This is a decent enough book if you're looking for a quick introduction to the history of the British Labour Movement, but beware if you're looking for something more in-depth. Given the length and complexity of the subject matter, Mr Davies did a reasonably good job in providing the reader with a basic route map, but little more than that.

Always accepting that detail sometimes has to be sacrified on the altar of brevity, I should still have appreciated more analysis of the development of the national party organisation, even the history of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) as a whole. Instead, the further the book went on, the more Mr Davies concentrated on the high echelons of the Party leadership and upon the history of British socialist intellectuals. Important though these are, it gave a very narrow focus to the book.

I thought that one or two passages contained distinctly odd interpretations and opinions, but Mr Davies is (properly) entitled to his own views, and I suppose each reader must make up his or her own mind on whether or not to agree. To his credit, the author did not shirk analysis of the (to modern eyes) odd love affair of 1930s and 1940s left-wing intellectuals with Stalinist Russia, and did attempt to give the Wilson governments as much praise as he thought he could justify (not much, compared to the criticisms).

If you're interested in the subject matter, best to start with this book rather than end with it.

As the Forsyth family of Glasgow begin a new life in the Devon village of Atherton, their fortunes change. We become well acquainted with each member of the family as they struggle to find a place in their community. Some characters we become better acquainted with while others are left wanting for more depth and personability. I enjoyed the book for its geographic backdrop, having just spent time in the Exeter area of Devon and having ancestors from Cornwall who were miners. It is refreshing to read a English historical novel written by someone who is familar with local details of speech, habits, etc. I recommend the book and enjoyed it but I have read better plots.

This is one of Leona Blair's best books. This books starts off at the beginning of the century and ends right after World War II. So much happens in between, it's amazing. The best part of this book is the constant feud between "Senator" Rhys Brandon and his protege Connor MacKenzie. I couldn't wait to see what these two were going to do to each other in each chapter.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good, historical romance novel.

I was hugely disappointed to find that this book, "Rockhounding Arizona", by Gerry Blair (ISBN #1-56044-389-8, 1992 by Falcon Publishing) is simply a title and ISBN # change for the original book, "The Rockhound's Guide to Arizona" by the same author (ISBN #1-56044-161-5, 1992 by Falcon Press Publishing).

Amazon references a 1995 date for this book, but the inside cover reflects the copyright date of 1992.

I thought I would find updated information from the original guide, but instead found a replica of the book I already possessed, with an different picture on the cover and a different title. Very disappointing.

While an excellent reference for what can be found where, this is not a good reference for what the public can actually get their hands on. Many of the (most interesting!) locations were listed as being closed to the public. In fact, 10 of the first 12 sites listed in the book are closed to collecting or have highly restricted access. This book says "You can look but you can't touch!". The book does get less restrictive towards the middle and end. There are definitely better books out there, including Minerals of Arizona by Neil Bearce and Gem Trails of Arizona by James Mitchell.

I tried five of the sites in the book and found the sites with little trouble based on the directions given. At each of the sites I found the mineral described in the book (often in great quantity). The book recommends tools to use at each site. An excellent book!

This book was terrible. The writer presented several interesting case studies of good companies doing bad things, and even of good companies doing good things, which was a well written 30 or so pages. The rest of the book was just nonsense or obvious ideals thrown in there so that the author would be able to sell the book instead of making it a smaller article.

This book is a collection of repetitive excerpts written by reds about green politics. It has little merit as a source of real data, and is very biased. I had trouble believing that some portions were even based on truth, especially when a quote was preceeded by the phrase "As one expert said..." or some such thing. What expert? What was there name? Finally, as anybody with a head on their shoulders can tell, few of the business strategies suggested in this book could ever really work. The author frequently gives the example of Ben and Jerry's and Levi Strauss as corporations who have profited while implementing the afforementioned suggestions. I ask, what about GM? Walmart? Boeing? It is clear that it is only profitable to use this book as a business manual if one has a very narrow customer base.

The issues tackled are stuff companies might usually ignore. But unless companies do anything do about these things, who else could make a difference in this world?

This book spoilt by being too psychophantic. It is not a patch on Hal Colebatch's "Blair's Britain" (Claridge Press) which is geniunely bold and penetrating and which shows what Blair's "Modernisation" really means and the real political agenda behind it.

This book was the first biography of Tony Blair, the man with the 100-watt grin who is now Britain's Prime Minister, to be published. It came out shortly after he became leader of the British Labour Party, and though it contains no revelations and few insights into "Blairism" (whatever that may be -- Brit pol hacks are still distinctly unsure), it is a handy summation of his career and progress up to the point at which he officially became The Next Prime Minister. The book is clearly pro-Blair -- the author (John Sopel) is a political reporter for the BBC and thus technically strictly impartial, but his approval is plain to see, especially when he lapses into a prose-style that reads like breathless admiration -- but the facts can be sorted from the "spin" easily enough. My particualr beefs with the book: it unquestioningly accepts Blair's definition of himself as a radically new kind of politician, as a politician who has somehow miraculously remained above the fray of politics and so is the perfect kind of politician to lead the nation, and as a man propounding self-evidently correct analyses of Britain (its economy, social problems etc). The book doesn't even address, if only to dismiss, the notion that Blair is simply a right-wing Labour leader. This last point is a particular failure: even if it is rubbish, the fact that a significant number of Blair's own Cabinet colleagues and MPs make this "right-wing" charge against Blair means that it ought to be raised in any seriour study of him. If you need to know about what Blair got up to before he became someone worthy of your attention, this isn't a bad starter. But now that he is actually Prime Minister, it shouldn't be long before more rigorous examinations and critiques of the man appear. If I had no pressing need to learn about Tony Blair, I would give it a few months and wait until they appear rather than delve into this one. If you can't wait, read about how wonderful, revolutionary and "new" he is with a dose of scepticism. After all, remember your own Bill Clinton, and how wonderful, revolutionary and "new" HE was supposed to be . .

