This book is exceptional, I hope it will be reissued soon. Ashurst was a front line soldier in both the first and second Lancashire Fusilier Battalions in World War 1. He wrote this book back in the 1920's but it was not published until the 1980's. He discusses his participation as a front line rifleman at both the First and second battles at Ypres. In the latter he was gassed in the first ever chemical attack in the history of warfare. He was then sent to Gallipoli where he missed the tail end of the fighting. However he was a participant in the battle of the Somme from the first day. His stirring depiction of that day and the brutal attempt to hold the sunken road are disturbing in there brutality. For those not familiar with the first day on the Somme(July 1, 1916) I strongly recommend Martin Middlebrooks book The First Day On the Somme. Over 19,000 British soldiers were killed on that one day and another 40,000 wounded. So the recollections of a survivor of that day are very rare. Especially an account as well written as this one. he would then be wounded on a working party in no mans land and sent back to England then followed another brief stint in the lines until he was sent to Officer Candidate school, this effectively ended his combat in World War 1. George Ashurst came from a poor family and accounts from these men are rare, especially one that articualtes both the horror of combat and inevitable malaise which befalls all fighting men in these circumstances.

I really enjoyed this book, you get to see a little more into Watson's personality and life and his relationship with Holmes..

From back of book:

The accounts of these cases are too bound up with events in my personal life which, although they may provide a plausible commentary to much of my dealings with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, can never be made public while he or I remain alive ...

Although Dr Watson is known for recording some sixty of his adventures with the celebrated Sherlock Holmes, he also wrote other reminiscences of their long friendship which were never intended for publication during their lifetimes. Rescued from oblivion by Rohase Piercy, here are two previously unknown stories about the great detective and his companion, throwing a fresh light upon their famous partnership, and helping to explain much, which has puzzled their devotees.
Together Holmes and Watson face disturbing revelations as they investigate the case of the Queen Bee; and we finally learn what actually happened at the Reichenbach Falls and the real reasons which lay behind Holmes' faked death and his subsequent return

This book is a really great book. I personally know Efner Tudor Holmes and I live in the town where this book was set. I think that it is a great book on problems faced with a farm running family in the 20th century. Its a great book for a pre-teen or teenager that loves horses.

This book is excellent. Give it two thumbs up. It's great for ages 6-14, or maybe 100! This is a funny and exciting book. And it can show how things can seem bad, but turn out good. And great for the whole family! I'll make this short, because noone likes reading long reviews. That's all!

I really enjoyed this book, although the words were really long. Sherlock Holmes used such ingenuity to solve his cases, proving that the author is also pretty smart. I have some advice for readers, though: don't read it at night. There's a murder in just about every case!

After having tried to get through Bulfinch's _Mythology_ with little luck, this little book came in very handy! It contains much of the same myths (although not as many), but it comes with a photograph every single time you turn the page. Depicted are paintings, statues, etc. that show various mythological figures. Remembering the myths was hard, and if you're more of a visual person, then these pictures really help you remember. And plus, the paintings are absolutely beautiful, and many of them are in full color. A nice companion to the Bulfinch _Mythology_--but I still haven't gotten to it yet! A delightful way to learn about mythology if you have a hard time with just text and need a little visual to perk things up.

This very readable book is an excellent short introduction to the subject. Not very clinical though. For that get Sam Vaknin's "Malignant Self Love"

This book was great! My name is Paola, and I am in 6th grade. This month (January) my class had 3 weeks to do a report on any Egyptian Leader. I picked Nefertiti! I found this book, "Nefertiti; Mystery Queen", and it was the formula to all my sources! I needed to write my report in first-person point-of-view, and this book gave me the right idea on how I should write my report. The pictures in it also helped me think of props I could use for my report. This book is great, I recommend it! (Oh, by the way, my report is due this week! Can't wait for my grade!)

Library Journal's review of this guide: "Combining encyclopedic coverage of destinations with loads of practical information and atlas-type maps, the series illuminates the wonders of nature but emphasizes the peculiarity of a place's people and their folklore."

The point of reading this political book is to enjoy Holmes Alexander's wonderful command of the English language. It's tinged with sadness, of course-- Alexander was retiring from a lifetime of writing (both as a columnist and an author of scholarly works). The introduction by Sen. Barry M. Goldwater helps set the reflective tone.

This was to be Alexander's last charge against the forces he had confronted as a pundit--the sneering liberals, the crackpot globalists, the unthinking geniuses out to appease the Communist bloc. It is also his final written tribute to his American homeland, a place he loved deeply. The quality of his writing demands that, when a culture history of the Right's experience during the Cold War comes to be written, some space will have to be alloted to the career of Holmes Alexander.

Final note--The title is from an encounter Alexader had as a boy with a veteran of the Confederate Army. The grizzled old soldier told Alexander, in reference to the American South's fate after the Civil War: "Never lose a war." Perhaps military hawks will yet latch on to this eloquent motto.