This is an awesome book that is well written and an excellent guidebook for the outdoorsman. The photographs are outstanding. The trail maps are very helpful.

This book is one of the best books ever written. It is very easy to read and there are many illustrations to help understand. I really enjoyed this book then I'm planning to give a present to my nephew. If you think you are a biker, Hiram's book is a must. Thanks.

Great reference for someone new to BH. Includes topo maps and clear directions on how to get to the trails. Also has good writeups on each area, with details on the specific trail to follow. When checking ratings, keep in mind these are experienced hikers... you may have a hard time if you're new or out of shape. I take it with me every time I head out.

Mr. McCallum offers a comprehensive yet entertaining glimpse into a most fascinating chapter in the history of warfare and weaponry.

McCallum, Iain, Blood Brothers: Hiram and Hudson Maxim - Pioneers of Modern Warfare, Chatham Publishing, London 1999, 220p, 33 photographs, 2 maps. ISBN 1 86176 096 5

The Maxim brothers were self made men from a humble New England background whose inventions span many fields of activity. They were rumbustious, even vulgar, but they had a talent for making things work. Hiram's automatic machine gun is the best known of their inventions, with variants on his design in use in several armies until well after World War II. Even the Royal Navy's multiple pompom was basically to Hiram's design. Both the Admiralty and the War Office are shown as interested and progressive in trials of the new weapons. Their reluctance to purchase in quantity seems well justified in the light of rapid developments in this field.

Both men were active on propellants for guns and both warned of the danger of cordite as then made in the United Kingdom. Hudson was largely instrumental in persuading the US Navy to adopt nitro-cellulose, which probably kept that navy clear of the disastrous explosions which afflicted ships using cordite. It was Hudson's initiatives in this field which led to the final split between the brothers, as Hiram thought that Hudson had pirated his work.

Hiram's attempts to fly were unsuccessful but very brave and well conceived. He began serious work in 1889 with the development of a light weight steam engine and boiler. Over the next few years he built an aeroplane which, in final form, had a wing span of 104 feet and weighed 8000lb with fuel, water and a crew of two. It ran on rails for take off but a second set of rails prevented it from rising too far at first. In July 1894,near Dartmouth in Kent, it did take off and seems to have travelled about 600 feet before crashing. Though work continued for a time, it was proving costly and the support of the Vickers company was withdrawn.

The book is well written, easy to read and, with numerous wives, mistresses etc., quite spicy!

This book took it where usually most books don't. It came close to home and then gave solutions for the problem called the nigger mentality. I won't give the book away, but if you want to improve yourself, start here.

Black people are still held back. I believe that when the author says that blacks must remember to not call themselves nigger, he has a good point. It is said that a rose is a rose no matter what you call it. However; we contol our reaction to what we are called. Paul in the Bible says that if one man is bothered by a specific thing and that thing doesn't bother you then don't do that thing around him. For it might cause him to stumble because of his belief. The word nigger has too many bad connotations and those connotations are too deeply entrenched in too many people. This author will help to bring people out of the terrible thing called the nigger mentality. Buy this book.

A 'must read' for any serious student of Irish history. To fully understand why Ireland is in the political conundrum it is you must first understand where the divisions between religion and politics began. The Geraldine and Butler leagues implemented by Sir Henry Sidney are merely the start, the ineptitude of Tudor officials the catalyst, and the rising power of Hugh O'Neill and his confederacy of Irish Lords and Cheiftans who had been wronged by English policy the vehicle. This book paints the most vivid picture of the people and the events responsible for the conflict. A look at a rare letter written by Cormac Mac Baron to King Phillip II of Spain is used to re-enforce the arguments propounded within the text. The authour, a historian, has clearly done more in-depth research on the subject than any other author to date and accurately describes (for the first time ever) the true story of The O'Neill.

This is a slight revision of my review of the hardcover version. Such a good book should be affordable. Hiram Morgan's monograph is an excellent study for any reader interested in early modern British or Irish history. One cannot understand the contemporary Protestant versus Roman Catholic distrust, animosity, and cultural divide in Northern Ireland without understanding the English Tudor's racist Irish policy of colonization.