Tesla, The Modern Sorcerer, is not what I expected. I wanted an biography of the scientist, but the dialogue with his father at the start led me to believe that it was a children's book, assuming details of actual dialogue were not recorded for posterity. However, after a more careful inspection of the jacket, I found that although the book is labeled Science / Alternate Technology, it is none too clearly also identified as a novel. This is not bad in itself. However, the writing is terrible! Names, dates and place are given and dropped as quickly without having any kind of cohesion. It became apparant to me that the author had writen an outline to help him structure his story, but then he copied the outline and filled in nothing. Details and dialogue are stacatto and stilted. He references, at one point, a machine that runs at so many Webers, without defining what a Weber is or even mentioning it again. Details appear to be decently researched, but the "novel" concept allows these to be manufactured. The authors other works are novels about UFO abductions, and he uses this book to tout his UFO theories. A waste of time to read, but perhaps interesting to a child without previous knowledge of science.

Though what you may learn of the subject matter is facinating, the novelization approach and contrived dialogue sometimes borders on annoying.

As well, the amount of background information (on Edison, J.P. Morgan, etc.) provided sometimes is more distracting than helpful.

I purchased this book wanting a good biographical account of Nikola Tesla. Though it is that, what I didn't realize was that it is really aimed at young readers (ages 9-12). Nothing on the cover or the introduction mentions that fact. The odd book size(wide format), the larger font size and the limited vocabulary give it away as a juvenile selection. I would recommend it highly for that age group. However it was not the adult biography I looking for. I think I will give my copy to my son. I believe he will enjoy it.

The "thoughts" of the most cynical, unprincipled man ever to hold public office in Britain, and who continues to do so only because his opponents are even more despised than he is.

Blair's complete inability to think other than in soundbites is mercilessly exposed in his own words.

"Young country"? Far from it. Britain is a very old country, and therefore far too grown up for this oik, who has absolutely no respect for anything old at all. I was about to say he has no respect in principle, but then he has no principles at all as far as I can see.

The whining, smug, ever-flexible "credo" of a constitutional vandal and sleazy second-hand car salesman.

Dreary, depressing, plodding "essays," speeches, and newspaper articles penned by Britain's latter-day Pilate. I dare you to read this one and not be shocked by the narrowness of his thinking.

I must declare an interest (that in itself shows I'm no Blairite) - I dress to the right, politically speaking. The sight of Tony on the cover, grinning like a wanking jap, made me feel queasy. The book, needless to say, was gobbets of nonsense, though I give it 2 stars as I admire any man who slaughters his own food - "Cherie held the piglet down, careful to lean away from the muzzle of my .38 and I just unloaded a clipful into it, thinking of bacon."

While the author's intention was good, the book consisted of poetry written by an adult that the author thought teens would like. He was off the mark.

I enjoyed reading Mr. Karsch's poems, however, I think the layout of the book could've been designed better. It is definitely worth a look.

How the mighty have fallen. This series has become so bad, so blatantly money grubbing, so sloppy and insincere, I suggest you RUN, DO NOT WALK AWAY from this dog, with reproduction so bad it looks as if it could have been printed in mud. I am a former, devoted EQ fan. "Forevergreen" makes me a fan nevermore. Despite the Pini's garish self promotion and pleas to support them while they are working on their movie which they expect to make them zillionaires, they are doing it on the dollars of fans they expect to love them enough to buy this trash. There are many graphic novels out there from other companies, by creators who not only care about their work, they care about their fans. The Pinis are not among them. Don't give them your money. This is trash.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! If I could give it less than one star, I would! This is the most abyssmal book I have ever owned and I ashamed to have it sitting on my bookshelf. In the case of a power outtage, it is the first thing I will burn! If you love elfquest, then you will hate this...that Wendy and Richard even published it destroys my faith in their integrity and makes me very skeptical of future releases. This is the most hackneyed, untalented, uninspired, unbelieveable and nauseating book I have ever read! (and I've read a lot of stinkers) If you want EQ, read the Hidden Years graphic novel or Dreamtime...don't waste your time on this.

I have read this book and agree with most of the other reviewers. As an avid elfquest fan, I was disappointed by the the art - it doesn't possess the quality of the Elfquest legacy. The art is substandard and embarrassing for Elfquest. The story, too, is mediocre. There is too much jumping around, holes in the plot, and departures from characters. The actions of the characters just seem out of sync with the other elfquest stories - did someone other than the Pinis write it? Of course I bought this since I am a fan and stupidly bought Phoenix, which is even worse than this one! EQ fans beware.