This book was one of 3 written by a Santa Monica resident. The Streets of San Francisco was based on this book and the woman received little for the book rights. The story was used for the premire TV series. Great book if you can find it. Santa Monica was not as exciting as SF so the story was moved to SF.

This book has become a classic, and is now in its 5th edition. It reviews all that you need to know to manage patients with pacemakers, and it is clearly enough written to be a good reference for the non medical person. I have had a number of patients with pacemakers use the book. If you plan a career in electrophysiology, buy an encyclopedic text. But for the primary care physician and general cardiologist, this is your best reference for pacemakers.

is a way Westen offers to gain health and be an active particpant in doing so. Weston gives clinically proven tools to awaken human powers of consciousness, responsibility, love, generosity, channeling, and other gifts we possess but do not know how to use. Happy reading and praying.

Rooikraal Revisited is a poignant account of the author's life on a farm in Africa during Apartheid. Always vivid, often touching, and sometimes disturbing, Weston's stories introduce us to the colorful characters - both black and white - who were part of her experience, detail events in that unique time and culture, and share some valuable insights regarding racism, humanity, and the passage of time. Particularly haunting is the story entitled "Elizabeth's Potato; " I read this some time ago and still can't get it out of my head. The only criticism I have about the collection is that I wanted some of the stories to be longer; I wanted to know more.

Evans's book on Rudolf II and his court revived interest in the period. Evans shows how Rudolf assembled a court of humanist artists, poets, scientists and alchemists interested in using the correspondences between the microcosm (the human being) and the macrocosm (the universe) to bring about a new age of peace. For Evans, this moment of Mannerist culture was the end of the Renaissance; it represents the dream of a generation dissatisfied with the religious strife of the Reformation, and hoping that a mixture of what we would call science and mysticism could provide a new culture based on hierarchical spiritual education. Instead of a new age, it saw its hopes dashed by increasing religious intolerance and the devastation of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). Evans shows how Rudolf's court became a European center of learning; he attempts to illuminate the taciturn emperor's views on politics, religion, art, culture, science and magic by discussing the ideas of his associates. The books is extremely well written and includes an amazing amount of bibliographical information; it may prove a bit daunting for some readers, as some quotations from German, Italian, and Latin are not translated. There is a 1997 reprint with a short essay surveying more recent work in the field by Thames and Hudson

This book is such an interesting book! You must read the book to understand. The book is a total "must have" item. I have heard that this book talks about a man named Doctor Marten. That is all I can say because this is truly a book to read to understand because it is hard to describe what the book is about. Because Amazon.com is a very trustworty company you should try to get the item. This book is something you must have. Rãeves de pompes, pompes de rãeve : de la Doc Martens áa la Weston, les chaussures qui font craquer les hommes. A book you have to read to know about.

What motivated me to hear (Audio Partners) was the presence of Judi Dench and Timothy West in "performances from 33 plays," as the cover states. I have long admired Mr. West ever since an old Masterpiece Theater portrayal of Edward VII and many appearances on other British TV imports. Of Ms. Dench, little has to be said--she is the supreme actress.

I really doubted if the contents of these two cassettes or CDs with a running time of only 2.5 hours could do justice to either Shakespeare's life or work; and of course it does not. What it does accomplish works on two levels. For both beginner and Ph.D. holder, there are the readings of the two stars. Granted, each selection is very short indeed, sometimes only two or three lines. But what a joy it is to hear Mr. West take on so many roles with so many voices from the young Coriolanus to the ancient Lear. And Dame Judi's enunciation should be a lesson to all actresses who are taught to mumble and whisper by recent directors who wish to keep the dialogue a secret from the audience.

There is little new for the advanced English major in the portions that are narrated by the authors, Richard Hampton and David Weston, both of whom are actors and directors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. At best, their script is a miracle of concision, telescoping both the life and works into a cohesive narrative that must leave out so much of the life to leave time for the works. Yes, every one of the plays (except "Two Noble Kinsmen") is treated with varying degrees of brevity; and a listener totally unfamiliar with any (or all) of them can get a decent idea of what the play is about both in plot and theme. Those thoroughly familiar with the plays might smile at some of the simplifications required to carry off this recording (is Iago really the most evil villain in the plays?) while still admiring how the writers got right down to the essential points without too much editorializing.

All in all, I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in our language's greatest poet or in the art of reading his lines. Thank you, Audio Partners.

I confess this is not an unbiased review because Martha is a friend of mine, but I just have to report an incident she shared with me. As Martha read her book to group of 300 students recently she was delighted to hear some of the kids spontaneously reading along. At the end they clapped and cheered. But the real reward came when a teacher reported that an autistic boy who normally keeps his head down during assemblies had been enthralled with her reading. Back in the room the teacher checked in the child's desk, and there at the bottom was the school's copy of the book. I just bought a copy of this fun, zippy little book which I can't wait to give to my four year old grandson. I'm betting it will be a "read it again".

Don't let the title put you off of this book. It is a good read about the engineered death machine (human with steel bones) with the normal catch of thinking it's human (and it is) but with flashbacks. Fall of civilization, good story. Short but interesting.

The Maine Antique Digest (Sam Pennington, Editor mad@maine.com) wrote this neat review and I am sharing it with everyone who might want to know more about this great book.

This handsomely produced, definitive book is replete with reproductions of paintings, etchings, and lithographs of waterfowl and related works of Frank W. Benson, a pivotal artist of the American Impressionist movement. Benson's accurate depictions of birds have commanded high prices, and rightly so. This book will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of art collectors.

Faith Andrews Bedford gathered diverse and firsthand source material. She covers Benson's career by melding his primary interests: his family, his art, and the sporting life, not to mention his lifelong passion for birds. By interlacing her text with commentary from interviews with Benson's family, diaries, letters, photographs, and historical articles, she creates a lively, immediate flavor.

Chapter three, "A Sense of Place," begins by telling how the Benson family first visited North Haven island in Maine's Penobscot Bay in June 1901. They eventually bought Wooster Farm and summered there for about 40 years. I have a particular fondness for that island and was transported by the descriptions of their initial visits and their farm on Crabtree Point. To exemplify how neatly Bedford packs information, here is a quote from early in that chapter: "Benson's North Haven paintings of his family were praised by critics and collectors for capturing the `joyous gaiety' and `holiday mood' of life on the island. They sold almost as soon as they were seen by the public...Benson was not an indoor man by nature and far preferred the `life outside the studio.' Although his wife and daughters enjoyed the theater and music and for decades held the same two seats for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he did not often accompany them. Nor did he enjoy the confines of church. He felt the place to worship God and respect His handiwork was through nature."

There is mention also of their tennis court at the farm, interest in golf, and of course the birds and fishing. Bedford adds other significant information about how the island affected Benson's art: "It was to become the site of many milestones, not only in his family life but in his art as well. Benson began his etching career on North Haven. Originally, this aspect of his work was merely a diversion, an experiment." This taste gives an inkling of the abundant information compiled. It is clearly presented and a good biographical resource.

Benson lived a long, fruitful life. Bedford, who has become a scholar capable of making such statements, says, "Benson was, perhaps, that rarest of humans, a happy man. Not that he ever rested on his laurels, not that he did not look constantly for challenges...He had reaped rewards and financial success from his art, had won fame and recognition in his own lifetime-something he realized few artists ever achieved...In Benson's own words, the secret to both tranquil enjoyment and success was in doing what you love."