This paper is an overview of part of the contents of my ongoing book Ethnic and Political Cleansing. I have backed away from my original intention of giving an overview of the entire book and its conclusions , since such a paper would appear absurdly over-generalized, with space for hardly any empirical content. I have focussed upon the macro structures and processes which bring dangerous possi...

Predators is a unique contribution because it discusses specific strategies to reduce the likelihood of victimization. This book is a collection of strategies gleaned from the authors’ experience as law enforcement officers; therefore, it is a qualitative book based on case experience and technique. The authors explore various types of crime, giving a synopsis of the characteristics common to e...

This little book has been written to assist nurses Preparing for the examinations required by the General Cursing Council and to create an interest in the pathological investigations carried out on their patients. The rst half of the book consisting of 16 pages is devoted 0 the classification and the study of bacteria, fungi, Protozoa, and animal parasites, and the second half to cllnical patho...

The book A Generative Theory of Shape (Michael Leyton, Springer-Verlag, 2001) develops new foundations for geometry specifically designed to give a single mathematical language for the enormous range of information objects involved in the product lifecycle. This is done by giving a mathematical theory of the structure of intelligently-generated objects. It is argued that intelligence is charact...

This is a most useful contribution to a subject which is of the greatest value to every surgeon. The book consists of five chapters and an appendix, the former dealing with the surface markings of the several divisions of the human body, and the latter giving notes on the dimensions and weights of various organs and brief particulars of the ossification of the bones of the extremities. The book...

This short book for adolescents is one of a series giving information in story form, about careers. It is a useful idea and the essential facts about social work are correctly conveyed. Most important of all, is the skilful way in which the author has woven into her story the kind of personality needed for this type of work. Apart from the inappropriate dust cover (showing a nurse in uniform) t...

In these days of increasing public awareness of mental health and illness, any attempt to provide a cheap popular manual must command interest. Dr. Casson's is the latest. His short book, in Foyle's Health Handbooks series, describes the more common psychiatric conditions in common sense terms, and an atmosphere of optimism. To this extent it will help to dispel ignorance and prejudice. He avoi...

It is unusual to receive a book for review in which nothing can be found to criticise but, after carefully reading this History of Dermatology, it is impossible to do anything but give it unqualified praise. The book is made up of two hundred and eleven interesting pages. It covers in an accurate, clear, concise and complete manner the history of dermatology from its beginnings down to the pres...

series of appendices giving normal values for biochemical haematological and many other indices and includes a reasonably comprehensive table of drug dosages. The book is a tribute in itself to the position that the Belfast Neonatal Unit holds in the forefront of this specialty and its best recommendation as a practical handbook is the falling perinatal mortality in the Province in recent years...