David Lancaster & Christie's have done a good job together! Even though this book is in a fairly small format, the pictures are clear, the information is concise, and it is certainly a good book for the person with a beginning interest in Art Nouveau Jewelry.

The chapters are well defined, and the glossary is quite descriptive. A great help to someone who does not have a clue of what the terms mean. The index too, is quite complete for such a small work.

Not the best book ever written on Art Nouveau Jewelry, but certainly a good one for the enthusiast's bookshelf!

This diary offers a very realistic view of the Civil War through a civilian's eyes who's house is taken over by forces. Anyone interested in the Civil War at all should read this wonderful book.

Great! A wonderful resource.

This is the sequel to the Book, "Passion and Proud
Hearts". Both are fast paced.

Shotter provides a concise and up-to-date (at the time, bearing in mind it is nearly a decade old now) look at the Fall of the Roman Republic that is invaluable to any student of the period. Indeed it is useful as a general guide to the general reader. Commencing with an explanation of the governemnt of Rome and detailing the concept of the res publica he makes it clear that the republic was divided amongst what he terms the 'aristocratic class' and the plebian. He makes the sweeping statement that the downfall of the republic was caused by the growth of empire and talks of the Social War, the Gracchi and enfranchisement, sweeping on through Marius' reforms to construct a professional standing army to the inevitable conflict between military brilliance as shown under Sulla and oligarchic steadiness as employed by the Senate. A chapter on Pompey focuses on Cicero and Clodius' involvement in the Bona Dea in 61 and Shotter concludes with three chapters on the first triumvirate between Caesar, Pompey and Crassus, Caesar's dictatorship and the second triumvirate of Octavian, Anthony and Lepidus culminating in the battle of Actium in 31. He confirms that this battle is the decisive watershed in the move from republic to empire - though a modern-designated pivotal piece of history. In some respects this admission leads us to realise that whilst modern scholarship neatly splits the Roman domination of the Mediterranean into Republic and Empire, for Rome itself there would have been no such distinction. Indeed, one could argue that the premise of the book is indeed artificial by nature. However, it does allow Shotter to boundary his period of Roman history to 31 and discuss more fundamentally the nature of political power of the time and its shift from oligarchy to principate.
This concise yet fluid discussion on the shift in Rome's power is worth reading as both a general introduction and a more interesting discussion on the nature of political power.

The book is not an ornate description of the late middle ages. Rather it attempts to seive data into an outline of what life might have been at the time. At times the data, which should have taken the form of footnotes, becomes the body of the text. Fortunately, this does not happen often. The "Plague" section is a bit amiss with outstreached consequences of the plague, but is nonetheless revealing: I, for one, learned that there were 3 kinds of plagues, the bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic rather than a single sweeping disease. Aberth contends that the Plague claimed more victims than the standard 1/3 demographic decline figure. All in all there is plenty here for a medievalist to keep themselves entertained. I would also recomend, perhaps, reading this in conjunction w/ the video series written and hosted by Simon Schama "A History of Britain".

Janetmae's first book is a delight on several levels. In Haven or Hex, the reader is able to glimpse the simple lifestyle of a time gone by in Amish Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At the same time, Janetmae's life story shines a spotlight on the loss of that lifestyle due to the growth of tourism in this small town in the 1950's. Haven or Hex will transport you to a different time, a different culture, and a different way of life. It's thoroughly engrossing!

The storyline is intricate and descriptive, I got right into the plot and couldn't put the book down. see the Horseshoes and Nuclear Weapons Home Page for excerpts and quotes from other reviewers.

My impression is that this book is clear in its explanations, but also it gives a clear idea on the 80/20 rule. Furthermore, it amazes librarians explaining them how a library and library science can be focused on the basis of bussiness administration. I have used it to teach my pupils at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino, library statistics and translated them the valuable principles of Ranganhatan. In some respects these books has treated in advance the subject of 80/20 rule first the Richar Koch who has devoted a whole book on this topic.

F.W.Lancaster is a true pioneer in Information Science. He is in my opinion at least among the top ten along with persons such as Eugene Garfield and Patrick Wilson. And in a way he is broader than they are. This book represents in my view the state of the art of a core area in information science today. This does not mean, that I am not critical of it. I have written a long review of this book in the Journal of Documentation, June 1999, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 345-351. In this review I outline how research in this field can be improved. But I believe it will take a long time before we can replace this book with a better one.