This book intends to develop in what one already knows of the language. It point out some phrases in specific items and explain how to use in similar situations. It relates the daily life of a young couple who runs a regional restaurant. They are interviewed by a television journalist. The dialogues are pretty understables and they are recorded to a normal speed. However I think, the explanation in english must be confined to the book alone and not use so much time for that in the cassettes. I supposed that two hours of recording would have had much more listening skills but actually more of that is an english speaker trying to guide you through the french language. Nevertheless I consider this book as fairly good from which definitely you can cath many useful phrases.

John Malcolm Russell has written some fine books on Assyria, one of them "Final Sack of Nineveh" is a superb tome on the history of the excavations and modern destruction of Nineveh. But unfortunately this work was terribly dry, rather boring, and most frustrating in that he spends way to much time going over Lady Charlotte Guest's diary and all the who-what-when and why of the time she lived in and not hardly enough time on Layard and the excavations. And as far as how the Met acquired the reliefs, it basically came down to agreements made with the Rockefeller family. Not very exciting. I suppose i'm more interested in the digs themselves and would have preferred more on them and less on the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The first chapter on the layout of two key palaces was great, but after that it turned into a long, dull read. Great story...just not told so great.

It was pretty good, but kinda boring. I suppose this isn't really my type of book, but for anyone who likes deep books, this is for you.

Even 80 years later, it's a wonderful story, romantic, serious, improbable, true to the heart. Well written (or translated). I ran across it accidently and had a wonderful afternoon immersed in it.

Unless you already know a good deal about the history of the Sudan, this is probably not the book for you. While the text is less than 200 pages (not counting maps, bibliography, and index), the stunning number of names, organizations, and regions in it makes this a slow read, requiring the kind of careful attention one would use for a textbook. It is not a general history for the general reader.

But even with careful reading, this text can be confusing at times. I'm interested in the relationship between Libya and the Sudan through the Nimeiri era, and this book refers to that relationship several times. But it does so in a haphazard and seemingly contradictory way. On pages 168 and 169, Libya appears to support Nimeiri. But on page 172, Libya is cited as supporting the SPLA and, on page 174, the north African country supports a coup attempt against Nimeiri by a rival. No explanation is given for the change of policy.

I happen to know the reason for the change, but that is not the point. Any general history should be clear as to why the major actors in its drama have changed their positions. There are other instances of this kind of lack of clarity in the book.

This book wasn't very good, but it wasn't horrible. It could have been MUCH better and it is much better than some of the other Black American Series.

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This is a very accessible, readable introduction to a very very long and thematically complex work, which is illuminating and perceptive without resorting to tedious jargon (his quotations from the book are in English too, which is a relief for those with non-Proust level French academics usually ignore). His thematic divisions are sensible and lucid, and if you don't always agree with him than such is the nature of debate.

He is endearingly evenhanded in discussing the great writer, acknowledging and revelling his genius, while pointing out crucial flaws, failures, evasions and unexpected conservative elements. He also draws unexpected paralells with other works of literature, such as the marvellous comedies of PG Wodehouse.

The book's main blemish lies in the writer's seeming lack of familiarity of literature outside his field, and especially of different theories of the erotic, for example. He suggests that English literature has been slow in analysing the psychological and social complexities of sado-masochism, and refers to Anthony Powell. Is it because he is not interested in Angela Carter or John Banville that their major contributions are ignored? His attitude to sexual relations are also rather quaint, referring, for instance, to homosexuality and lesbianism as sexual deviances.

This book is not really erotica at all, though I suspect that some readers who are interested in Victorian style femdom might fine it more physically stimulated than I did. No, instead it is a journey of one man whom after a long life finally writes down his fantasies along with accompanying drawings. The drawings are well done though I bit difficult to see -- the nature of the media I suspect. The book itself is not a novel in the sense that it is actually a story of a particular length but instead more like a short story or a draft of what could have developed into an intriguing world. As it is, the development of the characters is too quick, too short, and thus I never empathized with anyone nor truly cared what happened to them. I found that I was more interested in the man that created this book, why these fantasies, why these images, why did it take so long for him to express himself and did he ever get that fantasy even briefly in real life.

I had to read this book for a Anthropology class. The Modern
Blackfeet is a Anthropological book that reviews the economic,
political and social situation the Blackfeet were in on the reservation in Browning, MT in the 1970s. It talks about many
different aspects of Blackfeet life on the reservation but it's
main overall theme is that the Blackfeet are divided into two
sides. The Indian oriented meaning those Blackfeet who participate in traditional Blackfeet cultural activities on a daily basis and carry with them the beliefs of the pre-reservation Blackfeet and the White Oriented meaning those Blackfeet who participate in Euro-Ameri activities and carry
mainstream societies values like the Christian work ethic of hard work,consumerism and the accumulation of wealth. I grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, MT from 1980 to 1994 and am enrolled there as a decendent which means im not a fully enrolled member because I don't have a high enough degree of Blackfeet Blood to get enrolled but my parents do. I can't vote in tribal elections, receive per capita payments from the tribe or run for tribal political office but I get all the other benefits like health care, college money, ect. I think Mcfee makes some significant points that are still relevant in his book
such as the degree of Blackfeet Blood meaning nothing in terms of
cultural knowledge. Just because you have a high degree of Blackfeet Blood doesnt mean your living a traditional Blackfeet's
life. Iv'e seen people on the Blackfeet Reservation with a high
degree of blood who do not speak the Blackfeet Language or know
very little about the culture mainly because cultural shame forced their post-reservation ancestors to stop teaching it to
them hence their family knows little or nothing about the traditional Blackfeet ways. Mcfee doesnt mention that in his book but that's the reason many Blackfeet families are neither fluent in their language or knowledgeable about their culture. And that I would argue is one of the weaknesses of his book. Too
often he does not go into the reasons how the Indian Oriented and
White oriented got their values and why the Blackfeet economy is
bad. But I guess to do that would invite controversey and many
writers in Native American Studies are afraid to go there. Overall I would say in some parts this book is outdated since like all Human societies things change and time marches on. The
line between Indian-Oriented and White-Oriented is becoming increasingly blurred in my opinion since it is now cool to be indian and more Blackfeet are making the effort to learn their language and culture. Today there are new dividers in our tribe
such as the coming political battle between enrollees and decendents who want to be enrolled, tribal employee versus the trustee and tribal government versus the state and federal government. Mcfee's book doesn't go into any of that but if your
looking for a good book on the 1970s Blackfeet or are just interested in the Blackfeet Tribe this one is worth your time and
money.