Balkans. It will inform the new generation of anti-war activists now emerging in opposition to U.S./NATO expansion and the savage bombing of Yugoslavia. Anyone interested in the truth should rush to get a copy of "NATO in the Balkans."

Nato in the Balkans was such an interesting, information-filled book that helped so tremendously in clearing the cobwebs of corporate media cleansing, that I finished the book in record time.

It is well written, very clear, documented to the hilt. It exposes how the U.S. government (and Germany) stirred up ethnic rivalry in the Balkans so that they could have a pretext for intervening. It was a coldly calculated plan to take over the area, in a move towards the oil wealth of the Caspian Sea.

The U.S. and its NATO allies don't give a hoot about human rights, not here in the U.S. or elsewhere. But this is the new cover. Before these imperialist wars were fought for "freedom and democracy." Now it's supposed to be about human rights. Well, these warmongers might as well be talking abount humming mites, or humid nights; they couldn't care less about the human rights of anyone.

It's all about corporate greed and the need for the capitalist system to keep expanding or face collapse.

The disintegration of the former Soviet Union--which the U.S. also helped to engineer--only emboldened the warmongers in Washington and at the Pentagon, along with their junior partners in Europe.

Come out of the deep sleep of U.S. consumer society. Open your mind to what's going on in the world. Make the links between imperialist war abroad and reactionary domestic policies, like the gutting of the Welfare system.

Guess who's paying for the Pentagon war machine? It ain't the Rockefellers or the Mellons.

Pick up a copy of Nato in the Balkans asap, and tell your friends about it. It's like a breath of fresh air. And in the rancid atmosphere of north America, we all need it.

This book is so inventive and intoxicating. The recipes are unlike ones you see in other cookbooks. This is truly a prize pastry chef's peek into the recipes that made her famous and lauded. This is a definite buy for someone who is somewhat skilled in the pastry department or for someone who wants to learn the next level of desserts, beyond chocolate chip cookies and brownies.

I love this restaurant & have always loved the desserts. I was skeptical about buying the book because most restaurant cookbooks I have purchased never have my favorite recipes from the restaurant. This one has them all & then some!!! My favorite is the warm chocolate ganache cake!!! This cookbook is great & the recipes are easy enough to follow!

Organized by major influence, i.e. Berries; Stone Fruits; Figs, Melons and Grapes; Apples, Pears and Quinces; Citrus Fruits; Tropical Fruits; Vegetables; Nuts; Herbs and Flowers; Spices; Sweet Essences; Cheese, Milk and Cream; Chocolate; and the finale: Signature Composed Desserts.

Impressed by the creativity and sophistication of intense flavors here, e.g. Tamarind-Glazed Mango Napoleons which burst with the richness of mango, enhanced by basil, mint, tamarind and lime; Carmelized Brioche Puddiing with Blackberry Cream and Fresh Blackberries; Lemon-Poppy Seed Shortbread; Pistachio Nut Brittle; Lavender Creme Brulee; Chocolate Biscotti with Pistachios and Sour Cherries.

Her idea of "Composed Desserts" is creative and inspires the home gourmet to experiment with fixing and matching desserts in texture, warm to cold, etc. I've made up one of my own using these recipes and it turned out wonderful. This is fun feature of the book.

This selection is well presented, with nice photography, clear instructions, advise on techniques, sources, etc.

What sets this collection apart is the sophistication of intense, clean flavor combos, e.g. Bay Leaf Flan. This likely isn't for every cook, but will be a turned-to resource for discriminating gourmets who desire to set before their guests a unique and tasteful ending to a meal that will leave a memorable taste and impression.

As a career information technology manager and consultant, currently working in storage area network deployments, I found the book to meet some of my expectations, but miss the boat on others.

A very user-friendly and surprisingly detailed (at times) overview of storage area networking. The basics of the fiber channel protocol and network elements were covered, providing the reader with a firm, yet easy-to-digest foundation in SAN. Other applications, such as disaster recovery, fault tolerance, requirements gathering and analysis, clustering, and backups were also discussed. The book definitely packed a lot of information in a very small space (~170 pages of text).

The greatest weakness of the version that I read (4th printing in 1999), presumably the latest available, was that it focused heavily on arbitrated loop design, and not so much on next generation switch fabrics. The complex arbitrated loop applications that it used as examples have been made obsolete by much simpler, feature-rich fabric switched solutions. And ultra-scalable (cascaded switched fabric) networks were almost entirely ignored. An update on this book is desperately needed, or else it runs the risk of being a history text more than the introductory and quick-reference manual it was intended to be.

