Irons Books

The book arrived in great condition. The material covered is great. I am very pleased.

If you are looking for some education on cases and how the court works, this is great.

Peter Irons as a professorial reviewer brings much to the table, but it should be known that these recordings (and many, many more) are available at no charge either from the National Archives (should you happen to be in College Park, Maryland, and have the time and inclination to listen to or to copy them from a collection of mostly reel-to-reel tapes), or, more accessibly, from the web site [...].

When it comes to the major cases in the Warren era, the listening can be somewhat sluggish, as the Court through the Warren years did not feature a particularly hot bench (the arguments were often momentous, but not usually lively), and tended toward multi-hour arguments in major cases. In the late- and post-Warren years, however, as both the justices and the advocates become more vocally passionate, the listening is more often stirring both for the professionally trained legal mind and for the lay listener.

This book and its corresponding tapes are great to read and listen to the actual dialogue of the Supreme Court. I used the Tinker (student expression) and the Abington (Bible reading) cases in my School Law class. These cases enable students to listen to a primary source.

Great buy. Excellent recording quality. Makes an excellent gift for any attorney or anyone else interested in learning about the workings of the US Supreme Court and its inner workings. Highly recommend.

I teach a course at a local community college and use this book as my text. The book is relatively cheap, especially for college books, and very well written. It describes some of our most influential Supreme Court cases in the past half century. The style that it is written in is ideal for learning and keeping the reader interested.

First it gives a short one page synopsis of the case that sets out the basis facts. It then quotes the actual Supreme Court oral argument but edits the transcript to give it a more narrative style. The editting is great for explaining the background legal principle while setting out the facts to make the read more enjoyable. After the editted transcript of the oral argument, a short editted version of the Court's opinion is printed. This opinion is nicely editted so as to keep readers interested, unlike the full text of most of the cases that would scare lawyers away.

In summation, the book is organized very well and suitable for those wanting to learn about history, those wanting to learn legal principles, or even those just wanting a fun read.

This is a lightweight, funny read for the totally clueless male. Watch out, however, for the Tiramisu recipe which calls for using raw egg yolks. The proper method is to combine the liquor, sugar and egg yolks and wisk them in a double boiler until the sauce thickens (170 degrees), killing any bacteria and fluffing up the mixture. Just a tip to help you get your just des[s]erts.

This book is a stinker, a really lame effort. The audience is apparently newly married midwestern ex-frat boys. Written in the breezy jocular tone of such junky magazines as GQ and Details. Extremely shallow. Wallows in the stereotype of men as beer-swilling, farting, football-loving oafs; overworks the tired concept of "the war between the sexes." If you like this you are 100% normal and probably watch lots of television.

My review heading pretty much sums this book up. It provides some genuinely good advice while being funny at the same time. You'll get some good tips and have a good time reading it and I think women will enjoy it too.

After hearing the author on the Howard Stern show, I had to check out this book. I'm glad I did, as the book actually presents loads of useful ideas and tips for all of us husbands looking for that 'edge'. The book is a very easy read, and can be read cover-to-cover or individual chapters as needed. Although the book has a tongue-in-cheek veneer, this is a sincere book with useful ideas in every chapter, presented in a funny way where you find yourself saying, "I've been in that EXACT situation." No preaching or talking-down in this book...
My favorite chapter is the last one, where Boreth relates a brief story where one of his friends is in Vegas and proceeds to max out the daily limit on his ATM card...and later that day his wife is unable to buy food for their daughter...classic example of what NOT to do as a husband...he even then names the offender, Gary Lipshutz of Metuchen NJ, in hopes of shaming him out of future similar behavior.
In short, the tips in this book have enabled me to parlay my 'good husbandness' into not only an annual Vegas trip, but also an annual 4-day golf outing with the guys plus multiple random nights out during the year. In turn, I have also encouraged my wife to take a weekend trip with her mother and sister, or her friends...

Thank you Craig Boreth, for making me a more perfect husband!

Since my husband irons his own shirt every morning, the title caught my attention. I've always been impressed by his ironing abilities especially if it allows me to sleep a little longer. I loved the chapter on finding the perfect gift, breakfast in bed and grocery shopping, not to mention the recipes for Crème Brûlée and making Stir-Fry.

I'll agree that men who can cook and clean are very sexy. Just tell a woman you do these things and she will probably forget all other men exist. Imagine how she will be bragging about you to her friends and relatives. There is also a chapter on how to Win Over Her Parents, Enjoy a Chick Flick and Grow the Perfect Lawn. Each task has a difficulty rating and a reward rating.

The main concept in this book seems to be about showing a woman you care about making her life a little less stressful and much more romantic. Even the smallest effort will not go unnoticed and I can almost guarantee a woman will be most appreciative and plan romantic situations to reward such kindness. Plus, with all the time she saves not having to iron shirts, imagine the possibilities.

