I generally agree with the other reviewers that this guide book is informative and useful. I have had it in had twice when I visited Gettysburg. A solid resource with some very interesting historical exerpts from after action reports etc.

I would also encourge people considering this book to take a look at Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide by Mark Grimsley. (ISBN 0803270771) In my opinion the Grimsley book is a bit clearer on some of the more confusing parts of the battle - the fighting in the Wheatfield for example.

All things considered both books are quite good.

I just returned from my first Antietam visit after reading many books about the battle. The Staff Ride Guide gave me a thoroughly detailed, comprehensive, fascinating look at the battle. I brought along my father, not a Civil War buff, and he got a lot out of it as well. Good clear driving directions, great choices of accounts from both the O.R. and individual letters and diaries. Superb. I can't wait to use the other battlefield guides.

These series of books from the U. S. Army War College are the best available resource for conducting ACW battlefield tours - assuming that your purpose in touring battlefields is to study and understand the applicable tactics, strategy and terrain and to develop an appreciation for the objectives and efforts of the participants. If you go to ACW battlefields to gawk and gossip as an everyday tourist then an investment in these guides is unnecessary. If you have an active interest in ACW history, military history in general or fascinating chapters in human history, then these guides are remarkable values, "Best Buys". Helpful maps illustrate troop engagements and key terrain features, excerpts from the Official Records provide first person commentary from the participants at each "Stop" on your tour and concise analysis is provided to tie the story together. Thorough but not intimidating, insightful and objective, with no deficiencies noted.

The Nelson's smallest Bible is an extremely portable 3" x 5" genuine leather Bible. It is about as big as most Gideon vest pocket New Testaments w/ Psalms and Proverbs and about twice as wide. If you travel a lot or you want to carry a Bible with you at all times, I would definitely recommend this Bible. However, there are two cons: 1)The print is so small that a magnifying card is provided, 2)This is the King James translation.

This Bible is excellent for travelling! It is not only a New Testament and Psalms, but a complete Bible in a very small (lightweight pages) but durable format. I use mine all the time and have also purchased it to use as a gift for friends who fly a lot.

The size and construction (snap flap) of this edition make it EXCELLENT!

Attorney Nick Deveraux hates his brother's plan because he feels it is sneaky going against his personal ethics. If Desiree Moon has acted libelelous towards Ron's Internet company, Guilty Pleasures, Nick prefers suing. However, Ron plays his only hand using their mother as blackmail. Nick knows that Ron has no compunctions to "borrow" from their widowed mom who cannot absorb another assault on her finances. Thus Nick is in a hotel ready prove on-line sex critic Desiree Moon is a fraud.

Meg Sugarbaker has no idea how a chef at Atlanta's exclusive Renaud became a sex expert writing about gadgets for the Emagazine Foreplay when she cannot get a date. When Nick and Meg meet in the hotel sparks fly. However, as they fall in love and he becomes her "boy toy" testing devices, he knows he will have to somehow reveal the truth about his sibling, but hopes that he does not have to choose between his beloved and his loved ones.

JUST TOYING AROUND is an exciting contemporary romance starring two delectable lead characters whose antics are fun, eminently refined when they employ sex gadgetry. Ron is a loser and his blackmailing Nick to do his bidding seems a stretch to accept especially since readers will see just how ethical one is and how sleazy the other is. Still fans will enjoy JUST TOYING AROUND, but should be forewarned that these are professional charcaters trained to use the gadgets so test the toys on him (not yourself) first in case you obtain one manufactured by Ron.

Harriet Klausner

For anyone who has an overactive libido, this is the book for you!! Meg/Desiree's exploits with Nick will have you turning the pages while you search for a fan to cool yourself!

This novel was the one that introduced me to Harlequin's Blaze series and, boy, am I glad I found it! Although, slightly predictable (as most straight romance novels are) Just Toying Around employs seduction, blatant sexual conversation and tender romance to entertain the reader and leave him or her wondering about how they can re-enact some of the scenes in their own love life!

Rhonda Nelson's debut novel is fantastic! It's hot and sexy and just plain fun. Ms. Nelson has a unique voice that is laced with a wickedness that will keep you turning those pages all through the night! I can't wait for the next one!

