Amazing photos, great book. It's a shame a driver like Jim has no book in print nowadays !!!

Graham Gauld was a personal friend of Jim Clark, who was probably the second best race-car driver of all-time (only Mario Andretti was better in my opinion). Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 and the 1963 and 1965 Formula 1 World Championships while driving for Colin Chapman and the Lotus team. Jim is also the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 with a rear-engine race car. I have three of Graham Gauld's book including "Jim Clark", "Jim Clark Remembered" and Jim Clark: Portrait of a Great Driver". All three books rate as 5-star books in my opinion. If you like the glory days of the Indianapolis 500 or the Formula 1 World Championship, you will love these 3 books. My oldest son is named after Jim Clark.

It has been 30 years since Jim Clark's death, but this book is still interesting to read. It covers his whole racing career with many personal insights by the author and Clark's admirers. Also included are reactions to his tragic death, quotes from Jim, and a variety of pictures-color and black and white. I recommend it to any motorsports fan.

This book is geared more toward an educational reference tool for elementary and high school teachers. However, it works just as well as a self-teaching guide for beginners. I look forward to trying some of the exercises myself.

As an admirer of native art and a novice carver, I have found new appreciation for this beautiful art form. This book (and it's companion, Learning by Designing) have provided a means for me to advance my skills as well as become more familiar with some of the features making northwest native art geographically unique. It provides ample and readily usable information. After only a short time, I am applying design concepts to my own work. The two books complement each other very well, and I eagerly await the next volume.

I would like to recommend this book to anyone working with native art themes as well as those who appreciate or collect it.

Thank You for the wonderful material!

While visiting the Northwest Coast of British Columbia we wanted to learn more about the art styles and methods of drawing NW Native Indian art. This book, along with Learning by Designing (from Raven Publishing) were our favourites. Because of its step by step methods and sample drawings we were able to easily re-create and paint our own authentic designs. We highly recommend these books.

A long-time admirer of George Lindsey the actor, I am now also an admirer of Mr. Lindsey as an author and, more importantly, as a fine human being. Although some of the details of his early life were quite sad, this story is an affirmation of the value of determination, hard work, and talent. Once the reader has started, it is hard to stop. The narrative flows nicely, and provides the reader with a wealth of interesting information and insights from a man who has made generations laugh. Thank you, Mr. Lindsey - Well done!

This is the fourth book I have read on the subject of The Andy Griffith Show... Mr George Lindsey portrayed the character of "Goober" on this show and it's spin-off Mayberry RFD, and also on Hee-Haw. Not many people know that Mr. Lindsey was a student at the American Theatre Wing, attending on the GI Bill, and was trained in the Stanislavski Method of acting. His life story in this book is at once compelling and inspiring, for he truly is a student from the "school of hard knocks". Anyone wanting to know what it was like for a struggling actor starting out in the 50's trying to break into show business, and all the ups and downs of fame that comes with an actor's life, will be fascinated. He tells us in detail about all the people he has known, and experiences--both good and bad, with warmth and a sly sense of humor! He tells some crazy stories about himself that may raise a few eyebrows, but his candor is refreshingly honest in this day and age. I now have a new respect for Mr. Lindsey, and his often misunderstood character, the loveable Goober Pyle. You will too after reading this book!

Besides of this book having alot of factual data about the reknowned"Andy Griffith Show"and "HEE HAW" .There's also imformation about George Lindsey who portrayed Goober on that show who wasn't quite as popular as Barney Fife but when Don Knott's left the show,I think Goober(George Lindsey)contributed greatly to help keep the show popular until the series ended.Both Andy Griffith and Don Knotts have video biographies about their life and rich careers.I would like to see in the future that both superb actors George Lindsey(Goober) and Jim Nabors(Gomer) will someday deservingly have video biographies.

Not only a cook book, but a trip down "Memory Lane" with scores of pictures of Cowboy and Cowgirl stars of now and yesterday. Can be used as a "Coffee Table Book" as well as an addition to your cookbook collection. If the receipes aren't to your taste, the nostalgia will be!

