Aging Populations and the Workforce: Challenges for Employers
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    The New Basel Capital Accord
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    Benton E. Gup
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    Becoming operational in 2007, the Basel Capital Accord initiative is an effort to bring order to international capital markets and level the playing field for banks. Bottom line, officials hope to align capital with the risks faced by banks. However, despite the worldwide endorsements by regulators, the Accord may not be the “sure thing” everyone hopes it will be. It is very costly to implement and is not suitable for all banks. The question remains, though: Will it succeed? Gathering perspectives from the top minds in the field of international banking and finance, Gup's intriguing book The New Basel Capital Accord offers authoritative, provocative, and practical discussion and analysis of the impact of the Accord and discusses new opportunities for regulatory arbitrage.

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    4 out of 5 stars A Good Read!.......2004-11-22

    This collection of articles and academic studies varies widely in tone and readability, but provides a much-needed critical look at the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II). This international agreement on bank capital standards, scheduled to replace the 1988 Basel Capital Accord (Basel I) in 2006, will directly affect 10 to 20 of the biggest banks in the U.S., but may have a ripple effect on smaller institutions. The expert authors gathered here agree that Basel I, though ground-breaking and necessary, was too simplistic. However, the solutions proposed by Basel II create new problems in addition to solving old ones. Just as Basel I did not prevent the worldwide financial crises of the late 1980s and early 1990s, new problems are already arising that are not adequately addressed by Basel II. The new accord is an important step, but may best be understood as an evolving process rather than a set of ironclad rules. We recommend this book to bank regulators, managers of large banks and anyone else with a vested interest in international banking standards.
    The New Basel Capital Accord and Sme Financing: Smes And the New Rating Culture (Research Report in Finance and Banking)
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      The New Basel Capital Accord and Sme Financing: Smes And the New Rating Culture (Research Report in Finance and Banking)
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      The New Basel Capital Accord: The Remaining Challenges Report of a Ceps Task Force
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        PR Newswire : Boston, Philadelphia, Sites of February LoanPerformance Symposiums; Focus on Basel Capital Accord and New Prepayment and Loss Mitigation Solutions.
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          PR Newswire : Boston, Philadelphia, Sites of February LoanPerformance Symposiums; Focus on Basel Capital Accord and New Prepayment and Loss Mitigation Solutions.

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          Capital requirements, business loans, and business cycles: An empirical analysis of the standardized approach in the new Basel capital accord (Finance and economics discussion series)
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              Elizabeth Mays
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              The New Basel Capital Accord
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                Benton E. Gup
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                New Basel Capital Accord
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                  Benton E. Gup
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                  The new Basel Capital Accord incentive compatible ?
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                    The new Basel Capital Accord incentive compatible ?
                    Paul H Kupiec
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                    The new Basel Capital Accord: The devil is in the (calibration) details (IMF working paper)
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                      The new Basel Capital Accord: The devil is in the (calibration) details (IMF working paper)
                      Paul H Kupiec
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                      First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions.
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                      • Concise information and generally excellent editing
                      First Amendment: Cases, Comments, Questions.
                      Jesse H. Choper
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                      ASIN: 0314162569

                      Product Description

                      This book is designed for a two or three unit course in the First Amendment. The authors present the materials in a way that permits instructors to depart from the organization of the casebook with relative ease. The authors also try to expose students to original perspectives or perspectives they might otherwise miss. Notes and questions enable students to study the variety of competing views embodying the First Amendment as they emerge from concrete cases rather than from abstract characterization and classification imposed on the student at the outset of the study.

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                      4 out of 5 stars Concise information and generally excellent editing.......2007-03-27

                      It's hard to write a good, concise First Amendment text - there's just too many nuanced areas of free speech law, church and state, and miscellaneous protections like expressive association. But Chopper does a pretty good job of covering what he wants to cover and also covering all that those areas need covered.

                      First, the cases are well-edited and deliver the essential information in the cases. There have been many times where I've gone to read the rest of the case, but that's because -as someone who likes to write on the topic- I'm more interested in the full versions than a short version. But often, the core of the case holdings are in the textbook effectively, which is what I think most comprehensive law school classes are aiming for.

                      Second, the book is pretty good (though not perfect) at avoiding bombarding the reader with questions to promote thought on various topics ("Should the First Amendment protect [insert difficult item here]?"). Generally, I've found that law students just don't have time to stop and contemplate all the questions that text book "notes and comments" sections ask. Other books certainly take this too far, but Choper does well in keeping it pretty reduced.

