Lopez Books

Comic story beginning reprints.


This book includes reprints of several weekly British comic strips from the 60s and early 70s.

Adventurers with magic amulets fighting crazed Seminole shamans, pliable magician-thieves, secret crimefighting doll controllers, and sorcerous protectors of the world are to be found here.

Certainly an eclectic bunch of weeklies to be found in those times, none of which I had ever seen before, beyond the humour stuff and 200AD, so nice work.


3.5 out of 5

Get it. Read it. You'll enjoy it - if you're hip to the real pulse of the USA & the world. A microcosm of a few guys in an "older single dude crowd" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, lookin' at & reflecting upon a world in the throes of globalization, while living their lives, searching for chicks & Love during a year encompassing 9-11. Sharp social observations. With a convincing personal story, as an inner world complement alongside the external world of WTO-fighting & a hard, clean look at world politics. Shows how politics is personal, no matter how impersonal it's made to look. There's something happenin' here, but u do know what it is, don't u Mr. Lopez? If you enjoy getting informed & educated while reading a good novel, this 1's 4 u. Shades of early Hemingway & Steinbeck in here. Political message a bit thinly fleshed out over the bare bones - but what bone-structure! (4 outta 5 stars only because a 5 should be reserved for full-fledged genius, whereas this is "only" fledgling. Sorry, 5 stars are usually inflated on Amazon). This is the out-&-out-spoken novel 4 anyone enjoying Naomi "No Logo" Klein. If you like "truthtainment", order it now. The real feat, considering the depressing facts of the world it presents, is that it's even got an inspiring ending.

This book is a vital reference for those of you who want to know more about building with bamboo. It covers bridges, airplane frames, aqueducts, energy storing flywheels, buildings, how to join and anchor bamboo, and much more.

The descriptions are good overall, sometimes excellent and very detailed, other times a little vague. This is not the be all and end all of bamboo books, but it is extremely good, and full of useful information.

My friend had this lying on his coffe table, and I picked it up and glanced through. Wow, was I amazed about how startling, but easy to understand this book was wirtten. Of course, If you don't care for reproductive health, then this book will bore you out of your mind

It's been a year since Cohen and Hayleigh's passionate one night together. They'd promised to meet again in Sydney, Australia in a year. Neither of them is sure the other will actually show up but that doesn't stop them from hoping.

Cohen doesn't make the trip from the Outback to Sydney very often but he does make sure to be at the pub where he and Hayleigh met exactly one year ago. His brother Miller is convinced that Cohen has completely lost it and refers to him as a `bloody fruit loop.' Cohen knows he's probably right, it's nuts to think that a woman from the U.S. would seriously be thinking about him after all this time.

Cohen's worries are put at ease when Miller points out that there's a `spunky sheila eyeing him.' Hayleigh's returned as promised and they have three days to indulge in all their sexual cravings and get to know each other better.

Cohen and Hayleigh pick up right where they left off but this time they have a little more time to get to know each other better. The sexual attraction between them is still as strong as ever but is that enough to form a real foundation of a relationship?

Hayleigh can't help but admit to herself that her feelings for Cohen go beyond simple sexual desire, but they live on completely different continents and they have so little time together. Everything about their lives seems to be polar opposites so is there any chance their time together could lead to a happily ever after?

Melissa Lopez's THE THORN BROTHERS series is off to a good start with its first book, BOOMERANG LOVE. As a reader who's always romanticized the Australian Outback I love that Ms. Lopez incorporates the lingo and mannerisms of the region. I found myself infinitely curious about Hayleigh and Cohen's relationship and couldn't help but wonder how a relationship based on so little time together turns out. Fortunately there should be stories for Miller and Ethan, Cohen's brothers, coming soon - and I have to confess I'm really looking forward to Miller's story. He's so tortured and bitter, I'm infinitely curious about the sheila who can win him over.

Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)

Bottom Line: It's easy reading, it's practical, it's useful. It's not fluff or hype, but it's written by a realist who knows what it takes to be a leader and what it takes to succeed greatly. Not only would I recommend this book, but if I was in charge of things, I would make this a required text for all executives.

