Robin Williams Books

This is the best book about Montreal that I have read.

While growing up in Montreal I was of aware of the shady life in Montreal, but I didn't know how extensive it was. We sort of accepted the corruption in Montreal as part of the scenery.

One time in the 1950s the authorities brought a leading gambler to trial. I guess he was selected as a fall guy. When my mother saw the list of his legal team she snorted,"If he is using these lawyers he's guilty!".

Camillien Houde was indeed a colorful character and one of the more effective mayors. A lot of people felt that he got a raw deal when he was interned during WW 2.

One thing that Weintraub didn't mention is that Montreal was a very safe city. It still is safe compared with many other cities that I have visited. Its much safer than either London, New York, or Washington.

Being a boomer from the West Island, I appreciated this book for the glimpse it afforded me into the "downtown" world of my parents, and a better appreciation for names which exist for me only as streets (Camilien Houde) or Metro stops (the infamous Lionel Groulx). The paperback version of this book did not contain a map, which would have been a helpful asset to a non-Montrealer reader.

Outrageous as the Belle Ville that it portrays, City Unique is much more than a thoroughly-researched and extremely well-written account of two of the most exciting decades ever lived by Montreal: it is also a literary testimony that brings to life the past behind the city's present and future. Weintraub's book flows just like the Saint-Lawrence - you glance at its troubled-though-delightful waters and wonder what you'd find at the bottom... Well, here's your chance to take that to shore, from the accounts of characters as memorable as Lili St. Cyr to the unravelling of a city torn in half by a street called The Main, whose every corner tells a million stories, with anglos on one side, francos on the other, and everything else in between. By one of Montreal's finest journalists, City Unique is an absolute must in our quest to understanding what lies underneath the city's cosmopolitan and multi-cultural enchantment today, as belle now as it was then.

Weintraub has painted a wonderful portrait of what life was like in Montreal back in the days before the separatists wreaked havoc on the fabric of the city with their language police and sign laws. Daily life in Montreal during the 1940s and 1950s is vividly portrayed in all its variety, from the infamous Padlock Laws of Premier Maurice Duplessis, to the padlock that held stripper Lili St. Cyr's chastity belt in place. The style is journalistic rather than scholarly, and breezy but informative. Weintraub (who is a Montrealer himself) interviewed dozens of people, and their stories are neatly integrated into his historical account of the major events and figures that shaped the era. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Canada's most flamboyant and fascinating city.

this story tells what one doctor does for his stroke patients. if more doctors use ultrasound like this, it is not widely publicized. some people have remarkable improvement.

I don't know if this treatment is "for real", but it certainly sounds promising. I do know that there is research on this exact topic being pursued at Duke University (there were a number of posters on it in the neuroscience intensive care unit). I was interested in the family dynamics surrounding the author (her sister was the main caregiver and she had a brother, but he was seemingly removed from the situation by distance), but this was not discussed in any detail. Book was well written and resonably informative.

A must read for everyone! Robin's story of her journey with her father is heartwarming as well as information we all need to know. Not just a tale of a journey back to health it is also a story of a relationship between a father and a daughter. Beautifully written. I recommended this book to all my friends and also to my book club.

What a wonderful story told from a daughter's devotion, wrapped in Love. Robin shares with us all of the emotions, science, trials and triumphs of her journey to find more than a remedy but a healing for her Dad. If you know anyone who is suffering from a life of physical limitations, whatever the cause, have them read this book!

Here is a book that's been considered a classic in Robin Hood scholarship for over 30 years -- and deservedly so! It collects several important ballads, plays and poems. And it has a long well-written and very accessible introduction about the legend as a whole. Also, the new preface fills people in on the exciting Robin Hood scholarship of the 1980s and 1990s. Prepare to fall in love with Robin Hood all over again.

This book offers a compilation of historical Robin Hood retellings, but also a comprehensive history of the Robin Hood legend. The introduction provides a thorough description and analysis of the genesis of the Robin Hood mystique, and then in the second and third part of the book each version is individually criticized. Rhymes, songs, prose, and theatrical versions all appear. In the last section, the authors provide a sample of other outlaw poetry, which can be compared to the Robin Hood legends. The authors have also compiles a comprehensive companion to any version of the legend, with maps of places, lists of names, and theories as to the origin of the legend.

This is an interesting and readable book. It strikes a remarkable balance between anthology and read-straight-through history book. It could certainly be read straight through, or in pieces. Even if you're not interested in wading through some of the middle English words, the analysis and introduction is indispensable to anyone interested in the Robin Hood legend, in outlaw mythology, British history, or even the history of the English language.

This new paperback edition of the 1976 work has twenty-eight new pages of preface and forward which detail and discuss much of the more recent Robin Hood scholarship by Stephen Knight and others. About two dozen Robin Hood ballads, plays, and poems are viewed from the perspective of two noted English historians. They do an excellent job of bringing a nice group of the early Robin Hood ballad sources to light. In addition, several later poems, a number of plays, and a few other outlaw poems find their way into the book and the discussion. The authors round out their study with four appendices, a bibliography (from 1976), an updated additional bibliography (since 1976), and an index. Overall this a very good place to start researching this celebrated English outlaw. If you get hooked, as I have, there is more than enough information contained here to lead you on as merry a chase of the elusive outlaw as you chose to take.

