IF YOUR FROM AUBURN AND YOU WANT TO RELIVE THE HISTORY OF YOUR CITY THIS BOOK AND VOLUME TWO WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO YOU. ITS SAD TO SEE A CITY WITH SUCH GREAT POTENTIAL DIE A SLOW DEATH WITH THE CORPSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ROTTING AROUND IT.

HAVING LIVED IN AUBURN,NY FOR 25 YEARS, (1939-1964) I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY AND HAS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST PICTURES OF AUBURN AT IT'S VERY BEST. THE CIVIL WAR, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ALL SEEMED TO BE POSPEROUS, INTERESTING AND VERY EMOTIONAL TIMES FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN. I DID NOT GROW UP IN THE BEST TIMES OF AUBURN, SO I REALLY ENJOYED READING THIS ACCOUNT OF MY CITY.

Parents and children alike will be entranced by this treasure of University of Alabama memorabilia and traditions. Scenes of Denney Chimes, Big Al and the "Roll Tide" fans will always put you in remembrance of your special "Gameday".

The Auburn Gameday book is an excellent way for the young fan to gain a knowledge of his or her favorite team and the grand campus traditions surrounding it. Children will be able to recognize the school monuments, to collect autographs and other memorabilia and get caught up in the excitement that is "Gameday".This will make their experience last a lifetime.

What a great idea-- go inside both teams as they prepare for the greatest college football rivilary in the nation-- Auburn v. Alabama (or Alabama v. Auburn, whichever you prefer). It offers great insight of the workings of the coaching staffs as they get ready for the big game.

Finally, a well-written book about the only college football rivalry that really matters. Other books have tried to capture the intensity of this series. But this one, with excellent material from folks like Howell Raines, tops them all. If you've ever tried, vainly, to explain what this game really means to someone not washed in Alabama-Auburn lore, then you know how difficult it is to do what these authors have done. An excellent book. Well done.

THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING, PACKED WITH DRAMA, AND SUSPENSE, AND COMEDY. EVERYTHING THE 1999 ACADEMY AWARDS DIDN'T HAVE

...The plain, down-to-earth approach cannot help but stimulate not only interest but, hopefully, motivation to initiate thought and action towards change in our correctional system. I do not hesitate to recommend this informative and moving book to all mental health professionals and to all who are given the responsibility of caring for those in our correctional facilities. John M. Mahon, MSW Chief Psychiatric Social Worker (Ret.) St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY

Within Prison Walls is a shocking yet heartwarming description of conditions at Auburn Prison written by an humanitarian warden who submitted himself to a one-week experience as an inmate. Reading it is painful, and requires frequent interruptions for recovery from the descriptions and for reflection on the horrors of the treatment given and the attitudes shown to prisoners. They are seen as less than human beings, and, sadly, essentially little has changed since this 1914 description. The author, Warden Tom Osborne shows his strength of character and his empathy in his goal of prison reform. It reads well and should be required reading for all concerned with penology, mental health, sociology and studies of the seemingly immutable sadism that is imbedded in human nature. The current reprinting has beenn edited and carried out by the author's son, and possesses historic value.

I knew Atlanta in quite a different way. This book has opened my eyes to how the city became what it is today and gave me a wonderful historically accurate picture of the people who build the city. This should be a must-read for anybody connected with the city or anybody interested in how race relations affect the building of any city. I was thrilled when I recently drove thru Atlanta and saw an exit off of interstate 75 south for the "John Wesley Dobbs Ave." and felt like I was part of history too after connecting some things in my family with events in this beautifully written book. This book also gives me hope that all human beings can strive together to make the future of Atlanta even greater than the past. This book was good on so many levels and touched so many different issues: Historic, human, socioeconomics, I can't begin to describe how much I liked it with the poor words at my disposal. I can say READ IT!

Through words and comprehensions that push towards brilliance, Gary Pomerantz has written a history of civil rights in the South beyond compare to others of our generation. Every sentence shows his devotion and study of the subject, which is still unfolding as I write, on Peachtree Street. His years of interviewing and researching are evident on every single page of the thick text. This is the kind of book that you re-read the last few pages several times because you are sad to see the story end. You hope to find out the author has written a sequel! This book is for those of us wanting to learn more about the fall-out from slavery and black oppression in the South. It is the best comparison of blacks and whites ever written that truly speaks from both sides and gives the "human condition" of this subject its best reward - which is to explain the true story of where the individual's predjudices came from and how they were daily being conquered...or handed down, as the case may be. It is an essay on the evolution of a culture and it's victims. It does not always give credit to those the media attempted to credit. It gives credit to the deserving ones...politically correct or not. Some of Pomerantz's book re-writes history. You should read it.

