Being interested in the legality of Lincoln calling on troops to supress a domestic and not a foreign threat is appealing to me, since it was, what I thought, a violation of the powers of the presidency. Grabbing this, I thought it might bring aboveboard his actions. The title is somewhat deceieving in that the first 4 1/2 chapters discuss the founding fathers and their ideaology on various presidential powers and states' rights: intriguing to read, but way too much history of the constitutional debates. Finishing the book, I came to realize this was the author's way of defending his conclusions: that Lincoln did not abuse his powers and acted within the bounderies of constitutional law (though the last chapter discussing Lincoln's enfringement on Free Speech is hard to swallow as legal.) Still a fascinating read on the topic of constitutional power,that is just as important today as it was then.

"Lincoln's Constitution" first examines the Constitution as Lincoln found it at the beginning of his administration, with emphasis on state - federal relations, including the right of secession. Like most modern legal scholars, Prof. Faber clearly sides with Lincoln on this (and most other constitutional issues), but he is also careful to show that believers in states' rights and secession had good historical reasons for their views. With this background, the author then examines the Constitutional issues Lincoln faced in dealing with the unprecedented challenge of waging the Civil War. Here the focus shifts to presidential war powers and civil liberties in time of war. The author points out where Lincoln was right (in light of later precedents) and where he was wrong. Again, the views of both his supporters and his critics are fully examined. Finally, Faber clearly explains the relevance of all these issues for citizens of our own time.
Authoritative, up-to-date and balanced, "Lincoln's Constitution" is an essential supplement to J.G. Randall's classic (but now dated) "Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln."

Although at times the essays in this do not always focus directly on Lincoln, in one he is compared to Bismark, they all reflect the greatness of the man and his post in the Amercan Civil War. This is a must have for those interested in political control of the military, nation building, and or Lincoln.

"Lincoln the War President" presents seven essays, five of which are by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, that focus specifically on Lincoln's execution of the Civil War. In "The Shadow of a Coming War," Robert V. Bruce starts the collection off with a fascinating look a the premonitions of civil war that haunted the American republic since the independence was declared, including Lincoln's reluctance to accept war as a real possibility. James M. McPherson's essay "Lincoln and the Strategy of Unconditional Surrender" catalogues Lincoln's brilliance as a "national strategist," dealing with not only military but also political and economic concerns as well. David Brion Davis looks at "The Emancipation Movement" in terms of both its promising goals and its disappointing results. In "One Among Many: The United States and National Unification," Carl N. Delger considers the Civil War as a successful attempt at true national unification, offering the counter-examples of Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Kenneth M. Stampp's essay, "One Alone? The United States and National Self-determination," explores the issue of self-determination and how the Southern struggle for independence compares to other historical examples, including the Eastern Europe after the Soviets. Not surprisingly, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. considers a historical analogy in "War and the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt," looking at how the pair clearly went beyond the limits of the Constitution in trying to defend the nation and the idea of freedom. Finally, Gabor S. Boritt's essay "War Opponent and War President," traces Lincoln's transformation from a Congressman denouncing the Mexican War, to the war president who wanted the Confederate Army destroyed, to a leader speaking out for reconciliation.

"Lincoln the War President" is certainly a thoughtful collection of essays that are enhanced by a concerted effort to put Lincoln's situation and actions in context, trying to keep an eye on the "big picture." In that regard the comparisons to other times and places are useful for helping history students appreciate Lincoln's virtues. While this is a book that students of Lincoln and Civil War buffs will enjoy, it should prove just as interesting to casual students of American History. The arguments it presents would certainly be provocative for both high school and college students to consider. Consequently, these essays would provide teachers with great supplementary material for teaching about Lincoln and the Civil War.

Being interested in the legality of Lincoln calling on troops to supress a domestic and not a foreign threat is appealing to me, since it was, what I thought, a violation of the powers of the presidency. Grabbing this, I thought it might bring aboveboard his actions. The title is somewhat deceieving in that the first 4 1/2 chapters discuss the founding fathers and their ideaology on various presidential powers and states' rights: intriguing to read, but way too much history of the constitutional debates. Finishing the book, I came to realize this was the author's way of defending his conclusions: that Lincoln did not abuse his powers and acted within the bounderies of constitutional law (though the last chapter discussing Lincoln's enfringement on Free Speech is hard to swallow as legal.) Still a fascinating read on the topic of constitutional power,that is just as important today as it was then.

