The daring actress Isabel Leon knows all the roles, but she's never known true friendship until she buys a hotel in Cantrell, Montana, and determines to settle down. Captain Dawson Mandera irritates and frustrates her, but she's intrigued by his past and his big brood of kids. Isabel is finally offered the role she's always dreamed of, but will her own past make her ineligible? A page turner.

This is an adventure-filled book that will pick you up off your seat, and leave you wanting more when it's done

Dr. Gray Sweeney, professor of art history at Arizona State University, is a widely acclaimed expert on 19th and 20th century American art. "Masterpieces of American Art" is probably his best-known work, and is a fascinating, enlightening and engrossing introduction to the subject. With numerous large reproductions of the paintings and well-written essays on the historical, artistic and biographical contexts of the works and their creators, this book is a worthwhile addition to any library.

What a glorious book! Fabulous full color pages depicting American Indian life, Frontiersman, the Wild West (including prints by Frederick Remington)and much, much more! This is a MUST have for anyone into Wild West American Art! I have not seen a book such as this with an entire collection of the old west and recommend it highly.

I agree with the above review and would simply like to add my own thoughts. The book illustrates the fascinating way in which mathematics, society, religion, politics and of course physics have affected each other (it goes both ways!) through out the ages. Furthermore, the author nicely illustrates the processes by which people think and how those processes have also changed through the ages (i.e., The Age of Reason versus The Renisance). This book left me with real insights as to the nature and limitations of the current state of mathematics and physics. Things are not as they seem, my friend! Lastly, the author displays an appreciation for the humor and irony of the history which makes this book hard to put down at times. I never thought a math/history book could be a "page turner"... Read it.

In most mathematics classes, students are presented with a completed edifice, and given a floor plan to help them navigate the halls. While this approach works for many people, others need a little more basic information. In this book, Morris Kline builds the building, starting with the mud and straw of the bricks.

"Mathematics in Western Culture" shows that the history of mathematics is one of hundreds of years of people sitting in the sand, drawing shapes and lines, scratching their heads, and trying to figure things out. This is not necessarily Dr. Kline's intention for the book, but this is certainly one of the many messages to be derived from it.

A fascinating, exciting book which makes mathematics more understandable and accessible.

The stories provide an interesting account of adventures in the West with an accuracy of detail. The stories have been previously published, but the new arrangement allows for an orginal contrast.

I enjoyed the stories. They provide an interesting viewpoint that rings true. The stories have been previously published, but the new mixture provides for new contrasts.

Several weeks ago, my wife and I visited the Little Bighorn (Custer) National Battlefield Monument in Montana. As we were leaving the grounds of the monument, we noticed the Big Indian Tepee Trading Post (or something to that effect) across the road ("Gifts, Souvenirs, T-Shirts, Cold Drinks, Food, Whatever"). I didn't feel like getting scalped in a tourist ambush, but my wife wanted to check it out. So, of course, we stopped. And, I'm glad we did, because I came across this absolutely marvelous book.

Owen Tully Stratton was a medicine show pitchman from 1898 to 1904, and a licensed, small town MD from 1906 to 1950. MEDICINE MAN is his memoir, as edited by his son. In the book's first 100 pages, Owen recounts his crisscrossing of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Montana and Idaho as a medicine show huckster. While today one might view such an entrepreneur as not much better than a used car salesman at best, or scam artist at worst, I learned one very surprising fact. Owen's medicine show, and the others he talks about, regularly employed an MD licensed in the state they were traveling through. In any town the show happened to be working, the physician would set up a temporary office to see patients referred to him by the pitchman. The show's MD was not necessarily any more of a quack than the local medicos, so he was actually in a position to provide legitimate medical care - and often did. Of course the medicine show and its tame MD were bitterly resented by the local sawbones and pill pushers.

The remainder of the volume is Owen's recollection of his life as a degreed and licensed MD, practicing at various times in Washington, Idaho and Montana. It was a hard existence, both on himself and his family. But Dr. Stratton reminisces with a perceptive wit that calls to mind the writings of the great Mark Twain. At one point, the author, a self-confident general practitioner (GP) but reluctant surgeon, recounts the time he assisted on an appendectomy with a more experienced, but inebriated, cutter:

"My surgeon, in his drunken enthusiasm, discarded contaminated instruments by throwing them against the wall. The patient knew nothing of that, and her convalescence was uneventful. With that experience, my surgical feet warmed up a trifle."

Evident to the reader are the striking differences between the practice of medicine then and now, with some not necessarily for the better. Take, for example, "house calls". For those of you too young to be acquainted with the concept, a house call was a visit by a physician to a patient's home to render care. This was simply the way medicine was practiced in those days, and up until the time of the mid 20th century. (As a young boy in the early 50's, I remember accompanying my father, also a GP, on his house call rounds.)

I cannot recommend this book to highly. I was particularly impressed by the circumstances surrounding the good doctor's own death, as related by his son in an Editor's Epilog. His departure from life was pure class.

My own father is deceased these past 25 years, but I shall give this volume to my mother, also an MD. Her maternal grandfather was a physician in rural Missouri at the end of the 19th century, and I'm sure she'll find it as fascinating as I did.

I may be a bit biased as this book is written by my great-grandfather and edited by my great-uncle. However, the "Medicine Man" is a fun look at a time in U.S. History when the west was still to be explored. It was a time of story tellers and colorful characters. That is the story of the "Medicine Man". I would love to hear what you think of the book. Owen "Brad" Stratton

The best books regarding the history of medieval Flanders are written in English ( David Nicholas and Patricia Carson ). But this one is the summum.

this book is a treasure trove of information. Details about politics, daily life, social mores, everything is in here somewhere, and even better it's backed up by quotes from medival sources. Nicholas is a fine scholar who presents a mountain of data in an intelligent and engaging manner.

an excellent way to get straight to the heart of the matter by delving into the actual content of his words, both spoken and written.

Much wisdom here.

This is an excellent translation of some of Meister Eckhart's finest works and is highly recommended as is McGinn's in this series. Eckhart is one of the greatest apothatic Christian mystics and both Eckhart titles in 'Classics of Western Spirituality Series' are a great place to start to read His works. If you want all of His sermons then buy O'C Walshe's 'Sermons and treaties'. For a study of Eckhart's mysticism buy 'Mystical Thought' by Bernard McGinn.

In this age of the dumbing down of everything, it's a delight to read very wise words from the great thinkers Dingle has chosen for her wonderful book. Impressive book!

As a teacher, I believe that this impressive book should be included in all high school and college libraries!

This is one of those you will listen too time and again! Crisp clear audio, good character voices by the actors. Excellent audio special effects. All easily heard in the environment of a car. The story is great also: four ranchers had settled an old grant...legally, when suddenly a young Mexican brings in a few head and claims some of the range. Things begin to fly apart after that. Then the rain quits falling and things begin to dry up... An excellent buy!

This is one of the most interesting and complex of Louis L'Amour's audio adaptations. The characters are three-dimensional and all operate in believable yet human ways. The production values are really superb. A very well-done adaptation.

Only rarely does an airman have the ability to so communicate his experiences that the reader sweats through them with him. Geoffrey Morley-Mower ranks right at the top with only a handful of such men. The grit, grime, tension and raw fear of having to fly when completely exhausted and lacking enough sleep comes through over and over again.

For the first time we have a clearly honest account of the war from a recce pilot's viewpoint. Seeing the desert war from this vantage point was a unique experience for me. The book gives you a real feel for the pressure of such dangerous flying under which some men understandably broke.