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This is a very moderate book which does not have the ability to captivate the attention of most readers. It is of a not very impressive collection. A better book would be one on the Mottahedeh Collection, which is a much larger and better documented collection of Chinese Export.

Good for research but not exactly coffee-table blurb.

Do not buy this book if you are looking for modern laws and regulations on gold and silver standards. The book is a reproduction of the 1878 printing of the seventh edition. The regulations pertain mostly to Europe.

In the 1870's there were no legal standards in United States, Mexico or South America.

Historian should find this book of interest. The book address the problem of trying to regulated an industry plagued by fraud.

Many of the legal standards set forth are in effect today. The text includes testing information and charts of national legal standards.

If you think this book gonna make you reach you are wrong . It's a nice written book with littel information

I bought this book with the expectation that it would be able to answer or point me in the correct direction to answer questions related to corporate and individual taxation issues. There are very few books available in English which cover specifics of Japanese taxation. However, this book is more of an over view of the country, people, govenment, and taxation system. The market for this book is for those interested in starting or bringing a business to Japan, but all the information contained in this book is basically available for free from various internet sites (Japan Ministry of Finance, JETRO, etc).

In addition to my initial disappointment with the content, there are also numerous errors. On some pages the tables were not formatted properly so text and information are cut off. On other pages, it looks as though web links to pictures or charts were inserted, but all that appears is the little box with the X indicating that the picture couldn't be loaded.

For people wanting a general book covering the above topics, I would suggest visiting websites or searching for another book. In my opinion, this book is over priced for the information that is contains.

Class refers to a generation of ships named after the first ship of that generation. In Nimitz Class, a fictitious US aircraft carrier of the Nimitz Class is vaporized in a nuclear explosion. Signs point to a carefully planned act of terrorism involving a rogue "Kilo" Class sub with a nuclear-tipped torpedo. Unable to prove the theory at first, US military leaders stick with an embarrassing cover story (it was all an accident) while sending a brilliant nuclear weapons expert on an international hunt for the skipper of the rogue sub. In an intelligent move, the handsome and brilliant analyst sets off for Scotland, where the RN trains prospective skippers for command of her subs and those of other nations (called the "perisher course" because it's the greatest single health hazard to the career of would-be submarine commanders). Scotland is also the best place to start because, unlike the US, the RN trains skippers for diesel-electric subs which are more likely to have been involved in the carrier attack than nuclear subs. (Diesel subs, due to their electric drive are inherently quieter than nuclear boats; there are also more of them in the hands of "rogue states" than nuclear boats). While a lead is pursued in Scotland, US forces zero in on an Iranian naval base housing Kilo class subs (Russian-built boats being one of the more modern of their kind) and strike it. This is a common trend in Pat Robinson's books in which America's military leadership has no trouble committing rash, boneheaded or simply irresponsible courses of action like attacking other countries' militaries - and neglecting to even consider holding themselves responsible when the rationale proves thin. This wouldn't be a such a problem were Robinson not as enamored with American military leaders as he makes obvious that he is. Back in Scotland, our hero suffers a run of great luck - actually, it's we who suffer since the book bombards us with the following coincidences: our heroic investigator hooks up with the one of the RN's legendary submarine-command trainers (the "Perisher in-Chief") and his lovely daughter. Looking through report cards of prior trainees, the investigator zeros in on a likely suspect who, lucky again, was also courting the Perisher's ravishing daughter. The trail points to Israeli submariner, but then takes a sharp swerve when it appears that the culprit is not all he seems, and it takes the intrepid naval investigator a scant few pages to discover the rogue's submariner's true origins when the Israelis proved unable to for years. Back on our side of the Atlantic, military leaders hit a brick wall while trying to trace the rogue sub to Russia's Black Sea fleet: it's "impossible" to cross the shallow waters of Turkey's Bosporus submerged. Before the President will authorize the USN to form his attack subs into a huge nuclear wolfpack to hunt the rogue down, he wants proof that the Bosporus theory isn't as implausible as it sounds. Instead of joining the hunt then, our hero joins a team of elite RN submariners who aim to prove the case, and sail submerged from the Med into the Black Sea.
This was a horrible book - much more fun to write about than actually read. Besides the laughably bad dialog (are we yanks that alien to the British? an African-American character who sounds like he walked off an episode of the "Little Rascals") and the license the author grants to the American military to take whatever overt action it wants on the most scant pretext, it's just an incoherent yarn. The author seems more in love with the intricacies of military hardware than actually fastening them into a plot anybody can follow. The author devotes so much time telling us about the workings of a Nimitz Class carrier, that you half expect him to use another one in the story once the first one is destroyed. Instead, once the author has shown us how much he knows about aircraft carriers, any other use (like advancing the story) is unimportant and can be discarded. The story throws twists and turns in your direction (the rogue submariner is Israeli - then he's not; the attack was orchestrated by Iran, then Iraq; submerged transit through Turkish waters is impossible, no it's possible) but never bothers to flesh any of them out before changing track. None of the characters are remotely convincing - Robinson eagerly makes them sound brilliant without making them all that smart, and lets them talk tough without being very responsible. The plot is full of implausible ideas. The story could survive these leaps of logic if Robinson gave us any reason to, but he seems to take for granted that we'll believe the vaunted Israeli military would be tricked into accepting a hardcore Iranian (or Iraqi) agent into its ranks. The idea of "proving" the hero's theory of a submerged crossing from the Black Sea by trying to repeat it has a monster hole anybody can navigate: while successfully copying the theorized submarine transit would prove the hero's theory, failure would not conversely disprove the theory. Robinson doesn't appreciate that technothrillers are all about that - taking a technically implausible idea and showing how impossible it's not. Unlike most mediocre technothrillers which lamely avoid this challenge, "Nimitz" tries to elude it twice. Robinson not only ducks the Israeli-Iran (or Iraqi) dilemma, but doesn't begin to explain the rogue Kilo managed to sneak past defenses of a USN carrier battle group geared by design and training to find hostile subs. (failure to address that is not just a plot lapse, but one of many technical errors which abound in this book which hails itself as "frighteningly realistic". "Nimitz" puts technical correctness over plot and character development, but doesn't even get that right.) The moral of this story is simple - avoid sneak attacks by poorly written books.

