Ferguson Books

This is the best recipe book I have ever owned. Being a vegetarian, I love the big selection of recipes. Almost all recipes have pictures and the variety is great. Most recipes are easy to make too. My family and I absolutely LOVE this book.

In this brilliant book, Rod Ferguson interrogates canonical sociologys' regulation of sexual difference as part of its pathologization of African American culture. Sophisticated in its critiques of race, gender, and sexuality within analyses of cultural, economic,and epistemological formations, this book breaks new ground in sociology, American studies, queer theory, and women of color feminism. Great for graduate and undergraduate courses on the problematic history of the discipline of sociology as well as courses on sexuality and queer theory.

Adam of Antares is a fun jaunt into the life (or is it the imagination) of a young boy who has the adventure of a lifetime. His trip to the stars is the kind of fun that young boys daydream about. The artwork is great, and helps us to visualize some of the excitement that Adam is experiencing. The writing is appropriate for its intended audience, while trying to challenge the mastery of new words for the reader. Get a copy for yourself, your kid, a niece or nephew, or maybe even buy one to donate to the library.

"She had nowhere to go ---- He had everything to lose --- Until they discovered the power of love"

Cailin Rafferty arrived in Haven, Indiana looking for her children. She found love. [I would say sex as neither trusted the other]After four years, she had followed her husband from Ireland to New York.

Samuel Jennings was a lawyer from Cincinnati, Ohio looking for a place to heal his heart and he found a family. He took in the three Rafferty children from the Orphan Train, Brendan, Megan and little Lottie.

The Children's Aid Society was told that the 3 children were orphans and had no one to look after them. Cailin had to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of her children from their grandmother's home.

Cailin was penniless and alone when she finally found the farm on Nanny Goat Hill Road and her children with Samuel.
Samuel, who was more of a father to the children than their own was. How could Cailin take her children away from the quiet, warm-hearted man.

How could she trust her own feelings for this man who scrambled her own emotions and yearnings.

This is a wonderful story of how two people learn to trust and love again [after sex! my only complaint with this story]and how they make the best decisions for the children.

Oh, and Lottie does find her "Dahi" after a lot of looking and misunderstanding. Mr. Thannington confused Lottie, and imported Englishman trying to claim the title of "his Lordship".

Definitely recommended --M -- #3 in the HAVEN trilogy.

This is the most illuminating, up-to-date, and entertaining history of gambling in the West that has yet been published. I was a student at the University of Salford (UK) when I had to read this as part of a course on the sociology of gambling. Reith's style is scholarly, yet accessible. This text stands as an example of how interesting and diverse the historical/ cultural development of gambling has been, and of how much gambling can tell us about modern society and, as such, stands as a riposte to the yawn-inducing tedium of the 'problem gambling' school of books on this topic, which consists of a bunch of safety-merchants/salesmen who (presumably) aspire to scholary wisdom, yet fail miserably to say anything useful about one of the most fundamental of human traits: the itch for play. In short, Gerda Reith's book should be required reading for anyone who is interested in why anyone would take a chance on anything (and not just gambling).

In 141 pages Karen Kreider tells the story of Disney's Aladdin and goes beyond it. Supported by full color images directly taken from the film. A recommendation for any Disney lover. Great way to introduce the story of Aladdin to anyone who wants to learn more about the movie but can't watch it.

A few of the tests of a good composer are:

--to break free of the tyranny of square phrases. #12 is based on a 6-measure phrase. The phrases in #24 are uneven. #7 is in three 16-measure melodic units.

--to compose in a variety of styles. The album includes an accordion imitation, a couple of church hymn imitations, a few dance numbers, a couple of marches, and a variety of folk song styles. #4 is probably a spoof on Schumann.

--to devise original harmonic textures. This he exemplifies in several of the pieces, notably #6. #9 is in 3/8, with left-hand chords on the first and second beats and rests on the third beats. #16 and #23 make use of a tonic pedal.

--to write in a contrapuntal texture. #11 consists of a statement in chordal harmony, followed by a contrapuntal variation.

--to write in a variety of forms. Most of the pieces are in binary or ternary form, but #13 is a set of variations. #3 and #8 each have three subjects which are not arranged according to any conventional plan.

--to combine short motifs. This he does quite well in #2.

--to write in chromatic harmony. Music theory buffs might enjoy hunting for the German sixths (#2, 7, 19, 20), French sixths (#10, 21, 22), Italian sixths (#10), half-diminished sevenths (#16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24)
and Phrygian cadences (#1, 6). The diminished sevenths are too numerous to list.

When Tschaikovsky abstains from chromatic harmony, it is to convey a programmic effect. In order to imitate an accordion in #12, there are no accidentals. In order to create a folk song effect, only the basic chords are used in #15, #17, and #18.

Tschaikovsky may be over-rated by the concert-going public, but he is certainly under-rated in circles of musical snobbery.

This book is really quite a novel gift idea for anyone that likes wine (like me). Its one of those books that can instantly start conversations with anyone that comes over, and I was really surprised to find such high quality photographs inside for such a reasonable price. Very cool all in all.

This is an informative book. It's part of the "Ortho Books" series, so it's large format and well illustrated. This book provides a lot of information on various varities of fruits, berries, & nuts, where they grow well, how to prune and train them, etc. This book is a great reference, I learned a lot, and the price was right!

This is a great book for mastering the blues scale as it applies to jazz guitar. The grooves that go with each solo are a good idea. And it covers minor blues as well as major blues. The CD is a big help.