Elliott Books

I volunteer in public education for a large fire department. This is truly the best book I have found on the fire department geared towards younger children. This book thoroughly and accurately covers the fire department and the equipment used. The story is easy for children to follow, and is well illustrated. There is even a public safety message at the end, encouraging kids to be fire safe.

I am a professional firefighter. This book does a good job of explaining what firefighters do. It doesn't address fire safety. A good book for children. I read this one to groups of children.

In 1818 London her sister Beatrice and husband Charles Summerton sponsor Lady Eleanor Sinclair in her first season. Eleanor is the perfect model of behavior, but perhaps it is the pregnancy or having the young heir Mark that distracts her sponsors who remain ignorant that their guest is bored of the strict inane rules of high society.

Finally unable to remain sane, Eleanor sneaks out by herself to the theater as Jane Smith the governess. However, the play starts late worrying her that she might have to miss the last act. During the performance, she hears some silly woman behind her giggling out loud. She turns around to give her an irate stare only to see her handsome companion. He boldly introduces himself as the theater's owner James Bentley but conceals that he is part of the affluent Stanton brood; she assays she is governess Miss Smith. As they fall in love, she fears he will dump her once she tells him who she is; he dreads the thought that she will love his money not him.

Regency romance readers will enjoy the second Sinclair sister tale (see REFORMING THE RAKE) as Eleanor is the one breaking the rules this time. She and James are fascinating characters as both have reasons to hide their identity from the other. Although that concept has been used a lot in historical romances, Sarah Elliot refreshes it with two likable lead protagonists who break all the rules on their way to love; so badly did she and Beatrice misbehave neither of their husbands want to sponsor the third sibling Helen's season.

Harriet Klausner

Reading and reviewing is at times a daunting task, but when the writer is gifted, the task is so much easier! From the first page, Sarah Elliott's THE WAYWARD DEBUTANTE engaged my interest.

In her first London season, Eleanor Sinclair is the daughter of a viscount. She is beautiful, intelligent, but a bit of a bluestocking. Which frankly means Eleanor Sinclair has not had many offers of marriage??? In fact, the poor girl has a difficult time filling her dance card. So rather than endure another night of social disgrace, Eleanor Sinclair decides to create a sick friend, don a disguise, and sneak off, alone, to the theater. Whereupon, she encounters the most handsome rogue, James Bentley.

James Bentley also passes through life under a disguise. In reality, the rakish Mr. Bentley is really the Honourable James Stanton, the third son of an earl, who loathsomely discarded his aristocratic name, when he turned sixteen.

Reviewer's Comments:
Ahh, the old mistaken-identity plot, but what makes THE WAYWARD DEBUTANTE such fun is the characters' budding relationship. Through a series of harmless meetings, the romance gently takes root. Slowly the author nurtures the lust and desire. Elliott allows her characters to experience humor, delicious conversations, until finally . . . the kiss!

Of course, to further the story, the mistaken-identity deception must eventually collapse. But sadly, with that collapse, the entire reading mood turned from delightful to the land of unforgiving coldness. The poised, rakish James became murky and grim, and the story turned into a patchwork of misunderstandings and dark, dismal reflections. My. My. How selfishly this reader wanted to experience the mood set in the beginning chapters, right through to the end!

Final thoughts for THE WAYWARD DEBUTANTE --
The beginning is pleasant; the middle is delightful, but the ending is off-kilter. Certainly, not a story to analyze deeply, nevertheless THE WAYWARD DEBUTANTE is a page-turner. Despite the quibble with Elliott's sudden mood switch, overall I enjoyed her story and yes, I would recommend it to others looking for a bit of diversion.

Grade: B
Sensuality: Warm

MaryGrace Meloche.

A reference book for allergists and anyone training or practicing as an allergy-immunology subspecialist. It is an extensive and comprehensive review of allergic diseases. I found specially useful the tables and boxes which summarizes the very essential in one shot. It includes practical applications for daily practice problems.One con: It comes very short on drug allergy.

