This is a fantastic book. Through an review of British patents the book discusses the development of many different devices that were commonly used in the trenches (helmets, body armour, periscopes,knives, clubs etc.) The book is written in a clear and absorbing style and would be of interest to the layman and the specialist alike.

Dominion is one of those rare books that rivets your attention from Chapter One and intensifies from there. It wouldn't be fair to detail the plot because one of the most intriguing aspects of the book is the intricate weaving of subplots that leave readers guessing where they are being led. Suffice it to say that Dominion mixes adventure, sex, social commentary, humor and suspense to render a tale that both entertains and educates. I can tell you that there is an End-Of-The-World-As-We-Know-It scenario, but it is different from anything I have ever read. The crisis is very creative - no giant comets or Doomsday viruses - and no superhero comes to save the day. Read this one. I promise you've never read anything like it before.

this is a very good "James Bond" type of book. it is amazing how the author foresees many of the types of events that are going on in the world today. From the attack on the twin tower's to nucular threats by Iraq and North Korea, the author has it all and long before it happened. The lead character Anthony Steel is the type of hero everyone in America wish they had.

It's sad to see that this book is out of print. It is one of the best books I've read on the subject of persuasion. this book is on par, or better than- 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'. It is better than almost any book I've read on communication skills. There were no illustrations, and the text ended on the last page of the book (no index). I would recommended this book to everyone! The authors book-'The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self Confidence' is also an excellent book. His book, 'Advanced Formula for Total Success' was a disappointment. This book is by far his best. I can't wait to read it again! Definitely worth five stars!

A remarkakable review of history over the last 15,000 years that accounts for most, if not all of the disasters that have overtaken our home planet, and several others as well. Goes about 150 years into the future to describe what will happen to us when our perennial nemesis, Draco, come by again. Notably, Austin & Crowley propose that Sitchin's 3,600 year period for his 'Planet X' is actually four orbits of Draco, more or less, because 892 x 4 = 3600 within 1% error. 892 is Austin's figure for the period of the tenth planet, named Draco in this work. According to Austin, the future comprises a grim reduction of 95% in the population of Earth after 2115, the next encounter date, according with the work of Chet Snow who says there will be a 'shortage of bodies' around in the 22nd century for us to reincarnate into. Austin is confirmed by the 'Franciscan Document' (see Jim Keith, IllumiNet Press) where a monk reveals that America is expected to be covered with ice by the middle of the 22nd century. Austin concurs, saying we are headed for a new ice age; the result of a passage by Draco, which although it will never hit the Earth, will bring along millions of tons of dust and this precipitates the overdue ice age. A similar event ended the Pleistocene, he says, when billions of animals died. See 'when the Earth nearly died' (Allen & Delair). A remarkable and necessary book that strips away our delusions and suggests cogent reasons why the globe is being reshaped in preparation for the end of 'civilisation as we know it' in around 112 years time.

good book. when Lee J. Ames draws with someone else it is a bit harder. still easy and fun.

I became enamoured of the works of Sir Anthony Van Dyck in large part because of my Art History studies at Brooklyn College with Professor Susan Koslow. I am well aware of the work that the author, Christopher Brown, has done on Anthony Van Dyck, so I knew that I would not be disappointed with this excellent book about his drawings. This book features the preparatory drawings for many of his greatest works. Van Dyck had long been admired for his draughtmanship, and in examining these interesting drawings one can see why. They are revealing in that when one sees the elegant, flawless, finished paintings, you would never suspect that he at times labored over his works. Many drawings show that he made compositonal changes. One is also struck by the intensity that seems to leap off the page. The book is divided into sections reflecting the artist's periods in the cities in which he was active. The first section deals with Antwerpt, 1615-1621. Of particular interest are the preliminary drawings for The Carrying of The Cross, which is not the only religious subject that the artist focused on. The Taking of Christ was another, excuted in red chalk. Mythology was also well represented during Van Dyck's Antwerp period in the work Diana and Actaeon, c. 1618-1621, along with Venus and Adonis, which was executed during the same period. His Italian period is here too, (1621-1627) where religious subjects are again pursued, but something more: his aristocratic portraits for noble Italian families. This is where I feel Van Dyck was truly amazing, in his portraiture. His second Antwerpt period of 1628-1632 shows his more sophisticated, elegant portraiture, and incredible detail. The portrait of Cornelis van der Geest in both the preliminary drawing and finished painting must be seen to be believed, especially the detail of the moisture in the subject's eyes! His English period is also well represented with his famous preliminary drawings for the English Court of King Charles, and various aristocrats. I was also struck by his landscape drawings which are also included in this work.

All of these drawings were part of an exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library in 1991. I cannot imagine anyone who loves the work of Anthony Van Dyck not wanting this book! It gives us a deeper understanding of the artist and his astonishing work!

This book is an interesting, intelligent and all encompassing overview of the field of dream studies. This is not the New Age pablum that some might fear because of the area of focus, but is rather a serious scientific and cultural analysis of dream studies in recent times. As someone who doesn't know alot about the field I enjoyed it, and I think it would be interesting for those already well read in the area as well.

Relaxing in the south of France with Sabina Pleasure and her family , Alex is able to act and do things as a normal teenager would and he doesn't even think of MI6 until someone who Alex does not know who attacked his hosts.This sends him back into the world of decieving and spying.Alex is determind to defeat his hosts enemy and find out why they did it.He knows his enemy is going to be smart when he finds out it is Damian Cray the mastermind behind the new games console Gamelayer which has pain synthesis installed.Damian Cray tries to outwit Alex time after time but the young MI6 spy doesn't give up.It is a great book for suspense and tension.

Of scholars in the field who have published extended studies of Beckett's early prose (Dream of Fair to middling Women, More Pricks Than Kicks, Murphy, and Watt) three stand above the others and are required reading on the subject for scholars. Anthony Farrow's Art and Allusion ... is one. It is hampered by the lack of an index and extraordinarily poor proofreading. Lawrence Harvey's Samuel Beckett: Poet and Critic is another. Published in 1970, it is out of print, a big shame. Harvey's is the only serious study of Beckett's poetry. The style of both Farrow and Harvey is discursive. Rubin Rabinovitz's The Development of Samuel Beckett's Fiction is the third, written in a more concise scholarly style that makes it the most entertaining of the three for the non-specialist. Rabinovitz is likely to be the most useful to the specialist as well, though of course this depends on what you're after. I have not read John Pilling's new book Beckett Before Godot, and there are, as one would expect, numerous article-length studies of the early prose that are required reading for the specialist.