The dust jacket of this book makes it sound like it deals mainly with the search for the identity and fate of a 20th century alchemist but, in fact, very little of the book is concerned with this mysterious Fulcanelli. Instead, Johnson delves into the history and practice of alchemy throughout the ages, and provides what is probably the clearest examination yet of the practice and purpose of this arcane art. Johnson knows his stuff, and explores the psychological transmutations that result in the practitioners as well as the more well-known physical ones. Is alchemy scientifically sound, and has it been unjustly ignored? Who knows, but this book provides some intriguing food for thought. Essential for students of the occult arts or even those with a conspiratorial bent.

I picked up this book knowing some chords and scales, and it is putting it all together for me. It has taught me new voicings to all the old chords and new rhythems for all those scales. I sound so much better now. It's teaching me great techniques for using both hands to create a professional sounding bubble gum machine of sound. After working with this book for just 4 days I went and jammed with friends and they were amazed at how much I had improved. If you want to sound funky on the keys, buy this book.

This is a very well organized collection of papers. It is written in a language that is accessible to a broad audience. The introductions to book sections are excellent (or, "masterful," as R. Taraban puts it in CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY, 1998, Vol. 43, No. 10, p. 681). The best thing about this book is its coverage of current issues and perspectives in Cognitive Science. I recommend this book as an introductory reading assignment for a graduate course in Artificial Intelligence.

I feel that "Gabriel's Girl," is a great story for young minds. Young kids are into love/adventure stories, which is exactialy what "Gabriel's girl" is. It will keep you on the edge of your chair, eagger to uncover the crime.

Kalmbach Publishing is the premier publisher of "how to" books for the model railroading enthusiast. Their latest release, Garden Railroading: Getting Started In The Hobby, is a first-rate introductory guide to creating lush garden landscapes that incorporate working model railroads. Gorgeous color photographs fill this impressively detailed compilation that spells out the nuts and bolts mechanics of planning and building railroad tracks as surely as it covers the proper care of flowers and greenery. An excellent reference, and simply beautiful to leaf through, Garden Railroading is strongly recommended reading for model railroading buffs at all levels of expertise and experience.

All the recipes are step by step instructions easy for beginning bakers too. Most of the ingredients are in everyones cupboards. Have prepared many from this good book and all have turned out wonderful and make me look like I know what I'm doing. Have only had this book a short time but it's one of my most used favorites. Even the grandkids enjoy baking now....

I used this text for my Med I GI physiology and was surprised at how concise and well written it turned out to be. My instructor had assigned certain chapters, sections, figures but I it cover to cover in one sitting. Not only were the chapters well written an organized but the comprehensive examination at the end of the book was quite well done. Highly recommended!

Before your parents and other older relative pass on-taking their stories with them. Before attics full of photographs, letters and memorabilia are cleaned out and their treasures are discarded. Before your heritage is lost forever, you can capture the documents and write down the words. And you can publish your family history in a limited-edition book. And--become an author.

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Genealogy & Self-Publishing covers record keeping, research, writing your family history and publishing it. This step-by-step guide is fun to read.

Jennifer Modlin Sheppard teaches genealogy and has a certificate in Family History Research from Brigham Young University. She has written and published several books and articles on family histories. She wrote and published this book to be used as a text in her classes. It contains everything you will need and everything she wants you to have.

As a publisher, author of 113 nonfiction books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I recognize the value of recording details of our families before they are lost. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

In this sociological study, Professor Johnson compares the job availability, work satisfaction, financial oppression, and (lack of) educational options between working-class and middle-class women in the Baltimore area.
This book successfully helps to shatter the myths that America has no class, that everyone is "middle-class," and that any American can make it out of poverty. The Horatio Alger and Betty Boop myths are just that: most working-class women grew up working-class, marry working-class men, and never leave that class.
This book was a sharp example of sociology at its best. In the book, theory and real life compliment each other. Thinkers often forget everyday folk and everyday folk don't read theory. Still, Johnson is able to explain how academic theories apply to real women and real women often think the same things about their lives that academics conclude. Johnson has the ability to be critical of her subjects' thoughts at the same time that she lets their voices come through respectfully and clearly. I am not sure if the subjects would be able to read this book. However, this book would be pretty accessible to many, if not most, readers.
All feminist activists, anti-classist activists, progressive thinkers and human resources wonks must read this book. This was an incredible addition to the burgeoning collection of intersectional studies of women. Too, this was an interesting look at Baltimore and important for people who want to think critically about labor matters.
Though I'm giving this book five stars, I do have criticisms of the text. For example, Johnson introduces a term "gray-collar" which is meant differ from white-, blue-, or pink-collar, yet the term is not well-defined. While Johnson quotes from many other women's statistical works, for the most part, she resorts to classic male theorists (Marx, Weber, Bourdieu, etc.) for most of her support. I found this odd coming from someone who seems so feminist. Further, she sometimes introduces topics that upon which I wish she would have expanded (how racial intergration made some class-disadvantaged white females not want to finish high school and how unions have a masculinist, exclusive vibe, for examples).
Most importantly, I am displeased about Johnson's rigidly narrow interview pool. The title of this book says "working-class women," yet in the first chapter, Johnson clearly states that she only means white women. Moreover, she adds insult to injury by stating that she is only interviewing whites because there's already enough research about black women and Latinas out there. Further, she only interviews women with "partners." Though she uses this gender-neutral term for subjects and herself, no one here has a female partner or identifies as lesbian or bisexual. Johnson implies that she comes from the relatively-homogenous Australia and that her partner is male, so I wonder if she only wanted to interview women of the same race and sexual orientation as herself. She should not have titled this book "working-class women" if she only meant "working-class, STRAIGHT, WHITE women." I think a study of how class affects women of color, bisexual women, and lesbians would only add to a healthy discussion, not subtract from it. I found the author's perspective somewhat disturbing, and bordering on heterosexist and white-supremacist.

this book is excellent to describe a giant squid the mystery of the deep.with facts and info its excellent to describe it. i love evry thing about it you dont get better than this! WELL DONE JENNIFER DUSSLING!