i loved it. my kids loved it. even mr. fish (our goldfish) loved it (We think.).

My kids really enjoyed this book. Not only is the text well written and informative, but the illustrations are colorful, whimsical and evocative. I highly reccomend this book as a fun read and a good learning text. A must buy!

I picked up this book out of curiosity, noting that most of the shots were taken on Long Island in the 30's. I have been to many of the shows listed. The pictures are a wonderful history of dogs and dog showing mostly in the New York area. The photographer does not limit himself to just the breed ring. There are also shots of dogs at obedience and field trials. The pictures of the rich and famous with their dogs are very interesting. The photos also show how much some breeds of dogs have changed over the years. Notably, the German Shepherd. Nowadays, only the dogs from Germany look like the ones in this book, and they would never win at Westminster. I really enjoyed the beautiful pictures, many many breeds are represented. A great find for a dog lover and/or exhibitor.

This book is a remarkable social document. It's not just the marvelous pictures of dogs and their people at dog shows, but an evocative slice of New York society from the 1930's and 40's.

Bert Morgan's phtographs capture the dogs and the people at play at dog shows, field trials and at home (and what homes!) New York high society obviously felt comfortable with Morgan and it shows. The photos are candid and capture the easy, affectionate relationship between human and canine subject.

What is also fascinating about the book are the photographs which show fashion and style; great clothes, cars and dogs. There are numerous photos of the famous. Jaqueline Onansis with a Great Dane nearly as tall as her in a picture from 1935; actress Shirley Booth arriving in Florida by train with her poodles in 1950; politician and diplomat Averill Harriman at a field trial in the mid 1930's.

And if you are into dog shows, hundreds of vintage pictures of dogs, handlers, owners and judges at historic dog shows throughout the northeast. For the fancier, you can compare the differences in dog styles between show dogs now and show dogs 60 years ago. Some breeds look exactly the same; others look like entirely different dogs.

I was touched by the obvious affection these people had for their dogs and the way Bert Morgan captures those feelings and that way of life.

A book that all dog lovers will enjoy, but also a book for people who want to learn what life was life for the rich and comfortable during a dark chapter in American history.

While it would have been nice to see more commentary, the pictures do speak for themselves and they speak to us many years later.

I have read this book over and over and learn something new each time. I have assisted in the construction of full tube chassis prior to this book and learned a good deal about what is written in this book. After reading the book, I have a true understanding of why we built things the way we did.
There is a ton of information that most drag racers do not know in this book. After reading Door Slammers, you will find out how ignorant most people are when it comes to chassis setup and how to make a car hook. You'll see that what you used to do in order to hook, is probably wrong. You will also find out what you should have done.

Great Book!!!

I have read this book probably 10 times. Each time I read it I learn something new. When I get upside down in my 4-link suspension, I pull out this book and go back to basics. It is written so that any high school graduate can understand it but alot of the material and concepts are college level. If you want to understand how your race suspension really works, I highly recommend this book.

Without a doubt, Furbank's work is a great resource for any student of Forster. While working on my thesis , his book was always close at hand. Forster readers will appreciate the attention to detail that helps enliven any reading of one of Forster's novels.

The must-have biography that almost every researcher of E.M. Forster uses among her/his basic material. Furbank was appointed by E.M. Forster himself as his biographer. The book contains photographs and it covers a lot of detail. Although the extensive detail sometimes gives an impression of digression it in fact enhances the 'scientific' value of the book, since it provides information about E.M. Forster for research from many angles (ranging from Bloomsbury Group to liberalism &c &c). Moreover, the detailed descriptions at times almost read like a novel (for instance the section on E.M. Forster's travels to Italy). Many letters are included - some by E.M. Forster, some to E.M. Forster, some about E.M. Forster - and make for an enchanting account. Very informative.

If the wildly successful Who Moved My Cheese? represents the kindergarten version of basic change management theory, The End of Change makes a welcomed leap to graduate-level studies. Authors Peter Scott-Morgan, Erik Hoving, Henk Smith and Arnoud Van Der Slot maintain that many of the concepts intrinsic in the current genre of change management are just plain wrong. In reality, companies that successfully manage change do so by building structures specifically designed to induce and digest change into their overall organizations. In order to explain these structures, the authors present them in the form of geometric shapes - a metaphor that is easy to grasp and easily captures the essence of each strategy. These graphic examples are reinforced with real-life examples of companies and industries that manage change in ways that closely resemble the book's shape-based techniques. We [...] recommend that all executives and students read this book, which takes a sophisticated approach to a topic that has been addressed by a slew of authors and consultants-turned-authors on the most superficial of levels.

Excellent book which strongly stimulates the reader to re-think his own vested ideas about change, innovation and organizational structure. Unlike most "Management books" the End of Change is not a simple "How To" book, tediously listing endless recommendations with bullet points. Due to its compact and clear style this book offers a clear pathway to those trying to cope with relentless change - and who is not ?

