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Waste of paper and money.......2002-10-03

The book has the appearance of a free pamphlet, and has a font size of approximately 18, with ten to twenty unorganized resume samples, most of which have errors which are pointed out on the following page.

There are no guidelines and there is no format. I still don't know what to call a moonlighting position on a resume. What a waste.

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Staging Philanthropy is a history of women's philanthropic associations during Germany's "long" nineteenth century. Challenged by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic occupation and war, dynastic groups in Germany made community welfare and its defense part of newly-gendered social obligations, sponsoring a network of state women's associations, philanthropic institutions, and nursing orders which were eventually coordinated by the German Red Cross. These patriotic groups helped fashion an official nationalism that defended conservative power and authority in the new nation-state.

An original and truly multi-disciplinary work, Staging Philanthropy uses archival research to reconstruct the neglected history of women's philanthropic organizations during the 'long' nineteenth century. Borrowing from cultural anthropologists, Jean Quataert explores how meaning is created in the theater of politics. Linking gender with nationalism and war with humanitarianism, Quataert weaves her analysis together with themes of German historiography and the wider context of European history.

Staging Philanthropy will interest readers in German history, women's history, politics and anthropology, as well as those whose interest is in medicalization and the German Red Cross. This book situates itself in the middle of a string of debates pertaining to modern German history and, thus, should also appeal to readers from the general educated public.

Jean Quataert is Professor of History and Women's Studies, Binghamton University. She has previously published a number of books, including Connecting Spheres: European Women in a Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present with Marilyn J. Boxer (Oxford, 1999).

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No background or training in music? No problem. This shorter version of WORLDS OF MUSIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLES is written to make music accessible. Using the case-study approach, the text presents in-depth explorations of music of several cultures from around the world. The authors all ethnomusicologists working in their fields of expertise base their discussions of music-cultures on their own fieldwork and give you a true sense of both the music and culture that created it. Two CDs accompany every copy of the book and cover a wide range of music-cultures, including authentic recordings from the authors' fieldwork. Leading off is the long-standing jewel in the Worlds of Music crown - James Koetting's magnificent recording of postal workers canceling stamps at the University of Ghana post office. A Western-sounding hymn tune performed against African rhythms, this piece, more that any other, lets you hear contrasting music-cultures.

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Good Book!!!!.......2007-09-21

The book is interesting and the CDs that accompany the book are perfect with the reading!

Good book for your Music Class.......2007-03-11

I have enjoyed this book a lot. It really goes into the world's music cultures in detail. The CD that comes with the book has some very interesting listens on it.

Overall, an interesting book if you have to get it for your World Music class, as I did.

Expensive, yet very useful.......2006-07-28

I don't mean to take the same words of the reviewer Nicholas H. Canale, but he's right. Worlds of Music is an excellent book containing two CDs to introduce you to the music of the world and its relation to the culture the music is found in.

The book contains an introduction which explains musical terms to non-musical people. From there, you're on your own to understand the how these terms apply to odd music cultures. Hopefully you will have a great professor or musically-inclined friend to help you out. Nevertheless, the authors all have Ph.D's in ethnomusicology (or a similar subject) and are very good at presenting information.

The book does indeed cost a pretty penny, but its well worth it. Then again, worth doesn't mean much if you're taking a 'World Music' class at college and don't have a choice. Even still, the situation isn't bleak - the audio examples are great, and you're bound to enjoy at least one foreign music you never considered worth your time before reading Worlds of Music.

Costly but damn interesting!.......2005-10-10

My opinion is this is def. not worth the money. It is a very interesting text, but not worth the amount the writers set out to get.

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples

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A decent text
Not a bad world music textbook, but.....
Fascinating and scholarly!!!