Craig Boreth is a truly talented writer who has written for major publications. He also has quite the varied life experience as a landscape architect, chef, electrician and carpenter. He joins the ranks of authors like W. Bruce Cameron, Steven Andrew Guerrero and Mike Dugan who provide humorous insight into the male psyche and also love women and take pride in making a woman's life more enjoyable.

I look forward to reading any book Craig Boreth writes because he also completely understands the female psyche and his wit and comedic timing is perfect.

~The Rebecca Review

The recipes in this cookbook are wonderful with bold and inovative flavors. I love it.

Cooking. For me this is an orgasmic book of unmeasured proportions.

I have loved Iron Chef. I have loved Japanese cooking and finally the two have merged and come full circle. On viewing the book it's self - wow. A nice presentation. A heavy slightly over sized cookbook. The editing of this book is very well done. Nice graceful modern designs. Page after page of glossy step by step images and techniques, and notations on traditional Asian ingredients and how that translates to using and accessing them (or a finding suitable substitutions) in the US . If I ever wanted to publish a cookbook, it would be in this style.

This book showcases why Chef Morimoto is at the axis of a foodie empire, in this creative and intuitive take on Japanese cuisine. When I read this cookbook, I felt like the foodie version of Being John Malkovich , as this book allows you to peer inside the thoughts and actions of this culinary genius.

In relation to skill level, I would recommend this book to people who have at least an intermediate knowledge of culinary techniques. The beginning home cook might not know how to utilize or apply the techniques Chef Morimoto has outlined in this book.

It would be wise to do some further research on Japanese Culinary techniques also, as this book can only highlight certain facets of the cuisine itself and not act as a reference manual or course book on Japanese Cuisine as a whole.

If you have ever had an inkling of adoration for Asian style cuisine, or are awestruck at the complexities of the full spectrum of Professional Japanese Culinary , as I am, you would enjoy this book.

Highlights of this book include:

* An in depth look at how the Japanese chef works his knife magic to create beautiful Sashimi w and Sushi w works of art out of various ingredients - parts of fish, Octopus , and Various Vegetables .
* Recipes that are full of depth and charisma.
* Master recipes of various sauces and marinades.
* Text about the origins and importance of ingredients utilized in Japanese cuisine.
* Beautiful photography displaying the frame by frame procedures for each culinary technique, and the eloquent plate presentation for each recipe.
* A glossary of Japanese terms , as well as a source guide for obtaining specialty ingredients.


Overall this book is a wonderful culinary journey that enables the reader to cultivate a better understanding of chef Morimoto, Japanese cuisine and the culinary revelations that Morimoto has contributed to todays culinary field. I loved this book!

I have always dreaming on Japanese Culture: Bonsai, Painting, Art, Gardening, Ikebana and of course Japanese Cuisine. Master Chef Morimoto present in this Excellent Book a new art from his point of view of Japanese Cooking, all pictures with details, all steps by steps with elegance, all details carefully presented in the most traditional art of Japanese Cooking with a Master touch of Morimoto. All dishes presentations are superb; every plate is a fantasy of colorful and textures as well as flavors. Surely this has been one of my favorite purchases reference to Japanese cuisine. If you love cooking if you love Japanese cuisine, do not hesitate to get this book.

I've been watching Morimoto on Iron Chef for a long time now. I love to watch him cook. He's always calm and very delicate with his plating. I always wanted to be able to cook the stuff he does. Now I can. I love the detailed pictures they give. Helps a lot. Some stuff is very interesting. I so recommend.

Morimoto's book is just simply gorgeous. You may want to transfer the recipes to a card and leave the book out of the kitchen if you tend to try and cook and read the recipe at the same time (a bit messy and you definitly do not want a stain in this book).

Others have mentioned that some of the ingredients are difficult to find. I think they have not gotten to the end of the book where there is a listing of suppliers. Most of the items can be found easily in a good Asian grocery store if you are lucky enough to have one where you live.

This book also gives you great insight into the mind of an amazing chef and the care taken from the choice of ingredients to the preparation, execution and presentation of a dish.

Enjoyable read. Not as good as Coyle in character or plot development but still an exciting read.

After the events in Tin Soldiers, the new Iraqi government is a friend and ally to the US. The political ground in the Middle East has shifted, with the Saudi government distancing themselves from Americas political sphere to ally themselves with Russia.

The Russian government has turned hardline again and is looking to expand their sphere of influence. The Saudis, having lost prestige and power with the new Iraqi regime taking center stage in OPEC and the Middle East, are desperate to regain their former position. It is an alliance destined to take that part of the world into the flames of war.

