A timely and convincing re-evaluation of an unfairly reviled Victorian master. Barringer and Prettejohn demonstrate that Leighton has borne the brunt of Modernist abuse for far too long. The full extent of his achievement is brought out in this comprehensive and powerful collection of essays, which show that 'Flaming June' and his other works are much more than merely charming. I particularly liked Prettejohn's elegant account of his four major narrative pictures. Now at last critics can write about Victorian art openly, fairly and with insight. Leighton emerges as a masterly and subtle artist - not before time.

As the mother of a six year-old, I'm grateful for the appearance of this series, The Life and Work of... There aren't many art books for children this age; most are simply too long and involved for young children. This profile of Remington is filled with large type text and a colorful narrative that is sure to appeal to children 4-8. Not only the beauty, but the variety and choice of illustrations are exceptional. My son and I really enjoyed the early photos that demonstrated for the first time how right Remington was: horses really do lift all four legs in the air for a split second. Given the helpful glossary at the end, I can't for the life of me understand why they didn't add a pronunciation guide. Still I won't take a star away from this series for the error, because I believe the book is more profitably shared by parent and child than read on its own.

What an exhaustive study this must have been! The author not only guided us through the life of this scumbag invader of central america, he also showed us the historical significance of his actions on u.s-latin american relations.

Martini has made significant changes in the 6th Edition of his Anatomy and Physiology text and they prove to be reader-friendly, more technically accurate than competitors such as Marieb, and accompanied by first-rate illustrations. When considering the accompanying Atlas of Human Anatomy, CD-ROM, and Applications Manual, this text is the best in its class.

Human Development is an excellent textbook, and one of the best textbooks I have ever used in my studies in Psychology. The author has laid out the chapters in chronological order from infancy to old age. Theories of development are clearly explained and charted. Many true-life examples of research and studies are scattered throughout the text, making theoretical material easy to comprehend. I would highly recommend this textbook to any instructor who is in search of high quality up-to-date material.

This book is well worth buying, sure it is heavy but the content is invaliuable, the diagrams are clear and easy to understand. The only problem with the book is the weight, the fifth edition has a hardback text book as well as a very usefull aplications manual that shows how symptoms can be looked at as well as giving working examples.

The book is a complete package incluiding a CD rom, and a related website as well as two books, and end of chapter summaries and questions help with revising. The only point worth mentioning for other British customers is that the book uses American spellings such as "Esophagus" rather than "Oesophagus" which is handy to keep in mind when looking through the index!

There's much more to the type of Frederic Goudy than Goudy Oldstyle, and you'd be suprised at some of the familiar typefaces that came from his hand. He created over 100 types, including what is now known as Berkely and Copperplate. Most designers are lucky if ONE of their types finds its way into common use. Goudy has at least ten. This is a facsimile of a volume that appeared in Goudy's lifetime. My only complaint is that I wish it had been reproduced on letterpress -- printed pages produced by modern means do not carry the same authority, or produce the characteristic relief of the old printing methods. Nonetheless, we are fortunate to have it available.

In 1985, I registered for, and then attended, a seminar at the Foundation for Economic Education. I was sent this book to read before the conference, and found it a fascinating little book. I must confess that I often have a short attention span (if I were an elementary school student, I would be diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder--but as a real person, I realize that I just get bored easily), and don't always care for books that require me to read dozens of pages for an obscure point. Russell's book is a series of short chapters (8-12 pages), and each is broken down into 3 or 4 key ideas (2-3 pages each). Thus, a busy reader can read 3 pages, learn something worthwhile, and then put the book down. A person doing a little reading during a break at work can easily read a chapter, and understand it, without being docked for failure to be back on time. An aggressive reader can probably devour the entire book in a single reading.

Russell makes use of a lot of little stories, much like Aesop's fables. They are easy to read, the point is clear, and the lesson is learned painlessly.

The book is subtitled "Bastiat Brought Up To Date" because Russell closely follows the lead of Frederic Bastiat a member of the French Chamber of Deputies in 1840, who told little stories to his colleagues during debates, in his attempt to get them to vote his way. Interestingly, Bastiat, in his own classic book "The Law," wrote a book which is astonishingly descriptive in its modern-day accuracy. Consider this little quotation from Bastiat (and cited in Russell):

"The government has been perverted. And the police powers of the state have been perverted along with it. The law, I say, has been turned from its proper course and made to follow an entirely contrary purpose. The law has become the weapon of every kind of greed. Instead of checking crime, the government itself is guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish."

One can only wonder whether Bastiat was foretelling the Cl! inton presidency, or if maybe, just maybe, politicians have always been the same, and Bastiat faced the mid-18th-century French equivalent of Bill and Hillary. Indeed, the timelessness of the ideas found in both Bastiat's work and in Russell's American updating is all the more reason to read these books.

After a musical concert, Ariel over-hears her father, King Triton, talking to Countess Oystera and inviting her stuck-up daughter, Pearl, to stay at the palace for a while (much to the dismay of Ariel and her sisters). Ariel tries her best to put up with Pearl, but when Pearl finds out about Ariel's secret grotto, she blackmails Ariel into being her slave - or she'll tell Triton about the grotto! Ariel soon finds herself doing whatever Pearl wants, and getting in trouble in the process! She even going to Eel-ectric City - at midnight! Soon Ariel is confronted with a way to get rid of Pear - Forever! But even though Pearl is always mean and nasty, can Ariel not save her? Will Triton finally find out about her grotto? (The pictures are great and fun to color too!)

The book covers historical development of gust loads criteria and analytical methods. The author is (rightly so) a leading proponent of power spectral (PSD) continuous turbulence methods for development of design gust loads and fatigue spectra. The author is the primary developer of the continuous turbulence requirements contained in FAR-25 and various US military specifications.