As an attorney, I've read many books on estate planning and asset protection. Protecting Your Financial Future is the best treatment of the subject I've seen. It's got powerful info that even financial and legal professionals will learn from, but it's easily understood by the layperson too.

One of the best aspects of the book is its writing style. It was actually enjoyable to read; intermingling strategies with anecdotes that illustrate principles.

Living trusts and other asset protection tools are often used incorrectly. The authors of Protecting Your Financial Future help readers avoid common pitfalls and build wealth with strategies all my clients should use. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a trust or thinks they will benefit from a trust. This book will give you the answers you need for the best possible plan.

This book attempts to break the mould of the classical mythsand legends surrounding the life of William Shakespeare. Itdemonstrates that very little is known about the man himself and there is a surprising dearth of information regarding all aspects of his life. It delves into the cauldron of early post-reformation Britain and succinctly describes how William Shakespeare may have had a much darker side to his character than is traditionally described in most classic texts. A fascinating read for anyone intersted in history, literature, biography or simply Shakespeare himself.

This book finally allowed me to be able to hire the right people, unfortunately near the time I sold my business. I only wish I had found it when I went into business, however that was before the book was published.

The cover art, "Wanted Poster No. 17" by Charles White, drew me again and again into the depths of this book. It shows a black woman with her hands on the shoulders of a small black boy. Beside them are the first names and ages of faceless persons as they might be shown on a list of slaves to be offered at an auction. The faces of the woman and boy are very human and sensitive as if they are about to speak of what they have seen and heard.

Philip M. Weinstein, Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English at Swarthmore College, begins with his own Southern upbringing by a black woman. The love felt for that black woman was not enough to lead him into some enlightened knowledge of her (or even a visit to her home)until 23 years after her death! Her sister said, when he entered her home, "I've been waiting 23 years for this visit."

When Faulkner writes about Dilsey in "The Sound and the Fury" he is drawing upon the experience he had of being raised by a black woman. Dilsey never expresses personal doubt or pain or need. For such was Faulkner's experience of Callie Walker who raised him. He had no concept of the other world in which she lived and moved and had her being.

Likewise, Morrison has her blind spots. When she seeks to render the white Bodwin in "Beloved" she gives a strong but limited portrait, "a limited but precious truth." As Bodwin is about to enter the house where he was born and has not been in 30 years he thinks merely about the unbearable heat, his toy soldiers and watchless chain. These are nearly his last thoughts in this life were it not for the abortive attempt on his life by the confused Sethe.

The limited portraits by Faulkner and Morrison remind us of both the important contributions they have made to our understanding of their experiences and the need for other pieces of the human puzzle. The last word is not said in having said so much that is gripping and true.

Weinstein calls us to a humility that says where we are without the arrogance of thinking we have said/watched (or heard/seen) it all.

We here in scifi-stories.com just finished reading the last book of this TIMESHIFT trilogy 'What Price Paradise?' and it is very interesting, well thought out and well written. The one that will definitely intrigue you until the end. We can't recommended it enough. For this last book Phillip Ellis Jackson teamed up with author John William Galt, an award winning movie talent, screenwriter, and actor.

In the third book of the Timeshift trilogy we find Elias Putnam discovering a way to send a jumper (what time travelers are called) back in time. Keith Maravich is sent back to save Alicia York and her mother from being murdered, believing that this could fix the calamities mankind has caused.

Carson Gilmore, Keith Maravich's friend, is sent back on a mission to stop Maravich from changing the past. In the middle of the desperation that mankind finds itself in the future, Maravich believes he will do good by affecting the past, bringing the scenario of changing events from the past that could cause irreversible consequences and an uncertain future.

This book is never boring and all connects together very well.

When finishing this books we now wonder, with what new ideas will Phillip Jackson come up with next? We have become his fans as a 'story teller' just as we know many of those that will read these books.