I turned to Elliott's study of Althusser on the recommendation at the introduction of Althusser's autobiography, 'The Future Lasts Forever': "The fullest account of Althusser's work in English is by Gregory Elliott..." I was not disappointed. Elliott's book serves as a written seminar on Althusser, delineating his influences (among them Spinoza, Marx, and Bachelard) and scouring the theoretical landscape during Althusser's career. Elliott is even-handed in his treatment of the French philosopher. Anti-anti-Althusserian was Elliott's goal, and he achieves this by addressing both the weaknesses and strengths of Althusser's approach to Marx, and the Frenchmen's reaction to humanism, economism, and the political context of communism, specifically in France and the USSR, from after the war until Althusser's influence waned in the late 1970's. Indeed, Elliott's background on re-orientation toward Hegel by Western Marxists and a cogent philosophical history of the CPF and CPSU was alone worthy of the read. But another reason to pick up this book is that it provides sufficient background to Althusser's approach. If you can endure - and enjoy - the occasionally thick sentence construction or such foreign phrases as the French 'plus royaliste que le roi' or Latin 'primus inter pares', this book is a solid starting point for a review of or launch into Althusser's work.

A thin book of approx 80 pages, this is the first of two in a series and the cover defines this book perfectly with four lesser-known truck brands. The back cover shows an Oshkosh Fire engine to leave no one in doubt about its contents.

However the only color pictures are on the covers... everything else is black and white. Books like this one got away with black and white in the nineteen seventies.

This book will appeal to those interested in heavy trucks, rare models such as the Diamond Raider, fire engines, concrete mixers, off highway end dumps, crane trucks and even pick ups and delivery vans.

Something for everyone

Having done a large paper on immigration a year ago, I read numerous articles and books on the topic. This "recent" history by Barkan was one of the finest I came across. It does not force an ideology onto its readers, and has obviously been well-researched. Best yet, it is written in clear enough prose non-scholars can enjoy it. Recommended.

this book is very thorough with details and histories of the manuscripts presented in the New Testament Apocrypha. this is a thick book, and its very enlightening to realise that many of the manuscripts presented here used to be considered canonical at one time or another... infact the pilate cycle for example is still within the Coptic bible (the coptic church considered the oldest surviving church in the world).

i have only given it 4 stars because as a mystic i am looking for things that i can use to bring me closer to personal experience of God. the content of the apocrypha is not crucial in that respect, more of a history. but i would say that the gospel of thomas that this book contains is a great spiritual direction pointer.

its fascinating reading about the lives and deaths of the saints, words we do not find much about in the Canonical (authorised) scriptures. reading about for example the life and death of st Thomas in India. or pontius pilate's life after the crucifixion. its detailed and prophetic description of the antichrist and how he would love jesus in spite of his evil. the prophecy that in the last days man would drink more water and many other fascinating details that are not found in the canonical scriptures of our modern day bible. we must remember as we read this book that at one time or another most of the books of the new testament apocrypha were considered scriptures of great importance to various parts the church. the pilate cycle is canonical in the egyptian coptic church and the book of enoch (old testament apocrypha) is cannonical ie in the ethiopian bible. the coptic church is the oldest existent church. it must also be remembered that this wealth of information is NOT gnostic, but was written and believed in by those in the mainstream christian church at one time or another in our christian history.

i though found the old testament apocrypha even more interesting, within its 600 or so pages... the two books of enoch are a stomping good read! (whether truth or myth) and quite a lot of missing jewish history is filled in in the apocryphal old testament, such as what happened to those who remained behind after the captivity of the jewish people in babylon. the wisdom of solomon with its female metaphores for God... so much stuff of great interest.

do not confuse these 'apocrypha' with the apocrypha found in the roman catholic bible, these are quite seperate and there is a veritable mine and horde of documents and manuscripts within the covers of the new and old testament apocrypha. unfortunately, because of a rigid view of what constitutes true and false doctrine many of these priceless manuscripts have been sidelined and almost extinguished in the modern christian experience.

professor elliot's compiling of the new testament apocrypha is very thorough and applies modern scolarship to translation and history of the manuscripts in no doubt a most rigorous manner. though not an academic, i am unable to give a critical comment on these aspects of her edition. it also contains more recently discovered material that is not found in M R James's New Testament Apocrypha.

