this book will entertain the baseball fanatic for hours...it is especially useful, if you are researching your town or city's involvement with America's pastime... i highly suggest you give a copy to anyone that you know that has played professional baseball...

'Scholarly, rigorous and remarkably comprehensive....Miles's skill in placing this period in its biographical, artistic and art historical contexts is admirable and illuminating...This important book will give pleasure.' Book News From Wales

'This valuable book' The Tablet

'has much to add to the previous, necessarily un-focussed accounts ... well-considered and well- executed ... perceptive and helpful' The Chesterton Review

'...well-researched and thoughtful. His book deserves to be read and considered by every admirer of David Jones, as well as by every admirer of Eric Gill' PN Review

'Miles's appraisal of Jones's paintings is not only eloquent, but refreshing ... I would recommend this emminently readable book.' Art Unit

This book is a must read for any Executive through manager in a company that is entertaining a CRM implementation. The book covers many helpful hints and constructs that will help save time, money, and human capital. In today's business climate of collaborative solutions pitched by the major competitors (SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards, etc.), many of their software offerings, solutions, and web sites are geared from their perspective. It's not too hard to get lost in all of their jargon. This book shows the other side--from an business point of view--to implementing a knowledge CRM business strategy. The book covers how to evaluate people for the team and progress throughout the project. The tables throughout the book are outstanding as they compare, contrast, list critical success factors, metric measurement, audit questions and methods, etc.

Larry Haney is among the world's most unusual authors...... The book, "Every Mile" is a down home look at life, families, friends, and faith. The poems are born out of the experiences of real life. When you read the book, you will be reminded of your childhood, the fun times with you family, the things of life which make you who you are, both the hard times and the fun times you've experienced. I would encourage you to read this book.

There are no words to describe how incredibly helpful this book was in dealing with the planning of a funeral. The author gives valuable information in a very easy way. It empowered me to make decisions that were right for our family and our budget. And I have shared the author's advice with friends going through similar dilemmas. Great Handbook!

This book is NOT just for kids!! I read it to my baby cousin and reread it after she fell asleep! It was a fascinating read, very well written and well supported by imaginative drawings. My favorite section, about the bugs, is simply amazing and my baby cousin loved it, too! Great stuff.

The excellent Cornerstones of Freedom series has been expanding beyond American History to include such topics as "The Fall of the Soviet Union." Actually, one of the key values of Miles Harvey's book is that it looks at much more than the end of the Soviet Union. Harvey provides a concise look at the creation of the Soviet Union with the Revolution of 1917 and provides a history of the country that focuses on the key elements that would come into play when Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet leader. The book does not end with Gorbachev's resignation on December 25, 1991, the day the Soviet Union officially came to an end. Harvey covers the major problems faced by the Russian government, which will certainly give young readers an adequate background for what they read in the media about what is happening there now that Yeltsin has been replaced.

"The Fall of the Soviet Union" covers the better part of the 20th century and undoubtedly provides more details and a more cohesive picture of what happened than students are likely to find in their World History textbook. The book is illustrated with black & white photographs for the period from Lenin to Stalin, and color photographs for the years of Gorbachev and Yeltsin. The scope of the book is nicely captured in the frontpiece photograph of a paint splattered statue to Lenin about to be toppled from its pedestal.

This emotionally gripping true story of how a juvenile court judge helped his own developmentally challenged son through many years of school failure by building an awesome emotional bond with him will never be out of date even when it is out of print. Judge Leenhouts' love for and commitment to his son Bill provide reliable and inspiring guidance for other fathers in our culture to follow, regardless of the specific problems they or their children may face. As a former juvenile probation officer myself, I am sure that many of the youthful offenders I've seen would never have become delinquents if they had had the kind of father love which Bill had-even if they were failing in school because of educational disadvantages. A father's love such as Bill enjoyed builds in a child an emotional immune system which can withstand virtually any onslaught which life can throw at it. Bill ultimately succeeded after many years of heartbreaking failure, and went on to become a teacher, though he had been told that he would never be able to go to college. This father and son story should not be missed--beg, buy, or borrow it as soon as possible.

My 27 year old son just picked up this book from my desk and said, "Wow, this is the book that got me interested in Shakespeare when I was six! It was my favorite book for years."
This is Shakespeare for children and for parents who may not even like Shakespeare. We wore out one copy and I had to buy another. The illustrations are wonderful and contribute to discussion about the plays. All three of my children credit reading this book with their comfort with Shakespeare in high school. One become an English major. I am very sad to see that
it is out of print. I have grandchildren coming up!

This book is one of the most influential books of my life. I first read it in college and am now in my 40's, and the message is just as true now as then.

The basic idea of this book is that it is the feminine side of humanity that offers more by nature and by practice the kinder, softer things in life (cookies after school, casseroles to sick friends, love notes in a lunch bag). By nature, men are providers and protectors, which leaves women freer to pursue the things in life which make it endurable, or better yet, enjoyable for others. Why do women love birds, butterflies and flowers? Are these things neccessary for survival? No, but by their very existence, these things offer diversion from the harsher facts of life. In the same way, if women do not do these kinds of things, neighbors, relatives and loved ones are starved from these small gestures of love and kindness. Life becomes nothing but a basic struggle for existence.

In my opinion, this book is a call for us to be women in practice as well as by nature. Do you have a beloved mother, grandmother or aunt? Why do you love her? Probably because she did these small tokens of love for you and made you feel secure, loved and important. I want to be a woman like that- someone who makes life better for others and left the world a better place for her being in it.

This book needs to be reprinted.