Long ago in my hippie days I lived in a log cabin in NewEngland. One day a bear came to feast on my bee hives. I moved them tothe porch, and that evening he came to visit my house. These events inspired my sister in law Ferida to write this book. You'll like it.

As a classmate of the author I can verify most of the details documented in this novel. Locations are acccurate as are the events. I can even imagine who some of the characters are/were. Great job Ernie.

Wonderful display of Klein's work and great indepth content. A must buy for a fan of Yves Klein!

Someone recommended this book to me, knowing about my interest in the Prohibition. I must say I was a bit disappointed with the quality of the writing. I am not exactly an expert, but I found more than a respectable number of grammatical errors.As far as the plot goes, it was very exciting. I was never bored and I liked the way Buti described the events. He has a skill for imagry if not for spelling. However, it was just a bit jumbled and hard to follow. Perhaps a few more revisions would have really helped improve the quality of the book.

I bought this book for my daughter for a school report on Prohibition. I could not put it down. This book is fast-paced and extremely funny. It shows the warmly human side of these happy-go-lucky Italians as they break into the illegal wine business through a series of Sting-like raids on other people's illegal wine .

I loved the incident where they stored a few thousand gallons of red wine in the farm's water tank temporarily. When they returned to the farm, all their friends were having a party. They had hot and cold running wine from the kitchen tap! A gift from God!

You'll be telling people about this book.

Coming from an Italian heritage this was a fun and interesting book . It has colorful characters.

RICHARD POLLAK, THE AUTHOR OF "THE CREATION OF DR. B", BRINGS TO HIS STORY HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH DR. B. HE ALSO BRINGS WITH HIM A LOT OF PERSONAL RESENTMENT. HE SEEMS UNABLE TO SEPARATE BETTELHEIM'S STRONG FREUDIAN PERSPECTIVE AND BELIEFS FROM BETTELHEIM'S QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR. POLLAK'S RESENTMENT GETS THE BETTER OF HIM WHEN HE MAKES DUMB REMARKS LIKE: BETTELHEIM WAS A "A MOMMY HATER"
HIS BIO DOES GIVE SOME GOOD HISTORY ABOUT BETTELHEIM, THE TYPE OF HISTORY WE ALL LIKE TO SEE ABOUT GREAT MEN, ALL THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY. IN BETTELHEIM'S CASE A LOT OF THIS AIRING OF LAUNDRY IS WARRENTED. BUT BETTELHEIM WAS A TRUE FREUDIAN. AND I FOR ONE HAVE FOUND HIS WRITINGS EXTREMELY ENLIGHTENING. THAT HIS PERSONAL LIFE WAS A [FAKE] DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM HIS POSITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE. POLLAK THINKS OTHERWISE.

On an episode of "The Simpsons," Bart is climbing on a psychiatrist's bookcase and knocking off some tomes. The psychiatrist says, "Stop that! Some of those books haven't been discredited yet!" "The Creation of Dr. B" is truly an astonishing book. To think that such a fraud could obtain such a prominent position in American life makes you wonder what other now-respected people out there are con-men and phonies. Pollak's book is a model of research and writing: those post-modern people who say we can never come to a definite knowledge of the truth should eat their words after reading this. "Dr. B" is one of those recent works that help show the insanity of the Freudian dominace of psychology in the mid 20th century. Can we now lump it with phrenology, as it deserves to be?

As a former student at Bettelheim's Orthogenic School, I would like to commend Mr. Pollack for a well written and truthful account of Dr. B. He was NOT the "saint" as people would like to have him be. Mr. Pollack's description of Dr. B is totally accurate in every detail. We, the students, as Mr. Pollack did point out, were very intimidated by Dr. B and were often slapped and beaten by him. The Orthogenic School staff, never came to our aid, themselves, as well, being intimadated by this man. I am glad Mr. Pollak wrote this book and only wish others would also expose the fake Dr.B.

This paperback contained war stories from three noted authors.The first story was by Stephen Coonts. It tells of an ex Marine sniper and a female military pilot who team up to kill the
terrorists who were responsible for killing her parents. In a story authored by Dean Ing a private investigator,a bounty hunter
and an FBI agent team up and discover a terrorist plot that could
lead to thousands of deaths.The final story by Barrett Tillman
tells the story of a group of retired fighter pilots who battle
enemy jets over the skies of California. Combat #2 was not as good a book as Combat #1. I hope that Combat #3 is an improvement
over Combat #2.