"Lincoln's Constitution" first examines the Constitution as Lincoln found it at the beginning of his administration, with emphasis on state - federal relations, including the right of secession. Like most modern legal scholars, Prof. Faber clearly sides with Lincoln on this (and most other constitutional issues), but he is also careful to show that believers in states' rights and secession had good historical reasons for their views. With this background, the author then examines the Constitutional issues Lincoln faced in dealing with the unprecedented challenge of waging the Civil War. Here the focus shifts to presidential war powers and civil liberties in time of war. The author points out where Lincoln was right (in light of later precedents) and where he was wrong. Again, the views of both his supporters and his critics are fully examined. Finally, Faber clearly explains the relevance of all these issues for citizens of our own time.
Authoritative, up-to-date and balanced, "Lincoln's Constitution" is an essential supplement to J.G. Randall's classic (but now dated) "Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln."

If the typical Masoretic text of the Old Testament is your cup of soup, then this is the best Hebrew concordance for you. No question -- it is the best, superceding all previous editions. Make sure you purchase the second edition, which has the passage citations in English, and numerous corrections (i.e. 1990+).

The volume is firmly bound, though not smyth sewn, it does open and lay open nicely. The paper appears to not be high quality, nor ANSI certified, it is printed in Israel.

The Hebrew text is from the Koren edition of 1958, using Tiberian pointing. The font is usually clear. He presents all (or most defintions) for each word, in Hebrew only. He also shows synonyms and most phrases using each word! (especially the rather unique phrases, this greatly eases some word studies!).

Each occurrence is numbered, and thus statistics are easier to generate, and word counts are easy to view herein. All of these are fine innovations available in this great work. I only wish that he had used more English terms for some of his numerous Hebrew abbreviations. I also wish that he would have indicated each ROOT much more emphatically. With the volume is John Sailhamer's useful guide, which helps the new user get more from this concordance....

This is a great, voluminous book(more than 1242 pages except introduction). It was written in Hebrew. Every word was fully vocalized in accordance with the Massoretic pronunciation. Every chapter, every verse, every word, and even every letter of the Old Testament was counted. (For example, there are 929 chapters, 23,191 verses, 304,901 words, and 1,159,705 letters in the Hebrew Old Testament. There are 16,344 Massora Beth notes in the text, with 27 occurrences of variation.) Words similar but have different meanings were marked by different frequency numbers. This is the most recommendable concordance for Hebrew Old Testament.

For a handy sized Hebrew Old Testament concordance, I would recommend "Gerhard Lisowsky, Konkordanz zum Hebraeischen Alten Testament, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft." It is a very useful, small one.

For those who do not know Hebrew, I would like to recommend "George V. Wigram, The Englishman's Hebrew Concordance of the Old Testament, Hendrickson Publishers." Every entry word is in Hebrew with Roman transliteration, and the related verses are all in English.

This book wasn't terribly long, I got through it in a week or so, but don't let it's brevity fool you! Each of the 10 chapters are power-packed. Jack Hayford takes us on a step-by-step journey as Abraham was instructed to "get out of the country" and go to Caanan, through his life, drawing parallels that we can relate to. Showing us how very human he was, helping us to learn from his journey. It was very insightful!

Chapter titles are:
1. The Commitment to God's Will
2. Muddling Your Way in the Will of God
3. Settling Problems in the Will of God
4. Warfare in the Will of God
5. Learning to Walk in the Dark
6. How to Deal with the Flesh
7. Responding to God's Presence
8. Faith Comes Out of Hiding
9. The Power of Total Commitment
10. The Ultimate in God's Will

This book clearly shows how one can pursue the will of God in their lives by using practical lessons from the life of Abraham. It is inspiring and instills an incredible sense of hope. Jack Hayford combines his intellegent appraisal of the Word of God with personal insights that illustrate and direct with clarity. A book that is very hard to put down. Really answers alot of questions. Very helpful in shining light on relationships and personal development.

