The subtitle for this book is : "How to Practice Free Enterprise In an Unfree Economy". Americans are living an Orwellian double-think dream while ignoring the government-generated corporate statist economy at odds with the principles of free enterprise they are taught to cherish. The IRS continues its Gestapo-like trampling of the Bill of Rights while stealing money, engineering social policy, and maintaining surveillance on American tax victims. Millions of Americans are feeling the squeeze, most just 3 paychecks away from bankruptcy. Some are fighting back, not only by joining tax repeal groups and protesting the unconstitutional theft of their money, but through civil disobedience by simply not reporting income or falsifying their tax returns. These people are what Adam Cash terms "Guerilla Capitalists". A Guerilla Capitalist is anyone practicing free enterprise in our anti-capitalist corporate statist economy in America today. Adam Cash does not dwell on the fact that corporations are creations of the state, and as such, would never exist in a free market. He leaves that to Paul H. Weaver in his "The Suicidal Corporation"(1988). Rather, Adam Cash covers in vast detail all the ins and outs of making money in the free market, which is the underground market or black market. He also aims to teach the reader how not to get caught practicing free enterprise in our unfree society. As the publisher Michael Hoy says "What good is 'believing in' free enterprise if you don't practice it?" ...

I have ordered and read "A Guide to Croatian Genealogy" by Mr. Adam Eterovich. Mr. Eterovich is considered to be one of the leading authorities in the nation regarding this topic. His book is a very good guide to sources and methods for the beginning genealogist. I also recommend his many other books in this field. Some of his research documents date to the 16th century. I consider them as authoritative as possible, given what is currently available.

The conceit behind the "Guide to Wild Dinosaurs" is that it provides information on the many types of dinosaurs that roamed the earth during different prehistoric periods in the format of the field guide you would use to identify birds or other wildlife out in the real world. This means you get all the vital details such as the length and weight (including a sense of scale in comparison to a human being or elephant), classification, and a description of each creature, along with a time-wheel, a map, and a color portrait of the dinosaur "in the wild" as it were.

The only significant difference is that because we are dealing with dinosaurs on the basis of the extant fossil record, instead of having large colored regions of the globe indicating where a particular creature can be found, there are little dots. If you are dealing with the likes of the stegosaurus or the apatosaurus, then you are dealing with a multi-state area, but otherwise the pickings are pretty slim. If you live out in the Colorado, Wyoming, area of the country then you can play along with the conceit a lot more easily; I still have not found a dinosaur that I could expect to encounter in Northern Minnesota. Still, all things considered that is a minor complaint given how much fun this field guide is overall.

What I appreciate about the "Guide to Wild Dinosaurs," is that author Adam Yates and illustrator Jon Hughes have found a creative way of providing a lot of information about dinosaurs. This is not just another dinosaur picture book. You will really get a sense of the way certain dinosaurs are related within their genus. The 120 genera of dinosaurs (and a few other prehistoric animals that are not reptiles) are grouped into three sections, each covering animals from a different period of the Mesozoic Era. Within each of these periods the animals are organized according to their evolutionary relationships. Consequently, even young readers should get a better idea of the "clades" each animal belongs to, from the largest (e.g., Saurischia or Ornithichia) to the smallest (e.g., family).

Sadly, to the best of our knowldge, this book does not exist. Oh it was to be published and was even asigned an ISBN but Adams died before completing it.

I read this book in 1988 for an autobiography class, and reread it about once a year. It is the only book that has ever brought me to tears. Anyone with a parent who kept their relationships with their children strictly formal will identify with this book.

For the past two years the Montessori preschool where I am a volunteer has placed this book on display in October. What a wonderful book for 4-year-olds! The illustrations are a pleasure and add their own content to the story. It happens that the families are Afro-American, and an adult reader might conclude that Tommy is being raised by a single parent, but neither of these circumstances is central to the book, which is about adults looking after their children in matter-of-fact, but nurturing ways. You can't finish this without a smile, and you'll not object to reading it aloud as often as a young child would consider necessary.

