Edward Hamilton has done a great service to the entire rum drinking world with his "Complete Guide to Rum". Whether a professional in the spirits industry, a seasoned connoisseur of fine rums, or simply a person that enjoys re-living Caribbean cruises gone by, this is an outstanding resource that should not be missed. The author has gone to great lengths to maintain a sense of objectivity and there is no sense that big marketing dollars play any role whatsoever in his astute observations. Great attention is paid to both the rums and the unique cultures that produce them. Bravo Mr. Ed Hamilton!

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I like this book on Cowboy (Eyewitness Books) & I think it's a cool book & in this book you can see why what an athentic chuckwagon looks like, how an expert ropes a calf, a rodeo rider in action on a wild steer, how a saddle is made & a Mongolian lassoing a wild horse.

Also learn about where wild horses and bulls live in France, why cowboys wear Long Johns, how to tame a bucking bronco, why a gaucho decorates his belt with silver coins.

You can always discover how the cowboy's romantic image influenced music & films & even much, much more ever!!!!

This book reminds me of a video called "Big Comfy Couch: You Can Do it Molly, Black Beauty book illustrated by Susan Jeffers.

This is the best cowboy book ever!!!!!!!!!!!

This is like a new favorite of eyewitness books ever!!!!

I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!

DK eyewitness books are some of the greatest non-fiction books around. The distinctive white background and high-quality photography gives this book an edge over any other cowboy picture book. And -- these pictures are real! They're beautiful photos of historically cowboy/cowgirl things, accompanied by informative captions and text.

Learn about American cowboys in the old west (along with cowboys from a few other cultures). See photos of real cowboy paraphernelia, clothing, weapons, etc.!

If you know someone (young or old) who is fascinated by all things cowboy, then you must introduce them to this book! It's a visual crash course in cowboys, and it's excellent!

This book is a chocolate bonbon of a dollhouse book. The pictures are wonderful, the descriptions are delightful. You'll be either green with envy of the owners of the featured houses, or inspired.

Of all my miniature books, this one is the one that I always have handy. It is invaluable for the beginner and experienced miniaturist alike. The author shares hundreds of tips that are both clever and inexpensive. The photography is excellent and is especially inspirational to anyone doing a shop. Included are a grocery, fishmonger, millinery, pharmacy, bakery, hat shop, toy store, and antique shop. (I probably missed several). There are also houses and roomboxes. While this isn't a manual for particular projects, the ideas can easily be translated to your own settings. I wouldn't be without this book in my library.

Excellent, highly readable, well documented biography of Raymond Hamilton, a colorful Texas bank robber of the 1930's. Hamilton is chiefly remembered today as a sometime accomplice of Clyde Barrow but his own criminal career is equally interesting and far more spectacular.

Sid Underwood has written an extremely in-depth account of the Gentleman Bandit. Underwood has traced the history of Hamilton and his cohorts, including Bonnie & Clyde, as well as interviewed many people who have since passed away that knew Bonnie & Clyde, including relatives. Besides giving very detailed accounts pulled from records and the interviews, the book is filled with some great photos. Depression Desperado is both historical and entertaining.

Here is another Dumpy story with just the right amount of action, suspense, and the slightest hint of danger, as well as lots of vehicles, for little boys to enjoy. My 4 year old loves Dumpy books and this one is no exception! The illustrations are bright and the text is substantial--not dumbed-down for small
children. We look forward to more Dumpy books in the future!

The latest in the Hyperion "Dumpy the Dump Truck" series, Dumpy And The Big Storm is an engaging picture book for young readers ages 3 to 7 about a cheerful dump truck, who along with friends Stinky the Garbage Truck, Tommy the Tow Truck and Big Red the Fire Engine, who must combine their efforts to help when lightning strikes the harbor lighthouse and Saucy Sue the fishing boat is in trouble. A heartwarming and adventurous story collaboratively written by Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton, and enhanced with full color, cartoon-style artwork by Tony Walton, Dumpy And The Big Storm is commended as a delightful, "kid friendly" addition to family, school, and community library collections.

