This about 110 minutes (two audio cassettes) program recorded by native French speaker, and an English commenter, and accompanying 29 page - booklet.
It is divided in eight topics that gradually increase in difficulties (Meeting people, Eating and Dining, Going out, Going shopping, Around the house, Getting around, Talking about people, Talking about the past). The speakers will cover the topics, and ask you questions so you feel yourself forced to say it in French, here I wished that they had repeated the answer twice so it will be easier, but they left enough time for answers. The difference from "Language 30, French" is this program has some grammar, including past time, comparing, adjectives and verbs. Each topic is given three pages in the booklet dealing with vocabulary and grammar, written in two column (French, English).
I found this program helpful especially the grammar, and easy to follow while commuting.

This 2-cassette package is an absolute necessity for the business traveler/tourist heading to a French speaking country. It covers the basics with uncanny ease but also moves on to more advanced topics toward the end. The conversations recorded in native French are extremely helpful for providing the listener with actual speed and accents. A+

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This book is a great workshop in glmaor photography. It explains photo by photo (60 of them in all), the lighting, props, equipment and settings used for a shot. A must-have for those interested in photography.

This book contains a good overview of the various medium & large format cameras currently available on the market. It is however, a little dated in that it does not contain some of the newer 645 autofocus models. This book is highly recommended for those who are considering the purchase of medium or large format equipment,as it describes the strengths and weaknesses of popular rollfilm formats & brands.

It has suggested driving tours, a listing of attractions village by village, festivals, market days, and attractions by region (lavender, perfume, wildlife, wines). Maps look detailed. I've not been to Provence yet but this book seems to cover what I'll need.

I purchased this book many years ago when I was desperate to understand how to best use my digital camera, in-doors and take pictures of products that I sold.

This book was a beginning in understanding of lighting. From the book I was able to produce better pictures, but I still needed a better understanding of bulbs, fixtures and background. Once I meet a professional photographer I instantly understood because I ate this book over and over. I was able to ask all kinds of intelligent questions.

Being in a real studio made me understand the limitations and frustrations I was having trying to produce a produce with a white background. Buy this book to understand. Don't think that this will help you bring you to a professional status. I am still looking for that book.

Mr. MacDonald is well know for his involvment in Berlioz academia, however, I find him very opinonated in how the works are presented, i.e. the Te Deum and his addition to Les Troyens, an extention which I found added little to the opera. It is highly unlikely that he can take liberties with the letters, but what he chooses to include and exclude is relavent. Based on my observation of Mr. MacDonald, these choices may be questionable. Also, my observation of Berlioz acadmeia, Mr. MacDonald is the man in charge, but not the most talented of the group. The book, if it has new material, would be of intrest to Berlioz scholars. As a general selection, I would advise looking at content.

Online Review: Taylor's Guide to Gardening in the South, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. Reviewed by Russell Lipp on 4/17/2000. Email rlipp@compuserve.com.

This 391 page illustrated guide to gardening in the southeastern part of the United States is an excellent value. There are 145 pages of color plates. Overall, what makes this guide appealing are the following points: - The guide is laid out in a logical sequence for both experienced and new gardeners. - All the basic gardening ideas and steps are clearly explained. - The color plates provide botanic and common names, plant height, unique characteristics, best growing region and reference pages to detail information. - The guide's price is lower than other regional gardening books. - There is a very good index, as well as several appendices that include a list of public gardens and their addresses, seed and plant sources and references.

This guide is not meant to be a thoroughly complete treatise for all southern gardening. As such, it is weak on the following points: - It does not cover annual flowers (and thereby saves considerable bulk). - Some of the color plates have photographs taken from a distance so that close-up details cannot be seen. - Some of the specie lists are incomplete, such as the Hosta plant. While the text mentions there are 25 Hosta species, only 5 are described.

There are 16 gardening books in the Taylor's Guide series. Eight authors contributed to this guide. The book cover states that this book provides a "guide to the best plants specifically selected for the region". The primary emphasis is to describe those plants that do well in each of the southeast regions of the country. This guide succeeds very well in this respect.

