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Although Percy's output was prodigious compared to some literary greats, his six novels and two major non-fiction works leave his still-growing network of fans looking for more. "Conversations with Walker Percy" meets that need. While the biographies of Percy are helpful, there's nothing quite like hearing it straight from the author in this series of interviews. I finished the volume feeling ready to tackle his novels again prepared to look for gems I'd missed the last time around.

This volume (and its companion, More Conversations With Walker Percy) offers a fascinating and compelling glimpse into the mind of Walker Percy and a valuable study of the development of his literary and philosophical convictions as his career progressed. Though Percy's funny satirical piece "Questions They Never Asked Me" would seem to indicate that he found interviews dull and repetitive, the best pieces here clearly demonstrate the pleasure he took in discussing his ideas with an interested, engaged interviewer.

"Counterfactuals" is not for the kiddies, or even the "interested general reader", if such a person exists. It is a book by an analytic philosopher, for analytic philosophers. Even among them, it will interest only the mandarins, the true devotees of contemporary analytical metaphysics and modal logic. But, for that select audience, this book is a treasure. It is a paradigm of philosophical analysis, lucid, concise, rigorous, and informed throughout by a luminous clarity of vision. The book concerns itself with a single problem of fundamental philosophical interest and importance: what do counterfactual conditionals mean, and when are they true? And such is the author's consummate brilliance that he manages to solve this problem, in its essentials, in less than a hundred and fifty pages. In this review, I will not attempt to detail its contents, since Amazon already has information about that. I will simply give my own opinion of its significance. The reader who wants to know more should get a copy.

"Counterfactuals" is that rarest of things: a truly original philosophical work that actually *succeeds* in its stated aim. To my knowledge, the only person, in the whole history of philosophy, to have developed an even remotely similar approach to the problem of counterfactuals is Robert Stalnaker, and Lewis' work is I think indisputably superior, subsuming Stalnaker's approach as a special (and doubtful) case. (Both works were, historically speaking, made yesterday--a mere generation ago.) If I am right in thinking that Lewis' theory is substantially correct, then he would seem to be the first man in history to have achieved a philosophically adequate understanding of counterfactuals. This book, in my opinion, represents a fundamental breakthrough in logic and metaphysics, for which we owe its author a debt as great as that owed to Kripke, perhaps even comparable to that which mathematics and logic owe to the works of Frege.

This is an excellently written book on modal logic. Serious readers, please. Just a warning. Hah.

This is the only book you'll ever need on how-to make doll shoes. It's comprehensive,and teaches you how to make shoes for any kind of doll, any size. Loaded with hundreds of illustrations...

This book was wonderful from the moment I opened it. I used to dread making doll shoes, or having to pattern a foot to fit Amercian Girl sized shoes. But now I know more then I ever thought I would.
The ideas presented here are clear and inspiring and very easy to learn from. From slippers to boots to sneakers, everything is here. Learn to make soft cloth shoes, sculted shoes, removable boots with leather soles and laces, and a myriad of others.
The book proclaims that you'd need to make hundreds of shoes to try out every idea in here, and that's just for the first half of the book! This is highly recommended! Making dolls shoes was never so enjoyable, or easy!

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The first thing I enjoyed about this book was the way it stays open to the pages you are studying. Every instructional book should have a spiral binding!

The authors begin with the fundamentals and build on those to lead an experienced dollmaker or a novice into creating ever more delightful and unique hats for dolls (or stuffed animals, or even children's costumes, if you like).

The table of contents alone are intriguing, pulling you into the book: hats molded on innovative forms with easy to find materials, old fashioned dust caps, bonnets, soft hats, fur hats, costume hats, turbans, crowns, hats from unexpected materials, paper hats, picture hats, and on to delightfully trimmed hats and, of course, a hat stand to hold your creation.

The book is simply, but lavishly illustrated, many of the hats are easy to create and yet a great asset to your dolls wardrobe. There are some patterns to work with. The ideas are so numurous that a reader can't help but find their own imagination stimulated so that you will be dreaming up hats in your sleep.

A glossary, hatmaking resources, and a helpful index brings closure, but first the authors end this exciting book with a page full of ideas to send the reader confidently off on their own creative journey.

Not only a must have guide for dollmakers, but great fun too!

This book includes everything you need to know in order to make hats for all sorts of dolls in all sizes. It doesn't just give you patterns for the numerous styles, it actually teaches you to make and design your own hats from scratch for any doll. Highly recommended for dollmakers/costumers/collectors/etc.!

I thought this was a good book. My son who is more educated in Creek Indian culture differs in opinion. He felt that it wasn't authentic enough. My personal feelings are that it held plenty of knowledge for my interest level. It was a quick and fun read. I leave it in the guest room for visitors to browse. I had a few visitors who have stayed up too late because they got caught up in reading it. I would classify this as a book that might get you interested in knowing more. The author doesn't claim to be the last and only expert in this area.

