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This book is very good if your a new Model T owner, & looking for alot of photos. AS far as text, I didnt find it real usefull, but some of the tool sections, & dates are invaluable.

Excellent resource for the Model T Ford enthusiast & restorer. Essential reference for accurately researching Model T cars & parts.

This is the most complete book on the subject. Mr. McCalley was the editor of The Vintage Ford, the Model T Ford Club of America magavine from 1966 to 1996

If you like Fords, Model T's or old cars, buy this book. To say it covers the subject well would be an understatement. It is an outstanding book for any collection and would also be helpful to a Model T owner for restoration purposes. I would also recommend a ride on the rail car on the front cover (dust jacket) if you are lucky enough to visit the Nevada State Rail Road Museum in Carson City when it is running. I also recommend all of Ray Miller's books, the one covering the Model T having been co-authored by the author of this book.

Five principles of Internet success are 1. Internet initiatives are integrated into the fabric of the company's business strategy and do not stand-alone. Internet is a way of doing business and includes marketing, advertising, corporate communications, public relations, legal and regulatory, and customer support. 2. Internet initiatives require commitment and leadership. Top executives need to provide crucial commitment and leadership while developing Internet business models, products, and processes. Leadership empowers and emboldens Internet managers to learn from their mistakes, make changes, adjust to new circumstances, and persevere. 3. Intermediate relationships are growing on the Internet. The middleman numbers are growing. 4. Internet-technology advances are overrated, it is the business advances that matter. Adoption lag is reality and these delays may extend over multiple years. Some companies are reverting back to supporting older browsers because their customer base has not migrated too the new browsers. 5. Partnering brings all the necessary skill levels critical for success too the table. It is often necessary to go outside the company to leverage the necessary talents, resources, and products to accomplish the objectives. The success of most partnerships is in the handoff from the negotiating team to the various operating units. Pick partners who have a good reputation and can teach the company something about being in business.

The Website design should cause a person, an action event. Act event needs short but descriptive questions, easy visual aids, and effectively respond back with relevant information. The response can be comprehensive, verbose, and complex; but the question should be simple, clear, concise, and leading. Most visitors to a website have a goal. The website design needs to help the person reach that goal, conveniently, painlessly, and fast. More personalized the content correlates to increased likelihood of a return visit and reoccurring business.

Virtual communities allow people with common interest to meet, communicate, and share ideas. Understanding the dynamics of virtual communities is emerging as a critical business skill. Virtual communities create linkage between the members and the business trying to gain access to them. Community members can band together, share information, and seek additional benefits. Members engage in "intellectual discourse, conduct commerce, exchange knowledge, share emotional support, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, find friends and lose them, play games, flirt, create a light high art and a lot of idle talk."

There are three types of marketing: mass marketing, direct marketing, and collaborative marketing. In mass marketing, product companies promote their image and generate awareness in order to sell more. In direct marketing, companies provide more product information to create more knowledgeable buyers in order to sell more. In collaborative marketing, companies support prospective customers in understanding and evaluating alternatives, and in finding the right product or service to meet their needs-they help prospects to know more, earn their trust, and thereby sell more. There are four types of user participate:

Passives- seeking effortless entertainment or information
Actives-participate enthusiastically in activities and topics created by others
Motivators-create topics and plans activities of interest to other community members
Caretakers-serve as intermediate between community members and community staff members; are usually seasoned Motivators

The distribution is important: 85% of the users are passives, 12% are actives, 2.5% are motivators, 0.5% are caretakers. Total time spent within the community is dominated by the Actives and Motivators and these are the people that create content that attracts the passives. An important goal of community development is to move people from passive readers to active contributors. Direct marketing (DM) to the customer design is too elicit a specific response and capturing the response in a database for future decision-making.

This book is a must read. I value e-business texts that are based on the case studies of successful E-commerce leaders. The 24 leaders who contributed to this book know what the front lines are all about!

This book should be required reading for middle and upper management of any company engaged in the eEconomy -- which is just about every one. I haven't seen such a clear, concise, practical and well-informed collection of essays on eCommerce in one place. Highly recommended.

