Charles Williams Books

This book is simplistic in its nature and provides a basic introduction to the intensive care setting. The book is designed for the inexperienced critical care practioner who may have questions to answer at the bedside.

The format of the book is in body systems and related topics and is set out in question and answer format. The questions and the answers provided are simplistic in nature and do not provide comprehensive detail. The book is designed to provide answers to questions that an inexperienced practioner may be afraid to ask.

The main criticism of this book is that at times the answers appear too simplistic and comments by the author condescending. However it provides a useful tool for bedside care of a critically ill patient.

The inclusion as an information card/bookmark of the documentation guideline in the ICU is an excellent idea, particularly useful for the inexperienced note writer in the critical care setting.

In conclusion a good simplistic text for the beginning critical care practitioner to use.

The book is not very user friendly for our class. Professor even said that he was going to recommend to the school to use another book for the next semster.

The book is not very user friendly for our class. Professor even said that he was going to recommend to the school to use another book for the next semster.

The name of Mason Williams still resonates with authority among serious students of weaponry and weaponcraft, particularly under a law enforcement perspective. For that reason alone, this book is an invaluable addition to one's library. It is loaded with doctrine, equipment recommendations, training programs and deployment procedures; all quite practical -at the time!- information that could very well serve as essential reference not only for the individual officer, but for a whole department. By today's standards, the information is still useful provided that the reader does not take it as gospel but as a building block of knowledge.

Having said that, however, more practically-oriented readers should look elsewhere. The 31 years passed since the book's publication have been a time of steadfast evolution and a few revolutions in police training and indoctrination -e.g, check Mason's opinions regarding shooting a suspect-, not all positive for sure, but very much real nevertheless.

The product as such is good. Yet I had to complain on the product delivery.
The original order (18Dec) was not shipped as estimated and got lost in transit. Only because I followed up on the delay was the complaint finally taken forward and a new order positioned. This has now also arrived. However, now also the old order arrived and until today I have no info how I should return the order (as the 30 day period is over).
Hope you can improve the tracking process for shippings in future and provide estimate updates etc.

Charles Williams knew how to write. It is a pity that the publisher of this "reprint" did not reasonably proofread prior to going to print. Two pages are entirely blank. Several paragraphs from one page are repeated many pages later. I cannot be certain that I read the entire story as Williams wrote it. I ran in to a similar problem from this publisher in "Devil Thumbs a Ride", but it was not nearly as severe. Typos and mispellings abound. As for the novel itself, it is about mid-range Williams, which makes it superior to most in this genre.

If you are looking for the beautiful book by Charles Hose and William McDougall, you could be somewhat disappointed. This edition contains only the text of the original. The large amount of pictorial material of the 1912 edition, consisting of many photographs and maps, is not included. There is a more faithful Elibron Classics reprint (The Pagan Tribes of Borneo: A Description of Their Physical, Moral and Intellectual Condition with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic Relations. With an Appendix ... Races of Borneo by A. C. Haddon. Volume 1 and The Pagan Tribes of Borneo: A Description of Their Physical, Moral and Intellectual Condition with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic Relations. With an Appendix ... Haddon. In Two Volumes. Volume 2. Volume 2) which I think is worthwhile to consider. If you are looking for the text only, for instance to take with you on a holliday in Malaysia, this book will be convenient. As most older books on "primitive people" this book is somewhat dated. Besides giving an account of the Bornean tribes it will teach you many things about late 19th century English gentlemen as well.

Definitely not "Taliessin", this book is chiefly of interest as a window into William's style before he fully developed the unique structure that makes his mature poetry so great. I rated the volume 3 stars, to contrast it to what was to come after. If it had been the first and only work by Charles Williams I had ever read, I might have been tempted to rate it higher, but as it is, it pales in comparison to "Taliessin through Logres" or "The Region of the Summer Stars", or even "The Advent of Galahad". This is definitely the work of a poet still learning the art. My reaction to it was similar to listening to "Das Klagende Lied" by Mahler - a fascinating glimpse of an artist in the making, but not yet there.

That said, there is still much to enjoy in this book. "Twelve Sonnets" is radiant with pure beauty for its own sake. Someone should set them to music. "The Epiphany" and "The Wars" stand on their own as worthy, thought-provoking reads. In general, the second half of the volume is far better than the first (Perhaps the poems are arranged in chronological order?). But in my own opinion, by far the prize of the lot is a very strange piece near the front called "At Dawn" - an account of the rejoicing in Hell after a decisive victory over Heaven, with New Jerusalem in flames, Michael the Archangel defeated, and God Himself fled into exile. Masterfully constructed, it does what only the very best poetry can do, which is to bring fresh life to stale old truths, and to force us to see the familiar from new perspectives. "Poems of Conformity" is worth reading on the strength of this work alone.

Recommended to Williams fanatics everywhere, and to completists.

This is just one of those books that is almost really good. There are large-scale pastel drawings that grab a child's attention and there is an acceptable rhyme (see below), but the concept just falls a little flat in that the idea is that the animals are all mixed up in regards to what noises they are making because Farmer Brown has laid an egg. [Huh? Go Figure.]

Three Stars. If your toddler is having the giggles they might very well enjoy this silly book. The artwork is good and it's an okay read-aloud, but the concept is a little lame.

"Hee-haw!" the turkey cried.
The duck began to moo.
All at once the sheep called,
"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

The owl coughed and
Cleared his throat
And he began to bleat.
"Bow-wow!" the rooster said
swimming in the heat.

I am a doctoral student who plans to seek a job as a professor when I graduate. As such I picked up this book to learn more about my intended career. It is well written, easy to read, highly informative and very balanced. It addresses the variations in tenure across the US and the world, its history, pros and cons, uses, and possible changes to it. Tenure is one of those political hot potatoes that always remains under the media's radar, even though educational institutions across America and their funding sources are wrestling with it. I recommend this book to anyone who intends to pursue a career in higher education or academia.