This is the very best book I have seen or used to learn to weave. It is extremely detail oriented and procedes in a step by step manner. I have been involved in spinning and weaving for 9 years and still refer back to it. Get it in a spiral bound ed if you can so you can lay it flat as you work.

As a new weaver, I found this book to be an incredible storehouse of good, reliable information. I read it cover to cover before I ever even laid eyes on my loom. Armed with that book, I felt completely prepared to start my first project the evening my loom arrived.

Forget all the other books on weaving. This is the one. Anyone who has problems warping their loom, designing patterns, learning new patterns will wear the pages of this book thin with reading and rereading and rereading and more rereading. There is barely a day that goes by that I do not in some way refer back to this fantastic book! All we ask is that the writer give us more! Bravo!

"Bold As Love- The Jimi Hendrix Experience" is a great book on Jimi, whether you're an old fan or someone who wants an introduction. It gives a well-balanced, brief bio of JH in 115 photo-packed pages. Speaking of photos, this book really delivers in that department. Many full- and half- page photos in their original glory brilliantly illustrate the many fascinating moods of uh, maybe the coolest guy ever. 'Bold As Love' is not as exhaustive as Gleebeck's 'Electric Gypsy', but it offers a more candid look at the JH legend . If you thought 'Electric Gypsy' was a little Chandler/Kramer heavy, you might enjoy this perspective. In fact, 'Bold As Love' would be a nice companion to 'Electric Gypsy'. Worth twenty bucks just for the photos.

As with most books about cities, this one presents the town in the most favorable light. However, the photos, art work, and interesting commentary makes this one a city portrait worth buying.

"A Rose Will Grow Anywhere" was a beautiful reminder of my visit to David Redding's church, a rustic cathedral built by Amish barn raisers.

I especially like airliners, and I am not so much into military planes. Therefore the large sections on the B17, B29, B47 etc downgraded my rate to a 4 star. But I must admit, the (military GA-2) section was very funny. My copy is an old one from 1983. So the chapter 'A new era' shows the prototypes of the 757 and 767 and a model of a 7-7 (certainly not a 777). Check out what the new era is now. All aircraft are covered including the lesser known beautiful 307 Stratoliner and the classic model 247. Lots of colorfull pictures, and a informative text. A real nice to have book if you are interested in that other company from Seattle

I found this book provided a well written history of the Boeing corporation, from its roots with a short airplane ride for Bill Boeing to becoming the largest producer of commercial jets in the world, and the second largest defense contractor in the United Sates. The achievements of ths company are truly amazing, as well as the aircraft they have built, from the B-17 Flying Fortress to the 747-400 Jumbo Jet.If you've ever flown in a commercial jet before, it was probably built by Boeing. Read this book if you want to learn more about the company that has had perhaps the greatest effect on transportation in our time.

Exelent book with wonderful pictures and tons info on Boeing. It talks about Boeing from the begining of the company, and up to the recent Boeing 777 and merger with McDonnel Douglas in 1996. This book is very informative on Boeing's history and I really like it.

I have read the previous version of this book, and from what I've read I really enjoyed it. The book touches over linux and can get even the greenest greenhorn started working with the operating system.

Every Linux Operating System involves a lot of things. This beautifully reinforced text did all that is needed to be done in providing extensive and reliable information on the OS. It dissected every aspect of the software. Whether you are an ardent Linux pal or just an adventurer, this book will alleviate your tuition problems. From software installation down to security and networking options, there is hardly anything that you would not find in this well-detailed text. Its depth and accuracy is unique. For switchers in particular, this "Linux Complete" provides the easiest and the most comprehensive way of adapting to the new Linux environment.

When I first saw this book I was sceptical of how good it would be. The paper is not especially good quality and the price is cheap .... But don't let looks deceive you - 'Linux Complete' is excellent!

The sheer weight of material covered in this book is impressive on its own merit. But for such an inexpensive price it is amazing. For twenty bucks you get walk-throughs on installing Red Hat Linux, setting up Apache, setting up Samba, working with Gnome, handling multimedia, and all the basics you'll need to do a whole host of other tasks. Plus the topic index is very comprehensive.

