Australian press tycoon Frank Packer, whose reputation is now overshadowed by his son, Kerry, was a media magnate in the traditional sense, and founded a newspaper dynasty that ranks alongside the Beaverbrooks, Hearsts, Murdochs and Rothermeres. He was also one of Australia's most prominent challengers for the America's Cup in the days when it was a New York Yacht Club monopoly (and when the cost and length of the regatta was more sensibly restrained). This is his story.

If you've ever thought to yourself, "How did we ever come here to be doing what we are? How have our lives led to this? How could any of us forseen this moment? How could we ever have known it would be important?" you'll find comfort in this inspiring and thought provoking story. Kaplan's writing style is as enjoyable as big name authors JD Salinger, and William Faulkler. Though out of print, this book is worth the effort to attain a copy of your own.

There is a long tradition among artists and writers of maintaining a journal to record observations and impressions. Many writers use journals to write informally, often spontaneously, to describe real or imagined people, places, and events. Artists and naturalists as well fill sketchbooks with both words and images to help focus their observations. Frank Ching, the author of this sketchbook, not only records the optical reality of what is seen; he uses these drawings as a means of gaining understanding, insight, and perhaps even inspiration. His drawings stimulate the mind to think and can even make visible aspects that cannot be seen by the naked eye, or captured on film by a camera.

Frank Ching made most of the drawings in this sketchbook in or around O-okayama, a town southwest of downtown Tokyo, where the Tokyo Institute of Technology is located. The subject matter ranges from street scenes to traditional construction details, from temples and their sacred precincts to stimulating juxtapositions of old and new. He has successfully captured the sights, sounds and even smells of vibrant metropolis Tokyo, enabling the reader to feel the humid heat of the day or the cool rainy mist that fell as he drew. In addition, there are scenes sketched during the author's brief excursion to Kyoto and the mountain village of Takayama

All the drawings were executed in a pure contour-line technique with a fountain pen and black ink. There is a crispness and finality to an inkline that is both daunting and exciting. The process not only fostered the careful observation of details; it also required seeing how they fit into the larger framework and pattern of shapes, and noting which details could be omitted. The shape and extent of the white spaces are as important to a composition as what is delineated.

Francis D.K. Ching (1943- ) completed a month in the spring of 1990 as a visiting scholar at the Tokyo Institute of Technology which he spent producing this sketchbook.

I thouroughly enjoyed my first reading of Frank Fields Jr's book "Sleep Be Not Forever". I enjoyed my second reading just as well. I have read many Science Fiction Novels, and find this book as one of my favorites. John Balog Age 51.

Small in the Eye of A(the)River is, at last, in print again, due mainly to the efforts of Tony Bonavist and Nick Lyons - thank you both.

Frank was a contemplative man and thought seriously and critically about many things, including music and fly fishing. This reviewer met him, quite by accident, at a critical time in my life and he became father, mentor, angling companion and friend, over 30 years.

This little tome is a collection of short stories that is the definitive work, in all the angling literature, of why people fish. The reader that does not come away with a better understanding or notion of the "why" of it all, has missed the point entirely.

Frank Mele lived modestly in a small house in Woodstock, NY. However, when one entered his home, there was no doubt he was in the lair of a giant.

Frank's style and way with the penned word is rarely approached and never surpassed in the world of fly fishing literature. He takes the reader into the past in search of the perfect "Blue Dun," he engages in almost anecdotal humor and, finally, pathos, shown as unrequited love in the final chapter, published posthumously.

This is not a "how to" book about fly fishing but, rather, a journey through a portion of a very complex and labyrinthine mind. Frank was one of a kind and he is missed terribly. I think of every day. Highly recommended.

Frank Parrish's Dan Mallett novels are unjustly neglected little gems, with twisty plots and lyrical descriptions of the English countryside. His detective is an unusual and memorable character; pushed into a banking career by his ambitious mother, he takes up his father's "career" of poaching after his death. When his mother needs a hip replacement and refuses to go to the public hospital, he begins stealing to save up the necessary money.

A Snare in the Dark is the third in this series. Dan is preparing to snare partridges from a game preserve when he witnesses the murder of the gamekeeper. Fearing that the police suspect him, he goes into hiding while desperately trying to find out whom the gamekeeper was blackmailing and therefore who killed him. Following a false lead almost exposes him, and he goes to ground in a nursing home, where he finds a new lover and grave danger. As in the other books in the series, wonderful outdoors scenes (the fox cub hunt is a memorable sequence), interesting facts about poaching, and a twisty mystery -- and at the end of this one, a hint of a new relationship with the local police.

If you like M.C. Beaton's defiantly unambitious Hamish Macbeth, you may also enjoy Dan Mallett.

Frank can and does give the lowdaown about catching linesiders. His writing is entertaining to read, and everyone who reads this book will understand how to catch this favorite florida fish of ours!

A sparkle of verses sets off the stately paintings, month by month - with a New Years verse for good measure. Short enough to hold a child's attention, but lovely for adults also. Paintings are specific to the cycle of seasons in the Hudson River Valley, USA.

With so many cop stories in the news today, this book helps the average person understand what it must be like to be a cop. It humanizes one's opinion of those who have chosen this career. It also makes one think: If I had chosen this path, would I have had what it takes to succeed? I don't plan on becoming a cop, but this book was very helpful in increasing my understanding of this difficult career.

Cet ouvrage se veut la synthèse de l'histoire sociale de Rome. Il examine les institutions à travers les groupes sociaux. Pour une recherche historique sur le monde romain, ce document est extrêmement utile.