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Lots of data, but perhaps too much. The book did an OK job of giving the history of the Duke Power Company, but leaned, in my opinion, a little too heavily on stats from the annual reports. It made for dry reading from time to time.

I would be interested in seeing a follow-up from 1997-2007.

For a piece of this puzzle, check out "Continental Reach: The Westcoast Energy Story" by Peter C. Newman. Duke acquired Westcoast in 2001.

Robert Durden's Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 is the inside story of how industrialization in the form of the Duke Power Company changed the Piedmont Carolinas from a poverty-stricken land into a popular and economically successful place. One J. B. Duke speculated that hydroelectric power would bring textile industries to the rural south and recharge the local economy; the rest is economic history. Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas is an engrossing, unique, comprehensive, "reader friendly", and highly recommended regional American history that spans nearly all of the 20th century.

This book is a MUST for Hilary Duff fans. Every page, all 80 of them, have either facts, or pictures! It has a quiz, and many facts about Hilary Duff. It even talks about Hilary Duff's love life. You can't call yourself a Hilary Duff fan enlese you have this book. It even says what Heart of Summer (one of Hilary Duff's upcoming movie) is about, along with many others. It has alot of great Hilary Duff pictures as well. It even has a questions with Hilary Duff's own answer's. Also, there's about three pages about Haylie Duff(Hilary Duff's sister). Go out and buy this book!

I'm not a huge Hilary Duff fan, but I was browsing in the library when I happened to find this book and started to read it.

It's basically a really comprehensive photo scrapbook of Hilary Duff, with thousands of great pictures. Many of them have been seen before, but they're still really nice. The book details her early life and gives you a brief biography, along with giving information on her CDs, upcoming movies, fashion, guy traumas, and more. It also has quizzes and such to see how big of a Hilary Duff fan you really are.

Most Hilary Duff fans probably know most of the info in this book, but it's still a great comprehensive fanbook with many glossy pictures. It would be a great addition to your Hilary Duff collection.

Kevin Allman has written an entertaining book in"Hot Spot".Not only is it a coolmystery,he also includes some pointed jabs at our tabloid,celebrity culture.I enjoyed his character Kieran O'Connor,& hope to read more about him.I haven't read his other O'Connor book,"Tight Spot",but hope to soon.All in all,a worthy book from Allman.

Is it possible to avoid the tabloid news stories of celebrities? It is forced into our lives everywhere we look: the evening news is packed with it. Are Newsweek and Time even "news" magazines anymore? Why are we obsessed with people who get paid so much for offering nothing? People used to talk about things that happened in their own lives: travel,conversation,books read, personal accomplishments. Listen to the average conversation at work today: what was seen on TV or read in the tabloid news, actors called by first names, the high speed police chase, the murderer interviewed on the evening TV "newsmagazine". We are already living in "virtual" reality. We talk about what was "seen" and "heard": Not lived. It was extremely important and refreshing to have read Mr. Allman's "Hot Shot". The author artfully mirrors our culture's "amused to death" fascination with "celebrity criminals" whether they star in a popular show or in the penitentiary.

Daniel Boone , a renowned name in the field of speech pathology, has written a readable self help book for any person who is keen on improving his/her voice. 'Voice Care & Vocal Enhancement' is a complex and specialised subject .But, Daniel Boone has written it in a simple, easy to understand format which would appeal even to a novice.The tests devised to gauge the various parameters of the voice viz. breath control, loudness level, optimum pitch, tone focus are easy to follow.The exercises for improving various aspects of the voice can be easily understood and performed by the reader. However,the book is aimed mainly at the layperson and is not for you if you are a singer or performing artiste who has a fair knowledge of the voice.

As a non-professional (in terms of not being a singer, although I do frequently use my voice in my job), I believe Boone has written an excellent title full of practical advice for improving your voice. I concur with the earlier reviewer that the book is decidedly targeted towards the layperson. Considering that the author's audience is probably mainly nonprofessionals who only want to improve their voice, this is a sound approach.

Among the helpful areas convered in the book include:

1. Problems with too loud or too soft a voice.
2. Suggestions for improving your voice's loudness.
3. Stressful situations and physical stressors that can affect your voice.
4. 6 ways to control stage fright.
5. Common problems of the male and female voice.
6. Voice tips for men and women.
7. 10 suggestions for keeping your natural voice.

If you are a nonprofessional who is interested in improving your voice, then I highly recommend this title as a practical and helpful tool. Read and enjoy!

I give this book to parents who get a baby as a present. I spent a day finding a good baby record in Barns&Norbles and Babyrus. This is what I found. I'm satisfied in terms of the quality of binding, contents and thickness of the book.

This is a beautiful record book of baby's first five years. I've looked all over for a baby book that wasn't too cutesy, too commercialized (i..e, Pooh is great, but I didn't want a theme like that for our baby book), and with enough pre-defined AND flexible space to record items of importance in our baby's early years. This book is PERFECT and includes space to record many things that I may not have remembered to note.

