If you want to learn about the science of ecology .... here's the book to read.. It it is scholarly, without being didactic --- entertaining, without being trivial.

The author seems to come right out of the pages and invite the reader into his thoughts. You'll find yourself immersed in the subject, and talking back with questions, which seem to answer themselves as you go on to subsquent pages.

I didn't become an expert in the subject by reading this book, but I certainly did gain a greater respect for it, as well as for the author. Read it!!

This book contains direct information gleaned from an exhaustive search of the US Archives with corraborative testimony from eyewitnesses and insiders. I was originally loaned this book by a retired USAF Colonel who worked in Project Blue Book. He would tell me very little, but pointed me towards several books which he told me would give me "a pretty good picture of what's going on". The material in this book is well validated and is as far reaching as it is shocking. It is so revealing that I came away from it feeling that I always knew more about this subject than I had allowed myself to cognize. It does help one to see why our government keeps what they know a secret. Another equally revealing book that should be read as a companion volume is: "The Case for the UFO" By M.K.Jessup, I no longer remember how to get a copy of this. Interestingly, I was allowed to borrow a book which conclusively proved that M.K. Jessup was assasinated by someone after he refused an "Official" request not to publish book two of "The Case for the UFO" I believe the title was "The Mysterious Death of M.K. Jessup". (A ten year investigation went into this book. The detective also accidentally uncovered physical evidence of the "Philadelphia Experiment" which is also discussed in "Clear Intent".) I returned these books to him as he was adamant that aquiring copies was nearly impossible. If you are interested in this subject GET or read "Clear Intent".

This is an excellent book for pediatric residents and medical students in pediatric rotations. The book is organized by symptom e.g. abdominal pain, chronic cough, and it provides a comprehensive list of differential diagnosis, flow charts for diagnosis, as well as short discussions on most common diseases associated with that particular symptom. A must for pediatric rounds.

This is probably the best single text I have ever seen for the practicing physician interested in clinical gastroenterology. The book is practical, clearly written and does not contain a great deal of extraneous material or information of interest only to laboratory scientists. Illustrations and tables are excellent. The text is very up to date. The physiologic descriptions are concise and valuable. All in all a must for any physician who comes in contact with patients who may have digestive diseases.

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This is a well-researched, carefully thought out book that explores the important field of cognitive therapy case conceptualization through the lens of several major diagnoses clinicians will encounter.
The author has put much time and effort into helping clinicians really understand at a deep and broad level the phenomenology of their clients' experiences when they present for therapy. He uses a very helpful case conceptualization diagram--his own--to assist each reader in highlighting the key features of a case and uses this to generate hypotheses as to where to go clinically with such a client.
I especially appreciated some parts of the book that dealt with mindfulness [now a hot area in cognitive therapy, less so when this book came out] and its possible use in CT. Also good were descriptions of and rationales for various techniques to use that emanate from a solid understanding of each client.
The book gives nice examples throughout, so it is not dry as some therapy books can be. It is well-organized, well-researched, and written in an accessible style.
I feel that any clinician reading this will better understand the nature of the disorders mentioned (e.g., depression, panic, ocd, gad, and several others). S/he will also draw useful ideas as to how to intervene most effectively, even with challenging cases and their respective problems.
The author wisely provides dialogue drawn from therapy sessions so that the reader is able to be like a fly on the wall as the ideas in the book are implemented in real therapy sessions by a talented clinician.
I have used this book as a text in a graduate course and the students found it very helpful in deepening their grasp of CT. I believe seasoned professionals would still learn much from the material here and the clear ways that these helpful ideas are presented.
I recommend it very highly.

We have an original copy of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEW, SILVER JUBILEE RECORD NUMBER 1910-1935, we were wandering if it had any value or not. Please let me know , if you have any idea.

Thank you: Keith

In my opinion, the essay is the literary form where Chesterton's brilliance shines the brightest, and so these Illustrated News collections make for great reading. This volume, containing the columns from 1929-1931, is one of my favorites because he deals with a greater diversity of topics than, say, during the WWI years.

Chesterton was never afraid to poke fun at his own self or reputation, and in one of the first and funniest essays in the collection, titled " If I Was a Preacher," he remarks that a Utopia would be a place where he would be gagged and rendered speechless. He moves on in subsequent columns to confront the ideas of the era: the rise of Darwinism and scientism, the emergence of psychology and sociology as serious science, gender politics, prohibition, etc. Among the personalities he remarks on are H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, Abraham Lincoln, T.S. Eliot, and Albert Einstein. Chesterton is especially entertaining when writing about modernism, and the myopia of a society which considered itself superior just because it was modern. There are a dozen or so essays on that alone. They make interesting reading because they are so applicable to the 21st century world, too.

For example: in a column here from August 1931, GKC satirizes the "modern" logic that says that marriage vows went out with Victorian dresses; he reasons that Socratic ideals must have gone out with long tunics, or that Spinoza's mathematics no longer made sense when he took off his shirt. Even those long familiar with Chesterton will find provocative and surprising reading here.

This book does a hell of a good job reminding us of the quick rules and formulas of college algebra. Examples are given for every instance, and in most cases are exactly what the doctor ordered. A great quick reference, can't go wrong here for 6 bucks! Many thanks to the author!!

I wanted to learn about combinatorial optimization for a particular application in cluster analysis, and this book hit the mark. This is a clearly written overview of the application of general dynamic programming to cluster analysis, object sequencing and seriation, and other data analysis problems "in which the arrangement of a collection of objects is absolutely central." [from the Preface]