I had the opportunity to browse this delightful cookbook while visiting friends in Versailles, KY and to sample delicious foods prepared from several of the recipes. If you're looking for different and tasty salads and side dishes, in addition to entrees, this book of recipes is a must to own. Be prepared to make permanent additions to your herb and spice rack.

As a novice gourmet, who enjoys cooking just for the mere enjoyment of watching people's faces when they bite into something delicious, I found this book to be quite helpful in searching for something new and exciting to produce from my oven. I highly recommend the Beef Tenderloin with Bearnaise Sauce. It is a classic and easy to prepare, as are most of the recipes contained in this book. No matter what your skill level it would make a great addition to any cookbook collection.

I recently attended a graduation dinner and was delighted by the fine array of unusual treats. When I asked the chef her secret, it was this book! Compiled by the medical auxillary in Lexington, Kentucky, this cookbook features many original recipes as well as some famous southern cuisine. I immediately ordered it for myself and have loved every recipe that I try!

I ordered this book solely for the information regarding some of my ancestors. Since my family was on the wrong side of the law I didn't know the whole truth until this book. Mr.Jordan does an excellent job on recounting the facts and events related to Fayette County. I highly reccommend this book.

I could not put this book down.My husband and I enjoyed learning the History on his Ancestors.The book included so, much information we were not aware of.

I really liked this book. For me it started slow, but by a few pages in I couldn't get enough. If you are interested in what farm life was like in Texas in the 1920's, this is for you. It goes into great detail about (obviously) planting and harvesting cotton, small town entertainment, churches, schools, food... the list is endless. Best of all, I talked to my grandparents, who grew up then verified it all. Want a good book about day to day farm life? Want to know what farmers used a hog's scrotum for? Buy it.

This book is a passionate tale of a love like no other. Set in a rich, historical period, the author offers a glimpse into the life of French court society, and into the true meaning of love

This book is a feast for the eyes and joy for the hands of those who would take advantage of the secrets within! It introduces the reader to the simple concepts of projective geometry and set theory as it has been applied to such devices as magic squares and Celtic knotwork. Beyond that, it is illustrated with fantastic line drawings in Art Nouveau style showing how these aesthetic sources can be applied not just to architecture, but costume and ornament design. Almost a century old since its first printing but still very timeless and relevant. Bragdon's writing shows exuberance tempered with a respect for doing the craft right in an almost religious aspect. Very proud to have this in my collection!

If you are a engineer looking for a book of formula's...this is your book. However it does little to explain things (such as the how's and why's)...you really must have a backround in mechanical or automotive engineering to understand things. By no means is this a beginners book, far to advanced in theory and mathmatics.

I give it 4 stars because I know once I understand the complexity of the subject it will be a useful book...but its not a great teacher.

This is an excellent book - and one of the clasics on the subject of IC Engine Engineering. It's a good anchor for the student new to the subject - as most of the basic theory can't really change. Having said that, it doesn't go far enough with practical simulation methods, which have become much easier to apply as computers have matured. And there is - as always in typical engineering texts - not much to use in terms of practical design. But then - such a book would be much longer. And - because engine control capability has improved so much in the last 15 years, as has knowledge of pollutant formation and control - this book simply does not have much of use (other than as an introuction) to those areas. That's why I gave it 4 stars, not 5. Still a good read for the engineer.

i need some informations about the internal-combustion engine in theory and practice

Atack presents the reader with an unbiased and unflinching look into the disturbed minds of Hubbard and his devoted followers. This book is a 'must read' for any student of sociology, psychology or anyone interested in cults and the effects of 'brainwashing'. Atack's book attempts to unravel the complex mind-control systems devised by Hubbard and gives a unique insight into the lengths his organization goes to in it's attempts to silence free-thinking critics.

Highly recommended to those who found 'Dianetics' and other Hubbard 'materials' muddled and incoherent, this book puts them into perspective and leaves the reader with a true sense of comprehension. Re-reading 'Dianetics' and other 'Scientology literature' after 'Blue Sky' proves an interesting experience.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Mr. Atack has written a very informative and well researched book about the Scientology Cult, exposing crimes and haressement of critics. The book gives a coherent understanding of the discussion going on in the news-group alt.religion.scientology. What is not covered though is the infamous OT III material, describing the Space Emperor Xenu and how he solved the overpopulation problem on earth some 75 million years ago. It is quite telling that scientologist often state that the book is full of errors and misconceptions, yet they fail to point these errors out. Not very surprising, as what is published in the book, fully referenced, are official Scientology documents that have appeared unchallanged in several court cases. Buy it and support a good cause (or rather buy two, and give one to a friend). And, by all means read (but don't buy) some of Hubbards works as well. You'll be amused..

I have been doing a lot of research on scientology, and who/what they were on. After reading several other books, several websites, and talking to multiple different people, I decided to sit down and read Mr. Atack's book.