Through the many letters reprinted in this volume, Robert Phillips allows us a glimpse into the world of a writer, who for most of his career suffered the indignity of indifference and the bitterness of rejection; only within the past two decades has Goyen's work received much critical attention. The book is divided into 7 sections, beginning with 1932, when Goyen recieved his B.A. in Literature from Rice Institute, until 1983, when the author died of lymphoma. Each section contains a chronology of letters that at first glance reads like a travelogue, a reflection of Goyen's inability to reconcile with the idea of place. Many of the pages reveal how he would settle somewhere new, begin to write, start to feel hemmed in, and move to another destination. Still, even when in California or New York, he never lost touch with those he most cared for, and he always considered Texas his home. The lyricism that echoes throughout his fiction and poetry is also heard amidst his letters. There are passionate notes to Katherine Anne Porter, whith whom he reportedly had a two-year relationship, comments to novelist Daniel Stern made during the time that Goyen was his editor at McGraw-Hill, as well as evidence of both the creative euphoria and crippling depression that he experienced throughout his life. Due to an estrangement over the publication of his masterpiece, The House of Breath (1950), there is not much correspondence with family members, but perhaps that is just as well since Phillips' aim was to focus on "letters about his writing, the writing of others, and art and literature in general " (xii) . The result then, is an autobiographical picture never before seen within the modest amount of Goyen scholarship that currently exists. We learn of an early military experience that almost cost him his sanity, his resentment at being called a Southern writer, and the writers he considered most influential, including Eliot, Pound, Frost, Welty, Porter, and Flaubert. Robert Phillips has done an amazing job in editing this epistolary volume. He offers us Wiliiam Goyen as friend, lover, and writer, whose raw, human vision is made clearer through his own words. This is an indispensable source for anyone wishing to learn more about a man whose importance to the canon of modern American literature has yet to be realized.

No one paints aviation sunsets like this man! Classic aircraft, biplanes, WW II fighters all the way to rocket planes. A great collection from the same artist who brought you the July '97 classic aircraft postage stamp collection. Bill Phillips' work is entertaining for the aviation enthusiast/perfectionist, as well as being satisfying fine art. Painting is his calling and he is faithful with his gift. The text stops short of explaining some of the most significant, and encouraging, aspects of Bill's biography.Closely examine his signature and you'll discover the driving force that sustains Bill and his work. This is a wonderful book that would have rated a 10 if the art was not split across the page gutters. As is the price is right, but I'd gladly have paid another $20 to have a larger book with the images on one page. It violates every user-friendly layout rule of coffee table art books- but this is NOT the fault of the artist! Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy to have this book. But it could have been even better. J. Campbell Martin

Edward Parks has done a masterful job of interpreting the art of Bill Phillips. Mr. Parks was a fighter pilot (P-39's) in New Guinea at the start of WWII and after the war became a nationally recognized writer for the National Geographic and later, for the Smithsonian Institute. His first hand knowledge of flying combined with an incredible gift for prose makes "The Glory of Flight" a perfect match between artist and writer. Bill Phillips is undoubtedly America's premier aviation artist. His ability to capture the experience of seeing the world from aloft is truly inspiring. "The Glory of Flight" is a must for any aviation enthusiast. The title says it all!

Bill Phillips is a superb landscape artist who captures aircraft in moments of aviation history on the richest backgrounds imaginable. I was priviledged to attend his showing of major works in the National Air & Space Museum in September, 1987; and have been an avid collector since

This informative book on Miami University is by no means a prolific body of literature, but merely relays factual information about the history of the university and important events. I would definitely recommend and encourage anyone interested in attending/working at Miami to read this book as it will give the reader a good impression of what the school is like.

Dr. Shriver has done an excellent job of bringing alive the history of this amazing university tucked away in the gorgeous midwestern countryside. If you attend Miami now, or are alumni, this book opens your mind to the people and events that shaped this historic and renowned university. You'll never walk down the slant walk again without thinking about those who have walked it before you! For me, I have always thought of the Civil War as a bloody and gruesome war, but have never thought about Miami men, just my own age, taken from Oxford, fighting against roomates, fraternity brothers and friends. This book is an excellent history of my school. Now, if only I can get into Dr. Shriver's lecture.....

As a Miami alum, I was thrilled to find this book. Dr. Shriver writes with the same mesmerizing style that kept his students fascinated in class (and I was one!). For anyone associated with Miami, this book is a treasure - it makes the state school burst with pride and recognize the importance it had in American history.

Neelix comes across in this book almost as well as he does on TV. The recipes are fun to read and cover the full range of the Star Trek universe. There is even one for a Borg dish [the only one that can't be created in a standard Earth-type kitchen]. For anyone hosting a Star Trek theme party, this book is a must. There are lots of hints on how to costume Earth food and drink [mostly non-alcoholic] to suit your occassion!

Be prepared for an out of this galaxy taste-trip! You'll have to forgive me, but being a Neelix-fan, of course,(I'm naturally biased in a good way)I had to go get this, try some of USS Voyager's chef's interstellar meals...The book is a blast, there's a lot of great humor, real practical info combined in a readable way! The preparation-steps easy to follow and do, the edible-results are out of this world and will vanish quicker than you can fix them! There are a number of reciepes offered that kids will like and want. Plus the added back ground on Neelix's past make help us understand him better,this wise, gentle and well-seasoned alien of many skills! Congrats to both Ethan Phillips and William Birnes for an enjoyable work!