I gave the Mac version of this book as a gift to my hard-to-buy for sister and it was a winner! I am SOOO glad there's a Windows version for the non-Mac crowd. Every book by Robin Williams is visually inspiring and I especially liked the orginality of this one! Keep those books comin' Robin

The fonts featured in the book are great. Not only are they varied and interesting, but they are also very versatile. However, if you're not interested in the phsycho-babble, new age publishing, and "celebration of grunge typography", you can find most of the fonts freely available on the internet and packaged with other fonts in larger, less expensive colloections. On the whole, though, it is a good read.

Learn how to be someone everyone likes, admires, and wants to be around. In this simple but profound little book lies the power to change your life and bring joy wherever you go!

A pioneering book emphasizing the virture of cheerfulness as a character trait and attitude that empowers a person and positively influences others. Through quotes, anecdotes and personal wisdom, Marden teaches that a cheerful demeanor and grateful heart truly create such desired states as health, success, prosperity, attractiveness, and hopefulness. A short and sweet reminder of how to program the soul.

This book is a must have for any serious graphic artist/freehand user. It covers everything I wanted to know about the Freehand Graphic Studio Suite. Before this book I did not understand the full range of solutions this bundle could be used for

I bought this for use with Freehand Graphics Studio 7, especially Freehand and Fontographer. I soon discovered it's based on an earlier version of FHGS, version 5 (I think).

This book appears to cover Freehand Version 5, not 7, but it does cover Fontographer version 4.1. I cannot say which versions of Xres or E3D it covers, I did not use these programs or the book for them. The downside of it covering FH5 (not FH7 or FH8) can be overcome by many other Freehand books; there are very few for Fontographer, no other 3rd party books that I'm aware of. Even so, there is much useful content for Freehand.

The book is great, it's full of graphics and helpful hints, and the CD is full of helpful hints and Xtras. Well delivered, short helpful examples.

If it were for FH7, I'd give it 5 stars.

In the sphere of the social sciences, a long standing bias has existed against the so-called "natural sciences:" the lack of rhetorical power, and more simply, of terminological variability, has turned away sociologists, anthropologists, and historians from the literature of natural science. This bias is evident, but at base, irrational, at least by the uniform standards for scholarship that transcends disciplines. After all, the sociologist cannot simply write-off the work of the economist, just because of language.

This important work, although highly priced, must be read by social scientists as well as by natural scientists. Editor Robin Abell, with her talented staff at WWF-USA, have put together an inherently readable account of what "ecoregions" are threatened, while enumerating the attributes and possible threats to these areas. A reader, like myself, who knows little about such things , is sure to find themself surprisingly drawn to what otherwise seem like trivialities. For example, the consistent format of the volume, from section to section, provides the reader with a template, or general design, by which whole areas of geography can be understood.

And this understanding goes past the parochial association of one region with the "political unit" it is found in.

The title of this mini-review was not only meant to be teasing: it is my hope that more writers and editors adopt the style that Abell et al. have established. Perhaps then important subjects like this can climb closer to the center of the public conscience.

The first approach anywhere that looks not only at scale of biodiversity loss and priorities for conservation for our often over-looked freshwater resources. This book is essential for anyone who truly cares about North America's diverse natural habitats.

The maps in the book are wonderful. They effectively convey areas which are spectacular and also the areas that are most threatened.

Easy to read, practical tips. Highly recommend this to anyone looking to hire a graphic designer, ad agencies...

These are beautiful books with many color illustrations and good tips for visual design. The set, though, is disappointing in that the box appears to be sized for four, rather than three, books, and the empty slot is filled with a white cardboard placeholder, making the set seem cheesy. Maybe another book is coming out soon to fill that slot -- I hope so.

Robin and the King tells of life after Sherwood. It's great. Taking place during the early days of Normans, Robin is a political prisoner assigned to Prince William, or Rossel as he is called throughout the book. Robin helps win the war, but life doesn't go the way he would want. A Great Read.

In his duology, consisting of 'Sherwood' and 'Robin and the King', Parke Godwin gives us a whole new Robin Hood. A man who, in this second book, initiates the charter which would result in Magna Carta some 150 years later. Unlike other Robin Hood novels, these are set in the period just after William the Conqueror's invasion of England. This Edward of Denby, nicknamed Robin Hood, could very well have been the predecessor of the other(s?) by this (nick)name. Self-proclaimed "conscience" to William the Conqueror, Robin finds himself banned to Normandy and fighting in the war between William and his opponent, the French king. A good, solid historical novel. Fascinating and true to life. Looking for fantasy? Look elsewhere. Looking for good historical fiction? This is it! Not just for Robin Hood fans.

I picked up a used copy of this book and was wowed. The author presents a very balanced picture of hiring a nanny. She acknowledges that in some parts of the country, there are few legal nannies available. She acknowledges that some nannies are lazy or even dangerous, but that some families are hardly angels to work for, either. As a nanny, I felt that the author really respected the work I do. I gave this book to my bosses with no regrets; I told them it was SO much better than The Nanny Book, which I had bought because it was the only in-print book I could find. Highly recommended, and honestly, not that out of date for being nine years old.

The Safe Nanny Handbook is a great reference tool for those who seek to employ a nanny or for nannies looking to add to their professional library. The book is filled with answers to many questions parents have when looking for a nanny and takes the reader through a logical step-by step process to finding the right nanny for their family. It provides personal real-life stories as well as a question and answer section that provide great insight. It also has a nice resource guide at the end that includes sample forms and helpful wesites.