The definitive text from the "Grand Old Man of Rifle Shooting."

Originally published in a series of 8 letters for 'Land and Water,' this booklet collected the letters together and was published in 1888.

Of particular interest for the long range marksman, either breeech-loading or muzzle-loading, it includes notes on position, atmospheric conditions, the match rifle and lots more.

A little gem!

This is one of Henry's best offerings! It is a must have for any Rollins fan. This is a glimpse into one of the greatest minds of our time. If you are a writer, a cynical, analytical person, you MUST have this book.

Roland Mousnier's book is the most interesting of all accounts of Henry IV in English (via a brilliant translation). By comparison Buisseret, Knecht and even Mark Greengrass are plodding. His account of Henry's merciless treatment of the brother of a woman who had had to sell her cow to pay the tithe (and then hung herself) is alone enough to make one rethink the traditional image of the benevolent king who wished every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sunday. At the same time, the book is highly unusual and needs to be taken by sixth formers and undergraduates with a pinch of salt. He is not really telling you what he actually thinks about Henry, as most would expect from a History book. He is offering the perspective and mentality of a 'good Catholic'. What he means by this phrase is an ultramontane Catholic maniac who would want to kill Henry. He is trying to construct a picture of Henry IV which would line up with contemporary theories of tyrannicide to justify the murder. This is to say that most student readers need to read between the lines of Mousnier's argument to work out their own more balanced picture of the king. It is one of the most innovative and lively history books on the early modern period. It deserves to be kept in print!

All HRD professionals should have this book (in two vols) in their personal library. As a practicing HRD professional, I often turn to this work as the 'first' place to look for information. In addition, to containing a wealth of information--this work also directs you to additional resources on your topic. This is an excellent source for HRD professionals and students of HRD.

Written specifically for the non-specialist general reader by clinical practitioner and Australian health pioneer Henry Osiecki, The Asthma Breakthrough: Breathe Freely - Naturally! is a straightforward, accessible guide to effective, do-it-yourself treatments for asthma, focusing especially the value of proper nutrition in coping with this condition. Traditional and alternative remedies, as well as complications often associated with asthma, are discussed in this eye-opening look at an unfortunately common affliction. If you suffer from Asthma or have a loved one who does, then give a careful reading to Henry Osiecki's The Asthma Breakthrough!

In this astonishing debut, poet Brian Henry recounts his epic battle with the steam engine. While he certainly was the best HUMAN driving rails for the R&R, the new fangled steel drivin' machine threatened to take over the business over a century ago. Brian Henry, with an eye to the lord and a hammer in his hand, challenged the steam engine to a duel of sorts on one sunny summer afternoon. He stood up to the mechanization of human labor. Neck and mechanical neck for the entire race, Henry pulled away just at the end to beat the Frankenengine. He sighed, drank a glass of milk, laid down his hammer and died. Or so we thought. He's back in this debut collection of poems and better than ever! Lord, lord, he was a steel drivin' man! To the boat and to the rocks! Buy the book and get a whole new take on a classic american myth!

Henry Nelson Wieman is not everyone's cup of tea. As Creighton Peden said in his introduction to SCIENCE SERVING FAITH -- a collection of Wieman's essays, "The experience of God is not knowledge of God, and knowledge of God is what Wieman initially is seeking." Wieman is rational and empirical through and through and people seeking for a more moist approach to spirituality will find Wieman dry as toast. Yet, and this is a big yet, this dryness has the crystalline quality of a cloudless sky and the austere elegance of a single-malt Scotch. Wieman is not bloodless, rather relentlessly singleminded in his pursuit of conceptual clarity when it comes to what he calls The Source of Human Good.

Wieman's God is transpersonal but not supernatural, a process within the universe rather than the universal creator. God, for Wieman, is the character of the universe -- a creative, integrating, pushing and pulling into greater wholes of greater value. Not terribly touchy-feely, granted, but for those of us whose faith must be solidly grounded in intellectual clarity and credibility, Wieman is a faithful guide and a constant inspiration.

AT HOME IN CREATIVITY succeeds in presenting Wieman's thought in a concise and eminently readable form at the same time as it holds it up against such contemporary trends as theologies of liberation and creation spirituality. And while Wieman did not participate in these trends -- his writing spans the middle fifty years of the 20th century -- and he could legitimately be considered naive when it comes to his optimism about societal reform, Wieman still holds his own as a partner in today's religious dialogue.

Bruce Southworth was my pastor at the Community Church of New York (Unitarian-Universalist) for the year or so I was a member before moving to Kentucky. At the time my interest in Wieman was not as acute as today. Even so I recall Rev. Southworth's sermons, personal style, and integrity as every bit as committed to the value of human creative interaction as Wieman would have wanted to see in a religious leader of the newer generation.

As always, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon have produced a great selection of cryptics crosswords. Their clues have just the right amount of cleverness without being too hard to figure out. This book doesn't have any "regular" ones, they each have some kind of an extra twist, so they're all interesting. These have run in the Atlantic Monthly before, but it was before I started doing them in there, so I'm glad for this collection.

Cox and Rathvon make the best variety cryptic crossword puzzles of all. This book is the first collection of their puzzles from The Atlantic Monthly (it pre-dates the collection in the Random House how-to book). Many of the puzzles are simply brilliant in construction -- great clues and spectacular special themes. I've done the entire collection twice (several years apart), and have bought a third copy to do in a few more years. It's simply the best of the best. Get a copy if you can, even though it's out of print!

It is rather sad to find this little gem -- masterpiece, even -- of British humour to be out of print. Written in 1924 by an an author who remained unknown until a couple of decades ago, it is a worthy successor to "The Diary of a Nobody". For the cognoscente certain phrases have entered the vocabulary: "Better 'tus than 'tin" and "The aunt who stood with my mother's mother at the foot of the stairs". Augustus Carp, the unflinching opponent of sin in all its manifestations, is a Really Good Man and a true Xtian.