The same cast of characters are back for this book, with the addition of a few new people. Most interesting is Rolf Krieger, an East German immigrant with a burning hatred of Russia and Phantom, a Jack Russell Terrier, that has fight and spunk. His story is an integral part of the book.

Yet again the tactics and story are sound and enjoyable. The pacing is fast and the action hard hitting. Another good read for fans of military fiction.

This is not a techno thriller - it is a modern war novel about soldiers and the situations in which they find themselves.
Granted, the reasons for the war improbable, but not necessarily implausible. And anyway, when you're a soldier, it doesn't matter - you're there to do a job, and this book is about that. Notable points:
1) I liked the characters and found the dialogue interesting and realistic. That's the way soldiers talk. LANGUAGE WARNING: RATED R.
2) I found it easy to read. Unlike other novels, whose pages number nearly 1000, it didn't take half a year to read. And there is enough about modern armor tactics to be interesting. This novel was different from Tin Soldiers (Farmer's previous book) in that it spent more time describing the Recon Scouts, and the action they saw, as well as the destruction wrought by the modern tank company and other modern weapon systems.
3) There's intrigue and high level diplomacy. This part I could take or leave, but it made for an interesting read. However, the best action happens from the soldier's perspective.
4) The story is told both from the officer's perspective (battalion level meetings and politics), as well as the soldier's perspective. Mistakes are made, commanders are relieved, and soldiers perform feats of bravery and daring.
5) There's a love interest as well.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it.

Steel Tigers surprised me, I thought that after Robert Coyle, I would never be able to read another Tanker Novel.
Well Farmer is well on his way to to scooping Harold who I think thee days would find Farmer tough competition.
I can't wait for Faarmer to get fully inot his stride, then I will buy all his books

Many writers start out writing good, but when they write a follow up book, that book is not near as good. That is not so with this book. "Iron Tigers" is a must read for anybody who has read Farmer's first book, "Tin Soldiers". This book is great as a stand alone, but it is even better along with "Tin Soldiers" because there are several references in "Iron Tigers" to the war that takes place in the first book.

This is definitely quality writing, although it was not perfect (besides the fact that it is ANOTHER book about the Americans v. the Russians). Some of the material was somewhat unbelievable and other parts were a little amateurish sounding. Other than that, this book had very little swearing and there were some situations that had some very unexpected results.

This book also was a bit ordinary as a war story in that it had the usual love story sub-plot. Also the main "hero" (Pat Dillon) came out fine while a friend was killed almost right beside him, and other tanker groups got chewed up while his men lost only a few tanks.
On the other hand, Dillon did not come out unharmed, in that, when his friend was killed, he was injured, and he did have his tank blown up so it is not totally unfair.

All that said, this was a very good book following another great book. It is a definite "page-turner" that holds your interest. It is well worth both your time and your money. I would definitely recommend that you get this book, and if you don't have "Tin Soldiers", I would recommend that you get that book also. Read and enjoy.

I am an avid reader of Donna Andrews's Meg Langslow Mysteries. This book is great just like the others. This is the third installment in this wonderful series. Here is the series titles in order
1) Murder With Peacocks
2) Murder With Puffins
3) Revenge of The Wrought Iron Flamingos
4) Crouching Buzzard,Leaping Loon
5) We'll Always Have Parrots
6) Owls Well That Ends Well
7) No Nest For The Wicket
8) The Penguin That Knew Too Much
9) Cockatiels at Seven
This series is awesome dont miss out!

This entry in the Meg Lanslow series is a fun read as usual

Ms. Andrews Meg Lanslow Mysteries are top-notch, entertaining and you can't put them down! Delightfully fun mystery.

This is definitely a case where you want to read the first two books before you take on this one. The family members, friends, and even pets are all well developed in those first books so that when you encounter them here you already understand their quirks and strengths.

I greatly enjoyed this book as the best one yet. The previous two books had vastly bizarre situations and a cavalcade of murders which made it hard to suspend your disbelief. On the other hand, the characters were great and three dimensional. This book puts you in a situation which is "unusual" but very believable - a reenactment of colonial America. It has the great odd characters, now well known to the audience. It also has a more realistic murder situation.

I loved the details of costume, environment and accessory in the colonial world and, as always, liked the slightly zany but believable characters that were involved. There wasn't a need to go into explicit detail with many of the characters - you'd already established a connection with them in the previous two books - but the new characters added a nice texture.

I was happy to see that Michael was no longer just a "pretty face" and that Meg was becoming more independent. Details were filled in about both characters to help explain their personalities. Michael is exposed as a preener who, aware of his good looks, likes to play them up, and to find new outlets for his acting talents. Meg is taking on weapons creation and worries about minimizing her reputation by creating kitschy pink flamingos, even though it could mean a good income.

