This is my favorite of the early FBoFW collections, from back in the days when it was only serious some of the time. (Not that I don't like it now, just that it is different these days!) Chronologically speaking, this was the era when Elizabeth went to kindergarten and Michael was in grade school, so none of the teenage angst Johnston portrays so well is on display here. But childhood is played for plenty of laughs as we see Elizabeth off to her first day of school ("My baby has joined the system," Elly muses) and Michael endures a Halloween party with his mother as chaperone - one of the funnier sequences in the collection.

There are a few Great Moments in Patterson History along the way, as Connie and Lawrence move to Thunder Bay and the kids' friends Brian and Dawn move into their old house. Even Deanna Sobinski makes an early appearance, though she doesn't look like the same person Johnston draws today (then again, she was only nine years old). And as always, we find that there are laughs to be had in everyday events. If you like the more recent strips and books, you'll love this one.

Writing funny & real comics is what I meant.

The very day I ordered this self help book I had an epiphany of great import. I didn't associate the Language Codes with this event until after reading it.Though the book is humously attended to by the griot turned author, R.Neville Johnston, do not take the message lightly! There is damage done daily by our unempowered outmoded manner of speaking! Just the sheer act of intending to read this book can make the very Universe sing and cry for joy over how far you've come on the Planet! Everyone reading this review is certainly on their way to this insightful, empowering ,Simple=Complex, Self-Help Guide. Application of it's principles is reaping rewards for me daily. Jumpstart your intentions into reality and change your world!! Love, (I really meant it) MamaYah

Words of truth are humorously portrayed throughout this work of art to assist anyone along their path in self growth, enlightenment, and pure ascension. We all have our aha's along the way when we "tune-in" with ourselves and recognize what we've been saying is what we live with. The author shows us how to que-in to what IS in our best interest and how to lovingly enjoy the life we came here for. Thumbs UP for keeping the TRUTH so simple!

Custer proves again that his cunning and straightforward approach toward doing his duty make a successful combination when riding into battle. This book includes enough detail to make the reader feel as if the they were sitting aound the fire with Black Kettle, or riding into battle with Custer himself.
A must read if you like very descriptive reading. A bit gory, but it helps to feel the realness of the events.
I could've gone without the love scenes, too.

I love everything that Terry C. Johnston writes, but this book is by far the best yet! The story of Genl Custer's winter campaign to find the Indian tribes that had been looting and killing is so realistic....I could almost feel the cold wind and the snow as I read! The love story woven in among the army story was great. I ordered the next book in this series today, and can hardly wait for it to get here!

I think this is out of print and it's such a shame, because it's a fabulous book. Even for folk tale lovers who don't identify as feminist, these tales are sure to delight. I am really charmed by the creative tales which show many strong, skillful, smart, and powerful women and girl characters as the protagonists of the stories. Another bonus is the author's effort to find tales representing many different cultures of the world.

I would recommend this to be read to and by children who love folk tales, as well as adults who like this genre. What a wonderful feeling to believe a girl can be the star of her own show, the director of her own destiny!

This collection of stories is wonderful. My six-year-old (advanced) daughter's favorite, Elsa and the Evil Wizard, is just one of the many folk tales in this collection. With all the elements of a good fairy tale, in addition to a strong, resourceful, and intelligent female role model, this is one story that makes girls feel good about being decisive and strong-willed. Our daughters and sons need to hear more stories like this one, to counteract the weak princess types whose only worth and happiness is too closely connected to being "saved" by the handsome prince. We also love Ethel Phelps' stories about Tatterhood. More like this, please!

Basil Johnson is a master story teller and writer. The legends are all deeply meaningful. He really transmits the spirit of the Anishinaubae in a vivid way. I hope he writes down a lot more of these haunting legends and that his hopes for the recovery of the Anishinaubae language and cultural traditions come to full realization.

This book is written in such a way to document the historical value and so interestingly you don't even realize you are learing all along the way. I found the book accurate as to the stories as I remember the old people telling them.

I do not often finish books; however, this book was well worth my efforts. I enjoyed reading this book to the point of verbal reactions. The "intimate" scenes are well written, true. There were not as many as you might think, the Plot ThicKenS! It's intense and extremely satisfying. You have the opportunity to "Know" the characters, and there is much detail. I am searching for other books by Trevor Meldal-Johnson ... If this is his writing style ... Simply put,

I WANT MORE!

It's addictive :o)

I haven't finish reading my book, but from what I had read, I really enjoy it. It's very interesting getting to look into what mistresses think and what they do to get it. It's a novel fill with love, hate, and money.

