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Many Americans look to the European welfare state as the answer to the inequality and social problems that affect American society. In The Welfare State We're In, British journalist James Bartholomew demonstrates that the welfare state actually makes matters far worse. This book, which is extensively researched and extremely well-written, explains how well-meaning efforts to relieve distress have exacerbated exactly the problems they were meant to relieve. Bartholomew targets the full range of social services which were taken over by the state in the 20th century, everything from health and education to pensions and housing for the poor. In every case, he successfully deploys statistical and anecdotal evidence showing how bureaucracies-far from solving social problems-- have become dependent upon the perpetuation of the problems they are supposed to address. He shows how government handouts have corrupted morals by inviting fraud, and he shows just how widespead that fraud is. Among the most corrosive effects of the welfare state are the resentment and depression felt by those who become dependent upon handouts and services. For Americans, perhaps the most unsettling evidence is his account of the effects of welfare for single mothers. No one will be able to read this book and still believe that America has a lot to learn from the supposedly more humane and liberal cultures of Europe.

This book lays down clearly the history of 'welfare' and other things within Britian from when it started to today. I couldn't put this book down, as it contained the history that we weren't taught at school and the decisions that have been made to end up with the society we have today in Britain. But it is equally relevent to how the welfare state has developed in other countries. Buy it read it, it will open your eyes as to why western society is heading towards a major disaster unless citizens of today do something about it.

Bartholomew Fair was an interesting book that told the story of the different events of a fair from six different point of views. The summary in the back of the book wound me up to the expectation of a wonderful mystery, but I was let down as soon as I finished reading it.The author wonderfully entwined the paths of the travelers, but did not create a plot that did justice to the entwined paths. The book is slightly redeemed by the character's contradictable personalities and is still enjoyable enough to read.

Its too bad that this book is out of print. B.F. is a book that shows the classes that live next to each other every day. From the queen's elaborate "toilette" to the servants ignominious treatment. The merchant though rich is not spared the pain of lonliness. Most of all it shows how (with syncronicity) each of us touch others every day. Six may go to the fair but only 5 return. Stolz paints a rememberable picture of life in England.

I do not feel this matches Marlowe's "Faustus," "Massacre At Paris," "Dido Queen of Carthage," or "Edward II." But it does have some memorable features. At first, Barabas is a sympathetic character, but like many of Marlowe's characters, he goes too far and becomes detestable. Barabas' daughter Abigail is a striking figure. She initially feels sorry for her father but later sees what he has become and falls victim to her father's wickedness. Her death as a Christain in 3.6 is memorable. Ithamore is convincing as a villain who knows no honor. Ferneze is fine as the hero who eventually restores order. It's not Marlowe's best play, but it is still worth some interest.

Ok, so perhaps not infinite, but lots. Marlowe's plays are all a bit strange in their own way. The Jew of Malta is sort of like a really raw take on the issues in the Merchant of Venice (i.e. no sweet love story here). But Marlowe's Barabas gets to enjoy being bad a lot more than Shylock does, and the character is amazingly capable of perhaps not earning the reader's sympathy but extracting her complicity instead. There's some great language in this play and some spectacular misanthropy. The revels editions are always a good bet; they have enough scholarly apparatus to be of significant help and are well-edited and well laid-out on the page. This one is very thin and portable, and so it can feel like a rip-off for 9 bucks. However, the quality of the critical help here is far greater than in the Everyman collected edition of Marlowe.

good book to size pipe for liquid, doesnt have anything for gases that I found. Little bit of sheet metal though.

First found out about this book while I was studying for my Journeyman Plumbers license exam.Found it at the library and was so impressed I ordered it from the publisher. Contains very much usefull information.Explains all about simple and compound offsets. Contains all the formulas you will need for performing plumbing tradework.I have the fourth addition and still consider it one of my best resources. I recommend it to anyone who is studying for their Journeyman or Master Plumbers exams or for anyone who would like to learn the professional way of performing tradework.

McGarr is in Italy as the books opens, investigating two murders and trying to prevent a third. All of the men have connections to the security services and some drilling ventures off of Scotland in the North Sea. As it turns out Peter McGarr and his wife Noreen have had many previous experiences in Italy and are knowledgeable travelers. The murder that McGarr of Dublin Castle and his opposite number at Scotland Yard seek to prevent is that of the new English ambassador to Italy. The climax of the action occurs at the Contrada in Sienna, a horse race.

The story has a great deal to show of the stuffy security bureaucracy and English and Irish misunderstandings. The atmosphere at an elderly Irish woman's house who provides key information concerning some helicopter over flights is careful, charitable, and very interesting. The late Bartholomew Gill was a master of the mystery genre. His thorough knowledge of Ireland where he was schooled is one of the reasons his works are so delightful. This title is a very good representative of his skill as an author.

When the corpse of a retired British civil servant found on a remote Irish farm turns out to actually have been a retired head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Services, and when a second murder victim turns up on the same remote Irish farm and is also found to have been yet another former head of the same agency, Inspector Peter McGarr has more than a mere coincidence on his hands. He finds himself following a trail of spies and assassins from Britain to Italy in search of the truth.

McGarr believes that Britain's new Amabassador to Italy (the current head of the same Secret Service), and his beautiful Italian wife, may be the next in line for an assasin's bullet.

Originally published in the mid-seventies, this Peter McGarr mystery focuses on risky and lucrative North Sea oil exploration as well as Italy's volatile mix of politics and passion. Set against the backdrop of Siena and its festive Palio (an ancient horse-race run through the streets), McGarr and the Siense Conspiracy is certainly one of the most exotically-located of this very Irish flavored series.

