Despite the title, this isn't so very far along in the series and in fact features the introduction of the very politically correct "Ms. Liz Probert." The cases are the usual set, and Rumpole faces his usual trials and tribulations, most notably from a new member of chambers who wants to make everything much more efficient. The eponymous tale is one we've seen dramatized, where Rumpole has great success betting on a "four-horse accumulator," tells a judge exactly what he thinks of him, and is (of course) frustrated when his go-between leaves the country with his winnings.

Entertaining, as always.

Rumpole has an assortment of foes in this collection of 7 stories: Judge Bullingham, his Head of Chambers Sam Ballard, dishonest prosecution witnesses, police officers, prosecuting barristers, and even the barrister defending his client's co-defendant in a case of armed robbery where a bank guard was wounded. No wonder he thinks of winning a fortune betting on horse races and moving to Spain in the last story, "Rumpole's Last Case". You should enjoy reading this book to find out how many cases Rumpole wins and if he really retires.

Satan Cast Out was first published in 1975 and reprinted in 1990. But it's the year 2000 and Amazon.com doesn't even have a review. This demonstrates, to me at least, the shallowness of the Christian Reading community. "Opinion Leaders" who should be reading this book and recommending it to others are so taken back by Leahy's biblical reasoning, they know it will stop their David Copperfield like "fire and brimstone" wow the bumpkins theology of "Spiritual Warfare"! Bad for the old offerings I suppose.

While admitting the Reality of Demons and Spiritual Warfare, Leahy biblically shows how intellectually foolish and addled most modern spiritual warriors really are. Get this book if you want a Christ centered, instead of a Boogey Man centered view of spiritual warfare.

I'd give it 5 stars, but Powlison's book on Power Encounters is great too as is War Psalms of the Price of Peace.

This is an awesome book - I read it cover to cover looking up most of the Scriptures quoted to see if what was being written was Biblical. I think Leahy has a real handle on Biblical demonology and it would do the any soul well to read this book for such a small price.

It is very well written, concise, Biblical, and God honoring.

If you are a professing Christian or someone seeking what the Bible has to say about what the Bible has to say about demonolgy, this book is a must for you.

I thought this was very good. I espescialy enjoyed the part were Niels farms. I thought it was good because I live in Manitoba and I could relate to the book, if you don't live in MB you will hate this book. Please send any information you may have on this book to: mitch_9_83@hotmail.com

I grew up in Northern Manitoba where most of the book is based in.It is interesting to ready how things were like back then. I can totaly relate to the characters in the book. I think though the end should have had Niels and Ellen kiss.

Raymon F. Adams for many years has has collected books about the Wild West badmen and studied the contents of these books. "Never would I have believed," he writes, "that so much false, inaccurate, and garbled history could have found its way into print." This book is where you should start if you wish to sort the harsh facts from titillative fancy.

Was there ever a book that took telling the truth about the American West so seriously? Although Adams destoys many of the cherished myths, the Rose of Cimmaron ,Wild Bill Hick's heroic battle with the McCanles gang, the basic Robin Hood attitude of Jesse James, what emerges in its place is a gritty, much more believable and much more interesting story.
Arranged as a series of essays on the basic truthfulness of scores of works on Western history, this is an essential addition to any Western library, highly recommended

An excellent text for the real world of RF design, covering noise calculations, mixers, oscillators, filters, amplifiers, modulation and demodulation, PLLs, and other aspects of RF communications. Though I personally prefer Hayward's "Introduction to Radio Frequency Design" (especially for its treatment of oscillator circuits), I frequently refer to the Krauss & Bostian text for clarification of concepts and its greater emphasis on different schemes for modulation and demodulation. The treatment of PLLs is rather skimpy, but there are several textbooks specific to that subject (and even they gloss over some aspects).

In conjunction with Bowick's "RF Design" and Hayward's text, the Krauss & Bostian text delivers all the guidance needed for practical RF design.

What can I say? I laughed, I cried. When he got to the part about class D power amplifiers the suspence was killing me!

What happened after the cold war to the men who participated in it? Mr. Wolf traces what happened to one of them in this thrilling novel which moves from Manila to Europe. Who is trying to kill him and WHY? What did he do to merit the attention of the agencies of intelligence of the super powers. Or are we involed with the super powers? Mr. Wolf's writing skills are excellent. You will never have a dull moment when you read this book.

"Sparrow" is a welcome sequel to the memorable and engaging "Fool's Game." This novel does stand on its own, but amplifies and expands upon themes begun in "Fool's Game." Like its predecessor, "Sparrow" succeeds as both an entertaining thriller and as a serious commentary on high-level espionage at the end of the 20th Century. Although the action is plentiful and satisfying, the focus is on the human impact of governmental machinations. All of the characters are well-drawn, but it is especially welcome to see Miles Cavendish again. One hopes we will be treated to a third novel in this series!

