Chris Charlesworth has written a similar volume for the Who which was one of the best ever written about their music. This succeeds as well providing a great deal of information about Paul Simon and his songs (each track is discussed). However, I felt that Art Garfunkel got the short end of the stick because his solo career doesn't get the same treatment and receives only brief allusions. Now the the Old Friends box set has been released, maybe a revised version could include Garfunkel's solo work, too.

Best book of its kind about the duo. Great review of their career and music in a compact format.

I was there too. Bit player at another agency, but saw, heard, smelled (OK, tasted too -- I had a Saab with a Scotch compartment) the same wonderful ambiance that was advertising in the Renaissance '80s. Ray has it down. He records a time loved -- and lost -- to mega business. Oh, well.

For close to 20 years, ending in the late 1980s, Ray Welch dominated New England advertising awards. He was the Woody Allen of the industry, writing self-deprecating (but hilarious and strategically spot-on) ads, and later becoming one of the area's most effective voice-over announcers. He was also one of the most well-liked personalities in the community -- I should know, I was there -- and a great story-teller.

These are his stories. They're all funny. Many of them also reveal truths of ad agency life, the kinds of people attracted to that business, and the thinking that goes into a great campaign.

Welch had art-director friends each design a separate chapter, and told them to go wild. The designs are readable -- these are top-level art directors we're talking about -- and range from whimsical to surprising. Not a bad thing in a book of stories.

The book reads the way I remember that era. Except Welch obviously had a lot more fun.

I LOVED this book. It provides a fascinating inside look into the unconscious mind and the power of hypnosis and counseling. Even if you have no interest in hypnosis per se, this is a great study of human nature and relationships.

This is not only an excellent read--like a series of whodunits-but a fascinating glipse of the working of the unconscious mind. This is not just about hypnosis, but it is about universal processes in every person. The writing is excellent and the stories compelling. Good read for anyone interested in the mysteries of the mind

Rarely do we get a chance to witness a master healer at work. In this fascinating and well-written book you can begin to fathom how the mind impacts the body, how powerfully the events of our childhood mold our psyche and reverberate into every area of our lives. Here's a benchmark for good therapy - so whenever you might need some help navigating your life, you hope to find a gifted therapist like David Calof. This is a must-read for all who want to know themselves and others. P.S. Mr. Calof, when's your next book coming out?

The most striking single aspect of the therapeutic techniques David Calof demonstrates in these gripping case histories is the peer partnerships he creates between clinician and clients. It is this "at ease" stance which enables him to access the client's unconscious with such facility and enlist his inner resources in the healing process. May his tribe increase.

Editors Simon Evans, Sarah Carter, and Bill Yeo successfully collaborate to assemble a compendium of truly informative and insightful essays in Cowboys, Ranchers and the Cattle Business: Cross-Border Perspectives On Ranching History. From Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov's "Does the Border Matter?: Cattle Ranching and the 49th Parallel" to Simon M. Evan's Tenderfoot to Rider: Learning 'Cowboying' on the Canadian Ranching Frontier during the 1800s", to Lorain Lounsberry's "Wild West Shows and the Canadian West", the contributors bring their unique perspectives and researches to bear in a series thoroughly accessible, "reader friendly", illuminating, highly recommended perspectives and histories of the ranching business on both sides of the longest, unguarded border in North America from the days of the independent wild frontier down to the present "agribusiness" and global economy environments.

Cowboys, Ranchers And The Cattle Business will appeal to any student of American ranching and Western history, covering the work of cowboys and ranchers from early to modern times and providing different, cross-border perspectives on ranching history. The focus contrasts Canadian and American ranching history and developments and provides some intriguing facts in the process of comparing the two countries for differences and similarities.

Imagine Virgil had been born in mid-twentieth century Long Island, this might have been the result. The noble beauty, simplicity, classical style of these poems are quite unique. The images and cadences ring true. It's very interesting that authentic pastoral poetry can be written by someone who grew up a few miles from the most frenetic metropolis our planet has ever known. If you like solid, classical poetry, you have to check this out.

Touching and insightful, that's how I would classify the poems in Crane's Neck. Beautifully written and even more beautiful imagery. This is Long Island the way it used to be, natural, triumphant and magnificent. It is truly a collection worth reading.

A real read! Highly recommended to those interested in oceans, and tracking the career of one of the most interesting scientists around. Opportunities like this could only come during this middle part of our century, and it takes a tremendous individual to take advantage and "ride the wave."

The book is well written, easy and entertaining to read, and remarkably understated. Recommended.

