Another novel by the American novelist Winston Churchill, distantly related, whose fame was such at the turn of the century that Winston SPENCER Churchill promised to use his middle name to distinguish himself. Belongs with CONISTON, THE CRISIS, A FAR COUNTRY, etc. -R. Langworth, Editor, FINEST HOUR, The Churchill Center, www.winstonchurchill.org

...mr. Jazzman wrote...this rewiew about the book:

Skewed Anglo-historiographics makes a complete and concentric circle when we consider the issue of the Churchill/Mussolini correspondence that went on before and most likely during the war years. Isn't it intriguing that while the UK was throwing its flatulent diatribes against Mussolini with the Abyssinian conflict, all the while Churchill and his new-found enemy were in all likelihood carrying on a few smatterings of prose with one another? Oh yes, I almost forgot WWII was a fight for Democracy vs. Dictatorship. What a farce!!

For those of us assigned to the self-absorption of American politics and history, it should be pointed out that in Italy and Great Britain (who won't admit to this) there is an intricate and brilliantly written book that delves into the matter of this correspondence. The title of this newly published book is "Mussolini-Churchill - Carteggio Segreto" (Secret Correspondence). Written by Fabio Andriola, a researcher and journalist, he has exhausted all data, records and interviews regarding this issue. Naturally, Andriola would have had to have waited until Hell froze over before eliciting any information from the British. The controversy would implicate Churchill in this gloomy, inglorious affair. Andriola's new book supports the contention of the most important Italian historiographer of Fascism and Mussolini, Renzo de Felice.
The following are some interesting facets to this story:

1) According to C.A. Biggini, Minister of People's Education in the Italian Social (Fascist) Republic, Mussolini carried with him papers which proved the British (and Churchill's) responsibility for Italy's entry into the war. The UK persuaded Italy to mount a "phoney war" against the Allies in expectation of a general peace. Hitler would have appreciated Italy's "merits" and Mussolini would have been regaled at a "Munich Summit Two"---helping the UK and France's position.

2) Fact: Mussolini had a file and attempted to save the documents that he expressed would explain Italy's "mistakes" and his own "good reasons." C.A. Biggini was adamant about this file and vigorously stated this correspondence displayed proof of British guilt and complicity in Italy's war declaration.

3) Fact: The British showed, before and after May of 1945, a most curious interest in those papers and expended much effort in attempting to find them.

4) Fact: When Churchill lost the elections of July 1945, he did not give back the papers and files he had kept covering the years of 1940-1945.

5) Fact: Fascists, Germans, Japanese, partisans and even two British individuals explicitly mentioned these papers.

6) Supposition: Renzo de Felice's last book entitled "Red and Black" (1995) maintained the British feared a "Mussolini International trial" and wanted him dead at all costs. Because of the correspondence, Mussolini was aware of some rather volatile information regarding the UK and Churchill.

Pearce offers some good suggestions for the pastor who is seeking to plan a year's pulpit work. His book includes a consideration of expository series through books, preaching on human needs, and preaching on baptism and the Lord's Supper. His writing style is interesting, but occasionally flowery and ornate. He has a distracting habit of inserting anecdotes in his discussion that often are not germane to his point. His emphasis on using the Christian Year as a tool for planning may not resonate with some from the free church tradition. Nonetheless, this book can be of some help. A more up-to-date volume on this subject would be of help to the contemporary pastor.

Of all the Apocrypha, I must say the most forgettable may be the Wisdom of Solomon. The Platonizing of Judao-Christian religion was VERY detrimental to it's spiritual growth, and sadly; this document was a big contributer. However, it's influence on the Catholic Church and Mariology is VERY interesting and so it deserves a look. Many points to the scholars who devoted great time and effort to getting to the bottom of this much misunderstood text.

This book is targeted at an academic audience and not at the general reader - and the academic area is not networking but human communications. If you're looking for a readable history of networks (including the Internet), look elsewhere.

This book is written for an academic audience, and is only of limited relevance to telecom professionals looking for historical perspective on their industry. A sample quote: "Utterance is, for Saussure, the surface expression of a deep-seated mental competence. In Chomskyan terms..."

The book's thesis - that today's "information revolution" is actually the result of a long-standing evolutionary process - should hardly be controversial to anyone versed in telecom or the development of new technologies. However, Winston is so set on proving his thesis that it becomes a real chore to follow the historical narrative. There are useful nuggets in here, but you've got to sift through a lot of mud to find them.

