This is the book I check first when I have a question about an English Rose. The organization is great, the photography is beautiful, and the plants are described by someone who has grown them in the US. This book is therefore best for those growers who live in Southern California, but still, it's better than if it was written by an English grower. This book also describes the negative aspects of varieties, which is one of the most helpful things. One thing that would improve this book is a photo or description of the plant habit so to provide information on where to plant in the garden. E.g. is Abraham Darby staunchly upright, graceful, floppy? This book isn't all-inclusive, and of course there are new roses being released every year, but if you've got to have the latest, does it matter? Check out also 100 Old Roses for the American Garden, by the same author. Also a great book.

This is a great and detailed book about David Austin's roses. It is especially helpful since it gives realistic descriptions of the roses including disease resistance or lack thereof, how long it takes for a plant to establish itself and produce blooms, and what pitfalls exist for each rose. I think these are really important things to know since rose catalogs often only tell good things about roses and are a bit misleading. This book has great photos that are realistic, simple and beautiful, which also make you want to grow each and every variety. The companion to this book, 100 Old Roses for the American Garden is also excellent and features more disease resistant roses. The review below is actually about the 100 Old Roses book (with the cover photo of Austrian Copper) and was mistakenly put under this book about Austin's English Roses.

I stumbled onto this book because it was featured in the Washington Post in a column written by Adrian Higgins (Henry Mitchell's sucessor). A photograph of the Austrian Copper rose accompanied the article (the cover), and I'm a sucker for burnt-orange, so I followed up on the book. I am very pleased with it.

Although the cover is paper, it's a plasticized paper and a sturdy book. I mention this first, because I will refer to the book often, it feels pleasant to hold in the hand, it's easy to carry, and it can get a little moisture on the outside and not crumble.

I'm tired of having my roses eaten alive every spring, so I decided to pull out all the hybrids and fall back and regroup. This book takes me back to the old roses that are a little more hardy and can put up with Washington DC weather patterns.

The book is nicely laid out. A front section entitled, "What Makes an Old Rose" describes how old roses came to be. The next section is a "field guide" to help you distinguish roses at the nursery. This is followed by 168 pages of roses and text from 'Alba Semi-Plena' to 'Zephrine Drouhin.'

What makes this book unique as well as useful is the layout. Each rose is covered in a two-page section. A text description is on the right-hand page, and a closeup photograph of a specimin of the rose showing the bloom, buds, and leaf and branch structure is on the left-hand side. Because it's an actual photo, one can identify the rose in question more easily.

The text is useful. Not only are you provided a nice historical write-up on the rose, you are given the 'demographics' including the uses, fragrance, and suseptibility to diseases. Many of the roses appear to be relatively disease free and fragrant--and I found all of them except the "green" rose beautiful.

The back of the book contains a list of mail-order houses and gardens where the specimins can be viewed. Since I live in the DC area, I have acces to the U.S. National Arboretum and Woodlawn Plantation, but locations for viewing old roses are located in most states.

Tiana is the most incredible characters I've ever read about. Reading this books made me feel like I was stepping back in time to the days when the Cherokee were free and powerful. Luicia St. Clair Robinson does a remarkable job in researching the people and their culture. In this book you learn about Sam Houston, the development of the Cherokee Syllubus, Tecumseh, and the strengh of a Cherokee Woman.

This was an excellent book, I read years ago. One that changed my life. Who Tiana Rogers was and the way she is portrayed in the book, gave me a role model to follow, in a time when I really needed one. This is a book that touched my soul, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's attention it called. It's a beatiful story and one that you'll never forget.

This book gives you the insight of what it was like to live as a Cherokee in that part of the country. They were loving, beautiful people who lived their life according to what their ancestors had taught. It also gives us the ability to understand what they were forced to leave behind so the White settlements could prosper. And the unfairness that they endured. Tiana is an incrediable character who touches our heart and leaves us remembering her or what she represents, years after the book has been read.

This is a very good book for those interested in all the various accessories that the cowboy (and cowgirl) used. It is a good reference for old west living history groups that need to authenticate costume articles to a particular time period. The pictures are top quality.

It has a great number of photos that show details of western clothings, accessories, and other items. As a costume designer, I need to see the details for my research, and this book helped me a lot.
The book shows everything from hats, bandanas, leather cuffs, spurs, to boots. It also has a nice section on cowgirls.

