Many moons and stars have I seen. Few of them have been planets. Rarely have I felt like stout Cortez.

But this is a brilliant book.

It will not give you the information to create a tactical game of logistics on the western front. Should you wish to do that, still apply for the original sources.

But, should you wish to have an in depth analysis of how it worked, why it failed, how it was fixed, just how flexible in it's choice of bods the establishment was, how it won, lost again (March 1918 by now) and won, finally to fall over a bit once it was all (hopefully) over, then read this book.

It lacks the plot of a thriller but makes up for it with a continuous theme - the cold facts of Kiplng's six honest serving men, the what, why and when, and how and who and where.

I am very impressed with this book. It is not all that I wanted when I bought it from the title alone; it is however more than I could reasonably have expected.

Simon - simon@ecw.co.uk

There are a lot of 'coffeetable' books on the market today with impressive pictures that look good in the bookshop, but once you get them home you realise there is not much content. The same is true for most guidebooks, with their 'park 100 yards past the gate, turn left at the fence' style. This however, is different, giving a real feel of the outdoors culture in the Highlands of Scotland - and there is MUCH more going on than simply parking your car, going for a walk, and returning home - through the medium of entertaining true stories. This was one of the books that inspired me (it is a good few years old, now a reprint) along with 'Always a Little Further' by Alasdair Borthwick, 'Hamish's Big Walk' by Hamish Brown, and 'Undiscovered Scotland' by WH Murray.

The first part about Sulla's capture of Rome is very exciting, but the appearance of Caesar ruins everything. He's not as interesting a character as Sulla or Marius or even Pompey the Great.

The tragic death of the Samnite consul Mutilius at the hand, or rather sight, of his wife was most memorable.

The Author starts with a biased viewpoint and the questions and opinions he expresses are set out to prove the witnesses wrong. He has obviously done a great deal of research, however, his research is biased towards trying to disprove the beliefs of the witnesses and in many arguments he uses "fuzzy logic". Using technicalities that are bound to confuse witnesses that you might meet with, not necessarily finding a rebuttle to their beliefs. I can not hold much weight in many of his arguments either, as I believe that his logic is often flawed and his arguments only raise more questions rather that providing any real answers. Perhaps Mr. Brown should focus more on building up that just tearing down, his objective is pure and simple "When a witness comes to your door, use everything in your power to destroy, belittle, embarass, harass and humble them." I'm sure there are many good witnesses out there, surely this is not an approach of love.

Sixty Questions Every Jehovah's Witness Should Be Asked is an excellent book for both Jehovah's Witnesses and persons interested in the Jehovah's Witnesses. This well written short book covers both doctrine (much on the person of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the End Times Doctrine and other commonly discussed issues) and the problem of failed prophesy. It also covers the many, many doctrinal somersaults in the Watchtower's history, such as their flip flop on the 12 constellations of the Zodiac (once considered to be of Divine origin, now considered to be of Satanic origin). This book is well referenced and includes many quotes from Watchtower publications to support the author's conclusions. Also, much material is included on the many lives lost due to the vaccination prohibition (the Watchtower once taught that "vaccination is a direct violation of the everlasting covenant that God made with Noah after the Flood." Now the practice is encouraged) and the blood transfusion prohibition (which has also changed drastically in recent years, from blood of any type is prohibited to the recent changes which allow most blood fractions including factor VIII and IX, and now they even allow fractions of the forbidden fractions! No doubt soon the whole doctrine will be scraped (and the sooner the better, according to my Witness friends!)

This is a book written by authors well known as former CIA personnel in Turkey. This rather old book has numerous mistakes as facts and one feels that the authors' best sources are Turkish university professors!