Combat #3 offered up four good stories by four good authors.
The first story was written by Harold Coyle.He told of a special Army unit made up of cyber warriors. They are recruited to combat the growing attacks by hackers whocause online terrorism around the world. The next story is by Ralph Peters. His story takes place in the Balkan states. A U.S. Army observer is taken hostage by the people he is sent over to observe.James Cobb tells of a U.S. calvary unit that does combat with an Algerian recon division that is attempting to attack a helpless African country.R.J. Pineiro,one of the rising stars among today's authors tells of a Russian terrorist seizes a space station
equipped with nuclear warheads.It is up to Marine Diane Williams to stop him.Four good stories for the price of one. Read this. You will enjoy it.

This was a really good buy. I have read all of Coonts books along with Clancy (except his Net Force), Brown, & Coyle. This is a great book for when you want to get down and dirty with the action within a short period. Each short is creatively done and reflects different views on combat and its effects on people and machines.

This is also a great way to learn about up and coming authors in this particular field.

Having bought this book for the last 20years (!) I can recommend it as a basis for researching places you intend to visit.However be aware that ,with the ever changing face of the gay scene, some places are bound to be history by the time you get there ! All in all ,an excellent guide to what to expect from a venue.And you have the facility to update the author yourself on the basis of your own visits.Alex Hart

I used this book while in Europe for 3 weeks and found it to be an excellent help, especially when I found myself in Frankfurt for an unplanned 4 days. Having used many guide books, this is the best I've seen ... very up to date.

I but this book which comes out annually about every other year. As with most gay guides, it is going to be a bit out of date by the time it appears in print. However, it makes for fascinating reading about all the different types of gay entertainment available around the world. I find there is a little too much emphasis on Germany, since that is where the book is published, but thoroughly enjoy it.

Geez. Did this book blow goats or what?

Good thing I found it in some liquidation bin at the Dollar Store. 3 for a buck. I bought 3, read one, and used the other two books to line my dad's COLOSTOMY BAG.

McDonald has issues and most of them are of the GAY AND PEDOPHILIA kind.

Stay away.

THIS BOOK SUCKS GOAT CHEESE.

This is definetly one of the better comic strips out there. Bruno the Bandit is completely original, and fresh, the main character contiues to surprise me. Bruno is not only a dumb crook, murderer etc, but also greedy, selfish, and at times meaner than his enemies. It makes hime very interesting to read about, you'd think he would rather save the world than make a few gold sovergeins, but not Bruno. He kills baby unicorns, and clubs baby seals, all to further his own ends and this makes the book very refreshing from other strips, for he continues to save people, usually out of shear stupidity! I recommend you to purchase this book!!

Like many internet comics, I stumbled on this gem by accident. I read the strips abounding with weird wizards, sassy micro-dragons, clumsy rouges, goat-headed Goddesses, bartending demons, and various other oddities, laughed so hard my sides hurt, and got addicted. Unlike certain other reveiwers who have no basis for their mindless dislike, I think Bruno is one of the best internet comics out there, parodying everything from pop culture to classic fantasy stories. Ian McDonald has terrific insight, and I hope the strip continues to be successful for many years to come.

First off. I'm a Richter zealot. I own 200+ recordings of Richter. I went out of my way to acquire a collection of Japanese laserdiscs of Richter performances. Richter's performance of the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto is for me a celestial performance. So...what about this book? I think unless you are pretty hardcore, this book will be a disappointment. It is not a biography. While I found Richter's ruminations on performances and recordings interesting, it is inconceivable to me that the average music lover would want to snuggle up with this book the way they might with a truly well-researched biography. Richter's life is fascinating, but I don't think it really comes across in this book. The author is honest in not portraying the book as a biography. And there's a great reference list of works that Richter has performed in public. What he didn't perform is almost as interesting as what he did -- e.g. he never performed Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto or Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven. I'd recommend waiting a year or so till someone does a great bio on this artist. In the meantime, watch the video that this book is based on. While everyone else seems to be giving rave reviews, I just can't see that. I gave my copy away.

I recommend this book, whether or not you've seen the companion documentary. However, as the film's title states, Richter is an enigma, and he still will be after you've read this book (or seen the film). With every page you get the impression he's keeping out as much as he's letting us know--and that's certainly his right. I'm not saying I'm looking for a "tell all" book about SR and frankly wouldn't want one. But there are times he stays frustratingly superficial about things: he denies he likes smaller venues for performing (I think it's kind of obvious he does), says repeatedly he does not like America "because everything's so standardized." Am I to believe that there's less variaty from Los Angeles to Maine than there is from Moscow to Odessa? He never really explains his beef with America or Americans, yet says being here made him "nauseous." His relationship to his wife and, of course, his homosexuality remain undiscussed. That's fine, except there's a lot of footage in the film where you find yourself wondering who took pictures of Richter that way, and why. (The scene of him wrapped in bedsheets running about is particularly interesting and humorous.)

