Excellent storyline and characters. Visited Cornwall and drove to Sharptor and St Cleer to see where book was based. Look forward to re-reading these books now that I have seen the setting. Thoroughly enjoyable read.

Big Bill Thompson has been a political whipping boy ever since he failed to win re-election as Chicago mayor in the 1930s. Subsequent books on Thompson were written by supporters who wished to praise, detractors who wished to condemn or journalists who just wanted to tell a good story. But finally, after 70 years, an objective account has been written of Big Bill Thompson together with the intricate details of the prevailing political climate in Chicago before, during and after the Roaring Twenties.

Learn about the Big Bill Thomson who inherited his money from lucky parents who owned the one section of Chicago which did not burn in the Great Fire of 1871.

Learn about the Big Bill Thompson who was one of the most celebrated athletes in late 19th century Chicago.

Learn about the Big Bill Thompson who as a cowboy turned a profit on his ranch while Teddy Roosevelt was losing money on his.

Learn about a Mayor Thompson who championed an "America First" policy while exploiting class envy for his own political gain.

The reader is left with the impression that Big Bill Thompson invented the type of politics in use today. Rather than focus on Thompson himself, however, the book also explores the campaigns of his opposition, leaving the reader with a full understanding of what worked for Thompson and why it worked.

The scandal involving contributions from gangsters which effectively ended his career is given the space it deserves at the end of the book, but is not the focus of the book, as are most contemporary news stories. The reader is left with a well-rounded and objective account of one of the most successful mayors in Chicago history -- and how he got there.

And as the final coup de grace at the conclusion of the book, the reader will undoubtedly be shocked when they realize that Big Bill Thompson never committed half the indiscretions attributed to Big Bill Clinton.

All in all, it was an excellent and enlightening read. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Even though I am a huge John Thompson and Georgetown fan, this book looks at both the positive and negative sides of John Thompson. It goes into his childhood, his days at Providence, on to the Boston Celtics, with St. Anthony's High School, and ending with Georgetown. It covers the recruiting process, racial hurdles, and academic regulations John Thompson is know for. It talks about his days as the Olympic assistant and also the controversial head coach in 1988. Takes you on the ride through the early and mid-eighties with Patrick Ewing and ends with the signing of Alonzo Mourning and his first two seasons. This book provides you with information to let you decide if you like John Thompson or not.

Thompson and Thompson's "Bioethical Decision Making for Nurses" is an outstanding example of a book that provides not only a theoretical basis for bioethical perspectives but a concise and articulate bioethical decision making model appropriate not only for nurses (as the title would imply) but also for other health care professionals such as physicians and midwives as well. The bioethical decision making process is aptly illustrated with the use of case studies which contribute to the reader's understanding of the application of this 10 step process. I highly recommend this book to health care professionals who face ethical decisions each day in practice, education and research.

Beautiful and exciting, written with understanding, love, and poetry. I have loved Seton's animal stories since childhood.

Very well done pop-up book with a great wind-up rocket that travels through "space" on "track" pages. Great packaging, great art work, all around nicely done. As my wind-up collector husband says - "excellent"! And the kids loved it the one time he let them play with it as well!

David Thompson has done it again. "Blood Feud" is the 26th book in the Wilderness series. I have read all 26. They all have been good but I believe this is one of the best. I can just see the clan family from Georgia or Arkansas as they speak and the words flow through the pages. As usual Nate King and his family handle everything in mountain fashion. Would recommend this book to anyone who like to read about life and times of the mountain men of long ago.

I loved this book, it had it all,Romance, Aliens,Ninjas, Muslims, action, Russiand, and Drama. It was the best poster I ever looked at.

If you want to know anything about who Bob Dole is, this is the book to read.

When I read this book I was surprised to find it was full of quotes from the world's greatest singer. That's basically all it is, and it was great. Surprising insights on the singers personality. It includes his thoughts on other bands, thoughts on his own band, insights on how he deals with fame, and stuff about himself. A must-read for hard-core fans. It also has a lot of great pictures, though they are all in black and white.