After reading the multiple positive reviews for this book, I expected a book that is much more insightful than I found this one. I work for an Internet company, and found this book to be targeted more at Web neophytes, more specifically large businesses without a web presence, but who want some thoughts on how to get started with taking advantage of all of the benefits the Internet can offer their business. Most of its discussions end with Q4 1998, which in Internet time is woefully out of date. I unfortunately found no original insights from this book, and believe that anyone who keeps up with the industry would have a similar experience.

for anyone who is interested in getting into the internet business, as well as those that are in it already.

What an excellent reference! I bought this book specifically looking for info on the 351M that I have in my LTD. I was pleasantly suprised to see how much time and effort the book spent on each of the different Ford Engine families to include the 351/400M, a much overlooked Ford powerplant that was installed in countless trucks and fullsize vehicles. I was also very happy to see good info to help determine if an engine needs to rebuilt or not. All around great book, a keeper.

Impressed with this book even at my advanced years. Excellent information and PRACTICAL guidelines on rebuilding 351C, 351M, 400M, 429 and 460 engines. Generally I dislike these types of books because they tell you to use this special too or that special tool but this book teaches you how to use what you've got to get the job done. It does try to show you what things to not try yourself without a machine shop and that is fair enough but most of the rebuilding tips are for the shade tree type guy and are fair game. Good job Tom, this book will remain on my bookshelf for a long long time.

The book "Ford V8 Engines" is full of helpful information on rebuilding Ford engines. As a first time rebuilder, I was not exactly sure what procedures to follow in order to be successful. The Information within the book is easy to understand and is thorough. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in rebuilding Engines.

This book is about rebuilding 351c,m,400m, 429 and 460 motors. It is not a how to hot rod book. It is a detailed how to take it apart and put it back together right book. The author show with fairly good pictures the normal short coming of other overhauls and steers the reader on how to avoid these. I enjoyed reading this book and will keep it for reference if nothing else.

I purchased this thinking it would work for my 90 Bronco, but it is for older engines. Beware of this book it is outdated for newer engines.

I am in the process of returning it, and boy is that a hassel in it's self.

It is interesting how many Dylan fans view Bob Dylan's involvement in Christianity as restricted to a couple years in the late 70's and early 80's and those years as a momentary lapse which he thankfully came out of. If one digs deeper into Dylan's work they will see an entirely different scenario. Dylan has had some Biblical references and themes in his songs since he first emerged in the early 60's. What does one make of the Jewish Dylan's Basement Tapes outtake, "Sign on the Cross" concerning the narrator's consternation that Jesus just may be the king of the Jews? The years following Dylan's born again period provoke much debate about his religious stance. Had he renounced Christianity, embraced Judaism? The Author makes a compelling case that shows how he believes Dylan has never ceased believing in Jesus even while embracing his Jewish roots. Mr. Marshall has meticulously researched these issues by examining Dylan's work through the last 2 decades including the songs that Dylan plays in concert day in and day out. Personal interviews abound. It is obvious that the author is a devoted fan who knows what he writes about. Well worth purchasing, this book is an interesting look at an often overlooked side of Bob Dylan.

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Throughout this book, Scott Marshall reveals that many of the answers people are searching for, in regard to Bob Dylan's faith, are found within his songs and life. The problem tends to be the biases brought to the music beforehand. This causes words that Dylan has said to appear contradictory, to be taken out of context. The author helps straighten them out, as he exposes the big picture (each chapter chronicles Dylan's life to the present year: 1941-1978, and so on). Though it is evident that the author also believes in Yeshua Ha Mashia (Jesus Christ) on a personal level, he does well in allowing the musician's own words and actions to speak for themselves.

Mr. Marshall covers numerous events, concerning (among others) such friends as Allen Ginsberg and acquaintances like Frank Zappa. And they help give added weight to lyrics in songs like "Precious Angel": My so-called friends have fallen under a spell. They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "All is well..." and the unacceptance felt in "I Believe In You": I believe in you even though I be outnumbered. Oh, though the earth may shake me-Oh, though my friends forsake me-that couldn't make me go back.

It is evident from Dylan's music that he feels people have tried to pigeonhole him. It is apparent, however, that his faith is strong regardless. Dylan has found critics on all sides. And he has done well to do what many people apparently fail to--delineate between his faith in Christ (which is personal) and religion (which, in and of itself, is not).