I found the book both entertaining and informative. The photography and description of the material is excellent. As an amatuer historian on the subject, I found it to be educational as well as concise and pointing out subtle items which could have been overlooked by the casual observer. It is one of those books the reader can either read from cover to cover or open anywhere and dig right in.

It covers all aspects of turn-of-the-century attire and accouterments from the working cowboy to the Wild West Show performers. Excellent and entertaining.

I read this book a few years ago and all I can say is that I never put it down till I had finished it. It really spooked me. If you are into horror books and love reading about demon posession, then this book is perfect. It is about this girl called Mary who is posessed by this demon and this priest who is the exorsist. Many things in the book are sure too keep you up awake at night pondering. If you liked the movie the exorsist, then you have to read this book. I have read bloodline by the same author which is also very good.

I read this book a couple months ago and it still haunts me. Although parts of this book may have been sensationalized for readability, for the most part I believe it is factual. My grandfather lived in Earling at the time of this exorcism and as a child, I remember him talking about the terrible stench and language that filtered out of the convent that the townspeople could smell and hear. You can't read this book without being deeply impacted by it's message.

This book is not well-written, is not carefully researched, and yet I give it five stars because of the subject which it discusses. The exorcism which occurred at Earling, Iowa, has been a subject of interest to me all my life. This book expands on the pamphlet Begone Satan, which was first published about 1936 and attracted extreme interest. Time had a full page article about the pamphlet. The pamphlet itself is not carefully written, and so this book, which sensationalizes what is found in Begone Satan and supplies all the X-rated language which Begone Satan omitted, is not to be relied on as being totally factual. A small example of the looseness with research in this book is that it states Sept. 20, 1928, when the first series of exorcisms came to an end, was a Friday. I at once knew this was wrong, since I was baptized by Father Steiger on Sept 20, 1928 (I was two days old) and I knew--and any perpetual calendar will quickly tell--that Sept. 20, 1928, was a Thursday. There are other inaccuracies, and much of the early part of the book is as the author imagined the events probably happened. But the fact is that a series of exorcisms were carried out at Earling in 1928, and the devil manifested himself there in ways that seem fantastic but that are not explainable unless he exists. This may not be a very fashionable view, but of course the devil's greatest wish is that people believe he not exist. The book is an easy read, and introduces one to a fascinating event. The sad part is that there is no really scholarly study of the case available to the public.

This is not a "quick read." Rather it is material of the soul which one ponders long after each chapter is read. From her extraordinary encounters with real individuals the author delves into astounding and profound spiritual matters which could develop within any community. Lives are seldom the same following these encounters.

Each one of our own personal "camps" can be touched by evil and good. Despite any person's solidly set routines and systems, the wonder of relating to the Creator will shine throughout Enemies in the Camp.

This was a great book about some of the battles with evil that some people are faced with everyday. Some battles are won and some are lost ,but this book will show you how by trusting God and allowing him to take control of your life you will be able to over come some of your own personal battles with evil in your life. I would recommend this book to anyone.

Written in an engaging and welcoming style, "Enemies in the Camp" is filled with story after story of persons miraculously delivered from their own destructive behaviors and lifestyles. Alexandra Clair thrusts us into the world of the poor, the marginalized, the dispossessed--the "least of my brethren," as Jesus called them, and offers us startling accounts of the power of God's deliverance, accounts reminiscent of the miracles of the Book of Acts.

The amount of detail and knowledge of historical Japan is incredible! The time and place and culture comes totally alive; the throw-away characters and descriptions and incidents are as fascinating and well-woven into the story as that of the main characters and action itself. It's a page-turner--utterly fascinating. I was late to work and to all my appointments until I was finished with this wonderful book!

All the research that Lucia St. Clair Robson has done for this book pays huge dividends for her readers. The journey down "Tokaido Road" is a page-turning adventure, a good read; but the real thrill is that the author pulls the reader into feudal Japan in an unforgetable historical experience.

I was so taken with the novel that I followed up by looking for other things written by Lucia St. Clair Robson and came across "Ride the Wind," the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a woman raised by a Comanche tribe. It was another incredible culture experience. I learned more about Plains Indian culture in "Ride the Wind" than in all my other combined experiences about Indians.

