I have read and reread this book since I was ten years old, and always enjoyed it! And I have given it to my children and grandchildren to read, and they also have enjoyed it! It is a book that remains in time, as Louisa May Alcott books do. It is about life in a young boys school. I highly recommend it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this tape. Beautiful poetry read by beautiful voices. It's wonderful for playing in the car on long journeys, it could even be the perfect antidote to road rage. Very relaxing.

While the first representative of the Percy family in England probably did not fight at Hastings, it's likely that he arrived the following year to found what would become one of the wealthiest and one of the most socially elevated aristocratic dynasties in the country. It survived in its male line until the death at a young age of the 11th Earl of Northumberland in 1670, leaving only a daughter. Elizabeth Percy's third husband was a Seymour and the duke of Somerset and her granddaughter, another Elizabeth, married Sir Hugh Smithson, who adopted the name of Percy and became 1st Duke of Northumberland. It is through this line that the family still survives. Lomas's goal is not to supersede but to update and reinterpret the work of Edward Barrington de Fonblanque (ANNALS OF THE HOUSE OF PERCY, 1887) in light of new data and perceptions. The family's progress in national life was far from smooth and even, being visited at intervals with political disaster, economic near-ruin, and plain bad luck. His approach is one of scholarly detail but his style is quite readable, making this an entirely accessible case study accompanied by a lengthy bibliography.

Deeva, my 8 year old brought this book from school a few days ago. Mehr (7 years old) read the first few lines and she could not get enough of it. Of course the rivalry between Deeva and Mehr who both enjoy reading was not unusual.

Deeva and Mehr found this book an easy, humorous and very entertaining read. Both read the book twice and the term 'put a sock in it' has become commonplace in our household.

Based on their enthusiasm I picked up the book (commited to science, technology and innovation) and even I found the book amazingly amusing, entertaining and some of the inventions described in the book are definitely food for thought. The exploits of the two inventors and Percy are outrageous enough that the politically unacceptable parts of the book were seen as only part of a fantasy story by both my children and therefore it was considered harmless. I refer to Percy stealing food from their neighbours for a meal for the three of them.

The story is broken up into chapters which are long enough to maintain continuity but short enough so that it is not an onerous task for a seven year old.

Deeva and Mehr are looking forward to reading other books by Judy Corbalis which we will obtain shortly.

If you're interested in the life of Edward John Trelawny, you'll have to look elsewhere. Suffice it to say that Tre' (as his friends knew him) was a privateer, a scoundrel, a lover of poetry, a freedom-fighter and a loyal friend of the most prolific literary talents of the romantic period. "Records of Shelley, Byron and the Author" is an account, not of Trelawny's extraordinary life & adventures, but of the two men that helped make that life so extraordinary. In his own words, he tells of the secret lives of Byron and the Shelley's, their romp through sunny Italy and the tragic death of Percy in the coast of Spezzia. The tale continues as Tre' follows Byron to the bloody civil war in Greece, where Byron too dies. To his credit, though, it is never "Trelawny's tale", but "Byron and Shelley's tale" as told by Trelawny. This deep, insightful book shows the poets as only a close friend could. Yet throughout, one can not help but love Trelawny himself: the man who supported the impoverished Mary Shelley to her dying day... the man who bought a slave for $10,000 only to set him free... the man who reached into the embers of Shelley's pyre, withdrawing his heart. If you love the poetry of Byron and Shelley & have even a passing interest in the men behind the legends, then Trelawny's memoirs are a must-read.

Balsdon's Roman Women: Their History and Habits is definitely a classic. What he , Balsdon, presents in this work is the long neglected world of the Roman Woman. Here, he presents their role in society and their role in the family.

I like how they are both different meaning different back grounds and how they didn't let the family stop their love for each other.

I have recommended this book over and over to every skeptic I know, because it is about time someone recognize that if there are gravitational and magnetic contacts between planets, it is ludicrous to assume that we as human beings are above these forces -- and even so, we are by-products of a massive universal timing that can not be ignored. I carry this book to every seminar I give -- just in case someone asks for scientific proof. I say to them -- well, which part do you want to know about quirks, solar storms, magnetic fields, birth triggers, Gauquelin sectors, Carl Sagan, Jesus, Gods, Aristotle, Kepler, Corpernicus, the pact between astronomers? Which one? It's all here and explained in essay forms that are easy to understand.
I highly recommend this book!!

hi sir please send to me review to Shelley's Major Verse : The Narrative and Dramatic Poetry book by Stuart M. Sperry im waiting you Ali Bintameem

Although better known for his poetry, Percy Shelley is a thought provoking author of prose, as well. The book contains over 35 essays reflecting Shelley's views on such topics as religion, life, capital punishment,love, and freedom. His views on God and religion are particularly astute and would interest anyone who has wrestled with his/her own faith.