Definitely worth the money if you are a beginner needing an overview or if you can get a used copy.

"Designing Storage Area Networks" is a concise and practical introduction to two new and important technologies: Fibre Channel and Storage Area Networks (SANs). The book starts out by describing fibre channel technology and products, then moves on to describe how to build storage area networks using fibre channel components to solve various storage access problems. The book even includes some information to help the reader diagnose problems that might occur with a SAN. If you need to come up to speed on these new technologies, then this is the book for you. Even though I would have liked to see more information on SAN applications, I still recommend this book. The topic is timely, and this book is so useful that the company I work for ordered copies for all sales, marketing, and engineering staff.

This book is deceptively small. Its not even a half inch thick but it is non-stop packed with information... Most books with this much information would be at least 3 times as thick. It is an absolute bargain for the amount of information contained within it. In particular, it goes into great amount of detail on Fibre Channel and the protocols that build SANs. The review of SAN manufacturers in the back of the book was especially helpful. I've purchased books on only a subset of what this book covers for 3 times the price.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a book based on the first few episodes of the show Gilmore Girls. The stories are told from the point of view of 15-year-old Rory. The book begins with Rory wanting to attend a prep school and her mother Lorelai asking her estranged parents for a loan. The author does a wonderful job of summarizing so many episodes in such a short book. This book is definitely worth it if you're a fan of the show who missed those beginning episodes, or you just want to revisit the classic Gilmore Girls.

This is a hilarious book that combines the first few episodes of the first season. This book was really great for someone like me, who missed the first season and needs to get caught up on the show. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time, and trust me that's something because I read alot.

If you are a gilmore girls fan you want to read this book.Its the same as the t.v. show but in a book.Its great it will make you laugh.They have a great relationship as mother and daughter but it seams more like they are best friends.

The Littles are people who are under six inches tall and have tails. They live in the wall of the Bigg's house and have a secret door in the kitchen. I liked this story because it has good characters. They had good ideas about how to get rid of the mice. I didn't like Uncle Pete very much because he only likes weapons.
I would recommend this book to other kids.

Dear John Peterson We are reading The Littles Go Exploring. We just finished the book! This is the first Littles book I have ever read. My favorite part was when they packed the food. The little corn flakes box was funny. My favorite weapon was the firecracker. I got excited when the Littles launched the firecracker.

The Little's is a wonderful book. I loved it.They had the best act.It was funny, but really sad because Tim died.It was not scary, but it was totally sad. Tom was the main character in the whole story.

Being an ardent Agatha Christie fan, Mary Higgins Clark was recommended to me and this was the first volume of her books that I read.

There aren't any detectives like Hercules Poirot or Miss Marple still the stories keep you glued to the book till you reach the end.

'Weep no more, my lady' has a certain Christie's touch. The story is about a young woman Elizabeth. Her sister, Leila is murdered and Ted, her sister's fiance is convicted, with Elizebeth being the only witness. There are other charachters like Leila's friend the Baron and Baroness, her agent, another rival actress. The interesting thing is that each charachter has some motive for the murder. And finally the real murderer turns out to be... (You have to read the book to find out).

'Stillwatch' is about a young reporter who is making a television documentary. But what she does NOT know is that this documentary is linked to her past and will affect her present life. Not much of a mystery here but still an interesting read.

'A cry in the night' reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho and hence the reason for 4 stars.

A good selection for those who have a preference for mysteries (minus politics, violence and sex).

This was the second Mary Higgins Clark book Ive read and I must say the best. My first being silent night. The contents are very intruging, shocking, and captivating. I highly reccomend this book. I gave it 4 stars because some points are too into depth. As a whole this book was intelligently awesome.

If you enjoy these suspenseful books, then this is the book for you. It's a book about a woman named Pat, who is a reporter for a local cable news station that is doing a segment on Senator Abbigal Jennings and how she may become the first female Vice President. Along the way she comes into problems. Pat is starting to get threats about the airing of the segment. What could the Senator be hiding that could put herself at danger to not get elected the first female Vice President?