                      Finally, the case selection is generally excellent. I haven't yet encountered any sections that are lacking a foundational case. Sometimes cases are given only footnote or comments and notes status, but again, in First Amendment law that may be inevitable (unless you want to do a multi-volume set).

                      All in all, a pretty good book and review of the applicable law. First Amendment litigants or those specializing in First Amendment law will obviously need to read beyond the pages of this book.

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                      Shiffrin the First Amendment, Cases-Comments-Questions, 2002
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                        Shiffrin the First Amendment, Cases-Comments-Questions, 2002
                        Steven H. Shiffrin , and Jesse H. Choper
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                        1991 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases-Comments-Questions (American Casebook Series)
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                          Steven H. Shiffrin , and Jesse H. Choper
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                          1992 supplement to the First Amendment: Cases, comments, questions (American casebook series)
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                            Steven H Shiffrin
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                            The 1993 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases, comments, questions (American casebook series)
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                              The 1993 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases, comments, questions (American casebook series)
                              Steven H Shiffrin
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                              1995 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases Comments Questions
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                                Steven H. Shiffrin , and Jesse H. Choper
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                                1996 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases---Comments---Questions (American Casebook Series)
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                                  1996 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases---Comments---Questions (American Casebook Series)
                                  Steven H. Shiffrin
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                                  1998 Supplement to the First Amendment : Cases Comments   Questions (American Casebook Series) (3rd ed)
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                                    Steven H. Shiffrin
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                                    1999 Supplement to the First Amendment: Cases- Comments-Questions (American Casebooks (Paperback))
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                                      Steven H. Shiffrin , and Jesse H. Choper
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                                      First Amendment, Cases Comments Questions, 1994 Supplement
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                                        The Oysters of Locmariaquer (P.S.)
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                                        • Behind the Oysters is the Landscape
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                                        The Oysters of Locmariaquer (P.S.)
                                        Eleanor Clark
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                                        ASIN: 0060887427
                                        Release Date: 2006-05-09

                                        Book Description

                                        On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that maintain the supply of the famous Belon oysters, called les plates ("the flat ones"). A vivid account of the cultivation of Belon oysters and an excursion into the myths, legends, and rich, vibrant history of Brittany and its extraordinary people, The Oysters of Locmariaquer is also an unforgettable journey to the heart of a fascinating culture and the enthralling, accumulating drama of a unique devotion.

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                                        5 out of 5 stars Behind the Oysters is the Landscape.......2004-12-31

                                        The opening line of this book is:
                                        "WHAT YOU NOTICE in the month of May is the tiles, like roof tiles but white, stacked by thousands at one point after another along the shore."

                                        The last line on page 203 is:
                                        "BENEFICIENT Oyster, good to taste, good for the stomach and the soul, grant us the blessing of your further mystery."

                                        In between these 200 pages concerning oysters, Eleanor Clark wrote a definitive classic on the amalgamation of geography, human history, ecology, and commerce. One reads much of the mystery or the character of this mollusk at this Breton coast. It expresses itself through the human being just as it does through its own.

                                        These oysters of Locmariaquer can be appreciated or thought of in two ways. How they are farmed in this northwestern Breton Coast can be thought of as being incidental. The important thing, some argues, this is a place of scenary, good oyster eating, and tourism. Or one can see with an understanding eye, as the author wants the reader to see, at the landscape. This Locmariaquer landscape, with the oysters, is repleted with the rich voice of its ancestors, myths, history, and human foibles.

                                        Equipped with this behind the scene knowledge, the mystery of the Locmariquer mollusk is revealed. Now we can trippingly roll off our tongue why these Breton oysters are dear to the gourmet. Put on a few more dozens of these oysters on the barbie, won't you? No, not on the doll.


                                        *Note: This book was published in 1964. In the 1970s, some if not all of the oyster varieties named in the book had been devastated by parasites. Today, the region is cultivating the hardier Japanese oyster, the Japanese naissain (the Gigas) variety, to sustain the industry and a way of life.