As Dylan sings in "Need A Woman," he is: searching for the truth the way God designed it. Not man. This would go hand in hand with his not being beholden to any "rabbi, preacher, or evangelist." He made such a statement after admitting that he enjoys listening to "preacher stations" on the radio. Another contradiction? Nope. But who is Dylan accountable to then, one might ask?...God. He knows well that a day of reckoning is yet to come (just listen to "Lord, Protect My Child," "God Knows," "Are You Ready?," Shooting Star," "Things Have Changed," and "Summer Days").

Some skeptics would say that Bob Dylan's spiritual journey has been one of contradiction. His own aunt evidently believes that his "conversion" was for the means of publicity. If this was the case (which Marshall does well in refuting), Mr. Dylan needs a new publicist! She also said, in effect, that he couldn't have "converted" because he's "plenty Jewish-minded-he was barmitzvahed." So someone who is Jewish, and barmitzvahed cannot be a believer in Christ? Scott Marshall heartily disagrees, as do many other believers. Jesus was a Jew after all.

"Restless Pilgrim" was a most enjoyable and quick read which left me wanting for a second volume. I was satisfied with its content as being researched very well. I would disagree with another reviewer, in saying that this book is narrow in its scope. It is obvious that Mr. Dylan was nominally a believer in Judaism, but that he embraced his Jewish roots more fervently after coming to faith in Jesus Christ. In the past twenty years (post-"Gospel Tour") it seems that those of Judaism and Christianity have, at some level, been debating whether Dylan belongs to their camp, or not. Mr. Marshall lays out the facts as they are...

I was impressed by the author's numerous interviews with individuals who were at the heart of the "Gospel Tour," and have been a part of Dylan's life. I had never heard about the many other musicians from the Rolling Thunder Revue that had become Christians-and artists like T-Bone Burnett and Roger McGuinn who came to faith at that same time (members of Mr. Dylan's circle of friends). I also found the story behind the original "Saved" album cover to be interesting (as I personally find that painting to be aesthetically more pleasing than the present one being used by Columbia for the cover).

Lastly, I was left with these impressions after reading this book: Dylan isn't singing for the generation who idolized him in his younger years. Though he was once referred to as the "voice of [that] generation" many considered him a traitor after he took a bold stand for Christ. Even Joan Baez spoke ill of his faith in "Children of the '80s" (what an open mind, Ms. Baez). He was only a voice for them when they believed that he agreed with them. Even when he sings "All Along the Watchtower" these days, one wonders how many know of its connection to Isaiah 28. I know I was clueless on this matter. Dylan isn't singing for the music industry either-it is all too obvious that many of his albums since "Saved," and prior to "Time Out of Mind," were not bestsellers. But is that what matters? I agree with Leonard Cohen, and Bono, that those albums are works of art, many of which are under appreciated. No, Dylan isn't concerned with the music industry's acceptance of him. It can be summed up in the introduction he gave to "In The Garden" at the Hard to Handle concert in 1986. Dylan said "I'm gonna sing about my hero now." Anyone who knows the lyrics of this song knows for whom he sings, and why.

Bob Dylan is a wizard with words. But his life is almost as interesting as his compositions, especially his spiritual life. Scott Marshall takes us on a tour of Dylan's spiritual life. His thesis seems to be that even though Bob is a seeker of truth, he is still a Christian after all these years. He highlights interviews that Dylan has given through the years, from the Sixties all the way to the present day.

However, when you read a Dylan interview, you never know whose answering the questions; the real Bob Dylan baring his soul, or Dylan the icon, or Dylan the whatever. Bob seems to enjoy being masked and anonymous, so I think it is tenuous at best to make a firm conclusion based on his interviews.

I think Dylan has gone back to the Judaism of his youth, and so I disagree with the author. Yet I also appreciated the fascinating journey that this book takes you on. Dylan truly is a restless pilgrim, and Marshall's book is faithful to its title. Recommended reading.

Very interesting subject, but as I got farther into the book, I noticed that some of the reference Bible verses and quotes were starting to last over a page. I soon came to realize that the book was published by a Christian publishing company (Relevant Books). I learned more about "the sermon on the mount" than I did new information about Bob Dylan. "Restless Pilgrim" included some interesting facts, but was definitely written from a point of bias.