I read this book for my Political Science course... Excellent reading of facts that obviously won't make the corporate propaganda newspapers... How can anyone ignore the hundreds of thousands of the innocent Iraqis that have died as a result of the inhumane sanctions? And the reasons for the sanctions - violation of UN resolutions... resolutions in which the main offenders, United States and Israel, go unpunished.... Such crimes against humanity are enough to make an athiest into a beleiver in an Ultimate Judgement...

Chomsky and Clark deserve credit for risking their reputations that'll undoubtedly be smeared by propaganda slanderers....

As for the commenter below... Of course the Holocaust is "the most heavily documented event in history"... Its been the subject of the grossest revisions in history.. 50 years from now, people will still be documenting their experiences in the Holocaust...

I am writing in response to the first review here. I just want to say that every intellectual person in the world takes Professor Chomsky seriously. I live in Canada and I remember that in each of his lectures in Toronto there was enormous attendance to listen to him. He is the conscience of the West. He is a person who did not sell himself to the corporations. You can read this book and learn a lot about U.S. foreign policy and its impacts in the lives of people around the world and especially Middle East. After reading this book without any bias you can demand that US foreign policy makers and their suppurates should be charged for crimes against humanity.

This is like one of my first times reading a book like this and It was very insightful and I am very much looking forward to reading more from choamsky in the future. If you don`t agree with the positions taken you will definitely get some interesting facts and I was actually impressed that the issue of Islam religion verses Jews and Christian religion is not really mentioned at all here and by the subject matter you might have thought that that would carry the whole discussion. Very much looking forward to hearing more from this guy.

Part of Strand's inspiration for this book was a conversation with a cab driver who said, "I want to meditate, but I don't want to wear a turban." One of the most telling moments in the book describes Strand's meeting with a former associate; a woman who, like the author, had completely given her life over to Zen, shaving her head, donning robes, and entering a monastery. She asked Strand what he was up to. "Writing a book for those who simply want to meditate in the midst of their daily lives, sort of a 'Meditation without Gurus,'" he answered. There was a moment of silence. "But that's what I wanted," she said. "What happened?" Strand asked. "I don't know."

This book could be read along with "Finite and Infinite Games" and "Breakfast at the Victory," by James P. Carse.

If you already own a shelf-full of books on meditation and Buddhism, this book won't help you much. Or so I thought the first time I read it. Also, if this is your first book on meditation you will undoubtedly feel the burning desire to know more about it and buy others on the subject. Do yourself a favor. Don't.

The first book I read about meditation was "Peace is Every Step" by Thich Nhat Hanh. I remember thinking, "A 6 year-old could get this! Surely there must be more to it than that?" Well, there is. Lots, lots more. But the sad truth is, it can become an endless round of techniques, retreats, frustration, and disappointment. The more ideas you have about what you "should" be doing floating around inside your head, the harder it is to just sit down and be present.

Clark has written a wonderful book for people interested in learning how to meditate without gurus or becoming a Buddhist. Unfortunately, the only people who might see the beauty of this simple approach are people who have already been on the treadmill too long and are exhausted. And while Clark openly shares stories from his journey, it is NOT a book about his struggle with depression. Face it, no one comes to meditation because they are thrilled with their life. We come because we feel a longing for something more; a need to connect to something bigger than ourselves. That something turns out to be no more than present moment. And this book can go a long way towards helping you recognize it if you let it.

Clark, like so many others who have left the monastery or cloister, has learned that like everything else, spirituality too can become a trap - just another obsession that keeps us from living our lives here and now. I'm so glad I picked this book back out of the pile when I did. In rereading Clark's story, I saw the next 10 years of my own life laid out clearly before me. Striving for enlightenment, missing what matters. Thankfully, I also saw the way out. "Be simple. Stay low."

Sometimes simple IS better. And surely meditation is one of those times. Osho has said meditation is nothing more than giving your mind less and less to do. Or, as Clark put's it, it is to stop doing what you normally do. Surely there must be more to it than that? Or is there?

This book provides a simple, non-denominational approach to meditation, that is free of gurus and affectation. Strand, a former Zen Buddhist monk, left monastery life behind for this simple approach to meditation. It's as simple and unaffected as a plain" wooden bowl". Just sit and be present, where we always are anyway. There is no fancy instruction aside from counting the breath from one to four. He advocates the formation of non-hierarchical "present moment groups" to support the practice. This is a perfect and easy to follow primer who those interested in getting started meditating.

