This book is the polished version of Elder B. H. Robert's autobiographical notes that he hastily dictated in his waning years. He had enough sense of history to realize that he himself was a hot historical item.

The polished version is in first person, and was obviously dictated, which is an asset. B. H. Roberts was one of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's greatest orators, apologists, and scrappers, so the autobiography has the same rhetorical punchy-ness that that makes reading this book pure eye candy.

It is written in the first person, and Elder Roberts exposes his soul as he tells of his early childhood in Dickens's England, his emigration and journey to Salt Lake City, his hardpan life in the west, and his eventual embracing of the Mormonism. This man had one wild life, from rescuing the bodies of two missionaries that had been killed by a mob in the south, to running for the House of Representatives, and being denied a seat because he was a polygamist.

I confess that reading the life of the man is only half the story. Roberts had a very keen and grabby intellect, so you need to read his philosophical and theological works in addition to studying his life. He is considered the best intellectual among the Latter-day Saints. This is a very high honor, considering that he had a bare-minimum education, and was illiterate for the first eight years of his life. He was a self-made intellectual. Why do we, who have so much, do so little?

The only drawback is that Elder Roberts relied on memory as he was dictating, so some of the dates aren't accurate. Dr. Truman G. Madsen has written the definitive, and so far the only biography of B. H. Roberts called "Defender of the Faith: The B. H. Roberts Story," which is a better book, since it fills in the gaps, rounds out the edges, and gets deeper into his philosophy.

I was reading this on an airplane and told some of the stories in the book to the fellow sitting next to me. He was so interested that I just gave him the book so he could read it for himself.

This is the story of a 9 year old boy who comes to America from England with his 11 year old sister. The year is about 1867. The two of them cross the ocean, then they cross the country to the Salt Lake Valley in a covered wagon company. It is just amazing how he could survive such an ordeal. He has no shoes for most of the trip, and no coat or change of clothes. His shrit and pants are made from a policeman's coat in England. His sister gives him her slip to cover him at night and then he gives it back to her to wear in the morning. One night he climbs in a barrel to sleep. It has molasses in the bottem. He is too tired to climb our and so sleeps in it anyway. The next morning he is covered with the sticky surup. The only clothes he has are so covered with dust by the end of the day that they are no longer sticky. There are many touching stories in this book. His sister is so tender hearted that her tears drop on his feet as she picks the thorns from his bear feet each evening.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I couldn't put it down.

Financial Accounting is a difficult subject and Hermanson and Edwards do a very good job at bringing it down to the "understandable" level. They offer a multitude of ways to learn subject matter: from text, to graphs, to problems, to internet research (with web sites to visit) to real-world examples.

These are true stories that will quite literally change everything you thought you knew about death. Absolutely eye-opening! At last there a book of living and dying for Americans.

Used as a textbook for MS program. Presented a good overview of logistics and how one part of teh supply chain effects the others.

I have found this book extremely useful and can reccommend it with the confidence that it will help every person involved in Logistics in either: 1) Revise personal experience in the light of customer service and marketing research. 2) For beginners in the field, to develop a sound conceptual basis in Logistics & Suply Chain Management. I used as reference for my own work and I can assure that following this approach will ensure that different persons with different background & experience can understand the key issues.
I have not rated this book with 5 stars since while it infuses concept, it will not provide system design tools. Perhaps this is better, since it will allow for creativity instead of clonation, the first being what I feel is the best engineering practice everywhere. If you want to contact me about this book, you are welcome.

Ensure quality supply of all products in a timely and cost effeicient manner.

This book is informative in many ways. It lends the reader a valuable insight into the world of small-arms, but I feel Edmiston concentrates rather too much on himself, and so denies us of perhaps more snippets of information regarding the arms trade. While I acknowledge that the book is autobographical, Edmiston himself is not the reason one reads it while his involvement with Sterling is. This book was interesting and, despite an obvious lack of detailed technical knowledge and Edmiston's keeness to tell us about himself a very informative and stimulating read

I thought that this book was nothing more than an ego boost for a man who guided one of Britain's finest companies into ruin and then tryed to shift the blame in this autobiograohy. Edmiston obviously has very little idea about small arms, and his record as a businessman shows that his management skills are poor too. The most obvious flaw of Edmiston's tirade is his astonishingly pompous repetition of the word "I" within the book. If one counts on page 16, the word I or "my" is repeated a total of 18 times. Edmiston suffers from bouts of arrogant declarations and abusive 'ad-libs'. Having said that, it's otherwise ok on page 34

Having read this masterpiece of social observation, I was awestruck at the way this colossal mammoth of a work seemed to transcend all class boundaries completely. Edmiston is obviously a gifted and buoyant writer and the fragile beauty of his prose seems to fit the subject perfectly. It seems this work is a shining beacon in a world of desperate glory and pernicious authors.

This book is a catalogue for an exhibition that was held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The reproductions do not represent the full work of Millet but rather the selection of works that was presented in that exhibition. There are many reproductions of drawings, pastels and watercolors, and only a few paintings. Many of the drawings are preparations for larger scale paintings. I bought the book after a visit to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and was disappointed not to find many paintings that I remember from that visit - not even "The Angelus", which is probably Millet's most famous work. Still there is a large number of beautiful drawings and paintings, and the introductory text is interesting. I wish the reproductions would be larger - there are only about ten full page reproductions throughout the book.

This is the first quality pyblication I have found on Millet. While I was looking for more of a coffe table type book of his paintings, I was slighlty disappointed that many of his works were not included but the history of his life more than makes up for it.

I read this book in college, and it is one of the few books I remember from those years. What sticks in my mind most is the analysis of how early Washington DC's rooming houses became the site of nascent party-building. Congressman and Senators who came to Washington in those early years stayed in boarding houses, and Young's historical analysis showed how like-minded Congressman and Senators eat at the same table and slept in the same buildings. "Human beings design buildings, and the buildings they design also design us."

Only this liberal, star struck writer would somehow consider Jimmy Carter a great president. 21% inflation, oil crisis, hostages in Iran, forget about them, Jimmy was great but we are too stupid to know it.

This was written as part of the Miller Center Series on the American Presidency. The information within was taken from oral interviews of Carter and other key officials by academics after the end of the Carter presidency. For those who merely dismiss Carter as a poor president, I highly recommend giving this book a read.

The book, in my opinion, does two things. It goes into the dynamics of Carter's leadership style and also gives information about what was happening behind the doors of the White House.

In a couple words, policy and decision-making were handled two ways: collegial discussion and homework. These are key to Carter's leadership. As an engineer, Carter wished to focus on a problem, do his homework, and then join discussion about the options. As the president, he reserved the right to make the final decision. This follows his engineering and religious background. If there is a problem, solve the problem.

The difficulty that arose from this was his reluctance of engaging in political maneuvering and his focus. In Washington, it is necessary at times to bargain. Carter, leading a country rebounding from the Nixon years, was determined to avoid the political battles as much as possible. In regard to focus, according to Hargrove, his focusing on a problem kept him from noticing the connection with various other problems.

At the end of the book, Hargrove talks about how this leadership style worked, and did not work, in a transition presidency.

Also, Hargrove talks of the different agenda items (like the economic policy and energy policy) and how the collegial style worked. More often than not, not all the departments were on the same page. This led to the administration to appear to be vacillating. Hargrove shows how this process worked in each agenda, which is very helpful. I found this helped me to focus on the specifics.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the Carter presidency or anyone who did not like the Carter presidency. This book does have a good perspective on that time in American history.