While I read "Tokaido Road" several years ago, my memories of it are still crystal clear, a sure sign that this is one of the best books I've ever read.

Author Robson obviously spent years researching her fact filled, original, exciting novel. The scope of detail far exceeds what one usually expects of romantic fiction. Lady Cat believably rides, walks, and fights her way throughout Japan. The book contains one of the most romantic beach scenes I've ever read: Cat and her opponent duel partially naked under the moonlight. Also there's a scene with a silk scarf . . . breathtaking.

In one thin volume, the reader can survey a detailed history of environmental degradation in North America:
Who were the original perpetrators and who continue, in the name of progress and profit, to be chiefly responsible for the catastrophic destruction of America's natural environment?

The following are typical passages from the book's section on American forests: "It's said that the hardwood forests of the Eastern United States -- one of the most diverse ecosystems outside the tropics -- were so dense with oak, maple, and beech trees that an intrepid squirrel could scamper from the Carolinas to the Mississippi River without ever touching the ground.

"By the time the Mayflower set sail for Plymouth, nearly 90 per cent of England's [ancient] forests had already been wiped out and the Black Forest of Germany had been turned into a manicured wood lot by Bavarian forest meisters.

"If the Puritans saw the American forest as an impediment, the British Navy seized upon the American forest as a vital strategic resource. In 1689, Britain decreed that all lands capable of producing masts and other materials be reserved for the Royal Navy as 'naval stores'."

The rather extensive section ends with charges of environmental destruction against a Who's Who of contemporary "bad guys": "After losing $280 million in 1993, because of a downturn in paper and pulp prices, Scott Paper hired Al Dunlap [as CEO], who immediately fired 11,000 employees, logged off the last of the company's old-growth timber, sold off most of the company's mills and forest lands (and eventually the company itself to Kimberly-Clark), moved its factories to Mexico, and returned the company to profitability. Dunlap, himself, made $100 million in 1995."

Topic by topic, James Ridgeway and Jeffry St. Clair name names accompanied by photos for identifying which Chief Executive Officers of which corporate polluters committed which crimes against the environment. The occasional black and white photos of the Bad Guys resemble those seen in Wanted posters put up in post offices.

The book is organized into three major sections: Part 1. Resource-Depleters (Energy, Timber, Hard-Rock Mining, Agriculture); Part 2. Polluters (Garbage, Nuclear, and Major Polluters); Part 3. Behind-the-Scenes Players (Lobbyists, and Environmental Groups); Glen Canyon Dam; Resources and an Index. Each subject is so specifically well-presented with details, tables and photos, and so expertly written that it is a bit disappointing to be provided with a sprinkling of literature references throughout the book.

There is sufficient specific information in this inexpensive pocket guide to track down authoritative sources for verifying the train of charges. But the Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys should have added a few more pages for references to make this a practical reference work. Just before the Index, there is one page with the heading Resources. But this page contains the names and summaries of only one governmental and four NGO institutions from which reliable environmental information can be obtained.

A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys serves its purpose by providing a detailed overview of which companies are causing the greatest harm to the environment and what they are doing, not to improve their environmental record, but rather sparing no expense to improve their environmental image -- "greenwashing" their image. Many detailed examples of this new activity are given. The latter takes a lot of talent and money, all of which is recorded in this book.

A Pocket Guide is neither a happy nor optimistic book. Indeed, if you already have emotional scars from your awareness of the destruction of the earth's environment, then this book will cause you to have white knuckles as you read it. However, it rather thoroughly exposes who are the worst culprits responsible for these crimes against nature. Possibly, in good time, the "Bad Guys" will be brought to justice and the rest of humanity, in particular future generations, may have some hope of getting their natural environment back.

Although it lacks scholarly citation and in-depth analysis, this book sizzles. Sometimes a small, compact, hard-hitting, concisely-worded book is exactly what the doctor ordered. If you are sick of theoretical softies telling you the environment is this or that, look no farther. This book takes dead aim at actual polluters and the stinky cloud of facts that surround them. Bull's Eye!!!

