The Saudi family has devised an obvious but perhaps unprecedented device for holding on to power: consider the royal family not to number just a handful of princes but in the thousands. (Of course, it helps when the king has forty or more sons.) Then have the royals staff most high-level positions in the government and the military. Inspire a family loyalty so that internal differences can be put aside in the common purpose of ruling the country. Do this and you end up with, as the joke goes, the only family-owned business with membership in the United Nations. In such a system, succession to the throne has immense importance. Henderson, a reporter for the Financial Times, does his topic justice with an original and well-researched study of the Saud line in the twilight years of King Fahd. He first establishes several principles of Saudi rule. It's not a simple matter: half-brothers, cadet lines, and generational solidarity all bear on succession. While nominally in the hand of the religious authorities (the 'ulama), the family actually makes the ultimate decisions on succession. Henderson then applies these rules to today's situation and sketches five alternate scenarios. He observes that the sooner Fahd dies, the more likely he will be succeeded by Crown Prince 'Abdullah; but the longer he lives, the harder it is to predict who will follow him.

Middle East Quarterly, December 1994

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The book was enjoyable but with the Mary Stewart novels have a lot of detail that can be drawn out.

When I first started reading this book, I thought that it would be similar to other authors work. I was wrong. This book ruled! I couldn't put it down.

Great photographs, simple joyous text, thick glossy pages and an adorable group of multicultural babies creates a book for the earliest months of a child's reading life. This was far and away my daughter's favorite book of the 20-30 we had during her baby months. It would be a great addition to any parent's wish list. I hope it goes back into print.

My daughter is 22 months old. She has always had board books, but we just introduced her to picture books. This was the first one SHE picked out at the library. Her reaction when she saw it was priceless, "Babyyyyyyyy!!" Since getting it a week ago, we have easily read it 3 dozen times. Each time, my daughter LOVES pointing out the babies and has even started trying to say the verse on each page. The verse is wonderful (my husband likes it but says it doesn't rhyme very well) and very creative. All the photographs are very realistic and full of action. A great book for any child age 6 months to 24 months.

When I bought this book I thought it would be a book like better runs but with completely new essays. When I got the book, I noticed that it wasn't really much more than a revised version of Better runs. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the content of this book -- it gives you great running advice. But if you've read Better runs, there's not much new to learn from this book. It does contain some new insights, so it still might be worth the purchase if you enjoy reading Henderson's work.

This book not only offers training tips, but racing strategies and most important- inspiration. I found the look at the mental side of running to be incredibly motivating, and i couldn't wait to get on my shoes and run out the front door. I re-read parts of it before races, just to keep up my mental fitness as well as my physical. I recommend this to ANY runner.

One of the delightful gifts I got this year was the new Vallejo and Bell Fantasy Calendar. A friend who enjoys strong, sexy women, and who thinks of me as such, gave it to me. If you like said women, you will enjoy having this calendar.

The pairing with his wife seems to have brought a softer edge to the muscular women that I've seen Vallejo portray in the past, and I enjoy the strong-but-not-overwhelming body forms these women have. The theme for 2002 is The Return of the Goddess. The women shown each month portray victory, victim, warrior, sorceress, spirit and more.

The imagery is neither overly violent, nor overly sexual. The functional part of the calendar includes clean boxes with large print numbers. Special notations include the basic UK/US holidays.

Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell's art is breathtaking! This is a great wall calendar that will add beauty to your room. Everyone that sees the calendar on my wall has to thumb through it. They are fascinated with their work, and so am I. I highly recommend!

Sturges was brilliantly funny, and these scripts are beautifully constructed. Make a point to see HAIL, THE CONQUERING HERO; it's his best film, and includes arguably his funniest scene (the mayor dictates a speech to his son then his secretary).

These screenplays contain some of the wittiest lines ever written. To my taste, Preston Sturges wrote better dialogue than Shakespeare. This volume contains the screenplay to one of my favorite films, "Christmas in July" -- one of the warmest and funniest fims ever made. Puts Shakespeare back with the shipping news.

Many photos of stunning real-life photos and explanations give you and entirely new look at human and animal bones on how they work.

I would have loved having books like these when I was a kid. I currently have this book on my coffeetable. I like looking at the photos and illustrations and reading the information. Features interesting cross-sections of bone, and different animal and human skulls and bones. Sounds morbid, but it's far from it... just vividly bright photos. When a friend with children comes over to visit, this book will usually occupy them for well over an hour... the images are so real, you feel like you can reach in and touch the fossils and other images portrayed.

A fabulous photo reference for artists as well... it's rare that any book contains so many superb studio-quality photos of so many diverse types of bones. Far from just being a picture book, every caption is full of interesting information that adults, as well as children will learn from.

Although Henderson's book is out-of-print (originally published in 1958), and his translations are stylistically out-of-date (i.e., rhymed English haiku), this is an essential, pocket-sized anthology. Henderson intersperses his chronological presentation of haiku, in both transliterized Japanese (romaji) with English translation, by major historical masters with analysis throughout. I am on my second paperback -- the first fell apart from constant use!

I have rarely encountered better translations of Haiku. Henderson brought the extended meanings of the words across. Double and triple entendres, startling juxtapositions, contextual clues, everything. These are not mere literal translations--they work on multiple levels to extend the meaning of the poetry, to reflect the possible readings by literate Japanese readers.

Poetic translation is an art that requires deep understanding of two languages, poetic heritages, and metaphorical/imagistic libraries. Henderson's translations are unique in their quality.

Kamp provides an interesting and well documented resource for understanding the methods of archeology. The book documents her research of the Sinagua peoples of Flagstaff, Arizona.Because the book is an account of a real research project, it provides the reader with an example of methods in use, rather than just explaining the methods as a standard text would do. The reader sees the techniques of excavation, dating, and interpretation come to life.

I have just finished reading this book and have enjoyed it very much. I plan to go into the field of archaeology and I have personaly found this book very helpful. It's an insightful look into the culture of the Lizard Man Village of Arizona, using archaeological techniques and terminology. I found this book very helpful, and it would be a great book for anyone who is just starting to learn about archaeology. I would recommend this book to anyone.

Local historian Helen henderson has collected over 180 historic photographs, many rare and previously unpublished, of matawan borough and aberdeen township in monmouth county, new jersey. The photographs are used to present a pictorial history of the area from a colonial settlement to a 1920s resort, and as an industrial area to the suburban bedroom community of today.

Local historian Helen Henderson has gathered together over 180 historic photographs, many rare and previously unpublished. The images are used to illustrate the changes of Matawan and Aberdeen, New Jersey, from a colonial settlelment to a 1920s resort, and as an industrial area to the suburban bedroom community of today. The book is a unique keepsake for current or former residents.