This is probably one of the most enlightening books about farming on the Plains that I have read. Farmer DeLoach kept a daily diary of his thoughts about the weather, crop prices, World War I and it's affect on life on the Plains, and other "routine" occurances. Editor Neugebauer has enhanced the content by explaining and documenting the historical events that DeLoach wrote about. For example, when farmers were shipping grain overseas during WWI, he feared starvation for people in the U.S. if the Germans kept sinking the grain shipments, yet DeLoach said no one could talk about it because of the sedition acts that had been passed. Editor Neugebauer explains the sedition acts and farmer DeLoach's fears. In another example, DeLoach mentioned that the President of the U.S. had appealed to cotton gins to shut down in an attempt to drive the price of cotton up. The attempt failed because too much of the bumper crop had already been harvested, Neugebauer explained. I found the editor's notes to be very helpful and the pen and ink illustrations to be outstanding. This book *shows* the kind of effort and persistence early farming on the Plains required.

Philip Crosby uses his life story to entertain and educate the reader. His "lessons learned" throughout the book are simple, practical and should be paid attention to. I enjoyed 'Quality & Me' very much as well as learning valuable lessons to assist my own evolving life.

ANGEL OF MERCY...
Skilled in the medical arts, beautiful, headstrong Elizabeth Bowcock steadfastly remains in Sioux Falls to aid a community threatened by the fearsome Cheyenne . . . and solemnly voews to raise her innocent orphaned niece. But the little girl's grandfather has declared the unwed doctor to be an unfit guardian -- and refuses to deliver the child to Liz's care until she finds herself a man.

DEVIL IN DISGUISE...
Dangerous and secretive, hated by the settlers for his Cheyenne blood, rugged Cutter McKenzie volunteers to pose as the husband of the fiery, golden-haired healer. But even a sham marriage to the handsome half-breed promises very real perils. For his raw, seductive magnetism threatens Liz's cherished independence. And she dares not trust her own impassioned heart . . . nor the yearning voice within that begs her to yield to the power of love.

While drawing on an extensive body of scholarship, Crosby's textured analysis of selfhood hews closely to lived experience. It is this experiential orientation that makes Crosby's work accessible to a non-philosophical audience. Crosby also provides an antidote to certain strains of personalist thinking that reduce the person to a "system of relationships." While giving transcendence and relatedness their due (especially in light of such moral phenomena as value response and obligation), Crosby takes pains to anchor relationality in a prior understanding of the person as a unique individual, characterized by self-possession and incommunicability.

"Shadows of the Sun" is an extraordinary document from an extraordinary individual. While 1920s Paris conjures up all the usual heroes and cliches, this captivating & unique document offers something altogether different - a wild burst of mystical, poetic euphoria, the fevered voice of a true original. For anyone interested in the literary foundations of Modernism or in that much written about era of literary explosion, Harry Crosby's "Shadows of the Sun" should be required reading.

This book is written in such a way that both novice and expert collectors will learn a great deal about silver. It offers both history and culture to the reader. The author makes it impossible to put the book down. "Silver Novelties in The Gilded Age" by Deb Crosby has inspired me to collect!...

This book is very well written, and Crosby has a very solid grasp of all the issues. All the major arguments for nihilism are described in an eloquent way that makes their appeal clear. But the errors at the basis of nihilism are uncovered, and nihilism is shown to be philosophically untenable. This is one of the very best works of philosophy of the last 20 years. It deserves to be widely read. This society badly needs to reflect on its nihilism rather than just drown in an adolescent culture.

This book is about a way of life of gratitude, and about being open to God's will. It is an easy read, and you can't put it down. I am buying a copy for a friend who just took the bar exam.

This book has some similiarities with Jared Diamond's wonderful "Gun's, Germs and Steel", but it is much more focused. Crosby discusses the historical use of projectile weapons by humans (and hominids), and how in a lot of ways, this helps to define humanity. No other animal has shown the ability to throw hard, far, and with accuracy, and this ability might have been crucial to the adoption of a terrestial lifestyle by our ancient ancestors. Throwing stones at predators might just have been key to allowing Australopithecenes to survive. The use of fire is also a key characteristic of humans, and with it humanity has helped shaped the environment to suit our purposes. Moving on from simple stones; through javelins; atlatls; slings; bows; siege engines; and, finally, chemically propelled projectiles (which mix fire and throwing), including satellites that have left our solar system, Crosby shows how developments in projectile technology have helped shaped history as we know it. This book is an interesting read, and is very well footnoted. Those interested in such areas as general anthropology, historical science and military science might also find book quite enjoyable.

WTET is one of the few truly practical management development books around. It is for the managerial leader who wants to create high performance. Crosby recognizes that no one is empowered unless there is clear authority. He knows that performance improvement flows from the creative tension between managerial authority in balance with employee authority. Through this balance, in the hands of managers, an employee's contribution can best be made. To achieve this balance he identifies 25 high performance factors in bite-size portions with practical suggests for implementation. The single most important factor he presents is his concept of single-point accountability. This concept will aid those managers and organizations who have taken consensus and teamwork too far resulting in the aimless empowered. While I have few disagreements with this book his concept of "sponsorship" tends to muddy its clarity around managerial accountability. Managership would be a better term to describe both the leading and managing a competent manager must do to provide direction and resources for employee success. The chapter "Survey Feedback-Turning Data into Action" could benefit from some mention of the importance of managing the increasing levels of complexity as organizations add levels of work and management. All in all I recommend this book to managers or those wanting to become managers and especially by a manager of managers to use as a book to read in common in a staff learning team to create a common foundation for management development.