One of Morgan's major contributions is to put the causes of Tyrone's Rebellion into the even broader context of late 16th century Europe, where the Protestant-Catholic religious divide, intensified by the Catholic Counter-Reformation, shaped national and international politics, while at the same time, the centralizing tendencies of nations like England conflicted with the lordships of Ireland. Morgan places the England-Ireland conflict within the same overarching political and religious context as the Spanish war in the Netherlands. Catholic Spain supported the Irish rebellion.

The author is no polemicist. He has grounded his study in English and Irish manuscript sources and Spanish archives and supplied readers with decent maps, and an important revisionist interpretation of this crucial but strangely overlooked rebellion.

Tyrone's Rebellion was led by the controversial Hugh O'Neil, the earl of Tyrone. This outbreak was the culmination of growing Irish animosity towards intrusive Tudor policy, but as mentioned above, according to Morgan it was not mere "Tudor rebellion." Despite the Tudor's usually successful strategy of divide-and-conquer, the ignorance and heavy-handed tactics of Elizabeth I's English administrators managed to unite the Gaelic chieftans with the Anglo-Irish (English or Norman expatriates who had become "more Irish than the Irish themselves") in opposition to English plantation and pacification under the leadership of O'Neil. O'Neil was his own man, and Morgan refutes the old steretype that O'Neil was the "creature" of Elizabeth's court. The rebellion was fomented in 1593-94, broke out in 1598 Battle of Yellow Ford), and lasted until 1607 (after Elizabeth I had died, and been succeeded by James I).

Tyrone, the "arch rebel," ultimately came to terms days after Elizabeth's death, and went into exile (the famous "flight of the earls"). Robert Devereaux, the earl of Essex, and one of the queen's favorites, was not so fortunate. His personal ambition, military incompetence, and defiance of his majesty's orders cost him his life. While the fate of such elite persons (along with the great apologist of English policy - poet Edmund Spenser) is well known, one of Morgan's minor oversights, which is common in most books about this era, is a lack of attention to the appalling fate of the masses of English and Irish who were slaughtered on both sides of this early version of total war. Half of Ireland was destroyed. The result was famine, disease, and anarchy. The war cost the stingy Tudors a fortune in expenditures and debts. But England prevailed and secured Ireland from being a threatening base of operations for Catholic Spain or France. The "flight of the earls" - the "wild geese" - scattered throughout continental Europe, signaling the decline - but not the end - of Gaelic Ireland.

Hiram Rogers has done it again! As an avid outdoorsman, Hiram's trail guides have helped me navigate my way through the Black Hills of South Dakota and some equally rewarding trails in Kentucky. Hiram's latest book incorporates wonderful photography and a meticulous description of what one will see and experience. Having read both books before traversing the respective trails, I could almost anticipate what was behind every bend. I look forward to his next release!

The book describes everything about the furtrade in the American west.It describes the hunters and trappers,the history of the furtrade west from 1807 to 1843,the Santa Fe trade,how the western country looked like and the indians.It was very interesting because it described so much.It should have described the hunters equipment better.

Five chapters of fascinating reading if you are interested in perspectives of complexity, dynamical systems, chaos and strange attractors as they might be described in the field of psychological research.  The editors offer this as a "tutorial on systems theory." It is a complex book written by some of our best leaders in this field of research   The chapter on basic principles lead by Frederick Abraham is worth the price of admission, and Ralph Levine's discussion of philosophical assumptions about system dynamics is excellent.

This is a wonderful example of a classic golden book. The simple, but charming story about a man who can't bear to get rid of his shirt, and keeps repairing it is truly timeless. The illustrations are wonderful, and express the story very clearly. This is a good book for any age group!

I read the book I am sure It is very useful for the designer of jigs

When Hiram Manning discovered in a French chateau the lost art of decoupage he became a life-long disciple and articulate evangelist of this ancient craft. In this chatty, anecdotal and inspiring book Manning attempts to take the reader on a step-by-step journey towards making a treasured heirloom from humble craft materials. Through Manning's example many talented craftspeople have discovered a fascinating hobby whose potential is only limited by the imagination. There are newer, more up-to-date books on Decoupage on the market using modified techniques and the latest technical know-how which should be consulted before the reader follows Manning's " councils of perfection". The sources of supply are way out of date, his language can be irritating and patronising - with a certain dated camp humour, but I guarantee that any reader who studies the many black and white illustrations, as well as the colour plates, will find themselves longing to follow Manning's example and become a slave to the scissors. I have read" Manning On Decoupage" seventy one times and still I find it inspiring. One not to miss