Phillips Books

The previous reviewer has gone into the technical aspects of the subject. I shall discuss the book itself.
John W. Brunner has been a college professor for many years and is quite familiar with the craft of research. This study is based on documention in the US National Archives. (For a detailed discussion of the socuments see my review of the author's OSS Weapona)
The book is now in high demand in the after market and brings a premium price.
For most it will be interesting reading but it ia so specialized that few collectors will need it. And who has one of these bows anyway? ;o)

This is the most fascinating book I ever read on Crossbows. Being a collector of Crossbows & other light weapons, a hunter and shooter, I always fell that Crossbows are funny and efficient, trully lethal weapons. But they are cumbersome, heavy, and almost impossible to build in a home-workshop. With the historical and practical knowledge gathered thru this fascinating book, we can create our own advanced Crossbow-type weapons, much cheaper and as accurate and deadly as the bow-and-string traditional ones. Using rubber-bands and simple (but trully hi-tech) solutions to the "problems" of the amazing Crossbow, we find, in this wonderfull book, a marvelous view of how the good old things can be changed to become something better, indeed much better! I know you'll love this book, as much as I love it. I'm a published author, too, and this book is one I wish I have writen... I love this book so much that I give ten, as gifts, to friends that like Crossbows, too, and all them loved it. Buy it. You won't get disapointed, I'm sure.

I gotta tell you the truth. I loved the book! It has excellent dialogue and it is well written. Maybe at some parts it can improve because at some parts I found it a little dull. I'd recommend this book for someone who wants a good book to read with not little but not too much action. The ending is excellent

This book and this writer are just like Gerald A. Browne at his best in his prime, only the main characters and the supporting roles are more vicious and low. Great and smooth writing style, logic and interesting plot and scenario, unique yet weird characters. Simply wonderful! Just wish more readers could discover this great writer and his fantastic works. Mr. Finch should have a shot at the main-stream publishers with deep pocket for marketing promotion and strategy, because every one of his books should be in the top 10 bestsellers. Very glad to find a writer who could take over the retiring and downhilled Gerald A. Browne.

This is the first and only guide to Paris' 20 arrondissements - or local districts - and, though a few years since I wrote the last edition, remains the only neighbourhood guide to the city for regular visitors. Feel free to search the site for info on my more recent French travel guides, includin AA Essential Lille, AAA Travelbook France and Paris Scene.

This is the first and only guide to Paris' 20 arrondissements - or local districts - and, though a few years since I wrote the last edition, remains the only neighbourhood guide to the city for regular visitors. Feel free to search the site for info on my more recent French travel guides, includin AA Essential Lille, AAA Travelbook France and Paris Scene.

Couldn't put it down and read it in a span of 2 days. It was creative and interesting. If you are looking for a book to take you on a little ride, this is it.

Authur Phillip N. Hancock, Sr. creates a thrilling, frightening and nightmarish story that crosses several genre lines with time travel, mystery, the mystical and crime, in his well written novel "A Path Not Chosen". It is not your standard fare in crime books, nor will you have read anything like this before--it is an original and it is entertaining!

Hancock takes the ultimate fear that all parents and grandparents have of having a child kidnapped and makes it a story that is so much more then just the crime. This book explores the hearts and souls of those involved and weaves us a storyline that captures the reader's attention and will not allow you to put down the book until you find out will happened next.

Hancock has shown he has huge talent and good word skills but he has also shown a creative imagination that is second to none. One certainly gets the feeling that this is just the first of many more stories within this man's head that will some day be put into another fine novel. This was a fully satisfying reading experience.

everyone should buy this book - everyone

I was a bit hesitant about buying this book. Sometimes you get unpleasant surprises with books about art and artists (not too good writing, not too good images, not enough of any of those), but luckily this was not the case with this one. It's a good looking book, yes, a very handsome edition, loads of photos, some sketches, and good documentation. Essays are good too, I just wish there were a bit more (what's the word?)you know, more in number and longer... but anyway, a fantastic book to look at. THE DOWNSIDE: I wish there was more writing, and the softbound cover doesn't feel really safe (I'm scared of opening it too hard and separating the cover from the pages), but it's ok if you are careful (it's not like this book will get anywhere near children - the nightmares they'd get!). Oh yeah, and somebody should release a DVD or CD-ROM with the performances! My got, that'd be nice!
PS: If you're thinking of buying this for it's "shock value" you won't be dissapointed. Plenty of scary, gory, creepy stuff...

