The "Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923" has over 500 illustrations of fur-trimmed evening wraps, bridal gowns, casual day wear, and even what the fashionably dressed woman should wear while out riding. There are also a variety of accessories for men, stylish clothing for children, and a complete array of costume jewelry, hats, shoes, handbags and the like for the ladies. This volume in the Dover Books on Costumes series is an excellent source of copyright-free material for graphic artists as well as providing valuable information for fashion historians, collectors, and costume designers if you are doing your own stage version of "The Great Gatsby" or "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

For those people who thought Pearl Harbor brought us into the Second World War, Reynolds argues that FDR's actions were bringing us closer to an alliance with Churchill's Great Britain and Stalin's USSR. Pearl Harbor was the last action which convinced the American public that war was necessary. Before that, Reynolds argues that the isolationist mood in the U.S. was high and oppossed to more involvement in Europe. Roosevelt helped as much as possible through the destroyer deal and lend lease to help Great Britain and the USSR. If it hadn't been for Pearl Harbor, NAZI Germany may have overwhelmed the USSR and Great Britain. In this thesis, he also argues that signal intelligence was missed which resulted in Pearl Harbor, but there was no conspiracy.
Reynolds book is somewhat dry, but the details show how FDR worked to get us into the good war. He led the USA into public opinion about the reasons why the country should support the Soviet Union and Great Britain.

This book brings together short stories by largely canonical American authors--people we all read in school such as Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville. What Franklin has done brilliantly is shown, by the way he has collected the stories, how much they share a developing science fiction sensibility. Franklin also offers introductions to the stories and authors that are well written and intelligent, but here is also the source of my only complaint: I wish the introductions were slightly shorter, leaving room to include a few more stories. Still, this is an excellent anthology, one that will interest both converted science fiction fans and those who restrict themselves to reading that counts as "virtuous."

GDS is not for everyone, but if you are interested in understanding how to calculate gear ratios for complex planetary and internal gear systems, this book will tell you. It is roughly organized into general sections, and the text is primarily in the form of tables. A simplified picture illustrates every gear system covered. If you're the kind of person who (like me) is fascinated by a small planetary gear system which can deliver a 296:1 ratio, you're likely to spend hours reading GDS.

This book was more funny then anything. First of all, Frank and Joe join up with an old firend of there father's in a play about Sherlock Holmes. Someone's out to sabotage the play, and they've got to discover who. It's full of the boys swapping wisecracks and Joe joining the cast as a 'regular irregular.' Though not very suspensful, it is good for a laugh.

George W. Seevers writes a historical, thought provoking account of the Pearl Harbor scandal, where one is faced with the real possibility, that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was orchestrated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Occasionally there's a "ghost" in Hardy Boys books. They never end up being real ghosts, so why is there another one? Could it possibly be a real ghost?

Good review of general information on hemoglobin

Some of my fondest memories of Ithaca and Cornell are of the Johnson Museum - and not just from my days as a student or a staff member here. My parents (one of whom, by the way, was responsible for publishing this book [here endeth the disclaimer]) were Cornell alums, and brought my brother and me here for the Museum's opening back in the early 1970s, and several other times since.

Apart from the spectacular views from the fifth and sixth floors, the Johnson Museum also affords the visitor a startlingly broad and deep permanent collection of many different genres of art. That collection is represented here in beautiful reproductions, along with excellent text, particularly by Museum Director Frank Robinson and Curator Nancy Green.

Of course nothing can really take the place of an in-person visit to the Johnson Museum (and to Cornell), especially because their seasonal exhibitions are almost always striking and interesting. But for everyone who might remember a rainy Thursday afternoon wandering the galleries, this book is an indispensible trip down fine art's memory lane.

This is another good Hardy Boys book. This time they go undercover to crack a hijacking scheme. If you love the series, you'll probably love this.