This book purports to be an analysis of the debate about the passage of NAFTA. However, the author appears to string togetther quotes to support conclusions he has already drawn; specifically that NAFTA was a done deal, the passage of which was what he calls a "fatalistic" outcome, regardless of any rhetoric. He argues that no genuine discussion or persuasion (rhetoric) took place prior to the enactment of the legistlation in 1993.

While I found the book of marginal value, perhaps others will be intrigued to read a persepective on the discussions and arguments associated with NAFTA from a scholar whose perpective is other than Americentic.

Especially interesting to me were the three "Commendatory Forwards" written about the book which appear at the beginning. Each appears to also be written by a neighbor to the South and each is uniformly laudatory of Professor Zarate-Ruiz's analysis. However, this native English speaker had touble discerning the meaning of these short forwards. Sentences like "This book will do it all for you and once and for all" gave my student and I a chuckle as we tried to figure out what the heck Professor Cuellar was saying, other than that he liked the book a lot. In fact, he concludes, "NAFTA will never be the same again, neither the politicians." (sic).

I only wish my own writing could elicit such praise.

I.'ve been through about half the book from front to back and haven't found a good deal yet. At least not at the prices some of my comeptetors on Amazon.com can sell their books for. The best deal I've found is a comapnay that offers 45% off regualr list prices, but you have to spend $500 minimum order. That's a lot of books to sell, and the discount isn't that great.

I expected more information! The prevoius comments generates a expactation that the publicaton do not accomplish. No suppliers names nor customers ranked are presented and.I got a little disapointed.

I am surprised by all the other negative reviews. THis is a good book on the basics of importing. It is a little general, and some is a little out of date. Good ideas, and a good start. I copied the cover so I could read some of the publishers other titles. I liked it. I also recommend Nelson, Zodl, and Weiss' books. THose are more specific with details.

This book might be nice for a pre-kindergarten reading level and someone that has absolutely no serious interest in starting an import/export business, for the others i recommend not purchasing this crap. This book will only anger you when it defines importing as follows "Importing is, basically, the opposite of exporting..." Ya don't say!? I'm still searching for another import/export book worth a flip, so far i've found my best information from digging through the U.S. customs website, better luck to the rest of ya.

The title of the book should be along the lines of starting a small business. Maybe the wrong jacket was put on it during publishing!

There is nothing in this book about importing or exporting. It is about starting a business in general and is full of information you could obtain in one average business magazine. Total waste of time.

This book should prove to be of no help to anyone. The technology recommendations are completely out of date and there is little information on Importing/Exporting. I found it a waste of time.