This book won the 1998 Best Book Award by the American Association for History and Computing. It not only provides a comprehensive account of the history of electronic communications from telegraphy to the Internet, but also offers a model with which to understand the processes of change in the technologies of communication.

The purpose of book is not only to explicate a fuller account of what actually occurred in the telecommunications past but also to offer an interpretation, necessarily synthetic and revisionist, of those occurrences. The model offers an understanding of the history and the current position of communications in our culture. This understanding is not solely dependent on the performance of technology, but is also heavily dependent on an examination of the operation of the social necessities and constraints.

Brian Winston's fascinating account challenges the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution' in communications technology by highlighting the long histories of such developments. The fax was introduced in 1884. Digitalization was demonstrated in 1938. Even the concept of the 'web' dates back to 1945.

In Part I, the author applies the model to the electrical systems of communication, the telegraph and the telephone. Then, in Part II, radio and television are dealt with. Part III is concerned with computing while Part IV looks at the whole development of electrical and electronic networks from the telegraph to the Internet. The conclusion suggestions, via a consideration of the current state of research into holography, that the model is still valid.

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change.

Brian Winston is Head of the School of Communication, Design and Media at the University of Westminster, the world's leading school of media and communication studies. He was previously Dean of the College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University, Chair of Cinema Studies at New York University and Founding Director of the Glasgow University Media Group. As a television professional in the UK, he has won an Emmy for documentary script-writing.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan is currently Managing Partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management from the University of Westminster in London.

Back Cover description: IN LOVE WITH THE ENEMY. Only a few weeks till Christmas and I'm in danger of losing the job I love and the only family I've ever really known-all thanks to devastatingly gorgeous Marcus Grey. Sure, Marcus has his reasons for wanting to take over the company, but I'm determined to do anything to stop him, even if that means spending time with him...alone, out of the office. After all, it's for the good of Colette, Inc. So what if I wind up losing something even more important...like my heart?

This wasn't the worst in the 20 AMBER COURT series, but only one of them was worth reading and this wasn't one of them. Read THE BACHELORETTE by Kate Little instead.

Sylvie Bennett will not stand by and just let Marcus Grey take over the company where she's worked for five years without a fight. Colette, Inc. has become her family -- something of special importance to this orphan. When Sylvie boldly charges into the board meeting to confront Marcus, she's prepared to risk her job in order to have her say. Her interruption is fortuitous as her interruption distracts Marcus from his intended purpose.

In exchange for a dinner date, Marcus promises to not take any actions against Colette, Inc. during the day's meeting. Marcus is intrigued by a woman who feels so strongly about a company in which she has no ownership. Before that dinner date occurs, however, Sylvie goes online to research a cryptic remark Marcus makes that indicates his motivations. It's not hard to locate a link between Marcus' late father and Colette, Inc. It's very hard, however, to dissuade Marcus from exacting his revenge.

On one hand, I am left with some ambivalent feelings for this hero and heroine. During the first half of the book each so intent upon their individual agendas that they scarcely see beyond their own selfish interests except when their libidos get in the way. They engage in playing games of one upsmanship: he sends gifts that she refuses to acknowledge, he promises to call and then leaves her hanging. I wanted to shake the both and tell them to grow up, which they do during the second half of the book as they become self honest and lower their guards to reveal the vulnerability beneath.

On the other hand, I adore the premise of this series, in which a dazzling broach leads each woman to the man of her dreams. The owner of the broach and landlady of 20 Amber Court is an intriguing and delightful lady who deserves her own book. Also, the connection of this landlady to Sylvie is surprising and refreshing. Sylvie herself is a powerful character as shown by her brash interruption of the board meeting that had the power to dissolve the company she loves. Likewise appealing is Marcus' shift of motives and his realistic fear of vulnerability regarding a woman he doesn't want to need. RISQUÉ BUSINESS therefore comes recommended.

This book goes on and on about how the author has witten books about coreldraw since version 1.0. It's hard to believe someone with such knowledge of coreldraw could write such a spread out book. The manual is better then this book. You can't get much worse than that.

So many books about DRAW with authors unable to show the magic in their personal work. How can I possible believe that the guy has something to teach me??? I rather go for DRAW's help index to get the facts. I understand the point of earning money by selling the book (who doesn't?), just don't understand why would you want to present yourself as such a limited illustrator?