I still was annoyed that Meg and others continually judged Michael on being a "good looking accessory" as a primary trait. It's just as bad to do that to guys as it is to girls. He also seemed, like in the previous book, to be a rather passive partner. He spends much of the book wanting to look pretty and whining about Meg not committing enough to him. He ends up being a damsel in distress.

I also was annoyed that - still- Meg seems to show no empathy or care when she finds dead bodies. In this book she even comments that she hopes it's someone she knows and likes, so that she won't be likely as a suspect. Jeez, nice thought!

Still, you can look at these as further evidence that the characters are not "shiny perfect" cardboard heroes. We know Meg has temper issues. Michael is rather spoiled, with his mom simpering when he snaps and women falling over each other for his good looks. Even with their foibles, they find a way to make their relationship work and to navigate the difficult issues of an eccentric extended family. It gives hope that the rest of us who are imperfect can still find ways to live happy lives and persue our dreams.

Recommended!

Ornamental blacksmith Meg Langslow and her boyfriend Michael attend a reenactment of the siege at Yorktown. Michael is taking place in one of the battles, while Meg is selling her wares at the craft fair. But the fighting isn't confined to the battlefield and several people are arguing with entrepreneur Roger Benson, including Meg's brother Rob. When Meg goes to her booth late one night and finds Benson's body, she knows she has to act quickly to clear her brother before he is charged with murder. But will her investigation put not only she but also Michael in danger?

"Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingoes" is a great entry in Donna Andrews's humorous cozy mystery series. Andrews takes her time setting up the murder, providing the reader with plenty of suspects. There are lots of laugh out loud moments, including when Meg stumbles across Benson's body. The book is populated with plenty of eccentric characters; especially Meg's many relatives. I liked the whole reenactment background, which is a great setting for much of the humor in the book. In fact, some of the best humor comes when Meg's mother and Michael's mother try to outdo each other in their choice of costumes. The mystery is well plotted and readers will have a hard time guessing who the murderer is.

This was a nice humorous read. I recommend the whole series.

Jordan's book was much more than ranching and her life, she tells us about her feelings and thoughts that are associated with her life events. The reader becomes indulged in her feelings are can feel empathy for her. This book is a down to earth, real life story that is worthy of reading by most people.

I have really enjoyed this book. It's rare to get such an intimate view of ranch life, and especially of the women who made/make their lives out West. Teresa Jordan is a terrific writer. I admire her spare, evocative prose. This book should not be overlooked in the current craze for memoirs.

Reading Teresa Jordan's novel Riding the White Horse Home inevitably inspires a sense of regret and loss. Throughout her portrayal of the rugged untamed wilds of Iron Mountain Wyoming and its people, she paints a vivid picture of a culture and a way of life that has all but died out. Using her own personal experiences with her friends and family, she shows the reader what ranch life was like. Her detail and imagery is superb as she takes her acquaintances one by one, chapter by chapter, and tells us their story. We learn of Sunny the grandfather who took pride in his way of life, of her mother who loves her yet is hard to understand, of her friend Kelley and how their kind are not socially accepted today, her small local wedding, childhood experiences, and more. She shows us the stark differences between ranch culture and the culture of progress. We see the unspoken rules and laws of her people and their stoicism. We come to admire their discipline and stubbornness, their ethic and devotion. And we feel the same sense of loss that Teresa must have felt as this way of life slowly drifted away. For me, it was this central message of the book that was most touching. As someone who grew up in and frequently visits Idaho, I can at least partly relate to her sadness at the change. Like her, I feel an odd sense of pride whenever anyone speaks with disdain of the old fashioned methods of my state. I enthusiastically tell all my friends the Idaho state motto; "Idaho IS, what America WAS." This is the way that Jordan displays the ranch life. She shows an honor and pride that has since been lost to the world. Her people respected hard work over hard cash, and took satisfaction from their endless labor. Despite crop failures, drought, loss of livestock, and tiring years with no seeming gain, they trudge on, unbending. My own father is much like this, taking a job that pays much less then his previous one because it gives him more satisfaction. The power of her story comes through in its reality--we are made to see through her eyes, and with this new perspective come to love the land and people as she does. We mourn with her the loss of tradition and see the beauty in the harsh terrain of Wyoming. Although it is not written chronologically, the reader can easily see the transition from family owned ranches to modern technology. Each chapter is devoted to one of her family or friends and we learn of them in detail. Jordan expertly takes us into her life and experiences. We see her fierce love for her family and the kind of relationships that they have together. At college when her mother dies, she decides to come home and immerse herself in ranch life as she remembers their connections. She talks of how much she learned from her great grandmother, and of how much she didn't see. The reader learns the trials of ranch life--calving in all its messy glory, getting mauled by bulls, fighting against the land. Her story becomes to the reader representative of the lives of all ranchers, and we come to feel a connection of our own with this unique people. There is sadness at her shame when she goes to school as a child--her people are not accepted there. Her style is frank and open, and her honesty makes her words that much clearer. She tells it like it was. For those who love to farm and for those who are content in their cozy heated homes, this is a wonderful book. It inspires the reader to change his ideals--we come to value work and stoicism like a true rancher. It makes us appreciate our loved ones more, and we realize just how much we take for granted. Teresa Jordan has taken her life and set it out before us, and we should not pass up the opportunity to learn from it.