This farcical romp is a cross between Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Boswell's Life of Johnson. Green's humor is quintessentially British. His caricature of the English Milord is bitingly satirical. Writing a description of events that transpire at the time of the American Revolution, Green almost apologizes for the audacity of the British upper classes in thinking they could retain an empire on which the sun never sets. If Haggard per et fils, the Honorable CF, and the family Foulacre are aristocracy in its most literal sense, it's small wonder indeed that things turned out the way they did.

This fun, bright book also gave birth to a short-lived English TV show, Haggard, that was absolutely tremendous. Sadly I've not found tapes anywhere available.

This little journal is fine and funny little parody of the eighteenth-century journals of Boswell, and Pepys (earlier) - and many less famous English diarists and chroniclers. It is introduced by its creator, Michael Green. In one elegant paragraph he tell us a lot about the diaries he used: "What struck me was their fascination with food (dinner was usually described in great detail and many of the dishes were rather strange by modern standards). Death and illness were also subject to close scrutiny. There seemed a compulsion to record sexual adventures in high-flown language which contrasted with the sordid realities [...] And there was an obsession with small sums of money." Green's protagonist, Amos Haggard (soon to be joined by his son) stays within these parameters as he takes the reader on a tour of his world (London, and then a comic tour of Europe). His diary entries are in turns droll, hysterically funny, gently repulsive (mostly the menu items), bawdy, and shot through with very funny political commentary on the hypocrisy (and criminality, sometimes) of the upper classes.

The journal begins on September 16, 1777 with a deadpan report of a man, Jas. Soaper, having been hung for stealing a nail. By the next day, we learn that "Jas. Soaper found to be innocent." Amos Haggard is a man who knows his own mind; if not closed, it is narrow. "I make it an infallible rule while travellg. abroad to see as little of the scenery as possible; thus the mind is not unsettled and disturbed by the wild excesses of Nature and barren deserts such as the Scottish Highlands." But he does travel; he goes to France, landing on "the loathsome land of Toads and Pederasts" and then to Paris, where for sport he insults the French, and finds that is impressed by the Bastille. He admires the variety of punishments there, is impressed by the prison's architecture, and makes a quick sketch - "with a view to erctg. a smaller copy in England."

Squire Haggard knows that December 25th is "the most sacred feast in the Christian Calendar," and observes annually by setting out early in the morning to evict his tenants who are in arrears. The day proceeds. He reports on his misdeeds and lack of nominal ethics with an insouciance that is constantly ridiculously funny.

There is a slyly woven plot that offers ample satirical commentary on the historic English preoccupations of class and money. There are imagined and real insults, bad food and dyspepsia, gossip and civil intrigue, poisonings, outrageous behavior, and (in a wholly successful parody of Plague diaries) the ever-present Death. In addition there is romance, bawdy fun, much too much drinking and, at evening's end - Squire Haggard's inevitable reluctance to settle the bill.

I laughed my way through this very entertaining little book.

This book fulfills two roles: it provides a very good history of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order in general and it also looks in detail at the life of one of the greatest Sufi saints of the 19th/20th century Sayyedina Ameer al Millat Grandshaykh Pir Sayyid Jama'at Ali Shah Naqshbandi (may Allah be pleased with him) of Alipur Sharif, Pakistan, as a case study. It is a welcome first look at this great saint and also it gives detailed information on Naqshbandi Sufi practices and beliefs. It should appeal to all those interested in tassawuf and also of religion in the Subcontinent as well as to the millions of admirers and disciples of Grandshaykh, Hazrat Amir al Millat who was the Ghawth [spiritual helper] of his age. I gave it only 4 stars just because in style it is very academic and meant for the specialist student of Sufism and not for the lay-person; yet with a bit of application all can benefir from this book and discover real Islam from a Master.

This book contains a lot of subjects. But, its most important chapters are on Naqshbandi sufi practises, in my opinion. It gave detailed information about dhikr, lataif and muraqabat which formulated in the Mujaddidi phase. I cogratulates the author.

I have read this book several times, and I have found it an accurate and thoughtful description of my church. All the major issues and most of the significant doctrines are here.

I am surprised that there are not more customer reviews. Much of the material about church life style is rather out of date since the book was published in the early 70's, if my memory serves me well. But it contains possibly the only in depth interview with Reverend Sun Myung Moon to be published. I am still impressed by Rev Moon's candour and how consistent his remarks then are with his staements now and the whole of his life. I also find Professor Sontag's comments of great value, being unprejudicial and thoughtful. Aparently this book is now out of print. I would suggest that the Unification Movement still carries copies. Check... the Unification websites.

Despite not being a very recent book, a graduate student of mathematics who has to prepare complex analysis as a general topic for his qualifying examinations may find that this text covers all the essential material in the subject.

This elegant little book covers the elements of a senior or 1st year graduate course on complex analysis, although a really good mathematics program like at Berkeley may look upon it as providing some material for a junior course in advanced calculus. It is not a new book, i.e. it predates the space age and computers, but the material is timeless and fundamental. Highly recommended for those who want some exposure to a first-class style in mathematics.