This book reveals that the middle ages were not dead time as most think but the beginning of a transition from self sufficiency to taking advantage of comparative advantage by trading with others. Lopez starts out with a review of the Roman world and its commerce, transitions to the impact of the barbarian invasions, and only then turns to the takeoff of commercial growth. He describes key factors in the takeoff as creation of an agricultural surplus, the business acumen of the Jews, the adventurousness of the Italians, the role of coins and credit, the value of contracts, and developments in transportation. Of particular interest to me were his comments on the objects and patterns of trade, the pre-Columbus Italian explorations for trade, and the role of guilds in furthering and hindering economic growth. The book is well written and easy to read. Readers of this book might also want to look at The Medieval Machine by Gimpel; Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel by the Gies as well as Life in a Medieval City. Sacred Trust by Ekelund et al economically analyzes the medieval church as a business firm which also illustrates the commercial flavor of the times. See also N J G Pounds An Economic History of Medieval Europe, and also Gold and Spices.

For those seeking polished prose or self-referential muck, look elsewhere. 'Constant Reminder' is the anti-pretense. A collection of poems and vignettes written by a Puerto Rican woman (mostly) between her early and late teens, it offers a rare insight into the loves, fears, hates and challenges of a generation we're often only too-willing to relegate to the Generation X dust bin. This is not the whining narrative of suburban angst, but the often ignored, sometimes oppressed voice of a representative of one of the most marginalized sectors of American society, the voice of a young, inner-city (New Haven) woman of color from a single-parent home caught between two cultures (Puerto-Rican and United Statesian).

The shootings, crack-dealers, single mothers and frozen-to-death homeless people who inhabit the opening work, 'The News In Brief,' seem to haunt the rest of the collection, hanging over the world of personal anguish, child-like wonderment and gradual triumph which the author describes like a mini-odyssey. In varied ways, we get to see the author slowly come to understand and conquer herself and her world, and for readers willing to take Ms. Lopez's words at their full value, this trip is as enlightening for those of us on this side of the pen as it so apparently was for the growing woman on the other (albeit certainly in different ways). Dark though some of the works are, they are like pressure valves for the inner city, and we would do well to listen to their whistling.

The works collected in CR are not bleak, but simply unafraid to observe. And herein lies the collection's greatest strength: it's unflinching honesty. Whatever the topic - education, social ills, or her own obituary - the author opens up her gut and shows you what's inside, at times to such an extent that one suspects they might be reading her personal journal. But this, of course, is all to the good, making for an at times ad-hoc but never uninteresting and always disequilibriating collection. Mainstream America needs more of this stuff.

Ms. Lopez (in this, her first of many works to come, we're told in the introduction) hasn't always clearly found her voice, so let the Harold Blooms of this world dismiss CR as they wish, but that's to ignore the point entirely - CR is ABOUT not have a voice, ABOUT growing up lost and being smart enough to understand one's marginalization, but not being entirely sure what to do about it.

If you're interested in something rare, insightful and refreshing, order a copy before it's out of print. CR is worth the wait.

This report begins to look at strategies for raising the educational attainment of Latinos in California. The purpose of this paper is not to provide a comprehensive treatise on a particular issue, but rather to get the reader to start thinking about linkages that can occur across the different sectors. We need to not only consider the K-12 and higher education systems, but we must also look to preschools, economic development agencies, the private sector, community based organizations, and any other organization that can work with the community. This paper has 11 different sections and 33 contributors. Some sections include options for further consideration.

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I found Bettinger-Lopez's work very impressive, especially considering that the vast majority of her research was conducted for an undergraduate thesis. Bettinger-Lopez clearly spent a great deal of time conducting personal interviews and was able to get "inside" the Cuban-Jewish community. As the daughter of a Cuban-Jewish emigre to the U.S. (to New York) who still has many Cuban-Jewish friends and family members in Miami, I truly enjoyed the author's vivid, detailed portraits of the community. Bettinger-Lopez also provided interesting anthropologic and feminist analysis of the Cuban-Jewish community. I did, however, find one aspect of the book troubling, and that is Bettinger-Lopez's tendency to frequently inject herself and her personal issues into the analysis of the people that she interviews. While this technique is interesting at times, it comes off as mildly self-centered and lacks the detachment required of a primary source researcher. Overall, I recommend the book and especially recommend it to Cuban-Jews and their descendants.