This Bible, besides containing a wealth of cross-references for study, also features notes that are right in line with the traditional mainstream Baptist interpretation of scripture (except KJVO which is not traditional, historical Baptist doctrine anyway). (The notes in this Bible were originally written by Liberty University profs in the early 1980s)
...which makes this Bible great for following along in preaching to see at a glance if your Baptist pastor is teaching something new or contrary to traditional Baptist doctrine. Of course, final judgement is reserved for personal inductive study of the matter, but I remember at least one time this Bible brought out facts clearly enough during a sermon to where I knew for a fact the pastor was wrong- and unfortunately based his whole sermon on it.
I give this Bible 4 stars because, of course, the conservative traditional Baptist doctrine in the notes is strongly pre-trib, to the point where other views are not given enough space, IMHO.

I have only had this bible for about two weeks and I find it hard not to pick my bible up and start studing and reading this wonderful book of God's word ! I purchased it at a local Bible book store and now am online to amazon to find this Bible for my daughter's birthday! I want to share this wonderful way of reading and learning with her! I have at least ten bibles in my home and this is the first I can really understand what I am reading,I am reading one chapter each day from each of these books,Genisis,Job and Matthew! I found this in another book of suggestions on bible study to keep a pattern in reading. Of course I find myself spending much more time reading each day than I intended. I would highly reccomend this study bible to anyone,especially someone who has found it hard to focus and enjoy reading!

I have owned a KJV Study Bible for some time. It is an excellent Bible when you need to be clear on doctrine. The foot notes are especially help full in teaching the Bible to young and old. It gives very clear meaning and reference of passage. There are many study helps to encourage a Bible student to keep reading and digging for the truths in the pages of God's Word

Carole Nelson Douglas gives us wonderful entertainment in the latest Irene Adler romp, told by her "Watson", Penelope Huxleigh. The weaving of historical figures and Sherlock Holmes among several mystery plot lines makes for a delightful read. Be sure to read all four Irene stories!

Add another point if you're a Sherlockian, two if you're a fan of Irene. Irene Adler, "the woman" to Sherlock Holmes, is the heroine of this tale, which is written as if narrated by her friend Penelope. A fun romp through 19th-century Europe, involving Irene's erstwhile suitor, the King of Bohemia, and a dastardly Russian plot. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson have a few cameos, including one great one at the end that made the book for me.

My main criticism is that it's a little heavy-handed on the name- dropping side; Irene is acquainted with scads of famous historical personages. This actually makes it harder to suspend disbelief and accept that both Holmes and Irene were historical personages, as the book attempts to convey. Well worth reading, more than once for some.

Other books in the series (in order; this is the fourth):
Good Night, Mr. Holmes; Good Morning, Irene; Irene At Large

I have read all four of the Irene books - twice. I am anxiously awaiting for the next book to appear - please don't let me down.

Having been to a Christian college myself, this book probably meant more to me than it would to some. However, that are certain struggles the main character Jo has with herself that I think anybody can probably relate to. Even for those who don't believe in a higher being-the struggles are true for anybody. What is the purpose of our life? How are we supposed to be? This is not maybe the easiest book to get through, but it is a reward at the end.

I read this book just out of bible school and really resonated with it even though the story took place a couple of generations before. I strongly recommend it for people who have been involved in or are interested in conservative Christianity. Too bad it is out of print. I've loaned out my copy and never got it back.

Reading this book was a life-changing event in my freshman year at a private Christian college. It opened my eyes to the undercurrent of the subculture I then found myself in, though perhaps not as extreme as Calvary, the small Bible college in Chicago (suspiciously resembling Moody Bible Institute) that Jo found herself in during the time of WWII.

Nelson describes Jo's world: "Happiness was a kind of badge at Calvary; it was not only nice to be happy, it was right. It was a sign that things were as they should be on the inside. But while in such an atmosphere unhappiness was frequently viewed with judgment or shame, it's only fair to add the obvious: a school cannot be held accountable for the inward state of every student. Some things will happen wherever you are, and that is where Jo was, at that school, in that city."