One thing that really struck me about Martin Scorcese's recent Dylan documentary, "No Direction Home," is how much integrity Dylan displays when considering his artistic vision. And the pressure has been tremendous, as different camps have sought him out to make him their own. Joan Baez's comments regarding the desire to enroll him in protest efforts is perfectly illustrative of this. Just as illustrative is Dylan's push-back, which would result in his severing, at least partially, ties with that activist singer. His words have that kind of pull, but Dylan insists that the songs stay in a territory that he, not others, defines.

Still, the real career capper that went beyond Dylan's rejection of the folk movement, is his turn to Christianity. What to make of this turn? As Marshall and Ford point out in their book "Restless Pilgrim," his fans shouldn't have been that surprised, since Dylan has been signaling a religious sensibility for years in a number of his songs. And Dylan has said, look to his songs, if folks want answers about where his head and soul are at.

"Restless Pilgrim" is for the most part a distillation of things Dylan during the "faith" part of his career. Following this progression, Marshall and Ford make a strong case for Dylan still being a Christian - and a Jew, which are not at odds with each other. Looking at the songs Dylan still plays in concert, not to mention any number of comments made to interviewers over the years, you can't help but shake your head at the various Dylan "experts" out there who insist the Christian thing was just a phase. Well, clearly it's a phase that goes on.

One aspect of the book I really liked, were the various discussions of neglected albums. For example, Marshall and Ford suggest that the much maligned gospel albums "Shot of Love," and "Saved," are, upon examination of the actual songs, much better than critics have given them credit for. Listening to "Shot of Love," after reading the book had me agreeing. "Shot of Love" is a very good album, and I didn't even know that the great song "Every Grain of Sand" could be found on it. But Dylan's biblical interest didn't stop with these albums. Far from it. Marshall and Ford follow the thread up to the near present. If anything, Dylan's biblical vision is of a conservative and apocalyptic nature. But Dylan being Dylan, it's a vision that operates as a prophetic sword, one that cuts neither right nor left, but only aims at the truth.

In his acknowledgements, Jeffrey Ford admits that he wasn't interested in historical accuracy and secondary sources when he wrote this novel. He was more concerned with "the shifting mirage of my memory." In other words, he didn't do a lot of research. Unfortunately, research is needed to establish verisimilitude, and there is little of that in this novel.

We know it is set on Long Island in the middle sixties. We know the mother and father in the story are having financial difficulty. The father works three jobs; the mother also works but she's unstable, apparently bi-polar, something Ford forgets when it comes time for resolution of conflict.

We know there are three kids, Jim a junior high student, his little brother who is entering sixth grade, and Mary a special ed. student who is a few years younger. Jim keeps a miniature version of the neighborhood in the basement, and Mary has the ability to manipulate "Botch Town". Nan and Pop, the children's grandparents live in a remodeled garage next door. The action begins when a peeping Tom enters the storyline.

Jim sets out to catch him and they immediately find a footprint. Ford drops that idea like a hot rock, and the conflict turns into a murder mystery instead when a schoolmate disappears. Mary is able to predict, using Jim's "Botch Town," where the murdered boy is. Then another neighbor disappears.

The psychic elements just don't amount to much. Ford keeps getting distracted by school activities and neighborhood bullies etc. The villain, Mr. White, is about as scary as a Halloween ghost. He's supposed to have special powers, but he's not very smart, walking right into a trap the kids set. Ford also doesn't bother with motivation at all.

Despite the above, I really did like some aspects of the book. A couple of the characters are quite compelling. Little Mary spends time in Room X in school because the teachers can't decide if she's simple or a genius. She also has a classroom set up in the basement where she's the smartest kid in the class. Mr. Krapp, the fifth grade teacher, is totally clueless, assigning the Moon at one point. His students can make a replica out of anything they want. Those are the only directions he gives them. I was more interested in the mother than I was in the hokey murder case. Not only does she appear to be bi-polar, a horrible cook and a drunk, but she's also a gifted artist, painting a canvas of Mt. Kilimanjaro with cheetahs in the forefront. One of the characters is worried that the mother is Mr. White's real objective because she's weak, i.e., unable to give up drinking. There's a sort of epilogue at the end of the book during which time the protagonist returns to his old neighborhood. Ford appears to have forgotten the mother had a problem.

I absolutely loved this book! This story was written with a natural and smooth style. The characters were vividly drawn and easily relatable. Quick paced coming of age tale with interesting twists throughout and a satisfying ending.