This is a well laid out reference and tutorial manual with easy to understand and find information. Unlike many of the other books on CorelDraw, this one covers ALL the applications in the suite, in good to excellent depth. The artwork examples presented may be mediocre, but they are only used for clear understanding of the methods; this is an instruction manual, not a special effects how to manual like some of the other books available. I totaly disagree with the other two reviews. This book is well laid out, has excellent instructions and clear examples. Organizing things by the applications in the suite, and covering all the applications, makes it easy to find information when needed. An additional book containing excellent artwork, that demonstrates how those effects were achieved is a good reference to have, but is NOT what this book was meant to do, so that is a poor complaint from the other reviewer as well. If you have the original manuals, you might just opt for only an effects example book like that, but for an excellent aftermarket manual, this covers CorelDraw in excellent fashion.

This book is really some Marketing academic's huge thesis and research paper. Nothing in here is practical to lawyers. No specific marketing ideas are given, just a bunch of statistics regarding which means of marketing are most effective--and that's as good as it gets. It's like someone obsessed with marketing and statistics tried to take what they knew and somehow apply it to the legal profession. ... You're better off buying the book by Hal Davis (a short, painless read), or for the money, getting Foonberg's book (if you can find it).

With little information from the sole review, I bought this book. Actually, it is a collection of what appear to be thesis papers on law firm marketing. Mostly, it tries to come to grips with lawyers actually marketing and whether lawyers should advertise. For an attorney looking for information about how to effectively market and advertise, the book is quite useless. Many flow charts and abstractions make the book quite a headache to read at times. I'm glad I got this one used.

The relationship between lawyer and client is highly personal - so marketing techniques that may work for the "firm" may not be enough. To persuade people to use your firm's services takes more. They need to know who YOU are, what YOU stand for, and why they should trust YOU with their business.The answer is "personal publicity," a structured visibility plan that brings a personal face to "the firm."Done right, personal publicity is good for the law firm, good for YOU, and good for the potential clients who need legal services!

This book is not worth reading, not worth carrying home from the store, and not worth the money I paid. How could anyone enjoy a book without a single likeable character.

This book contains some simple factual errors that make one doubt the concentration of both author and editor. For example, on page 131 the arithmetic is all wrong. The original payment to the service was $180 per hour and Delia got $60 of that. The subsequent direct payments to Delia's post office box were $50 per hour, which is certainly not 3 times $60 as stated. Seems she actually gave herself a cut in pay, which might also be appropriate for the author/editor. The suspense of waiting until the end of the book for revelation of 'what Delia did' kept me interested through some rather repetitious and boring episodes. However - there was no revelation! The secret was never revealed to the poor sucker reading the book. I was annoyed by this at the time, and still am a day later. I can only be grateful that I got this book from the library and didn't spend any money on it.

As I love a good suspense novel, I bought this book based on the jacket synopsis and was deeply disappointed when I finished reading it. I found all of the characters completely unlikeable and underdeveloped, and towards the end I didn't care WHO was blackmailing Delia. I also found it completely unbelievable that every man Johnny spoke with during his investigation had no problem immediately opening up to him about Delia. It's implausible that each would share intimate details to a complete stranger who thinks they may be a blackmailer! I, too, found the movie character/actor references annoying. Finally, I was perturbed that the author chose not to reveal Delia's secret sexual "tricks" after going on and on about them throughout the book (couldn't think of anything spicy enough?) In all, I found this book to be boring and not quite the page-turner I was hoping for. If you want a real sexual, suspenseful, who-done-it, check out Romeo by Elise Title.

Not only is this the most boring book on the market but it is absolutely ridiculous. Historical facts are completely incorrect,(...)Worst of all, the grammar and vocabulary used in the book are just plain aweful. I have no idea how this book ever got published. Please go get your eyebrows waxed before reading this sad, painful garbage.

I have to agree with the other two reviewers. This is one of the silliest books that I have ever read. The grammar and syntax in this book are lamentable and it is extremely boring. This truly is some of the worst writing I've ever read. My advice is to run from any book that this man has the audacity to publish. Hardly a scholar and nowhere near being a writer, this author should truly give up!!

For as long as I can remember, I have had an interest in the biographies of great statesmen. I wanted to read about the lives of the men that have changed the world and understand what made them unique, what gave them the ability to be such influential historical figures. But reading about the bare-bones facts of a person's life does not reveal their inner motives; it does not tell the reader what forces drove these men to lead such influential lives. It was not until I read Rintala's book about the friendship between Churchill and Lloyd George that I discovered the missing link: combining psychology with biography. Not only does this book give the reader a fascinating perspective into the relationship between these two men, it tells the reader what forces shaped their personalities. I would recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in understanding the lives of two of the most powerful people of the 20th century. If you think you know the lives of Lloyd George or Winston Churchill by reading other biographies, your understanding of these two men will not be complete until you have read this book.