Loved this book!!! A wonderful addition to my collection! Anyone who loves Barbies will really enjoy this book!!!!

There are collectors' manuals and then there are guides that enthrall both beginners and experts. Beauregard Houston-Montogmery's "Designer Fashion Dolls" is that rarity. The author's knowledge of the doll world--from bisque to vinyl--is all-encompassing. His photos are a joy, and his text provides both insight and wit. Best of all, Houston-Montgomery clearly lives in the real world and demonstrates how each doll is the product of her own culture and times. This book belongs on every doll aficionado's bookshelf beside those heirloom NRFB Barbies.

Although this book, the first by Venezuelan writer Paulette Silva is about literary criticism, it is written in a very pleasant style, not incompatible with rigour, and is not aimed exclusively to academic resarchers. The main purpose of "Una Vasta Morada..." is to critically review the process of renovation experienced by the Venezuelan poetry at the end of the nineteenth century. To achieve this goal, due attention is paid to the relevant features of the poetic production of the dominant code at the time, and to the profile of the intelectuals working in it. This analysis acts as a background upon which gradual changes leading to the emergent aesthetic code can be clearly checked. The new paradigm, modernism, is then considered from two perspectives: one related to the veneration of the sacred symbols of the nation; the other to the cultural and social practices associated to private and public life. In all, the general approach, the fluid handling of language and the convincing use of magazines and journals, ensure that any general reader will appreciate and enjoy this book.

* Paulette Silva's book "De Medicos Idilios y otras Historias" got the first place of the Premio del Pensamiento Latinoamericano, Convenio Andres Bello, ed. 2000, Bogota, Colombia.

Although this book, the first by Venezuelan writer Paulette Silva is about literary criticism, it is written in a very pleasant style, not incompatible with rigour, and is not aimed exclusively to academic resarchers. The main purpose of "Una Vasta Morada..." is to critically review the process of renovation experienced by the Venezuelan poetry at the end of the nineteenth century. To achieve this goal, due attention is paid to the relevant features of the poetic production of the dominant code at the time, and to the profile of the intelectuals working in it. This analysis acts as a background upon which gradual changes leading to the emergent aesthetic code can be clearly checked. The new paradigm, modernism, is then considered from two perspectives: one related to the veneration of the sacred symbols of the nation; the other to the cultural and social practices associated to private and public life. In all, the general approach, the fluid handling of language and the convincing use of magazines and journals, ensure that any general reader will appreciate and enjoy this book.

* Paulette Silva's book "De Medicos Idilios y otras Historias" got the first place of the Premio del Pensamiento Latinoamericano, Convenio Andres Bello, ed. 2000, Bogota, Colombia.

The author describes the decline and fall of a jeopardized social class: nobility in decadent modern France. Her account of the dispaired struggle for recognition of these eccentric and unfairly criticized creative individuals is positively thrilling. She obviously knows what's she's talking about.

A totally unexpected experience, so typically french, it reveals all the secrets of the ocean in less than 40 pages. For scuba divers only.

Paul

LIvre sévère et concis. L'auteur analyse les causes et les mécanismes de l'expansion étatique dans la France moderne. Constat douloureux appuyé sur son expérience concrète de haut fonctionnaire dans une France encore marquée par l'empreinte Gaulienne, mais confrontée à l'émergence d'un monde radicalement neuf.

Le livre témoigne superbement de ce temps et des malaises de notre discordance collective à ces jours nouveaux. Son diagnostic reste juste, même si certains passages ont vieilli.

Mais c'est surtout son ton qui parait étrangement déplacée aujourd'hui. L'auteur évoque l'"effervescence anxieuse et altière" qui caractériserait l'histoire de notre pays. Où la trouverait on aujourd'hui?

Par ses exigences et par ses espoirs, le livre émeut malgré la réserve du style. Et il convainc par sa lucidité.

It is time you loose your naivety on such vital topics as time, space, and the nature of the material world. If Madonna says she's a material girl, it's obvious from costa de beauregard's work that she totally ignores what this statement implies. So be cautious next time you say: it's real. Read this book, then listen to Madonna. Quite an experience indeed!

I am a native of Harrison County and lived there until college. I was absolutely amazed and impressed with the Notables of Harrison County, Ohio. Many of the families are familiar to me, but I had no idea of their ancestors' accomplishment. I found it easy to read about one or two people at a sitting. I had no idea of the international impact people from such a small county could have. Two people have mountains named for them. The inventor of tire rims lived in Cadiz. There were many black people in the area as a result of the underground railroad. A small newspaper editor took on the fight for reclaimation after strip mining began. I never realized there was a town called Tappan -- what happened to it? Nor that there were once colleges in Hopedale and Scio. It was really an informative book which I enjoyed immensely.

This book must be the definitive biography on General Beauregard. I was highly impressed. William's uses 4 to 6 different sources for each quote and incident. This book tells more about Beauregard than many Civil War Buffs know. William's goes into the Beauregard and Davis feud that lasted not only the entire war, but to their dying days.
I feel it is unfortunate that the feud prevented Davis from employing Beauregard, rather than putting inferior Generals in Beauregards place.
Beauregard seems to be quite the inventor, with a sharp intellect. ( Beauregard once proposed the Confederate Army use Rockets with explosive war heads, a design he had figured out. The Confederate Government thought that idea was too radical, total nonsense, and disregarded it)
William's believes Beauregard performed his best battle in Petersburg 1864, and uses ample sources, and references to make that conclusion, which I agree with.
I've often thought Beauregard would have made a better President than Jefferson Davis, it seems that William's has this belief also.
I must say that William's seems to be a little hard on Davis, I don't know if all of that is justified, though I'm sure some certainly is.
I don't believe there is a better biographical book on P.G.T. Beauregard.

Think you know what balance is? Not until you read this book. Dynamic balance is the term Jack Beauregard uses to expand our understanding of what it means to hold onto the positive and the negative AT THE SAME TIME. Knowing exactly what this means will make a world of difference, and hopefully ultimately make the world very different. It's as simple a logic as there is, and the logic comes from quantum physics -- the science that states the principles of how our universe works. And guess what!! It's exactly the way WE work!! Knowing and understanding that the principles of how nature works gives us the principles of our own natures, you can't go wrong! The Power of Balance translates the scientific principles into transformation principles. If it works for the universe, you know it can work for we individuals who are part of the universe!! Also, knowing the author makes a difference -- a man who "had the American Dream" and was "on the top" in the eyes of the world, but ached inside for real meaning. His life's up and downs took him on a 20-year journey that culminated in his book. Like all of us, he's "been there" and what's important is that he's walking the talk. Can't say enough about this book. It's one that's meant to move us all into the 21st century.

Raspberry Creek is a very humorous book with wonderful stories of people living in small town America near a big city. The characters are like people we all know. I have tried the few recipes that are in the book and they are all wonderful. The writer captures moments of love, adventure, laughter and drama. It is light and easy reading that kept me and all my friends staying up half the night just to finish the book. I hate that it ended.