THE SHADOW YEAR by Jeffrey Ford stands as one of the most striking pieces of fiction I've read so far this year. It's a coming-of-age novel and a statement on dysfunctional families that partially masks itself as a creepy mystery story. It starts out with a face in the window, a prowler in the neighborhood. The time is the 1960s and the location is Long Island, during a kinder, more gentler time when a family's secrets and failings were kept religiously guarded behind closed doors.

I was blown away by the atmosphere and eye for detail Ford packs into his writing. This was my first book by this author, and I was immediately impressed. He possesses the keen vision of Stephen King and doesn't flinch when it comes to exploring personal issues. I got the feeling that a lot of what's in these pages is biographical, and if it isn't, I'd be willing to bet Ford knew a family like this.

Almost. Ford presents a normal abnormal family, then leavens the whole mix with a hint of the supernatural. There's a ghost and the strange powers little sister Mary has, and the eerie presence of Mr. White, a diabolical villain.

But when Ford paints the picture of the family so realistically, most readers are going to get sucked right into his world and forgive the author all of his transgressions. I swallowed the supernatural bits without hesitation because the family were exactly like people I'd grown up with. The father is a workaholic holding down three jobs to get the family by, and so he barely spends any time with his wife or kids. The mother is an alcoholic, and though I would have desperately loved to know why she was, sometimes you just have to accept that there's no answer. The grandparents, Nan and Pop, are on hand to help out, but they're limited.

The narrator, who never named himself, has an older brother named Jim who's daring and audacious, and everything a younger brother could ever dream of being. Mary is the little sister and as odd as they come, while possessing a matriarchal power that both boy are in awe of and seek to protect. As all-knowing as Mary is (and she smokes cigarettes too, which is weird but fits in well with the character), she's also an innocent.

I sat enthralled as I turned the pages, captivated first by the mystery and the threat, then by the narrator's school projects (especially his impromptu clay moon on a stick!), his ongoing battle with a teacher, and his views of the family and how they worked for and against each other.

One of the most original things about the novel is Botch Town, a microcosm created by Jim. It's a replication of the neighborhood where they live. As they sort through the mystery of the prowler, they move the individual figures around to simulate the movements of their neighbors. Unfortunately some turn up missing. Mary has the mysterious power of knowing where they are - even when they're dead.

The threat of Mr. White grows on every page. The kids hunt him through the neighborhood, but he quickly figures out who they are as well and the chase swaps ends. Ford does a lot with the narrator's daily travails as well, putting him in just as much peril from bullies as the prowler/murderer.

I enjoyed this book immensely, but I wanted to know more about some of the characters. I suppose that happens when they appear so real on the page, so I don't want to take anything away from the writing. Ford's other books include award-winning fantasy and Edgar-winning mysteries. He's definitely a writer I'm going to read more from.

THE SHADOW YEAR is an excellent novel that doesn't fit within the restraints of conventional fiction. The book marches to the beat of its own drummer, and the cadence will rivet most readers to the pages either through the elegance of the imperfect past or the chilling menace of a killer on the loose with children in harm's way.

Ford's Long Island is one I knew when I lived there in the early 1960's. The novel shows it to me again - the towns sprung up in what had been potato fields, the communities made up entirely of newcomers. His description of a flea-bitten circus that's pitched its tents on a mud flat in Farmingdale is dead-on. I may have seen it on the same day the author did.

In those suburbs, the family was everything. The one depicted, with an alcoholic mother, a father working three jobs and a pair of grand-parents slowly fading out of the picture, is what would now be called dysfunctional. What Ford does brilliantly is to show how the kids, the narrator who is in sixth grade, his slightly older brother and somewhat younger sister, are thrown onto their own resources, forced into a tight bond, in the face of danger.

And dangers exist in what was supposed to be a paradise free of all the problems of the big cities. Early on in the book a pederast is busted, the main plot line concerns a killer who stalks the neighborhood. It's here that Ford depicts as well as I've seen it done, the tension and fear of a kid with dreadful knowledge he is unable to communicate to any adult.

The novel has a mystery and a ghost. It also has in abundance, the sights, the sounds, the smells and the feel of the early stages of the greatest social experiment of this nation in my lifetime.