Somewhat dated in that not all of the characters are exactly politically correct in their speech, this is still a very entertaining and somewhat exciting entry in the series. The feel of this novel is more that of a cold war spy thriller than the usual police procedural.

The Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies describes the attempt to gather and deliver aid to the struggling Willie and Martin handcart companies in the winter of 1856. Using an impressive number of primary sources, it briefly describes how much aid the Utah colonies were able to scramble, then how difficult a feat the rescue companies achieved in bringing that aid to freezing, hungry immigrants.

The background history is described only briefly. The drama of the event has led other accounts to be emotionally moving, but this work focuses on the logistics of rescue. The stories of the handcart immigrants themselves are only afterthoughts in this history. For readers who already know the overview, this work provides some new and interesting details.

"Rescue of the 1856 Handcart Companies" by Rebecca Bartholomew is a short academic publication documenting the rescue of the stranded Martin and Willie handcart companies. The body of the book is just over 40 pages long. There are several pages of end notes and a biographical listing of all known people in the rescue parties.

This is probably not the first book you should pick up concerning the ill-fated Martin and Willie handcart companies. If you are new to the subject, I would recommend the historical-fiction novel "Fire of the Covenant" by Lund.

If you are already familiar with the basics of the story, then this little book makes for a nice read. It helped me round out my understanding of the rescue. I had not realized how many people and how much material (food, clothing, wagons, ...) and how much time were spent in the rescue.

I am glad that I read the book and I recommend it to those who already know the basics of the story and want to find out more.

The beautiful cloud formation on the cover of this text is the only photograph encountered in 408 pages of pedestrian academic confession regarding research that is helpful for persons studying fantasy-prone personality syndrome, perhaps, but useless for those with inquiring minds who want to know...

...if there is a connection between crop circle formations and supposed alien-contact, ...how physical objects can manifest before the eyes of several (fantasy-prone) individuals at once, ...the spiritual significance of the UFO-encounter phenomenon at a time when "the shift of the Ages" is in progress.

There is a stunning lack of curiosity here--a profound narrowness of mind which elevates pragmatic (and psychological) comprehension while excluding a wholistic evaluation. It simply isn't true, for example, that there isn't evidence of UFOs (or ooparts) in earlier centuries. The excuse that the authors haven't experienced the "faith" required to believe in aliens is lame. And their failure to return to the framing question which begins the work in an epilogue, begs the question, "Isn't this simply evidence of the 'publish or perish' syndrome?"

What this text does, it does well. But it doesn't do what we want an exploration of "the mysteries" to do! The subtitle is betrayed from the get go. Buyer beware, indeed.

These 2 men know their stuff! The best book I've read on UFOs in 10-years. The authors provide a detailed social, historical and political context for a number of UFO waves throughout history, using incredible detail that I have never seen before in a UFO book. They make a strong case for the psycho-social genesis of UFO waves, yet also show a remarkable depth of understanding and sympathy with witnesses. The many sketches of UFOs from the last century and early this century are excellent. While I have read widely on UFOs, much of the historical detail about early UFO waves and sketches, I'd never seen nor heard of before. This would be a good book for the peron who thinks they know it all on UFOs--there is a tremendous wealth of knowledge here.

Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair (1614) is zany, much like the classic movie It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World. Respectable gentlemen and ladies of London somewhat unwisely visit the annual Batholomew Fair. Encountering an odd mix of conniving characters, they become embroiled in a maze of plots, deceits, and disreputable festival activities and are robbed, tricked, mocked, beaten, thrown into stocks, and recruited as prostitutes.

I was continuously overwhelmed by the comings and goings of characters of all sorts, almost as though I was being jostled along in a festival crowd. I have now read Bartholomew Fair several times, and yet I still find it necessary to revisit the cast listing as new characters appear.

Many characters are aptly named: the attorney John Littlewit, the suitor Winwife, the zealous Judge Overdo, the quarrelsome Tom Quarlous, the satirical Humphrey Wasp, the respectable Grace Wellborn, the madman Trouble-All, and the ballad singer Nightingale. Other names are simply memorable: Joan Trash, Lantern Leatherhead, Ezekiel Edgeworth, Mooncalf, Captain Whit, and Punk Alice. The list goes on.

In Jonson's time little concern was given for the setting. Stages were largely empty, with perhaps a simple prop or two. Unexpectedly, Jonson has the second act begin with trades people assembling their stalls and booths on stage. The booths remain on stage throughout the play, helping the audience orient themselves as the action jumps from one spot to another.

The Drama Classics series published by Nick Hern Books of London provide affordable, tightly bound, small paperback editions of plays for students, actors, and theatregoers. The introduction by Colin Counsell to Bartholomew Fair was quite good. It outlines the plot, describes the characters, but avoids academic discussions on interpretational and textual analysis. I like the small, durable Drama Classics editions as they are easy to carry.

There is one drawback. A short glossary of difficult words is provided, but there are no footnotes. For a reader new to Ben Jonson, good footnotes offer substantial help. The lower class dialogue and topical allusions can be puzzling.

An inexpensive collection of Ben Jonson's plays is published by Oxford Univ. Press in the World's Classic series with the title The Alchemist and Other Plays.

In a time of selling violence and moral decay to children of all ages, it was a great comfort to see a story of hope fulfilled (for both main characters), lessons learned, and good old-fashioned kids' adventure. Bartholomew, himself, is adorable and most certainly brought to life by this fine illustrator - you want to reach out and hug him.

We found this to be a delightful book - illustrations had my son laughing and oo-ing and ah-ing. I found it to be so much like what my little boy would do that I enjoyed it too(he's at that age where I just don't know where he comes up with his stories)!