On a recent trip to Charleston I took the walking tour based on this book. The tour was great but the book is better by a mile. Even while standing just outside or in some of the haunted areas mentioned in this fine book one didn't get a feel for the story like you get while reading these stories. All of the hauntings are documented and have been seen by several people adding to the credibility of this work. Everyone who has ever been taken by the beauty and charm of this wonderful old city has to read this book. If you have never been to Charleston read this book and you will want to go there.

mr macy this isnt my dad this is william. this book flows like a river hold on to yur seat dont sleep with the lights out to theses edge of the seat thrillers. this book is a jewel. Buxton and macy spent quality time on this. read this book.The best stor is the hanging i almost cried by the way!!!! and the cooper river bridge.These authors should be compared to the likes of faulkner fitzgerald hemingway and more!

Buxton and Macy were able to capture the essence of Charleston in their new book. I had heard a few of the stories before on their tour, but the book has transcended anythinjg previously covered on the subject of ghosts in Charleston. The book is very well written, and flows nicely from story to story. The photos compliment the stories very well, without becoming a distraction. The story about Fire Station #8 kept me up all night. Excellent book!

All of us thirtysomething folks working hard to get ahead in the business world (whatever that means, exactly) know at a gut level that in this turbulent post modern economy, we must be the conscious captains of our own careers, not depending on "the system" to recognize-and reward-our talents. Knowing this, why do so few of us take control of our business lives? Maybe it's because we don't know how.

Enter Dick Buxton's new book, "Lessons in Leadership and Life: Secrets of Eleven Wise Men." Through the fictional character of Ken Wilson, the author tells the story of a young man living everyone's professional nightmare. Suddenly out of a job with a company he had relied on to take care of him and faced with the immediate financial pressures of a mortgage and household, he must figure out what to do next.

What makes this book a page-turner is the secret fear we feel that we are reading a quite possible version of our own future: What if one fine unexpected day, that faithful paycheck stops and our comfortable lives are torn asunder? You want to find out what happens to Ken Wilson because you wonder what would happen to you.

Author Buxton spins a believable tale of his main character's saga, making him neither heroic nor perfect. As any real person would, Ken Wilson makes many mistakes and missteps on his journey to a life more productive, fulfilling and secure than the one interrupted by events beyond his control. Through the help of several "wise men" mentors, he learns key lessons about himself and subsequently sees new doors open to him. It is the story of a professional and personal epiphany, a kind of business person's Celestine Prophecy.

The non-fiction second half of the book contains focused biographies of eleven of Buxton's wise men, which provide real-world validation of the principles and practices advanced in the first half of the book. A notable common thread in the lives of these men is the perpetual cycle of seeking mentoring and later returning the gift by becoming a mentor to others. The reader is also struck by that fact that these men have achieved the rarest of life accomplishments-they are both successful and happy.

While this book has something to offer everyone, it is especially relevant to those in their 30's and 40's-those of us in the uncomfortable spot of facing changing business futures while carrying fixed responsibilities. Upon finishing the book, you can't help but sleep better feeling that Ken Wilson's triumph over his mid-career nightmare belongs--perhaps just a little--to you too.

The eleven diverse life experiences told in this book shed light on the importance of what must be done to built ones skills and ones business. I could relate to the story's fictional character that ends one job and looks to a new future. I have found this very useful and a rewarding read. I suggest sharing the books "experiences" with your associates and partners as I have.

This book is full of wonderful advice on how to take control of your professional life. It's appropriate for anyone who's ever thought of working for themselves or simply becoming more financially secure and independent. Buxton and his "wise men" offer real insight to the thought process every entrepreneur must go through to break away from corporate dependence. I will read this many times and pick from it the great lessons that fit into my professional - and personal - life.

I really enjoyed this book and the tips. I think my college years will go better because of some of the tips and insights from this books.

This book had lots of great tips for new college students. It will definitely help me out with some of the traps that I could fall into as a college student. I especially like tips about dealing with professors because the author has recent experience as a student, but also as a professor, so he knows both views.

One of the undisputed classic reference works for the old-time radio enthusiast, first published during the original wave of nostalgia over 25 years ago, "The Big Broadcast" lists many network and syndicated radio shows that ran in the timeframe of the 1920's-50s, more commonly referred to as "the golden age of radio". A great source for cast lists (if you can't put a name to a voice) with informative articles on genres and more technical matters (sound effects, "independent" networks, etc.). This type of thorough reference work is usually frustratingly hard to find for the old-time radio. This book has been out of print for years, and when you found a copy of the first edition, you could expect to pay premium prices, especially if the seller knew what he had. The introduction, by radio comedian Henry Morgan (not to be confused with the guy who played Colonel Potter on "MASH"), is a beauty.

A lovely ramble with a fascinating old gentleman, quaint, charming, sunny and a true picture of one aspect of a bygone age and of the way our great-great grandfathers talked and lived. The fishing lore and natural history are hopelessly out of date but who cares? Has been in print for centuries and deservedly so.

This has every single one of Keats works, unabridged. If you are a Keats freak, this is a must have book. I only wish I still had my copy, purchased almost 30 years ago and loaned to a so-called friend.

Hilton's Inspector Kenworthy series provides thoughtful well-paced polic procedurals that show the value of experience and a well-honed police instinct. As in this one, Kenworthy often has an excellent nose for unexpected conspiracies that can crop up in the suprising small overlapping circles of British society.

This is a wonderful exploration of a major facet of African-American history--a look at a place and time where the children of slaves built a prosperous local society. Buxton was a company town in Iowa where African-Americans comprised the middle class, the miners, the teachers, the doctors...and Whites were a minority. Race relations were generally unselfconsciously excellent, aged former residents indicated to interviewers (some of whom just could not believe it!); these people ran into the harsh racism of the outside world when the company town was disbanded and people had to resettle in DesMoines or Chicago or wherever. This book concentrates on the archaeological aspect of the Buxton Project. A must for any library of African-American studies, historical archaeology, and Midwestern history.

I read an old book with author's name torn from title page. I am great fan of Agatha Christie, I though this much of suspense and thrill is worth her books only. Today when I found this book with author name not the Agatha Christie I was astonished to read it was Jhaon Buxton. So I was obliged to write that if Agatha is Queen of suspense novels then Jhaon Buxton Hilton is Surely the KING. This novel is

Buxton's small book is big on theory and thus truly useful only to scholars interested in Greek mythology, especially as a social or intellectual phenomon. While one may not agree with everything Buxton has to say, his theories are well supported by the evidence he uses and he has a firm grasp of the ancient Greek mind and culture. A must have book for the serious scholar. The only thing that might make it better would be a more general approach since that would make it accessible to a wider audience.