This is a great text for laying out the basics of what the WTO actually means for environmental problem-solving in global politics. The introduction is clear cut and accessible. The intros to each of the separate case studies: tobacco control; the reformulated gasoline case; the beef hormones case; the shrimp-turtle case; and a hypothetical GMO case are concise and readable. The bibliographies are invaluable. As in all anthologies, some of the individual chapters are uneven. Wish I could afford this book!

This is the story of the most famous and outspoken member of the Great Yankee Teams of The Late 1970's. This book will take you from Reggie's childhood to his days with the Oakland A's, The Baltimore Orioles, The Yankees, and the California (now Anaheim ) Angels. You will read his version about his quotes to the press, his relationship with Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner. A must for all Yankee Fans.

Jackson's book uses the community of Cochabamba as a case study to examine life in rural Bolivia from colonial times to the present. Relying on archival materials from Cochabamba to develop his analysis, Jackson challenges the tendency to portray Andean natives as hapless victims of modernity. His examination of agrarian, economic, political, and demographic history clearly demonstrates that peasant natives of Bolivia have played, and continue to play, an active role in that nation's development.

Much like Nils Jacobsen's excellent book, Mirages of Transition: The Peruvian Altiplano, 1780-1930, Jackson's book depicts a highly resilient peasant population that continues to flourish despite centuries of exploitation and displacement. This book is an example of how to do research using rural archives. It is a must-read for students of Bolivia and the Andes generally in addition to those interested in demographic or economic history.

WHAT A REMARKABLE JOURNY. I SURE WISH THAT DISNEY WOULD MAKE THIS INTO A MOVIE FOR THEATERS. I CAN HARDLY BELIVE THAT THOSE TWO LITTLE BOYS MADE THAT REMARKABLE CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY! YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK

This book presents in the space of some 200 pages, split into 9 chapters, a clear and concise introduction to a state-of-the-art approach to requirements engineering (RE). It starts out by introducing a generic RE process, which is then instatiated, later in the book, into concrete processes for generating stakeholder requirements (i.e. user requirements) and system requirements.

The beautiful thing aboout this generic process (and the concrete ones to follow it) is that V&V and change management are intrinsically part of it. The authors are particularly strong in their treatment of traceability. They have gone into an unusual depth. The book has some good advice on writing better requirements . In particular, I find the idea of requirements boilerplates (i.e. templates for each class of requirements) extremely useful. The book concludes with an introduction/demonstration of the DOORS RE tool, from Telelogic (the affiliation of two of the authors).

Overall, this is an excellent book that every requirements engineer, should have on their desk.

This is a great little book detailing the incredible auto race from New York to Paris (the long way. Neat pictures and story are geared for the young reader.

I stumbled upon this book while touring the MCA in Chicago last month. I was very suprised. Not only had i never heard of Robin & Lucienne Day, but I didnt even know Britain had a real modernism movement that could have spawned these two pioneers. It was amazing to me especially because of the parallels with Charles & Ray Eames. In both cases the women (Lucienne Day & Ray Eames) were the more playful and abstract thinkers, often using their vision to tackle fabric design, textiles, sculpture, home accessories. The men (Robin Day & Charles Eames), often inspired by their wives' intuitive and playful sense of design, used their engineering knowledge and a keen sense of the modern aesthetic to change how the 20th Century viewed furniture design. Along with the American and other European design modernists, the Day's also began to experiment in bold and minimal uses of basic materials, such as plywood, aluminum, steel, fiberglass, and plastics. Their early designs from the late 1930s/early 1940s are some of the most startling and beautiful pieces of furniture I've seen, easily comparing to many other minimalists such as Eames and George Nelson, particularly. They were also one of the first designers of compatible storage units (a la Eames/Nelson), which helped to revolutionize living rooms all over Europe. Upon fingering through the book, it is easy to tell that all of the designers of the time were aware of each others work, as many pieces of Lucienne and Robin Day look very similar to other designers of the time. But I think that kind of mutual admiration was one of the reasons that period of design (1930s-1960s) was so important. It helped to further the ideas and aesthtics of the modernism movement into daily life, the middle class, and the history books. Check out Lucienne Day's textile designs especially close...you will see how much her designs impacted the funky 1950s fabrics that were in every post-war home in the US. Some of them are really out there, and some are just really minimal and beautiful. If you are at all interested in mid-century design, this book is a MUST. It provides a more global understanding of how design impacted society in the mid-century, and how many of these modernists are regaining their influence after all these years.

Different recipes; the place I go for something a little out of the ordinary. A number of the recipes such as Fresh Broccoli Salad w/ Custard Dressing and Tipsy Tenderloins have become old favorites. The only disappointment was an applesauce cake that obviously had the wrong measurements. If I could only have 6 cookbooks, this would be one of them!!

This book would be good for anyone wanting a little insight into what happened to orphan children before our current welfare system existed.

The book can be read as an adventure story about orphan children surviving the streets of New York. It starts with a young orphan boy named Kip who runs with a group of boys who are simply trying to survive on the streets of New York with no adult assistance. It tells how they trade coal and find other ways to get food in order to survive. It even shows how easily they found themselves placed in jail or just disappearing off the streets to parts unknown. The story shows you a few different views of how children suddenly found themselves orphaned in the big city. You can't help but wonder what would have happened to children like this if the Children's Aid Society of New York hadn't been started by Rev. Charles Brace.

Then, the story takes you through the children overhearing the adults discussing how the children will only remain dependent on society unless they can be placed in family situations. Then we learn about the orphan trains. I only vaguely remember reading about the orphan trains in the past, but after reading this book, I would like to learn more. This touching story takes you all the way from the streets of New York to the orphan children being placed with farm families in Michigan who love and care for them. There is list at the end of the story for further reading on Rev. Charles Loring Brace and the orphan trains for people who want to learn more. This book is good for a boy, girl or adult who would like to read about how some orphan children survived in the late 1800s to the early 1920s.

--- reviewed by Tammy for Christian Bookshelf

When is the second one coming out