This book puts the Lord of the Rings to shame.

This is the true-life, inspirational and harrowing account of the author's own adventures as a young man caught up in World War II. Narrowly escaping with his life from the gutted ruins of bombarded cities and bloody battlefields, Arthur Lach is determined to hike the thousand miles home, come hell or high water. Amidst the horror and carnage of war, he gets plenty of both, but a magnetic, spiritual force guides and protects him, pulling him back from the brink of destruction time after time.

Beaten nearly to death, Lach barely escapes a firing squad. Dodging the continuos danger from the fighting forces, he encounters the lovely Monica. A novitiate nurse who had been brutally raped and tortured by the Nazis, she persuades him to join the Resistance. They fall in love, but in trying to rescue a group of women and children bound for a German concentration camp, a heart-rending tragedy occurs.

This book had me running the guantlet of emotions, alternatingly crying, laughing, fear, horror, and anger. This is a deeply personal story of a very special human being. I highly recommend it to everyone, man or woman; young or old. It is a story you will never forget.

This book is like a "bible" on Fire protection covers a lot of different areas. If you are involved with Fire Protection, this book is for you. Its made for those studying the field, or those that are in need of a good reference.

This is more than just a book containing the libretti from the first Night of each of G&S's brilliant operettas. It also contains historical essays placing each of the operettas in it place in time and discusses, to the extent known the reasons for the changes. It also contains a separate box holding facsimiles of the programs from Opening Night. (An interesting bit of trivia is that the opening night program for a particular Opera does not feature characters from THAT opera, but rather from an earlier oprea. Thus, for example, the Program for Ruddigore (the Witches Curse) has a picture from Iolanthe on the front cover, and pictures from Pirates and Iolanthe on the program pages). The true value in the work is the libretti. They show the works, as performed on opening night, which allow a modern performer to see how the standard script has changed over the years.

Both of my kids, ages 3 & 6 loved this book. The 3 year old loved the fish and the bright colors. The six year old loves anything that she can read. The book is simple and educational.

My son loved the book, especially the chapter on the African lungfish who actually breathe air and live out of water for years. Fascinating.

Fish Tank Sonata is a book filled with gorgeous and unusual photography paired with thoughtfully written poetry. Both the photographs and poetry touch on social, economic and environmental issues in an interesting and new way. Outstanding!

This book is an excellent source of information for anyone who fishes the waters of the bluegrass state. You will find yourself returning to it again and again as reference. It is doubtful if anyone has more knowledge about the lakes in Kentucky than Mr. Lander

By Tim Tipton Sports/Outdoors Editor Meade County News Leader Brandenburg, KY

The best photo's of specific flies I have seen with text on how/where they are used including a history of the fly.

Max Arthur's new book covering the Great War is quite unique in that its content is nearly all first-hand accounts from people who experienced the horror of the Great War. The author has utilized a number of tape recorded interviews conducted by the Imperial War Museum in 1972. Many of the tapes from the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive had been forgotten and left unheard for years.

Now Max Arthur has put together many of these unheard voices from the Great War to produce this spellbinding and captivating book. I must admit that I was reluctant to buy this book as I was worried that a book full of short accounts would be too disjointed and really not detailed enough to satisfy my interest. I can honestly say that I truly enjoyed reading this book.

Each chapter of the book was a year of the Great War and was commenced by an introduction by the author offering a brief run down on the major events of that year. Then we heard from the men and women who participated in these events, from both sides of no-man's land. The author has concentrated mainly on the Western Front and Gallipoli and has tried to run the oral segments in chronological order.

I was really taken by these segments and I found it hard to stop reading. The accounts from these soldiers and civilians alike were at times humorous, strikingly direct, horrifying and on many occasions quite sad. I was really taken in by these accounts and I don't think that any World War One library would be complete without this title sitting on the shelf. I can honestly say that I learnt quite a few things from this book and I would place it along side such works offered by Lyn MacDonald. Well done to the author and the Imperial War Museum for allowing these veterans, many now long dead, the last word on their experiences in the Great War. This is a great book, you won't be disappointed.