Mr Guyton was one of the primary Corsair test pilots from the experimental model all the way up to the Korean War and provides many details about the process Vought went through to improve the design over time. I thought the section on testing new aileron modifications on a dailly basis was particularly interesting. He basically had a tape measure extended between his knees. He also had a gauge on the top of the stick that measured the amount of lateral force he was applying to the stick. His job day-after-day was to move the stick an inch to the left and then record the roll rate and the pressure reading in a log book. Then move it and inch to the right and record. Then an inch and a half to the left. Then and inch and a half to the right... He was on a regular diet of airsickness pills. He told stories of having to open the canopy to eject his breakfast and hoping that his mechanics wouldn't find the evidence on the tail group. Very readable book. The sections on dive testing were thrilling and terifying as well. I can't imagine pushing a plane over into a dive that nearly killed you the prior day.

Boone Guyton includes a lot of interesting information on the development history of the Vought Corsair. The narrative is conventionally done, starting with its role in the Pacific war, then a little bit on his getting started in aviation and in the Navy, and finally his flying experiences with Vought.

Some unexpected and appreciated extras included his description of reassembly testing of Vought dive bombers in pre-war France and his experiences with the "Flying Pancake".

His two accidents flying the Corsair, as well as the loss of some friends, vividly pointed out the hazards of the test pilot life.

Overall, a very good read, interesting and well written.

I learned a great deal about Dan'l I never heard of before, such as he renounced American Citizenship in later life and left America, that he had gone west as a mountain man in the last days of his life, and many other items of interest to the frontier fan.

A steal at under $2, it is worth the price alone for the early history of America the book opens with.

I recommend it to any American, and should be required reading today especially after the Patriot Act, you may find that you too, like Daniel Boone are more 'terrorist' by today's definition than you think!

I'll admit bias right up front. I worked with Barry when this book was published.

However, I found Beethoven's Fifth to be very delightful and engaging. I enjoyed the math games that were described, as some key parts of the story are clever mathematical twists.

I also enjoyed Barry's sense of humor, which can be very inventive. He has a keen imagination which can imagine worlds and universes which follow vastly different rules than ours. Fans of Flatland will appreciate some of his humor.

I enjoyed reading his first effort, and wish he found time and/or a publisher for more science fiction.

I have been looking for books that would introduce stories that tell something about Early American times. Since my children are young (boy and girl; 3 and 5) I am more interested in giving the `flavor' of the times without being particularly stuck on historical accuracy.

The first book that I found that we liked was Aliki's "Johnny Appleseed". Andrew Glass' "Bewildered for Three Days" is the second.

In this book, Glass weaves a tale (definitely fictional) of why Daniel Boone didn't really wear a coonskin cap-although the cap is one of the things he is known for. In this story, Glass touches on what life was like in the 1700's. He talks about how there were Indians who were friends and Indians who weren't. Boone is shown with a childhood friend who, as a Delaware, showed him woodcraft.

"Little Beaver returned often. We wrestled and practiced tracking animals silently as shadows in the woods. Little Beaver taught me to listen well to the chatter, chirps , and croaks in the forest."


Pros -

--Story is interesting and an easy read-aloud. It uses some archaic speech - thee and thou - but just here and there. Enough to be interesting and educational, it doesn't bog the story down at all.

--The book touches on country life - log cabins and farming - as well as on what sort of things occurred which led to arguments between the settlers and the established peoples.

--There is a nice Author's Note at the end of the book (as well as a map which shows the Cumberland Gap) which summarizes current research on Daniel Boone - when he lived, what he did, his family life. I found it to be a good refresher, reminding me of details that I could point out to my children.

Possible Cons -

--There is an element of violence. Boone as a boy is chased by angry Indians and awakened by an angry bear. There is nothing graphic, and I, personally, just glossed over it.

--The artwork is impressionistic and some younger children might not like it. Mine 5 y.o. didn't mind.

--The story is told in first person which may take some adjustment for some younger children who are used to the third-person.

Four Stars. A good story with lots of opportunities to teach. There is lots of action and things that children can relate to, such as friendship and forgetting to do chores. A nice introduction, though fictional, to colonial times.

Boone examines the human need to be absolutely sure, and to have an infallible guide. She studies the popular demand to take the Bible, as Benjamin B. Warfield put it in the 1890s, "not as man's report to us of what God says, but the very word of God itself, spoken by God himself through human lips and pens". She explores how such demand for superhuman authority can translate into demands for human authority over Christian communities, as Richard W. De Hann explained the role of a scriptural pastor,

"Yes, he is a fallible human being, but God has entrusted His infallible Word to that man. He therefore has a great message to proclaim, and you are under obligation to heed the exhortations and obey the directives which come from the Scriptures through the pastor to you." (p. 87)

For Boone, bibliolotry contradicts the spirit of the Bible itself. Because that book is no unified chorus of praise for unquestioning obedience to finalized tradition. Its leading characters engage in soul-searching, re-defining, and re-visioning what they consider true, beautiful, and just. Boone's reflections open doors to a more fruitful reading of the scriptures -- as stories of religious change, in a journey that continues with ourselves.

--author of "Different Visions of Love"