He is an excellent author who is able to clearly set forth his experiences within the Church of Scientology and the experiences of other ex-members and critics of scientology.

I think that most of the reviews of this book can be summed up well to fall into 2 catagories.

The first catagory is the group of people who are interested in finding out the truth, or at least a book that can point them in that direction (The Bibliography in this book is immense, and people who claim that the book is full of lies either are severly misguided or do not understand how to do research for themselves using a bibliography.)

The second catagory I believe would fall under a quote that I thought was one of the best quotes I have read in a long that was in the book:

"As soon as one's convictions become unshakeable, evidence ceases to be relevant - except as a means to convert the unbelievers. Factual inaccuracies... are excusable in the light of the Higher Truth." -P.H. Hoebens

If you are looking for facts about the religion around the Church of Scientology, and their leader, L. Ron Hubbard, then this book is for you. If you are looking to learn how to practice Scientology, or want to be lead into the cult of Scientology, I recommend you read something else, like "What is Scientology" by L. Ron Hubbard, although once you read this book and understand the motivations and thought proccess that went through LRH's head while writing, you may quickly discover the "real" truth about Scientology.

I read this book because John Updike said it was one of the world's greatest novels of romance -- but I should have known from his other choices (Madame Bovary and The Scarlett Letter, among others) that he likes his romance bleak! The Princess of Cleves is certainly of considerable scholarly interest, being as it is a very early novel, and delving interestingly into the predicament of a woman trying to behave morally despite the frivolity, intrigue and pleasure-seeking of the 17th century French court. But the story is difficult and sad: young woman marries dutifully, then falls in love with a handsome duke, he feels similarly and pursues her passionately, but she struggles against her feelings, which wrecks havoc on everyone. The predicament is closely linked to the context and doesn't feel timeless or grand in theme; rather, the triviality of it stokes up thoughts of what caused the French revolution. Interested readers may prefer the Norton critical edition, which offers a number of essays as well as the text.

The most surprising thing one finds when reading The Princesse de Cleves is its unbelievable level of modernity. An interesting research study would be to draw parallels between the plot of this 17th century novel and the modern romantic dramas, as I believe the results would be quite surprising. The political and social dramas it raises seem much more at home in a more jaded modern story. The book also features a shockingly unconventional love story that must have raised quite a few eyebrows in the time of its author, Madame de Lafayette.

The plot takes place inside the closed world of the French elite, during the reign of Henry II. Although the novel starts out famously slow, once you get past that tedious interval the story gets much more interesting. We are introduced to the true powerbrokers of France, men and women absolutely possessed with the thirst for power. Those with some education of the French Revolution should find this section of the novel very enlightening, as it highlights their absolute isolation and ignorance of the body politik itself. Instead, the pampered court spends their time stabbing each other in the back and doing everything possible to get close to the king. To do this, they employ everything in the arsenal, including arranged marriages, family ties, and a lot of sex. If one wants a fictional but definitely reality based account of Machiavellian politics in the Renaissance, this is a great book to read.

Then of course, we come to the actual love story. In the beginning, the love between our Princesse and her suitor seems to be a familiar romance, one which numerous writers have regaled us with. A dashing young prince falls in love with a beautiful fair maden. However, this book quickly pulls away from such monotonous convention, and, in glorious French style, takes the reader on a descent into true human nature. That is the kind that harbors jealously and intrigue. The love story quickly becomes a fierce and tumultuous event, with the actual lovers stuck in the middle. A very progressive love story.

This book is definitely a classic, as it really represents a big development in the genesis of the novel. However, it does get very tedious at times, and often drifts into meaningless window dressing. Nevertheless, The Princesse de Cleves is on the whole a very engaging and complex love story that should satisfy any modern reader interested in the multitude of topics it covers.

"La Princesse de Cleves" is among the most scrupulously accurate historical fictions in literature. It is also arguably the first historical novel ever written and one of the earliest novels in any language.

But is a classic in Mark Twain's sense of the word, the sort of book everyone wants to have read but nobody actually wants to read?

I agree with another reviewer that this isn't beach blanket fare. Readers of early English literature will find it more palatable than Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" and better plotted than anything by Defoe. Although Mme. de Lafayette is not the first important female writer in French - Christine de Pizan comes to mind - this highly original work outdoes Aphra Behn, Fanny Burney, or any other English woman before Jane Austen.

If those comparisons bring a sparkle to your eye then prepare for a treat. The central figure is a sixteen-year-old girl fresh from a sheltered childhood in the countryside when her mother decides to deal for a prestigious son-in-law. Except for the fictional protagonist every figure in this late Renaissance setting is historically accurate. The jousts, the love affairs, the betrayals, and the shocking death of one pivotal figure all happened. De Lafayette presents the French royal court at its most glamorous, then peels away the facade to reveal ambitions that corrupt or destroy everyone who remains in their spell.

