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Being written near the time of the events this book portrays the lives of the first 12 Caesars in the writing style of the period.This is not how history is written today;and it allows a bright light to be shone on both public & private lies of the Caesars.It feels as if Suetonious is speaking to the reader privately.It is a superb account of the time.

I have read many biographies of famous historical figures, written by modern scholars, but none had the immediacy, the thrilling emphasis to minor details and the power of words that Suetonius' work features. The Roman historian proves that he was a true child of the classical world, having the gift of telling his stories in a few but full of meaning sentences. I think that after reading Suetonius one has a powerful image of every emperor as a human being first and as a ruler second. Hats off to the ancient writers who are the top specialists to explain the inner secrets of their society and epoch!

When you need a break from memorizing the dates of the Punic Wars, are bored speculating over what kind of salt the Romans used to sow Carthaginian fields, have given up on finding Philippi on any modern map, and can't quite recall the names of the dramatis personae during the year of the three emperors, this book will re-stimulate your interest in history by gratifying the natural human desire to learn more about crime in high places.

Imagine, all the gravitas reeking Romans were up to treason, homicide, intrigue, incest, bestiality, gifting poison mushrooms and assorted produce, adultery, simple theft, complex theft, tax cheating, forgery, perjury, matricide, patricide, fratricide, suicide, sistercide, and murdering or marrying thier neices, and all sorts of stuff not normal entertainment at church family picnics nor encouraged at the office.

A question does arise - was Suetonius accurate or fair? I think not; he is a delightful scandalmonger who makes no pretense at being fair and his sources undoubtedly included talk show hosts from the Forum's late night hour. Tiberius is for example portrayed as a monster; but he seemed to be a talented administrator himself or had the sense to hire those who were. Claudius while making very poor choices in wives and prone to some silly enthusiasms was very prudent in his foreign policy, by-and-large avoiding killling foreign folks who didn't enlist for suicide.

Overall a great book; just take it with a pinch of Roman salt.

The first thing that caught my attention when I received my copy of The Living House of Oz was, of course, Eric Shanower's top-quality artwork on the colorfully gorgeous cover of this book. The wraparound dust jacket is skillfully designed to show the main characters without cluttering up the available space. As always, Eric displays his encyclopedic knowledge of all things Oz by rendering the building in traditional Neill style, while vastly improving the art with his own attention to detail.

Edward Einhorn, continuing in the same vein as his previous book Paradox in Oz (Hungry Tiger Press, 2000; reviewed in the Spring 2000 Baum Bugle), tells us the story of a boy named Buddy and all the denizens of the sentient house he lives in with his mother. When the house settles for a while near the Ozian kingdom of Tonsoria (where everyone is dedicated to hair-fashion in some way or another), the adventure begins as Buddy strays a little too far from home, and is soon tangled in an adventure brought about by the very reason the house keeps on the move. It turns out that Buddy, his mother, and the house are on the run, pursued by some very interesting characters. Naturally, it takes magic to make all this happen, and by Ozma's law, only a certain few can practice magic in Oz. But what about all the other good (or allegedly good) magicians in Oz: the Three Adepts, Red Reera the Yookoohoo, Dr. Pipt? There comes a time when performing magic is necessary, and violating that law is a strong theme in this gloriously written and illustrated book.

Of course, one cannot review a book illustrated by Eric Shanower without raving about the art. The dust jacket, the full-color endpapers, the illustrations, and the map and bookplate from the limited edition are all stellar examples of the care and effort that Eric pours into each picture. Look at the cover a second time and you'll see Buddy's mother hiding in the house's tower. Each face on everything inside the house has its own distinct personality, as shown on the endpapers. And the strong line work in the interior black and white illustrations makes for crisp, clear and accurate depictions of what goes on in the book. There's a wonderful double-page spread on pages 146-147 that gathers together a lively bunch of Ozian celebrities; it not only gives us several characters from the famous forty (like Glinda, Jack Pumpkinhead, Scraps, Tik-Tok, Handy Mandy, Captain Salt, Ozana, Button Bright, Ojo, Sir Hokus, Kabumpo and more) but also characters from books Eric's been involved in, such as Flicker, Imogene the cow, the Salt Sorcerer, and Abatha (the Good Witch of the East).

