This is a well-written story that exemplifies in popular format the ongoing clash between old values and modern thinking. As I read this story, these values seemed more cohesive and less unbreechable... as long as respect and love are part of the picture.

A really great Western Love Story. A real tear jerker with many twists. I only hope that someone will someday make this a movie. It's clever, enticing, and exciting. You won't want to put the book down after half way through.

I read The Sacketts which I had purchased in the leatherbound edition many many years ago and had never gotten around to reading it. I started reading it while on vacation over the past summer and couldn't hardly put it down! It was well worth the years I saved it! The hidden place up in the mountains was mysterious and spellbinding for me as though I was the one exploring it. It was not just a shot em up western. It had a great story to it and mystery to unravel about the women he found. It only took me two days to read it. I would recommend it to any reader!

His everywork is sure to please. Not one of his books has ever fallen short of excellent. A great understanding of people, he educates and entertains. Politics, psycology, history, science and nature are his tools for teaching and capturing a reality of his creation. This is the first of a set of books that expand across many years and adventures, many lives and if you look closely you will see the stories and characters from these books, coming to life in other volumes in his long library of literature. He is one of the greatest, a true Seanachie.

Rene Chartrand has added a volume on the British siege and capture of Fortress Louisbourg in 1758 to complement his earlier volume on the Battle of Ticonderoga. Together, these two Osprey titles add a wealth of new information and perspectives on these critical campaigns of the French and Indian War.

In Louisbourg 1758, Chartrand provides ample details from both the French and British sides, using several previously un-tapped sources. The result is a thorough account of a very professionally-conducted siege. A complete order of battle, including both ground and naval units, is provided. There is also information on the partisan warfare conducted by the displaced Acadians. Information on casualties on both sides is also provided.

The maps and artwork are excellent, although one minor exception is a map that clearly denotes all the major features within Fortress Louisbourg, such as the gates and bastions. The panoramic photos of the reconstructed Fort Louisbourg are excellent and add great value to this volume.

Chartrand focuses heavily on Brigadier General James Wolfe, perhaps somewhat slighting the other British brigadiers, but this is probably necessary due to the restricted size of the volume. All in all, this volume is a welcome addition for anyone interested in Eighteength Century Siege Warfare or the French and Indian War.

This book follows the Osprey Campaign series format. The 96 page book includes plenty of color & b/w photos, maps, diagrams, portraits of key leaders, and both 18th century and modern sketches of soldiers of various French & English units. There is a detailed order of battle of both land and sea units, plus some very nice 3 dimensional maps of the terrain. Particularly enjoyable were the modern recreations of several events by illustrator Patrice Courcelle.

For those unfamiliar with the Osprey Campaign books, the contents include sections dealing with the origins of the campaign, opposing plans, opposing commanders, opposing armies, the camaign, the siege day by day, the aftermath, and the site today. An index, chronology and suggested further reading, are also included.

Rene Chartrand does an excellent job of telling the story in an even-handed way so the reader can appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of the conflict. There are some very insightful comments and interesting ancedotes on leaders, troops and the times. The book is very readable.

Louisbourg is a National Park which includes an extensive, although not complete, recreation of the famous fortress-city. For those who can not visit, for reenactors, wargamers, and those interested in the F&I War this would be an good book to have.

The drawbacks are few. Namely the 3-dimensional maps might have been "zoomed-in", some photos of the park could have been of higher quality, and more tourist information should have been given. In spite of these minor shortcomings, LOUISBOURG 1758: WOLFE'S FIRST SIEGE is highly recommended.

Hard Headed Jess, thought he had the answers to everything, mistaking Ariel as another women wanted for murder and bank robberies. She soon doesn't take long to get under his skin and the tavles are turned on him as he finds hes isn't always right. Very funny. Will read again!

I thought that Jess and Ariel were perfect for each other. They could not stand each other at first and they could not get enough of each other at the end. I like the way Jess was so possessive when Ariel was concerned. It was really hilarious reading about how they fought. It was my favorite Connie Mason book and what started me reading her books.

This book helped me pass my exam! The course is so boring and very dull, but this book uses everyday situations to explain the concepts. Marc Lieberman is a professor at my school and I wish I had him as a professor because all of the students who did have him said that his class is awesome. So if his class is awesome, his book has got to be awesome...right?

This book uses alot graphics and colors, which makes it more fun to read. This the exactly how I would want to be taught economics. There is also a little humor in the book too, which makes it even more fun. So for those students who are taking economics or are going economics, this book helps ALOT. It covers the basics very well.

Make sure you buy the most updated edition though. This book was just updated last year, so beware of those 1st edition books because they're old.

Easy and fun to use. Excellent blend of academia and real-life examples. Charts, graphs, and illustrations were colorful and easy to understand. Also, authors Hall and Liberman provide readers access to their macroecon website for additional study. I used this text at the postgraduate level - great for undergrads, too.

