I was looking for a reference book with names, makers, pictures, etc. This book is very basic and appears to be aimed toward a young reader.

This book was originally published in the mid seventies; it is nice to have a reprint available. Interiewing old cowboys in the 1950's, the author gained a great deal of primary source material in regards to what types of clothing and equipment were used. A great deal of drawings appear throughout the text. This book depicts the cowboy at his most practical. A good book, though a tad expensive.

Although I love disaster stories, this book was absolutely boring. It didn't hold my attention and the ending was poor. And there's a sequel?

Ok, so maybe I'm biased because a relative of mine wrote this book. Even so, I must say I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. I am a big fan of natural disaster stories and "nature gone wrong" themes so this was right up my alley. The character development was good and the plot was interesting and kept me reading. Only thing that disappointed me was the ending- I didn't want it to end! :)

My wife, Rebecca, is the source of this book. Marilyn and Becky co-wrote it in our living room over several months with Rebecca as the main source of reference. I made many pots of tea as they spread upon the floor and wrote down what they had experienced. Angie Murdock was also a major influence. Ruth Mitchell's name got stuck on this by sheer political nonsense. She had nothing to do with writing, theory or research.

This book is an excellent resource for teachers and schools who are struggling to put the sometimes vague language of the national standards into meaningful curriculum planning. While the book doesn't provide all the answers for every subject, it does show how teachers can apply standards-based education to the materials and units they already use.

MacPherson was once an internationally-acclaimed thinker. He won much praise in Canada and abroad for his books. "The Real World of Democracy" is a short, dated book, full of irrelevancies and preposterous logic. Here McPherson argues that work in a society where free markets exist, even work in the public sector, involves dehumanizing "transfer of power" to those who own capital. He further assumes that such "transfer of power" does not occur in communist countries. This book contains almost no facts. It is one trecherous web of anti-market and anti-private property propaganda, delivered intelligently and rather carefully. The book illustrates much that is wrong with this type of political theorizing: untestable generalizations, one-sided arguments, selective avoidance of facts, etc. At the end of the book, he goes so far as to implicitly equate the power of the Soviet state with the power of individuals living in the Soviet Union. Absurd.

MacPherson's ideology differs very little from that of Marx. He considers private property evil, even if he does not use the word. The conclusion of his book degenerates into utopian and absurd musings about what he calls "abolition of scarcity," and about the "moral advantage" that communist countries were supposedly enjoying in the 1970s. In the penultimate paragraph he finally loses his cool and his starched pretense to objective rationality and raves about how the world has reached the era when "morality and power will coincide." He then says that he knows he gave no practical (only theoretical) solutions, and, as a last gasp, offers a nutty advice to write "your politicians," urging them to give "nothing less than massive aid" to poor nations. And mercifully, it is all over.

As part of my Political Science class, we were instructed to read C.B. Macpherson's "Real World of Democracy". This book was well written and fairly easy to understand. It gave insight into all aspects of Democracy and how it exists in Liberal states, Communist states and underdeveloped states. He describes how Democracy exists in each society and what the main drives of the particular societies are. The book describes about the profit-driven societies of the Western Capitalist states and how Democracy is applied to Capitalism and how it was brought into the Liberal state. Macpherson writes, "the Liberal state was democratized and Democracy was Liberalized." Machpherson then describes the Communist and underdeveloped societies and how democracy can and does survive.

I found this book very interesting and it gave me great insight into Democracy and how societies across the world respond to it. Macpherson describes that Democracy can be possible in Communist countries, were one party generally dominates, by allowing easy access to join the party, fair representation of the people and critics within the party.

The final chapters of the book greatly interested me, as Macpherson began to raise questions about Democracy, Society and Mankind. Macpherson tell us that Capitalism was responsible for creating the Unlimited wants of mankind which was not a natural attribute of mankind. He tells us that,

"An overmastering consciousness of scarcity had to be created in order to justify the capitalist society and to give it its driving force".

He then describes how the liberal capitalist societies have placed emphasis on individual freedom and how they have denied full-humanity. He discuss that becasue of this decision liberal capitalist states are in danger and something must be done. He makes an interesting point when stating,

"I shall suggest that the communist revolutions and the revolutions in the underdeveloped countries, which together seem to threaten our way of life, may be the saving of it".

Does this mean that a revolution of somekind is approaching to save society and save liberalism?? He also argues that communist countries who have rejected the market, have not lost power but gained strength. He states, "Market power is no longer the sole source of power."

Macpherson's main point in this book is to illustrate how Democracy survives and raise questions about the future of democracy. This can be summerized in my favorite line in this book which states, "If men were angels, government would not be neccessary."

i ordered this book, anticipating it would be a nice bath time gift for my little son (toward getting him to stay in the bath longer). the book is not a medley of kiddie stories. it is a how to book, ie, ideas relating to kids and baths. also, the size of the book is a joke. it is two inches by two inces and an inch thick. a very misleading title and disappointing purchase.

My son loves to flip the pages and riffle through the pages. It's great for somebody too little for adult books. I've put it through the dishwasher and use it in the bath every day. There are lots of suggestions for play, soothing additions to the bath and just information. Not a storybook, the content is for the parent, not the baby. Fun for both of us.