Women's fictions from this era were expected to be love stories. This one succeeds at that well enough to woo modern readers while it levels a scathing attack on the French aristocracy in the tradition of Moliere.

This supposed horror book isn't a horror book. It's more like a description of an acid trip than anything else. A university professor, recovering from malaria, is fired for a controversial paper deriding idols and artifacts of certain gods. Apparently, this angers some spirits, and after seemingly losing a few hours of his life and his hat, he descends (literally) into a world of weird characters and doors and life forces involving his wife and best friend.

It's hard not to give away the plot, because the plot is only revealed in the end. It's basically a few huge extremely strange events in one book.

Even though the imagery is very good for this short, Hubbard's language is a little terse and antiquated to make it a quick read. Though overall pretty interesting, I would not recommend this, as I wouldn't know what to classify it as.

1) Roddey McDowall is such an enjoyable reader of books. His voice inflections appropriatley matching the fear, excitement, etc of the character is so well done. Not to mention his voice overs for different characters makes it easier to keep track of who is who.

2) Very interesting and gripping story. Something of a supernatural flavor with demons and spirits...or so it implies. The story leaves you guessing until the end what is actually going on. The story is definitely one of the spookiest stories I've read (heard) in a long time.

3) By chance my local library has 75% of their sci-fi/fantasy audio books all from this author. I've never been a L. Ron Hubbard fan but the more I hear his books the more I'm enjoying his fictional writings. This was more supernatural than sci-fi but in all the author's pieces so far the characters are interesting and engaging.

Fear is by far Hubbard's best work of fiction, and it's of a style he never wrote in, horror. It's much better than the stuff he wrote last decade, which is not the place to go for really good Hubbard fiction. A man loses four hours of his life and risks his sanity (and loses) attempting to figure it out. The progression of scenes as they become truly bizarre and finally enter a world of paranoid fantasy is something I've never seen matched. Foolishly, I read this book at night. It is truly hypnotic reading, and I recommend it to anyone looking for bloodless horror. My one complaint is that the characters were not terribly well-developed, but they were much more believable and realistic than most of Hubbard's fiction. Interestingly, however, I have noticed that in new editions, the voices of the two demon siblings have been purged. I wonder what else has changed in these new editions. I guess the Church of Scientology doesn't just stick with his "non"-fiction when they're altering (without notice) his writings. For Hubbard critics, it is definitely a keen look into his psyche.

I must say I found this book much easier to "get into" than Jon Atack's A Piece of Blue Sky. I have been interested in the Scientology cult for many years, even prior to the Time magazine article in 1991; however, these books were even more scary than anything I had previously read. Imagine people following the teachings and "psychotherapeutic" methods of a man who is a compulsive liar, who constantly went into mad raging fits, and who choked his 2nd wife so severely he crushed her eustachian tube and caused a permanent hearing loss. If anyone doubts that Scientology is not as evil as the media and ex-Scientologists portray it, then they should really read this book. Corydon does a good job of exposing the inner workings of high level officials such as David Miscavige (the high school dropout who currently is one of the leaders of the cult), and these inner workings include extortion, harrassment, false allegations against former members, and eve! n physical violence. I am still stunned by accounts that Corydon records in this book. There are only 2 problems I found with this book: first, there is no index for references, and second, the book is not really chronological in its presentation. Aside from these two deficiencies, it is still an excellent read. Anyone considering joining Dianetics or Scientology should really read this book first! And anyone who knows someone in Scientology should give them this book (anonymously of course!). Corydon and others who have courageously stood up and given witness to the abuses and crimes of Scientology should be commended for their bravery and commitment to humanity. If this book and others similar to it help to deter another person from becoming a victim of Scientology, then these works have done a valuable service.

While not as thorough or polished at Jon Atack's "Blue Sky", this book is nonetheless an important view of this bizzare cult from a former insider. Originally co-authored by Hubbard's oldest son, some very intriguing insights are availabe. Hubbard, Jr. took his name off after an out of court settlement with Scientology. A very worthwhile read for anyone interested in this modern cult.

This book is excellant, a must read for anyone interested in religion, cults, or life in general. The story of Scientology is fascinating, real life science fiction. I highly recommend this book. The legal aspect of the cult is not as interesting but the matters concerning Mr. Hubbard and his Church are nothing short of eye popping. I promise you that when you pick this book up you will not put it down. It is unbeleivable how the leader of this religion got such devotion from people and especially got them to believe the upper level tenets. Trust me, its more than interesting !!!! In fact, because it draws heavily from personal experiences and court documents that which it reveals is fact not fancy. It was this book that stopped me from entering into the world of Scientology. Scientology almost was the answer to mans problems, but as you'll find in the book the guru behind it all goofed up towards the end, what a shame !