And so we enter the world Jo Fuller. Nelson paints a wonderful picture of Calvary's masked nature juxtaposed to the terrifying, offensive reality of the city around her. Her friends at school deny that reality, equating such a place with the "world" of the New Testament, just as Jo and her family desperately want to deny any thought that her brother, declared MIA, might have been killed by the war. Jo is brought face-to-face with this problematic world in the encounters with roommates, obsessive boys, hardhearted professors and administrators, drunks, even the Bible itself. This beautiful and honest novel brought me in touch with a swamp of reality that I might have ignored, while being neck-deep in myself. It opened me to questions that my own closed mind had previously shunned. If you wish to wrestle with the complexities of a rapantly common Christian culture in North America, please, for your own sake and the sake of those around you, read this book.

Hi! I am a student at Elizabethtown College. I had the opportunity to read Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Nelson for my children's literature class. I loved this book!! I think it is a great book for all children to read. It looks on both sides of dealing with racism in school. It is the story of a girl who loves playing baseball. She is moving to a new school for the upcoming school year. Of course she is excited about the move because it means going to the new school with the brand-new ball field.
The night before they go to sleep before their first day of school, Billie(Meg's brother) and Meg are both warned about how they might not be welcomed at their new school. Neither really understand what their parents are talking about until they go into school the next day. They quickly realize that almost all the children are white and they are not welcome to play baseball because they are black. They do not let this small bump get into their way of playing baseball and doing well in school. It is a story that proves it does not matter what color you are, you can accomplish whatever you want if you put your mind to it. I would definately recommend this book for classroom use!!

It was a real tough time for Luke, Meg, Mo, Dillon, Alice, Billy, Owen, and Fitch. They are a group of 9, 10, and 11 year olds from Mayfield Elementary. One day they find out they have to switch elementary schools, because their parents don't like their principal. At the begining of the next school year, the Mayfield group started school at Parkview Elementary. This was a problem for the Mayfielders, because the kids from Parkview didn't like anyone from Mayfield. One day at recess, the Parkview kids ignored the Mayfield kids and played their own game of baseball. Then a bully from Parkview started a fight with one of the Mayfield kids. Will the Parkview and Mayfield kids ever get along? Or will the Mayfield kids drop out of Parkview? Read Mayfield Crossing to see what happens.

Mrs. Nelson's book won the Georgia Book Award Nominee for grades 4-8 books a few years back. I had the opportunity to hear her speak at the Children's Literature Conference in Athens, Georgia and to speak to her personally. She is an extremely nice person. This was a good book at our school at the time (1997-98) because our 4th and 5th grades were merging with 4th & 5th grades from two other schools to make a new elem. school.

This book is very informative on the subjects it covers. However, the mechanics on my staff also work on HVAC which is omitted. There is also no mention of plumbing basics which would have been helpful. But the topics that are covered contain very good information and both apprentices and journeymen will find this book very useful. Maintenance departments of any size should own a copy of this book.

I found this guide to be full of information not found anywhere else. The topic selection is very broad; ranging from drawings and sketches, to welding and blacksmithing. His style of writing, being geared to the layman, is clear and very understandable. All technical terms are explained thouroughly, and the drawings and photos are good. My weakness is electical, but after reading chapter #22 "Elecricity", I learned more than I have anywhere else. I have found this book to be complete, concise, and full of information I can use in my everyday work. I would recommend this book to homeowners, as well as engineers. My copy will stay in my toolbox at work for reference on many different projects, and I will be ordering another one for my wifes book collection. She is very happy to find such diverse information in one book.

Being an Apprentice Millwright, this is an excellent book for any person in the millwright or maintenance mechanic trade. Everything from gear drives to chain drives to carpentry to bearings and couplings. It is a very informative textbook for any person in the mechanical field.

