There's no reason for this book to even exist, let alone be published. Lewrie is a '90s sterotype of the 18th Century Gay Blade who has no morals worth mentioning. Though charming in some respects, he cannot be relied on to keep an oath. Why should anyone trust him? Indeed, why should we like him?

It is disappointing to start a series that had such promise only to have to toil through this poor effort obviously rushed to press. While it is surprising that Lambdin apparently never learned to punctuate properly, it is even more surprising that the publisher did not have an editor on hand to correct this very rough draft. A re-read of anything Patrick O'Brian ever wrote is far more enjoyable.

Lambdin's hero is the perfect foil for Jack Aubrey. Jack Aubrey, Patrick O'Brian's hero is a classic tarry-handed, lead-by-example fighting sailor to the bone but takes himself a little too seriously. Alan Lewrie, Lambdin's main man, also a real lead-by-example fighting sailor to the bone sees himself almost too much like a goat instead of a hero. Nonetheless, Jack Aubrey had mids like Lewry that he was rightly proud of. More importantly, they both get the King's work done in Bristol fashion without wasting a minute. Their men revere them both and follow them into the bellies of beast after beast. That they emerge victorious is as expected as it is wondrous but, in both cases, it makes great reading. If you are seeking lessons in Napoleonic Era England's dress, forms of address, gossip and politics embedded in robust tales of derring do, read O'Brian. If you want entertainment with much less history and a with a ring-side view of a real boy-becomes-man tale, go for Lambdin. That Lambdin's man still hasn't recognized himself for the man he has become makes him even more enjoyable. Sure he is a scooundrel but he is a successful scoundrel and a winner as well. Personally, I find both protagonists equally entertaining and believable. I can't imagine having to pick one over the other when I can have both.

This color book is not as helpful as I would have expected. There are many color combinations in each chapter. But if you carefully review all of these color combinations through out the book, you will discover that most of these color combinations have been repeated in each of the different chapters. This book was a very big dissapointment to me! This is my second negative review of this book, but it appears that I mentioned price in my original review, thus that review wasn't listed here.... Now, after reading the rules, I'm re-writing my review.

I have bought many, many books at Amazon[.com], and I must own practically every book I can find on the topic *color*. I must honestly say, that I was very disappointed with this guide on "color combinations"!! Every one has a different view on books and I respect that some people might love this book. But, I feel that other people should also hear opinions such as mine. If I had read more reviews, I might have found that this book wasn't the correct book for me! I do hope that this review does get listed here!

If you are looking for hundreds of color combinations, maybe then this isn't the book for you. If you find that you need a quick & handy book on color combination, then maybe this book is what you really are seeking. I did tear out all of the color sheets and unfortunately I found many, many of the same colors were repeated in my stack of tear outs. Plus, I found many of the color combinations repeated in the various chapters, also! I had been using this book for decorating my house, but I found that there weren't enough color combinations contained in this guide to decorate in my preferred style which is French Country. Maybe another person will find this guide more useful then I did.

I own many art books on color for interior design, fashion, desk top publishing and books on color for the artist and colorist. This book is over priced for the information and color samples which you recieve. I followed the instructions of tearing the samples out. I discovered that of the 50 or 100 samples that I removed from the book, that the colors of these samples were repeated over and over.

In the end, I might have received maybe 12 to 15 different distinct colors in my samples. There were at least 6 or more of the same color samples repeated in my stack of color samples. The same color combinations were also repeated over and over in the book, i.e., for the chapter on Red, you would have combinations of that red with other colors, say, Blue as one of the colors in the sample group. Let's call that group sample group "A", for clarity in my explaination. Later, when you got to the Chapter on Blue, that same sample group "A" (consisting of that Red and Blue, etc.) occured again. The same small set of a dozen or so of the color groups were repeated in the various chapters of this book.

The book is cute but not worth $28 in my humble opinion. It would be much more useful and cost effective to buy a color wheel and look at the various color combos. In this book, you're getting only a dozen or so unique color swatches and then the swatches are combined to form a dozen or so color combinations. Then these color combinations are repeated in the chapters that follow.