I thought, "This will be a nice distraction." Boy, did I underestimate this book. Ms. Jordan takes you with her through her life and her relatives' lives. You feel the draw of the west and the power of the Wyoming wind. Getting caught up in the struggles of the various generations, and Ms. Jordan's, sheds light on your own life. As Ms. Jordan heals, the opportunity to resolve one's own conflicts seems more possible. This is a wonderful escape and marvelous therapy all rolled into one.

There's a growing literature of memoirs written by women who grew up on ranches, and this is a fine addition to it. Jordan tells of her family, who for four generations raised cattle in southeast Wyoming, north of Laramie and Cheyenne. With some irony, it was more circumstance than a love of ranching that kept the Jordans on the land, until the author's father sold the home place in the 1970s. But the love of that spot on earth lives on strongly in the author, and her book is a tribute to it and to her family who toiled there through good years and bad.

She clearly admires the men who labored on horseback raising cattle, devoting chapters to her grandfather, her father, and the many foremen and ranch hands who worked for them. Fully engaging, too, are her memories of the women and the imprint they have made on herself. Three portraits in particular stand out: her mother, Jo, with a warm, generous, and independent spirit, who died suddenly at an early age; her great aunt Marie, who loved her horses and dogs like the children she never had, and lived happily together with her husband and her husband's best friend; and finally her grandmother Effie, a puzzlingly bitter woman whose wishes for a full life seem to have been frustrated from girlhood because of her gender and social limitations.

There's much in this book to commend it, including a chapter devoted to the calving season and another describing the physically punishing nature of ranch work. Her chapter on her great aunt Marie includes excerpts from her journals, and each chapter is introduced with a photograph from the family album. The book closes with a description of the author's wedding at the community center near where she grew up, an idyllic day poignant for its wholehearted celebration of a way of community life that is rapidly vanishing.

I recommend this book to readers interested in the West, ranching, family memoirs, and personal journeys. Also recommended: Mary Clearman Blew's "All But the Waltz," Linda Hasselstrom's "Windbreak," and Judy Blunt's "Breaking Clean."

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The book gave a good background of Carlos Hathcock, but it lacked alot of his exploits in Vietnam.

a very good personnel bio of carlos.he was a ver brave man doing the things we did so well.

This is the ulitimate Book on Gunny Carlos Hathcock,and as some of the the funds go to his family,I am honored to buy it.Jarheads buy this book,inside you'll find,This Man Was A Marine,and no, I will not berate this book by comparing it to others wrote before it.the fact that it has the blessing of the Hathcock family is enough

Being a recent "white feather" "Hathcock" fan, this book was excellent. I really appreciated the Large print, easy to follow format and the authors first hand accounts added a taste of originality to the book. As far as the story... It was great. A true Hero in every sense.

It was a great idea. A woman living in a future devoid of hope, full of environmental degradation, the offspring of humanity: she turns to the past, to find hope there, going to live with a Quaker family in 18th century England, at a place her group in the future has identified as a turning point in time. If they can stop the bridge from being built, the Industrial Revolution will have a far kinder, gentler path. Through the medium of flashbacks we learn of the evil of that future world and how they came to turn to this idea for hope. A great idea, for which I give it two stars.

It's the enfleshment of the idea that disappoints. Frankly, very little happens. You expect some major results from this idea. It's okay that the author kind of brushes over the mechanism for time travel, making it slightly new-agey- as long as he really pursues the philosophical and scientific ramifications of his ideas. But he doesn't. We don't get really the full breadth of possiblities. What do we get instead? A lot of graphically desscribed aberrant sexual scenes- both homosexual and heterosexual. And the author would have us believe this was normative for the time. To be clear- these scenes in no way help to advance the plot. Even the refence to the actions would not only not help advance the plot, but positively detract from it. I'm sitting there racking my brain to try to figure out what the relevance of the scenes were- other than to titillate and sell more books.