Jeffery Ford captures the thin lines between reality, fantasy and fear that separate childhood from the adult world. The narrator's belief that his sister had powers to predict others behavior, which she revealed by moving figures around Botchtown is exactly the type of connection that we fear and crave as children.
Ford also captures the unique perspective that children hold of adults in their lives, each description of an adult by the narrator, a boy, was right on the mark.
I read most of the book in one sitting. It drew me into its world and was was anxious to find out how it ended. The ending as other reviews noted was not equal to the rest of the book. But the book is more than worth it.

I consider this book a very well written because in simple words the author goes straight to the point:giving the audience a deep sense of what honesty and integrity are for this great man who did not want to be Vice President, much less President of the United States of America. I do not know much about politics, but since I read this book I have more respect for most of the elected officials. But, for late President Gerald
Ford this book has given me a great respect and admiration. We should have many more elected officials like him.

Very well written. Great background of the key players involved in Watergate. Wished that it had discussed more about Ford's term as president and less about Nixon and the so called "coverup". It shows Ford as a very honest, hard working public servant.

Cannon provides a fascinating account of how Gerald Ford went from planning in 1972 to retire from politics at the end of Nixon's term to becoming president of the United States. He covers Ford's childhood and life in the Navy and as a US representative in about 100 pages and spends most of the rest of the book discussing in amazing detail how he became vice-president and then president. The final chapter is a brief summary of Ford's presidential administration but nothing of life after politics.

The book is well-written and well-researched and remarkably free of bias, given that Cannon was a senior advisor in the Ford administration. Ford's decent and humble character is one of the themes of the book, as well as the idea that these traits are what led him to become president. His naivete is also evident.

As other reviewers have mentioned, the glaring weakness of the book is its brief coverage of Ford's administration, except for the issue of pardoning Nixon, which is covered in great detail.

I recommend the book as a tool for understanding Ford the man, for its careful analyis of the Watergate mess, and for describing how such a decent man could prosper in the cutthroat world of American politics. However, if you want to understand the policies of the Ford administration, you should look elsewhere.

We as a country were extremely lucky and benefited greatly from the presidency of Gerald Ford. When he took over the presidency, this country was torn apart. Rather than appealing to the worst in American politics by pitting Americans against each other,(as has been done recently)he methodically and expertly began to bring us together.

The Republican Party that I belonged to during those times and under President Ford's leadership was largely free of radical fundamentalism and extreme right-wing positions. There were no Rush Limbaughs or Michael Savages. There were no nationally known ministers claiming natural disasters were the wrath of God visited on an apostate nation. The Ford presidency and the Republican Party of that time actually had concern for social issues and was quite progressive.

President Ford led by steady, common sense and a humble heart. I remember being so saddened by his loss to Jimmy Carter, knowing that we, as a nation, would lose such an able leader. After Carter's election, the Republican party decided to appeal to the fears, rather than the hopes and aspirations of America. Since that time there has never been an election where the American people were not thoroughly divided. Our political dialogue is absurdly partisan, and 'attack and spin' meisters are the order of the day on any news station. More than anything, I fondly wish we could return to civility and decency both in religion and politics.

Get this book and read about a very able, and thoroughly decent man who was there to serve his country when he was most needed. The details are fascinating.

Over the last several years, I've read more than 35 presidential biographies. I've used Amazon reviewers as very reliable guides to help me pick the best available biography. Time and Chance is highly recommended with one gigantic reservation. Reeves' book is tightly written in an almost breezy style. More than half of the book is a retelling of Watergate, and it is the most balanced and readable version of Watergate I've read.

Ford's difficult early childhood is covered as is his development into the all-American boy. His romance with a top model and his marriage to Betty are sympathetically explained. His service in World War II is well told, and we are given almost enough information about his years in the House of Representatives; however, I would have preferred more about Ford's responses to the many social issues that dominated the sixties.

Ford comes off as the ultimate straight-arrow, average kind of guy. Completely decent, unimaginative, pretty boring, and not altogether courageous in terms of dealing with people.

OK the failing. Except for Ford's decision to pardon Nixon which is described thoroughly, the rest of his presidency is given something like 25 pages. This is simply not enough. While Watergate and Ford's role in Nixon's resignation will be more remembered than Ford's actual presidency, I would have liked at least a more detailed synopsis of his challenges while he was president (in this respect Nagel`s excellent biography of John Quincy Adams has precisely the same problem). Up until now I've avoided the presidential books that only covered the presidential years, but for Gerald Ford probably a combination of Time and Chance and an overview of his presidency would be the best way to go.