This coordinator helped me in ways that reflect its use. Its NOT designed to create infinite color combinations but uses the colors at the core of its spectrum and creates a huge amount of shades and combinations....certain colors that look wrong together in a paint store, appear more appealing in this book...

Im very impressed with the layout and would tell anyone thats interested in blending and comparing and understanding the nuances and meaning of certain color combinations to use this as a tool!!....

I thought this was supposed to be a biography about Jimmy Stewart. I learned so little about him that I quit reading the book. The author, Donald Dewey, spent a vast amount of time on the town of Indiana, PA's quarrel over a museum. Mr. Dewey also spent more time writing about other people. I forgot who the book was about. I am so glad there are other biographies about Jimmy Stewart. His movies are such great entertainment, it would be a shame if this were the only biography to read.

Author Donald Dewey deliveres a very detailed description of James Stewart, but the book is not pure-it has a spin. Particular events in Mr. Stewarts life are amplified and opinionated with the author's twist. After reading the first 2 chapters of this book, it is clear to see that we are seeing the life of James Stewart through the eyes of Donald Dewey.

I have read many books about the life of Jimmy Stewart and found that this one is the most thorough and balanced. Mr. Dewey details Jimmy Stewart's life from all angles but never resorts to smarmy or tabloid-like tactics. While he does not sugar coat Stewart, he doesn't blast him either; he leaves the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. This is the book I would recommend to anyone who wished to find out as much as possible about one of the greatest actors and intriguing personalities of the 20th century.

She has valid things to say, but seems more intent on demonstrating her intellegence with grammatical gymnastics. I have to read this for class, and it has been an excruciating experience. Very disorganized thought, poorly edited.

After reading and then re-reading this book, I am impressed only by Ms. Greenes ability to ramble on for 134 pages without making a point.

This book is easily the best and most important book that I have read since I started going to graduate school in 1996. It has truly changed my way of seeing certain things. Dr. Green's vision of freedom is presented by examples from books and other media, and makes the subject both understandable and affecting. If a teacher were to follow her vision and her suggestions, his or her classroom would be the most dynamic one in almost any school. If one is a teacher, or if one merely likes good writing, get this book. It is truly visionary.

I have read all of Lambdin's previous Lewrie books, but I don't remember being so annoyed by his habit of putting naval slang in quotation marks. Secondly, halfway through the book, there has been little but talk with his friend Cashman ashore. As I found myself skimming rather than reading more and more pages, I decided to stop altogether, and return to Forester, a real prose stylist, even if his character is a little priggish.
Or reread O'Brian, whose character is appealing, and his prose wonderful. Lambdin does not belong on the same shelf.

This is the 10th novel in a series about Royal Navy officer Alan Lewrie. It would be difficult to understand large portions of the plot without reading the earlier novels. After the previous novels ("Jester's Fortune," etc.), this one was a disappointment. The novel starts with Lewrie out on the town with his father, with a broken arm and an indication of troubles with his wife. The author then uses one chapter to flash back to Camperdown to explain the broken arm, and a second chapter to flash back to earlier in the day and a very public confrontation with his wife. Considering Caroline's past use of a pistol (see "the Gun Ketch"), Lewrie is lucky to come away with his hide intact.

Lewrie finds himself somewhat out of favor at the Admiralty, and is sent off to the West Indies (at least he has a command). The author tends to use large amounts of space on trivia, while barely mentioning things of significance (delivering dispatches to Admiral Jervis is covered in a sentence). There are places where the story seems to move forward in jumps. Old acquaintances are dragged into the story here and there as Lewrie is finally back into action in a series of engagements, either with the enemy or with available women. The losses from tropical fevers are described by Frederick Hoffman in his autobiography, "A Sailor of King George."

The novel seems to alternate between naval action, discussions of moral philosophy, short discourses on history or geography, and incidents in Lewrie's love life. The story is left unfinished. Caroline has thrown him out and wants most of his assets, his young daughter publicly calls him a sinner, his sons have been sent off to a boarding school, one of his friends wants him as a second in a planned duel, and the evil Choundos is back. The story has graphic sexual content which does not improve a mediocre novel.