Linux Complete is better than other computer reference books that are twice the price. It is easy to read, and is useful to beginners and intermediate users. It offers clear and accurate information and good step-by-step instructions. It doesn't cover the various problems that can occur when installing or running Linux software especially well, but considering the wide content covered that's understandable.

This book has saved me many hours of frustration and I have no reservations in recommending it to other users!

This is the Hendrix book fans have waited for. While Hendrix's catalog has been messy (compared to the Beatles), Roby has researched & documented Hendrix's many amazing collaborations, unreleased gems, and new directions, both audio and video. Roby proves that Hendrix deserves another Top 40 credit with "Mercy,Mercy" with Don Covay. Very well documented (endless end notes!) and highly entertaining for any level of music fan. Check out the new stuff on Jimi with Miles Davis, Jayne Mansfield, or Frank Zappa!

Excellent read and addition for any hendrix fan or any interested party.The material is very well researched and provides excellent background material as well as the current status of hendrix recordings,videos,etc.What was most interesting to me were the background stories of the material itself and the authors superb presentation and style of writing .The book is simply a must.Thank you Mr.Roby

"Black Gold", written by Steven Roby, is a painstakingly accurate depiction of Jimi Hendrix' life and times. As a musician, singer and guitarist, and an avid student of music history, I appreciate an author who approaches his work with the thoroughness that Steven Roby has done with this book.
I've read many books on Jimi, as well as, the Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Nirvana, Miles Davis and Joh Coltrane (By the way- thanks Miles for the Wah-wah). This book is objective and lacks that selfish bias some authors instill in their writing. Some writers aren't willing to display their subject matter exposed for all to see. They don't want to fully let the readers know all the sides to a character because something captivated an author to write about a particular person in the first place. Roby gives you the places, the names, everything, and lets the reader see where Jimi Hendrix leads them. Finally, I've got a book I can reference after so many years of speculation, rumour, and hearsay. Jimi Hendrix is one of my heroes,and Steven Roby helps me keep him my hero.

Just finished William Redding's Holy Orders and I had a difficult time putting it down. All the characters in the book had their own story to tell and they were all interesting. The book had suspense, murder, sex, corruption, scandal, race problems, police on the take and more. Mr.Redding was able to bring everything together for a good read. I see that that he is a former police officer, police chief and private investigator, well that shows prominently in this book. Hope we hear more from Mr. Redding soon!

This book is hard to classify. It's not quite a mystery, though it involves a detective-story puzzle and is scarcely lacking in suspense; it's too straightforward and realistic to fit the description of a conventional thriller. William Redding has been a police officer for much of his life and it shows in this book. Though he succeeds in making us like nearly everyone in the novel (sometimes at high odds) and reveals a painfully benevolent view of his fellow man, he writes from close experience with a world in which the best one can do is to make one's decisions, accept the consequences, and hope to remain standing at the end of the day. The bureaucracy, petty frustrations, and corruption with which policemen must deal are relentlessly observed and one hundred percent convincing. At the same time, the book clings to some of the supports of popular fiction: perhaps one love affair too many, a few contrived plot twists and sparely sketched characters. The reader is kept guessing as to what sort of book Mr. Redding intended this to be. It was published by a small press and some lapses in the print and copyediting jobs will make it easy for some to condescend to it as a mediocre commercial number, but this would not be fair at all: it is obviously a labor of love put together with care and real skill by a man with serious things to say about the human condition. The result is more gripping and often more touching than many a finely written work of psychological fiction. Some polish would have produced a book to stand with some of Cornwell's best; but Redding seems to have different goals in mind than Cornwell. He has set himself the task of writing from within about hard-working people under stress, telling their story as each would understand it while it unfolds. This is not the aim of the average suspense writer. Yet if some of the loose threads of the story had been exploited more before being tied up rather neatly at the end, the book may have been better both as a suspense novel and as realistic fiction.

