Billy DeBeck began,with Barney Google,a chronicle of American lifestyle in the 1920s-which was marked by daring,willingness to take risks and cheerful optomism.Barney Google had some times at the race track,with Sparky doing his best at races-and even winning them on occasion.There were some fascinating stories well-worth reprinting in their entirty.DeBeck's Bughouse Fables and Bunky are also represented.(Learn what OKMNX means.) As time went on,especialy during the Depression, the stories took a different slant.Barney speant much time out of America,either in the Mideast or in the Carribean.When he did return to America,it was to inherited property in the Ozarks.Then he befriended Snuffy Smith,who took center-stage more and more as time went on. Although Billy DeBeck never completely forgot Barney Google,his assistant and successor,country boy Fred Laswell,found it much easier to concentrate on Snuffy an' his kin an' pals.As a result Barney Google became an occasional visitor in what is now Snuffy's territory.Yet it is because of Laswell's own brand of country-charm that the strip has lasted this long. It is easy to think of Billy DeBeck's Barney Google(1919-1934),DeBeck and Laswell's Barney Google and Snuffy Smith(1935-1942)and Fred Laswell's Snuffy Smith(1943-present)as seperate strips unto themselves.

The authors of the book reviews the role of Catholic Church in two prominent Latin American countries: Brian Smith wrote about the church in Chile and Michael Fleet wrote about the church in Peru. They outlined the roles that the Church have played in these countries in their history and argued that over the past 30 years the Catholic church have shifted its focus from siding with the country's power elite to the poor and the disadvantaged inside the country, although this shifts came with strong opposition both from Rome and often from the leaders of the church inside the country. Smith and Fleet also reviewed future challenges for the church in these contries, ranging from future relationship of the local church with Rome, challenges from the political elite and the growing Protestant movements inside the two countries, and conflicts on social issues such as birth control, abortion, and ordination of women as priests. I think the authors have done excellent jobs in arguing their case in this book. The issues they discussed in this book is relevant not only in Chile and Peru, but also anywhere in the world in which the Catholic Church has to deal with many difficult factors such as proper relations with the state and with Rome, and challenges to its authority from other faiths. My praise go especially to Dr. Smith, Ripon College's professor of religion and one of the best professor I ever had in Ripon College. He does not afraid to speak his mind and his thoughts in the book are always provocative but interesting, just like what he always does in his lectures. Dr Smith really does his own way in interpreting the Church's teachings, although he remains totally committed to the basic ideas of Catholic faith.

This volume consists of articles on children's folklore. The book provides various ways of studying the games, songs, rhymes, and other forms of folk culture that children express. It is an excellent resource for learning to understand ways that children's culture leads insight into the worldview of children. I also am impressed with the ways that the study of children's culture leads one to think about common and implicit aspects of adults' culture that form important ways of thinking about life -- but need to be critically examined. This volume should interest anyone who is curious about kids, but it is also academically-oriented and scholarly.

For new trainers, experienced trainers and managers of training, this book is invaluable. As a full-time adult training specialist for almost twenty years, I have read many books on the subject, and this is the one I always recommend. The authors have managed to include the important theory on how adults learn best, without getting boring, and then use this theory to support many practical techniques for trainers to use, so you know what will work, and why. Occasional trainers and new full-time trainers will find all the basics, experienced trainers will find ways of improving or varying techniques, managers will find ways of supporting the training process. Topics include Learning Principles, Training Needs Analysis, Leading Discussions, Questions, Case Studies, Training Aids, Computer-Based Training, Marketing Training and many more.

This book has proved enormously helpful in considering becoming self-employed. Brian writes with wit and compassion, covering all aspects of what to consider before taking the big plunge. Reading through the book step-by-step, and consciously taking part in all the exercises, I feel much more confident and aware of all of the risks and joys involved in becoming self-employed. Thanks, Brian!

In this book, Brian Smith wrote about the motives of International NGOs from the US, Europe, and Canada which have been active in trying to help Third World countries to stand on their feet. It also contains a history on how these motives have evolved from the 1940s to the present. The conclusion of the book is that quite often, NGOs real motives are often differ from their "official" statements - while most NGOs stated that they are concentrating on meeting the immediate needs of their clients, in reality many are working more on long term projects that do not have immediate impacts, but might have one in the future, which in itself is not a bad thing. Some of the more troubling findings of the book are that many NGOs are afraid of challenging the status quo and the economic orders in the developing countries they are involved with, for fearing that doing so would intimidate both the host country and their own government(s), since most NGOs relied heavily from their governments' assistance to survive. Also, many NGOs failed to fully disclose their real mission in the developing world, which could create lack of transparency and could result in demands of more accountability and tighter enforcements from their home country's constituents. Overall, an excellent book. Perhaps it should be updated soon, given many changes that have occured in the pasy decade since the book was published (e.g., the end of Cold War, globalization, shift of development strategy from planning to market, reduction in foreign aid due to tigher budget of the Western countries, etc.).

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Brian Smith explores the current chanegs in Latin American religion and politics. He addresses the problems in post-liberation Catholism and the alienation of the pentecostals. A fascinating book written in an easy language - suitable for undergraduates and the geenral public, as well as for researchers.

If you are a Ronald Colman fan, this is the book for you!

Smith has one of the largest collections of Colman stills in the world, and this is the basis of his exhaustive filmography, covering lost silents, deleted scenes from Colman's films, and all of the favorites ("Lost Horizon," "Random Harvest," and many others).

Smith does not neglect the biographical aspects, and Colman's life is covered as well, in a well-written prose style that is easy to read, as well as informative.

Colman was a true gentleman of the cinema, as well as in his private life, and I can think of no better book to recommend than this one. Smith has done his job well, and I think every classic film fan, along with Colman's fans, will enjoy and learn much from this book.

I read this book and it really helped me understand how slot machines worked. I actually win a bit of money on a regular basis, and I have fun. It's easy to read and understand. It has some funny pictures, that really make reading some the technical jargon interesting.

I've passed this on too many friends, who all have enjoyed the knowledge gained.