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples
Jeff Todd Titon
Manufacturer: Schirmer
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ASIN: 0534591035

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This market-leading, best-selling book covers ethnomusicology-the study of music in a people's way of life, which treats music as a distillation of cultural styles. The authors of this book approach diverse musical styles with the desire to understand them on their own terms-as the people who make the music would understand them. The book is organized by region. Each study focuses on the life histories and autobiographies that are essential to understanding music as a human activity. Song lyrics are singled out by the authors as a way to understand the meaning and purpose of musical performances. Musical examples, or transcriptions, are included on the accompanying CDs, and are treated throughout as points of departure for discussion. Readers music-making projects-singing, building and playing instruments-greatly increase music appreciation and allow readers to experience firsthand what it's like to be an ethnomusicologist puzzling out unfamiliar music. This book seeks to provide as much pleasure as knowledge, fostering lifelong curiosity and a desire to experience and appreciate music in all its forms.

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A decent text.......2004-11-06

While the text book is informative and enlightening on many of the aspects of World Music, it is frustrating that he continually puts out newer editions that have minimal changes except for the CD. For the general information gathered from this text, anyone will be able to gain loads of interesting facts about the different cultures and their musical ceremonies/practices.

Not a bad world music textbook, but............2003-11-29

I've been teaching a world music course out of this textbook for a couple years now and will say that there are some positives to it: the CD compilation is great, good variety and interesting and there is some really good, detailed information that students would find interesting-it's good for people who go into world music without knowing much, it can be engaging and intriguing. It was the book I used as a student. But, on the other hand from an academic, teaching point of view there are some flaws. I will admit it's difficult to cover an entire world of music in one book, it must be an editor's nightmare on how to arrange the information. But one problem is that some chapters focus on a country or region within a country, i.e. - Japan, South India, Native America. Whereas other chapters focus too broadly-an entire chapter that covers the whole continent of Africa and one on South America!! It doesn't cover Brazil which is full of various musical traditions and is such a large country. Some of the chosen examples of traditions are highly localized too and not indicative of the general population. My Bosnian student had never heard of Bosnian ganga singing until this class. It's not that the information is at all wrong or presented in a bad way, it just needs clarification for students. You wouldn't want them walking away from a class thinking these musical traditions are known and practiced by the entire population (as with ganga singing). One other problem is that there is no chapter on the Middle East which is really unfortunate. I don't think this is a horrible textbook, of the few out there, this is probably the better one. Students can get a lot out of it, and especially the CDs, but if you teach with it, I highly suggest using supplemental information and even make your students be critical of the information they find in the book as well as how it's arranged.

Fascinating and scholarly!!!.......2001-10-21

This book is wonder and a treasure trove of musical ideas from around the planet. For example, how many music historians are aware of how the Native Amercians used song to identify each of their tribes?
Mr. Titon has provided very interesting facts about music making from many world cultures. He has also produced a 3 CD sound compilation of musical examples for this book that is indispensible.
If you're tired of today's bland market of music that has sadly squashed historical music making of any kind, this book is an excellent journey into the world's most basic roots of song and music.

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Edition

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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Edition
Jeff Todd Titon
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing
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ASIN: 0534585450

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Carrying the reputation and authority of the market leader for this courseTiton's WORLDS OF MUSIC, 3RD--this SHORTER EDITION introduces world music at a more rudimentary level and in a smaller package. Beginning with a newly written introductory chapter, it proceeds to case studies of music of different cultures in eight different parts of the world, and concludes with a fieldwork project. The author treats music both on its own terms and as a human activity in diverse historical, social, and cultural contexts. The book encourages active student involvement by showing how a beginner may document, play, and even build the instruments used in the music of another culture.

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, 2d ed. (book reviews): An article from: Notes

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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, 2d ed. (book reviews): An article from: Notes
Tim Rice
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1280 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: Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, 2d ed. (book reviews)
Author: Tim Rice
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1994
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v50 Issue: n3 Page: p911(3)

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WORLDS OF MUSIC. An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples.
Jeff Todd (editor) Titon
Manufacturer: Macmillan USA
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ASIN: B000O8UZ5S

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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Edition
Jeff Todd Titon
Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing
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ASIN: B000MBX91E

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples --Second Edition

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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples --Second Edition
Jeff Todd, et al. Titon
Manufacturer: Schirmer Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S9IR94

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Coffee, comforters, king-sized beds, gel toothpaste, razors, underwear, the morning shower—all activities and objects we have tended to pay no attention to—until the publication of this book. In a series of short vignettes endearingly illustrated by the author, Arthur Asa Berger gives Americans a profound way to understand their morning rituals.