Based on a clear and consistent methodology, the End of Change is in the end a very practical book - about people. Although this well structured book contains a lot of easy to be remembered slides and presentations - common in Strategy Consulting nowadays - its strenghts can also be found in its aforisms, examples and methaphors.

Besides other sources (not the least being the year long consulting experience of its authors), the End of Change further builts on Peter Scott Morgan's, "The unwritten Rules of the Game". The basic concepts of the End of Change enable the reader to deepen his insight in the dynamics of change in general - while giving him the opportunity to apply these to his own personal experiences and areas of business life which have been to much neglected in periods of serious change (for example, amongst many others, Recruting & HR policies)

For those who are interested how changing business environments effect our daily lives, this book is a " Must-Read".

Would that it were so - that artists today understood, or at least vaguely approached, the metaphysical impetus that spurred artists through the centuries, up to and including the first modernists such as Kandinsky, Malevich, Klee, and Brancusi. Only a rare few artists today remain on track and seem to know what being an artist entails -- Martin, Steir, Colomar, Laib, Marden.... The vast majority are occupying themselves in meaningless egomania. Art is focused on, at best, a quick, zippy, kitschy riff on popular culture, no more or less engaging that a mildly clever advertizing billboard. Robert C. Morgan is on target in his diagnosis that art has lost its way, that it no longer even knows enough to seek to strike a deep and lasting internal cord, and that the establishment of curators and critics generally are clueless to find and present weighty art.

"To deal with serious art requires a certain preparation of the mind, a relaxed synthesis whereby the mind comes into contact with the body, where there is a rejuvenation of seeing, and where thought is required to pull the act of seeing into the sensorium of feeling..." - R.C.M.

It could hardly be better stated that body, head and heart must be up to the game of both making and perceiving art. Like Jed Perl's "Eyewitness", this book asks for a more personal art and art world, where the invisible threads of theoreticians no longer bind imagination, where art is done for kicks.

A sticky discussion of meta-critics (almost, but not quite, art philosophers) ends with the hope that criticism can help the quality of art by intervening between art and market/fashion manipulation. Morgan's guess for the future of art is more kitsch, but hopefully revealing rather than reinforcing market culture.

This book helped me further explore my interest in Irish history. It is very difficult to sift through the thousands of sub-standard to awful texts written on Ireland and her people, and this book has helped find the books truly worth reading. I haven't found a bad book that was recommended by The Essential Library.

Morgan has once again used her background as a historical researcher combined with an easy flowing style to give the most succint encapsulation of at least 100 books, covering several genres. Better than reading a review in the New York Times. It allows you to be knowledgable of the context and contents of these wonderful books as if you have already read the book, but tugs at your intellect to read the whole story. It provides insights about many of the authors and their works that could only have been written by one who loves the written word.

this is the only book which I've seen all the details,projects and photos together in it, about stand design.It's explained excellently the projects.

I'm especially interested in some books about the fair stand design and this is the one of the best that I've ever seen.With skecthes, photographs, some plan drawings and texts it's easy to percive the projects.Also presentation of the projects is very successful.

I served in the 2nd Armored Division during MG Patton's tenure. He was an inspiration to many of us. The stories are true and very accurate. I am sure there are a few more that are not in the book! BB

The Generals Patton, father and son, served their country for 79 years, altogether, in careers unsurpassed by any other American military family. General George S. Patton Jr's life, in particular, has been examined microscopically, but the section of this work which recounts his career is enhanced by comments, for the first time, by his son and daughter.
That alone would make the book worthwhile, but the bulk of the work tells the story of Major General George S. Patton (1923 - ), himself a fine fighting general and one of the best trained officers ever to wear the uniform. Like his father, he was a scholar of his trade who understood that skillful audacity accomplishes the mission with minimal casualties.
Very readable, with invaluable comments by Major General Patton interspersed; photos, bibliography, and index. Highly recommended.

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This book is a real wonder for those of us past the age of 75, and perhaps for some younger people. I read a prayer or two every day, often going back to my new favorites. I have since purchased 3 other copies to send to friends who have the same needs for prayers by the elderly as I do. This book is a collection pf prayers by the elderly, not for the elderly. A natural for clergymen who, in this day of aging parishoners, work with so many older people.

I am working my way slowly through Fire in the Soul, reading it as the author wishes-- a dose a day. What helps me most is that the book is written as a morning or evening devotional text. You can pick a prayer or reading and spend time with it, rather than racing through yet another text on aging. Growing old is hard enough, but having worked in the field of aging, I know firsthand how seldom practioners point out the spiritual resources available for the various development stages of the aging process. This would be a good book not only for people who are aging, but for those who work with or on their behalf to illustrate that there are spiritual resources which are vitally important as one grows old--in fact, I have found that prayerfulness is the one resource that brings a sense of greater purpose to the aging process, and gives us strength. I would highly recommend this book. Of course, I am the author's brother, so I can say that both as a minister and someone who has worked in the field of gerontology, and not just as a member of his family!