In this year of presidential campaigns I discovered this tome at the library & decided it was time I knew something about all the men who have held this rarified office. Filled with exacting & infinite details about their ages, occupations, ancestries, families plus the highlights of their terms, this is one useful, interesting & thoughtful reference book.

This is an amazing collection of facts on U.S. Presidents. Practically anything you ever wanted to know about the Presidents is in this book. A must-read! I recommend it to anyone, especially a presidential buff.

This is a marvelous little history of one of the great royal dynasties of Eurpoe which came to an end with the First World War.

Proof of the universal appeal of this book and Crankshaw's writing style lies in the fact that this reviewer has read the book at three different times in his life (once as an undergraduate, another time at the conclusion of law school and yet another time about a year ago). Even though each of these three readings occurred at times when the reviewer's outlook and background on the subject matter was quite different, he derived pleasure and something new with each reading.

This book is a great compilation of the various topics associated with family businesses. It is written in short article form, making it especially useful as a quick reference guide to very specific issues.

The issues addressed can be either very general (like what is a family business and general statistics on them), to very specific (like estate planning, succession, board recruitment, conflict resolution). The authors also address the topic from different perspectives; there are chapters on people entering family businesses (family members and non family members), on consultants to fmaily businesses, on spouses of family business members, on investors in family businesses, and the expected focus on family managers in family businesses.

I have not seen a better compilation of topics. Despite the fact that it is a compilation, all topics are addressed with enough depth to make it sufficient reading on any individual topic of family business.

This book is an excellent, succinct, well-organized source of family therapy theories. It is clearly organized with the most crucial information along with resources for additional reading. It is also organized for use in teaching family therapy theories. I found it to be a wonderful source to use in preparing for the MFT certification exam.

Sadly, Amazon didn't post the full title of this book, so anybody who does a search for Alexander Winton won't easily find this book. The full title is: "Famous but Forgotten: The Story of Alexander Winton, Automotive Pioneer and Insustrialist."

In short, this is a biography of one of America's first automakers, Alexander Winton. Winton built his first car in 1896 after reading about the Duryea brothers win in the Chicago race of 1895. In 1897 Winton took his car on an 800 mile endurance run from Cleveland to New York to prove its durability to the public. The run was so successful that the Winton Motor Carriage Company became the leading U.S. maker of automobiles during the late 1890s (It was overtaken by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1899).

The Winton Motor Carriage Company continued making automobiles until the early 1920s. At that point the company was absorbed into the General Motors monolith, and the Winton name died. The company still exists as a division of General Motors, but today it produces only marine diesel engines.

This is a good biography of a man who deserves to be recognized alongside other early industry leaders like Henry Ford, Ransom E. Olds, and Henry Leland.

Mashburn writes great books, no question about it. This particular postcard guide focuses on fantasy postcards, which are a particular favorite of mine. He coveres all the basics: fairies, nursery rhymes, dressed animals, mermaids, teddy bears, Santas, Krampus, nudes, death fantasies, Halloween, Hold-To-Light, and a whole host of other types of weird and wonderful subjects.

As well, Mashburn gives us a comprehensive history of postcards and collecting, covering the seven eras of postcards. He discusses the various types, how to date them, grade them, and value them. Since the book was written in '96, his prices do not always reflect current online auction prices, but that's understandable. My only real quibble with this book is that after reading through it and looking at the many black and white illustrations I only wanted to go out and buy more cards! A wonderful book, don't hesitate.

As the Title implies, this book covers portraits rather than photographs, but in may respects, it captures far more information than that which a photo would reveal. The detailed text accompanying each plate, comprehensively details the animal, it's individual background, and a wealth of information about the artist and why the animal was portrayed in this way.

As a farmer of rare farm animals, and a collector of books on such, I found this to be both a valuable and informative history on a wide range of farm animals, and also a magnificent collection of drawings, etchings, paintings and sketches.

The text explains why the animals were depicted as they were by the early artists, and details how to interpret them so that the most useful information about the subjects can be revealed.

I initially bought this book with the intention of cutting out the prints etc to frame , but immediately found the quality to be such as to warrant a permanent place on my bookshelves. After 30 years of farming, this book taught me so much.

I recommend this book to those interested in Art history, in the history of Farm animals, to farm animals breeders and fanciers, and to anyone who wants a better knowledge of the origins of our modern farm animals.

I came out of by-pass surgery with absolutely no idea where to begin changing the habits of 68 years and mad at the world for my situation! This book led me step by step and in a very natural and rational way into a healthier lifestyle. What began for me as a determination to have my own way and change nothing, turned around into a reasonable approach to the rest of my (and my husband's) life! His recipes are very good and his approach to the whole matter is sensible and gentle! I've just ordered another of his books!

The U.S. Supreme Court has always been known as the nine old men (Sandra Day O'Connor included). In the summer of 1953, at the height of the cold war, it was known as the nine tired old men. The nine old men were tired of the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, designated as America's most dangerous spies, whose espionage activities were the epitomized those seeking to undermine and take over America for Soviet communism. The Rosenbergs could be pointed to by those creating, and benefitting, from the cold war as an example of how those with privilege and position were working tirelessly to overthrown the government and leak its most precious secrets to an implacable enemy. But the author takes the reader past the obvious, past the well rehearsed rhethoric by asking a simple question--not whether they were guilty or innocent, but whether they received justice. If America is to show the world the superiority of its judicial system, where better than a case in which it dispenses justice to those most hated--traitors and spies. The book has two important themes. One, that the Rosenberg's attorney, Emmanuel Bloch, misunderstood the true nature of the case, thinking of it as just another communist party case. Two, that a secret agreement, in violation of the Code of Conduct and legal ethics, had been entered into between the Attorney General and the Chief Justice, without the presence of the Rosenbergs' attorneys, precluding any possibility that new evidence would be fairly adjudged by the High Court. "Fatal Error" outlines in dramatic and stunning detail how numerous judges ignored evidence pointing to a defective indictment by the U.S. government and aided and abetted the speedy execution of the Rosenbergs. In their briefs, attorneys Daniel Marshall and Fyke Farmer sought to alert both the Court and Emmanuel Bloch to the simple fact that the Rosenbergs, had they been indicted under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, instead of the Espionage Act of 1917 would have, in all likelihood, received prison sentences that were contemporaneous with those received by other spies at that time. "Fatal Error" outlines a shockingly, sad, disgusting trail of legal and judicial malfeasance leading to the interior of the U.S. Supreme Court. As Philip Elman, a former law clerk remarked, "The Rosenberg case is the most disgusting, saddest, despicable espisode in the Court's history." "Fatal Error" is an explosive, dramatic, highly recommended expose of a heretofore unexposed episode in cold war history." Kenneth R. Kahn written a screenplay based on "Fatal Error" and is currently seeking an agent.