How best to judge this book, then? A good way to start is that a good story, compassionate writing, realism and a poignant outlook on life are hard to find in the same package. Anyone who wants to know what it feels like to work as a police officer, or to live in a white Catholic suburb as a woman of color, or to do one's best and be left broken-hearted should read this book. And anyone who wants to know what is meant by old-fashioned values--meaning not a blind conservatism, but the values that will allow one to face the worst brought on by the decay of America--should hope to hear more from Bill Redding. This is a book with a heart and a writer with an inquiring mind. We can look forward to seeing him grow.

And let me tell you, it does keep you reading!

After years of reviewing books, and many decades of readership, this book sticks in my mind.
_Holy Orders_ ranks with the very best in its genre.
It is one of the few
self-published books that challenge the big names.
Unfortunately it has not had as wide a sale as its quality would indicate. A crime drama, yet it foreshadows the chuurch scandals that occurred years after its publication date. Be forewarned, there is a twist at the end that even the most seasoned mystery readers will not expect.

I prefer Redding to Ed McBain; he is more authentic.

John Culleton
Rowse Reviews

I found myself wishing I'd bought something else about halfway through this book. I recently came out of a very abusive marriage for unimpeachable reasons (adultery included) and I thought the author had no principles whatsoever. She had no biblical grounds for her divorce and actually boasted about dating and even kissing various men--and getting sexually aroused herself and arousing them--with no honorable intentions beyond. This really offended me. I could have gotten the same approach from a secular title.

In addition, her description of "predators" in Christian circles who go after divorced women scared the bejeebies out of me. I am trying hard in therapy to get over my terror of men and my conviction that they are all slimeballs out after only one thing, even when they hide it behind a religious facade, and this book only reinforced my fears.

Her thoughts that God still loves divorced people and still has a plan for their future were comforting, yes, but doesn't every Christian divorce title in print say this same thing?

Thumbs down.

I really like this book because I felt that the author conveyed honesty and a real picture of married life and relationships (also after being single again). A lot of people do pretend in public that everything is okay when that is not always the case. This leaves a false impression on others on what a marriage is like. I think all marriages have problems that couples work on but this is the only book I have read that addressed the problem of one spouse not being in love with the other. I think this is a common problem when people marry for many other reasons such as pregnancy before marriage, money, and whatever else you can think of. The author did not try to gloss over problems and pretend that counseling and prayer solved her problems. She communicated everything that she tried to make the marriage work and how she honestly felt at the results of those efforts. I felt the author was honest in conveying her struggles as a christian and not wanting to disappoint God. The book is more about healing and God's grace after deciding to get divorce as opposed to God's commandments on divorce.

I picked this book up in the summber of 2000. I read this immediately after reading two other books that had a profound affect on me. Still unsure as to what the outcome was going to be in my marriage, after I finished this book, I felt relieved to know that I would not go to hell if I chose divorce.

I learned that God does allow u-turns in life.

My marriage has been very, very painful. I have endured years of verbal abuse and crazy making. I stayed in my relationship believing that I would be committing an unpardonable sin if I divorced. I no longer believe that...although I must admit, it's a day to day struggle.

I, like many wives out there, counseled till I was blue in the face (I'm still in counseling) while my husband did a few sessions and now believes he is well and healed.

Yesterday, I saw his heart through more abuse and now realize he is not going to change and that it's time for me to move forward with my life.

Because of this book, I know that God knows I have tried everything humanly possible to save my marriage, but now it's time to accept the grace that God is offering me in divorce. I know it breaks HIS heart, it breaks my heart too and it will break the children's hearts as well. However, it would break my heart to have my children endure the pain of accepting a relationship like this or become abusive as well when they marry.

I have my issues and I am not perfect, but I am doing what I can through counseling and reading, to work on myself so that I can be a good example to my children. As I move forward to become the person God created me to be (after years of feeling like a nobody, a zero, and brainless), I know HE is not waiting behind a cloud to smite me (as some pastors and elders all but say) because God loves me, I am wonderfully made by Him and He has plans for me...great plans!