Einhorn's story brings about a novel turn of events that reintroduces readers to familiar (and not-so-familiar) favorites such as Tollydiggle the jailer, the former Flatheads, Red Reera the Yookoohoo, the Three Adepts, and even a hostile enemy commonly long-forgotten. But looks are not everything. A wonderful theme about kindness and love in the form of a stereotypical enemy (much like Kericot the Considerate Kalidah from Phyllis Ann Karr and Melody Grandy's stories) fits perfectly in this story. In fact, without that element, I don't think Einhorn's text would have been as good as it is. The story is very Baumian, with several polite nods to established history, and very Thompsonian in the epic character-driven adventures. However, Einhorn has his own unique writing style, which turns out to be very enjoyable and actually quite intellectual without going over the heads of younger readers. You won't find any condescending "down-talk" aimed at children. This is a book that adults and kids will both appreciate.

As for the living house itself ... well, there's much to be enjoyed about it. The house is alive, the stairs are alive, the railing is alive, the silverware and pots and pans are alive, the bookshelf and books are alive, the beds ... in fact, I'd believe it if the dust were alive! But of course Einhorn focuses only on relevant characters (and characteristics) within the house. Readers will particularly enjoy meeting the Earl of Haberdashery, a coat-tree with a scarf and various other articles of clothing that make up its body. His personality is very outgoing and vibrant, if often befuddling. He provides the comic relief for the tale, yet plays a very important role in the outcome of the story.

The production is also a treat. The book is a Smythe sewn, hardcover layout in the traditional Reilly & Lee size and format. With the production team of Hungry Tiger Press putting forth every effort to make this book as aesthetically pleasing as it is literarily pleasing, you can't go wrong adding it to your library. In fact, I highly recommend getting an extra copy to donate to your local library. Futhermore, I cannot stress enough the value of the signed collector's edition of this book. The extras are well worth it--the map, the book plate, the autographs ... yet what the true collector cannot be without is the deluxe edition, which contains not only the extras that are in the signed edition, but a copy of Einhorn's play "Unauthorized Magic in Oz," extra illustrations (!!) by Shanower, and is housed in a decorative slipcase. This book is so very appealing that I thoroughly believe folks who pick it up might soon want to read more about Oz!

The Living House of Oz is Edward Einhorn's second collaboration with Eric Shanower on an Oz novel. The first, Paradox in Oz, was critically aclaimed, and took Ozma, the fairy ruler of Oz, on a rollercoaster ride through time into an alternative Oz where good and evil characters were reversed.

The Living House of Oz has the classic structure of an Oz novel: a young child coming of age visits Oz and, through his adventures and interactions with the good people of Oz, he matures and overcomes a crisis. In this case Buddy and his sorceress mom have fled to Oz to find safety, but have to hide because his mother uses illegal magic to protect him from danger. When she is discovered and brought to Ozma, all Oz is threatened by her enemies.

Although the structure is traditional, Einhorn brings it new life with his examination of the two themes of Nature vs. Nurture and the Role of Law in a Just Society. Einhorn's delightfully eccentric characters, like the living hat stand called the Earl of Haberdashery and the tuneful flying piccolo Flutefly, lend the work a joyful and humorous presence that is brought to life by Shanower's beautiful illustrations. His color cover and endpapers and the black and white drawings throughout the book show that he is still the best living artist of Oz themes. Einhorn has shown himself to be a master of the Oz genre by skillfully weaving in, not only themes from his previous novel, but also from two of L. Frank Baum's original series: The Emerald City of Oz and Glinda of Oz. Together Einhorn and Shanower are the best Oz Historians since the original team of Baum and Neill. They capture the essence of Oz as Baum and Neill imagined it and keep its timeless character, while presenting a sensibility that can be understood by a modern audience.