You can best judge a person by the company he keeps; and in Clyde Wilson's case he has been keeping very good company indeed.

In this book, the editor of the papers of John Calhoun tells the story of one of the defenders of Calhoun's principles, James Johnston Pettigrew. The portrait is of a man who is engaging and noble.

When you visit Gettysburg, stand at the North Carolina monument and gaze across the field at the copse of trees; you will be standing at the spot where Pettigrew and his men began their march to glory. As Wilson's portrait of Pettigrew makes clear, and as any serious and honest student of the struggle for Southern independence should know, these were men who fought for a variety of reasons. In Pettigrew's case, it was to preserve a substantial measure of the world that America had inherited from Europe against a foe bent on destroying that world in the name of an abstract principle.

These were not, in short and contrary to the simplistic explanations of the conflict that dominate public discourse today, men who marched into the cannon's mouth with dreams of masters whipping slaves in their hearts. On the contrary, they were men who believed fervently that they were resisting the tyranny of a government that was fighting to keep them where they would rather not be; and in this, they, not Lincoln and his generals, were the real heirs of the American Revolution.

It is through reading the work of scholars like Professor Wilson that we can honestly approximate the reasons for this last (on the Confederate side) just as well as necessary war in America's story. For unlike this rather partisan review, the book is soberly written and the story unfolds in the measured tones of a man who has absorbed the lessons of his heroes.

One of the most overlooked sons of the South,whose early death is overshadowed his brilliant career, and what could have been, some said he could have been president ,nothing was impossible, this little book gives a good impression of a man worthy of much more attention than been given, i can only recommend it, and hope that you will bring it home and treasure it for many years to come.Christian (Denmark)

Applying the theory contained in Necessary Wisdom has enriched relationships in every aspect of my life. This book contains a rich bag of tools imperative for effective leadership in our times.

NECESSARY WISDOM is aptly named. It suggests conceptual tools,and gives lots of examples, for how people, nations, and "systems"(from internal to external) can transcend the binds that tie us to the past, to move into a healthy future.The book's cover shows a bridge‹-a central metaphor for moving beyond polarized ideas of right and wrong, conservative and liberal, fact and fancy, structure and freedom. In fact, Johnston explores the psyche of culture, as well of the psyches of individuals, with grace and aplomb. What the book lacks in depth is more than made up for in breadth. In fact, readers are continually asked to test Dr. Johnston's ideas‹-called "Creative Systems Theory"‹-against their own. He tells illustrative stories that explain sometimes heavily theoretical paragraphs.The tools and tales contained in this book comprise a guidebook for the future‹-not a how-to, exactly, but more a when-to, why-to, where-to, and where-not-to. He shows how to avoid traps of simplistic thinking by adopting a "third space" perspective, bridging across apparent contradictions. He brings his artist's eye, his psychiatrist¹s ear, his incisive intelligence, to questions (which he demonstrates are more important than answers) about the future.

This book by Slack et al is an excellent introductory text to the subject of Operations Management. The book is well structured, clearly written and provides good coverage of the subject including operations strategy, design, planning and improvement. To enhance the learning process, each chapter contains numerous practical examples and illustrations.

In this textbook the writers learn the reader every step of the operation management from the design of the product, the needed design for a factory, layout and flow and job design, to all steps of planning and control, till the first product is created and from then on improvements on the system and the production process. A thick book that provides minor information of a lot of different subjects, but still the writers succeed in giving the reader the idea to read and learn new thinks. Especially for people new in production industry this book is useful for a first introduction in the jargon used and the problems encountered.

My boss has this book to get ideas for designing custom homes for high-profile clients. I have read the book from cover to cover but every time I open it, it seems like I discover anew more pictures & details of these beautiful homes. These Palm Beach houses were built as if they were competing with one another for the title of 'most splendid work of art'. Most are not sprawling mansions or overly complicated expressions of the wealth of their owners. They are, however, fine examples of the architecture of Palm Beach summer homes of the 1920's priveleged upper class.

I love this book. Of course It would be nice if there were floorplans. And as usual one closes the book wishing he could see more photos of each of the houses. But there are many stunning photos. Kudos to the photographer. It is well worth the money and I will get it someday if I can no longer borrow it from my boss.

This fine coffee table book is filed with wonderful photographs of a small selection of some of the finest mansions in the country. The ranges of houses from Adam and Regency, to simple clapboard, to Spanish/Moorish is excellent. The text is informative, accurate and well written. If interested in South Florida fine architecture, this book is a must.