when i originally sought to acquire this book in a first edition format, it was very hard to get hold of elliot's new testament apocrypha and i had to pay more than £100 for my copy, but it was well worth it.

if just for a better understanding of christian history, you buy this book, i think you will find that it was well worth the price and difficulties you may have to overcome in getting your copy!

lots of love, snow-flake. xxx

Swedenborgs's Arcana is a massive 12-volume explanation of the inner meaning of Genesis & Exodus. Vol.1, Genesis chapters 1-9 tells, not of the creation of the world, but of the creation of a heavenly character in a human being, or how God regenerates us. The Bible does not teach science, but how to acquire the life of heaven. The flood and Noah's ark tells how God changed mankind, separating will from understanding, so that we can be given a new will. For me, this restores the holy of the Holy Bible.

When you read an important book like this you will most certainly immediately give it away to someone else to read.

That is what I did after speeding through it-- and therefore this review will be spare because I do not have it handy to reference.

As He Saw It deserves a careful and full modern review because it holds much import for current events-- particularly as they relate to U.S. hegemonic interventionism in the Middle East and partly to the neoconservative assault on the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt's domestic social policies.

This book is primarily about Roosevelt's son's impressions of his father and other world leaders at the Casablanca, Cairo and Tehran Conferences. It describes his father's devotion to reordering power in the world so that poverty and authoritarianism might become a thing of the past. It particularly notes Roosevelt's struggle with Winston Churchill about notions of colonialism.

I enjoyed reading Elliott's description of his own decision to serve in the newly created Air Force, of his father's resulting concern and pride-- and of the barriers which protocol forced them to observe in their relationship to each other.

Franklin Roosevelt comes across as a strong-willed and quick-witted delegator who placed enormous trust in his friends, was cautious with others, and was cannily stubborn on points of principle. He seemed capable of ordering his life in such a fashion that he could focus his attention on what was most needed at any moment. He could end a bone-weary day with a mystery novel and take joy in rare moments of repose. He also felt at home in the world of global intrigue and state ritual-- and had no conception of being inferior to any other leader with whom he dealt.

For scholars of World War Two and the Post-War Order this will be a most elucidating book. It will lead one to question the idea that a Cold War would become necessary, and it will force one to re-evaluate notions that Franklin Roosevelt's legacy was to protect capitalism at all costs. It will bolster notions of Roosevelt's personal sacrifice to help build a more humane world against so many forces committed to conserve the status quo of the powerful over the many.

It will also raise many questions about issues which Elliott Roosevelt glosses over, ignores, or promotes.

Although many readers might be startled by an alien picture of a family accustomed to rank and privilege, the book will most certainly de-iconify Franklin Roosevelt and show him at his most human.

For me, it confirmed my admiration for Roosevelt as one of the world's greatest leaders.

I found the book entertaining and easy to read. (I understand that Elliott Roosevelt went on to author popular mystery novels.)

I became interested in this book because I had read that it was suppressed during the Cold War because Elliott's description of his father's goals conflicted with America's new aims. It is strangely not well known today-- although numerous copies are still available.

I felt that Elliott could have written much more about his father, but had left much out over his own concerns about the legacy Roosevelt would have. Some of Elliott's descriptions are choppy, perhaps a rough reworking of notes he took at some of the events he describes. Much of his description of his father's perspective of the world seems to come from a heartfelt understanding he had of his father-- and might too easily be misconstrued as having come from his own perspective. This opens the book to criticism. I believe, however, that Elliott's purpose was to relate the truth as best as he could tell it.

If I am not mistaken, Eleanor Roosevelt contributes a short forward to the book.

I believe this is a neglected book worth resurrecting. For students of the Great Conferences (including Yalta, at which Elliott was not present), this would be a light but ideal introduction to the consequences at stake and the personalities and customs which were at odds.

I am thoroughly enjoying my use of this valuable resource. If I need help with the (defun) statement, all I do is about a 10 second search of all of the books on the CD or the one I choose. Simple as can be. This collection is a must for any serious minded CAD programmer/customizer or anyone interested in not having to carry around several books under their arm. :-