A sequel to Einhorn's own Paradox in Oz, this is the story of a sorceress and her son who live in a Living House, a magical home that is, itself, alive -- and so is everything in it. Ozma, long ago, passed a decree that the use of magic was unlawful for anyone but herself, Glinda and the Wizard. When Buddy's mother, Mordra, is found to be practicing magic, she is arrested and brought to the Emerald City to stand trial, sending Buddy on a quest to rescue her.

Einhorn is very faithful to the world that L. Frank Baum created. He uses the original Baum characters in a very consistent fashion, and even better, he crafts new characters to add to the mythos that seem perfectly at home with the likes of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and the Cowardly Lion. (The Earl of Haberdashery, for example -- a living coatrack with a scarf for a face and a tendency towards severe exaggeration.)

Einhorn actually manages to do one thing even better than Baum, at least for the sensibilities of a modern reader. Baum's books were written in the early years of the 20th century, a more innocent time, and many of the original books fall short in communicating a feeling of actual danger to our heroes. Einhorn creates a genuine threat and genuine excitement in this book, but does so without compromising the sweetness of Baum's world. Baum, to this day, is categorized as "The Royal Historian of Oz." Although many, many writers have tried to fill that role in the decades since his death, Einhorn is without a doubt one of the best.

I greatly enjoyed this book. It is the story of one teacher's career- both the positive and the negative.

I've just had the privilege of reading "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Teacher" by Edward A. Joseph and feel that I should express my appreciation for being allowed to enter the private world of Teaching in urban America. How, one might logically ask, can this be regarded as a private, largely unknown endeavor, given all the publicity the field of Teaching receives? It is simply because the intensity of the emotional involvement is just not appreciated or understood by the general public. This memoir does an admirable job of permitting the reader to share in that intimate experience.

The book is not voluminous, employing short chapters which actually heighten the effect of the hard-hitting commentaries.

The Epilogue has a paragraph which I consider to be very important:

"In addition, the education community needs to restructure the schools so the teachers can teach and the students can learn more effectively. Increasing the amount of curriculum that students have to learn and teachers have to teach is not the answer. High expectations are important, but the setting in which education takes place must make achieving these expectations possible."

I think Joseph is suggesting a more widespread implementation and acceptance of the Alternative High School concept like Yonkers Prep. I assume also that, while such an implementation would undoubtedly be desirable as part of a restructuring, his thoughts are not limited to only that. The solutions of fundamental problems inherent in our system are so daunting, complex and elusive that they would appear to require daring and drastic measures as yet not seriously entertained by those in positions of influence and authority.

In any event those closing thoughts seem to set the stage for a follow-up book on this subject. I look forward to it!

The author gives great insight into the the trials and tribulations of a teacher working in a large school system. Especially interesting was the section about the beginning of Yonker's Prep, the alternative school that the author helped start. It is obvious that there were many difficult times but it is also apparent that the author loved the actual teaching. This is a great book to read for any one but especially teachers and those that may want to be teachers.

Stewart Edward White was many things- lumberjack, cowboy, novelist, biographer, even a writer of a psychic phenomenon series,and though this is the first book of his that I have had the immense pleasure of reading, I must say that after reading the Long Rifle, I believe that this, out of his almost sixty books, was the one he enjoyed writing the most. I think most writers have a favorite that they have written, because it is the one that they have put the most of themselves into, yearning to almost be the imagined character themselves, or to live in the world that lives in their mind. I would not be surprised if the life of a mountain or frointiersman is the kind of life that White would have loved to have led.

There are a number of reasons that I can find for saying this. First, with his vivid, sweeping, almost panoramic descriptions, you are thrown into the true *wild* west, long before it became the wild west of the cowboy days and the countless novels of the *western* genre. The only peoples that you would be fortunate enough to see (or unfortunate as the case often was) was lots of Indians, the rare Spanish settelment, or the even rarer fellow Mountain Man. The mountains and the valleys are written as if White were sitting there with them right in his view. Perfect. Breathtaking. Untouched. Majestic. So full of wildlife that, in the words of Joe Crane, *You needn't hardly aim yer rifle, and you've downed yer dinner*. This is the land that is so beautifully described.

