Forget the titillating implication of the title, this is a serious and well-written history of how we came to wear the clothes we do. Undoubtedly loaded with the author's biases, it still gives some perspective on the styles, especially in men's suits, that we rarely think about. Not a "Gee, Whiz" type of book but worth reading.

This book reprints the first five issues of Sovereign Seven, Sovereign Seven Annual 1, and Showcase '95 12 (all from 1995), with a new introduction by Emma Bull. The concept is interesting; the stories are good. I was disappointed in the Annual; both story and art did not seem up to par. Dwayne Turner's art is particularly good. As a long-time Chris Claremont fan, however, I was disappointed; I think he can do better.

I really liked this book. It contains Wolverine issues 24 through 47 and a lot of heart. Like the first Essential Wolverine, it really showcases Wolverine's personality. This book made me laugh and got my blood flowing. No Wolverine fan should be without it.

If you enjoy drama as much as I do you will enjoy these biographies and plays about famous African-Americans. I liked it because it includes doctors, artists, inventors, educators, athletes and civil rights activists. Kids and adults can read about them and act out a drama or reader's theatre production of the life of the individual. Social Studies skits are hard to come by and this one is easy enough for all ages of readers and beginning readers.

I like Turner's explanation of complex Physics problems especially in Angels From a Time To Come, he has a great explanation of polarize effect. Also another note is that Turner is not bound by the constraints of a physicist. Coming from a literary background he uses terms like "the wave changes its mind."

If you are seriously into physics (college level) I'd get this book, I've quoted it in term papers and have scored big points with my professors, it gives a good outsiders prospective on complex issues such as quantum physics. If you are into quantum physics it is a good book to have.

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You've come a long way, sister: from the 1950's demur, submissive and obedient daughter of the church who had to be pushed into organizing by the Vatican (!) to the 1990's educated, organized, Americanized, politicized, feminist mature woman who has found her own identity and moral agency and so her own inner authority, and has done so and maintained it despite almost constant hierarchical and Vatican opposition. The Vatican that ironically started this transformation is now cracking the whip and trying to get these tigers back on their chairs. American Catholic sisters have gone from the middle ages to postmodernity in the space of a few decades, one of the most astonishing transformations of a group of women ever, and it is excellently chronicled and its elements analyzed by Quinonez and Turner, starting with pre-Vatican II developments like the Sister Formation Movement, but focusing principally on the history of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which proved to be the vanguard and axis of growth. As former executive directors of the LCWR at the time much of this change was taking place they have an insider's feel for the meaning of the data they draw on and the comments their interviews surfaced, but as they admit (page x), "We bring certain biases to the work." The description of the transformation is a kind of in-house history that seems to say the LCWR has done all things well. Despite continuous conflict with the Vatican and the American hierarchy and internal conflict that at one time led to the establishment of a rival group, virtually no attempt is made to present the position of the minority among their members or their communities or the splinter group or the American hierarchy or the Vatican, except to characterize the men as anti-Vatican II, power hungry, domineering, rude male chauvinists who just refuse to listen to the constant and careful explanations of the enlightened sisters. While there may be some truth to this characterization, one still senses a lack of balance here. There are other viewpoints that need their tale told as well, there are other sisters who do not see this as their story. One annoying feature of the book is the constant intrusion of "[sic]" whenever a quotation from decades past includes a masculine common-gender form. One wishes the authors had had the imagination and prudence to make their rather obvious point in a more magnanimous and less irritating way. Nevertheless, the history and position of some, perhaps many, modern sisters are well and clearly presented here. I'd recommend this book especially to sisters and hierarchy alike, as well as to those interested in the feminist movement of the last half-century.

Did you know that Turner invented many details that make its landscapes so impressive and picturesque? Let's take Nantes cathedral, for instance, when you look at the way Turner painted it you wander if it is the cathedral you go to every sunday morning. In fact, during the splendid exhibition of this Loire Valley sketches and paintings in Nantes in 1998, we discovered that a painter had no obligation to tell the true story about your home town... This book is full of sketches (Turner made a lot of them on the spot, then painted some of them when he was back in England). You will appreciate the exquisite colours palette and, if you plan to visit Loire Valley, you will bring this book with you.

Wherever your stance on the importance of God (in Christ) in your life or not, this read will take you from the quiet of your own life; carry you gripped through personal wars and fears; and carry you into the truth of surviving (and more).

Respected and feared, Edward Turner was the heart of Triumph for more than three decades. He designed the quintessential British bike and ruled the industry with an imposing, stern personality. But behind the public figure was a family man, a gifted engineer, and a very private person. Clew brings him out for the first time, in an obviously reverential book. While he is not as critical of Turner as many of his contemporaries, Clew is not an apologist either. He gives us a fascinating look at the many sides of Edward Turner most of us will never know. And he does it with enough good photos of classic bikes that even Turner's critics will want this book!