I loved the stories behind the recipes as much as the recipes. I have tried quite a few of them and they are easy and hearty. I read the book from cover to cover as there are bits of nostalgia and trivia to delight any one who remembers the old westerns.It's functional, funny, and touching.

Wonderful, just what I anticipated. Thank you for distributing this excellent review of the show, and list of all episodes.

This is the second book I have read about The Andy Griffith Show. (The first one was Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known, written by Don Knotts with Robert Metz)
This book has very descriptive information about all the favorite characters from the show, based on what is known about them from the episodes of the show. There is NO information about the actors that played these roles, JUST the characters. These facts are put together in an easy-to-read style that will make for pleasant browsing or looking up trivia facts. There are also many nice photos in the book, some in color (fortieth anniversary edition) and there are quizzes, lists, and an episode guide with very brief summaries of the shows.
It is a really nice book and can be enjoyed by fans of the show in any age group, from youth to grownup.
And even though there is no actual show production stories or actor interviews in this book, it does do a good job of profiling the characters and showing their individual personalities in the context of the world they exist in, that of their beloved Mayberry.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Mayberry, but didn't know whom to ask. Until now. Painstakingly assembled by two self-proclaimed "Goobers" who have likely forgotten more TAGS tidbits than you or I will ever know, this exhaustive guide is very well-organized and easy on the eye. The first time I read it, during a memorably relaxing trip to the north Georgia mountains, I devoured it in one luxurious sitting, and I still refer to it often. It's that entertaining, addictive and authoritative.

It's important to note, the authors present facts about Mayberry and its denizens as if they were real (and don't try to tell me they aren't!), leaving the task of analyzing the program itself to other scholars. (Such as Richard Michael Kelly, whose own TAGS book is top-shelf.)

The rampant commercialization of all things Mayberry in recent years is more than a little disconcerting. The loving care that went into the making of this book, however, is not in question. For my money, it is the only indispensable reference for those with Mayberry in their blood.

This ain't no temple, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around-it's just a rockin' good read, and one of the best books ever on the recording industry.

If possible, put on one of your favorite records when you read Temples of Sound. There are stories about the Beach Boys, Muddy Waters, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, Chubby Checker, lots of others. It's an amazing mix of music and eras, to use a term engineers might appreciate. Hearing the music while you read is a fresh way to hear the tunes. For me, knowing how some of my all-time favorite records were made, and finding out how the artists and engineers really worked behind-the-scenes is truly cool...Maybe that's why this book is called Temples of Sound.

This book covers a lot of ground, a lot of sound, from the days of swing and early pop, Nat King Cole, Aretha, and Motown. The guys who wrote it-Jim Kogan and Bob Clark-talked to primary sources, the people who were really there, and got some great first hand stories. It covers lots of great studios, from Capitol to Stax. It is about and for people who love music. It is cool to hear Keith Richards say is appalled to see Muddy Waters working outside of music, painting a ceiling in the studio. This is a man he revered. It is cool to hear the engineer who did the best Doors records say he wouldn't want to remix their albums. They are what they are. It is cool to learn that part of the beat in Dancin' in the Street is accented by a tire chain being banged on the floor. I dig this stuff.

Fab, energetic, genuine.. Cogan and Clark have revived the days of soul making music from music making souls, and their agents, and cohorts in this faithful rendering of what truly makes music continue to move us today.