These faults could perhaps be forgiven if the author takes the opportunity to show us the benefits of a group seldom described and little understood. But he takes the stereotypes of Quakers and uses them to represent the worst in humanity. I get the impression that he knew very little of actual Quakers, but did do some sound research on us, and so for instance knows about the Quiestist Period. He uses the pacifism and consensus decision making styles of Quakers and portrays these as positive. But in the same breath he discounts their Christianity. These are Quakers without Christ. They are all hypocrisy, and no love of Jesus. While there are Quakers who are not Christian today, such were few and far between at the time the author describes. What we see described in the family is definitely not attractive, but represeantive of the worst of Quakerism and Christians. That's the easy way out- the way almost every author takes, especially science-fiction authors. Morse can do better.

Worst of all is the ending. Which of course I'm not going to tell you. Let me just say you'll be totally disappointed- and if that's what you're looking for in a book, this is the one to read.

If a butterfly flaps it's wings in china, and a hurricane rages in the Caribean, then an iron bridge built in 1700's Shropshire may cause the downfall of society in the 2100's. If only the past can be altered, just a little bit, then maybe the future disaster can be prevented. Maggie Foster, a woman of the future, travels to the past where she attempts to influence the world's destiny by changing a bridge and hence the course of history. Maggie becomes embroiled in the lives of the Darbys, a wealthy Quaker family, ironmakers destined to shape the future. Although she comes to love the individual members of the Darbys, her motives around the bridge are ultimately at odds with theirs. As she carefully endears herself to the family while ensuring that the bridge will be a failure, she finds herself coming to care as much about the Darbys as she does about the future.

I enjoyed "The Iron Bridge" as a glimpse into history, particularly Quakerism. I think that I learned something about historic attitudes toward sex and came to appreciate the role of iron in the formation of our present society. I highly recommend "The Iron Bridge."

If you like excellent writing and an intriguing plot with a socially conscious (NOT BORING) message, please read this book. Don't just read it -- buy it if you can and help support and encourage this author. This first novel should be on the mainstream bestseller list. This is history, science fiction, fantasy, social commentary and ecology all bundled into one.

In 2043, an American woman makes a one way trip into the Shopshire, England of the 1700's, to alter the building of a bridge. Doing so may save us all. The story gives several views. There is that of the woman, Maggie Foster, as she lands naked in the middle of an earthquake, then must find a place to live and learn the culture of the times. There is the viewpoint of John Wilkerson, swordsmaker and local entrepreneur who is trying to enforce the building of the bridge in iron, to further his own profits. The person Maggie must persuade to alter his construction of the bridge is a Quaker, Abraham Darby, who is torn between a wish to do what is right or what he'd like.

There is a lot of detail about iron and bridge building that some may find interesting -- we skipped over that to read about life in the 1700's, to follow Maggie's romances, to see her struggle to persuade the gentlemen of that period that her opinions count, and to watch her try NOT to make any changes in people's lives -- for if you change one thing in the past, no matter how small, you can alter the future in strange ways.

More of a romance and period piece than science fiction, it is well-written and fascinating to read. Some Friends should be advised that John Wilkerson's lifestyle is less than pure, and given in some detail, and that some of Maggie's experiences are less than conventional, and given in some detail, including her romance with Darby's sister.

Will she be able to alter history without changing people's lives in 1790? Will that be enough to delay the Industrial Revolution? And if so, will a delay really make a difference in saving the environment for the future?

Read and find out. Quaker author David Morse has crafted a beautiful story.

Wow, this book drove home the idea of everyone's place in history. Maggie Foster a young woman from the not so distant future is chosen by her fellow Ecosophians, because of her sympathetic abilities to go back in time to change history. The Ecosophians have determined that a single bridge an Iron Bridge's success propelled man into the industrial age, and caused the economic and social disasters that befell their world.

Maggie was transported into the world of 1773, with nothing but her wits, with the task to change the building of this bridge, so that the future would be altered. Along the way the reader is transported to that time, of ironmakers and Quakers. You are given glimpses into the poverty and the manipulations of politics that shaped that time. If you think about it, continue to shape our time. You also get a sense of what shapes each character and why they do what they do.You get into the skin not only of Maggie Foster, but of that of Abraham Darby III and John Wilkinson. You are shocked by the character of all.

Getting into the character's skin brings you into the sense of how you would fit into the that time, the practices, the home life. You really begin to understand how different some things were then. Ironically, you can also see how similar some were, when it comes to family relationships and the manipulations that go into building the bridge.

The entire book is a surprise, there are some elements, I was unprepared for of a sexual nature, but provide an interesting counterpoint given the sensabilities of the day. The more violent acts would have been accepted in that day and age because of the genders involved,and the ones based in affection would have been reason for an uproar also because of the genders involved. The counterpoint of these two, was not lost on me. All in all, this is the first science fiction book I have read, that was truly set in the past.