On the 13th of September, 1759, the British victory on the Plains of Abraham, just outside of Quebec City, created a historic milestone. From this point in time onward, the North American colonies were dominated by British values and systems and Canada turned to reflecting an English rather than an French outlook.

Obtaining comprehensive knowledge about the Quebec campaign is suprisingly hard. The Canadian encyclopedia reference, for example, is scant. When I visited the Plains of Abraham this fall, accessing material of this scope proved difficult in either language. I wish I had had this book at that time in order to better appreciate the historic significance of the surrounding scenery. To a person interested in the military past of Canada, this book will be a great asset in understanding the details of what took place.

From a military history perspective, with the death from wounds of both the British General Wolfe and the French General Montcalm the reasons behind key strategic decisions just before the battle, are logical constructs rather than personal revelation. Some important things, like why Wolfe chose the Anse-au-Foulon as the landing site along the river cliffs, will never be known for sure. This well researched book does shed light on the reasoning for various actions which the leaders recorded at the time.

René Chartrand in Quebec 1759 outlines the importance of viewing this battle in a wider context of the French and English struggle for domination during the Seven Years' War. He deals with the strategic plans of both sides and the maps are helpful in understanding the scope of the War in terms of North America. Throughout the highly illustrated book, the maps carry the reader along in understanding the movement of the armies. As well, a 16" x 11" isographic map of the battlefield is attached to the back page.

The Order of the Battle Series is organized to work as a reference volume with the section headings written along the outside pages and with a timechart along the bottom highlighting the time context of the material on the page. The text gives detailled accounts of how the units involved came to be, a thumbnail sketch of their leaders, and details of their uniforms. Not as much time is spent discussing their weapons.

One of the reasons why this book received four stars, rather than five, is that interesting details of the earlier part of the French/English struggle are found buried in the details of the units themselves. Readers then have to put these nuggets into an order for themselves in building an appreciation of the military efforts preceeding Quebec. I suspect that the format of the "Order of Battle Series" is the reason. Osprey Miltary also has a "Campaign Series" which deals more crisply with these types of issues. Perhaps Quebec 1759 would have been better placed in this format given it was the campaign that was of most interest rather than the rather short battle.

Other small niggly things are that the cover is not as pictured in the ads and is moderately bland. Further, in 1760, the French came back to Quebec City, defeated the British in battle, yet, due to the British Fleet, was unable to exploit the victory. This is only hinted at in the last paragraph. Perhaps the Plains of Abraham would not have seen as such a decisive battle if the French had reoccupied Quebec City the next year!

Overall, this 96 page book was an interesting read. The maps were extremely useful and the use of illustrations, many which I saw for the first time, provided another way of appreciating the struggles and tribulations of the soldiers and civilians involved in the struggle. As a Canadian, this book helped me more comprehensively understand the events leading up to the actual battle and placed other things that I knew into a richer context of fact. I would recommend this work to anyone interested in the military history of Canada.

Osprey's Order of Battle series offers considerably more detail than its standard Campaign series format. In Quebec 1759, René Chartrand provides his usual high quality level of historical research, as well as unique insights into this famous campaign that determined the fate of New France. The volume begins with eight pages that provide the strategic background to the campaign and outline the opposing French and British plans. However, the heart of the volume consists of 49 pages spent detailing all the various French and British units that participated in the campaign. Each line infantry battalion receives one full page of coverage, listing its strength, organization and recent history. Minor units, such as the French colonial cavalry, various militias, Royal Marines, artillery and engineers also receive similar coverage. For anyone interested in the Quebec campaign, the order of battle information provided herein will be indispensable. There is also considerable information on the unit commanders interwoven throughout this section. The campaign itself is covered in the final 30 pages and Chartrand's summary is flawless. Many minor logistical and administrative issues are addressed, in addition to the tactical maneuvering. Chartrand's account of the final climactic Battle on the Plains of Abraham is the best that I have ever read concerning that action. A large foldout map of the battlefield is also provided. This is a superb piece of military historical research.