I loved this book! I am an avid reader of southern history and eagerly awaited the publish date.It did not let me down. Gary Pomerantz breathes life into John Wesley Dobbs and Ivan Allen and their families. When I ran down Auburn Avenue with a group of friends last year I felt as if I had been there before. The book is more than a history of Atlanta, it is an in depth look at the people who have made this city what it is today. Mr. Pomerantz is a writer and story teller of amazing insight.The book reads like a great work of fiction. This is a must for any southern history fan or anyone loving a good read about Atlanta.

In Proof, Auburn has written a wonderful play, taking on some very key characteristics of humanity. Especially wonderful is the father-daughter relationship between Robert and Catherine. However, just as intriguing are the relationships between sisters Catherine and Claire, and between Hal and Catherine.

Auburn hits strong notes on most issues, including trust, duty, love, and sanity. After reading the play, it should be quite clear why it won the Pulitzer.

This is a first-rate drama, and I would dare to list in up with plays by Ibsen and Chekov. The only reason I omitted the fifth star is purely subjective, in that I did not feel Claire's character was fully developed.

In the past few years there has been a resurgence of plays with themes centered around math and science and characters who are mathematicians and scientists. Thank heaven! Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" is magnificent. Then there are two plays produced by the Manhattan Theater Club: "An Experiment with an Air Pump" by Shelagh Stephenson and this play, "Proof" by David Auburn. I think both are wonderful.

After winning the Pulitzer, a shot at a Tony, and a continuing run on Broadway, Auburn really has no need for my good words; however, let me give a few anyway. This is a cleverly written piece. Unlike "Copenhagen," this play really isn't about mathematicians and scientists. It is just framed around them. No math skills are necessary to enjoy this play. Instead, it is an examination of love, trust, madness and genius presented through the lives of mathematicians.

In fact, the only weakness in this play is when real mathematics comes up. I cringed when I heard the famous exchange between mathematicians G.H. Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan put in the mouth of Robert and Catherine, the father/daughter mathematicians at the heart of this play. It just rubbed me the wrong way.

Fortunately, this is the only time math actually comes up. Instead, this play takes us into the lives of four very interesting people. I was fortunate enough to see a performance of this play on its second night on Broadway. I was incredibly moved. Mary-Louise Parker's performance as Catherine was particularly impressive. Reading the script, I was carried right back to the theater and could relive the experience again. I loved it.

I recently saw the Manhatten Theater Club's production of Proof on Broadway, and I expect to find even more delightful surprises in my first reading of the script. David Auburn's examination of love, trust, and betrayal is subtle and moving. With a keen eye for true human nature, he pits the logic of mathmatics against our emotonal subjectivity and solves the conflict with simplicity and eloquence. His humor and clarity make this script a must-read for all who love intellectual/emotional power struggles. As a theater student, I read any play that falls into my hands, but rarely do I find one with such multi-layered characters matched by such an eloquently truthful plot. You won't be disappointed.

I agree with many of the other reviewers on this book. It is a fun, simple tale that feels like it was targeted towards a young adult audience. The main character is likeable, but quite naive (or in my mind, not the sharpest knife in the drawer). Many of the more interesting plot details are not explored throughly - such as the aliora world and the deeper character aspects of Kentley and Coriel's half-sister. If you are expecting anything as good as Archangel, prepare yourself for yet another disappointment. Having read all of her novels, I think that Sharon Shinn is potentially a very talented writer. I keep buying her books in the hope that she will turn out something as good as Archangel, but I am getting sick of waiting (and buying those annoying trade editions). I don't understand why she seems to be rushing herself to turn out ridiculous numbers of half-finished books that betray her talent. Look at Robin McKinley - she takes her time between each book, polishing the details, plot, and language so that each page is worth reading. As a result, each finished book is a treasure. This author needs to take a lesson and spend the time required to explore and develop her ideas completely. Samaria was a brilliant idea, but she rushed through 500 years of history in the last 2 rather confusing books - there is still a lot of potential left there (hello, prequel) in that world. Maybe she is under some bizarre book contract or is paying off a lot of bills, but slow down and get a good editor! Quality matters.

An adult fairy-tale is hard to come by, but Sharon Shinn manages a beautiful one in rare style. It's hard to find the collection of magic, castles, princes and princesses, alongside a hard-hitting plot and strong characters; however, this book fulfils them.

Coriel is the ... daughter of a nobleman and a wise woman (who seduced him with magic) who spends nine months out of every year with her healer grandmother, learning how to be a wise woman as well. But every summer she travels to beautiful Castle Auburn, to be with her uncle Jaxom and lovely half-sister Elisandra. She rapidly falls in crush with the handsome Prince Bryan, unable to yet see what a self-absorbed bratling he is.