I thought this book was extremely well written.It confused me towards the middle, but I enjoyed it very much. This is one of my favorites, worth reading.

I hope Effie's House is discovered someday. I hope some listless screenwriter or ambivalent publisher runs across this novel, this secret masterpiece, and places it upon the pedestal which it so dearly deserves. He will have to look past the novel's misclassification as a juevenile novel, for it is as much a juevenile novel as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The comparison is poignant, for what we in Effie's House is the response to the reflexive values of the 20th century and their embodiment in Huck Finn. Effie's story begins with a flight, but not from a father who keeps her under lock and key, but with a father everyone thought had died in Vietnam. They run not for freedom from Miss Watson's stern household, but to Michigan, Effie's childhood home. Her story is an epistle, told under layers of self-conscious post-modernism and in-your-face truth telling, but at heart Effie is a victim of a selfish age, and of a society of muted Huck Finns, of a libertine step-father whose sexual mores leave scars he shockingly cannot perceive and a narcisistic mother whose career and habitual re-marriage leaves her and daughter packing every few yearrs. Effie's flight is the ultimate counter-flight, a grasp to find the home she so needs, but a home a self-absorped society has decided is irrelevant. Rather like Don Giovanni's Commendatore, she returns from the grave to remind us, we Dons, of the victims we forget in our never-ending search for desire and total moral individuation. She is our new Huck Finn, painfully yet lovingly waiting to inaggurate, as Twain once did, a new age.

DISCLOSURE: My father wrote this book. It won't be surprising that I give it five stars, but the work honestly merits it regardless of the reviewer,...

This is an excellent introduction to or review of the Federalist. The book is short and easily approachable, but its ideas powerful. The work is handsomely bound in dark blue leather.

A very pleasant surprise, indeed! I am a normal, working class citizen and was given this book as a gift. My initial reaction was, "I will get to this when I can", but after turning the first 9 pages, I could not put it down!

Dr. Saxey's goal is the same as the original authors; his intent is to assist every voter in reading and understanding the Constitution, and he accomplishes that goal in style!

Saxey guides the reader through the Federalist papers step by step; first quoting the authors of the Federalist - James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Following each topic, he adds a short commentary of each section and then describes how past and present administrations have abided by or abused the Constition and the ramifications of doing so.

Dr. Saxey takes us on a journey of our political history and points out "red flags", misuse of government power and where our future as a Nation lies accordng to how the Constituiton has been interpreted in our time and ramifications if changes are not made. He points out the net effect of excessive legislation which has become epidemic, illustrates how the limitations of terms has been misunderstood as well as the effect of entrenched power based on a seniority system in the House of Representatives.

One of my favorite sections, on page 55 is regarding the character of those representing the people/states. Saxey states " Character matters. It matters not only in candidates for public office, but in the CITIZENS who vote for them" (emphasis added). Roderick Saxey quotes Alexis de Tocqueville who spoke of the greatness of America, and who said "America is great because she is good and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great"! How appropriate for these times. The delightful surprise here, is that the Author's personality shines through what could be for some, difficult reading. His humor and humility are evident and enjoyable enough that you wish you could sit at a fireside chat and probe his intellect and insight further. For passionate American's this is a must read. I recommend it for any US History course and for any person seeking citizenship into our Nation! If a second edition comes forth, I'd like to hear more from Dr. Saxey himself, as his discourse is insighful, logical, sensible.

As history teaches us, we must look where we are headed as a nation and to do that, we must re-evaluate what our Founding Fathers intended for America and her people. "The Federalist", by Dr. Roderick Saxey accomplishes this and stands apart from other Federalist publications. I recommend that you find it, read it and keep it on your desk! An excellent source of stimulating conversation!

