This is an excellent book for anyone who wishes to not only understand the theory behind latent growth curve modeling but also seeing how it is directly applied in a number of situations. For a reader like me who depends upon the literature to help understand newer statistical approaches, a book like this is a breath of fresh air. The book presents very clearly how to set up a basic LGC model and includes other topics such as dealing with missing data, interaction effects and multilevel approaches to longitudinal data analysis. The appendix contains a number of example LGCM models in the software language of EQS, LISREL and AMOS. I most highly recommend this text for beginners and more advanced modelers alike!

Introduction to Old testament Wisdom is a scholarly and interesting overview of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Solomon and related New Testament verses. It is designed for undergraduate college use and has review questions at the end of each chapter. For a more in-depth commentary specifically on Proverbs read THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF PROVERBS by Cody Jones. There are 6 popular translations of Proverbs, an interesting commentary and numerous drawings and photos to give you a sense of the culture of the time. Many of the mysteries and riddles of Proverbs are explored with surprising new answers.

Just like Coulson's 'Teach Yourself Sanskrit' is used in several universities to learn/teach Sanskrit, so is this Warder's 'Introduction to Pali.'
It's a very thorough work, covering 30 lessons, from +- 20 pages per lesson (pp. 10-374.) There's a part dealing with 'Principal Parts of Verbs' (pp. 375-381), a bibliography with interesting references (pp. 382-285), a Pali-English vocabulary (pp. 386-414), a English-Pali vocabulary (pp. 415-448), Abbreviations (p. 449), a Grammatical Index (pp. 450-458), Addenda (p. 459) and an Appendix (p. 460.)
Warder's writing style invites one to read and study further than one's physical capacities would allow: a clear, sit-back-relax-style without pushing and a smooth gradual build-up. The pages look very inviting (eventhough the font may be a little bit dated) and one has the feeling of very quick advancement, eventhough the lessons 'pro capita' contain relatively little information. Of course, having finished the course book, one realizes what wealth of knowledge one has achieved. This is different from Coulson's 'TY Sanskrit' where one is bombarded with information (too dense) each lesson, eventhough his style is also to be appreciated. One also acquires a lot of information, but the processing takes longer.
Warder also deals only with canonical texts and says he knows from experience that 'extensive reading is the easiest way to learn a language' (p. ix.) Therefore, a lot of reading exercises are included with a gradual build-up in difficulty level.
Eventhough the build-up is gradual, the book is not advisable for students lacking a linguistic background in ancient Indo-European languages (flexion, many tenses,...) For them the book might be rather difficult.

This book is a perfect introduction to Stochastic Process for Physicists.However it is only an introduction.Our friends Economists are much ahead of us Physicists in the use of stochastic process . So for example the book do not explain ITO calculus and therefore the reader never knows that the stochastic differential equation is just symbolic. That the integrals involving paths do not exist and have to be interpreted like ITO or Stratonovich. I recomend another book like the one by Thomas Mikoshch or the one by Fima Klebaner for further studies

Whether you stand for or against continuing the sanctions regime, this title is a must read. Easily the best summary of the current situation in Iraq presently available. The compendium of events in and of itself is of great value, but the greater value here is the insight provided into the strategy that Saddam Hussein is using to remove the sanctions.

Incredibly Informative Book can be used for a variety of History of Political Science projects, but is also a fun read. Exciting and Accurate.

When I wrote this book on Jamaica Plain, MA
I was amazed at the rich history of this neighborhood of Boston that was once a part of Roxbury and originally known as the Jamaica End of town. With the Arnold Arboretum, and the Bussey Institute, Jamaica Plain became part of the Emerald Necklace and retains a bucolic and suburban setting. Hopefully, a text history of Jamaica Plain will be written shortly to augment this
photographic history.
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Sir, The publisher quoted in the title line holds the rights about JEAN DUNAND, by A. Delorenzo published in 1985. Now, as I am planning to reproduce a few excerpts from that book, I need to ask permission of the publisher. Jean Dunand was my grand-father. Would you be so kind as to provide me with the E-mail or Internet address of this publisher, for I do not know how to get in touch with them ? Yours sincerely.

PS. I am sorry to use the review form, but I did not find any way to contact you otherwise.

This is an amazing little book that presents the true underlying meaning of two of the Old Testament's most beloved books: Jonah and the Whale, and Story of Job. Both stories provide the author with extremely fertile ground for applying modern Jungian principles to ancient Biblical teachings. In the process, a brand new developmental approach to the problem of evil is gradually presented, all the way down to the reality of hell itself. No where else will the reader find such a psychologically rich description of hell and purgatory.

The immediate irony of Joe Blow is its sub-title. What Mr. Herron has collected here are ordinary stories of an extraordinary person, stories which open and flower before us precisely because of the messages they are revealed to contain. Mr. Herron is a man of studied vision - a vision unveiled over and over throughout Joe Blow. By describing himself as an ordinary person, Mr. Herron has conceived a Trojan Horse, which carries us through stories of his life events as though they could easily have happened to us. They could have. Mr. Herron's message is that it is not the event that is defining but rather the recognition of the event in life's greater context. That is the secret of Joe Blow. Life - any life - can be as thrilling as a child's Easter egg hunt. Mr. Herron reminds us, in one hilarious story after another, that the eggs are already hidden, waiting for our personal discovery. Will we recognize them? After reading Joe Blow, there's a good chance you will.

Steven Okin is a short, syndicated columnist who, before reading Joe Blow, wished he were taller.