A few years pass, and as Cory ages and matures, she sees that all is not sweet and peaceful at Castle Auburn. The elven aliora (who are sweet, gentle, kind, etc) are enslaved by the noblemen as servants, tied to the human world rather than their unspeakably beautiful otherworld. And Bryan is not the wonderful prince she was infatuated with — he is cruel, irresponsible, narcissistic, arrogant, and sires at least one illegitimate baby over the course of the book.

Surrounding Bryan are more mature noblemen who don't want to be ruled by a brat prince, but are not ready to do anything. Jaxom takes sudden and unexpected actions. Elisandra must choose between happiness and duty, and Cory must consult her heart and morals after Bryan takes horrifying action against an aliora servant. Love, death, treachery and political intrigue lace the beautiful prose and entrancing background of "Castle Auburn."

I liked Coriel. Rarely do books have genuinely human heroines, and her overwrought teen thoughts (such as her melodramatic statement when Bryan kisses her forehead) are in tune with infatuation. However, I felt her awakening to the aliora's plight was a bit too quick, and her siding with them a bit too complete (her willingness to see Jaxom as a monster, etc). I wish Jaxom had been a bit more explored, given the mysterious actions going on. Elisandra's rigid road of duty -- and the results -- were pretty emotionally jerky but made sense later on.

Though billed as an adult fantasy, this is perfectly all right to let a teen read. There is some tasteful discussion of sex (in terms of illegitimate offspring and a wedding), not much violence, and no profanity worse than "damn." There is some talk of suicide/murder and moral debates on enslavement, however.

Nevertheless, flaws or not, this book has a magical atmosphere that is worthy of an aliora.

Shinn wonderfully combines an almost-romance with a number of complicated sub-plots in this book. It starts out with Corie, the illegitimate daughter of a noble, visitng Castle Auburn, home of her sister Elisandra. Corie, along with nearly all the girls in the kindgdom, is infatuated with her sister's betrothed, Prince Bryan...who is in reality an obnoxious, self-centered, spoiled teenager who cares little for others and for the world around him. It's frustrating, yet so realistic, how Corie can't seem to see the his bad qualities through the gleam of his splendour. As Corie grows, her eyes are "opened" to both Bryan's personality, as well as numerous plots being made within the castle walls. Corie finds herself struggling with her two identities - a noble lady of good lineage, despite her illegitimacy, and the apprentice to the wise woman of a small town. Corie's ways with herbs and medicines help her not only aid others, but also give her the opportunities make new friends, no matter how unlikely they seem. For the first time, Corie begins to doubt others and their actions. A constant argument she has within herself concerns the enslavement of the aliora; fey, man-like creatures who live in their own magical land but have been captured and sold for high prices. They are always wanted due to their magic and ability to send a feeling of calm to almost anyone.
Corie, however, does not appear to be the usual female heroin...you know, the one who learns how to fight and stands up for herseslf and proves to the world that she is equal to any man. No, instead, Corie is the type of heroin who influences others, whether its through her friendship, advice, or actions. While she does do things her own way and cares little for what others, especially nobles, think, she does not go out of her way to prove herself equal, which is a reliefe from the normal fantasy books of this sort.
This is an amazing fantasy book. The story is so enveloping, and the ending so satisfying, the second you finish reading it, you feel the urge to pick it up and start from the beginning again. The more times you read it, the more you begin to see all the different subtle hints that lead to the conclusion at the end. You will never get bored of it.

Rural Studio is the perfect antidote to corporate crime and mistrust. Here are a group of people giving their time, work, and money to help other people, and doing it in a way that not only helps the individuals and families they build for: They help the whole community. This should be required reading for architecture faculty and students -- and maybe should be given to a couple of hundred CEOs around the country. Fantastic book.

Being a rural studio alum, I can say with confidence how much Sambo Mockbee and the rural studio have touched my life. This book should be read by anyone that views architecture as something that affects us as humans asthetically as well as socially. This book and the story it has to tell is wonderful! And to Sambo....you are truly missed, your spirit and "whoople-dust" will forever live on in the minds that you inspired.

this book shows what architecture on a practical level can emphasize - serving people in need and allowing them to live with dignity. what i enjoyed most about this book is that it brings architecture to a personal level, while some books can be only about the material and technical this book provides stories about the professors behind the project, students engaged in it, the people they serve and how and why each specific structure was needed and how it suited and filled an important need. though some of the pieces seemed a bit "out there" and not exactly conventional in comparison to a deeply rural and poverty stricken alabama town they give an example of a way to provide needed structures to disadvantaged people. it is heartening to read the interviews towards the end of the book, one of which is by a single woman previously living in a welfare situation with four kids. she remarked that she was treated with utmost respect by the students designing her home, involving her a great deal in planning and taking personal interest in her situation. a model program that should be implemented at more schools.