I'm sure our salvation as a species is not in our technology, but what we do with it in good conscience. This book drives this idea home.

Great job!

I enjoyed this book and it engaged my interest from beginning to end.

First off, anyone with a special interest in industrial history, civil engineering, or Quakerism will LOVE it. Know any engineering students? Now you know what to give them for their next birthday gift...

Now come the quibbles, but before I start, let me just say that I gave the writer a break and went along for the ride and wasn't disappointed.

Whatever happened to illustrations in novels? Yes, I know they haven't done them since around World War I, but why not? I had hoped Jack Finney's "Time and Again" would change that, but no. The lack of illustrations is the biggest single flaw in this novel. Pictures of the historical Iron Bridge are easy to find on the Web, and the author, has a nice collection of them on his Web site. But we really need a picture, and a good one, of Samuel's alternate design.So much of the plot turns on Samuel's bridge:

"The arch was heightened !from a semicircle to a parabolic curve; and instead of making the tress members straight, as in timber constructions, Samuel had curved them fancifully, calling attention to the uniquess of cast iron as a building material. The arch rose from either side of the roadway like wings. 'It looks like a butterfly!' Maggie exclaimed."

The story depends on our believing that this design is aeshetically brilliant, and also that it contains an engineering flaw that Maggie is aware of. For those of us with inadequate visual imaginations, it is frustrating not to be able to see Samuel's design.

Now for the real nitpicks. The novel is full of small awkwardnesses. David E. Morse has not completely succeeded in immersing himself in the eighteenth century, and one has a mental image of him visiting historical sites, doing library research, and making notes (ah... the servant lived under the stairway, I can USE that...). At times I was reminded of "The Keeper of the Gelded Unicor!n," Ira Wallach's parody of bodice-ripping historical novels: "Two public letter-writers whispered in a corner. Outside, the cry of the fishwives could be heard over the shouts of the children laughing and clapping as the dancing bear performed in the streets thick with cutpurses."

I thought there was some gratuitous sex ("See, we Quakers are not prudes"), and Maggie is too busy with a complex role in a complicated plot--like an actor still trying to learn her lines--to come alive for me as a real character.


There are the usual problems with time-travel novels. There were two, however, which I thought were handled quite well. Dropped four centuries into the past, Maggie is constantly encountering language and cultural problems, and passes them off by saying she is from the United States. I thought this was all handled convincingly, without descending into situation comedy or passing the bounds of belief.

Second, the plot is based on the idea of attempt!ing to change history--to redirect the Industrial Revolution into less destructive channels--by interfering with a single, critical event. Will she succeed? Will she fail? That's all a little stale and tedious, but the way he finally resolves this question is nice--even if the story has a Moral.

Jeremy Irons is the perfect choice to read this Audiobook of the "infamous" Lolita. Iron's reading is a perfect pairing with Nabokov's writing, the richness of the language comes through even though you are not settled into your easy chair by a crackling fire with a decent vintage opened at your side.

It is pairings such as this that gives one hope that more Audio books will be prepared with equal care, unabridged, and enriching the listener's experience.

"LOLITA---LIGHT OF MY LIFE- FIRE OF MY LOINS---MY SIN, MY SOUL.
LOOO---LEEE---TAAA.
The tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps.
LOOO--LEEE--TAAA" -Hubert Hubert-

Humbert Humbert is an intellectual, a teacher, fluidly articulate, a lover of books, a poet, and good looking. One could say he has it all. But there's one little problem, Hubert Hubert happens to be a pedaphile.

Nabokov is so brilliant, the reader will empathize with Hubert Hubert in some strange way, because he
will make them...justifying why Hubert Hubert does the things he does. And the reader will try to justify his perversion, too.

Hubert Hubert is a child molester, a monster, a pervert, a stalker, evil, and sick. And he is appalled, even by himself. This is the reason Nabokov has named him Hubert Hubert (One is good-one is evil).

"IF ONLY SHE SAW THE MONSTERS BEHIND THE EYES,
I AM THE DEVIL'S PLAY THING" Hubert Hubert

Hubert Hubert is obsessed with young girls (Nymphets) as he so elequently calls them. He is sexually attracted to Lolita most of all, and married her mother to get close to her. (Naughty boy).

His thoughts are written so beautifully and deliciously the way he feels for Lolita, that the reader neglects, at times, to see his perversion and sins. Hubert Hubert describes Lolita's knees, her legs, her skin, her hair, how it
drapes over her apple fresh cheeks. How lovely. How pretty. How wicked.

Hubert Hubert descibes Lolita's mother (his wife)like this: "Being with her was like thrashing inside a decaying forest"

Shame on you, Hubert. She's only 35 years old! You dirty, dirty old man.