Oceanography grew up after World War II, and its growth is the story of Willard Bascom's career. Over a span of 40 years we find him studying waves and beaches, exploring for diamonds, measuring atomic blasts, advising the U.S. Navy on amphibious operations, salvaging ships, inventing deep-sea drilling and wet suits, fighting bureaucracies, and suing the CIA. Those of us growing up reading Scientific American in the 1950's and 1960's recall him mainly as an occasional author of articles on physical oceanography and ocean technology. Bascom's technical articles were flavored them with anecdotes, characters, and impressions of the sea. Bascom's book, The Crest of the Wave {Harper and Row) approaches oceanography from the opposite direction. It is an anecdotal account of ocean exploration and science with a little hint of technical material added. The result is a science adventure complete with heros, villians, entrepeneurship, and daring do. The heros, of course, are oceanographers, who take to the hostile sea in tiny, sometimes inadequate ships fitted with ingenious, sometimes recalcitrant devices. They are "can do guys," who fight storms and sea, finagle budgets, and finesse machinery. They mortgage their houses to start businesses and make stock deals. These are 80s-style heros living in the 1950s and 60s. The villians are drawn from the usual suspects. There is Lyndon Johnson interfering with project Mohole in the interest of Brown and Root, or the CIA stealing patents, or the Government of Bahamas trying to renege on a lease, or friends and associates corrupted by the find of a treasure galleon, or a recalcitrant bureaucracy intent on protecting its prerogatives. Daring do? What sort of daring do is found in an oceanography book? There is the usual stuff. Rescuing survivors of air crashes, scientists being swept overboard and lost, the loss of the tug Collinstar with all hands in a storm on the Skeleton Coast. There is the first deep sea drilling. Bascom was commissioned by NSF to design and prove a drill ship that could drill in water 100 times deeper than any previous holes. Using only 60% of a skimpy $2.5 million budget, Bascom managed to build CUSS I, the first ship to use dynamic positioning; and a ship John Steinbeck described as having "...the clean lines of an outhouse standing on a garbage scow." Not only did dynamic positioning work perfectly in its first deep water test, it did so in 14 foot waves, force 7 winds, and strong currents. Like the early space program, it was science working in the glare of publicity. CUSS I was the forerunner of the Glomar Challenger, which by now has drilled a hundred miles of hole in every ocean and provided us with nearly all we know about history of the ocean basins. The chapter on ocean pollution is especially appropriate in view of recent renewed concern over dumping in the ocean. It provides a highly readable account on long research into the dumping of sewage and waste in the ocean. The resulting picture is very different from that portrayed by environmentalists and the media, and shows how reasonable and worthwhile goals become captive to politics and superstition. Some material is taken from his earlier books; Waves and Beaches (1964), Deep Water, Ancient Ships (1976) and A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea (1961). However, these earlier books presented but small slices of Bascom's long and varied career: Crest of the Wave provides a panorama. Even the repeated material has additional detail added. Crest of the Wave shows, in anecdotal form, what modern science is. It is very little research and solving technical problems-- very much fighting ignorance, using diplomacy, and watching one's back side.

This book was Fantastic! The Scenery was so real I felt I was smelling the same horrible demon scents as the characters in the book! The characters were so well written that I really became a part of the book. The storyline is great and I become obssessed with finishing this book! Absolutely Fantastic!

Wonderfully scary! Characters leap off the page! Well written and I would highly recommend this book to everyone!

Well written and intense story of a true hero. Theo Tschuy spent numerous years and traveled behind the iron curtain to conduct research for this book. He met Carl Lutz personally and considered Mr. Lutz's story too tremendous to not write about

The book flows easily and is a must for history buffs everywhere. Thanks, Uncle Theo!

This book represents a very thorough research into the exact details of a rescue operation. As we have been fed countless stories with vastly inflated numbers, this book is a breath of fresh air. The author utilizes his research of archives held by the Swiss government and never before available. The story unfolds of the efforts made by Carl Lutz in saving lives in what is possibly the largest rescue operation of World War II. Without embellishing the heroics of Consul Lutz we are given the details of this story in a very readable fashion. This book authenticates the real number of survivors in Budapest, Hungary based upon the known number found following the war. Prior to this we have been given arbitrary numbers that always total more than the actual number of survivors. This book is a breath of fresh air for the serious reader of Holocaust activities This leaves the reader feeling that indeed there are good people in this world, and that Carl Lutz was one of them. I strongly recommend anyone interested in Holocaust or humanistic stories to read this book.

This book was really a joy to read. It was entertaining with plenty of great plot twists.
Harry Black, a sex-crazed food critic, is paid by a ruthless businessman and life peer to marry the his daughter and to produce an heir. As Harry is fond of money and the man's daughter, it is an offer that he cannot refuse. But, after seeing his father-in-law's ruthless side, he soon wishes that he had declined the offer.

Always amusing and exciting, with enough plot twists to keep the most seasoned reader continually and pleasurably surprised. I found Dark Destiny well written and thoroughly enjoyable. 8 out of 10 for my money any day!