I was looking for something a bit lighter, but found the book give details I wasn't looking for. Had numerous pictures of early Baguio.

As a native Oklahoman who has returned after a 35 year absence I found The Culture of Oklahoma to be very enlightening. The essays reinforced each other in an image of a state full of people who undervalue their strengths and whose devotion to individualism and populism keep them underachieving relative to much of the rest of the country. The same culture creates people who are warm, helpful, friendly and perservering. An image which stands out is the contrast of the "dust bowl" image with the reality of a state which is, by and large, lush, green and water rich. One hopes that younger generations of Oklahoma will grow out of the backwards parts of their past while retaining the positives.

Can a textbook be delightfully written? This one is. Authors Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, and Gordon J. Curphy explore every aspect of leadership and smoothly weave research conclusions into the narrative. Examples abound, from Colin Powell to Walt Disney. The authors are all psychologists who specialize in leadership issues. They have written conversationally and intelligently, using plenty of sidebar material (even famous cartoons) to bring their reporting to life. We [...] recommend this classic (now in its third edition) to everyone interested.

It's a very good book (unfortunately it's old) about photochemistry and main application and sources

This work is clearly a labour of love for the Editor, Robert Whelan. The tenor of the entire collection is one of undisguised admiration for Octavia Hill and her work, and clearly regards her position as one which is very apt for the present.

Readers should be aware of the context within which this collection was put together. There are two strands which together promote this restoration of Hill's essays and letters. In the first place there were the reforms to the public housing market instigated by the Conservative governments of Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Major whereby sitting tenants were offered the prpoerty they were renting at a subsidised sale price thus allowing them to realise gains on the property while simultaneously allowing the local government off the hook for maintaining the properties and providing for a capital receipt for them. The remaining council tenants were also given the right to self government which reduced the power of local councils over their tenants and restored some rights to the individual property renters.

The second strand is the programme of the Institute of Economic Affais Health and Welfare Unit to realise a particular form of civic society characterized by an authoritarian state and moral code alongside an economically liberal economic system.

Seen in these terms, Octavia Hill's essays and letters not only strengthen her well earned reputation as one of a very few prominent Victorian women in a predominantly male orientated world who successfully managed a considerable property portfolio but also suggest that her outlook on the impovement of tenantkind is pertinent to tody's situation.

The letters have one, at least, not insignificant flaw. The main problem with the way that Octavia Hill ran her housing was that she would not accept badly behaved or delinquent tenants. By foccusing on her relatively better behaved tenants she had already won half of the battle. The message is clear however, for those who cannot comply completely, they are to be cast out into the wilderness. In Victorian Britain that was tough indeed. That aside, the letters do indicate that Hill believed in her quest to bring about an improvement in her tenants by somewhat rough justice. It brings to mind the welfare reforms introduced in the United States by the Clinto regime.

After reading this book I came away with a sad reflection on the way some of the Victorian social reformers dealt with those who did not have the education, financial capital or the opportunities as themselves. Perhaps there are better ways to improve mankind than those adopted by Octavia Hill. Still well worth a read for anyone interested in social history and the history of public policy.

This book proved very useful when writing my paper on Eco's the "Name of The Rose." It is an excellent refrence for the usage and symbolism of the rose throughout literature. It is a small book, but it has a lot of information that is very useful in a pinch. It doesn't go into a great deal of detail as one can expect from a book of about 150 pages, but I doubt you can find this book in any library so if you want the information you will probably have to buy it

The Lister's are gurus of Southwest archaeology.This book is a "review of Southwestern prehistory, as it is interpreted by archaeologists, and a correlation of the regionally designated cultural variants into an interrelated whole".Lister tries to show the affinity of all ancient SW peoples.The book is 180 odd pages with a map showing where the parks are,and plenty of B&W photos.The photos go back to the 1910s as the book is essentially a history of how the sites were discovered, excavated, conserved and restored by the Parks Service.There is a colour photo section too.
The first 70 pages is a synthesis of the prehistory -Hohokam, Mogollon and Anasazi cultures.It sets into perspective what follows.The balance of the book covers the 19 National Monument Parks. They are all there, the well known like Chaco canyon and Mesa Verde to the lesser known.The photos show for example Mesa Verde Cliff Palace in 1908 prior to restoration and in 1946 looking all "tidied up".Each of the 19 sites has a good Further Reading list.The book is not one that you should buy as your first book on the SW but a good second.

