What a wonderful book! It give you a peek at some of the more progressive shools in opperation in the day of Dewey. Many would still be considerered quite progessive. Easy to understand and sprinkled with Dewey's insights into education, I would recomend it to anyone who teaches, or has ever been taught:) The ideas in this book are still very applicable today.

If one can view history as if it were groomed with a fine toothed comb, Dewey W. Grantham has viewed and displayed it as such. In The South in Modern America A Region At Odds, Grantham clips and styles his interpretation of history into a well-coifed account of the complex post-Reconstruction history of the South. Packing an extensive body of data into four hundred pages, he adds insight to a confusing era in American history. Although his point, counter-point style of comparison tends to be confusing, and his considerable use of statistics is coupled with plentiful politico name dropping, his knowledge of the era is evident in his work. Beginning with the sluggish economy that followed Reconstruction, Grantham describes the contrast between North and South and the differences between their industrial and agrarian societies. The industrialized North gained control of the limited southern corporations and industries and the resources that supplied them. The poor farmers of the South were, according to Grantham, "poorer than other Americans. Those who farmed -- the great majority of the region's inhabitants -- were steadily more landless" while workers in the South had fewer vocational and industrial skills during the era. The "Lost Cause" became the myth of the region through the declamation of men like Confederate hero, General John B. Gordon. By linking religion and Confederate images together a "civil religion" formed in the minds, hearts and legends of the southern populace. "This mythology," Grantham claims, "became a powerful factor in shaping southern politics during the next half-century." Quoting economist Gavin Wright, Grantham describes the South as a "colonial economy" in the control and coercion of the society to the north. Railroads, mines, financial corporations furnaces and many distribution institutions in the South were owned and controlled by northerners. The Spanish American War of 1898 brought northerners and southerners together to rally around the American flag. Nationalism superseded sectional diversity while political realignment in the late 1890's helped to "disfranchise most blacks..., and create the Solid South. The Populist movement grew in the region. Southern politicians gained influence and domination of the Democratic party in Washington. The economic outlook brightened while racial freedoms diminished. "By the turn of the century," Grantham states, illustrating the nation's passivity concerning African-American rights, "some southerners were contemplating a new role for the South in American life, a role made possible by the North's... ultimate approval of the southern mission to preserve the nation's racial purity." Moving into the era of Woodrow Wilson's presidency and World War I, Grantham slides into a deluge of political names -- McLemore of Texas, Swanson and Tillman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Committee, William Jennings Bryan. On and on he seems to name the entire congress and presidential cabinet of the Wilson period. His accuracy is obvious, but his prose is lost and adrift in the sea of names and political positions. With the rise of Franklin D. Roosevelt to power, regional differences were tolerated. Roosevelt's use of local political power, however, did little to change the structure of politics and racial freedom in the South. Nevertheless, "it did a good deal to change the political outlook of southerners," by creating "a politics of class and economic interest in the South...." The South began to catch up with the other regions of the nation. After the Second World War a "South within the North" was generated by the lower-class job-searching transients moving into northern ghettos. With the outbreak of rioting of the 1960's in northern and western cities, the inequality of blacks and their demand for change stood preeminently in national political debate. The Civil Rights movement gained momentum and force in violent as well as non-violent expression. "Many white northerners viewed the ghetto riots as evidence of black ingratitude," Grantham explains, with light sarcasm, "since they themselves in large numbers had supported the earlier objectives of the equal rights movement. But now the reformers were going beyond the overthrow of Jim Crow to demand things like jobs, open housing, and better schools." Into Americana came the terms "busing" and "affirmative action," terms frowned upon by "most whites, North and South." With the southern strategy of Richard Nixon the end to the "Second Reconstruction" of the South was complete. Nixon's opposition to busing and "excesses" of the civil rights movement satisfied demands of conservatives of in the South. As the era waned, the stereotypical view of a racist South began to dissipate as the "Sunbelt South" emerged. No longer was the region a "colonial appendage" of the North and Midwest. North and South intermingled in the industrial parks and retirement Sun-Cities that flourished below the Mason-Dixon Line. Grantham concludes by stating, "The South has been almost as essential to the North... [as] North to the South in shaping of national character and mythology.... The reciprocal effects of this regional interaction reveal an important aspect of the national experience." It was, he says, integral to the shaping of the nation. The South modified the direction of the North as much as the North did in redirecting the South -- two parts of the whole. The inter-regional compromises accommodated the economical, ideological and political interest in both regions. Grantham's work is a valuable lesson in Southern history. The span of time and the enormity of information needed to explain the post-civil-war South can excuse one obvious shortcoming in his text. In background information for his readers he omits the adequate and full definition of various terms; Jim Crow, progressivism and populism being examples. These exclusions can send one searching through the closest, convenient encyclopedia or reference on the history of the region. One can conclude that Grantham has the assumption that the reader has previous knowledge of the expressions. A newcomer to southern history can become lost in the immensity of the work -- but it's a good work in which to find oneself lost. -- James D. Byous

This is a magnificent collection of Simon Dewey's artwork relating to Christmas. While it is much shorter than his previous book (Beloved Savior: Images from the Life of Christ), it is full of uplifting messages and scripture (from both Bible and Book of Mormon)relating to the birth of our Savior. The art is, of course, breathtaking. It is a must have for the Holiday season and would make a great gift.

