Roger Williams' 1967 book is an examination of the physiological differences between human beings. Roughly, it can be said that the insides of human beings vary far more than their outward appearances. The book examines variations in the individual organs and systems within the human body. Williams says, for example, that the pictures of organs in the anatomy texts are misleading because of the enormous variation in size and appearance. He gives the particular example of the gall bladder and its range of size. If noses varied to same extent, the smallest nose would be the size of a pea, and the largest would be the size of a watermelon! Williams' book will give the reader a greater appreciation of human individuality in a realm that most people don't often think about..

Written by Roger John Williams, biochemist, nutrition researcher, teacher, and writer. This book was used as a collage textbook for physical education. In nutrition he explains, "If we continue to try to solve [nutritional] problems on the basis of the average man, we will be continuously in a muddle, because the concept of 'the average man" is a muddle. Such a man does not exist."

This eye opener describes how people look extremely the same on the outside as apposed to their innards. We watch all these operation movies and sometime real operations and take it for granted that our organs are easily identifiable and similar like noses and eyes. However it turns out that they may vary greatly in form and even location to an extent. To some people it is intuitive but it took this book to bring my attention to realizing the differences of innards and their different reaction to the same substances.

This is another great Littles" book. However, the buyer should beware that it is simply an abridged and illustrated version of "the Littles to the Rescue." If your child is too young for chapter books, this would be a great starter that will make the transition to the chapter Littles books easier. In our case we had already read The Littles to the Rescue" chapter book, so this was a little disappointing. The page ought to point out its relationship to to the original.

By the way, "the Littles Go Around the World" is a similar treatment of "The Littles Go To School." Just so you know!

This is another great "Littles" book. However, the buyer should beware that it is simply an abridged and illustrated version of "the Littles go to School." If your child is too young for chapter books, this would be a great starter that will make the transition to the chapter Littles books easier. Any kid who read several of these will look forward to reading about the Littles' adventures in more detail in the chapter books.

In our case we had already read The Littles Go to School" chapter book, so this was a little disappointing. The page ought to point out its relationship to to the original.

Quite simple, in fact, this review of A.R. St.Johns book. Not a classic, but something you ought to read if you are very interested in Hollywood and its population of stars... Rogers knew them all and she has a way to tell you about them, especially as being a friend of Valentino and a protector of Clara Bow. She had a long career with Hearst papers (and a friendship with him and Marion Davies)and was one of the first lady reporter to cover hot actuality as the Lindberg kidnapping trial. She likes details, but not always accuracy (several critics said so.) To know more about her, see her other autobiography, the Honeycomb. Quite a lady...

There is not a lot available about, specifically, the retreat to Corunna in 1809. Christopher Hibbert's short book, "Corunna" is one of the few but you have to look hard to find a copy these days. In anticipation of a trip this summer to Spain organised to follow Sir John Moore's retreat and stand at Corunna, I found a copy of this and just finished it.

Excellent in that it gives a good broad brush picture of Sir John's life and military career but, as pure biography, I found it left too many questions unanswered. As a minor point, there is a brilliant cover on this book (my copy picked up second hand fortunately still had its dust-jacket) of Moore by Lawrence. I have seen the painting myself at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. However, we never learn in the book how Moore came to sit for the painting. Also, we never learn much about his relationship with Lady Hester Stanhope, surely one of the most fascinating female characters of the period. Then, too, we never learn whether Moore's promotions during his career, right up to General, were by merit or purchase. This is a fundamenal point to have omitted, in my view, as knowing the answer tells a lot about the man - both his personal fortune and his personal achievements. Moore came from a lower middle class family; there was no apparent money although in his very early years he had a noble patron in the Duke of Hamilton.

Too many questions for me, an avid reader of biography and a lover of this particular period of history for me to give this 5 stars. However, it was a cracking read, well illustrated and carefully based on the original sources, eg Moore's own journal, Napier and Oman (the foremost 19th c writers on the Peninsular War). A good addition to the little library my husband and I have on this period.

Upon completion of this book, the reader will have a complete history of the growth of today's hotel industry from the days of tourist camps, through motor courts, motels, and now motor inns. It is well researched, very quick reading, and gives an excellent history of this major form of commerce during the earlier part of the 20th century. The only thing missing might be a pictoral diagram showing the evolution of early chains into today's major lodging chains. I would also suggest a little more detail on the circumstances of some of the chain's that went out of business. Either way, a great piece for anyone interested in travel history and highway evolution.

I own a Suzuki GS450TXZ, and bought this manual as a supplement to the Clymer manual I've had for years. The first thing I noticed was that the photography and diagrams were excellent. Very close, clear and detailed pictures of the parts being worked on. I also found the text to be consise and straightforward.

If there is anything lacking in the book, it was that the bulk of it only refers to the 250 and 400 models. All information about the 450 was put into the last couple of chapters. One was expected to flip between the instructions for disassembly in the front of the book, then flip back to find the proper calibration numbers in the back.

In the end, though, I find the book worth having.

Bogart Rogers gives us a uniquely personal perspective of the first air war. Unlike many other war diary books, this book is a collection of letters that Rogers wrote to his soon-to-be wife. The letters, in and of themselves, are very interesting. Obviously, Rogers had no idea they would be published one day, so they have a strikingly intimate and honest tone when compared to other war diaries of the time. Because the story unfolds organically, via this series of letters, there is a lot of reading between the lines. Especially when it comes to what he chooses not to tell his fiance'. His description of one of his close friends not returning after a sortie is written so succinctly and "business-like" that his pain and loss somehow seem more intense and palpable. In some ways, this book is a love story. Although every letter goes into detail about his air combat experiences, his greatest conflict is that he wants to be reunited with the love of his life. Above all, Rogers comes across as a real human being who could have lived now as well as then. The power of his letters comes from the fact that he describes the dangerous training, the chaotic dogfighting, the horrors of war to a woman who has little knowledge of what he is going through. This brings a freshness and vitality to his account of fighting in the air during the Great War.