The potential reader should also be forewarned that he reveals virtually nothing about his own art and insights. Anyone who enjoyed Joseph Horowitz's Conversations With Arrau and is looking for something similar will be disappointed. It very well may be that Richter was incapable of explaining or comprehending his talent. Or perhaps it was pretty much as he said, that it was pretty obvious to him how a piece should go because "all one has to do is read the score." He summed himself up with Kurt Sanderling's remark about him, "Not only can he play the piano, he can read notes too." To many such as myself who have been at times overwhelmed by Richter's mastery, that may seem too simplistic, and even like a veiled statement (deliberately simplistic, in other words), but that's what he says. And listening again to some of his greatest recordings, maybe it really was as simple as that.

He also clearly became a sadder and sadder man as life went on. There is some discussion in the foreward of health troubles and lengthy hospital stays, but this too is not really talked about in any detail, and we are left with a very incomplete picture. So if you buy this book you will have a fuller picture of Richter, but we are still seeing him through a veil, and I have a feeling the author wants it that way to protect some things he may not want to reveal, or that Richter may have asked him not to reveal before consenting with his cooperation. At any rate Richter is still an enigma after this book and the video, but a fascinating enigma nonetheless!

I've enjoyed this book enormously and don't mind that, as Monsaingeon tells us in the introduction, this is not exactly a biography- the title of the book also makes that clear.
The style and tone of the book are wonderfully simple and direct, and many passages are very humourous. I especially liked Richter's description of Maria Yudina and the accompanying photo's (in the second photo she looks like a tramp in sporting shoes). It tells also of the eccentricity and powerful personalities (especially Yudina) that today would, I'm afraid, be ridiculed. The whole atmosphere of Russia, despite it's enormous injustice, seems ages ago from today's streamlined concerts, planned a year or more in advance, where pianists receive enormous salaries.
There was some discussion in Holland when the documentary came out about the title (the enigma). The original title in French was "l'insoumis", which, according to a French friend, means somebody (especially a soldier) not obeying the rules and following his own path (the dictionary gives the translation "unsubdued"). I think the original title is more in line with the book also.

In my mind, Latour is THE person to read in this area. Most philosophy of science seems to be stuck in the analytic tradition, and Latour is one of the tickets out! You will enjoy this text more if you have a little bit of background in philosophy (or if you are aware of the "science wars"). That said, the prose is clear and readable, and this is a good introduction to the work of Latour and to science studies in general. One issue, however: Latour insists that he will outline a method by which the number and value of articulations (of a given theory) can be ascertained...where is this method?

American Continental philosophy ineptly persists in re-enacting a version of the French avant garde that peaked somewhere around thirty years ago. In so doing, it completely misses the philosophical depth of Bruno Latour, who is more widely appreciated in his home discipline of science studies.

But in purely philosophical terms, I know of nobody who is working at a more advanced level than Latour. He not only demolishes the dominant forms of realism _and_ relativism, but begins to stake out the strange new ground on which 21st century philosophy will unfold.

This particular book _does_ break new ground in Latour's position, contrary to the suggestions of some readers that it merely rehashes old discoveries. There are some delightful new empirical studies, but more importantly-- a more fully developed theory of _substance_ than any Latour has offered before. This theory puts to shame the awkward anti-metaphysical smirks of American postmodernists, who remain buried in the past in a way that Latour will never be.

When Latour's _Les Politiques de la nature_ is eventually published in English, readers will find that Latour has taken yet another important step toward becoming an explicitly systematic philosopher, in part through his increasingly serious interest in Whitehead.

This book was written by an intellectual liberator, and not by some sort of relativist hack (as the otherwise amusing Alan Sokal utterly failed to recognize).

In Pandora's Hope, Bruno Latour is resolute in his efforts to [1] understand the mire philosophers of language have found themselves in, and [2] move on past those chimeras of epistemological impossibilities toward a richer understanding of things by scrutinizing the very practice of science and shaking loose the foundations presupposed by realist and social constructivist frameworks. This review, I will admit, is overly preoccupied by Latour's handling of "language," but Pandora's Hope covers quite well a much broader breadth of philosophical inquiry than my particular esoteric interest lets on. But since that is where my particular interests lie, let it be said that at least as an extremely strong subtext, Latour, through an exploration of the reality of science studies, relentlessly pursues the concocted philosophic divide between the world and words, and attempts to set us afoot on a more fruitful conceptual path from the dead-end correspondence theory and the resulting materialist/relativist dichotomy. If all this sounds far too heady, blame me, not Latour: for his ability to summarize in an attempt to overcome the various sprawling philosophical puzzles, his writings have a refreshing narrative flow, subtle wit, and an underlying humility that is encouraging rather than intimidating for the reader. It's not "lite" reading, but for those up for the challenge, it will be a rewarding task.