                                        4 out of 5 stars A bad oyster...........2001-05-31

                                        I read the book with great anticipation. Bought some oysters as well to go along with the whole experience - some little French ones. Prepared them as Ms Clark suggested. Ate them with a chilled chablis. Half and hour later - sick as dog, sick as dog. Turns out the best way to prepare oysters is not (repeat not) to let them sit on the back porch in the sun all day. Never make a mistake twice and won't eat those Belon oysters again. But the book was quite good

                                        5 out of 5 stars A little cooking, a little history, a little poetry.......2000-07-13

                                        About 25 years ago I stumbled upon Eleanor Clark's history of the oyster beds in Normandy, or her memoir of living near the oyster beds. It's been a long time, but it was simply the best combination of food writing, history, travel writing and poetry that I ever read (yes, I'm reviewing a book that I read 25 years ago, but it stayed with me). My sister and her family are going to be living in Normandy, so I have to buy it for them, and reread it myself. It's unique; it makes every other book about travel and food and "our life in ...." seem pallid.
                                        THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
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                                          THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
                                          Eleanor Clark
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                                          The Oysters Of Locmariaquer
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                                            ELEANOR CLARK
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                                            The oysters of Locmariaquer. With drawings by Leonid
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                                              The oysters of Locmariaquer. With drawings by Leonid
                                              Eleanor Clark
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                                              The Oysters of Locmariaquer
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                                                Eleanor Clark
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                                                Metazoan Life without Oxygen
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                                                  Metazoan Life without Oxygen

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                                                  Fundamentals of preparative organic chemistry
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                                                    Reinhart Keese
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                                                    Metodos De Laboratorio Para Quimica Organica / Fundamentals of Preparative Organic Chemistry
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                                                      R. Keese
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                                                      Quantum Mechanics: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course (Advanced Texts in Physics)
                                                      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                                                      • The best quantum introduction
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                                                      • Brilliant, concise and orginal!
                                                      Quantum Mechanics: A Modern and Concise Introductory Course (Advanced Texts in Physics)
                                                      Daniel R. Bes
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                                                      By systematically covering both the Heisenberg and Schrödinger realizations, the book emphasizes the essential principles of quantum mechanics, which remain hidden within the usual derivations of the wave equation. Moreover, this presentation not only covers the material which is traditionally presented in textbooks, but also is especially suitable for introducing the spin, i.e., the most important quantum observable. This emphasis on spin paves the way for a presentation of recent quantum-mechanical concepts such as entanglement and decoherence, and to recent applications including cryptography, teleportation and quantum computation.

                                                      "I am very impressed with Dr. Bes' approach to the subject, the clarity of his exposition, and the timeliness of the examples, many of which are taken from the most recent developments of the "old-new" field of quantum mechanics" ( Prof. J. Roederer)

                                                      Customer Reviews:

                                                      5 out of 5 stars The best quantum introduction.......2006-03-28

                                                      I've used the text as an introduction to quantum mechanics in electronic engineering and the results were great. The book is certainly concise, mathematical preliminaries are short and useful, and the approach is simple but the scope is important. It is very axiomatic and from a few principles I could solve the problems of the Schaum Edition devoted to Quantum Mechanics without reading the theoretical part. I've read several books introducing quantum mechanics, and I consider this was the best.

                                                      1 out of 5 stars Do not waste your money.......2006-01-10

                                                      They call this book "concise" and they aren't kidding. An example is the section on addition of angular momentum: its one page. An amazing 4 and a half pages is devoted to the harmonic oscillator! The bottom line of this book is that its far too "concise". It seems like it was thrown together in a single weekend. If you already know quantum mechanics and are looking for mastery or deeper understanding, or just a review, there isn't enough here to get that. On the other hand, if you're learning QM for the first time, this book is completely worthless. In the end its unfortunate because I think the author has a talent for explanation, he should have taken the time to write a solid book that wasn't concise but useful.

                                                      5 out of 5 stars Brilliant, concise and orginal!.......2005-04-23

                                                      The book is simple great, it covers both formulation of quantum mechanics, Heisenberg's and Schrödinger's, some problems, as the harmonic oscilator are cover in both points of view. The modern applications such as teletransportation, quantum cryptography and new interpretations of quantum mechanics (different from Copenhague's one) are introduced in a clever and concise way. The book is great for an introductory course but also as reference. Dr. Bès makes use of his amazing trajectory and intelligence in this book and develops a unique textbook.
                                                      Modern Introductory Physics (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)
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                                                        Modern Introductory Physics (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)
                                                        C.H. Holbrow , J.N. Lloyd , J.C. Amato , E. Galvez , M.E. Parks , Lloyd , and Amato
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                                                        1. Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