Did you know that the cattle egret can ride on the back of a rhino to warn it of stalking predators? Or that a particular red ant supplies food to a caterpillar in exchange for its honeydew that they, in turn, eat? I never did either, till I read through this cute, educational book by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey.

Friendship is a common theme among children, so playing up the camaraderie of certain members of the animal kingdom with strike a familiar chord with young readers. The down-to-earth language and charming illustrations perfectly bring together education and entertainment.

There are fourteen descriptive pairs of animals in this book, all with full-page illustrations, and a handy pronunciation key for sounding out some of the trickier names. Just because it's informational, don't think you can't sit down and read this to your little one at a whim. When read from cover to cover it makes a great little story with lots of room for discussion. This would also make a great addition to any school library or classroom.

This is a book that my mom used to read to me & now reads to my little brothers. It's a children's classic for every parent, grandparent, or even older sibling to read to young children.

Ok... let's look at reality here. Colors don't describe and tell your true personality to others. You do... and not through colors. Half of the people I tested this theory on, the book was totally wrong. I can't believe someone would actually think that if they knew someone's colors they would automatically know who that person is. You don't truly know a person until you really get to know them for who they are on the inside... not the colors they wear on the outside. Is that going to make you treat them any differently - the colors they prefer? The world is screwed up enough without another theory to exclude certain types of people.

What a wonderful book! The pretty colors should attract even skeptics to give it a try! Seeking to understand true personality without the ambiguities and complexities of words, the ingenious Dewey Color System does it using color preferences! Just choose the colors you prefer to look at, it's simple! Your profile will come up and miraculously match your true nature. (Revealing! Rivitting!) Being a Blue-Purple-Black, I'm the "Pioneer" type. My mom, a Red-Green-White, is called a "Practical Wizard." But your primary, secondary, and achromatic colors are only the beginning. There are the intermediates (lime green, red orange, indigo, magenta, teal, & gold, to put them in the order I chose them); and the many many shades, representing various aspects of your Self, including my personal choices of mint green, ocean blue, apple red, cranberry, apricot, ruby, charcoal, and almond (mentioning them to give potential buyers an idea of what the book is like and what sort of colors you'll come across.) So get on the path to self-discovery, self-awareness, self-improvement, more productive relationships, careers, and friendships, better clothes and home decor, feng shui, nirvana, and all that related good stuff! Learn more about the Dewey Color System and buy this extremely detailed, amusing, colorful book. It gets my seal of approval.

The Dewey Color System has added a whole new element to how I look at life. Since reading it, I have gained an interest in the power I find in my strengths and weaknesses. I like to look at blue the most and found that the description on page 43 was dead-on!!!

I have had the most fun with it while reading with family, friends and especially my boyfriend. We have gotten so close as a result of studying our color choices and discussing what they mean.

Wallace Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angle of Repose" is one of those highly readable, but long, works that has a sort of uncomplicated depth while coming at us from a number of narrative angles. In many ways, it is a personal history of the American West - not the conquering or taming of it, but the hardscrabble give and take of a pioneering family trying to live and love each other under often impossible conditions. Lyman Ward, confined to a wheelchair, is a historian researching his grandmother's life in the West, mostly through his own need. Since he doesn't have detailed documents about every conversation, much of the book is conjecture, what he thought was said or what happened. Lyman's own spin is as interesting as the concrete documents, the letters from this not high-born but high-minded Eastern woman tied by love and convention to her simpler, earthy man, letters sent east to her skeptical best friend. Susan and Oliver Ward are all over the West, from California to Mexico to Idaho, chasing Oliver's dreams that never quite pan out. In the present, Lyman Ward is going through his own difficulties, and his research and writing tells him something about himself. Much of the book is masterful. The descriptions of the West are loving and the writing evocative. That said, the book is too long; you could lop off 80 pages with little problem, and some sections, "The Canyon" and the early part of "The Mesa", for instance, drag. Frankly, I think there should have been more about Lyman in the here and now; the extended passages about him that close the book we don't seem as well prepared for as we should have. These are minor quibbles, though. "Angle of Repose", though not truly an adventure tale, has an adventurous spirit, and would get a near-great 4.5 stars if allowed. When it was over, I found myself more moved than I expected to be, and the characters stayed with me long after I was finished reading.

Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose is simply a wonderful novel--a serious piece of fiction about a marriage and marriage itself. Lyman Ward, a fifty-something professor whose own marriage has disintegrated has returned to his childhood home to write of the marriage of his grandparents, perhaps to determine why their marriage lasted through tremendous adversity when his own could not. His grandparents, Susan and Oliver Ward met in New York the 1870s, where she was a promising illustrator and he an engineer. They marry and travel West, living in various places, California, Idaho. Susan feels that she never quite fits into this "uncivilized" place, expressing her unsettleness beautifully in her letters to her good friend Augusta, who lives the life in New York that perhaps Susan felt she was destined to live. Lyman is fascinated with his grandmother, telling her story as he discovers how it unfolds through reading these Augusta letters, adding what he remembers from his own childhood. Lyman suffers from a degenerative bone disease and must rely on young Shelly Rasmussen to help him construct this book on his grandmother. Shelly has just escaped a failed "marriage" of her own. Lyman tells the story of his grandmother while also telling us both his and Shelly's stories seamlessly. Stegner's writing is beautiful and evocative. Angle of Repose is a big, beautiful, unique novel. Stegner's method of weaving the stories together works marvelously and so many of his sentences are simply perfect. Susan Ward's life(and Lyman's and Shelly's) is the believable story of a flawed human being--it's not picture perfect--there are no rosy endings for us here. However, the novel is very satisfying. Highly recommended.

This was one of the most thought provoking novels that we have ever read. Stegner captured the thoughts and emotions of his characters with an economy of words that is the mark of an author who understands at a profound level the human condition. Stegner's device of using Lyman Ward to tell the story of his paternal grandparents, Susan and Oliver Ward while sifting through mounds of pictures and letters, enables him to sort through his own troubled loss of limb and wife. We feel Oliver's intense desire to succeed at what he loves best, always falling just short and not understanding why; Susan's desire to please her husband and be content with her choices in life warring against her artistic spirit and the pull to "be somebody". Frank's frustration and unrequited love for his best friend's wife is heartwrenching to watch. The passage of years and evolution of personhood is as real and complicated as life truly is. This juxtaposition of complex relationships both past and present further enriches this generational tapestry woven by Stegner. Angle of Repose, is now one of our favorite books having provoked much thought and discussion. We recommend it without reservation to anyone who loves life and people and the journey that we are all on together.

This book will save you time but offers nothing more.

Was hoping that more effort was spent on the personallity of each casino rather than basic information that can be found in minutes on the web.

In fairness, the writer never claims the book would offer an opinion of each establishment... My mistake!

Save your money and do the web work yourself.

Now in a newly updated 2002 edition, the American Casino Guide is a superbly presented and highly recommended reference for both casual casino visitors and people with a yearning to learn more about the games and their odds. From a comparison of the house edge in different casino games to a brief study and focus upon individual games such as slot clubs, slot machines, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, and much more, to a state-by-state listing of the best casinos, American Casino Guide has it all. The 2002 edition pays for itself not only in terms of strategies to improve one's gaming skills, but also in more than $1000 worth of valuable casino coupons that can be clipped out of the book itself! If you are planning a visit to the gaming tables of Atlantic City or Las Vegas, begin with the 2002 edition of the American Casino Guide!

This book was much more than what I had expected! There are almost 200 pages of useful information on gambling, tips, strategies, best bets, etc. They don't just rehash the rules on how to play the casino games...but actually cover the proper winning techniques in detail (the things you need to know). They cover almost all the games...Slot clubs, Video Poker, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette and Baccarat. They also cover comps and lots of other tips to save you money on your overall expenses (all-right...more money for gambling!). The price is cheap considering all the information that is packed in to this book.

JJ Dewey is a master story-teller and an incredible teacher. Although the book is written as fiction, the teachings held within it's pages are 100% true. If you are a true seeker of God and Truth, you absolutely must read this book.

This book is written as fiction, although anyone who has read it agrees it is NOT fiction. The Apostle John, the Revelator, teaches the author, who, in turn, teaches the reader, a new method of discerning the truth termed as the "Intuitive Principle". Intuition is not new, but the method of using intuition to rise above the "beast" is being presented as a old but new method, thereby providing the reader with a most valuable asset of communication through the soul with the Christ Himself. Another principle introduced is the "Oneness Principle". In addition, the explanation of why John is a true Immortal is simple and believable. There are many truths in this book that John easily explains that make sense, such as reincarnation, karma, the New Jerusalem, The Ancient of Days, Shamballa, to mention a few. The author, Mr. Dewey has done an excellent job of communicating a story about his encounter with John, the author of the Book of Revelations. It is not channeled material. Is it fact or fiction? Only those who have ears to hear and eyes to see will be able to discern the answer to this question.

JJ Dewey has found for us, the key to immortality and healing. As we walk through life and are tested by life events, it's our decisions that keep us positive or negative.

St. John the Divine, it is said, must walk this earth until the Lord returns. He was given guardianship and dominion over the earth and continues to teach as a true disciple so that we can understand ourselves, our life, our concerns. Every person we meet in this lifetime brings an opportunity to heal something in a past life - especially those we love, who are close to us. Our enemies bring us the challenge of change and reorganization.

Then Dewey brings the reader forward in the the New Jerusalem and explains what afterlife could be and what to expect.

Excellent reading for anyone who works with hypnosis, past life regression, NLP, or energy healing work.

If you believe we all have a Mansion waiting for us after death, this book is a must read. It must have been written by the hand of the Divine.