Second, in this age where it is culturally acceptable (at least in most of the western countries) to be a New Age guru or a Catholic monk, Agnostic or Christian, Hindu or practioner of the far-east disciplines, we are at least used to the idea of normal, everyday people being any of these things. But in the 1930's? Spiritualism outside of Christianity was not as accepted by mainstream American culture as it is now. Despite this, White still puts traces of his beliefs (his wife, Betty, channeled mystical teachings, giving him the material for his three psychic phenomena books,) into the character of Andy Burnett. These are written about in a way that can be interpreted as just instinctual reactions, but a careful reading declares them to be more of a spiritual understanding of what is going on around him.

The third can be found in the central figure of this book, the previously mentioned Andy Burnett, the fictional inherator of Daniel Boone's long rifle, giving the book its name. Andy has not been steeped with what our more modern minds think of as *hero* characteristics. He is not superhuman, he doesn't war with himself about what the right thing to do in a situation is. He is not given to heavy drinking, chasing women, (the one time he did try completely scared him out of his wits,) engaging in brawls, or causing commotion; all things that a rather large chunk of the modern heros in movies are found to do. Interestingly enough they are also all things that Andy's fellow mountain men would be ashamed not to take part in, earning him a lofty if somewhat frowned upon image from his companions. No, Andy has more of the character of something that White was very familiar with. A cowboy. Self assured and of strong character, he knows that morals aren't something that you should have to try to live by, but that they should come naturally, with a desire to respect your fellow man. Andy carries this with him everywhere, even in his dealings with Indians. Through his strong love of other people he eventually becomes a member of the Blackfoot tribe, a tribe that no one, Indian or white man has ever been on good terms with. Andy can handle himself in any situation by just being calm and of uncompromising character. These qualities would benefit anyone, and I'm sure that White belived this. In fact I'm also sure that he modelled Andy on what he himself would like to have been. White wrote about him so passionately that I found myself quite often wanting to be in Andy' life.

Now let us move on to the book itself. We begin by reading of a young Daniel Boone (on a side note, while this is a fictional account of Boone, White does have some historical facts on his side, as he should, being the author of the highly acclaimed biography of Boone,) entering a shooting contest with a new kind of rifle that is at first laughed at, as are most new ideas when you're set in your ways, at least until the accuracy of the idea is proven, in this case Boone showing that you can shoot straighter, faster, and cheaper, break all previous records, take first place, then dissapear and become one of the most famous men ever to explore the wild frontier. Narrativelly this is no small feat for the first fifty pages of a book, and you are left wondering how this is going to be topped, carrying a fast paced adventure through three hundred more pages. Then like a plunge into shockingly cold water we are thrown into the boring life of a young teenager about to have destiny come crashing down on him.This is the young Andy Burnett whose grandfather was given that same rifle by Boone as a wedding gift for saving his life. The rifle eventually is passed to the niave Andy who runs away, leaving behind an uncaring step father, and his grandmother, whose last wish was for Andy to escape the farmers life and become the man that he was meant to be, which in her mind is a frontiersman.

Andy is taken under the wings of two genuine mountain men who teach him the ways of the wild. He is quickly thrown into adventure after adventure, as White writes Andy into the real life histories of mountain men. Meeting and traveling with many famous men of the era, he helps discover the first pass over the Contenintal Divide, making a path where the Oregon Trail will eventually ride, helps the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in its begining years by being a good friend of the owners, and also becomes one of the first white men to see the Pacific Ocean from an inland route. Along the way are famine , thirst, hostile Indians, ruthless trappers, and death. But all of this serves to make Andy stronger, culminating in an ending that shows the true misfortune of white mans encroachment upon the wild.

My only problem with the book was that near the end the writing switches back and forth from Andy's life to a more epic, wide-angle lens stlye of writing that shows the sweeping changes being instituted in the land, with years passing by as landscapes and lifestyles change, and then back to an older and wiser Andy, and then back again. But by the end you can see the reasoning as it was needed in order to build up the climax, an immenent tragedy that shows how callous the world is to personal suffering and what motivates people for right or wrong.

In the end we are left with the notion that not only have we lost a national treasure in the eventual taming and destruction of our wilderness, but that an entire lifestyle has been eradicated in the name of progress, and all we have to show is legends of men who could never be equalled.

