Eras Books

Hillary Gatti gets to heart of Giordano Bruno and his work and philosophy. It is a wonderful honour to the family and his decendants.

This book features solid glass animal figurines, animal boxes, bookends, decanters, vases, and lamp bases. There are also a large number of non-animal items, notably figural flower holders (nude and draped ladies, & geishas), glass Buddhas, and sundry mermaids and madonnas. Where appropriate, the authors note reissues. Companies featured in this book include: American Glass Co., Cambridge, Co-Operative Flint Glass, Duncan, Fenton, Fostoria, K.R. Haley, Heisey, Imperial, Indiana, New Martinsville, Paden City, L.E. Smith, Tiffin, Viking, and Westmoreland. And what glass book would be complete without the ever-popular "mystery section?" There are lots of Cambridge swans, Heisey horses, Imperial slag animals. (There is a dizzying array of glass horses: rearing fillies, kicking colts, Clydesdales, Plug Horses, and so on.) Some of the items are actually post-Depression: for example, Viking's colorful Epic line, which was issued in the 50's, 60's, and again in the 80's.

This is a truly charming book, and I have obtained a lot of pleasure from it. It is filled with both black & white, and full color photos, as well as a few original ads from magazines. Many of the items are true collector pieces, and high-end, from hundreds to thousands of dollars: for example, Heisey's large amber "Flying Mare," which books at $2,200-$3,000, and L.E. Smith's green King Fish Aquarium, an enormous fish-shaped container valued at several hundred dollars (a shipping nightmare, I imagine!). Some pieces, such as Tiffin's crystal pheasant paperweight with controlled bubbles, are so rare that the authors are at a loss to put a price on them. Nevertheless, some of the smaller animal figurines are still widely available at inexpensive prices. This book is currently out of print, but available secondhand. The authors have done a fabulous job, and it is a must for collectors of collectible glass figurines.

Dr Williams throughly describes this subject. Dr Williams explains completely how the Global Entrepreneur acts, looks, and works. He describes the backgrounds and mindsets of these individuals. They are on the cutting edge of technology, embracing the future. He includes practical examples of business people who have made the plunge in to starting their own enterprises.
Dr Williams is uniquely qualified to write about this area (having taught entrepreneurship for 25 years at a major American university). His insights in the the area of international business are impressive. I was lucky enough to get to chat with Erwin. He is down to earth and very helpful in his advice. He is positive and a great encourager. I am thankful I encountered him and his book. I got 6 copies of the book, one for myself and the others for friends. I quickly forwarded a copy to a friend, recently laid off from a major computer manufacturer.
If you want to know how business will look in the future, read this book.

One of the greatest sources of information on Byzantium!

First I want to talk a little bit about the way this book is published. I suspect that Mike Granat sent the manuscript of this book to several mainstream publishers and got a series of rejection slips for his effort. In the old days that would have been the end of this book. Undeterred, he then turned to a so called 'on-demand' publisher that has newer sophisticated equipment that allows them to publish books in very low volumes, and just in time to meet the demand from customers. This type of publishing, combined with the power of Amazon and the internet allows this book to see the light of day when it otherwise probably wouldn't.

And this is good, because this is an excellent book. Mike enlisted in the Navy in November of 1939. Because of the long waiting list he went into the Aviation Machinist School, and over the next couple of years alternated various technical schools with squadron duty in a flying boat squadron.

Nine days after the attack he was at Pearl Harbour and soon thereafter was in the South Pacific in a PBY 'Catalina' unit. These were the lean times when aircraft were hard to get. Their squadron flew endless patrols, and began to take the fight to the Japanese using bombs and torpedoes. This became the famous 'Black Cats' that attacked at night coasting in at very low engine power to reduce the noise.

In 1943 Flight Training finally opened up and he became a pilot, an officer and a gentleman. This began a career in Naval Aviation unlike many others. He flew in over 30 different types of aircraft from a 150 HP Culver Cadet to the Lockheed Super Constellation with four 3200 HP engines. Included were fighters (Hellcat, Bearcat, Tigercat, early jets), flying boats (PBY, Albatross) and more transports than I could count.

I was reminded again and again of the old saying that flying is 99+% boredom, and moments of sheer terror.

Mike is correct that this was indeed the Golden Era of Naval Aviation. Never again will there be such rapid advances in technology, so massive efforts at putting out a Navy of this size. This is a most interesting book showing a side of the Naval service not seen by outsiders.

This paper doll book covers the years from 1922 to 1927. In addition to the five 8-inch dolls and their outfits, there is a journal. The journal tells the story of the characters and the clothing they wear. Each doll has a variety of costumes including uniforms, everyday wear, and dressy clothes. Various hairstyles are provided for the females. This book is very well done. The dolls and clothes are printed on glossy cardstock and paper. The colors appear to be the correct hues for the time. Beside each costume is a short description with fashion notes and the year. The fashion notes vary in contents. They may contain the materials used, the names of the colors, the source of the clothing, or when it was worn. Many of the outfits came from the Sears catalog. Unlike many paper doll books for the Twenties, this one shows ordinary people not movie stars or the rich and famous. The book also includes a brief glossary of fashion terms and a bibliography. The back cover has a map showing where the events of the journal occurred and a picture of Fred Harvey. It packs a lot of information in its few pages. After carefully removing the pages of dolls and costumes you can reassemble the book and have the complete journal. If you cut out the fashion notes and attach them to the back of the outfits, you will have them for future reference. If you're interested in fashion of the Twenties, the history of the West or the Harvey Girls get this book. (I was personally disappointed in the book only because I wanted the Harvey Girls of an earlier period. The description of the book didn't include the dates when I ordered it.)

College-level libraries strong in library studies will find GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS LIBRARIANSHIP an essential acquisition: it's the first to break down the areas of specialty of government documents librarianship, providing chapters that focus on areas of specialty, both federal libraries and non-depository libraries with government document collections, and the skills, training and management of librarians working with such documents. It will prove a key addition to any serious librarian's reference collection.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is a fantastic book. It has excellent insights to the private lives of Grace and Calvin Coolidge and their family. While it does touch upon the political, the focus is on the personal family life. Learn about their personal likes, dislikes, quirks, clothing, past times and more. If you don't like politics you will enjoy this book for while world events are mentioned in passing they are only mentioned as time lines in relationship to what was going on in the Coolidge's lives at the time. Well written, easy to read and hard to put down. I came away with many great insights as to who the Coolidge's were as people, not politicians. 5 stars.

This is a fantastic book. It has excellent insights to the private lives of Grace and Calvin Coolidge and their family. While it does touch upon the political, the focus is on the personal family life. Learn about their personal likes, dislikes, quirks, clothing, past times and more. If you don't like politics you will enjoy this book for while world events are mentioned in passing they are only mentioned as time lines in relationship to what was going on in the Coolidge's lives at the time. Well written, easy to read and hard to put down. I came away with many great insights as to who the Coolidge's were as people, not politicians. 5 stars.

This is a fantastic book. It has excellent insights to the private lives of Grace and Calvin Coolidge and their family. While it does touch upon the political, the focus is on the personal family life. Learn about their personal likes, dislikes, quirks, clothing, past times and more. If you don't like politics you will enjoy this book for while world events are mentioned in passing they are only mentioned as time lines in relationship to what was going on in the Coolidge's lives at the time. Well written, easy to read and hard to put down. I came away with many great insights as to who the Coolidge's were as people, not politicians. 5 stars.