Campbell Books

Quite simply, at 600+ pages, this book Colossus of Folk Medicine--An Encyclopedia--is the most comprehensive collection of folk medicine remedies, concoctions, preparations, et cetera, ever published. Remedies range from A - Z, from simple to sublime, from recent to pre-historic, originate from throughout the world, and are multi-cultural. Information on some subjects is particularly extensive, covering more "cures" (in certain areas) than is available in the entire text on most folk medicine publications. Writing style is terse, and avoids fluff. Personal opinions of the writer are largely avoided.

This book is excellent. Probably you won't find such a complete information and photos in one single "small volume".As a War-Between-The States enthusiast I think the author,-R. Thomas Campbell-, has accomplished his informative objectives.

This book presents a value averaging purchase plan for stock mutual fund shares based on the S&P500 P/E ratio. After presenting background information on P/E ratios, the historical real returns of the S&P500 are presented versus its P/E ratio. The near linear relationship shows that when P/Es are high, ie prices are high, real returns are low. One feature of dollar cost averaging is to buy more shares when prices are low; however, investors can improve upon this by considering the P/E ratio to increase their periodic purchases when P/Es are low and decrease them when it is high. A thorough description of other asset classes and their roles in a portfolio is also provided, including inflation protected instruments.

This book has become an invaluable reference around our office...for the engineers, landscape architect and directors. The book covers a range of useful topics, from design basics (including relevant modeling formulas), pricing estimates, integration information for planners, citizens and regulators, wetland ecology background notes, landscaping ideas and wonderful examples of systems that the authors themselves have designed and installed.

The book highlights the benefits of wetlands often overlooked or undervalued in other engineering-oriented texts - wildlife habitat creation, aesthetics, water recharge, etc.

Since the book was writen by a landscape architect and an engineer, two visionary pioneers in their fields, it covers a lot of useful ground.

Will Campbell's THE CONVENTION: A PARABLE is one of the best, if not the best
inside look at the workings of the Southern Baptist Convention. The book is
timeless. Whether one is a moderate, middle roader or conservative or fundememtalist
THE CONVENTION puts them all in their place. It is a "parable" but it
sheds light on the SBC just as Jesus shed light -- by of parables -- on the failings of his
day and those to come.

Floyd Craig
Nashville, TN

I CALLED THIS MY "RED BOOK".THIS BOOK TELLS ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY CANS OF SOUP I HAVE IN MY PANTRY.LOTS OF THE RECIPE ARE USEFUL WHEN I FEEL THAT I WANT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH JUST "A CAN OF SOUP IN A HAND".I AM NOT AN EXPERIENCED COOK BUT THIS IS A VERY DEPENDABLE COOKBOOK.SO I SAY YES!!!!!

This was the first cook book I ever owned. I was a newlywed at the time and my mother-in-law bought me this book. She knew we were on a limited budget and didn't have much of a food allowance. I was working and quick, simple, easy to make meals were the perfect solution.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The plot is one that everyone can enjoy. It grabs you by the hand and leads you into a whirl wind society that you are hesistant to leave. The characters portray your best friend, and the man of your dreams. This book is great for all ages. The romantic setting is enough to catch your eye, but the comedy ropes you in for good. The word choice in this book was top shelf. Just reading the book you could hear the sounds of Hyde Park, and the waves of the ocean lap against the boat. I highly recommend this book to anyone.

a Brock (the Rock) Callahan private eye mystery. Brock knew right from the start this case would give him a headache. His fee was a $100 a day plus expenses. His client, Warren Temple Lund, III, has total assets of $32. But Warren is also not quite 12 years old and wants very much to find his father, Skip Lund. There are other people involved...like a wife who wants to divorce him, her boyfriend who would be happy if Skip never returned, Mary Chavez who does want him back since she's in love with him. Pete Chavez probably knows where Skip is but he's also missing. The San Valdesto police also want Skip on a murder charge. There is obviously something going on and Brock is now right in the middle of it.

I ordered this by chance, to read during a holiday in Lisbon. What a revelation! This is a great late XIX Century novel about bourgeois adultery. It belongs on the same shelf as Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, but it is even closer to Emile Zola's "La Curee." Luiza, a lovely young wife, is led into temptation by her worldly cousin Bazilio, an awful rake. Consequently, Luiza is blackmailed by her ghastly maid Juliana. The struggle between the two women goes ever deeper. I won't betray any more of the plot, except to say that there are many wonderful secondary characters, several hilarious moments (although the whole novel is built toward a tragic ending), and a lot of political subtext. Reading it in Lisbon was a extra-special treat, as I carried the book through the very streets where it takes place.
Once I was done with it, I picked up another Queiroz at the Lisbon FNAC for the flight back, translated in French this time. Wow! What a letdown: all choppy and strangely overdone. That proved to me - a contrario - that Margaret Jull Costa did a fantastic job translating Cousin Bazilio. I never was conscious I was reading a translation. I will read more novels by Queiroz, but only if translated by Margaret Jull Costa.