Yes Mr. White, I too would have loved to have been alive at that time, and I also am aware of what has been lost everytime I take a trek into the majestic Rocky Mountains, following the paths of people just living a simple life surrounded by beauty. Your book is a bittersweet taste of how a man can live his dreams, through good and bad.

A great tale of the early west. A brave young man goes west with the early fur trappers. The long Rifle saves his bacon many times. He meets and traps with many of the famous old trappers and they share many wonderful adventures. Fiction at its best for youngsters. I read it first in 1953 and I still love it.

This is an excellent book for a young person because it teaches some great lessons about history, personal responsibility and cause-and-effect. The characters are incredibly life-like and the writing is spell-binding. This book is a "pager-turner". However, don't be shy of picking up this book if you are an adult, either. It's a great read. A belated "Thank You" for this book, Mr. White!

This story is incredibly cute! As another reviewer noted, this is a story about two dinosaurs that fall in love and make efforts to accept one another as they are. I often find that cartoons and comics are able to say exactly how I feel about any given situation, but in much fewer words. This book is no different in that the primitive drawings, simple dialogue, and dinosaur characters convey exactly what it is I'd want to say to my significant other in a cute and concise manner.

This story was really cute! I would suggest that if you ever want to make your boyfrind smile or girlfriend swoon ;) You should get this book.

I bought this book for my boyfriend on a whim and it's just a sweet little love story about two dinosaurs who fall in love and learn to accept each other. It would be a cute valentine's gift for your sweetheart (as long as s/he doesn't mind being compared to a dinosaur.)

There has been a revival in the sonnet in English-language poetry in recent years, but you'd never guess that from this book, which tends to give the impression that sonnets written after World War II were essentially a curiosity, something one does once or twice.

The Norton anthology of sonnets includes such great sonnet writers as Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, T.S. Eliot, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Rita Dove. If you define a sonnet as a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with limited foot substitution to reduce monotony and a definite rhyme scheme, we find that no sonnets were written by poets born after 1928; and very few of the poems in the anthology are sonnets. Perhaps the title of the anthology should have been The Making of an Almost Sonnet. On page 370 we find out that the Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme is abab cdce efef gg? Out of the 510 pages there were 21 outstanding sonnets. The book is politically correct and totally void of any controversial or brilliant accomplishment that would detract from the current crop of poets, so that it would make a perfect textbook for a freshman English Literature class.

I gave this book as a present to a friend after hearing the authors on the NPR's (WBUR) "On Point", my favorite talk show. She really enjoyed it. I had to test it to make sure that I didn't lose her opinion - whatever it is - of my critical acumen. After sampling it for an hour before presenting it, I found the writers to be bright, engaging, and erudite, and just the list of all the sonnets cited to be worth the price of admission. I will be getting my own copy soon.

Hirsch and Boland have offered wisdom in their own poems and in their writings on poems ...individually. Their teaming to trace the sonnet's history and to provide a sweet gathering of the little songs is stunning. To dance through the centuries on the music of the form is a joy. I love the commentaries. I love the sonnets.

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I am happy because I recieved my order earlier than expected. I recommend anyone to buy from this seller!

There are a number of books on Edward Deming and the quest for quality. I am familiar with this one only, but I found it a very good introduction to quality control. The author shows how a quest for quality can be applied to almost any field of endeavor. With an effort to improve quality Florida Light & Power was able to reduce greatly the number of power outages on its lines. You will find yourself looking at what you do and asking how you can improve. You will also find yourself taking notice of businesses that have a long way to go in achieving quality.

I read the local library's copy and its so good I am going to buy one for myself.

Why? Because Andrea Gabor has researched the topic of Quality well. More to the point, Andrea has given insight to the men who showed how to achieve continual improvement (Quality).

Its more than a good read, there are valuable lessons to be learnt from reading case histories mentioned. Note how successful companies can become!

Reading "The Man Who Discovered Quality" will encourage you to change your attitude towards work. Directors and managers should especially read this insightful reseach, because its within your hands to change business mindset.

You may even want to extend the attitude of Quality into your personal life.