It is very important to read this book from the beginning, and not to skip portions or start in the middle. Earlier sections provide the basic information for succeeding sections. For example, the section on Garden Design is dependent on and builds on the earlier information provided for the regions and their climatic differences.

All of the "advice" information is contained in the front of the guide. This includes Regional maps, Garden Design, Old Standbys and Favorites, Native Plants, Southern Lawns and the Gardening Year. These sections are followed by the color plates. The last major part is the Plant Encyclopedia. The color plates and Plant Encyclopedia are cross-referenced for ease of lookup.

An experienced gardener might want to take more time to read the Old Standbys and Regional Favorites section, and take less time reading the Garden Design section. While there is useful information for all levels of gardeners, any book on gardening can go just so far. There is still the need to visit local nurseries and gardens to talk with experts about their plants. This "local" advice will supplement this guide, and provide answers to most of your questions.

I enjoyed reading and reviewing this book, and can strongly recommend it to anyone interested in gardening in the south.

This book definately did not live up to its average four star rating. As a pro photographer I can tell you that it lacked any detail regarding exposures, exact positions and angles of lighting, posing techniques and a number of other important areas of portraiture. A number of the examples were written in German, many of the lighting products were from Europe, and only one of the photographers profiled was from the U.S., which is important in regards to accepted styles.If you want basic pictures of lighting set-ups and ideas for using films that are no longer very popular, this is the book for you.

It's a well done book of its type-good photos, good lighting diagrams, and high quality typography. But like most of its genre it does not give the "nuts and bolts" of how to set up and run a photo studio. For this I find the books of Scott Smith to be outstanding.

Photography is painting with light and this book goes to great lengths to detail exactly how the portraits were shot. Through traditional definitions, birds-eye drawings, and technical notations, this manual provides the blueprints to photographs that compliment the nature of the subject through command of the luminous environment. Truely a wonderful book that has taught me a lesson from every page.

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This is an interesting biography of Charlemagne, illustrating his actions policies and the people he dealt with.

This readable political biography of Charlemagne was written by Roger Collins, whose knowledge of medieval history is evident in the other books he has written on medieval history.
Collins begins this biography with a discussion of the sources available concerning Charlemagne. Then he discusses the rise of the Carolingians, pointing out the factional infighting indicating that the rise of the Carolingians was not a foregone conclusion.

Before Charlemagne's time the Frankish Empire was made of two kingdoms. Charlemagne shared rule of these kingdoms with his brother Carloman. But Charlemagne and his brother Carloman fought each other until Charlemagne won and gained control of all Francia. Carloman abdicated to become a monk.

Charlemagne continued the expansion of Frankish influence over his neighbors begun by his predecessors, only on a greater scale. Collins recounts how Charlemagne continued the invasions of Saxony begun by his ancestors, forcing thousands to convert to Christianity, slaughtering them if they refused. Then Collins tells how Charlemagne invaded the Lombards in Italy like his predecessors. We see how Charlemagne was invited to Spain to help the Moslem governors keep control, and then returned to the Saxons who started causing trouble again. Charlemagne also fought rebellious subjects in Bavaria. He expanded his control into the Balkans where he defeated the Avars. Finally Charlemagne invaded Denmark to control the Danes and managed to influence Byzantine controlled Venice.

But military expansion was not Charlemagne's only legacy. Collins demonstrates how Charlemagne attempted to revive and reform the spiritual and intellectual life of the empire. Collins also tells about the reasons and results of Charlemagne's imperial coronation on Christmas day 800, not least gaining the imperial title from the pope, which Charlemagne used with the titles of 'King of the Franks', and 'King of the Lombards'.

This is not a personal biography. Collins only mentions Charlemagne's children or wives when he discusses how Charlemagne divided the Frankish empire. Neither is this a military history, there are no accounts of battles or discussion of weapons.
There are a series of maps to clarify the book and an excellent set of notes and a good bibliography.
All in all Collins has written an excellent account of Charlemagne's life.