Have you ever considered, for instance, that the digital clock, by producing free-floating liquid numerals disconnecting us from both time past and time future, could be interpreted as a metaphor for the alienation many people feel in contemporary society? Or consider our nightclothes: The pajama is the most immediate witness to our sexual activities; thus, we cover our pajamas with a bathrobe to guard against the anxiety of being revealed to other family members. The pajama is intricately connected to human shame.

Bloom’s Morning, with thirty-six short chapters bracketed by brief essays on the nature of semiotic analysis, is a perfect book for the inquisitive mind. It is chock-full of valuable and quirky nuggets from this most interesting of social commentators—items that, taken together, give us a new vision through which to understand ourselves.

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Bloom's Morning is the wake up call Americans need!.......1997-06-17

Bloom's Morning is the wake up call Americans need to jolt them out of their somnambulistic parade through everyday life.
Berger's compelling examination of the "commonplace" in our culture exposes core American behaviors of consumerism and denial in an entertaining, insightful manner, in tandem with wry and whimsical humor.
Illustrating the book's 36 essays are Berger's own delightful drawings which are reminiscent of Thurber's in their simplicity of gesture.
His concise introduction and conclusion offers the reader background information on semiotics and postmodernist philosophy.
In Bloom's Morning, Berger peels back layer after layer of the "trivial" to reveal the myths of our psyches shrouded in the mundane, opening our minds to the mysteries of our lives.

Awakening: A Judge Dredd RPG Supplement (Judge Dredd (Mongoose Publishing))

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Awakening: A Judge Dredd RPG Supplement (Judge Dredd (Mongoose Publishing))
M. Sharp
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The Awakening is a scenario for four to six judges of between 5th and 7th level. Throughout the course of the scenario players become involved in a deadly race against time to save the Mega-City from the machinations of a rogue Psi-Judge and the demonic entity he intends to summon.

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In serious need of copy editing and technical editing

Interesting tips

It's all there, but be careful

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32/64-bit 80x86 Assembly Language Architecture
James Leiterman
Manufacturer: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
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ASIN: 1598220020

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This book discusses 32- and 64-bit 80x 86 assembly language programming inclusive of the SIMD instruction supersets that bring the 80x86 processor into the realm of the supercomputer. This book can be used in a self-taught or academic environment.

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In serious need of copy editing and technical editing.......2007-02-02

While this book contains a ton of useful information (especially the charts showing which processor families support which instructions), I found so many gramatical, organizational, and techinical errors in the book that they became too distracting. After getting through the first half of the book, I skimmed around through the rest...and everywhere I happened to look I found glaring problems. The text contains many incomplete sentences, confusing attempts at humor (due to poor sentence structure), and serious grammar problems that a good copy editor should have caught immediately. Likewise, I found alot of inconsistencies and errors in the code, explanations, and diagrams...which a technical editor should have caught. When a book is not properly copy-edited or technically-edited, the problem lies with the publisher, not the author. (This is the first and last book I will attempt to read from this publisher.) Bottom line: If you already know Intel assembly language, and you have the time, patience, and knowledge to recognize and wade through all the errors, you might glean some good information. But I can't, in good conscience, recommend this book.

Interesting tips.......2006-04-08

Being rusty with 8086 code I found this book useful for speeding up bits of my C++ with inline assembly. I liked the examples like A&(A-1) to find if just a single bit is set and the comparision in speed between a C++ routine to scan for a bit and the single asm instruction. A complete reference with some good tips.

