Murray Books

Why do people travel? For Ian Littlewood, 'the sexual element is vital to tourism' (p.5).

His book offers a keen look at (sex) tourism through the ages (from the 17th century till today).
He uses therefore mostly the diaries of well-known writers or artists like Boswell, Wilde, Gide, Loti, Forster, Byron, Isherwood, Waugh, Gauguin and others.
For those who didn't read these diaries, this book constitutes an excellent documentary base for some aspects (sexual) of the lives of these men.

The author shows clearly that women as well as men escaped through travel from their unhappy (matrimonial) or dangerous (homosexuality) home situation, and also that their main goal was 'sex with the young', and sometimes 'with the very young' (paedophilia).

I recommend this book because it treats a modern subject, without dodging an often disguised but essential part of it.

Why do people travel? For Ian Littlewood, 'the sexual element is vital to tourism' (p.5).

His book is mostly based on the diaries of writers and artists like Boswell, Wilde, Gide, Loti, Forster, Byron, Isherwood, Waugh, Gauguin, with at the end a comment on the Club Med.
It constitutes a keen look at (sex) tourism through the ages.

Since travel began (the British coming over to the continent), the sexual component was an implicit part of the story. The official reason was culture (opening of the mind), but the unofficial one was sexual 'education'. The home comers couldn't disguise it, for they were infected by VD's.

Travel reflected and still reflects economic power and 'colonialist' superiority.
For the affluent who could afford it, Italy (and also Africa) was the main pleasure ground for women travellers; Paris and the Mediterranean countries (Algeria) for men. Their main goal was 'sex with the young', also the very young (paedophilia).

Travel was and is an escape. Now, an escape out of stress. In the former centuries an escape out of the home situation: for women, the subordination; for men, lack of sexual liberty and condemnation of homosexuality.

I recommend this book because it treats a modern subject without dodging an often disguised but essential part of it.

This book is a great tool to reach children with vibrant pictures. This book has been used as a Vacation Bible School tool as well as for Sunday School. Kids are held captive and want to know more about Gods word. Must have for your childrens library.

This book is a wonderful combination of words and pictures that connect the old and new testaments. It explains God's plan in a way that children can comprehend. It takes something that is so big that it sometimes seems too much to relate to a child and makes it clear and easy. The illustrations are very colorful and will grab little ones attention. I highly recommend it to all parents that want to make God's story a real one.

This is a wonderfull recipe book and History storys of early Italian familys living in the old Columbus park neighborhood. My Grandfather Dominic Romano is featured in a story in this book as is Recipies from many Aunts and Cousins. This is NOW AVAILABLE at the New Earth Store 5439-22nd, ave. KENOSHA,WI 53142 1-262-657-4463 $27.00 Brand New

This book is an excellent compilation of recipes, anecdotes and photos from Kenosha's Historical Italian past. I was swept back in time to the turn of the century and experienced the daily lives of the Italian Americans of the time. A wonderful read.

This book is perfect for those interested in the history of Italians in America at the turn of the 20th century. Set in Madison, Wisconsin, Murray carefully researched individual families and provides stories, pictures, and best of all recipies. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This book is perfect for those interested in the history of Italians in America at the turn of the 20th century. Set in Madison, Wisconsin, Murray carefully researched individual families and provides stories, pictures, and best of all recipes. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Where do I begin? How do I begin? Those questions often fly through my mind when I confront a blank page or an empty computer screen. I am not alone.

Joyce Murray Boatright knows the feeling. In Telling Your Story, she shares a professional writer's secret: "Even today, forty-plus years since my first published byline, the hardest part of writing still, for me, is to begin."

Hard it may be, but this Story Circle member and Circle leader offers a great deal of help, not only in getting started but in suggesting what to do after you get started and even what to do with your work after you finish. And she manages to do it in just a little over fifty pages.

Boatright draws on her experience not only as a professional writer and a teacher of writing, but also as a memoirist. She recounts how she began a family memoir as a Christmas gift for her parents who had "arrived at that point in their lives where they had everything they wanted." In that first effort in 1991, she recounted familiar family stories. Through the years the project grew as other family members' mother, brother, son and more contributed their stories. An inspiration for all of us!

After guidance on getting started, Boatright offers some interesting and fun suggestions on how to keep on going and how to break through blocks. Particularly enjoyable (and a little risky) is the game she has developed using writing prompts--The Luck of the Draw. She offers great advice about how to craft a memory, a recollection into a real story with a beginning, middle and end.

When you are finished? Boatright has suggestions for personal uses, such s "make a family album or a cookbook," and clear advice on how to go about preparing your manuscript for a wider audience.

