I just got the book and cannot put it down. Ms. Turner makes a potentially dry subject come to life. I particularly like the sidebar information, good examples to support the overall message.

This is one of the best books I've read on this subject. Marcia Layton Turner really knows her stuff. I bought several copies to give to friends who are thinking about starting businesses.

Radioactive Glasgow, immortals, suspended animation, plans within plans....what more could you ask for !!. Written in such an amazingly claustrophobic style, with such an attention to detail (the chill destruction of Scotland in particular) building up to a catastrophic and heart rending finale. This is a book I personally have been searching for for nigh on 16 years, ever since I had the priveledge to stumble upon it when I was 10. I Haven't read it since so please hurry up and reprint !!!!!

I only discovered George Turner quite recently, after reading a review of one of his books in Locus. Sadly, he's now passed away, but the books he left before his death are some of the most challenging and scintillating science fiction I've read recently.

In _Vaneglory_, which is the second book in a loose "Ethical Culture" trilogy (after _Beloved Son_), Turner continues his expose of the new society which has arisen in the wake of the collapse of our present society, a collapse which involved limited nuclear war, famine, ecological failure, etc. Turner is very pessimistic about humankind and our possibilities for learning from past mistakes. The new culture is expressly based on attempting to keep us from falling into the same traps, while the society's leaders continue to use any and all dirty tricks they can to keep and consolidate their power.

45 years after the end, Will Santley and Donald Baird are awakened from cryogenic hibernation at the Gangoil facility, an advanced Australian biological research station. The two men are "Gone Timers," representatives of a violent past who are accorded little or no status in the new society. When it comes out that there may be a race of immortal human mutations living among us, the race is on to capture and sequester an actual representative, a race that ranges from Melbourne Town to the ruins of Glasgow, Scotland.

Turner never lets the book lag and continues to pile on idea after idea. This is a great combination of adventure and philosophy, with a heart-rending conclusion. Highly recommended (though you should read _Beloved Son_ first!).

I don't normally write reviews, but I just got this book and had to write. The book has detailed insider accounts of life inside every major investment banking firms, including its history, areas of specialization, and tips on the hiring and interviewing process. Highly recommended for job seekers and consultants alike.

I found this book to be immensely helpful to distinguishing the various investment banks and commercial banks. There are also specific tips for each company on what they look for in the job interview. Particularly as wall street is downsizing, I think the Vault book provided me with the edge I needed to land my job in a tough job market.

Cleary has done an excellent job of putting a number of essential Taoist texts into one volume. The book begins with some Tao Te Ching and leads straight into some translations of Ancester Lu - not everything, just the essentials.

There are numerous other texts here and, quite framkly, the book stands quite well as a new start in the tradition of the old classics. That is, there appears to be a lot of 'method' to Cleary's 'madness' of taking only sections of the texts in conjunction with the general development of the material.

This book contains enough of the classics that it is essential to anyone seriously practicing Qigong. If you have this and a couple of Eva Wong's excellent translations you probably don't need much else for your library.

This is a must have for anyone interested in Taoism. Has an excelent selection from numerous important authors from Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu sequentialy through the writing of 20th century Taoists. Superb for the beginner and indespensable to the serious collector.

"When Giants Ruled" quickly involves the reader in the drama of print journalism's most robust era of cutthroat competition. Hy Turner demonstrates a strong talent for condensing the story of newspapers to its essence. He never overburdens you with details, though occasionally I found myself wishing for more. Meanwhile, the reader is often rewarded with new and colorful anecdotes to familiar events in our nation's history. Turner's superb writing skills keep the reader delightfully moving from one page to the next, while sometimes pausing to more fully enjoy the unfolding drama. It is a book that could only have been written by someone to whom journalism was obviously a first love.

HyTurner has given us an amazingly exciting history of the rough and tumble world of New York City newspapers, how they got started and who started them. He recounts scoops, scandals, dirty tricks, sensational reporting of sensational stories, and the lives and careers of colorful men and women who invented all of the techniques for digging up the who, what, where, when, why and how of events from murders to wars. What might have been dry and dreary reading that only a journalism pofessor could care about has been presented as a compelling saga that reads like a novel. If you enjoyed the Orson Welles classic film "Citizen Kane" and W.A.Swanberg's "Citizen Hearst" you will love Hy Turner's beautifully written and scrupulously researched story of the titans of print who once rubbed elbows, and often jammed them in the ribs of their competitors in a short block of downtown-New York's newspaper row.And if you wonder how the Sunday comic strips got their start, Hy Turner has the answer. This book also relates how a shrewd newspaper mogul collected pennies to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, and sold a lot of newspapers. Everyone who reads a newspaper is in debt to the giants of Park Row, and anyone who cares about journalism should read this terrific book.

Reading Turner's recent book, Justice on Earth, made me go back & reread Wild by Law, the first to detail the work of Earthjustice, the leading non-profit environmental law firm. In this book, Turner teamed up with noted wildlife photog Clifton Carr and the results are stunning - gripping text detailed by exquisite photos. The story starts with how Earthjustice got started (as Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) with a group of lawyers who ended up setting the precedent for citizen participation in environmental issues way back in the '70s. It then covers the US, region by region, with great stories of various cases. Turner's way of spinning the tale makes this more like a Grishom novel than a legal brief.