I fascinating study of premodern European folk traditions. The author avoids the all to common tendancy to fill his descriptions of folk practices with modern polemics. The author has no political ax to grind, other than reintroducing us to our ancestors. One comes away with a sense of how far we have come in the modern world, and also a sense of sadness at how much we have given up.

It is a complicated and unpredictable universe out there. Chance and chaos seem to rule much of everything, and even when we think we have control, we often fool ourselves into thinking we really have more than we do, or that we have any at all. The feeling of being in control, however illusory, is what has been harnessed by magical beliefs that have been found in all societies. In _The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe_ (Hambledon and London), Stephen Wilson, a British historian, has compiled a monumental collection of magical beliefs and practices that shows how they affected almost all aspects of society, including doctrinal religion. Every page is filled with odd practices that some community has at some time thought would decrease the chaos in the world.

Wilson has tried to lay out his encyclopedic work in logical fashion, with one chapter on livestock, another on conception and pregnancy, another on illness, and so on. Within each chapter, though, is a grab-bag of folk belief, with every page having its share of surprising beliefs. Take sex, for instance. Sex had plenty of its own associated magic, as can be imagined when people understood nothing about genetics and about the menstrual cycle. Impotence was often addressed by magic means because it was so frequently imposed on men by witches. The witches' main time of instilling such a curse was at the wedding itself, perhaps by secretly tying knots which symbolized sexual frustration. The prevention of such curses was commonsensical: the couples would deliberately avoid them by having sex before the wedding. In parts of France, if the impotence took hold, the couple would be put into a barn, striped naked, tied to a post and whipped. Having enjoyed this frolic, the "therapists" would untie them, given them food, and leave them to enjoy the night. Standing stones from prehistoric societies were found all over Europe, and were, by the descendants of those who had erected them, thought to be fertility aids. Women touched, bestrode, and rubbed on them, sometimes in groups as a pilgrimage. When such stones were incorporated into the architecture of churches, their function as fertility talismans continued, to the distress of some clergy. The cult of St. Leonard flourished in Limoges, and focused on a large bolt ("the bolt of St. Leonard") in the church door there. A woman would move the bolt in and out to banish sterility.

These descriptions show a theme that rises throughout this book. Wilson did not set out to write a comparative study of superstition and religion, but the two are interconnected in every chapter. While the organized church often tried to keep separate from magical practices, or to suppress them, the two spheres eased the same doubts and engendered the same feeling of control. Many priests frankly practiced magic and spells, and did ritual healings. The host was treated with utmost care, but it could be cheeked and furtively removed from the church for magic purposes, such as helping in battles or detecting an unfaithful spouse. It is no wonder that magic and religion were inextricably linked.

This impressive book is crammed with facts, many of them amusing. The author, however, has the view that such magical thinking is no longer part of our modern world, and this is simply not true. One can turn on Pray TV to see preachers casting out devils and doing healings. The head of the PTL club thinks he can divert hurricanes. We have Viagra now to help with erectile dysfunction, but the Web and newspapers are full of ads for herbal remedies for the problem. Thousands of people believe they are regularly abducted by flying saucers. We may no longer think that a baby's intelligence can be improved by application of blood or spittle, but we just know that Einstein had more brain cells in his mathematical area, and every now and then the newspapers have a story about the gene that carries genius. This book wonderfully illustrates the magical universe of the past, but we have not taken ourselves from it yet.

I admit it. I don't read a lot of romance novels and the ones I have read seem smarmy. I picked up this one because during my college days some "friends" played a practical joke on me with a mail order bride. I was pleasantly surprised by Donovan's skill in developing characters you care about and moving the plot in an engaging way from start to satisfying finish. The hero and heroine are not cardboard characters and the reader is carried along by their personal motivation and steamy passion. The supporting cast is superbly filled out as well. Dialogue is crisply written and believable, and the author seems to have researched her historical period well. Romance writing like this deserves to be placed in another category of literature several steps above the average paperback novel. Mail Order Bride reads as smoothly and stimulating as burgandy silk and you will wind up hoping that Donovan will write a sequel.

This is by far the best book I have read. Camille, the heroine is strong and you feel yourself with her in everything she does,from fighting of drunken sailors to charming and romancing Seth Braden. Seth, however , you can picture him in your mind as if he is standing before you. This is the first Sandra Donavon book I have read, I regret to say, but I plan on reading the other four right away. GREAT WRITING! I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!

This is the sequel to Brother Wolf and it is an excellent book. The other review under my name listed here should have been under Brother Wolf Not A Man Called Wolf. I'd read Brother Wolf first, but both are great reads. I just reviewed the wrong book first. Pardon my mistake, but don't miss out either book. You won't be sorry!

Based on a true event, Parkinson takes you on a roller coaster ride through rough and tumble southwest Kansas in the late 1880's. Son of a murdered sherriff tries to solve the murder of his father. Parkinson is a first rate novelist and his stories always keep you from doing work that needs done. This is one of my favorites because it covers the area I grew up in. Find a copy where ever you can. You won't be sorry!