Read it and make up your own mind.

I bought this book to see what was behind the "useless people" remark she made about Mozart and his family. After reading this book, I feel that I know why she made this remark. You will have to read and draw your own conclusion! This book revealed the reasons for some hard decisions made by this remarkable woman and the unbelievable incompetence that surrounded her. After reading this book, you may - or may not like Maria Theresa. I won't go into how I feel, because you may come away completely different. Even though this book is a little old, it is captivating, informative, easy to understand, and you will walk away understanding the history of this woman completely. This is the book to buy if you want to know about Maria Theresa. 338 spell-binding pages. Sorry I don't tell the story of the book in a short review.

If you buy this book, you will find all you need to know about Maria Theresa. Rather than tell the story of the book, I will tell you that the author tells an interesting story that will captivate you. You will be suprised by how she maintained - despite her advisors and family. The author is a little hard on Joesph II. You will come out of this book respecting this woman, but "with eyes wide open", knowing her faults. I originally bought this book to find out what was behind the "useless people" remark she used about the Mozarts. I now know why she said that. Buy this book and discover for yourself. Well worth the money! 338 pages and the book may appear a little old; however, the content is spell-binding!

Maria Theresa is known to some as the empress who hired police to round up prostitutes for "correction" and conducted a nonstop war on vice and excess. True it is that she was a staunch conservative, but she was also a great political survivor. She negotiated two potentially disastrous wars, the War of the Austrian Succession (in which Vienna, and the entire Habsburg Empire almost fell) and the Seven Years War (in which Frederick the Great repeatedly beat Austria's armies), and emerged with her empire weakened, but basically intact. She was complit in the notorious Partitions of Poland, yet in other respects she stood as a bastion against Prussian aggression. Her reign coincided with great contributions to the arts, music and architecture, and her many offspring (including Marie Antoinette) occupied several thrones. Crankshaw's prose style is extremely elegant; few period biographies flow as well as this one. Highly recommended.

MOBY DICK has long needed a depth-psych interpretation that could do it full justice, and Edinger provides it. As with most of his other books, I wish this one had been longer, so much compact wisdom does it contain. Look out for his image of Leviathan as collective "stuff" needing cooking in the fires of consciousness--awesome.

At the same time, as you read be aware that as a symbol, Moby Dick cannot be pinned down to anything in particular, even the Self, which is Edinger's interpretation. The white whale works on many different levels. One of them might be this: the whale as a symbol of the natural world attacked and dismembered by Ahab, that seaborne paradigm of the modern captain of industry.

Dr. Edward Edinger--who only recently departed this earthly existence--was one of the most prominent and gifted Jungian analysts in America. In this brilliant little jewel of a book, he analyzes Herman Melville and the collective American psyche. Melville's own personal "nekyia" or night sea journey into the underworld or unconscious during midlife is divined and revealed to us by Edinger in a most readable and fascinating fashion. Much more than a rollicking sea-faring adventure yarn, Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick, is a psychological treasure trove. Captain Ahab, notes Edinger, "is a study in the psychology of resentment. . . . His image serves as a mirror, showing the true nature of our own resentments. Everyone has this problem, his inner Ahab. . . ." Ahab's immoderate rage reflects the existential anger in each of us, the dangers of being possessed by bitterness, and the rage lying just below the shining surface of Ame! rican culture, in the dark oceanic depths--a violent rage which recently has been raising its ugly head with mounting ferocity. Melville's immortal denizen of the deep embodies the devils and demons--the daimonic-- with which we each must grapple, and Edinger's elucidation of the material (personal and archetypal) Melville constructively confronted and creatively came to terms with through his writing is encouraging, inspirational and completely masterful.

Edinger says upfront that his goal is to illuminate both Moby Dick and Jungian theory, in effect using them to throw light on each other. The fit between Melville's characters and Jungian character types and archetypes is clear and clean, never forced. Generous quotes from the novel illustrate Edinger's points.

Edinger references page numbers from the Penquin Classics edition of Moby Dick. Having that version in hand makes it very easy to flip to the source material and test your agreement with his interpretations.