If you are descended from any of the Nations that are from the SE of the US, you should read this book. It is a great book that gives a first person account of traditional Mvskogi medicine traditions passed through a particular family of the bird clan. Ok, there was an anthropologist involved...but he keeps his distance and admits his shortcomings. I really commend him for that. The account is what the medicine person himself wanted to say...

If you are interested in photography and more importantly some fascinating and touching accounts of trans-gender individuals, then this is well worth a look.

I decided to write this review because I'v read the book and I personaly know Sara Davidmann, Its a great book because there are no other books out there that explore the secret world of Transvestism. Not only that but you get a real feeling for the people that are mentioned and photographed in the book and what their lives are like.

After the death of my husband, I got this book as a gift. It has helped me more than I could ever express. That was almost five years ago, but I still read it everday. I would highly recommend it for everybody, not just grieving people.Get it! You will be glad that you did.

I have read both of the authors books and I find myself always being blessed as I read them. He always touches upon just what I need to be reading for that day in my devotions. He has a way of taking you the place that he is speaking of that day. I have learned so much about faith, life, God's unspeakable love and compassion from this book. It is a must have for daily devotions. I found myself not wanting to stop at reading just one day at a time. I am hopeful that the author will go on to continue sharing life experiences with us all. It is a welcome addition to any library and I do recommend it highly! Thank you for another wonderful book!

As a self-proclaimed professional reader of this genre....this is a page turner - I couldn't put it down until I was finished!! And, if you're from NW PA...it's even better....can't wait for the next book!!!!!

I am a great fan and avid reader of Carl Hiaasen, John Grisham, Randy Wayne White, Janet Evanovich, Patricia Cornwell, and Claire Matturro, and am pleased to add E. T. Lewis to the list. He is a captivating writer with a style and story line that grabs you and holds you 'til the last page. I am always eager for his next book to be published.

This book was a fun read, but I learned a lot to! Glad to know it's one in a series. Looking forward to the rest.

Excellent book. I couldn't put it down. If you love romance and history, this is the book for you. I can't wait for Vol. 2. When is it coming? Everything

I've long been a fan of Roy Lewis' series of Eric Ward novels, and this one may be the best of a good bunch.

Eric Ward is a complex character - a former policeman who is now a solicitor (lawyer) in a North England town, he has suffered from an eye disease and is too independent to move in a crowd. As this book opens, he has been divorced for awhile from wealthy and well-connected Anne, and has turned his back on opportunities for a lucrative corporate and business practice. Ward prefers to serve a middle and working class clientele from his office in an unfashionable part of town. At a law association dinner he encounters Anne, who asks him to look in on farmer and old neighbor Paddy Fenton, who's in a bit of legal trouble.

Thus Ward gets involved in a fast-moving and complex set of events, including murder - which is finally untangled only on almost the final page of this exceedingly good crime novel.

Like many UK farmers, Paddy's been nearly wiped out by disease epidemics - or by the heavy-handed response of the government to those epidemics, take your pick. Approached to rent out his barn for a few days, Paddy took the money and asked few questions, because he was going to be away at the time. But the police had the place staked out, and arrested a small group of men producing "smokies" - illegally slaughtered, fire-seared whole sheep carcasses for which there is a big underground market in the UK in some immigrant communities, and which are a health hazard because they are not properly butchered. A policeman on the raid is badly injured by one of the fleeing criminals, who is then chased by a mixed bunch of characters through the rest of the story. Now Paddy's under pressure from the police who suspect he may know more than he's letting on, and they are after the bigger fish who are making millions off this underground meat industry.

Paddy loudly swears vengeance on the man to whom he let his barn - and then a disfigured body is discovered and identified as that very fleeing felon.

Lewis tosses into this plot an assortment of career criminals - high-ranking, low-crawling, up-and-coming, and more - and on the other side of things, a mixed lot of police officers, judges, and lawyers. Then he blends it all with the sure hand of a master crime writer and serves up some neatly turned surprises. The "good guys" aren't all as they seem, but Lewis didn't make it easy for me to sort them out before much truth was laid bare at the very end of the tale.

Simply put, Dead Man Running is one terrific read from cover to cover! Lawyer Eric Ward represents Paddy Fenton, a landowner who has tried to make a little money on the side by renting out his barn. The problem is that the renters are involved in the illegal business of making bush meat resulting in a police raid that goest completely sour. The result is Eric finds himself embroiled in a violent turf war. The plot is magnificently tangled, the charecters are memorably drawn, and the intrigue is page gripping down to the very last page!