For any Rifter, this is the must have of the collection. With details of the Pecos Riders and other such empires, the information alone is worth it. But there is also more character classes, weapons and gear than one can shake a stick at. The best part of the sourcebook it that it'll help recall some of the best (and worst) westerns you've seen and BAM instant adventures.

This book is great. I suggest the preacher, which is good for interesting play. For psychic players, there is a psi-slinger and it is great. The best list for the best TW weapons I have ever seen.

I found this book very interesting, but I thought it was a little adult. Some parts are very good, but I takes a while to get to the climax, or the turning point of the story.My favorite part of the story was when Ricca goes to Egypt with Francis Benardone, or known as Saint Francis of Assisi. I think this book should be recommended for children 12 years of age.I learned about Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Excellent book!!! Through the book, I searched for a plot but realized there really wasn't one. But this still was a great book--with or without a plot.

The great humanist Rockwell Kent is represented well in the plates of this "lost Landscape" edition. The plates are great color, and the text fills you in on the complexity of his socialist political life. Kent is a superior mannerist as was his contemporary Grant Wood. It is heartening to see these works from the Soviet Union in such an inexpensive and reputable package. The book is true to the beauty and substance of this sometimes underappreciated legend! I was lucky enough to see some of the great Adirondack paintings at the Blue Mtn. museum last summer, which made me ravenous to get this book. I am thrilled! Buy it if you have an affinity for the works of Kent!

"Rockwell Kent's Forgotten Landscapes" presents 47 full-color, full-page paintings which he gave to Russia in 1960, and which have not been seen in the U.S. since. This treasure trove of his "forgotten" paintings was reproduced by Scott R. Ferris and Ellen Pearce in a 96-page coffee-table format.

By their direct simplicity, these paintings may startle viewers, especially those who revel in the nuances of paintings by impressionists, for Kent's pictures have sharp lines, bright colors, and deep shadows, and show the use of artistic license here and there. Edward Hopper's "houses" are done in a somewhat similar style. Kent's painting locales included the Adirondacks (his home), Greenland, Maine (Monhegan), Tierra del Fuego, Alaska and Ireland.

After studying the collection this reviewer emerged convinced that he has a better grasp of North Greenland, where the sun wheels around 360 degrees while hanging just above the horizon during summer months and casting a sort of perpetual evening light and long shadows. Kent's paintings often show no human or animal life, but there is enough inclusion of Indian activities as to cause cultural anthropologists to consider his paintings to be rare records of this primitive, by-gone lifestyle. Kent's portrait of Mount Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies was so startling in color and composition as to make this reviewer actually gasp in wonder at its beauty.

In addition to the big color plates, the authors have included 36 smaller black & white pictures which amplify 15 pages of scholarly text by Ferris, in which he discusses the genealogies of selected pictures and their believed locations abroad. The text is backed by 95 footnotes, many of which are interesting in their own right.

Appendix I lists "variant titles to some of Kent's basic scenes." Appendix II organizes his "non-paintings" into engravings, lithographs, books and brochures, manuscripts and reproductions and portfolios -- all wonderful guides to other Kent works. Then there follow a Bibliography and Index.

Ellen Pearce's major contribution is a seven-page essay on the life and political entanglements of Rockwell Kent, which climaxed in his being summoned before Sen. Joseph McCarthy's Committee on Government Operations. Further, the State Department refused to renew his travel visa until the Supreme Court overturned its ruling. All this disheartened and embittered Kent and predisposed him to bequeath his "great collection" to the Russians, who had received an earlier show of his with warmth and enthusiasm.

For those who heretofore have known Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) only by his book and magazine illustrations, this is a grand introduction to his work in oils. One hopes another book someday will publish his collected works so that Americans can even better appreciate a great native-born but forgotten artist.

This play is unusual in its combination of magic realism and reality. The characters are compelling, the story interesting and the symolism still puzzling. It will make you think, not just about the story, but also about what you want to believe about people. Highly recommended even from someone who does not come from this culture.

(Oh how I wish I could just say "This is a great book! Buy it!")

My review isn't good enough for this book..... All I can say is that the dialogue is amazing. The lines that make you sigh are constant. The characters are unforgetable and the setting is just magnificent. This is a book whose culture is rich and overflowing and is an inspiration for those of similar backrounds who want to write something like this.

Thank you for sharing your story, Mrs. Daluge. It's amazing to think that you could do so much to help the Jews and POW's right under the noses of their enemies. My 86-year-old father read it first, and he insisted the rest of the family HAD to read it. He was right.