Development has swallowed up so many beautiful places that caring about the environment can become a depressing pastime. Fortunately, the good guys have won some striking victories(at least temporarily), and this beautifully illustrated volume tells some of the details.

There are seven chapters, each focused on a specific region or issue.

Chapter One covers Mineral King valley (California)and the birth of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund whose landmark Supremem Court case protected this part of Sequoia National Park from a massive development proposed by the Walt Disney corporation.

Chapter Two is about Admiralty Island (Alaska).

Chapter Three describes the politics of energy on the Colorado Plateau, including several national parks in Utah.

Chapter Four covers Redwood National Park (California).

Endangered species are the focus of Chapter Five. It ranges over a wide geographic area including pigeon guillemots in California, Palilas in Hawaii, Murres in the Falloron Islands, dusky dolphins off the coast of Patagonia, humpbacked whales in Alaska, red-cockaded woodpeckers in southeastern forests and the famous northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest.

Chapter Six describes legal battles in the Northern Rockies, including clashes with James Watt, Ronald Reagan's choice for Secretary of the Interior.

Chapter Seven includes four battles in the Eastern United States: Lake George (New York), Big Cypress and the Everglades (Florida), Hoosier National Forest (Indiana), and Canaan Valley (West Virginia).

This book is a great gift for anyone who is interested in the preservation of wild places.

Deciding to become a bush pilot at 47. Not the average! To do just a portion of the things that this man has done in his life would fulfill most. I read Nahanni first and couldn't wait to get Wings of the North through the Z-Shops. A well written joyus read. If you are a pilot, an outsoorsman, a hunter or just dream of a life without phones, faxes and the daily 9 to 5 drudgery, this book will take you away for awhile into the life of someone who has truely LIVED life. Most importantly, you never get the impression that the many things Turner has done are just "too much". That can happen sometimes with books like this. The photos are a wonderful edition. Escape for awhile or be inspired. It's up to you.

Dick starts off as a trapper and endures many hardships. He later becomes a barge operator and tells of many misfortunes as well as good times. Dick decided to take flying lessons, and becomes a well known bush pilot, living at Nahanni Butte on the Nahanni River. He tells many anecdotes not only about his friends, but also about himself. Prized reading for pilots. I donated my copy to the Avaition Heritage Museum and now would like to replace it.

In this world of ever-increasing dangers against women, women need to gather as much information as we can in order to keep safe. There are dangerous places; dangerous situations; and dangerous people...how can women live their lives without being in fear all the time?

The book, "The Woman's Safety Handbook," by Marie Turner, aims to help women understand dangerous situations, places, and people. Armed with this information, women can make better judgements in their daily lives. The author also discusses how to avoid certain dangers and how to react to dangerous situations. This knowledge will enable women to make the right choices regarding their safety.

MyParenTime.com recommends "The Woman's Safety Handbook" - besides learning to be more aware of their surroundings, to always show confidence, and to always be in control...women will learn which dangers to avoid, why they're dangerous, and how to remove themselves from possible harm. There will always be more to learn about keeping ourselves safe.

Marie Turner has compiled an excellent resource for the woman who wants to live safely and be only minimally concerned about her safety. Since this book gives in-depth counsel on protecting yourself within interpersonal relationships, every woman should buy one for the women they love and for whom they have fear.

The Woman's Safety Handbook is not a "how to" book as much as it is a definition and clarification of human behaviours that must be circumvented or stopped. My daughter gets one for her birthday!

This book bring back moments in time of all those in the 173rd Airborne. Filled with great photos and stories. A must read.

My Dad served as a driver, and later a BAR man in the 41st "Sunset" Infantry Division. He was in the Montana National Guard, and when Pearl Harbor was bombed, they were mobilized into the "Montana Regiment" of the Jungleers. His regiment did 3 beach landings in New Guinea, where he got the Purple Heart.

He spoke little of his experiences in New Guinea and Australia, but when he did, our ears perked up. I was always curious to know what it was like and what he went through. This book "41st Infantry Division" gives the story play by play with lots of photos, kind of like an Army version of a high school yearbook.

The book does have kind of a "keep your chin up, grin and bear it" look at the jungle fighting (kind of like the war movies made during the war). It tells little of the real misery that would likely be the first thing uttered by a veteran of the New Guinea campaigns, if asked. If telling like it was, he would wince and shake his head, emphasizing how awful it was, the sauna-like humidity, the monsoon rains that create mud so deep that a jeep is worthless, the swarms of mosquitoes, the malarial chills and fevers, your army fatigues and boots rotting on your body, not to mention the constant fear of being caught in the sights of an enemy sniper who could be in any tree or close enough to touch you in the tall grass. But his wince might transform to the distinct smile of pride that only those have who have gone into the crucible and made it back out.

Even if your dad didn't serve in the 41st Infantry, this is a great time capsule writing of the time and events of one part of the noblest crusade in history, and the story of the guys who were there.