I enjoyed this book for many reasons. First, the boring history information was presented in an enjoyable manner. Second, I felt like I got to know who Sam Houston was as a person, not just what he did for Texas. Third, I was happy to find out that the information that was presented was well researched and not just from speculation. Of course, it is not Shakespeare, but it made Texas history a bit more bearable.

This book is a great first textbook for neurology residents. Igave it only 4 stars because Bradley covers more material, but it iseasier to read than Adam and Victor or Goetz and Pappert. Very well written and with great pictures. END

"The student text of Our Beautiful America is hardcover, 280 pages, in a large 8 1/2" X 11" format. There are over 300 illustrations, but all are in black and white. The book is intended for middle school age students. It is similar in organization to typical textbooks, but includes significant coverage of Christianity (from a Protestant perspective). It also seems to lean toward a a 'limited government' view....The helpful student workbook includes key ideas, people, places, dates, and vocabulary for each chapter plus activity pages with puzzles, maps, charrts, and other work pages to reinforce chapter content. Chapter reviews include both recall and analytical questions. Tests are in a separate, reproducible book. Answers for workbook questions/activities and tests are all in the Teacher's Guide. The Teacher's Guide adds a little extra help with lesson presentation plus ideas for field trips, further research, and projects.

The author captures the true feelings behind being gay and being in a male dominated line of work. The excitement of the capture is exceptional I really enjoyed the book.

John Porter Houston strays from the usual in this wonderfully written book. Most other authors deal only with the poets lives and works in a trivial and banal manner, treating the poets as precocious and intoxicated. It is refreshing to finally find a book that reviews their legacies in terms of cultural and philosophical currents in a diverse and lucid manner. Included are reviews of selections of their work with the original french and the authors own intelligent translations. I highly recomend this book to any serious student of either Rimbaud or Mallarme as one of the few available which is both entertaining and thought provoking.

Pop Art: U.S./U.K Connections 1956-1966 is a great read for those facintated with the Pop Art movement. The color plates are really good and so is the writing. It's an informative look at the parallels between the Pop Art movement in the U.S. an the U.K. The book includes the icons of the era along with some lesser known artists and works. It presents an interesting perspective suitable for both the beginner and expert art enthusiast.

Recovering Rude reads like a who-done-it with an inconclusive ending, but is, in fact, a political memoir of revolutionary struggles in India and the personal story of the author. The three main characters are Rude, whom we get to know through his diary, Allan, who also writes what appears to be a diary but is, in fact, commenting on the events described in the book and Nina, who is interesting in salvaging the diaries for posterity.

The novel takes us from an upper middle-class neighborhood in Calcutta, where there are bloody clashes between well-to-do students and the police, through a fancy high-rise in Houston which reeks of sulphur all the way to the frozen streets of Montreal, where one lone exile is starving and cold. The language is often terse, sometimes humourous and occasionally tinged with the vocal overtones of Anglo Indians in Calcutta or street kids in the Deep South.

It is a novel that engages our curiosity and makes us want to learn more, not only about what happened to Rude, but also about the revolutionary movement that shook Naxalbari in India in the late sixties. People to whom the term "naxalites" is familiar will also understand the subtext that permeates the novel. The general reader might miss some clues, but will in any case find it an intriguing novel which might whet his appetite for current events.

Highly recommended for history buffs, persons interested in South Asia and the general reader who knows that Indian writers are some of the hottest writers around!

Ok... so must books on Sam Houston are about his "heroic leadership of Texas." This book is mostly about his political career. I learned a lot of different things about Sam Houston.. for instance.. he's not much different from Bill Clintion... he had an affair and resigned from governorship!! Who knew? This is a great book to refer to when you're doing a term paper on him.

This cookbook is one of my stash that I pull out regularly. I have several favorites I make over and over again plus I check it out often for new dishes to try. My sister in-law was one of three women who tested every recipe submitted for the book. The recipes are accurate, fool-proof and delicious. I have given it as a gift several times and always hear back from friends how much they like the book too! Some of my favorite recipes are, "Black Bean Salsa," "Texas Tortilla Soup" and "Southern Sweet Potato Casserole."

Paul Gilroy's 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack' offers an intriguing examination of race relations in Britain in the 1980s. Gilroy, unlike numerous other theorists, sees the interconnectedness between those discourses around race, class, and gender, and its impact on the black British community. Furthermore, Gilory advances the notion that "materialist theory of culture has much to contribute to 'race relations' analysis" (16). I highly recommend Gilroy's other works in addition to this one. His writing is clear and his dexterity with the topic of race in Britain is unsurpassed.