Be prepared for an out of this galaxy taste-trip! You'll have to forgive me, but being a Neelix fan, of course, (I'm naturally biased in a good way)I had to go get this and try some of USS Voyager's chef's interstellar meals...The book is a blast, there's a lot of great humor and real practical information combined in a very readable way!And the preparation-steps easy to follow and do, the edible-results are out of this world and will vanish quicker than you can fix them! Congrats to both Ethan Phillips and William Birnes for an enjoyable work!

A usual book review outlines something of the plot, not enough to give everything away, but at least something to catch a potential reader's fancy. I cannot assure you that this book has much of plot---some men come together to run a new bi-weekly magazine in New York in the 1880s, their financial backer has hickish, conservative tendencies and he opposes a certain impoverished writer who supports socialism (then a wild-eyed fantasy. This rich man's son, who abhors any form of business, is made into the managing editor. A crisis develops, takes a sudden unexpected turn, and the men buy out the backer, who leaves for Europe. Most novels have a main character whose moods and motivations are central to the work. Not A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES. Several people figure almost equally in this respect, none of them women, but women are developed more than in most male-authored novels of the time, even including a sympathetic view of a very independent female character. Basil March might be taken for the main character, but that would be mostly because he is introduced first. He is abandoned for long stretches while we follow the lives and personalities of others.

Yet, I must say, I admired Howells' novel very much. It is not for those who require action, sex, or dramatic events. Rather, it is a slice of life of the period, of the place, of family life and social repartee that may be unequalled. Though Howells claimed to be a "realist" and he is often spoken of, it seems, as one of such a school in American literature, the novel oscillates between extremely vivid descriptions of all varieties of life in New York, humanist philosophizing, and mild melodrama, thus, I would not class it as a truly realist novel in the same sense as say, "McTeague" by Frank Norris. Howells had the American optimism, the reluctance to dwell on the darker sides of human nature. This novel may draw accusations, then, of naivete. I think that would be short-sighted. Henry James and Faulkner might be deeper psychologically and Hemingway more sculpted, but Howells sometimes puts his finger right on the very essence of American ways of thinking and on American character. Some sections, like for instance the long passage on looking for an apartment in New York-over thirty pages---simply radiate genius. The natural gas millionaire and his shrewish daughter; the gung-ho, go-getter manager of the magazine; the dreamy, but selfish artists, the Southern belle---all these may be almost stock characters in 20th century American letters, but can never have been better summarized than here. Two statements made by Basil March, a literary editor married into an old Boston family, sum up the feel of A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES, a novel that takes great cognizance of the potential for change in people (always an optimist's point of view). First, he says, "There's the making of several characters in each of us; we are each several characters and sometimes this character has the lead in us, and sometimes that." And lastly, he says "I don't know what it all means, but I believe it means good." Howells was no doubt a sterling man and this, perhaps his best novel, reflects that more than anything else.

This title should be on the syllabus of every American lit class. Read it and you'll realize that the canon is as full of holes as a chuck of swiss cheese.

William Dean Howells in his lifetime was ranked with his friend,Henry James as a writer of a new realistic kind of fiction,and however mild and idealistic it seems today,was considered by its admirers as refreshingly revolutionary and by others as cynical meanspiritedness seeking to sacrifice all that was "noble" in art.While actually having little in common with James, (he seems to be closer in spirit to Trollope)Howells' name was always side by side with James' and it was probably supposed that their future reputations would share a similiar fate. Unfortunately,that was not the case-while Henry James is considered a giant of American belles lettres,Howells has been relegated to minor status and except by a happy few,little read."A Hazard of New Fortunes",possibly Howell's best work,is one of the better known-but most people aren't aware that it is one of the greatest works of fiction in American literature.It is an impressive panorama of American life towards the end of the last century.People from Boston,the west,the south and Europe all converge in New York to enact a comedy of manners or tragedy,depending on their fortunes,that compares in its scope and masterly dissection of society, with"The Way We Live Now".Howell's light irony touches upon the eternal divisions between the haves and the have-nots,male and female,the socially secure and the unclassed,and with the Marches,the book's ostensible heroes,uses a typical normal middleclass family-with all of its intelligence,understanding,decency on one side and with all of its pretensions,timidity,selfishness on the other-to reflect the social unease and lack of justice in a supposedly sane and fair world.The book is subtle in its power and underneath its light tone probes the problems of its day with compassion and insight.Indeed,many of the problems it depicts are still relevant today.William Dean Howells wrote so many novels of worth that he deserves to have more than just a cult following; "A Hazard of New Fortunes" amply illustrates this.