                                                        ASIN: 038798576X

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                                                        This novel text structures a one-semester course of introductory physics around the question: "Why do we believe in atoms and their properties?" Its theme is thus much of 19th and 20th century physics, but it also connects these topics to classical physics. The treatment emphasizes quantitative reasoning and analysis: how are the ideas of physics inferred from the data, and how are the data acquired? After a brief review of the basic terminology of mechanics, the book begins by introducing the atoms of chemistry: elements, compounds, chemical reactions, valence. It then turns to the physicist's hard- sphere atoms: ideal gases, pressure, temperature, viscosity. The first hint of subatomic structure comes from the discovery of the electron, and the discussion thus turns to electricity, magnetism, light, and x- rays. This leads in turn to waves and relativity. The internal structure of the atom (i.e. the nucleus) was discovered in the early part of the 20th century, and the book concludes with the modern insights into the atom: photons radioactivity, the particle/wave duality, quantum mechanics, the Bohr model, and closes the circle back to the chemist's atom with Moseley's law and the periodic table. A large number of problems, some of them based on computer spreadsheets, as well as laboratory exercises serve to clarify students' understanding.
                                                        Modern Physics: An Introductory Text
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                                                        • An excellent book for an overview
                                                        Modern Physics: An Introductory Text
                                                        Jeremy I. Pfeffer , and Shlomo Nir
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                                                        ASIN: 1860942504

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                                                        This book originated from the need for a suitable student text for the course "An Introduction to Modern Physics" given at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This course is open to all students who have completed the standard first-year physics courses in mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism. Its primary goal is to produce graduates who are - whatever their field of specialisation - "modern-physics-literate". The presentation of the course material emphasises the physical aspects of the phenomena.

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                                                        4 out of 5 stars An excellent book for an overview.......2007-09-01

                                                        This book is not that available everywhere, may be for marketing reason. But this book is one of the best physics books I have read for an overview on the modern physics. It is so wonderfully arranged and compact that to find one thing you will not have to go through 5 chapters. Very coherent.

                                                        The Throne of Labdacus: A Poem
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                                                        • glistening new formalism
                                                        • Stunning!
                                                        • Not the Right Throne
                                                        • DESERVES "THE DIONYSUS ROSETTE" AND ALL THE LAURELS
                                                        • DESERVES THE TOP PRIZES
                                                        The Throne of Labdacus: A Poem
                                                        Gjertrud Schnackenberg
                                                        Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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                                                        Winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.
                                                        A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2000.

                                                        The first warning passing through Thebes--
                                                        As small a sound

                                                        As a housefly alighting from Persia
                                                        And stamping its foot on a mound

                                                        Where the palace once was;
                                                        As small a moth chewing thread

                                                        In the tyrant's robe;
                                                        As small as the cresting of red

                                                        In the rim of an injured eye; as small
                                                        As the sound of a human conceived

                                                        A compelling, lyric telling of the story of Oedipus, and of "what happens outside the play," in the experience of the god who is its presiding oracle: Apollo, the god of poetry, music, and healing. Given the task of setting the Sophocles text to music, the god is woven reluctantly into its world of riddles, unanswered questions, partially disclosed objects, and ambiguous second-hand reports--a world where the gods, as much as humans, are subject to the binding claims of fate and necessity.

                                                        Gjertrud Schnackenberg draws upon ancient fragments and allusions to Oedipus and upon folk-tales about the origin of the Greek alphabet to present a vision of the tragedy's essential unknowableness, where the destinies of gods and humans secretly mingle in the unfolding of time, and where Zeus's laws, which suffuse the great tragedy's world, are as invisible and as inviolable as physical laws.

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                                                        5 out of 5 stars glistening new formalism.......2003-04-05

                                                        Her writing in this book is elegant, elegiac modern formalism. She's such a marvelous poet. Reading this book, every word & every syllable feel so perfect. She's a very careful, brilliant poet you can trust. This book of course is based on the Oedipus which she spent years studying, Labdacus being Oedipus's father; & she uses that firm foundation for her own incredibly beautiful, brilliant, modern/classical writing. This is a book I return to more than almost any other. If you read it I hope it will feel so important to you, too.

                                                        5 out of 5 stars Stunning!.......2001-09-09

                                                        A sad, beautiful meditation on fate, the power of music and poetry to express (even to call into being) the otherwise inexpressible, and the limits on the power of words ("the stunned silence at the heart of the text") and of the gods ("What are the gods, who can't repair such things?"). Schnackenberg somehow makes us forget about Freud, and refocuses our attention on the initial horror of Oedipus' story -- a child conceived in defiance of the oracle, then maimed and left on a hillside to die. Images, sounds and lines of text recur and modulate throughout the book, imitating lyrically the web of fate that binds both Apollo and the children of Labdacus. A stunning achievement!