Contrary to some reviewers' comments, I found this a solid and enjoyable addition to the unfolding Lewrie adventures. Granted, it didn't have cannons blasting on every other page, but the story moved the main characters forward on occasionally surprising, though utterly believable paths. Moreover, it did what I expect of all readable historical novels; i.e., it provided solid information about an aspect of history of which I knew little--in this case the on-going slave rebellions in the West Indies--while keeping me interested in the overall story line and characters.

I've read all the Hornblower books, as well as the entire O'Brian collection, and although I enjoyed them enormously, I find the Lewrie books the most enjoyable of the lot. The main character is clearly the most interesting to be found in these three series, resembling the roguish Flashman in George MacDonald Fraser's terrific series.

If you're looking for the print equivalent of a John Woo movie, with massive explosions on every other page, I'd recommend going to a John Woo movie or reading a comic book, rather than this novel. But if you enjoy seeing a character develop believably, beset by an interesting and plausible set of non-stop difficulties against the backdrop of fascinating history--and would like to stay plugged in to the undoubtedly interesting things to come in this rascal's career--I'd highly recommend reading this and all the other books in Lambdin's Alan Lewrie series.

Ok, I didn't have any high expectations when I purchased this book. After all, any project with Jerome Holtzman involved is going to be hit or miss. Unfortunately, this one misses much more than it hits.

I've always heard that some of the greatest stories don't come from the superstars. Sometimes, they are found in the lesser stars or the ones who had just a brief moment in the spotlight. Unfortunately, many of these players and their experiences are sacrificed for long-winded accounts of players that had been written about in excess over the years.

Don't get me wrong -- there is some interesting information here. However, I've found a number of errors in dates, statistics and references. In addition, the book seems to have been rushed to print without the benefit of thorough proofreading.

The good thing? It's fairly inexpensive. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for here.

When the first edition of this book came out, it was a breath of fresh air. It carved a niche in the market by covering not just baseball players but baseball people. But it also had loads of mistakes. I had looked forward to the second edition hoping that the factual errors would be fixed. Unfortunately, very few of them were fixed. Incredibly, this book still clings to myths such as the story of Ford Frick attaching an actual asterisk to Roger Maris' home run record. Dewey and Accocella's writing is certainly more consistent than that of competing volumes, so it is unfortunate that they didn't take advantage of the opportunity a second volume presented them to fix the mistakes that are almost inevitable in a first edition. Also, some of ther additions/subtractions are puzzling - why was Dusty Baker in the first volume and not in this volume when his baseball career has only gotten more significant since the first edition?

This is a frankly fascinating book. It was published by the Farnsworth family and no where in its pages mentions the LDS (Mormon)church. Yet the spin this tome places on primitive American peoples (all one, belief in one God, appearing out of "nowhere" about 600 B.C., belief in resurrection, etc.) in an ostensibly academic way would lead the casual reader (for whom this is intended) to believe that this is mainstream thinking. It is not.

I gave it two stars because in spite of its stealth bias, it's got great old pictures of primitive American sites.

This book could be entitled "Too Much Birthday." While there is some variety in the text, the illustrations are repetitive and soon become boring.

Disappointed with this adventure as felt author used too much padding and not sufficient flow of the story. Although background detail is important I felt the attempts to captivate dialects made the reading very sluggish.

I'm about to start on 'The King's Captain' and hope that this gets back to a good rollicking type yarn.

I must agree with Alan Kirby above. Spitzer is far more concerned with impressing his post-structuralist colleagues with his familiarity with the latest in literary theory than in doing serious history. I was expecting a serious grappling with misrepresentation of truth in history, and instead got the tired academic canard of truth as not really existing in the first place. I guess Spitzer didn't feel the need to do the hard archival work to find out what really happened in the Bitburg case, or in the cases of Paul de Man, or Dreyfus, or Dewey.

Spitzer's writing style is very difficult and cumbersome, and often it was very hard to follow where he was going. As a senior undergraduate history student, I found this book to be not worth wading through, (though I unfortunately had little choice). Probably good for professional historians, but otherwise I would recommend Appleby et al or Gilderhus for better, clearer, more concise texts on historical philosophy.