I find it one of the best books avaiable on AS 400 systems.

This was a very exciting novel of wartime suspense. Rosie, a fluent French speaking young widow, is dropped off in Nazi occupied France in order to help the Resistance and to determine the Nazis' V-2 rocket plans. Her discovery, capture and subsequent escape are vividly described. This is an exciting yet literate, professionally written thriller that you will find hard to put down. The characters are very real, flesh and blood instead of the usual cardboard cutouts. For those of us who want an exciting story written well, this novel certainly qualifies. It is far above many of it's competitors.

Why do the Brits seem to write these so much better than others?

True to his title, Nickle provides a great introduction to the study of the Synoptic Gospels. He discusses the issues of authorship, date, purpose, recipients, literary dependence, and distinct characteristics of each of the three. These discussions are sandwiched between an opening chapter concerning the gospel tradition and a closing chapter of other considerations related to the Synoptic Gospels.

Although Nickle is a scholarly writer, he manages to write with a style that fits an audience much wider than New Testament specialists. In fact, I became acquainted with this work through a college-level introductory course on the teachings of Jesus. This book is ideal for that kind of situation, and it would probably fit well in seminary courses also.

One of the best things about Nickle's style is the emotion that seeps through in his writing. The reader encounters in _The Synoptic Gospels_ not a dry and detached academician, but a man with great reverence for the gospel tradition who shares in the faith about which he writes. Many times while reading, I could imagine Dr. Nickle's voice raising with excitement as he shared with me the fruits of his study. Such an excitement can have a tendency to rub off on the reader.

I have withheld a perfect score of 5 stars because of some of the presuppositions that are implicit in the author's methods and conclusions. In line with modern critical scholarship, Nickle does not hold to the traditional authorship of the synoptic gospels, gives them late dates, and believes that the early Church was in the habit of creating pericopes and sayings of Jesus that became authoritative gospel material. As a conservative, I had a problem with these implicit assumptions and felt that they were not defended well. However, those matters are minor in light of the book's overall value. It is a wonderful introduction to the subject that would be useful in any minister's library.

This book is written with great style and capability. You will live three days of life of Sarajevo, as if you were there. Unfortunately, the "thriller" part of it is not intriguating, even if the author had some good ideas. Too much real life (remember that Fullerton is a war-journalist) and not enough excitement.

Rosso, an honest cop in wartorn Sarajevo, tries to solve the murder of a police informant. Meanwhile, the Serbs are attacking the city, his detectives are mostly corrupt or stoned, his wife is drinking anything she can get her hands on & his sort-of-adopted daughter is cavorting with a Croat strongman.

Fullerton was a foreign correspondent & covered the war in Bosnia. He vividly portrays the desperation of life in the war zone and the near lawlessness of Sarajevo adds additional tension to a fairly straightforward mystery. GRADE: B-

I had my doubts about a detective story being set in wartime Sarajevo, but Fullerton pulled it off with flying colors. He used his experiences as a correspondent during the war to create the setting for this novel about a detective investigating a brutal murder in a city under siege. The story is also loosely based on the Bosnian government's actual crackdown on Sarajevo's warlord militia leaders in late 1993. Fullerton weaves a fantastic story which brilliantly depicts some of the many aspects of wartime Sarajevo: the multiethnic character of the city and the fraying of interethnic tolerance as the war dragged on, the hardship and gruelling monotony of daily life and survival in Sarajevo, the blurring of lines between good and evil as the leaders of Sarajevo's prewar criminal underworld became its chief wartime defenders, the voyeuristic role played by foreign correspondents in the city, etc. All of this is adeptly merged with the story, so "The Monkey House" never falls into extended preachy tracts or historical discourse. Never dull, and never pretty, this is a dark, brooding and harsh novel - and one of the best literary descriptions of Sarajevo under siege. It's only unfoturnate that the book is not available in mass market paperback format in the U.S.

A complete [loss]... As soon as I opened the box and saw the size of the book, I knew it was going to be skimpy. Washington DC has more plastic surgeons than any other city in the county and only 2 1/3 pages cover this city - ... Very few categories and very little information. ... There is no ISBN or bar code on the cover, no info on the author, no author listed on the spine - looks very unprofessional.

I was pretty happy with this book although it did not have Chicago. It had doctors listed by procedures so it was not like a list of general "best plastic surgeon" but instead had it listed by procedure so you could find the best at breast reconstruction or revision nose surgery. The book had a bit of info on what to look for and what to watch our for but seemed more of a list of the doctors that were voted best.
It was helpful, and since I planned to do face surgery it is better safe then sorry.

I was so close to picking who I now know was the wrong surgeon. After having a not so great first nose surgery, I dont think I could have taken another bad one. I was pleased that this book listed surgeons who were voted best for secondary nose surgery. it took the guessing out.

Wish you had Chicago!

Basicly, this book is an account by Marion Mainwaring about the research she did to write it. She goes to the south of France, she reads some old letters, she talks to some people who knew Morton Fullerton late in life. Etc. etc. Along the way she gives a somewhat confused account of the slanging match she got into with Wharton's official biographer (about how she did all the research for his book but got no credit, blah blah blah). All of it's pretty tiring and you get the feeling that Mainwaring is desperately trying to pad out an already thin book.
Having said that, Fullerton led a fascinating life, something straight out of a Henry James novel. To anyone interested in Edith Wharton or even about expatriate life in early 20th century Europe, this book is a must read.

This is both the story of Elizabeth Wharton's cad of a lover, and the earnest researcher exploited and spurned by the Scholar in the Field, who she won't even deign to name! Hot stuff, to those who care about such things.

