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Fascination is the first book of Ms. Cameron's Rossmara Quartet with Charmed, Bride, Beloved and The Wish Club following in the series. It is a book with a bit of everything - humour, mystery, romance and highly sensual. A delightful and highly recommended read.

A bit of mystery, a dash of humor, a touch of romance, and highly sensual

In "King of Comedy", Mack Sennett gives an honest critique of how he came to be one of the greats of early cinema comedy with the creation of the Keystone Kops and the discovery of greats such as Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. He started out his career wanting to be a singer but his hulking size and deep bass precluded any fame on the opera stage. His stories of how Calvin Coolidge and Marie Dressler were integral to his procuring early stage work are priceless. The history of the formation of the Keystone Kops and their comic stylings is an interesting one and his sidebars on the idiosyncrasies of each individual Kop is insightful. But as I read this, the subject of Mabel Normand kept surfacing...both in my mind and in his text. So, what about Mabel? Many stories have circulated about why Mack Sennett didn't marry Mabel Normand. Actually, this book is somewhat of a love story...how Mack loved filmmaking, how Mabel loved Mack Sennett, how Mr. Sennett loved Mabel but let her slip away. All of this is done, however, in an honest and straightforward way that never slips into sentimentality or insincerity. At one point in the book Mr. Sennett is talking about his courtship of Mabel Normand right after he moved to CA and while she was still working in New York. He had already given her a ring but had not proposed marriage. He wired Mabel from CA and asked her to come work for him in his new ramshackle CA studio. Mr. Sennett states that there were two questions he could have asked Mabel at that moment, and he often still wonders what would have happened if he had asked her the more important question of the two. Mack Sennett mentions many of the biggest stars at that time and even gives his account if some of the biggest scandals of the day (the William Desmond Taylor murder and the rape trial of Fatty Arbuckle). The tone never slips into gossipy backbiting; however, with Mr. Sennett plainly stating when he is expressing his own opinion or when he doesn't have all the pertinent information. It is also amusing to read Mr. Sennett's response to all the modern day accolades thrust upon him for his "artistic achievement". Basically, he just wanted to make people laugh...and laugh they did. I recommend this book to anyone interested in early cinema, comedy or a good love story.

One of my all time favourite books. Although actually written by author Cameron Shipp it was based on interviews he conducted with Mack Sennett - who, of his own admission, was a "Man of few Words" (how appropriate for someone who made the world laugh through the art of pantomime !).What matters, however, is the final product and,in this case,the results are brilliant. By all accounts, Shipp wrote in a style which was a perfect reflection of Sennett's personality and manner of speaking.This is a fascinating tale about the birth of Hollywood as told by one of it's truly great pioneers who was there right from the very beginning. All the excitement, energy , glamour and sheer chaos of those early days "Out West" are captured in the pages of this book. It provides an intriguing insight into how movies were made and the people who made them. Mr Sennett's recollections of the William Desmond Taylor case as related in this book were responsible for generating the on-going interest in the subject which continues to this day.Throughout the whole thing Mack's wit and herculean sense of fun is ever present.Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.

This is a story which I felt is best suited to the younger reader. It tells the tale of a horse, from birth, through dressage training to the olympic arena. The writing style is quite inspirational and aimed at promoting good sportsmanlike conduct and horsemanship.

I have read this book many times and learn more each time. You don't have to own a horse or even ride horses to enjoy and learn from this book. This is a book for readers of all ages and interests.

This volume is a very scholarly translation of Eusebius' Vita Constantini into English, with a major introduction, massive notes (at the back) and bibliographical details. The detail in the notes alone makes it worth the purchase, while the discussion of issues in the introduction is masterly.

The intellectual integrity of Eusebius is discussed and upheld, the role of the work as panegyric rather than history discussed; even the authenticity of the chapter titles is handled (Cameron and Hall reject this).

