Knowing only of the name "Marcus Garvey," I set about reading this book to get a better understanding of Garvey's beliefs and perceptions on race relations in the 1920's and 1930's. This book fit the billing, with an honest account of the victories, defeats, embarassments, and lasting effects of Marcus Garvey's legacy. Unforunately, Marcus Garvey was never spoken of in my high school or college history courses. This book provides a great starting point for understanding the conditions in 1920's America, which allowed Marcus Garvey to gather such a large and faithful following.

The book can be rather boorish and cumbersome at times. But itis worth it. Julian's intense religion really shines through thisbook. It is difficult at times, but "every sweet with sour is tempered still."

Faced with a detailed design of a reinforced concrete bridge for the first time, I was floundering. I am a mining engineer by training, you see, and went into the civil engineering trade. But Hambly came to my rescue. The book presents basic concepts in the analysis of bridge decks in a less cryptic manner than most academic books, and upon reading and re-reading, one should find that many concepts required in bridge deck analysis are presented quite well here.

There are many introductory works that survey Buddhist beliefs and history, just like this one (and I've reviewed a number of them), so content-wise this one is not unique. Its explanations are concise and aimed clearly at the general reader, which will make some of it seem a bit simplistic to a more knowledgeable person. What makes it stand out, however, is that, of all the introductions, this one makes one of the nicest to give as a gift to someone curious about your own interest in Buddhism. The text is not over-whelming and is broken up by nearly seventy black and white illustrations of Buddhist art and life, making it a non-threatening read. While it may not be the best introduction, it may be one of the better for other practical needs.

In line wiht the New Urbanist tradition, this is a solid book about urban planning. Interesting for Americans, this book also includes the Canadian perspective. Recommended if you like James Howard Kunstler's Geography of Nowhere.

In this Mcgurk series book a very famous author disappears and its up to McGurk, Joey, Willie, Wanda and Mari to find the missing books that the author hid before he disappeared. McGurk and his officers have to be careful as an old enemy pops up in the middle of this buried treasure hunt. As usual more laughs and good times with McGurk.

I stumbled upon this little volume in a used book store and, as I've an amateurish interest in mediaeval culture, decided to buy it. Written by a monk of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds (in Suffolk, England) in the 12th century, it narrates various happenings in that monastery over a period of about 30 years.

There is no overriding narrative here. The author - Jocelin of Brakelond by name - seems to have simply jotted things down when the fancy took him. Most of what he records pertains to the politics - internal and external - of the monastery, and with financial matters : there is one amusing section where he records the fees paid to the monastery by knights of the district. Those looking for spiritual exhortation or insight into monastic religion should look elsewhere.

Though the events of the monastery are not exactly of earth-shattering importance, the book does give one a fascinating view into mediaeval life at the time. Jocelin himself is a wise old character whose observations of his fellow monks are carefully weighed and perceptive. He does not shrink from relating the drama and discord surrounding elections within the monastery. And in the background of the community's life we see the Kings of England (who on a few occasions come to visit), the life of the surrounding town, and in the distance the waging of the Third Crusade.

The most interesting part of the book to me was the account of the fire at the shrine of St. Edmund, and of the subsequent translation of the body and examination of the corpse (by then about 300 years old and still, apparently, incorrupt). I found it a real delight.

This is the first advertising related book that really focuses on key points to help you generate better ad copy. It covers some Advertising 101 topics that we all need for refreshers and uses actual pictures of ads in the explanation of what works and what doesn't. I found that while reading this book that it was very hard not to be thinking about my nest ad idea and had to stop many times to make notes for use in later creative sessions on creating new copy. It really gets the creative juices flowing!

They keep the advice very practical and offer very helpful hints at the end of every chapter. It reads very easily and quickly without belaboring statistics and references to old ways of doing the business.

If you are in advertising now, just getting in or are in upper management this book should be on your business reference shelf. I constantly go back to it for refreshers on what works and what doesn't.

This is an excellent book that will help companies focus there business on strong relationship with the community they live in. The one weakness I see is an over emphasis on philanthropy. I am not so sure that throwing money at the community will really buy a good relationship. This book should be read by anyone who is involved in the management of a manufacturing facility.

I may never scan the images in this book (too many small lines), but it was worth the price anyway! The pictures are facinating! I can't decise wether it's more fun to look at the fantastic representation of a familiar animal or the crazy combinations of familiar animals. Also part of the fun is that the source of each woodcut is indicated on its page. Definitely worth the price in entertainment value alone!