The scholar-cad dismissed her earlier cries de coeur as attempts to elicit publicity for this work, but you have to have read the LRB review to know this.

Literary hearts are broken all around. If you understand this for what it is, it's one of the best books ever, but a bit of an objet trouvee, if you know what I mean.

I greatly enjoyed this book after I realized it was not a quick read of connecting the dots/facts and racing to a conclusion. The joy of this book is that it offers the reader the chance to join Mainwaring as she roams through Paris seeking out the truths of rogue M. Fullerton's life. I loved the descriptions of Paris, the street scenes and the old buildings with their old bureacrats serving as gatekeepers to the dusty stacks of information in the registries of births, deaths and marriages. In her quest for the facts she encounters characters ranging from counts to charwomen and her style, humor and voice make me feel there with her, mulling the facts and planning the next step in the detective work.If you need a vacation from your life, read this book. I now open it to any page and just dive in and quickly become captivated again. Mainwaring is an artist in her impeccable choice of words. Enjoy the process of her quest, indulge yourself and you will find that you will forget about the mundane matters of your life. An instant vacation, what a relief!

Moon guides are in general well researched, balanced, informative and truly valuable travel companions. Northern California, for example is quite excellent.

This "new" edition of the Philippines Handbook, published in late 1999, is, however, a sharp contrast to Moon's normal standards.

Sloppily edited and badly out of date its errors are too numerous to mention, the accomodation sections being especially unreliable. I checked out accomodation comments for several cities which I personally know well including Manila and Cebu and the data in this book are either very out of date, very incomplete, or just plain wrong. Information on shopping in both Manila and Cebu is similarly outdated or just plain absent.

No travel guide, unfortunately, takes this interesting, challenging and rapidly developing country seriously. The "new" (1977) Lonely Planet guide is little better than the Moon guide

In summary, if you have an older edition of either guide, use it. These "new" editions are a sham.

Unlike the great South Pacific handbooks by Moon this book lacks detail. It mentions areas you can go to, but not how to to get there or where to stay. It has general information but is not worth it. Would rather like to depend on Lonely Planet, am going to check out Jens Peters book as well. I'll pass on this guide.

This was our guide to our last trip to the Philippines, and was priceless. Was enjoyed just as much by our relatives there. Would never have enjoyed the 'Hobbit House' so much if it hadn't been mentioned. This is a must have guide for anyone travelling there.

Tiresome, when will it be over with? Tiny, disjointed, boring snippets of a male's female perspective mixed up with a lot of "art" name dropping, sexual innuendos, and posturing. I found it impossible to keep my place on the page from one stint to the next. It has interesting ideas that might make you think, but as a whole... zzzzzzzzz.

I agree with the previous reviewer who said the "history is stronger than the fiction" and also with her viewpoint that the author needs to learn more about the female perspective. There was not enough emotion coming through on our heroine's part, and women are emotional beings, especially after being kidnapped and held captive for months! Also, her guilt did not come through realistically after she betrayed her benefactress (her art teacher's wife), who was nothing but kind to her. Our good-at-heart heroine would have been plagued with guilt and it would be much more fraught with emotion than was written. I did like learning the history of the era, and think it was good in that respect. At first I found the language and details tedious but I think this style of writing and speaking was just the thing back then, and so it made the book more realistic as a diary of a woman of the 1800s. This is a book I could easily put down between chores, but I did enjoy this book overall.

This book is an inside look at life in another time, from the perspective of an unconventional woman. Allegra Fullerton stuggles to pursue her passion for art within the conventions of 19th century society. Widowed at a young age, Allegra flees her uncle's farm to pursue the unconventional life of an itinerant portrait painter. With the help of her brother, she travels the countryside painting mothers and children, old maiden aunts, anyone who can pay her modest commission. The journal format of this book allows the reader a glimpse into the 19th century psyche. Allegra recounts the sometimes bizarre events of her life in a typical Victorian fashion. She maintains her self-control at all times, seldom allowing her feelings to compromise the persona of the respectable widow she has created for herself. She is a product of her own time, and Begiebing carefully avoids the pitfall of so many historical novels; that is, portraying historical characters with modern day character traits, so that 21st century readers can more easily "relate" to them. Begiebing keeps his characters' reactions true to the time period, thus preserving the book's historical integrity. For Allegra and her contemporaries, the appearance of respectability matters above all else. But appearances can be deceiving, as Allegra learns firsthand in her encounter with Joseph Dudley. By all appearances a respectable gentleman, Dudley is not at all what he seems. Imprisoned against her will, Dudley leads Allegra on a sordid journey through the alleys and backstreets of 19th century Boston. The shifts in Allegra's character are subtle. Like so much of 19th century society, the "real" Allegra is hidden beneath the brittle shell of respectability. She is a sensual woman in every sense of the word; she is deeply affected by the beauty of the world, as well as its ugliness. Begiebing's formidable knowledge of the time period gets the better of his writing occasionally. I found myself skimming through pages of esoteric discussions on art, women's rights, the supernatural. All very interesting subjects within their own rights, but not very effective in advancing the novel's plot. The scholarly tone of much of the writing makes for a slow read, but worth the effort. History buffs will appreciate the accurate historical detail, as will anyone else who enjoys a realistic peek at the past.

Although nowhere near as good as 'The Revolution of Everyday Life', this does offer a more readable if cynical taste of Vaneigem's economic perspective.

This book tries to capture the concept of First Aid for the Boards for Step I. The tables are useful but the content is wanting. Get hold of it for your last few days of review before the test.