Barton Books

When I noticed that no one had reviewed this book, I decided I would be the first.

As a long time reader and admirer of Lovecraft and an English major, I love the idea of looking at Lovecraft in a scholarly fashion and trying to decipher where his ideas came from and how they were developed. St. Armand starts by looking at the short story, "The Rats in the Walls." Maybe not the most well known of Lovecraft's work, but he takes it as example of how Lovecraft viewed the idea of horror and the gothic sensiblities from which it came and then took those ideas and spun them through his own psyche. A fantastic work of historical and psychiatric criticism, that highlights not just one short story but all of Lovecraft's work. I highly reccommend this book, if you can find it. I interlibrary loaned a copy and was sad when I had to send it back. It's a marvelous book, short and interesting. It has really sparked some fantastic ideas about the nature of horror for me to explore.

A good friend introduced me to this witty author and Safed the Sage in the early 80's... my copy disappeared over the years, but Lo! and Behold! the Internet arriveth! Now I am able to read, re-read and share this good reading... Timeless... sometimes hysterical... you will enjoy! Ditto for the other Safed book, also to be found on Amazon...

First published in 1938, this overlooked classic is still one of the best general works on Africa. E.B. Worthington is among the most fascinating people who worked in the continent. A Cambridge-trained biologist, he quickly took to the young field of ecology, and devoted most of his professional career to its service. In his 90s he is still lively, even dynamic, challenging much younger folks to keep up with him. "Science in Africa" was commissioned along with Lord Hailey, "An African Survey" and S.H. Frankel, "Capital Investment in Africa." Worthington traveled through much of Africa in the 1930s, working closely with Hailey (who saved his life once in an auto-maintenance mishap). "Science in Africa" presents the author's own research (Cf. "Inland Waters of Africa") but draws even more on Worthington's prodigious surveys of nearly all Africanist literature at that time. It defines science very broadly, covering the earth, life and exact sciences but also encompassing public health, agronomy, economics, sociology, geography and the distinctively colonial sciences of anthropology and ecology. It goes beyond summarizing research to make recommendations for applying this accumulated knowledge to improve African life and economic production. The book is both invaluable and inimitable, except by EBW himself, who produced an updated "Science in the Development of Africa" some 20 years later. A liberal, enlightened colonial official and a pioneering tropical ecologist, with a deep love and understanding of the continent. For more information, see his own memoir on "The Ecological Century;" W.M. Adams, "Green Development;" and J.W. Cell, "Hailey: A Study in British Imperialism." T. Bass, "Camping With the Prince," is an enjoyable account of Worthington's 1980s successors at work in the field.

This is a great story for those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Owing much to the legacy of Scandanavian sagas, SEARCHING FOR THE EVERGREEN MAN is a portrait of a species of men who walked & talked their way West across the great prairies to the mountains & forests of Oregon Territory where timberbeasts & woodland spirits flit from shadow to shadow, as mere mortals hew their way into the cathedrals of Firs & Pines, where everything is bigger, taller, stronger, longer.

If you have ever dreamed of life at the edge of civilization, around a campfire, deep, deep beneath the forested canopy; if you have ever been entranced by the Lumberjack Championships on Outdoor Living Network (OLN) tv; if you have ever mourned the demise of an immense natural wonder, then Dean Barton's SEARCHING FOR THE EVERGREEN MAN will fill you with the sights & sounds, the language & the life of the old-time loggers.

Living among the tall trees, I can vouch for Dean Barton's authenticity. His skill, in listening & translating the stories he has heard all his life, makes SEARCHING FOR THE EVERGREEN MAN mesmerizing.

Highly recommended by RebeccasReads.

This book was delivered before the expected due date and was in great condition and a lot cheaper than the college book stores.

Rare book from the UK, 112 pp., with stiff linen-type covers. Includes photos and diagrams.

Interesting first person account by Mr. Burke, who moved up from signalman, booking boy, to Phillips Park and Edge Hill.

I took "The Singing Sleuth" on a cruise to the Bahamas and it kept me riveted. I not only learned a lot about how cruise ships operate, but I kept looking at the staff in a different light.

I really enjoyed the characters too. And I must admit, I had trouble figuring out "who dunnit." I'm looking forward to the author's next book since I felt like the crew members have become my friends.

The Imperial War Museum in London is a solid authority on military research into the two world wars. This book, compiled with help from experts from the museum is illustrated throughout with great photos and maps from the collections. It is a magnificent effort into bringing the memory of one of the most unbelievably brutal battles of the first world war into the present time.

I bought this book in the visitors center of the famous WW-I memorial at Thiepval, in the heart of the Somme region. A days later, after finishing reading it, I felt that I had relived all the impressive moments from my travels along the front lines of the Great War. Highly recommended for both those who like a thorough written account, and those who want a visually striking book.

This book was originally published in 1920 and was republished in 2005 by the University of Illinois Press, presumably with the approaching bicentennial of Lincoln's birth in mind. A new introduction was written by Michael Nelson, professor of political science at Rhodes College. Barton, who died in 1930, was a Congregational minister who became very interested in Lincoln and wrote eight books about him. This was the first and most important.
It is a very good book. Barton was not a professional historian but this book is worthy of the best of them. He did an excellent job of separating facts from the myths that arose about Lincoln after his untimely death and presents an objective analysis of Lincoln's walk toward and with God from his boyhood to his presidency. Some of Lincoln's early biographers said he was an "infidel" but Barton shows that description reflects a narrow, distorted and inaccurate view based on Lincoln's upbringing in a Calvinist Baptist home on the frontier. In that day and place not believing the earth was flat was enough to make one an infidel, and Lincoln was too intelligent for that. Lincoln's faith walk was evolutionary and, as he got older and faced the many vicissitudes of his life, he drew closer to God and one could indeed say that God became his best friend.
Barton is careful to disavow the mythical portrayals of Lincoln as a near saint which arose after his death. At the same time he gives much evidence that Lincoln not only was a good and great man but that he was a very Godly man, and this evidence comes from the private as well as the public Lincoln. "Abraham Lincoln believed in God, in Christ, in the Bible, in prayer, in duty, and in immortality" (p. 288). And, Barton argues, successfully I believe, that Lincoln lived according to his faith and that his faith shaped his politics.