It's all there, but be careful.......2006-03-25

I recommend this book, with caveats. I found all the information I was looking for about Intel/AMD architecure (I was specifically interested in the 64-bit extensions). The charts showing which instructions are implemented on which model processors are a very big plus that probably cannot be found elsewhere. BUT: There are lots of little errors throughout that I could detect because of inconsistencies--I don't know how many more there are that I couldn't detect in material only presented once. Example: pp. 204 & 205 discussion of division, the text has the dividend and divisor reversed from what is shown in the tables. Also, the author tends to spend many pages repeating basic or similar information at great length (for example, treating addition and subtraction separately, repeating all the details) but some more complicated but necessary information is left unsaid (for example: What exactly do the two-stage square root instructions do? What on earth is a partial tangent or a partial arctangent (the discussion makes it seem the latter is just a division operation, which is not likely)? There is a whole chapter entitled "MASM vs NASM vs TASM vs WASM" that really only discusses MASM and certainly gives no useful information on the differences between those assemblers.
I could go on, but you get the idea. Very useful to have on the shelf, but reads like it was written in a big hurry--could have used a lot of editing.

Not enough material for a book + very poorly written.......2006-03-10

The book is about 500 pages overall, but only about a hundred pages have something readable on them; the rest are opcode tables -- nicely printed, but not terribly instructive. Oh, and the author also takes some space to tell you that he has eight children, and that it's the third book he's written, and that you need to get the other ones, and that he has two brothers, and that his two brothers also write books, and that you'd better get their books too, although they write fiction rather than technical, and so on and so forth, and on, and on, and more donkey diarrhea like that.

OK, back to the essence: by most part the book is a selective reprint of the freely downloadable Intel instruction-set references -- not nearly as detailed, but grouped by function (rather than alphabetically) and with comments/sample code at times. This, especially the grouping, is good, but ultimately does not save the book. Why:

First, a couple of articles' worth of stuff does not make a book -- there's simply not enough original material. Which insufficiency is (second) 'compensated' by padding the book with reference material. Third, and most important: the author has no writing aptitude. If he must write at all, he should team up with a competent technical writer, otherwise there's no hope: this text is disjointed in the highest degree and downright imbecile at times: the guy seems to be oblivious to the fact that words mean something, and that in order to communicate information one has to carefully pick the right ones and assemble them in a meaningful way. For example, BSF, he says, scans for the LSB. Well, the LSB is in position zero and doesn't need to be scanned for! What BSF does is scan in the least-to-most-significant direction for the earliest bit that is set. Which is probably what this dunderbuss thinks he's been saying all along. Now, this is a simple, immediately obvious example (not the worst either: a lot of writing in this book is not simply careless, but downright ungrammatical, incomprehensible). If this is a simple case, what will happen when you get to more esoteric instructions? Go to Intel and download their free books; they're not perfect, but they are decent -- you'll be better off with them.

This is the second book by Leiterman I got; the first one (Vector Game Math Processors) had the same flaws; it's been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years and proved consistently useless. Both books are very attractive visually; the tables of contents appear promising; about one tenth of each book looks like it could contain some value -- but, once you get to it, it's invariably not enough material + lots of padding + piss-poor writing. While I'm at it: the publisher is Wordware, which, as I came to understand now, is a giveaway -- I've not seen one good book from them.

I'm sending this book back.

Outstanding.......2005-12-22

This is an excellent Assembly book. Fun to read, well organized, to the point, and up to date (vectorization, 64bit processors). While it is primarily a comprehensive reference of the x86 instruction set, it does not withold real-world tips and relevant background information and thereby becomes an invaluable guide to anyone seriously interested in addressing bottlenecks and increasing the quality of his software.

What struck me most about this book, is that it does not present bogus examples in an artificial assembly dialect, but rather provides very short, working code snippets in Microsoft notation whenever appropriate (BTW, I am using GCC inline Assembly in AT&T notation and had no problems using the code). Furthermore, it does not expect readers to engage in pure assembly development (which would be pretty ridiculous nowadays), but shows how, when, and when _not_ to use Assembly language in C and C++ projects.

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