Halloween Party by Lonzo Anderson is currently reigning as my favorite children's book of all time. I first read this book when I was a kindergartner (a few years back). My elementary school was on a quiet little street lined with mature trees and spooky old brick Victorian homes draped in moss. I remember looking out the library window while I was reading and feeling chills.

Faraday Folsum (what a name!) gets lost in the woods en route to a Halloween party. He stumbles upon a birthday party for Otto, the oversized child of some ogres. Faraday hides behind a tree but is discovered when Otto and his witch and goblin friends play hide and seek. Is this the end for Faraday...?

This is not a scary story by today's standards. No one would be frightened; not even the most timid child. The illustrations are incredible, and I think the plot and story line are adorable. The hardcover edition of this book is rather hard to come by, but I have a precious copy all to myself. It sits in among my gazillions of other children's books and beckons to be read from time to time. Find a rare copy of the hardcover edition. It's a great and fun read!

While a number of books have covered the famous engagement in March 1862 between the first ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, few have ever attempted to place this revolutionary battle in a campaign narrative that goes beyond the few hours of actual fighting. In Osprey Campaign #103, British naval aficionado Angus Konstam sets out not only to summarize the famous naval engagements of 8-9 March 1862 in Hampton Roads, but to cover the events leading up to and following the battle. While most Osprey Campaign volumes are strained to cover large campaigns in anything like meaningful detail, the limited scope of the Hampton Roads campaign is well suited for coverage in a 96-page volume. As a campaign summary, Hampton Roads 1862 is a great success, both in terms of breadth and depth.

In accordance with the standard Osprey Campaign format, Hampton Roads 1862 begins with a brief introduction and chronology, followed by sections on opposing leaders and forces. The leaders section covers the secretary of the navy, ironclad designers and vessel commanders for both the Federal and Confederate sides. In the opposing forces section, the author covers the origin and design of both the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, as well as the role of the Federal blockading squadron, the Confederate James River Squadron, the CSS Virginia's armed tugboat escorts (which are rarely mentioned in most accounts of the battle) and the army units involved in local coastal defense. Complete technical details are provided on all warships, but exact information on the Federal and Confederate army units involved is not provided. An 18-page section covers the background to the battle, including the capture of Norfolk Navy Yard in April 1861, the conversion of the ex-USS Merrimac, the construction of the USS Monitor and the Monitor's near-disastrous coast-hugging voyage to Hampton Roads. The two-day Battle of Hampton Roads is covered in 43 pages and includes much information that is often glossed over in other accounts. A brief section on aftermath covers the fate of the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor. There are a total of five 2-D maps (the Confederate seaboard in March 1862, Hampton Roads area, the Monitor's voyage to Hampton Roads, warship dispositions on 8 March 1862, operations in the Peninsula Area May 1862) and three 3-D "Birds Eye View" maps (the attack on the USS Cumberland and USS Congress, and two covering the early and later phases of the Monitor-Virginia engagement). There are also three excellent battle scenes: the final construction of the CSS Virginia, inside Monitor's turret and the Virginia's attempt to ram the Monitor).

Overall, this is an excellent Osprey Campaign title. The only obvious error was the misquote of Union casualties from the sinking of the USS Cumberland and USS Congress, when the author asserts that, "over 2,650 sailors had been killed, and almost as many were wounded." This bizarre error must be the result of poor editing, since the combined crews of both Union warships were only around 600 sailors. Actual losses from both ships totaled about 260 killed and 110 wounded. Otherwise, the author displays sound analysis of the main points of the battle as well as the oft-ignored minutiae, such as the role of the neutral French observer warship, the Confederate attempt to board the Monitor and the actions of the James River Squadron. Very well done.

It is a nice handbook,handy and small to carry around, however it is a littl too brief.

If you're looking for a book that gives you the most up to date information on relationship commitment, this is the book. Yes, it's a scholarly volume, but everyone, regardless of academic background, will find something useful here. I'm not a professor or a researcher, but I nevertheless found the book to be quite illuminating and interesting in several respects. You just have to read it!