Denise Hamilton and Chantal Jakel collaborate with television's "Everyday Workout" series star Cynthia Kereluk to present Fit To Cook, a combination cookbook and fitness program. Fit To Cook offers easy, ready to serve in 6 to 60 minute recipes, four weeks of low-fat menus, pantry and shopping lists; a "Game Plan Guide", and a practical and effective Fitness Program. From Multi-Grain Soda Bread, Orange-Cinnamon Coffee, and Vanilla Fruit Salad, to Fit to Eat Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Capelli Medley with Roasted Tomatoes, and Salmon in a Nest, Fit To Cook offers delicious, nutrition eating that will please any palate, plus exercises that will guarantee the food you eat turns into muscle and energy, instead of fat and cellulose. Highly recommended for the health conscious family cook!

Finally! A book that offers not only sound eating guidelines, but a complete plan on how to do it (including simple recipes). This book is perfect for the person (or family) who wants to eat wholesome and nutritious food, but lacks the knowledge and perhaps the confidence to make the correct choices. These authors provide a 4-week plan, which is realistic, for getting people back into simple meal planning.

Although this book is not marketed as a weight loss book, I recommend it for all participants of the weight management classes I teach because permanent weight loss and better health is sure to be a result. What you will learn from this book is how to eat a normal, healthy and balanced diet, which is one thing no one seems to know how to do anymore. Thank you Fit to Cook authors for getting us back to the basics and for providing such an excellent guide!

Wistful, poignant and beautifully written, this is a touching and elegaic novel. Blending fact with imaginary events, Hamilton Paterson takes an extraordinary, but true, event from Elgar's life and constructs around it a simple but fabulous narrative about a man at a creative crisis. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Music lovers as well as those who enjoy fine writing will find Hamilton-Paterson's imaginary account of a voyage up the Amazon by Edward Elgar not only entertaining and thought-provoking, but also ultimately very revealing of the contradictions and conflicts in Elgar's character. Hamilton-Paterson's research has been as thorough as his sympathy for his protagonist is obviously deep. This novel won the Whitbread prize for best first fiction

If you have not built an organization that people hate to leave, have not established working arrangements that assure that knowledge is transferred freely and continually within the organization and have not instituted more formal processes for capturing the knowledge that flows within the organization, then you need to read this book. It offers a systematic approach to identifying, capturing and preserving knowledge that is critical to the continuing effectiveness of the organization, providing a partial and process solution to an essentially cultural problem. But you need to recognize that the approach addresses symptoms (loss of knowledge) rather than root causes (inappropriate structure, work practices and employment policies).

Maintaining corporate knowledge is one of the most critical tasks that I must confront as a manager. Whether it is by employees leaving for other opportunities, retiring, or downsizing; all to often much of a company's experience walks out the door with the employee. "Continuity Management" spends time clearly defining the problem and its impact. This time is well spent as the problem of corporate knowledge loss is more intricate than it may seem and the impact is very wide reaching. However, far from leaving the reader pondering the problem, Beazley, Boenisch, and Harden map out a system to stop the knowledge leak. Its not a quick fix, but a corporate-wide concentrated effort that, once implemented, becomes part of a company's culture.

"Continuity Management" ensures continued customer satisfaction during times of high employee turnover.

In the company I work for, millions of dollars are spent to train people and inculcate them in the corporate culture. The conditions and changes in the world economy ensure high employee turnover will be a normal paradigm. Often the people that we lose are the brightest and most knowledgeable. When they go, the information they used to get things done and make things work goes with them.
Boenisch, Harden and Beazley have presented a look at the magnitude of this problem plus a well thought out plan to resolve it. It won't be easy and just reading the book won't make it happen. It will require resources and corporate drive to implement. Knowledge is potentially power and money. The efforts expended to conserve it will be felt in a new competitive edge and in the bottom line.
The book should be required reading for anyone that manages people or resources. The ideas and methods can be successfully implemented corporate wide or in any first level management department. Highly recommended and a milestone book.