In Chicago, last-year, my high-school's Drama and English classes had this as our semester- project...It was a blast! And we all could stop laughing! 'Penguin blues' may no longer be in circulation, but my graduating-class from last year is enternally GREATFUL Drama teacher had found this in book-form from her library! Drinking sucks at any age, but to us, this play underscores it bittersweetly through humor...we lost 3 of our class not long before it was decided to do this one-act gig, we dedicated the show to them. Will somebody out there PLEASE REPRINT THIS BOOK! The year that it was published or written may not be current, but the issues always are! I didn't know the guy who wrote this is also Neelix on Star Trek:Voyager...Not only can the dude act, but he CAN WRITE! Read the book, do the play and then check-out the dude behind them both! Trip-OUT! Graduate from '98, Chicago, ILL

This is the story of a voice over actor who meets a nun while they are both in alcoholic rehab. Gordon, sadistically abused by a nun in grade school, and Angelita, ashamed and in denial about her drinking, come together in a profound and surprising manner. The play is also very funny! And says some insightful and unexpected things about catholocism and booze. I think it would make a great movie; it certainly is a great play!

I have used this text/anthology for about ten years. Editor Stephen Phillips has a knack for picking original source selections that go right to the heart of the topic, and his commentary is unfailingly incisive, even-handed and intelligent. The text provides an excellent basis for understanding the different concepts of God or "divine reality" and the different concepts of faith, salvation, ethics and the afterlife in different living religions, as well as the arguments for the existence of the divine in different religious traditions. Above all, the text is a useful basis for discussing the issue of whether there is an "essence" of major living religion--i.e., something they have in common that makes them all religions. I recommend this text for anyone who wants to teach a course that goes beyond the usual narrow focus on Western religious traditions.

A refreshingly broad examination of world thought. Phillips does a fine job of tending both to the needs and dispositions of the Western reader without diluting any of the non-Western material. A nice break away from the normally Western-dominated bias found in texbooks of this sort.

I learned photography in college years ago with Davis' book as the textbook. I was delighted to find an update, though I still have the original. Davis is an authority on photography, and his book is a must for anyone serious about learning all aspects of photography.

If you can only take one photography book to that desert island, take "Photography" by Phil Davis. The subject is endless and there are many, many books that cover all the facets of photography, but I have found Mr. Davis's book the one I go back to for explanations of the art and science of photography. It aint cheap, but you get what you pay for.

This is Book 2 of a five book series that will bring your child to the equivalent of the Grade 4 level of the Royal Conservatory of Music. It is non-threatening and comprehensive and will give your daughter or son a solid foundation in the piano. Brightly illustrated, it will never bore. This series is enhanced by a large number of supplementary volumes from Hal Leonard, including books on piano theory and classical music solos. This series can't be beat and as a parent whose child is using this set of books, having begun with the two excellent Usborne ones, I give the Hal Leonard program the highest rating. Warmly recommended.

This is Book 3 of a five book series on piano for kids. This is a great book and my daughter is getting into it right now, having completed the two Usborne books and Book 2 of the Hal Leonard series. (The Usborne books are a great beginning for any child and actually land them about in the middle of the Hal Leonard Book 2 when they are completed.) The Hal Leonard piano instruction program is full of good tunes and bright colours, very user-friendly and child-friendly. The back cover of each book lists many excellent complementary volumes which can be obtained. (They don't list their classical music solos volumes though, I'm not sure why, but these are also a good buy. Entitled Classical Themes they follow the instruction books level by level up to and including level 5.) Book 3 is an excellent advanced beginners program and the entire series is a good investment. A local piano teacher informed me that the Hal Leonard series teaches her kids the notes and the music better than any other teaching method out there. Highly recommended!

This is one of the best books on Bonnard the color repros are good and sometimes enlarged.. Besides Antoine Terrase's book" drawing to color "this book shows how Bonnard worked up his paintings from little drawings from a daily diary he used as a sketchbook.The photos shows Bonnard's studio in Le Cannet.Also,Some of his shots of nudes. It has repros found in few other books. I have Bonnard books stemming from the MOMA exhibit after WW11 by John Rewald, Another book that had rare color repros was Bonnard edited by R.J. Beer.This is a good buy and a worthwhile study of the work. Winston Hough

"Early and Late" is the book that accompanied the Phillips Collection's 2002 exhibit on Bonnard's early and late works. The exhibitition was beautiful. The book, of course, doesn't do justice to the colors in the originals, but the book's prints, particularly the details, are very good.

The book includes a chronology of Bonnnard's life, three excellent essays, and some notes from Bonnard's journals. One essay discusses Bonnard's innovations, especially early on and especially his use of photography as a way to prepare for his paintings. Another essay shows how Bonnard's paintings were influenced by his reformed education. A final essay demonstrates Bonnard's debt to Japanese art.

Bonnard's longevity, I think, has kept him from having more of a reputation as an innovator. A quick overview of Bonnard's work shows that he was still painting postimpressionism toward the middle of the 20th Century. His use of different points of view and contrasting colors, and the subservience of the object to the idea make him more than a late impressionist. Basically, I like this guy's work, and this book helped me answer my question, "What is it about this man's painting that I like?"