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This book is written by known specialists in stability and control theory and is connected with their previous monographs on this theme. In comparison with those the book under review adds a great list of references with their analysis and illustrative examples from science and engineering. The book contains five chapters. Chapter 1. Statement of stability (stabilization) and control problems with respect to a part of the variables. Steps and directions of research. Chapter 2. Theory and methods of investigation of stability (stabilization) and control problems with respect to a part of the variables. Chapter 3. Applications to the problems of stability (stabilization) and control of the motion of mechanical systems. Chapter 4. Applications to the nonlinear gambling problems of asymmetric rigid body reorientation in uncertainty conditions. Chapter 5. Stability (stabilization) and control with respect to a part of the variables for functional-differential and stochastic systems. The book contents can be divided into three parts. In the first part (Chapters 1, 2) general situations and concrete problems are discussed which lead to the investigation of problems of stability with respect to a part of the variables and methods of solution of these problems are indicated. The main attention is given to the Lyapunov functions method, nonlinear variables transformations method and investigation of linear systems and for linear approximation. The second part (Chapters 3, 4) is devoted to the applications in applied mechanical problems: stabilization of the motion of rigid bodies by means of rotating masses; stability of motion of rigid and elastic bodies with cavities filled by liquid; gambling problems of rigid body reorientation in uncertainty conditions. In the third part (Chapter 5) more general systems, functional-differential (systems with delay) and stochastic ones, are considered. It is necessary to note that the main attention in the book is given to stability problems. Such a new and important direction of research as correlation between controllability and stabilizability properties of nonlinear dynamical systems connected with the Brockett condition is not presented. This book will be useful for advanced graduates, university lecturers and professionals in applied mathematics and mechanics.