This was my first Balzac, and I was very disappointed. The story line was both thin and unconvincing, and I felt Balzac struggled in vain to make it interesting. Much of the novel was a brave attempt by the author to pad out the story to make up for the inadequacies of the plot. The introduction stated that Balzac was influenced by Sir Walter Scott - this explains a lot, as this novel belongs to the same sorry collection as Scott's worst.

This early novel is set in the civil war which followed the French Revolution, betweeen Republicanists and Royalists, called "chouans". These were guerrill-type bands sponsored by aristocrats, fighting to depose the new regime and reestablish the old one. In the plot, a Republican woman is sent to France to help with intelligence-gathering. But she falls in love with one of the chouan leaders. Another spy maneuvres to make her think her lover has betrayed her, and so she conspires against him. I don't share the other reviewers's opinion that it is a bad novel. It is just an average one by a great writer. I enjoyed it, though.

I am shocked at the negative reviews here. Sure, this is Balzac's first published novel and it may not have the elegant maturity of the many wonderful works he later wrote. But it gives us an exhiliarating heart-on-your-sleeve romanticism and a youthful audacity that makes it very special.

If you are going to read only one Balzac in your life, then maybe you wouldn't choose "The Chouans", but then I would wonder why you would ever choose to go through life and read only one Balzac.

I love the 19th century French novel...Balzac, Hugo, Zola, Flaubert. It may be somewhat of an acquired taste, but if you have the taste, "The Chouans" is a deserving member of the club.

Yeah right. I'm sooo sure Lana Turner secretley confided into her "friend" and asked him to "tell it... tell it all" AFTER her death. Only so she couldn't SUE him. This book isn't even a guilty pleasure, it's just plain stupid and a waste of time. I believe it to be a bunch of lies because he wants to be a big part of the scandal. No one cares. He's a joke.

Lana Turner had a weakness for getting involved with chislers, louses, and other assorted lowlifes. With Root she hit rock bottom. I picked up a book version of this thing in a book store and almost immediately wanted to get some strong disinfectant for my hands. Cheryl Crane, Turner's daughter, considered suing. Mr. Root's "revelations" about Ms. Turner include the assertion that she confessed to him that she had murdered Johnny Stompanato and allowed her daughter to take the blame. He also claims that the bedroom where Stompanato died was an incredibly gory scene which resembled a hog butchering. Read the testimony of the police, medical examiners, and other assorted witnesses which appeared in contemporary newspaper accounts of the tragedy. Root's charges are garbage. When Lana Turner became ill, her daughter apparently cut off Root's access to her mother. Smart girl!

I found Mr. Root's book fascinating. I could just hear Lana's high heels clicking along that marble hallway on her way out the door to meet her public! Mr. Root's style is perfect to tell the tale of Hollywood's greatest glamour queen. My only suggestion is that he keep up the good work!

This is a very short read. Not including the preface, introduction and appendices in the back (most of which is a list of museums in various states with collections or information you can look at), the content of the book barely takes up 59 pages. And the information is very, very general. She describes the major periods of North American Indian occupation from Paleo to Archaic, Mississipian, Woodland, etc. Each description takes up about 5-8 pages and includes hand-drawn images of a few projectile points, pottery styles, drills, or axe heads associated with that time frame. Frankly, I found the information to be at the level of a freshman 100 level Archaeology research paper. It's good information for a beginner level but hardly worth paying full book price for. It could benefit from maps showing locations of known archaeological sites representative of the times discussed, sketches of dig sites that might show how burial sites were arranged, housing styles and locations and discuss one or two major archaelogical digs for each time period. As it is, I found the information too general and would suggest that someone interested check out your local library for a book that provides more information (and is free). Or continue your search on Amazon!

The whole style of this book is very dry and not usersfriendly. The book consists of long lists of objectives and therapeutic interventions each 1 or 2 lines. Sometimes more then 40. It tells you all the time WHAT to do ( exc. [*] emotional impact or educate the patient on effects of stress on symptons)but NEVER HOW .This information is not very helpfull. Everybody knows for example that walking 20 minutes a day is healthy but HOW do you get somebody to do it.That should be the focus of behavioral medicine ( it s about getting to healthy behavior, no ?)This important part: HOW to get to behavior change is not present in this book.

First thing- this is NOT "Mommie Dearest part 2". I have read Christina's three other books, and have enjoyed them all, mostly "Mommie Dearest 20th Anniversary Edition". I looked everywhere for information about "Black Widow" and found nothing, didn't know what it was about. So I figured I'd just order it.

It's about a woman named Vivian who is selfish and evil, a recent widow, who tries to rid of her son and stepdaughter. Clearly the character of Vivian is based on "Mommie", and some of the events in the story (like the son being imprisoned and Vivian leaving him in jail) are similar to "Mommie Dearest".

I didn't care too much for it because with this author, all I want to hear about is Mommie, Mommie, MOMMIE! I LOVE her tales, and prefer reading about real life. I can't wait for Christina's new book about the Inquisition, due out later this year. But I understand that Christina Crawford probably doesn't want to spend the rest of her life talking about the woman who made her life a living hell. Totally understandable. I'd say "Black Widow" is maybe a good one-time read, but I'd recommend "Survivor", or of course, the classic "Mommie Dearest".