While I enjoyed reading this book, all I could think of was the similarity in writing compared to Mary Higgins Clark novels. The herione, living in New York City, successful yet single. The characters were interesting and well developed and the story managed to captiavate my attention throughout the entire story. While this is the first novel I've read by MJC, I plan on reading her others as well. This book is definetly worth a read.

DO YOU PROMISE NOT TO TELL is the second Mary Jane Clark novel that I've read in the past year or so and I have to tell you that I can't wait to read her next. I read a lot of mystery novels and what I enjoy about Clark's books is her ability to transend the usual mystery novel formula b.s. and tell a story of characters, who although they solve a mystery, are people with real life feelings and challenges. Clark draws us into the competitive workaday world of KEY NEWS with the story of Farrell Slater, who has a career that is actually going nowhere fast as we arrive on the scene. Not only does the plot pick up, but so does Farrell's insight and depth as a character as she explores the rareified air of the New York art world of Sotheby's and Christie's and the Russian enclave in Brooklyn as she overcomes numerous personal and professional obstacles. I won't give away the ending, but I will tell you that this book is a great read for anyone who enjoys intelligent, suspense fiction. I hope Clark keeps them coming!

Mary Jane Clark has the gift to bring her characters to life. This is a story of a TV producer, Farrell Slater who is on her last leg of her career. Either she gets the story of a lifetime or she'll be at the unemployment line. She is sent on assignment to an auction house that is selling the famous Faberge egg "The Moon Egg'. The egg sells for a record 6 million dollars. Farrell soon discovers that the egg is a fake and she knows who has the real one. Soon people who are aware of this egg are dying. This could be the story Farrell needs to get her career back or it could be the story to end her life. I had fun trying to figure out who the "bad guy" was. Read this book and have fun with it.

Joe Clark's detractors are the sort of critics who would gleefully detract from anyone who shows the poor taste to believe what they say and say what they mean. It's far easier to construct a rambling, nattering bleat of discontent than it is to actually write a book on web accessibility.

The book is structured to support multiple levels of interest and involvement. If you want to understand the entire history of web accessibility, it's there for the reading, but if you'd prefer to skip the narrative and get to the nitty-gritty how-to, the road signs are clear. In addition, the tools are there for proficiency levels from the first-time web designer who is willing and able to contribute only 101% toward accommodating the disabled to the veteran developer for whom 200% is still insufficient.

Clark makes it clear that not everyone is so well-informed, so esoteric, and so single-minded as he; nor should they be. He merely makes it possible to try. Accommodating, flexible, and wry -- much like the best of the Web -- "Building Accessible Websites" is as many things to as many people as such a book could possibly be.

BUILDING ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES
AUTHOR: Joe Clark
PUBLISHER: New Riders
REVIEWED BY: Barbara Rhoades

BOOK REVIEW: When you build a web site, do you think of what it would be like if you had a disability? What if you were color-blind? How would that wonderful page you just created in the latest colors for this year look to you? Or how about that Flash page your spent hours creating music clips for, sound if you were hard of hearing or deaf?

Most web designers never think about those with handicaps although they should. Among the handicaps web designers need to think about when designing are those with limited mobility, learning disabilities such as Dyslexia, the blind or low vision, and of course the hard of hearing or deaf.

Our televisions have closed caption so why not a web site? As for color, most people with color blindness see blues and browns. Do you as a web designer remember to use alt texts on every image? Just how many links does it take to navigate to something on your site? Have you ever used a screen reader? How many times have you used a Reset button on a form?

All of these things and more can be explored in Building Accessible Websites". Even the CD thinks about accessibility - the whole book can be read on the computer! Finally, there is an appendix on accessibility and the legal aspects a designer needs to know. If you are truly building web sites for the future, this book will help you make sure everyone can use the site.

Building Accessible Websites is a stunning book.

Accessibility is not an afterthought anymore. It is a vital component of the World Wide Web for Personal, Professional and Commercial websites.

This book is not a theoretical discussion about the right thing to do, but a compelling guide to techniques and practices to enhance the ability of websites to convey their messages.

With concrete code examples not only as a how to, but why they are important by browser, technology and display, Joe guides you through the minefield of what works, what doesn't, and offers you suggestions to add value to what you do.

From how the disabled use computers, through structure, navigation, to testing and certification, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced methods of creating or adding accessibilty to your websites are clearly provided.

Joe Clark presents a powerful and relentless case for accessibility that needs to be read by every practitioner of website building.