This book will have wide appeal. I'm giving it to some friends who are only beginning to write their stories. However, I'm not giving away my copy. I'll use it to help out with my own writing. It is full of good suggestions I can use as I co-lead a Story Circle Network OWL (Older Women's Legacy) Circle.

by Patricia Nordyke Pando
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women

Don't read this book unless you are ready to get inspired and excited about writing! This was a fun, easy read, full of practical advice. The writer really opened up my mind to the vast possibilities of memoir writing. She covers everything from getting started to the best format to use based on your intended audience. I highly recommend this book!

This is one of the best publications that I've seen on theses and dissertations. It is well written in a conversational voice and makes the process of understanding and writing a good research paper manageable. I would highly recommend this book to all students.

The revised classic THESES AND DISSERTATIONS should be on the bookshelves of any basic college-level collection catering to graduate students: it helps this audience understand the thesis writing process and offers references and new details on Internet searching, plagiarism, and Internet publishing options alike. Checklists and numerous examples allow students to understand the entire process, from preparing a topic and collecting information to interpreting results and making a presentation that is original and acceptable for either college credit or publication. A top pick for graduate school holdings, it's sure to be a popular, often-consulted and practical reference.

Not all trips go as planned, and being far from home invites misfortunes. "Traveler's Advisory" is a small puffy handbook of humor for those who are traveling or about to travel. The wisdom, while meant to be humorous, is very real and sound advice when attempting to expect the unexpected. Whether one is staying in the finest accommodations in the world or roughing it, "Traveler's Advisory" is a must-read. A superb giftbook for travel enthusiasts and highly recommended for both community library Travel and Humor collections.

This small, wallet sized book is a compilation of well-designed phrases and photographs that address the traveler and expectations of traveling in a manner that makes for some of the most clever and humorous entertainment available in book form, a little companion book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Jessica Lehrer, Rick Lightstone and Alice Murray have addressed the extremes of travel problems in this Advisory and have illustrated quick statements with accompanying photographs that are as entertaining as the phrases. Yes, it could be advice for friends who are about to embark on a heavy journey (a parting gift they doubtless would carry with them for airport reading!), but this beautifully designed book is a fine work unto itself - a slice of humor that will find the reader thumbing through the pages repeatedly.

Some examples of the Traveler Advisories are as follows: 'Laundromats are not available in all locations' is superimposed over a photo of peasants beating their clothes in a dirty river; 'Limited budget....limited luxury' with a photo of a makeshift boardwalk to a shack and a boat moored on a deserted waterfront; 'If you dislike the French...ask for ketchup' is embellished with an elegant plate of French cuisine; 'Not every country has internet cafes' is the statement along side a Club 2000 little shack of a bar; and other appropriately illustrated advisories include 'Some countries drive on wrong side of the road the rest of us drive on the right' and 'Some vehicles may not meet your personal safety standards...or any for that matter.' It is all good fun and conjures memories we all have of 'oops' instances in our own traveling pasts.

Once again Mark Batty Publishers has produced a high quality art form of a book that is smart in design and offers insights from artist/writers who have significant things to communicate. This falls into the category of a 'must have' book for the bedside and a terrific gift for friends who share your sense of humor! Excellent 'Advice' here! Grady Harp, May 08

Poor Libby had devoted his career defending Bush's administration on its decision to do Iraq, yet was thrown to the Jaws of brutal injustice for trivial mistakes. On June 11, 2003, he was provided with a report from a subordinate, Marc Grossman, as well as from an insider in the CIA, Robert Grenier, that revealed the identity of a CIA agent, the wife of ambassador Wilson, who was sent to Niger to verify the connection between Iraq and the procurement of uranium. Libby never knew or sought such trail of classified information. His main objective was to prove that the guy who was sent to the Niger did not do so on behalf of the Libby's boss, Vice President Cheney.

Even before Libby's release of the agent's name to journalist Miller on June 23, Armitage had already done so on June 13, to Woodward. Armitage never been tried. Both Grossman and Grenier never told Libby that the information they provided him was classified and should not be used, assuming that he should have known better, I guess. The loose cannon Grossman had already broadcasted the information to Armitage and omitted to sort out what was classified and what was not.