Hubert Hubert speaks in third person through several parts of the book...because Hubert Hubert cannot even bear himself--for he is a demoralizing, warped, sick individual. And the reader will still fill empathy for him

"I am the Devil's Plaything. I am a Monster."

Hubert Hubert trys desperately to become the doting step-father, giving Lolita what she wants, getting involved in school activites, protecting her from the big bad world.

But he forgets one thing....

Hubert Hubert does not protect her from Hubert Hubert.

Vladimir Nabokov is a genius, and Lolita has so many levels of beauty, metaphor, and lushness, one cannot find any inmperfection within it.

Lolita will horrify the reader and delight the reader at the same time. How the heck to Nabokov do that?

Nobody could have read this book as Irons did--the sexuality rolls of his tongue like a kind of poison.

***Not too many books can compare to this Lolita. A true, unbelievable classic.

the scariest thing about this book is that you don't see it coming. you pick up the book thinking you're going to be repulsed by the whole thing. it's pedophilia! but instead you find yourself nodding along, agreeing, sympathizing with humbert's totally horrible viewpoints. you find yourself wanting to be more like lolita so someone will love you like that. you find yourself laughing when the narrator wants you to laugh, feeling sorry for him when dolores finally escapes. it's utterly convincing to anyone who's ever been obsessed with anything... like diving into another world.



it's incredibly well written, but i don't think i would recommend this book to anyone. i think instead that it's the first book i've read that should carry a warning label. "listening to this book will seduce you."

Nabokov's story of HH and his obsession with little Lolita is one of the most amazing books of all time. The audio version read by Jeremy Irons is absolutely the best audio book I've ever heard. Jeremy Irons played the role of HH in one of the movie adaptations of the book, and he reads this first-person narrative fully in character. I cannot think of another actor who could have captured the essence of this book the way Irons did. I purchased the audio version to listen to on my iPod on a trip, and I kept listening to him read the story even when I was taking breaks from the road. Just as it is hard to put the book down, it is hard to stop listening to this audio book. Once you get past the introduction to the book (I didn't catch the name of who read that; it was a different voice, unless Irons was just doing a character), you won't be able to stop.

I had read Lolita many years ago in my college student garret and was entertained, a bit appalled, thought I was able to "get" HH, but mainly I was amazed by the language. I can remember rereading sentences just to feel the commas. BUT, hearing it read by Jeremy Irons is a whole different thing. He is an absolutely amazing actor. It is CREEPY and the incredible language becomes his own completely, rather than feeling in any way, like Nabokov's intellectual exercise. Just describing Iron's speech, his sibillant esses, makes me shudder. I had to stop around CD 5 (near Salina, Kansas, as I drove from SF to the East Coast with Tyler the dog) because the person and the story were now so sordid and disturbing.
Then, staying with my cousin in Bethesda, I was in a room with the usual suspect college student books (Camus, Pynchon, Vonnegut, a used copy of Introduction to the Principles of Earwax) and sure enough, there was Lolita. It was ~benign and fascinating once again, until I pushed myself to imagine Iron's voice. Then I put it back on the shelf and washed my hands.

Every time i'd pick this up i'd feel inspired and happy even if just 5 minutes ago I was mad or upset. this book has powers to make you feel good and the advice is amazing.

This is a great book. I'm glad I finally found it as I have been searching everywhere for it. Amazon is a great source if you're looking for a particular book and you cannot purchase it elsewhere. The book was in good condition and reasonably priced. It also did not take long to deliver. Thank you.

I am John's daughter. I read some of it and the stuff about celebrities was kind of interesting, but I tried the thing w/ putting oil in my hair, and that totally backfired!!! I had to wash my hair like 5 times before I could get it out. So just so everyone knows, it's not completely reliable.

I am transgender, and am gradually becoming the woman that was always inside of me. This book has really helped with various beauty and makeup secrets, and is a great introduction to becoming a woman on the outside.

Honestly,I've read so many "beauty secret" books and they all say the same things! Sure a few of them have a couple of recipes and tips that work. But they are all the same tips and recipes!
Diane Irons teen beauty secrets has the best beauty secrets I've ever read. Thewse tips are just so good that quite a few of the beauty concoctions Ive made from here work better than storebought products!
Here's one example:
I read in her book that Criso vegatable shortening is used to treat eczema in hospitals.
I've never told any of my frends that I have eczema on my feet. I'm too ashamed to wear sandals. I tried this and applied it overnight and slipped on some cotton socks. The next day, My feet were so soft! I've nver had feet this soft since befor ei got eczema.
The beauty recipes work wonders, but you should test it on an area of your skin before trying them if skin is sensitive.