Man of the Shadow is a riviting book that you just don't want to end. The story of Eagle and his denial to fully accept the beliefs of the People is a wake up call for us all. There may be a Trickster out there waiting to fool us all. I thought Eagle and the Old Man were as unlikly to get along as the Head Splitters and the smell cat. It was amazing they wintered together and didn't come to blows. All in all it was a great book and I can't wait to read more of the Spainish Bit Saga.

DR. COLDSMITH IS THE GREATEST IN THIS BOOK HE SHOWS US THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRICKSTER THE CARING SIDE AS WELL AS THE HUMOROUS SIDE VERY ENJOYABLE READING WELL WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND READ IT IT'LL MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON

Excerpt from a review essay by Karen-Claire Voss, translator of Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity.

After reading Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity, it is hard to imagine how any thinking person could retreat to the old, safe, comfortable conceptual framework. Taking a series of ideas that would be extremely thought-provoking even when considered one by one, the Romanian quantum physicist Basarab Nicolescu weaves them together in a stunning vision, this manifesto of the 21st century, so that they emerge as a shimmering, profoundly radical whole.

Nicolescu's raison d'être is to help develop people's consciousness by means of showing them how to approach things in terms of what he calls "transdisciplinarity." He seeks to address head on the problem of fragmentation that plagues contemporary life. Nicolescu maintains that binary logic, the logic underlying most all of our social, economic, and political institutions, is not sufficient to encompass or address all human situations. His thinking aids in the unification of the scientific culture and the sacred, something which increasing numbers of persons, will find to be an enormous help, among them wholistic health practitioners seeking to promote the understanding of illness as something arising from the interwoven fabric-body, plus mind, plus spirit-that constitutes the whole human being, and academics frustrated by the increasing pressure to produce only so-called "value-free" material.

Transdisciplinarity "concerns that which is at once between the disciplines, across the different disciplines, and beyond all discipline," and its aim is the unity of knowledge together with the unity of our being: "Its goal is the understanding of the present world, of which one of the imperatives is the unity of knowledge." (p. 44) Nicolescu points out the danger of self-destruction caused by modernism and increased technologization and offers alternative ways of approaching them, using a transdisciplinary approach that propels us beyond the either/or thinking that gave rise to the antagonisms that produced the problems in the first place. The logic of the included middle permits "this duality [to be] transgressed by the open unity that encompasses both the universe and the human being." (p. 56). Thus, approaching problems in a transdisciplinary way enables one to move beyond dichotomized thinking, into the space that lies beyond.

You must read this book for yourself. It constitutes a veritable treasury of living ideas assembled by a visionary who is also a renowned scientist. To my mind, this is a peerless combination. Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity indeed serves to rekindle our hope, (p. 2) and can lend all of us heart to proceed on the "quest for a tomorrow." (p. 3)

Excerpt from a review essay by Karen-Claire Voss, translator of Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity.

After reading Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity, it is hard to imagine how any thinking person could retreat to the old, safe, comfortable conceptual framework. Taking a series of ideas that would be extremely thought-provoking even when considered one by one, the Romanian quantum physicist Basarab Nicolescu weaves them together in a stunning vision, this manifesto of the 21st century, so that they emerge as a shimmering, profoundly radical whole.

Nicolescu's raison d'être is to help develop people's consciousness by means of showing them how to approach things in terms of what he calls "transdisciplinarity." He seeks to address head on the problem of fragmentation that plagues contemporary life. Nicolescu maintains that binary logic, the logic underlying most all of our social, economic, and political institutions, is not sufficient to encompass or address all human situations. His thinking aids in the unification of the scientific culture and the sacred, something which increasing numbers of persons, will find to be an enormous help, among them wholistic health practitioners seeking to promote the understanding of illness as something arising from the interwoven fabric-body, plus mind, plus spirit-that constitutes the whole human being, and academics frustrated by the increasing pressure to produce only so-called "value-free" material.

Transdisciplinarity "concerns that which is at once between the disciplines, across the different disciplines, and beyond all discipline," and its aim is the unity of knowledge together with the unity of our being: "Its goal is the understanding of the present world, of which one of the imperatives is the unity of knowledge." (p. 44) Nicolescu points out the danger of self-destruction caused by modernism and increased technologization and offers alternative ways of approaching them, using a transdisciplinary approach that propels us beyond the either/or thinking that gave rise to the antagonisms that produced the problems in the first place. The logic of the included middle permits "this duality [to be] transgressed by the open unity that encompasses both the universe and the human being." (p. 56). Thus, approaching problems in a transdisciplinary way enables one to move beyond dichotomized thinking, into the space that lies beyond.

You must read this book for yourself. It constitutes a veritable treasury of living ideas assembled by a visionary who is also a renowned scientist. To my mind, this is a peerless combination. Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity indeed serves to rekindle our hope, (p. 2) and can lend all of us heart to proceed on the "quest for a tomorrow." (p. 3)