The only gripe I have is that the notes are at the back, rather than at the foot of each page. I found I had to read it flipping to and fro. And one simply doesn't *want* to miss the comments -- they are detailed, documented, and tremendously informative.

This is in quite a different league to the ordinary English translation-only volume. It is easily of the same standard as the Ancient Christian Writers series, and in fact probably better, as it has less philology and much more useful historical matter.

Highly recommended.

Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea and author of the first history of the Church, wrote The Life of Constantine, or Vita Constantini. This book praised the Emperor for changing the Empire from one that persecuted Christians to an Empire that supported Christianity. Many modern scholars believe that much of what Eusebius, who acutally met the Emperor, was false.

Before this book, translated by Averil Cameron and Stuart G. Hall, the last English translation was a greek version from the 17th century. This refreshing translation also offers a section of notes that is as long as the Vita Constantini is itself.

This book is a must have for all graduate students and very serious undergrads.

In this very good story, we can feel a big influence of Star Trek, since it's an awesome and advanced ship with dinamic crew, and some really look like Kirk, McCoy and cia. The sea is their final frontier, and a ravaged new world is their "where no man has gone before". A good balance between action, mistery and both together makes this a worth reading sci-fi novel, and makes you looking forward to reading the next chapters.

I haven't been interested in reading a series since I was a kid, when I read Doc Savage novels and The Executioner. Those novels I digested in huge amounts. I was given Omega Sub a decade ago, when I was working as a security guard, and I just now got around to reading it. I was blown away. What a great premise, and the writing is excellent. This book is well written and full of action. I went through it in a day, and now I'm looking for the rest of the series. Not sure how many there are, but I'll get all of them. If the idea of rising in a nuclear powered submarine after two weeks underwater to find out your entire world has been obliterated by nuclear warfare catches your attention, I recommend this book to you.

I just wrote a review for Cameron's newest 'All Smiles' and it got me thinking about the only book I have really liked by her. 'Only By Your Touch' has an interesting plot, interesting characters and a really wicked villian. Lindsey is extraordinarily beautiful, sweet and seeming independent. She has a big secret that colors her whole existence. Edward is extremely handsome and also has a big secret that drives him to be consumed with revenge. The big problem here, I think, is that these two beautiful people who are obviously wildly attracted to each other don't talk. Edward, of course, is mistrustful of love (where have I read this concept before?)and Lindsey is too wrapped up in her big sacrifice to let herself love.

Lindsey is so sweet and naive that everyone loves her. Edward is a cold fish with a bad reputation. (Is it deserved?) Lindsey is also a spirited girl so why does she let Edward get the best of her at times. Basically, though, she is really a neat character. Edward can be a insufferable tyrant at times and does not have a very high opinion of females (except his aunt). I would have murdered the guy and been hung before the conclusion of the book. Imagine him thinking he has suffered more than Lindsey because she is a woman! Talking between these two beautiful people would have solved alot of problems. But then it would half reduced the book by probably over half. Roger, Lindsey's stepbrother and a real nasty villian, was a nice touch. On that point, I can't imagine Lindsey allowing Roger to murder her real brother and not seeking justice. All in all, OBYT was an entertaining book. Cameron's best, I think.

I thought the book was great. Even though Edward married Lindsay out of revenge it later turns to love and passion. Lindsay has a stepbrother who kills her brother, yet she doesn't display any emotions of hate towards him, she just tries to distance herself from him. She is an innocent woman through and through, and that is what draws Edward to loving her.

The book defitely has a twist in the end, which makes the book a good read. I wish Stella Cameron wrote more historical romances.

The Kirkus reviewer of this book missed the point--calling Von Rezzori's prose "overwritten" is a bit like calling Pollock's painting "busy." He is a writer very conscious of the excesses of his style and in the post-Joycean era might argue that reasonableness in contemporary literature is an anachronism. Unlike the last reviewer, though, I found "The Orient-Express" middling Von Rezzori. Far better, for different reasons, are "Oedipus at Stalingrad" and "The Death of My Brother Abel"--now scandalously out of print, at least in this country. Personally I believe Von Rezzori superior to both Thomas Mann and Robert Musil as a European novelist of ideas--but I won't take the space to justify that assessment here.