Here in northern Nevada we live in an ecological ruin, courtesy of the big mining companies, which have gouged out the mountains and poisoned what pass for rivers in these parts. But who owns these companies? And how do they keep getting away with it? This book will tell you. I was surprised to learn that one of the biggest mining companies in Nevada, American Barrick, was actually a Canadian company and the former President George Bush served on its board. And it's not just mining firms. This little book gives you the lowdown on big timber, the chemical firms and the oil giants. It names names, telling you who their lawyers and lobbyists are, how much money they sluice into the pockets of their favorite politicians and how many times they've been caught violating the law. An incredible bargain.

Mr. Finan was able to take an interesting approach to the diary entries of Flash Ranger Pfennig during WWI. Although some of the entries are not very extensive, Mr. Finan fills in the voids with great descriptions of what was happening during that time period during the war. His descriptions of the ships as they crossed the sea had me dodging torpedos in my mind. The vivid decriptions of the coloring and geometric figures on the ships made me feel like I was actually riding across the Atlantic. This book will step you through the WWI experience and will touch on the small intimate experiences in the daily lives of a soldier.

This book gave me the true experience and insight of what a soldier went through in WWI. The annotations by Mr. Finan added the background and placement to set the diary into context. Very interesting reading!

It is a pleasure to see a micro-history book written by a first time author with such grace and precision. Finan has created a work which, unlike traditional battlefield accounts, reflects the nature of war for most participants--the extreme boredom, being disinfected for disease and pests, and the long process of being moved overseas and overland.

What I found amazing about this account is how Finan was able to pull so much information from such a small original document. The only way this can be accomplished successfully is through the skill and ability of the author. Congratulations are due to Finan, and it is hoped both that Crimson Shamrock press continues to print works such as this and that Finan continues to produce history that is so technically sound and utterly enjoyable.

After reading Walk In My Soul and Ride the Wind, this book was disappointing. I finished the book just because I started it and hoped it would kick into gear at some point. This book, with no flair, no characters I loved and a short-cut ending, leaves me not wanting to read her other books. Too bad, I was enjoying the ride.

Robson is one of the very best at characterization. She not only brings Sarah Bowman to vivid life but Jake the mule becomes a major character never to be forgotten. The mirages shimmered on the pages of the book and transformed my cool living room into the heated, dry parched desert that Sarah struggled through. In each of her books Robson has the unsual dexterity of changing her writing style to fit the period. I hate finishing one of her books - and can't wait to start the next one. Pure enjoyment.

If you think your life is hard, just wait till you read this book by Lucia St. Clair Robson ~~ it is so vividly written that I can't believe I didn't rush to the store to buy it after finishing Ride the Wind!!

Sarah Bowman is not your typical heroine nor is she your stereotypical woman. She is fearless ~~ takes no mess from any man nor woman. She rides with the army boys deep into Mexico to fight in the Mexican war. After her husband was killed, she stayed with the army knowing no other life. She started out as a laundress as she had done in the Florida Seminole wars. However, as a favor to an old friend, she started to be the officers' cook and laundress ~~ and was well rewarded with her efforts.

Through lovers, death and victory, Sarah remains with her intergrity as a human being intact. She defends the helpless every chance she can get. She has a bawdy sense of humor ~~ the officers' wives can't help but look at her with disdain. She shows a gentle side of her when needed ~~ she is a remarkable woman in every sense of the word!!

This is a brillantly written book. You won't be disappointed there with Robeson's writing. She writes so vividly that you think you better get a drink of water before the scorching Texas sun kills you. She also writes of a different Texas than the one that the Comanches ruled. It is just a fine story ~~ and it's a quick read. You can't help but be drawn into the story. And you can't help but admire Sarah and wish she was still around. But Texas and Mexico has claimed her as theirs.

I have two corp fin books by Ross and company. This book was purchased while studing for the Level I of the CFA exam. The other book was used in graduate school. Both books are sub par in quality and were not cheap either. Save your money. Don't use this text.

I have a master degree in finance and I believe this is the best work from Stepehen Ross. The book can be utilized for graduate students as well as undergraduate. If you are looking for a book which is extensively comprehensive and at the same time friendly you are looking for this book. It also contains diverse examples involving the use of financial calculators and software. It furnishes a preview on mergers and acquisitions and constantly tends to go beyond corporate to multinational

I have used this text in two corporate finance courses that I have taken at university and it was very helpful in allowing me to understand the concepts that were being presented in class.