This book isn't so much a history book as it is a book by an individual Satanist elaborating his own historically-based reasons for joining the Devil's side. This book predates the Church of Satan by over a century, and forms the bases of the additudes and ideas of "Michelet Satanism."

Some stuff never quits. And, it seems some stuff never starts, when it should, anyway. This book is a great example of both, I think. Strangely contemporary in its impact, this book is a startlingly empathic study of, well - oppressed women way back then - I mean just ordinary women trying to live their lives. These women are much more like us than is the society around them; I owe this emphasis much to the genius of Michelet. Not to be read by thrill seekers but by lovers of humanity and seekers of sociological truth, I guarantee you a very rich experience indeed. I'm a community radio producer and on my next show (just before Hallloween) I am going to try to read excerpts from this book mixed with pieces from Richard Thompson and Maddy Prior; any other suggestions?

Ekelund and Hebert have provided an important work not only on the origins of micro-economics, but also the history of transportation economics and the relationship between engineers and economists. Although this text is not an easy read by any means, it provides an essential foundation of transportation economic theory. It also explains how and why micro-economics diverged from classical economics and became a science based in rigorous mathmatical examination of human behavior. As a civil engineer that teaches and studies transportation economics, I find this to be essential reading for transportation economists and policy types. The studies and conclusions of the early econo-engineers on the subject of transportation economics and regulation are as relevant today as they were in 19th century France.

This is a beauty of a book! Erudite, well-researched, with a detailed knowledge of the primary sources, original, and high on economic analysis. This is not a book for the faint-hearted. It requires a good knowledge of economic theory and an interest in the History of Ideas. It also gives a first rate account of the history of the period and the history of institutions in pre- and post-revolutionary France that have created this strange beast: the French engineer whose skills made him attack from a formal and theoretical viewpoint practical problems. It certainly puts modern neoclassical microeconomics in a historical perspective. Sir John Hicks' apt remark that the common thread between Walras and Marshall is that they both read Cournot, is put into new light in this book that focuses on Cournot's less famous contemporary, Arsene Jules Etienne Juvenal Dupuit. Although the origins are less secret than the title implies, this important book brings them to life and shows how many of the problems that we consider modern are more than a 150 years old and indeed predate in their analytical treatment, the 1870s where most courses on the History of Economic Ideas put the origins of modern neoclassical theory. A must for anyone with a serious interest in the subject!

The romantic Steele Brother, Rex, attempts to fall for a woman (his realtor) he only knows by voice on the phone. This book, part of the BIG APPLE BACHELORS trio, reads like those of historic romance novels. A little DRAMA about hero/heroine willing to sacrifice him/herself to save their loved one. how romantic...still very sexy.

it has one of the most romantic climax of a story that I almost cried. Romantic hero meets romantic heroine in Long Island NY. The better one of the TRIO of the Steele Men stories: The Protector. The Hotshot. and my favorite The Seducer.

NOTE it was written in 1968 - and Dubos was right on about all our problems...

A wonderful, astonishing book. If you are interested in how we, as a species forever in a state of subtle evolution, are unwittingly influenced by our environment, this is a book to read.

This is the definitive book on the series bar none. Authors Lovece and Franco have carefully and thoroughly researched the classic television program and uncovered anything and everything you could ever possibly want to know about it. Inside the nearly 300 page volume is a complete guide to all the episodes and also the guest cast of each - they even include descriptions of deleted scenes and in some cases guest stars that were cut from some of the shows; a complete shooting script of the episode titled "Jim's Inheritance"; funny, anecdotal stories from behind-the-scenes of the making of each of the episodes; every classic bit is repeated so you can remember it "just like it was"; a 'Taxi' trivia quiz with answers; a list of the cast members' credits on stage, screen and television and the awards that the show won during it's initial network showing.

Unfortunately the book only covers the stars up to the mid 90's when the book was reissued so it is lacking in that area. However, you will still want it for it's sharp and highly original commentary on each of the individual episodes; the authors truly love the show and spared nothing to bring every fact and piece of trivia associated with each to the surface. Don't misunderstand me, there isn't any malicious gossip or an overabundance of unnecessary details; what's presented here is a rich and rewarding history of one of the best shows to ever air on TV. All of the cast members, the shows creator James L. Brooks, the trio of producers and many others connected with 'Taxi' are all interviewed; also included is a terrific recounting of how the famous theme song by Bob James came into being. This is just a simply wonderful book that any 'Taxi' fan must and should have; for TV trivia and history buffs it's also one of the best studies of it's kind available and I highly recommend to them as well. It's a book that can be enjoyed over and over again.

get this book right now, dont just sit there get it, this is a fnatastic book with great info on the show,every episode,the stars*even the short lived characters) and trivia that even a taxi nut would not know