We've read all of Susan Rogers Cooper's delightful stories, including the six Sheriff Milt Kovak books, the (very difficult to find) two Kimmey Kruse stand-up comedian stories, and the previous six EJ Pugh mysteries. Obviously we like Cooper's great writing ability; one would swear she can turn a soccer practice carpooling chore into an event of note with her descriptive and insightful commentary on everyday life. All of her characters tend to be a little low profile, humble practitioners with an overdose of curiosity that leads to solving crimes, sometimes almost unwittingly. Unlike her sheriff, who of course was paid to catch killers, Kimmey and EJ are strictly amateurs who depend on cajoling friends and policemen into helping move along reasonably good plots.

In this story, EJ is far from her home (Texas), and is re-united with her three sisters (with spouses/partners along) in a contrived vacation in St. Johns cooked up by her mother who wants to see the girls "get along". Much of the story revolves around their childhood goings-on and/or their perceptions of each other's adult lives and situations in society. Hence, the plot is almost a little secondary to the mental and verbal meanderings in the Virgin Islands setting. There is a murder or two to solve, and even if a bit improbable in total, we're hooked enough by a few real clues mixed in with several red herrings along the way to feel some suspense. Indeed, we thought the ending fairly surprising, and hardly anticipated the ultimate culprit at all.

While we'd readily give almost all Cooper's books 4 stars, we don't think this one was one of her best -- maybe the unusual setting (although entertaining in itself in some ways) put our author off her usual game plan; and with none of the regular supporting characters to help out, we didn't know anybody here either. Still, the faithful will want to read this; and while many of her others seemed better to me, all 15 books are fun, worthwhile "reads" without demanding too much from us the reader but "enjoy". Why not ?!!

This was the first book that I've ever read by Ms. Cooper. I picked it up intially because I had been to St. John, U.S.V.I. a few times in the past, and wanted to see which sites were mentioned.

I liked this book, but I found the writing style to be a bit spare. I have no real mental image of what the protagonist and her husband look like, or whether or not I would like them if I met them. The story itself was interesting, and the sibling problems added a nice twist to the story. Actually, I probably would have liked the book better if the family relationships were the sole focus of the book (Ms. Cooper seemed to handle that well). The mystery seemed to be a secondary issue here, and the whole treatment of the crimes that were occuring seemed too lackadaisical.

Although I liked the book, I don't yet know if I care enough about the characters to read the other stories. I'll have to think about that for a while...

This is my first E.J. Pugh mystery. It was a very fast read, the mystery kept me guessing, and I liked the characters of the four sisters. The memories of E.J. and her sisters while they were growing up greatly helped in understanding the dynamics of their dysfunctional family. The mystery itself was good, clues were there, but not obvious. I will read the other books in this series with enjoyment. If you are looking for an easy fast read, this is it.

First of all the abduction in the movie is nothing like the book, what was that about. The most interesting part of the book was of course the abduction but only two short chapters are about the abduction. The rest of the book was quite boring. There was no dialog with the extraterrestrials, we didn't find out that the hell they wanted, no message, no nothing. Your better off watching the movie and reading the two short chapters in the book about the abduction. Very intersting if the story really is true but you don't find out too much in this book.

Along with Betty and Barney Hill's story, the Rozwell incident, and the Area 51-Bob Lazar stuff Travis Walton's intriquing experience makes for some pupil-dilating, pulse-quickening occult reading. If it's science fiction, it leaves "2001", "Star Wars", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Hangar 18" and all the rest of them in the dust. If it's not...what is it? Did Travis tap into another level of reality? Or did he expose himself to a *natural* phenomena which electrocuted him, and caused him to wander around the Arizona woods in a semi-conscious state where his dream chemistry took over his brain for awhile?
Travis uses alot of space (printed page space, that is) to try to convince us that although he has a definite history of risk-taking and has a super inquisitive mind, he does not have the fertile imagination or the inclination to cook up such a story. He dispenses plenty of sentences in a defensive stance against the criticisms of folks such as Philip Klass, the noted UFO debunker. The final chapter is a tedious counterpoint to Klass' summation of the situation as...bunk.
The most interesting is Chapter 8, "The Aliens". It is absolutely fascinating; finely written. But it is revealed that these details originated in a question and answer hypnosis session.
That transcript, along with the actual interviews with his friends who claim they all witnessed the mysterious object's effect on Travis, is also not provided, and this technique (used effectively in Fuller's "The Interrupted Journey") makes up in riveting "realism" what it loses in literary quality.
On one TV documentary about fifteen years ago Walton came across as a very down-to-earth (pause) individual who sincerely wants the world to know that *something* happened to him in '75, and he's got many witnesses to that fact. He conveyed his message briefly and convincingly. Here we have a 170-page book running at 370 pages!
By the way, the color artwork is attractive.

There is no question that this is the real thing. I am not happy with the pictures, but much of what Walton says particularly his description of the aliens rings true. For those who want only the information on his abduction experience you might be disappointed, it is good but much of the book is about his and his crewmembers experiences resulting from the abduction. However, the story of an abduction only begins with the event. What happens afterward is often has more effect than the aliens. Read it all particularly if you suspect or know that you may have had a similar experience. What tipped me off, even though it rang true from the start, is his description of the aliens' skin, chalky white. The big aliens, unlike the little grays, have chalky white skin. Like the one that did a brain scan on me. However even though you are not into this kind of thing it makes exciting and revealing reading.

The Flying Fisherman. (about.com.UFO's and aliens)