This is a definite MUST read for adults and children alike. Agnes Daluge tells her story as a teenage spy with such spirit it is hard to put down. The happenings of World War II as seen through the eyes of a teenager can provide an excellent opportunity to review with your children and grandchildren. Not only does she give a factual account of her trials and tribulations but Agnes has a way of weaving humor within. Her down to earth writing makes you realize she was a child at heart first, and a spy and god-send for hundreds second. It's an amazing story that enables you to review history in a unique way. Thank you, Agnes, for opening up your life to your readers!

I really enjoyed this book as it was one of my fisrt to purchase about Route 66. This book didn't cover only the road but also took you from town to town and introduced you to the People. Great photography added to the experience. This is one book I read over and over.

This books contains all that is needed to make the reader -or viewer- want to travel the road, even just by looking at the pictures. It isn't called a photographic essay for nothing. The text is more social oriented and is probably one way to look at the 20th century and its cultural heritage along Historic Route 66. Those readers going travel old 66 might be a little bit disappointed that it does not give many clues to find the locations easily. This is a book about an icon on its own terms.

A must in your library if you're interested in Route 66.

A great debt is owed to SAGES for the publication of this book. There is no other resource quite like it. It truly is "the bible" for anyone who performs laparoscopic surgery. Although there will always be different nuances in surgical technique, this is a wonderful starting point for begining laparoscopists.
Heavy on technical information; light on pictures.

The SAGES MANUAL is a good pocket book for general surgeons.It is a portable and small but extended book.It gives everything about especially laparoscopy.It starts with equipment,patient preperation and troubleshooting and then continues with the everything of laporoscopy and endoscopy.If you have a question about something for laparoscopic surgery,you can be sure to find the answer in this good prepared and organized book.Organization of book is excellent.Everything is arranged .You don't lose your way in the book.Especially indication,technique and complications parts are very succesful.You can find a large section about the principles of laparoscopic hemostasis.Congratulations to writers

I have a shelf full of books on UU. This was the one I most enjoyed reading. It contains about 20 essays by different UU leaders, exploring different aspects of improving our ministry. The piece by Suzanne Meyer was particularly useful to me as a Worship committee chair. My congregation is beginning to build Covenant Groups - small lay-led group ministries. These are on the Meta-Church model. The meta-church literature (Carl George, and others) is good, but very much out of an Evangelical Christian tradition. For UUs to make small-group ministry work, we need to be able to articulate what special gifts *our* tradition holds. I found this book so useful in that regard that I've bought eight copies of it, and been giving them away to other members of my congregation.

A collaboration of UU authors share how they have been successful in promoting congregational growth. There are many great ideas and inspiring stories.

My son read this book in his gifted education class at school. His teacher just happens to be related to the author. My son came home and begged me to buy him this book, because it made him laugh!

"Scary Fright, Are You All Right" is an exceptional children's book, a delightful experience in every detail. The story is an intriguing twist, populated with monstrously adorable characters you can't help but fall in love with. Mr. Gibala-Broxholm's sense of character and "ghastly" good humor fills each page with laughter while conveying an important and timely message of love and acceptance.

Accompanying the story are pages and pages of artwork that captures the delight and warmth of each scene. Don't just skim over these artistic gems... every page has some charmingly spooky nuance or detail that marks this book as a true work of love by a skilled artist and storyteller (Dr. Ghastly's diploma is a particularly nice touch)!

"Scary Fright" is a must-have for your child's library, a story that you will enjoy sharing time and time again. My highest hope is that we get to see Scary and her frightful family again... soon!

I am finishing my Ph.D. in psychology this year, and this is a definate read for anyone in the field, espececially those who are considering persuing a career in psych. This book has confimed my long-standing fears as a graduate student: That there is much non-science in the field of psych and the profession is openly hostile to those that say so, while at the same time donning the semantically garb of "scientist". The truth is there is very little science in psych these days, and it is psychology's "dirty little secret".

This edited volume contains chapters which provide critical analysis of a variety of important subjects in clinical psychology. Lillienfeld et al take a hard look at general issues such as diagnosis and treatment as well as specific issues including New Age treatments for psychological disorders and tests and personality measures. It also examines other subjects such as controversial interventions for ADHD, trauma and autism. The book will spark a great deal of argument and some outrage, since there are a lot of oxen and sacred cows being gored therein. But it is long past time that the yawning chasm between science and clinical practice was addressed, and this volume does an admirable job. I recommend this book to all thoughtful clinicans, as well as general readers with an interest in clinical psychology.