The author challenges the basic idea that the English gentry self-destructed by spending too much in a quest for "conspicuous consumption." Instead, he argues, the spending of the gentry, especially on large houses and gardens, was for the purpose of providing employment, and consciously so. Foreign trade was restricted because it had the effect of disrupting society and displacing domestic industries and putting people out of work. The agricultural surplus was expended in large homes, gardens, and furniture, often 25% of the house, in order to supply work for the local townspeople. Thus the idea propagated by the Whig critics of the gentry, that they were vain and only spent money wastefully in self-aggrandizement and conspicuous consumption, was picked up and mindlessly repeated by the scholars, such as Tawney. The story of Adam Smith, that the gentry lost their pride of place by spending on trinkets of frivolous utility like buckles and watches, is false in the sense that it fails to recognize the public-spiritedness of the gentry, their genuine sense of noblesse oblige. By making them out to be ridiculous, the Whig critics often performed the same function as the critics of the clergy and religion. Ridicule was the weapon of choice. The other interesting aspect of the book is tracing how tastes changed. Smith notes that the new taste in design was for things that seemed useful. This idea is reiterated by Veblen, who argues that in a wage economy, luxury often takes the form of useful things. That is why in an increasingly consumer economy, ie not an ecomomy of waste like that of landed gentry, luxury can only take the form of useful objects. The author then follows this pattern through the Victorian age, where he notes that industrial design becomes very utilitarian. There is a debate, for instance, as to whether china should have ornamental designs or whether that is wasteful. Nice pictures too.

This work by a professor of art history and architecture at the University of Essex in England constitutes a Great Books course in miniature. From the window of his specialties, Jules Lubbock reviews four centuries of political, economic, and social history, delineating their influences - including those of sumptuary laws, or restrictions upon consumption - upon aesthetic concepts of design and town planning, as well as the effects of theological, moral, and nationalistic ideas on the evolving physical appearance of Britain in general and of London in particular. The reader's familiarity with Plato and Locke, Disraeli and Bevan, Pugin and Inigo Jones, is extended and made vivid. Discourses on the design of everything from buildings, carpets, and furniture to items as seemingly insignificant as an excessively or inappropriately decorated tea cup, cream jug, or gas lamp are brilliantly analyzed for their larger social and moral implications. Although Professor Lubbock's point of view is unmistakably Protestant Episcopalian rather than high-church Anglican Catholic, his nationalism therefore betraying a clear and not atypical though well-compensated bias against Roman Catholicism and Islam, these very British traits nonetheless do not prevent him from depicting and appreciating fully - even celebrating - the ecclesiastical beauty and pervasive influence of classical or Gothic, French (e.g., Pugin) and Italianate art and architecture. The author traces the transfer of power from the landed aristocracy - whose maintenance of magnificent country estates he attributes not to intraclass rivalry but rather to a benign desire and recognized duty to provide hospitality and employment through "housekeeping" by leading a simple, virtuous life at home in the country in preference to residing in the more appealing, sophisticated, and corrupting milieu of London - to the gentrified commercial classes whose ascendancy resulted from the Industrial Revolution and the concomitant increase of international trade. True to his holistic approach, Professor Lubbock makes frequent references to the reflections of these trends of intellectual history in British philosophy and, especially, literature, citing Shakespeare, Milton, Addison and Steele, Pope, Hume, Dickens, and Wordsworth explicitly and novelists such as Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Smollett, Austen, and Thackeray implicitly - in so doing, incidentally giving the lie to the New Critics' foci upon literature in a vacuum and upon "universal" character development to the exclusion of historical context. The author's own book is filled with handome reproductions and illustrations of the works of art and architecture that he so expertly describes, and it contains amusing parables written by some of the renowned personages into whom he breathes renewed vitality and relevance.

Un Clásico de Julio Vernes. Una novela que se tiene que leer

It's 8 years now since I first read the book. Since then i've reread it once more. What can i say about the book? it's enthralling, daring, imaginative in its vocabulary and many things more. I'm keen of adventure books but when you add exotic landscapes to accurate data you make a masterpiece. You may think the book does not deserve its 5 stars but just read the story and tell me 'du ecrivain français'.Bye

This book is as suspenseful as it gets. The story is great, but the psychology of the characters is what makes this an elite work. Every main character: Captain Nemo, Pierre Arronax, Conseil, Ned Land; they are all fascinating and wonderfully written. An excellent book for people who enjoy the complexities of intelligence and human nature.

En inglés o español, este libro será gozado por los programasde lectura jóvenes y viejos por años para venir!

Abbe Jules is quite simply the best novel i have read to date. One of a trilogy of angry young men novels, Abbe Jules is narrated by a young boy growing up in the bourgeas (i don't know how to spell that) of a small french town. His uncle is the priest of the title, a complicated man, viscious, mean sprited, oppressed by his chastity - not your average priest. Basically the gist of the story is that the young boy is taught by his Oncle l'Abbe Jules....and that's it really - you have to read it yourself - which is a joyous task. The language Mirbeau uses is the purest poetry in parts, even if he does get carried away at times. This isn't a very good review.

Read Abbe Jules, I urge you i urge you i urge you.