The Encyclopedia of Louisville is an incredible reference guide and history of the city from its beginnings to the year 2000.The information on African-American life in Louisville is vast and interesting.I encourage anyone who loves or lives in the city to purchase this book. You will not be disspointed.

While growing up in Louisville, I did not have any interest in my "little hick town". I dreamt of leaving for the big city. At 22 I left, for the west coast, eventually hitting the big cities of Dallas and Detroit, on my way back home. Now here, I find this the perfect place for raising my children. This book completes my journey, and brings me home. This is the most interesting book I have ready in years!

This wonderful volume covers people, places, events and things in the Louisville metropolitan area from a historical and cultural perspective in encyclopedia style entries written by Louivillians. As a native Louivillian I am finding it a delight to browse thru the entries learning delightful details about my birthplace and its history. It takes many more universal topics and relates how they have impacted the city and its people. A must for Louisvillians that want to learn more about our rich history and cultural legacy.

Mary Clyde's first book of stories won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction from the University of Georgia. These nine stories, some of which are more successful than others, focus upon instances of everyday life, both tragic and comic. Clyde's stories are populated by mothers and husbands, sons and daughters, girlfriends and boyfriends. There is nothing extraordinary about any of her characters, except perhaps their ability to comment upon their own lives and the lives of those around them. What is it, then, that makes the book worth seeking out and certainly worth reading?

In her best stories, Mary Clyde's strength as a writer who explores the hidden depths within a character's seemingly mundane existence is on prominent display. Her tools are often simply objects that fall into her characters' lives. In the best story here, "Victor's Funeral Urn," a young divorced mother finds, by the side of the road, an urn containing a baby's ashes, which she takes home intending to somehow return it to its rightful owner. Through the unlikely presence of the urn in her home, she reaches a new understanding of her son's, and her own, loneliness and despair. In another story, the powerful "Jumping," Clyde explores how the survivors of a tragic accident are just as much victims as those who lost their lives.

Though a couple of these stories seem formulaic or contrived, the majority of the writing here is distinguished by a lightness of touch and a willingness to let her characters speak for themselves that is refreshing at a time when many writers seem to be preaching at their readers. I applaud Mary Clyde's understated achievement in this book and will certainly be looking forward to her next.

The short stories in this book are each days out of what could be anyone's life, that's what makes it so touching. If anyone who likes this book and has feminist tendencies, I would also recommmend "the furies" by Janet Hobhouse.

Flint the King is certainly one of the better preloud books, but it has a way of portraying a totally different story of Flint's capturing then it was in the original chronicles. The Gully dwarves that were potraid as annoying untrustful creatures that held Flint prisoner against his own will, but in this book they are actually potraid as kind, naive and honest creatures that Flint becomes extreamly attached to unlike the hated dwarves described in the chronicles by Flint. Beside that though, this is a funny book, with an awesome villian and alot of charector that explains a little bit more of everybody's favorite grumpy yet caring Hill Dwarf, Flint FireForge.

Flint the King is one of the better dragonlance books in the genre. I was a little hesitant when i first picked up this book, thinking that it would be boring the whole way through. But i was severely wrong in that thinking. Not only was the book action packed, funny, emotional, but it had a great story line that keeps you hooked the whole way through.

When Flint goes to the lair of the mountain dwarves to investigate a murder, as well as discover what is happening to his town, he ends up getting captured. He is setenced to death, but ends up getting saved by some gully dwarves, along with a rather accentric mountain dwarf.

Flint must make the smelly, dirty, dumb gully dwarves into an army that can help him save his village from a terror that could wipe the town off of the map. Along with the female mountain dwarf, Flint tries desperately to save not only his life, but the life of all his family and friends.

This book is filled with just the right amount of action, suspense, and emotion, carrying you through the book until the last page flips by. Yes Flint is romantic in this book, but it does nothing to take away from the character that was established by Wies and Hickman back in the day. This book is definately up to the wonderful duo's standard, and will prove to be a great read.

Flint the King was excellent. Aghar make any book worth reading, and Pitrick could have been one of the best villains I've ever read of. There was humor, romance, and action. If you liked Flint in the Chronicles, you'll enjoy this book. C'mon, "O Kingly Guy", "Queen Furry End"? How can you not love the Aghar?

The text is comprehensive but it consistently takes too long to get to the point. Furthermore, many application sections are scattered throughout the book and seem to be poorly placed (would be better off placing them in a separate section.)