Ths book was a real pleasure to read. I'm not a musician or recording engineer....I'm just a finance geek who likes good music. Nevertheless, this book was written in such an understandable way that even us non-musical types can follow along with the recording processes. I knew about the book from a friend. As I started to read it I expected that I would enjoy learning about how music was made in various recording studios around the country. What I did not expect (and was very pleased to experience) were the concise and very diverse stories of the people. Stories of the owners, artists and engineers that made the recording studio and the corresponding musical output a reality coming out of the radio or CD player. As I read each studio chapter and looked at the corresponding pictures (FABULOUS!) images were painted of some of the dynamic processes, individuals and cultural influences that culminated in songs that became the soundtrack to our American lives. This book truly captured the sweat, soul and drive that went into producing our American soundtrack. A pleasure from the first page to the last. A must read for anyone who plays music, who is in the music industry or who (like many of my fellow corporate souls) simply enjoys good music. From the Stones to Dean Martin to Patsy Cline...it all comes alive. Buy the book.

Doggone it! Call this one a howling (and oinking, meowing and neighing) success. Here, in one compact book, is the history of the lives and career of TV's greatest stars --- the furry (and usually) four-footed kind. The big stars are here --- Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, Trigger, Mr. Ed and Arnold Ziffel--- as well as those you might have forgotten about --- Barkley, Spike the Seeing-Eye Dog, Sam the Chimp and
Spooks. The journey takes place in alphabetical order, with concise histories of the shows, lots of nifty photos (including Jackie O visiting Elsa the lioness on the set of the ill-fated
TV series "Born Free") and great insights into the lives of the non-human small-screen stars. (Who knew the seeing-eye dogs who guided criminal insurance investigator Mike Longstreet were played by three German Shepherds --- Blanco, Snow and Blizzard?) It's a jungle out there. Get ready to grin and bear it. That's "bear" as in "Gentle Ben."

I've enjoyed other books my Michael Lewis (esp. Liar's Poker) but this one was sickening. He treats every action and word from Jim Clark as manna from heaven, apparently on the basis that Jim Clark is rich, therefore he must be a genius. One hopes that the 97% slide in Healtheon's stock may have set him straight on this. This book was [hard] to read in 2000. By now there might be a certain unintentional humor in reading this kind of pandering, knowing better, but a couple of hundred pages of it is probably more black humor than you need. For actual information about silicon valley and the dotcom era, try High Stakes, No Prisoners by Charles Ferguson, or Nudist on the Late Shift, by Po Bronson.

This is a very fast read. And if the "new new economy" crashes soon, this book will become a valuable historical record of the hysteria that could be found in the late 1990's Silicon Valley. The author does not provide any value judgements on the actions of Jim Clark; he leaves the reader with a few recent firsthand observations. Clark does not come across as any kind of visionary - he simply is portrayed as the person best equipped to capitalize on these odd economic times. Although Jim Clark claims to be creating the future though gathering engineering talent, he really does not seem care about the long-term viability of any of his creations. In the past 20 years Jim Clark has gone from brilliant engineering professor, to computer hardware pioneer (Silicon Graphics), to software rainmaker (Netscape), to manic Internet IPO machine. Today he stands as a living self-fulfilling prophecy - the new new thing will be wildly successful, because Jim Clark is involved - period - no other rational is required.

As someone who has read many recent books on business success stories, this one leaves me empty. I wish the author had dug deeper into Clark's past - or chosen a more inspiring subject.

Michael Lewis has written a humorous and insightful book about Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape,Healtheon and myCFO. The story is educational in that it provides an insight into the process of conceptionalizing a technology idea, packaging and selling the idea to the venture capitalists,individual investors and those that have to bring the idea to a reality,convince the Wall Street investment bankers of the marketability of such a scheme to the investing public and the final IPO which makes everyone along the food chain rich. This educational story will certainly make you think twice before investing in future technology IPOs. For some, valuation is not a consideration. Lewis has a great style, which is not only informative, but also humorous. I especially liked the way he chides the American legal system (page 195). Anyone who has experienced serving jury duty will appreciate the arrogant and pompous process described by Lewis as the Department of Justice begins the trial against Microsoft. This is a must read for anyone who has ever invested in a high flying technology stock or wondered about life in the Silicon Valley.

