This is an incredible book--it's what you get when you mix a little bit of the road, some wild characters, exotic and interesting places and terrific writing, shake it all up and serve. It is a taste sensation!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim Christy has travelled to places most people have no idea even exist. In what has to be one of the best travel books written in recent years, Christy spins a mean story of some bizarre people, wild places and cool situations.

Anyone who has ever read Jim Christy knows well what they're in for with Junkman and Other Stories -- a better read than you've likely had in a long time and then some.
This book is Christy at his best.

A classic example of hard-edged noir, Princess and Gore is an incredible trip back in time to World War II era Vancouver. Once again we meet up with Gene Castle and an assortment of shady and incredible characters that keep you turning page after page, eyes wide with glee and delight!

WOW!!! This is what you get when you mix a great Canadian writer with a terrific story, throw in some unforgetable characters, shake well and presto--the first (of hopefully many) Gene Castle noir mystery novels by Jim Christy.

this book gives a compelling story of a self-made millionaire, creative and adventurous. The Author makes strong case that Bedaux was actually NOT a NAZI collaborator, but rather sacved many Jewish lives and fortunes from Hilter's perils.Bedaux' explorations are well worth the read as are his contributions to 20th Century management.Bedaux was a facinating figure in this time in our history,,,,more should be written about his life and times.

I have researched Charles Eugene Bedeaux and find this work the very best on his facinating life. I now firmly believe he was NOT a Nazi sympathizer, but in reality did all he could to use his position to subvert Nazi efforts in France. Ask the old men of Tours who still remember all he did for this French town!

Jim Christy is a superb researcher and writer. I highly recommend this book....it reads more like an adventure novel!

When is the movie coming-out?????

I like to collect books about space people have customized in an eclectic and eccentric way. This is one of the best.

Christy's book was obviously written for someone doing a Kerouac paper in their high school English class. This is the type of biography you wish had never been published. The fact that it is in print seems to validate what Christy has written. There is so little presentation of known fact--more hearsay and legend than anything else. For instance, Christy claims Kerouac's last words were, "It must have been the tuna fish." I'm shocked neither Charters nor Nicosia were able to dig up this information--but Christy was? Who will be the next self-proclaimed "Beat Researcher" to cash in on the Kerouac revival? This book is on par with "The Kerouac We Knew." Yet another shoddy attempt at exploiting Kerouac's celebrity.

Christy offers an insightful and different look at Kerouac and his works than most biographies. He discusses what was important to Kerouac, such as religion, a topic often given only minimal treatment, and the literary acceptance he wanted but instead received infamy which pushed him along to the grave. Unfortunately, this excellent information is not really integrated into the biography but comes in the last few chapters. (Almost all biographical information about Kerouac's later years is also in Nicosia's Memory Babe.) For those dozen or so pages the book is well worth it!

Forget all the [junk] that most biographers scribble in their dark corners about perhaps the greatest writer of the 20th century (except for perhaps Blaise Cendrars) -- read this book and take a glimpse into Kerouac. Christy has given a great snapshot of the man that was Kerouac. Anyone who slags this book hasn't read it, let it roll around between their ears and finally digest the whole shooting match.

This is a great book!

A shallow treatment, written by what must be a graduate school reject. Somebody who--though he makes it a point to say he corresponded with Bukowski favorably--Bukowski would have hated. A phoney. I ordered it for a class I teach and found it completely unusable. A series of anecdotes--rehashes of autobiograhpical short stories--strung together by half baked theroies. The lesson is that just because somebody loves to read an author doesn't mean they can write well at all about that author.

I enjoyed this book but felt like the author, who states that he spent a lot of time with Buk, decided to throw together this uneven, short book to make a few bucks. The only pictures appear to be from a single night in the early 70's, and appear to be pictures Buk probably didn't expect to ever be published. Enough whining...it did offer some good insights into the genius of Buk!

Sometimes when reading Bukowski, it becomes rather hard to tell the difference between his fiction and when he's embalishing on his experience. The best thing about this little book is that Christy tells us who the real people in Buk's stories were, and what really happened. It's almost a compact bio too, and I don't have the patience to read one of those huge ones about Buk's life when I could be much more pleased getting it from the man himself, even if it's not always true. A good book, but a little overpriced in my opinion.

Good guide for 1997, but 3 years later it is out of date and does not contain many new sites. Web directorys should be updated yearly at the least.

I was very unhappy when I saw the cheap quality of The Big Basics Web Directory published by Que.. The paper is the kind used for coloring books, and the printing is poorly done. In some instances it is all but impossible to read the black print on dark gray background. I had expected to receive a book of at least as good quality as Que's Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows 95. Sorry about this poor review. This is the first time in a long time I've been so disappointed in a book I had ordered sight unseen.

     There are literally millions of Websites online today that provide a wealth of information on a variety of topics. There are a handful of good Internet Website directories available that can help surfers find the information they need. Most of these are bulky, though, and can take a while to thumb through. Que and Macmillan Computer Publishing has published The Big Basics Web Directory to provide readers with reviews of their top picks!

     Que's editors have selected the best Website in each of the 101 categories covered in the book. Additionally, four more (best of the rest) Websites in each of these categories are also reviewed. Topics include business, car buying, computers, cooking, education, government, health, hobbies, humor, investing, job searching, news, pets, religion, software, sports, travel, as well as a number of controversial issues.

     This large 8 1/2" by 11" directory features quarter-page screen shots of every Website reviewed. A convenient listing at the back of the book lists every Website and its URL to provide quick and easy access to them. Website reviewers will find this directory to be a great reference tool for review material when facing a deadline. Website designers can pick up some top-notch Website design ideas as well!

     This concise directory will point readers to some of the best Websites available at the turn of a page. Thumb through it at your leisure. There is something of interest here for everyone! Highly recommended!