So, no matter what Libby did or did not do, the classified information has been leaked from Grossman, to Armitage, to Woodward on June 13. Libby leaked it on June 23 to Miller. Libby paid the high price for simply not saying: Sorry, I did not know that was a big deal or admitted to making a mistake. Instead, Libby made up (or may have been genuinely inflicted with poor memory) a story of his own wishful imagination. Perjury and Obstruction of justice had cost Libby his job, reputation, and more for attempting to defend a losing war in Iraq and exonerating his boss. He had to be sacrificed by an incompetent president who blames the CIA for deceptive information, and who rejected every opinion that opposed his obsession with Saddam.

The book was published in June 2007, merely three months after the March 6th verdict. The book briefs the transcripts with reasonable accuracy. The book defaults on truncating parts of the transcripts that describe the witnesses' background, among others, omitting the minute-by-minute timeline of each question and answer, and its unorganized and incomplete appendix of exhibits. The reader would not be able to discern the time or duration of each witness's testimony, since the trial transcripts were thrown into the book without due concern of such aspect of witnesses' reaction to examination.

The major default in the book is the lack of the real trial's audio recording, which could have conveyed the real demeanor of the witnesses and the efficacy of the defense and prosecutor. The tone of voice of the witness in responding to questions and the timing of response to question could not be conveyed by a written text alone.

The prosecutor seems to have entangled an innocent citizen who simply failed to say, "I did not know it was a big deal", as did Ari Fleischer, who also refused to cooperate without being granted immunity from persecution. Or, I guess no one could be innocent in defending the Vice President who plotted the entire fiasco of Iraq. How much money would it take, for a single person like Libby, to defeat a resourceful government team of prosecutors?

Would the reader shed a tear on the injustice done to one of the collaborators of the Iraq's debacle? I guess the answer is relative. Dr. Rice had lied to the whole world and did more damage to the nation by blaming the CIA for the sixteen words in the state of the union address. (I forgot Tenet's appearance with Powell in the UN in their deceptive presentation on WMD). Yet, real culprits always go unpunished. Dr. Rice should have been first in paying the price for abuse of power in democracy. The reader justifiably should be concerned over the waste of national treasure over persecuting the trivial players while letting the corrupt leaders head national policy.

Aside from the lack of audio and poor exhibiting, the book's price, organization, and timing of publication are well appreciated.

Mohamed F. El-Hewie.
Author of
"Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training"
Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training

Murray Waas may be the most courageous reporter in Washington DC at present. He goes for the deeper story, and the hidden resources, in order to provide us with the truth--a commodity of rare value in this city.

Scooter Libby, sentenced to 2.5 years in prison the day this book came forth, participated in a crime of nearly unthinkable proportions: helping to out a CIA undercover spy during a time of war. Worse, Plame's specialty within the CIA was weapons of mass destruction in not only Iraq but Iran, for which the drums of war are sounding louder by the week. It may be too much to call such behavior treason, but the case remains to be made why there is any good reason that narrow Republican political gain should trump the national interest.

Would the government lie in order to take us to war? Would the government misuse intelligence to persuade the American people to turn over their sons and daughters for death and blown-off limbs? Waas presents compelling evidence that Libby and his co-workers in the Office of the Vice President have already done this once, for the war against Iraq. It seems the strings are warming up for a second movement, called Iran.

If only some conscientious writer would help the average American figure out what is really going on. Good news: the cavalry is here. Thank you Murray Waas.

I look at this review from a differnt perspective from most. Having been a student of Dr. Murray I have see the way that he lectures and is able to get his point across. This book shows the Western Front form the eye of the camera and has a very well writen timeline to go along with it. Unlike most books this one does not stop at the Battle of the Bulge and skip to the surrender of the Nazi leaders. He show the battles that occured all the up to the meeting of the Russians and the Anglo-American forces. This book also includes a very extensive index that makes searching for facts easy. As a student it is nice to see the highlights of the lectures put into print for everyone else. Well done. (Beefcake)

G. E. Patrick Murray's latest historical effort is the best small volume of the war in Europe that I have seen. It is a concise reconstruction beginning with D-Day and ending with the Nazi surrender in early May, 1945. The writing, the photo selection and the situation maps are outstanding. The maps are the best I have seen in any history of WW II. If you are a military history buff or know someone who is, the addition of this book is a must.

this book is great for all those who love collecting small items illistations are fantastic a great book for any one wishing to collect wade items this item should be at the top of list of research material for every collector

Contains Advertising Products, 1930s - 1980s Animals, 1930s - 1980s Birds, Commemorative pieces, Commissioned Products, Cellulose and high gloss figures, Character jugs, Steins and Tankards, Money boxes and Shaving mugs. All items are listed alphabetically under their headings. Each item is pictured with collector information, description, size and price guide all on the same page. Excellent easy to use index. A must have for all Wade Collectors.