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"She Rode The Rails" is based on the true life of traveling photographer, Mrs. Mary Jane Wyatt. A contemporary of J. B Silvis and pioneer photographer, Solomon Butcher, she was the only woman to own and operate a traveling photograph car on the Nebraska railroad in the late 1800's. She ran studios in Roseville, Il, and in Nebraska towns for over three decades. Mary Jane took many portraits of early pioneers and western landscapes, some of which are included in this book and published for the first time.

The story unfolds as her son, Charles Sears, remembers her life. He recalls how Mary Jane began as an unwed mother working as a lowly housemaid in Ohio to become a successful traveling photographer in Nebraska. With the support of her husband, sheriff and Burlington Missouri River RR engineer, Andrew A. Wyatt, she operated several galleries in a time when women were expected to stay home.

This book was awarded an Editor's Choice Award. The following quote from an independent review of the book:

"The author seems to have done meticulous research about Mary Jane and the time period in which she lived. The information about photography and trains is quite interesting, as is the background on real hardships Union soldiers experienced during the Civil War. This book will find its place in our national memory."

This book has received an Editor's Choice award. A quote from one of the independent reviews:

"The author seems to have done meticulous research about Mary Jane and the time period in which she lived. The information about photography and trains is quite interesting, as is the background on real hardships Union soldiers experienced during the Civil War. This book will find its place in our national memory."

This book is awsome. If you are a Buckeye or college football fan this is a must have!

A fine book about a great man as written by a great man - Todd Skipton.

My wife and I both read this book. It convinced us that we should stop and think of what is happening in our country. We are looking forward to the next book by this author.

This is the best novel I've read in years! I couldn't put it down. The book makes you think while being entertaining at the same time. I bet they make a movie of it. If you like suspense, mystery, and political intrigue don't miss this one. I can't wait for the sequel!

This book grabs you right away, just in seeing what the subject is. It is certainly something which I have never really thought about before, discussing soft porn and how it has been portrayed. Mr. Andrews keeps it interesting and makes you want to keep turning the pages.

This is an excellent book on a strange subject -- soft core porn. I am hardly a porn afficianado but I found this book fascinating due to Andrew's careful treatment of softcore. Too often, Andrews argues, softcore porn is seen as a 'watered down' version of hard core pornography. Against this view he points out that softcore has its own distinct aesthetic. The similarity between soft core and more 'high brow' forms of art then becomes a source of anxiety to high-brow (and especially feminist) critics. As a result the book is about more than just pornography -- it is about how American culture categorizes things as 'sophisticated' or 'smut' and it demonstrates just how complex the line between these two things is and how it has been drawn (and defended) in the US today.

Now, to be honest, the book is an academic monograph -- it is not an easy-to-read pop piece. That said, Andrew's prose is easy to read by academic standards, with a wonderful economy of expression that conveys highly complex analysis in only slightly-complex prose. But what makes this book so great is not Andrew's analytical chops -- which, to be sure, he's got in spades -- but his stupendous erudition. His mastery of the genre -- the filmography lists hundreds of movies he has watched -- and his unparalleled knowledge of ths history of pornography is truly astonishing. Like an entomologist who knows every detail of 'his species' or a Shakespeare scholar who can provide paragraphs of commentary for each line in Hamlet, Andrews simply appears to have acheived that rare feat: total knowledge of an entire genre. And this gives him the ability to understand and present the genre's relevance for our understanding of all forms of art and media.

It is difficult to believe that something as... well.. _smutty_ as soft core pornography could have something to teach us about media and society in America, but that is exactly what David Andrews manages to convince us of in this tasty book on a tasteless topic.

Vernon R. Alden, a multifacited person and scholar, left an enduduring legacy at Ohio University. As president he aspired to build a university of national prominence, and he pursued those aspirations with a passion. He helped to forge the institution that many of us know today - a beautiful cosmopolitan campus born out of his international influence, his sense of style, and his ability to get things done. You will enjoy reading Vern Alden's thoughts and recollections. Prepare to do so with a smile, appreciating his enormous accomplishment and penatrating personality.