This book is so closely aligned with Jim Clark's view of the world that the real drama of software development is lost. Clark claims he's not a whiner, but he spends page after page downing SGI and Microsoft. I would rather that he had spent time focusing on the lives of his programmers, in the way that a far better book, Show-Stopper!, by G. Pascal Zachary, did. In Show-Stopper!, real tension and non-stop action builds as Windows NT is built. That book has little to do with Bill Gates, but instead hones in on the intimate life details of David Cutler and his NT crew. In contrast, Netscape Time has ever redundant and tiresome themes, which if eliminated, would have halved the size of the book. Clark takes credit for founding the company but then, humbly at least, admits that Marc Andreesen and his NCSA crew are the real genius behind Netscape. Maybe someone will write that story in more detail sometime.

The title neglected to tack onto the end "and lost".

An otherwise good book is, to me, lowered by the constant complaining about Microsoft's tactics. I'm not defending those tactics, or saying that the tactics were legal, nice or anything like that, but it just got a bit monotonous listening to them. Of course, it's understandable how Clark could be angry about what happened, but it still makes the book less pleasant to read, trying to find 10 pages without a shot at Microsoft.

Clark is a good writer. The story of how Netscape started is an interesting one. It's one that I've read in one form or another a few times, so that part of the book wasn't that exciting.

There were two parts of the book I found interesting and make the book well worth reading:

1 - Jim Barksdale - the right stuff (chapter 12). Jim Clark is a man who knows what kind of a leader he is, and knows what kind of leader is needed when. Picking Jim Barksdale to be CEO of Netscape was a smart thing, and took a lot of guts. I'd recommend a close reading of this chapter for anyone who thinks they might want to be a leader someday.

2 - The best of enemies (chapter 18). It starts off with the Greeks who beat the Italians in World War 2, and in the process, attracted the attention of the Germans, who flattened them. There is an obvoius lesson there (eventually you lose - Rome was sacked), and Clark adds the non-obvious one: Eventually you will fight a battle you lose. But can you afford to avoid that battle?

So, the book has useful thoughts on leadership and business, interesting insights into the world of funding and Venture Capital and the birth of the Internet as most of us know it.

Read it.

FROM A WRITER IN SAN FRANCISCONetscape Time rocks. Granted, occasionally Jim Clark comes off as the great Oz of the Silicon Valley. But more often than not he takes the reader behind the curtain by candidly revealing the inner workings -- the ups and downs and all the inbetweens --- he encountered while building " the billion-dollar start-up that changed the world." Who wouldn't be interested in the story of a guy who dared to shake his fist at the one who REALLY believes he is Oz? (Need we name names here?) This book is well worth the money. At the very least, even if the subject matter doesn't interest you, Netscape Time is such a damn good read it's worth the indulgence. Some guys have all the luck. Judging from Clark's eloquent prose, he could probably also launch a successful career as a novelist. Let's just hope he doesn't. The market is already tight enough for us struggling writers. Two thumbs up. Five stars. For sure.*****

Andy Lane's book is the ultimate in Babylon 5 guides and the "A-Z" index is also a required reading to backup the former. What this book stands for ? It is a non original book (using the above two ones as reference) but provides the reader with enough backstory and technicalities to tie-up all the above into the Babylon 5 station itself. It can fascinate the reader with tech specs and photos of all known ships, guns, etc. plus all other procedures of living in Babylon 5 station. Also a nice insert are the VIP criminal records, the known space grid, a.o. As a publication is perfect making it the last required book for those dedicated Babylon 5 fans. If only it was a novel idea...

Very detailed, with a lot of information. Of course it could be larger, with much more information on other ships, aliens, etc., but it accomplishes everything it promises.

This is an excellent book! It shows all the workings of Babylon 5 and it also gives you a perspective of the day-to-day lives of the secerity officers. It gives you information from firing a PPG to handeling a diplomatic incident. I think this is an excellent book because it tells you everything you need to know about Babylon 5 and alien races. This is a must have for all Babylon 5 fans!