                                                        2 out of 5 stars Not the Right Throne.......2001-05-10

                                                        This is a weak book from a poet who has done better and should know better. Schnackenberg manages to avoid everything, or almost everything, that is compelling about the Oedipus myth. There is one section, on the metaphoric origins of the Greek alphabet, that is fascinating (in a wholly fantastic sort of way), but the rest of the poem is as dead as the language Schnackenberg is talking about. This is a poet who has moved, in a relatively short time, from writing memorable poems (many of them in traditional forms) to poems that only antiquarians will remember. I thought A Gilded Lapse of Time, the poet's last book, was a fairly significant lapse, but this one goes even further. This is poetry written with an eye toward a MacArthur. The review in the New York Review of Books was a travesty, in my opinion. Caveat emptor.

                                                        5 out of 5 stars DESERVES "THE DIONYSUS ROSETTE" AND ALL THE LAURELS.......2000-11-12

                                                        For me THE THRONE OF LABDACUS is the best volume of American poetry this year and deserves our greatest prizes. The editorial description [above] says quite well what the poem is about and I couldn't say it better in a thousand words. Reading this poem I was at first astounded by the orignality and freshness of the images on the first page. Then slowly I came to grips with what at first seemed distant meanings but aren't. Once I adjusted my compass all went well, and I found myself gripped with hunger for the great poetry before me on the page. This is a poem something like one of Yeats's late longer poems which can never be read the same way twice, even by its author, or come to a final meaning. Like a piano sonata, whoever plays it, even its composer, will never find exactly the same music each time it's played. There will always be a spirited new attack, some new depth in the reader's life, a new meaning, a new suprameaning. Like Crane's THE BRIDGE, this is transcendental poetry, never woolly, and actually easier to grasp than Crane or Wallace Stevens at their farther out. The poem that comes most quickly to my mind when reading THE THRONE OF LABDACUS is Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" which is about a great spirit blowing about the earth, blowing about the poet, blowing about the reader, touchable but unfathomable and not to be cast into words, even Shelley's. Or Schnackenberg's. She is out to flood us with divine forces and does it thrillingly.

                                                        5 out of 5 stars DESERVES THE TOP PRIZES.......2000-11-12

                                                        For me THE THRONE OF LABDACUS s is the best volume of American poetry this year and deserves our greatest prizes. The editorial description above says quite well what the poem is about and I couldn't say it better in a thousand words. What happens when I read this was, first, a sense of being astounded by the images on the opening page, then slowly coming to grips with what at the start seemed obscure but really isn't, and then feeling gripped by deep hunger for great verse as it lay before me on the page. This is a poem that will never read the same twice, even by its poet author. Like a piano sonata, whoever plays it, even its composer, will never find exactly the same music in it each time it's played. There will always be a new attack, a new depth in the reader's life, a new meaning, a new suprameaning. Like Crane's THE BRIDGE, this is transcendental poetry, never woolly, and actually easier to grasp than Crane or Wallace Stevens at their farthest out. The poem that comes most quickly to my mind when reading THE THRONE OF LABDACUS is Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" which is about a great spirit blowing about the earth, blowing about the poet, blowing about the reader, touchable but unfathomable and not to be cast into words, even Shelley's. Or Schnackenberg's. She is out to flood us with divine forces and does it thrillingly.
                                                        The Throne of Labdacus. (Short Reviews).(Review): An article from: Poetry
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                                                          The Throne of Labdacus. (Short Reviews).(Review): An article from: Poetry
                                                          Christian Wiman
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                                                          Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                                                          This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on November 1, 2001. The length of the article is 942 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                                                          Title: The Throne of Labdacus. (Short Reviews).(Review)
                                                          Author: Christian Wiman
                                                          Publication: Poetry (Refereed)
                                                          Date: November 1, 2001
                                                          Publisher: Modern Poetry Association
                                                          Volume: 179 Issue: 2 Page: 91(4)

                                                          Article Type: Book Review

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                                                            The Throne of Labdacus.(Review)(Brief Article): An article from: The Antioch Review
                                                            Carol Moldaw
                                                            Manufacturer: Antioch Review, Inc.
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                                                            ASIN: B0008I5SN8
                                                            Release Date: 2005-06-01

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                                                            This digital document is an article from The Antioch Review, published by Antioch Review, Inc. on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1083 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                                                            Title: The Throne of Labdacus.(Review)(Brief Article)
                                                            Author: Carol Moldaw
                                                            Publication: The Antioch Review (Refereed)
                                                            Date: June 22, 2001
                                                            Publisher: Antioch Review, Inc.
                                                            Volume: 59 Issue: 3 Page: 638

                                                            Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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                                                            Throne Of Labdacus
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                                                              Throne Of Labdacus
                                                              Gjertrud Schnackenberg
                                                              Manufacturer: Farrar Straus Giroux
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