His obituary rang no bells. Von Rezzori did seem to have an intriguing background, and there was nothing on my bed table, so I decided to locate this novel and give it a try. Frankly, I am more of a non-fiction reader, so I began with low expectations.

Wow! Pithy, unusual and magnificent. I took a leisurely pace, like the train in the title, and found myself enthralled. Perhaps understatement works better, and is more credible. Neverthless, this is the finest work of modern fiction I have had the supreme pleasure to read. And two more of von Rezzori's works also captivated me. Try one!

Saw this book on a shelf and was interested by the subject. But once I got started reading I couldnt quit. I felt as if I were on the Tennesse frontier with Joshua Colter. I am definetly buying the other two books in the triology. I would strongly recommed this book to anyone interested in American history, especially the colonial period.

This novel is so entertaining!! Cameron Judd uses a great cast of fictional characters to convey the history of the settling of Tennessee as well as backing it up with factual characters, places, and events. I recommend this book to anyone who hated history as a child, but has become an avid reader in old age, like me!

This book is a must have for anyone interested in PR. It is up to date and illustrates all the relevant forces working in PR. It also outlines application and startegy for an effective PR campaign. Along with this book, I would also recommend Michael Levine's Guerill PR Wired, which is also a must have for anyone remotely interested in PR.

Whether you are a student or a pr practitioner, this book clearly tells you what Public Realtions is all about. Plus, you won't waste your money on this. It is up to date with the latest trends affecting PR, like laws, cases, and technology. I highly recommend this to all people who are interested in public relations. I have read many pr books but this one tops it all.

Well most prople are used in telling stories about the unapliability of economics in real life. That math and logic can not apply to most economic books! Most of the people say that economics are only theory.I will tell you that this book is one of a kind, reading it you will be able to have a better understanding of Econometrics.If you have enough money to pay the rent and some left buy this book ! its better than food!

This is a very thorough and authoritative treatment of regression methods for analyzing count data. It is very current and covers many topics not commonly found in books on point processes. Economic applications are emphasized but the broader applicability of the methods is eluded to.

The authors intent is for this book to be read by researchers, graduate students and practitioners in the many fields that make use of count data. Chapter 1 introduces count data, the Poisson distribution and the Poisson process and also shows how the Poisson process can be derived based on the assumption of independent and identically distributed exponential waiting times. It concludes with specification of regression models for counts and a number of practical examples where modeling count data would naturally arise. The importance of the integers is emphasized with the quote from Kronecker at the beginning of the chapter, "God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man."

Chapter 2 provides an extensive treatment of model specification and estimation methods. The authors cover many approaches and provide excellent references to the literature. Generalized linear models provide one common approach in the statistics literature and these methods are well described in this chapter.

Poisson regression is the main topic of Chapter 3 but the chapter goes on to discuss negative binomial models that handle overdispersion. An example of data on doctor's visits is used to illustrate the techniques. Statistical tests for overdispersion are also presented. A variety of other modeling techniques are also provided.

More general models including mixture models are considered in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 looks at ways of evaluating potential models. Chapter 6 provides some real economic data from health services to illustrate the methods of the earlier chapters.

Chapter 7 covers time series analysis for integer data. The authors provide information and literature that is not standard in a text on time series analysis but is applicable to count data.

Subsequent chapters deal with more complexity including multivariate data,longitudinal data analysis and measurement error models. Important recent developments in bootstrap methods and Bayesian statistics are covered in the context of problems for which these methods have demonstrated their value.

This is a great reference book for statisticians and econometricians interested in problems involving counting processes. It could also be used for a graduate school text on point process regression.