Ok, let me start by saying this is one good and complete guide, it covered ALL aspects of the game... but the truth is that for this game, you really don't need a strategy guide, I mean, the game's pretty linear, and there aren't any secrets (with the exception of the bloopers which, by the way, are never mention on the guide)and the game itself its too short. Definetely not required to beat the game.

This game guide is the absolute best thing. It contains everything from maps, tells how to beat each level with words rather than pictures making it better. It even contains the FMV sequence pictures and script. It says how to beat every boss and contains the passwords, and cheats to beat the game!

THIS BOOK HAD EVERYTHING. THE MOVES, THE BAD GUYS, THE PICTURES, THE STORY. EVEN THE DARN GAME SCRIPT. It made me really want to play the game. This is a must for mk fans.

I wasn't sure if I would like this book. With its title being "Gap Creek, a story of a marriage". Hmmm, how mundane? Not really! This book has a very strong character in Julie. I found myself respecting her and her decisions and feeling discomfort in her agonies. She was above it all (as a woman)...really, she could chop wood to heat a house, carry her sick brother for miles, slaughter a pig (quite a gruesome scene by the way) and even deliver her own child by herself. Yet, she has real emotions and letdowns that you can really relate to.

The book, being set in the time period that it is, makes the lives of these mountain people excruciatingly difficult, and you find yourself being grateful for the local "Piggly Wiggly" and modern medicines. There are a couple scenes that are quite gritty...for example the slaughtered pig scene (as aforementioned). I am not an animal activist mind you, but this was like 4 pages of pig guts and gore...yuk.

All in all, I really found myself enjoying the book, I read it quickly and didn't want to put it down. I was reading the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison at the same time, and had to put that one down for a day or so...ugh! I found this book much more entertaining and enjoyable.

This story of a young couple's hardships in the turn-of-the-century Appalachians gave me appreciation for our modern conveniences. I found myself yearning, however, for the honest hard work and satisfaction of living off the land. Morgan's style was crude at times--maybe intentionally--but I've read other novels that captured that same gritty character with a bit more passion. When Julie's newlywed sister comes to visit, for example, Morgan describes their laughter in every other paragraph. I got the point after the first two times. He could have plumbed the emotion and history with more feeling and depth...or maybe just more writing elbow-grease. But let's face it: this book works its way under your skin, demanding attention, or at least a reaction. Julie and Hank's relationship seems devoted, but more guarded than modern relationships. In the end, I enjoyed the coming together of the family, even through tragedy. The story had a message of hope, asking us to love others more than ourselves. Through its simple beauty and spartan writing, Gap Creek eventually made its way into my heart.

I found this novel to be a wonderful read despite it being a little slow going at the start.

Julie Harmon Richards is a young woman, at the turn of the 20th century, learning to deal with life and love in the Appalachian mountains. She marries Hank at the tender age of 17 and begins to learn the true meaning of hardship and suffering. They leave her family behind and start fresh in Gap Creek. Julie and Hank must fend for themselves in every aspect of their lives. They face con artists, death, floods, fire and childbirth. Starvation and loneliness also enter into the picture.

Julie has always known hardship and hard work, her work ethic is unbelievably strong. Her unending courage and determination throughout the book inspired me. She grows from a young girl into a young woman at a fast pace during the first year of her marriage to Hank. Her love for him never wavers and in the process her spirituality grows as well.

The ending left me wanting more ~ did they ever find the happiness that they so deserved? Will life get easier for this pair who struggled with so much? Mr. Morgan leaves it to us the reader to decipher the true ending...in my mind it's a happy one. They get to start anew.

This is one of the not so good econometric textbooks I've ever read. The mathematical notations appear to be very confusing and untidy, the text is excessively lengthy. But one who writes actuarial exams has to read it because it is the official textbook.

This is a very good text for an undergraduate student taking a first course in regression analysis and modelling. It is very comprehensive and has some very good examples for a beginner. The only problem is that the field of stochastic modelling is very dynamic so some of the material covered in the book has become outdated.

I'm giving this book 5 stars largely to balance out the somewhat unfair reviews that were given. For what it is -- an econometrics textbook that tries to present overview of neginning to intermediate econometrics and forecasting WITHOUT a lot of linear algebra -- it's a pretty good book. While it has its rough spots, the book has many good features. One of the really good features of this book is presenting the material with an emphasis on model building ... a very important emphasis that is too often ignored in other econometrics texts. In an ideal world, this book deserves at least an average of 4 stars and would deserve more if the readers made things more readable and better incorporated advances in econometrics since previous editions.