Beginners will love The Harper Handbook. My edition is just over 600 pages, chock-full of information. The handbook alphabetically references terms that relate to literature, from terms you know (metaphor) to those you might not (prosopopoeia). The explanations it gives are concise, but very helpful, often with examples. For example, if the book is discussing pastoral dramas, it gives a list of six plays, with publication dates and playwrights. In the back of the book there is a "Chronology of Literature and World Events" that puts a date on many events in the world, Britain, and the US. There's also an index of people mentioned in handbook entries.

The Irish In Victorian Britain: The Local Dimension is an informative and compelling collection of essays presenting recent research findings on the experience of Irish men and women , especially with reference the specific Victorian era communities of Birmingham, Camborne, Hull, London, and Stafford, as well as South Wales and the North-East of Britain. The contributors address a wide variety of issues with the entire body of work resulting in a seminal, scholarly, benchmark examination of the Irish experience in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Ever wonder how good modern medicine really is for you? This book has the answers and tells how to avoid falling into the hospital trap.

This is a wonderful piece of work that finally acknowledges that it was the courage and skill of the UNION (when finally allowed to fight) that won the Civil War and that the whining of the Good ol Boys about being "outnumbered" ect is BUNK!

I think that thhis book was really good. It's great for teen girls to have a good Christian book. Also, it talks about the consequences of having a baby and having to give it up. Great book!! I recomend it to teens 13-16.

This is the first book of the Focus on the Family Series. I absoleutly loved it and would recommend it to the older teen group (14-17). The girl really learns what it means to trust in God and give your heart out to him. Later on, she is faced with a very difficult Christian decision: after getting pregnant, should she give up the baby or have an abortion? This book is great and I am looking forward to seeing more of Shirley Brinkerhoff's books out soon!

Sheridan writes an engrossing, and often humorous, real life story that is well told with useful lessons on handling money. This is solid advice and motivation for all who seek financial independence.

Theologians tell me that this is the ONLY biography of 19th Century English churchman John Henry Newman to read.

The book is long, but uniformly accurate and well prioritized.

For myself, the best part takes Newman from his birth in 1801 through his first religious conversion--to the Evangelistic pattern of the Church of England--in 1816. I have read at least two dozen accounts of "Young man Newman" and Gilley's trumps them all.

These are his own words set in one paperback novel. Gives you a perspective on the war from a leadership position. However, it doesn't have the maps and pictures that the original volumes sported.

Great personal recollections of a man who lead the troops fearlessly in the war.

An innovative and creative approach to communicating an organization's business strategy from the CEO's office to the front line.