Dean Books

Alright! Nothing else which claims to be a Renzor Biographycan even come close to this! In addition to the concert photo's andthe bizzare scribblings of Renzor himself, there is a 1 hour interviewCD where to put it bluntly, Trent lays bare his soul, in a way that only the dark master could be combing his dark genuis, rage, and intellect into a smouldering cauldron of death and despair. A must buy for any NIN fan and even if you aren't buy this, and you will be converted! Peace.

There are a number of good books on the market for deans and other folks in college leadership roles. This one is different. It's aimed at new or prospective deans, for instance. The authors have drawn on their own experience and on what they have learned from MANY others in the business and have addressed all of the basic questions you ought to ask if you are thinking of being a dean (Why would I do this? Am I ready? How do I get in the game?). They have also given an honest apprisal of where the booby traps lie, and how to avoid them. They go through planning, budgets, personnel issues, relationships with other administrators, and legal matters. They even talk about how to tell when it's time to move on. This is practical, nuts and bolts stuff. If you're already a dean (or were one, or know one well), the book will give you some new perspectives on familiar ground. I wish I'd had it when I jumped into the game. I have recommended it to everyone I know.

Most of us have some scars from high school. Grant Taylor, by rights, should need therapy for the next 20+ years! Scarlett Dean once again has come up with a story that is at once familiar and yet has just enough twists in it to keep the reader off balance. Grant, a 14 year old who has developed an attitude problem after his father's death, is packed off to a boarding school for troubled youths. He'll soon find out that the term "behaviorally disturbed" takes on a whole new meaning when ancient evil is added to the mix. Grant's search to find the truth parallels that of newly hired art teacher Dreeson Cooper. Watching these two join forces to battle evil -not to mention, survive- is a satisfying, page-turning read. Grab some popcorn and keep the lights on. A hell of a ride!

This is a very nice guide to plants of a specific region of Louisiana. If you live in the state, it is great guide to have to identify all the local plants. Easy to read, great drawings, but it is out of print.

Statesman Dean Acheson once said, "Always remember that the future comes one day at a time." In reading James Chase's hagiography of the former Secretary of State, I was painfully reminded of this axiom in that the conclusion of his account of Acheson comes very slowly, one page at a time. Chock full of overt flowery adulations, this ode to all things Acheson left me with the lingering urge to read Melville or some other bromide better left relegated to the dusty echelons of my lower bookshelf.

And so, it came pleasing to the palate and with great relish reading John T. McNay's Acheson and Empire, the British Accent in American Foreign Policy in which he presents the dark underbelly of Acheson that Chase leaves covered. Whereas Chase's account reads as a love song to this formative character in the origins of the Cold War, McNay acts as a Woodward and Bernstein tour-de-force, exposing Acheson's prevailing biasness towards the interests of the British Empire in which he often flies in the face of America's own better welfare.

Often referred to as "this pompous diplomat in striped pants, with the phony British accent," by Senator Joseph McCarthy, Acheson's dialect may have been phony but his intentions were anything but. McNay contends Acheson's Ulster Protestant family roots contributed to an unconcealed inclination favoring British colonialism. Harboring a romantic view of British imperialism, Acheson's actions served to undermine the American identity and presence in countries emerging from under British rule such as Iran, India, Egypt, and Ireland.

Mingling a dash of creative writing and a surprising show of subtle wit, McNay's narrative is an engaging read and an important one which offers a never before considered reassessment of Acheson's foreign politics and reconsideration of his dubious legacy as a "Cold Warrior." But not only relevant to those studying the Cold War, McNay's account also offers up a plausible rationale to the continuing hostility of mid-Eastern countries towards the United States.

Documenting his thesis with extensive references to materials gleaned from obvious intense scrutiny and study, McNay strips away the veneer often held of Acheson, presenting an alternate view of the pin-striped exemplar. Acheson and Empire, the British Accent in American Foreign Policy is chronicle well deserving of a place on one's top bookshelf.

This book traces the career of the late Western Museum Director Dean Krakel from his early years at the Thomas Gilcrease Institute in Tulsa to his transformation of The Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City into a great museum of western art. The collection of Remmington, Russell, Shrevogel, Frasier, Moran, Bodmer, Bierstadt and many others was truly an adventure in aquisition. From the renouned art critics and dealers in New York to the Bienekie collection at Yale. The mentor relationship of the great collector Thomas Gilcrease to Krakel is worth reading the book alone. This book is a must for anyone interested in Western Art and the tough world of wheeling and dealing. There is also a number of colorful characters like Joel McCrea and Jasper Ackerman who helped aquire many paintings and provide financial support in a big way. The author gave me my copy and said he would not sign it until I wrote a review. Here is my review, a little late for the great man.

This series starts off with two groups of aliens fighting each other. There is the Weave, a republic fighting off the amalagation, which wishes to absorb all intellegent life. The weave is loosing. Desperate for new alies, the weave sends off a exploration ship. They find... humans. Research quickly reveals humans to be the most efficient and warlike fighting beings ever encountered. So good are we at war, that with just a little assistance, 'modern' humans can beat off a intersteller invasion... Needless to say, the weave is desperate for willing humans for the fighting, but do we want these savages in the weave? This first book focuses on the duality of humanity. We say peace loving, but we have this incredible drive for violence.

Alan Dean Foster does it again..with his third novelization of an Alien film. Alien 3 is an ok movie, but Foster's tie-in is much better due to the fact that it contains lots more dialogue from the original script(and some improvised obviously) that was cut from the final edit of the movie. I also like this book better than the movie because it features extra and alternate scenes that were in the original Alien 3 script, but deleted before the film was released. Such scenes mainly deal more with prisoner Golic and his obsession with the Alien, an alternare birth of the warrior Alien which I like better, and more character-developing dialogue among Dillon and the other prisoners. Buy this book today !

Well I was fooled, I thought maybe this contained another,
different story. But it is just a re-packaging together,
of "Psion" and "Cat's Paw" (without the more recent
3rd novel "Dreamfall" in the same series).

Anyway, they are fantastic stories, so it would be a good deal
to get them both in this one volume, unless you already
own both of them separately! as I do...

EVERY mom in the world needs to read this book. I had so many "me too" moments while reading it. He captured and verbalized so many of my "motherhood" stresses and made me realize that I am not alone in this job! FABULOUS!