Written by professional marriage and family therapists Kenneth and Janice Dimick, Child Custody: Achieving A Parenting Partnership is a practical, helpful and straightforward guide written for the non-specialist general reader who is going through the difficulties of a divorce where there are children involved. The focus is upon the American legal divorce system and how the standard proceedings tend to leave mothers without sufficient funds and fathers without sufficient access to their children. Child Custody explores methods by which parenting partnership can be achieved, allowing a couple to work together to raise children even though they no longer live together. Child Custody is very highly recommended, essential reading for anyone contemplating our caught up in a divorce action with child custody issues and concerns.

Children's Voices From The Trail: Narratives Of The Platte River Road by Rosemary Gudmundson Palmer is an astute collection and interpretation of primary sources, especially letters and journals, of young people who set forth with their parents upon the pioneer trails west and who wrote about their lives. Offering eye-opening insight into what it was really like to grow up in the 1800's frontier, beset by both natural and human enemies, Children's Voices From The Trail is a superb contribution to academic American History Studies reference collections and highly recommended for the non-specialist reader with an interest in the real life conditions of growing up in the American West.

I purchased this book to get a better understanding of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain. It totally fulfilled this requirement.

This book is very helpful for a beginning or mature collector. It is simple to understand and easy to read. There are many pictures and very detailed pictures of markings on the bottom of your objects.

Also, if you find a topic not addressed in the book you can email Duncan and he will assist you in resolving your issue.

The bottom line is that this book is "Brilliant".

I own most of the books in this series (may my ex-husband enjoy those other volumes) and have read the entire series three times. There is not a bad book in this entire series. Porter's storytelling is superb. He weaves subplots with the best of the masters! His character development is astounding. You will find yourself loving and hating his imaginary people just as though they were alive and messing around in your world. His stories pull you in at the beginning and keep you riveted to your seat. It is all but impossible to put down one of his books, even long enough for a bathroom break. The thing I enjoy most about Porter's writing is the way he involves your emotions. You cannot remain detached while reading this series. The books propel you forward to the next in the series. But I do recommend that you read them in order. They are much better that way.

I contacted the publisher to see if there are any plans to reprint the series. They said they do not anticipate a reprinting, so what's on the market now is all there will ever be of this series. You should order your set now while there are still a few copies available. You can find all the issues right here at Amazon. Once the world figures out that this is a collector's set, the price will go through the roof.

Barbara White's newest publication, Christiana M.E. Church, will delight all those in need of good genealogical data from Christiana, Delaware. Presented in an easy to read print size, the book contains ecclesiastical history of the Christiana Methodist Church as well as church records. Nicely done.

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I find it hard to give somthing 5 stars but, this a very good book. It is not for your every day gamer tho, it is a hevy duty source book witch covers New Orleans and DC by night, it is filled with lots of history and chr info for dozens of ppl in both cities outlinning most every residing Kindred(and evean some Huntes and Mages)knowen to be there! New Orleans also comes with a canned story witch is filled with lots of source info in it's self.

not to say the book has no flaws i find if funny that none of the Kindred in New Orleans or DC have any (no merits either:)) but with that aside i find it hard to point my finger at any thing else

so all and all i would say it a must have for any WoD guru

In this fascinating approach to the issue of gender in the Civil War era, Leeann Whites argues that the men of Augusta, Georgia (and presumably the rest of the South) were emasculated by their loss in that conflict. Through the efforts of white women confederate veterans were able to regain their sense of masculinity by the latter part of the 19th century. Whites argues that in antebellum Augusta, as in the rest of the South, that white men were free because they were not slaves. Their role encompassed protecting white women from outside influences and from those who were not free, obviously African Americans. In exchange for this protection, white women were subservient. When the Union emerged triumphant and slaves were freed, the white men of Augusta lost their pre-eminent position because they had failed in their duty to protect their women. Whites shows how in the years after the Civil War the white women of Augusta began a campaign to restore their men's sense of self-respect via activities such as honoring them through the building of memorials dedicated to the sacrifices of Confederate veterans. In doing so, they began to create the image of the Southern warrior fighting for their war of life against insurmountable odds. This was the Lost Cause that equired the valiant and honorable men of Augusta to take up arms. As a result of these efforts, men felt resurrected as they regained their sense of self, leading to their return to power after Reconstruction. Whites argument is fascinating, she uses numerous primary sources to support her views. Although one cannot come away from reading the book without agreeing that women did play a significant role in the return of men to power, she does ignore any efforts than men made on their own behalf. One has the impression that only the women of Augusta helped the men of Augusta return to their role as protectors. Although she makes a convincing argument that women made a significant contribution, it is only one factor discussed. Having said that, however, this work is essential for anyone studying gender relations, especially in the Civil War era. It is well-written and thorough Additionally, Whites makes a solid contribution to the field of collective memory as she shows how the memorial movement in Augusta changed the way in which Southerners remembered the war.

Mark Rutherford is a much underated British author - his sensitive portrail of women in a time of change - the Victorian era - is very moving - If you like this one read Catherine Furze and search out his other books.

Anyone trained in any field of orthopedic or mechanical health care has often heard of this reference. This is a must for any medical or anatomical library. Whether you are a chiropractor,orthopedist, neurologist, P.T., or even simply a family practice physician, you need this "biomechanics bible".

"A taut, terrific first novel! This one is unusually exciting and well-written, a crackling-good story: You get grabbed in the first paragraph, page-turn to the last. . .I had the pleasure of reading the manuscript, days before it went to press! Do read it, see what I mean!" Robert Stein, with six editions in print, including APOLLYON: A NOVEL, BLACK SAMARITAN, VENGEANCE EQUATION.