Vernon R. Alden, a multifacited person and scholar, left an enduduring legacy at Ohio University. As president he aspired to build a university of national prominence, and he pursued those aspirations with a passion. He helped to forge the institution that many of us know today - a beautiful cosmopolitan campus born out of his international influence, his sense of style, and his ability to get things done. You will enjoy reading Vern Alden's thoughts and recollections. Prepare to do so with a smile, appreciating his enormous accomplishment and penatrating personality.

This book is not a book on technique or a "how to be more like me" book. It is a book that outlines spiritual principles that all of us need to know as we serve the church and God. This has been one of the books that I have constantly referred to over the years and will continue to go back to.

This book updates church management to a model that works now. Too many churches still operate under a model where the minister is the absolute authority figure. Underlying spiritual principles support creating a loving, nurturing Christian team ministry where each and every member can become involved. Every ministry within the church becomes part of a support system. Even those who are difficult can find love, help and support in this model. For example, those in recovery from old hurts or substance abuse, the grief stricken, or those on the fringes of mental health have the potential to distrupt worship or interfere with church activities. They may not ready to be part of the mainstream, but there is a place for them to grow into the mainstream with God's help. This is a wonderful book, full of passion and wisdom and it comes from a man who leads a church with over 4,000 in attendance each Sunday. In other words, it is based on a highly successful ministry. He opens his heart and mind to the reader, providing information and inspiration. It's a great read!

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This book, in it's entirety, turned me on to the nostalgia of the B&O Railroad. In fact, I am now starting my own art collection because of this wonderful book! So I went out and bought my first B&O railroad print here: http://www.nelsonartworks.net/
As far as I know, Railroad Artist Chris Nelson is the only licensed railroad artist for the B&O Railroad Museum (but I could be wrong). Take a peek...

I gave this to my Mom's husband as a birthday gift. They both loved it!

I am not a marketing professional, so I bought this book hoping to learn something useful. I am glad I bought it. It's packed with high-quality essays that cover the topics I always wanted to read about.

I work as a software developer in a company that doesn't really know what market it is in. I felt that way for a while, but the essays in this book really drove it home for me. The book contains 40 essays, of which I read about 10 so far. My two favorite essays are "Marketing Myopia" (#2) and "The New Product Development Map" (#17). The first one hits the issue of a "customer-oriented" company head-on. It's the most honest and brutal examination of what it means to be such a company. Just what I needed! The second one is a perfectly balanced case study of a particular company and its products over 30 years. It shows how market segmentation and targeting should influence new product generations. I have a new long-term outlook on the products I'm developing after reading this chapter.

This book does not go into esoteric sales or financial topics. Instead it sticks to the ubiquitous 4 P's of marketing and product development. I'm glad it does, since, as a non-marketing professional, these are the topics I need to understand.

I learned so much from this book I can go on and on and on. I heartily recomment it.

Strategic Marketing Management is an essential guide to gaining fast insight into the critical factors of successful marketing. Each chapter deals with a seperate isolated issue which faces all marketers regardless of industry. Most of the chapter authors have abstracted key business elements and also provided real world examples to back their points. This book has wide breadth, but obviously trades off depth. It is excellent for non-business school majors who need to learn the critical marketing issues in a hurry. Main topics organized around the four P's of marketing: Product, Price, Place (Distribution) and Promotion. I recomend it to all our our new hires.

This book was very interesting from a historical standpoint, with an added bonus of interesting recipes. I haven't tried any yet, but am looking forward to it.

Having loved "A Taste of Pennslyvania History", I was so excited to get this book. Taste of Ohio History is just as wonderful as the authors' first book. Plan on getting every book in the series--I look forward to all 50 books (just ordered Virginia and anxiously await Maryland). The writing is wonderful and the descriptions of the restaurants and the recipes are such a great addition to my kitchen bookshelf.

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