Fantastic book, goes beyond just technical specs and gives a lot of helpful hints. Rebuilds are not a problem with this info at hand. The only point lacking I found is that it does not give ECU reset sequences for the BTR LE range...minor problem...worth the purchase.

The actual coverage of all FORD transmissions is a damned lie. I was looking for the transmission for a 2002 Lincoln and it was not in the book nor was most recent ford automatic transmissions. This title is very missleading at best and a damned lie at worst.

This is a very good book,if you are attempting or trying to learn how to repair a transmission yourself.The step by step teardowns with complete pictures of each, is very useful for first timers.I would definetely refer this book to shops also to use as a reference manual for Ford transmissions.

The book was very informative but the date is wrong I returned the first book as it was dated 1960 to 2001 and you sent me the same book dated 1960 to 2001 I don't know what your problem is and if its a typo but the book is not to 2007....

One thing that should be pointed out first is that this book is published in Australia. So, the units jump from metric to english depending on the model and words such as whilst are sprinkled throughout the text. The first issue is somewhat annoying as I am used to thinking in English units. Also, the transmission application guide is incorrect (because it is for Australian vehicles).
I am only concerned about C4/C5 transmissions...so my nitpicks are regarding those. One, the gear ratios for the C4/C5 are wrong, which doesn't instill me with much confidence. Two, the intermediate band adjustment is given as the same for C4/C5 transmissions. The C4 requires you to turn the screw CCW 1 3/4 turns, the C5 is 4 turns. Lastly, the pictures aren't of the best quality...poor lighting and unfocused pictures abound. I must say though, almost all of the other models have satisfactory illustrations, it seems the C4/C5 is exception to the rule.

In summary, I would buy this book if you are going to rebuild one of the transmissions that are held within, but I also suggest buying Haynes "Ford Automatic Transmission Overhaul Manual: Models Covered: C3, C4, C5, C6 and AOD Rear Wheel Drive Transmissions, ATX", which I consider to be superior to the Ellery manual.

We the Purple by Marcia Ford is a look at independent voters in America with a Christian perspective. Ford has published several books with this latest addition taking her distinct perspective to the political arena.

We the Purple is both about and finds its primary audience in independent voters - those who do not claim a political party. Ford takes the reader through many aspects of the independent voter from the nuances of registration in states to the potential that the internet has for independent voters to organize. Included are many profiles of independent voters from across the country.

Ford writes in a very personal way and uses a mix of data, definitions and vignettes to draw attention to what she see as the plight of independent voters - lack of attention or respect. She often quotes others as a part of bringing the point home.

I enjoyed learning about independent voters and the political environment in various states in response to these voters. I find myself resonating with those who do not claim a particular political party, but did not find Ford's description of the independent voter particularly compelling. I also found stereotypes of people of faith in response to politics that I do not believe are the case any longer. I recommend this book to those who are interested in learning more about independent voters.

Journalist, editor and author Marcia Ford gets her news from Comedy Central. This small detail suggests what you can expect from her latest book --- a rollicking yet informed perspective on politics that isn't afraid to flout convention. Make that "conventions," as in the Republican and Democratic conventions that will be convening this summer to formally select their presidential candidates. Ford eschews both parties.

"The truth is, I am every partisan politician's worst nightmare --- a registered independent," writes Ford. "Wildly unpredictable in my voting habits over the last three decades and more, I have cast ballots for Democrats, Republicans, independents and assorted loose cannons. I have also cast ballots against Democrats, Republicans, independents, and assorted loose cannons. And I have cast no ballot at all in those years when political ennui overtook me, when voting for the lesser of two evils appeared to be more evil than not voting at all. In those years, I intentionally avoided the evil of two lessers."

Independent voters like Ford have been dubbed "Purple" voters for their penchant to blend Red- and Blue-State politics (not to mention Green and all manner of politics that have avoided a primary color designation). But far from being indecisive or non-committal, Ford contends that Purple voters are passionate about politics, so much so that they're unwilling to passively play into the two-party system that stifles real dialogue and effective governance. She writes, "When a candidate is not beholden to a major political party, that candidate is free not only to speak her mind but also to engage in more creative problem-solving."