This is an entertaining tale of political intrigue, murder, and nuclear arms. The authors argue that the South African apartheid government developed a highly advanced form of nuclear weapon using "red mercury", and that this technology later found its way to rogue states in the Middle East -- thus mobilising out of control security agencies such as the CIA and Mossad to track down the people responsible. The story is an entertaining one, but the consensus today is that "red mercury" does not exist. It is a hoax. That nuclear weapon technology found its way to countries such as Russia, Iraq, and Syria is much more likely. Much more interesting is the authors' claim that although the South African government was supposed to have destroyed its nuclear weapons arsenal in 1993, many devices found their way into the hands of right-wing groups who have stashed them at secret locations throughout the Transvaal as a way to "blackmail" the communist ANC government. I for one hope this is true, as it gives our white brethren in South Africa a way to fight back against the black communist ANC regime. All in all an interesting book, but I suggest that you take it with a pinch of salt.

This book adds materially to the stock of information on the subject of Red Mercury, something that few publications succeed in doing. See, in this respect, the list of Russian export documents and their associated authorisations on pages 288 to 290. Unfortunately, the headings include 'Volume in Kg.' but, in such an (otherwise) informative account, it is easy to overlook such blemishes. The footnote reference to Dr. Arthur Sleight's report on his synthesis of the Red Mercury base compound, mercuric pyro-antimoniate, which appeared in the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (volume 7, no.9) has an importance completely out of proportion to the space allocated to it in the thriller, but no other document dealing with the subject cared to mention it at that time (1995). The report was responsible for the key compound acquiring a number in the International Chemical Register: 20720-76-7. The book is unique in drawing attention to the activities of Thor Chemicals' South African branch and there are sufficient scandals exposed in its pages to provide material for several documentaries and many more books.

1978 SOUTH AFRICA TESTS THEIR FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPON. USA AND USSR ARE SURPRISED AND CONFIRM THAT THE TEST OCCURRED.NAZI/FASCIST BOTHA ("THE HOMELAND BLACK IN SOUTH AFRICA IS ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY TO SELL HIS LABOR", 1970's BOTHA'S SPEECHES ) AND THEN DEKLEERK HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.1993 DEKLEERK ANNOUNCES TO THE WORLD SOUTH AFRICA WILL DISARM AND DISMANTLE THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS/ICBM MISSILE PROGRAM. DID THEY?WELL KNOWN BRITISH NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, PETER HOUNAM AND STEVE MCQUILLAN RESEARCH AND TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERVIEW THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISARMING AND DISMANTLING PROGRAM.QUOTE FROM SOUTH AFRICA'S TOP INSPECTOR, ALSO KNOWN AS "TNE TERMINATOR" OF SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR STOCKPILE, "THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHEATING." AND PROFESSOR WYNAND MOUTON(same) IS NOT SURE EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED.NUKES IN IRAQ? NO. WORLD INSPECTORS AGREE.CHINA HAS HAD 12,000 MILE MISSILES AND AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED NUCLEAR WEAPONS SINCE THE MID-SEVENTIES. IN 1976 A PRINCETON SENIOR WRITES A PAPER ON HOW TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THE PAPER IS IMMEDIATELY DECLARED "TOP SECRET". NO NUKES PEACE NOWLEO SZILARD (EINSTEIN'S STUDENT)HIS THREE POINTS:1. THERE ARE NO SECRETS2. THERE IS NO DEFENSE3. IT IS A CRIME WHAT WE DO TO EACHOTHER UNTIL WE ALL RID THE WORLD OF THESE WEAPONS.REVELATION - TO REVEALAPOCALYPSE - THE OPPOSITE OF HIDING A GOOD BOOK BUY IT AND INFORM YOURSELF.

It wasn't bad but it wasn't the best audio cassette recording I have ever listened too and I didn't find it to be a keeper, I just didn't get that warm fuzzy feeling that makes you feel all happy while reading a nice romance book or listening to the audio cassette recording.

Like with any author, some stories she writes are better than others. This one is fabulous. Allison knows she is way over her head with the intense, passionate Gene but she just can't seem to stop seeing him. His experience overwhelms her and is the eventual cause of his guilt and anger. But the way Gene falls for Allison is sure to melt your heart. Pick this one.

GENE NELSON IS THAT HERO. EVERY WOMEN HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL MAN, AND SPECIAL LADY ALLISON HATHOWAY HAS FALLEN FOR HIM. NOW ONLY THING SHE HAS TO DO IS GET HIM TO SEE THAT HE IS THAT SPECIAL MAN