The author tries to 'prove' that Ann Rutledge and Abe Lincoln were truely in love, and planned to marry before her untimely death. Does he achieve this lofty objective?. I think he does, using mostly quotes and stories, and the unfairly ignored book by Lincolns former law partner, Mr. Walsh walks the reader thru the history of New Salem, the ways of life back then, and the people that remembered Ann and Abe as they were. He writes about some historians, who for one reason or another, refuse to accept the possiabilty that part of Abe died with Ann in 1835. The writing is crisp and informative and very helpfull in understanding how it was to live in the 1830's and beyond. Most of all i believe Mr. Walsh achieved something else-thats always tricky when writing about mythical figures like Lincoln. He made him very human....highly recomended

This is a book that has been 50 years overdue. The book effectively destroys the unwarrented attack on Ann Rutledge by Mary Todd Lincoln's defenders. Walsh shows that not a single person in New Salem at the time denied the affair. It was only when the Randalls in the mid-20th century decided to become Mary Todd Lincoln's defence attorneys that there was even a question about Ann Rutledge's affair with Lincoln.

A question that has never been answered is why did it matter? Why did MTL's defenders feel it cast aspertions on MTL if Lincoln was involved with a woman four years before he even met her?

The Ship of Ishtar is one of the better 1930's Indiana Jones style pulp adventure novels. An archeologist unearths a miniature ship artifact that transports him to another dimension, where he becomes a macho hero, who, with the help of an interesting assortment of new friends, assists a lovely priestess in a battle against some evil warlocks. His adventures lead him through some wonderfully imaginative fantasy locales, and the book has a spectacular ending.

This exhilerating adventure story is jammed with as much true fantasy creation as the modern writer's ten book series. The Ship of Ishtar is all but forgotten, but deserves to be even more popular than Tolkien's novels.

The story centers around a British man who is wisked into a fantasy world where evil and good are trapped together on a ship. Adrift. To delve too deeply into the plot now would cheat prospective readers, but this is a sexy, romantic, thrilling, brilliant, fantastic, adventure yarn.

No one I've loaned my copy to have ever not loved it.

This was an illuminating and evocative book. Anyone interested in this topic should also read "Escape Via Siberia" and "The Uprooted" by Dorit Whiteman. Whiteman's books -- which expertly weave gripping personal accounts with historical context -- explore how survivors of the kindertransport and other Holocaust horrors coped with the legacy of their harrowing ordeals as adults. Whiteman is an expert in the field and some of her material was used in the movie, "Into the Arms of Strangers."

As the generation of World War II survivors is all-too quickly disappearing, today's children are running out of opportunities to connect with those who survived the war. Ten Thousand Children is a series of true anecdotes told by the children who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport. The stories of the evacuated children come to life with emotion and clarity. Readers will be amazed at the courage of the children involved and the hardships they faced as they were separated from their families and sent to live in a foreign land. Each child tells his or her story in first person narrative, then the story is followed by an update which tells about the child's life after the war. Captioned photographs illustrate every story. The book is divided into seven chapters, each beginning with a news-like article giving background information to support the stories included in the chapter. The stories and articles are short enough to be read easily by children, and relevant vocabulary words are defined in reader-friendly terms in the margins. This book will help children understand the lessons which must not be forgotten from World War II. The cruel realities of war and intolerance leap from the pages of each story. Readers will be touched by those children from long ago. All those who read this book will walk away with a deeper understanding of the Kindertransport children and an appreciation for the freedoms we must cherish today.

"True Stories About Abraham Lincoln" features woodcut illustrations by Charles Turzak, with accompanying stories from Lincoln's life by Ruth Belov Gross. The text is printed in red ink opposite the black woodcut prints. The stories deal with both the triumphs and tragedies of Lincoln's life. However, the woodcuts dictate what parts of Lincoln's life are included or omitted. Consequently, there is no reference to the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Civil War is dealt with in rather general terms. Still, with each two-page spread a separate unit, this book is easily accessible by young readers, who will find the artwork as fascinating as the stories and might be interested in doing something similar as an art project.

He's a lot more than a face on a penny. This little paperbck contains many true tales about Lincoln's life, from his birth in a log cabin, his hard work on the farm, the first book he owned, up to his presidency and assasination. The 22 stories are very short and written in simple language. The text is easy for even young children understand, but some of the topics are heavy, including the death of Lincoln's mother while he was still a child. This book brings to life the humanity of Lincoln as a boy and a man. It is illustrated by black and white woodcut prints, with red ink for the text.