'Moral Dilemmas' presents you with a first hand account of contemporary ethical views. I am especially impressed with the arguments and conflicts as portrayed by Ruth Marcus et all. If you want a candid and clear account of 'Moral Dilemmas' this is the place to start. Please note that there is a basic history of Ethics as a common thread run through out the book. Don't let this fact discourage you. The material is first rate doing justice to the field Philosophy.

This delightful book follows the exploits and adventures of the Mason family. Smalltown life in Iowa is described in warm, friendly detail. An excellent book for relaxing on a lazy afternoon or a busy day escape.

I loved the Detectives in this book. The plot and turns keep you guessing until the end of the book. Highly recommended.

My Friendship Braclets is a very good book for childen and can be a great present! I learned so much and the directions are great. I would recommend this book to any boy or girl that needs something to do or just enjoys crafts. I have made so many braclets for me and my friends and they all love them. Two of my friends Sarah and Pollie have bought this book and would rate it with five stars too!

If you love to snuggle up with a wonderful cookbook to read, buy this one! I've had this book for at least 10 years and I still pull it off the shelf to look at the wonderful illustrations by Tasha Tudor and read the interesting anecdotes. The book is divided into chapters, each reflecting a holiday or cherished event -- from Easter to New Year's Open House to Picnic by the River -- and opens with a short story on the family traditions so associated. I like it most because it is both modern and quaint at the same time. As for the recipes, I must admit I haven't tried very many...

This charming, humorous book is a refreshing portrayal of the mid-south in the first half of the twentieth century. The narration rings true, especially when the author looks at himself in a strong light and lets his own faults be seen. He takes us into a world that is fast disappearing, the American south before and during the depression. The world Milton Mason shows us in The Nubbin Ridge Reader is of the middle class, where deprivation means having only two kinds of meat on the table, only one car under the porte cochere, and copies of big-city dresses made on Mama's machine. At the other end of the spectrum is "The Best Wife in Oconee County," a hapless orphan girl forced into marriage to a man who rules her with an iron fist and uses the depression to justify his miserly ways. You'll find yourself mesmerized by the characters of Nubbin Ridge: the five sisters, their husbands and children, and the inhabitants of the town. You'll go with Aunt Belle to watch Gloria Swanson film a movie, live with Aunt Ione as she entertains her summer visitors from New York City. You'll literally taste Aunt Ode's strawberries, Aunt Allie's navy beans in tomato sauce, and Aunt Ione's Lady Baltimore cake. You'll partake in wine-tastings, Boy Scout meetings, front porch sittings, and gossip. In short, you'll laugh, cry, and be thoroughly entertained to the last page.

My 3 year old son is addicted to Battlebots. I bought him this book for Christmas. He has looked at it so many times, I'm buying another copy! He has memorized all the bots in the book and it is teaching him to read. If you want in depth information about over 60 of the bots, this is the book for you.

John Mason's Olookun: Owner of Rivers & Seas is an excellent souce of information for anyone who is interested in the Yoruba Religious Tradition of Orisha Worship.

Mason's research as exhibited in this work is impeccable. He closely examines the origins and history of Olookun's worship in Africa, and he documents the journey of this Yoruba Deity from Africa to Cuba and thereby to the United States.

Mason not only provides the reader with a history of the worship of Olookun, he illustrates some examples of the rituals associated with the Deity; and he oulines the development of those rituals in the New World. Additionally, the author identifies and provides information about those individuals who were directly responsible for bringing the mysteries of this Deity and his worship to the New World.

Probably the most valuable aspect of this work is the author's explanation of the nature of the Orisha Olookun. Mason not only explains the various symbolisms associated with Olookun, but he outlines the very nature of this Deity and explains what the worship of Olookun represented (and continues to represent) to Africans in the New World and to their spiritual and familial descendants.

Included in this book are wonderful photographs and illustrations, and included is a cassette tape with recorded prayers and songs honoring Olookun in the Lucumi language of the Cuban descendants of the Yoruba people.

This book is an excellent source of information for anyone interested in Yoruba, Afo-Cuban, or African American history. Practitioners of the Yoruba Religion, regradless of the specific tradition they follow, will find this work invaluable.

This book is an almost indispensable tool for genealogists researching in South Carolina and the area known as the old Orangeburgh District. Lack of official records in South Carolina, especially in the "burned counties," makes it frustratingly difficult to track down the kind of information that fills in the gaps for family historians. Culler's efforts have brought together a wealth of information about the area, not only the bare facts and figures, but the kind of details that make the people and places come alive. Chapters include Nineteenth Century Homes, Churches and Their Influence, Newspapers and Periodicals, Blacks--Slave and Free, Schools Academies and Teachers, Lawyers Legislators and Public Officials, among others. There is also information from the 1850 Orangeburgh District census, listings of Confederate Military Companies, listings of local legislators, and more. While there are occasional factual mistakes, the book is well-researched and generally quite accurate.

In Pierre Michon's The Origin Of The World, a young teacher working in a sleepy countryside town becomes bewitched by the dazzling beauty and seductive personality of one of the residents in this sensual and evocative work. Origin Of The World will aptly serve to introduce a significant French author to an appreciative audience of English readers. The Origin Of The World is skillfully translated from the original French by Wyatt Alexander Mason, and is an original work that earned Michon the "Prix Louis Guilloux" award. This comes as no surprise to those familiar with Michon's work, given the author's consistent history of literary excellence and impressive resume of prizes and awards for his novels, short stories, and essays. Highly recommended!