Ford also points out that the two-party system has been especially poisonous for faith communities who are often held hostage by religious political rhetoric that tells voters they risk spiritual and/or personal failure by voting the wrong way. Ford, who left a church that became politicized, writes, "While pastors were preaching the Republican line, the spiritual life of their congregations was draining away drop by drop." And it's not just a problem in conservative churches: partisan politics plays out in liberal mainline, African-American and other churches. "As paradoxical as the image may seem, if Christians remained morally centered, their votes could swing all along the political spectrum."

WE THE PURPLE came out of an idea for an essay, and sometimes it shows, with digressions that fill up space on the page rather than keep Ford's thesis focused. Rabbit trails abound. And at one point she takes the position that those who don't vote, even if their reasons amount to laziness, should feel entitled to complain about the government. Basic freedom of speech issues aside (of course, no is suggesting that people who don't vote actually have their right to free speech taken away), it does seem fair to suggest that those unwilling to engage the political process should be reticent to complain when that process results in unwanted outcomes. How her assertion on behalf of non-voters fits into her ideas about morally centered, independent voting is unclear to me apart from the fact it's certainly an outsider position and therefore would be welcome in the large embrace of Purple politics that she advocates.

It's this large embrace of Purple politics that gives WE THE PURPLE something of an unwieldy arc. Given that independent voters are so, well, independent, Ford's effort to speak on behalf of Purple voters as a group often seems counter-intuitive. But her book does provide a helpful framework, especially for evangelicals, for thinking about the real deficiencies of the current two-party system and what ordinary people can do to buck that system. According to the statistics, Purple voters are increasingly a force to be reckoned with. WE THE PURPLE offers helpful insider analysis of this trend for people scratching their heads over the non-affiliated and those already "proud to be Purple!"

--- Reviewed by Lisa Ann Cockrel

Marcia Ford has written thorough and thoughtful book for anyone interested in today's politics and the mindset of the independent voter.

As she writes in the opening pages of this well-done book, "The truth is, I am every partisan politician's worst nightmare--a registered independent. Wildly unpredictable in my voting habits over the last three decades and more, I have cast ballots for Democrats, Republicans, independents, and assorted loose cannons. I have also cast ballots against Democrats, Republicans, independents, and assorted loose cannons. And I have cast no ballot at all in those years when political ennui overtook me, when voting for the lesser of two evils appeared to be more evil than not at all. In those years, I intentionally avoided the evil of two lesser." (page xvii)

Get this book because her writing, research and information are worth the time and effort to read it. As Ford concludes, "My involvement with the independent voter movement has given me great hope for the future of this country, hope I didn't have before." (page 188) I recommend this title.

In We the Purple, seasoned journalist Marcia Ford employs sass, spirituality and statistics to expose the failings of our current two party system that blocks independent voters from having a viable voice in the political arena. Using her piercing wit and keen research skills, she shines a light on both the failings of the Religious Right and the Progressive Left, when they align themselves with a given political party instead of following the teachings of the risen Christ. In particular, I pray that religious leaders will heed her clarion call to be pastors and preachers not politicos.

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I have purchased the Best Year of your Life Book and the kit. Both are full of great guidance to dig deeper than we tend to do to figure out what really is holding us back. Debbie Fords presents material that lets us examine ourselves and find our intent for our lives. The cards in the kit are great! The scoring system didn't mean much for me, but I know they are great for others. The thing I didn't like about the CD was her. Her voice is not inducive to meditation. It is deep and unnatural. I felt like she was reading the introduction as well as reading it to grade schoolers. It was slow, each word over pronounced and the highs and lows of her voice seemed unnatural. I didn't feel the heart felt excitment in her voice that I imagined would be there from reading her books. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not telling anyone not to buy this kit. It has valuable info in it. But I was not impressed with her rendition of a soothing and meditative voice.

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Ford has so many good things to say. I love her for making the shadow a safe place for so many of us that have felt the need to shut parts of oursleves off.

That being said, I feel her message is tainted by her over-marketing and over-pricing of her products (that can only be found on her website). One each of these cards there is a marketing pitch for one of her other products. I wish people in the healing field can come to the understanding that what they do calls for a higher level of integrity.

There is also a cultish energy around her staff and the people that work for her.

This kind of over-marketing taints their message.