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This outstanding book is not just about a make of cars which is represented in most museum collections. It is about the invention of the automobile industry. A compelling story well told.

Great fun to read about an industrial manufacturer located 'way off' the main path of industrial America -- in Upstate NY! I worked @ GMC Truck & Coach in 1966 so I am fascinated with auto/truck assembly-line detail (several pictures of the inside of the factory in Syracuse). But a large part of the book is devoted to the individuals who ran the firm as well as interviews with lowliest shop floor seasonal workers. The company survived and briefly thrived in a hostile environment -- geographically & economically. I would have loved to see photos included of the car's laminated wood frame! Also, toward the 1930's when they used bodies from Reo (in Lansing Mi) was a real inspiration in 'modular assembly'!

Mr. Powell has done an outstanding job to research and record so many fascinating aspects of the permutations of the company founded by H.H. Franklin.

This book holds your interest throughout its 400+ pages, and includes personal interviews with former employees who were part of the Franklin Automobile Company.

As President of The H.H. Franklin Club, Inc., I applaud Mr. Powell for his in-depth research, and encourage anyone interested in the Franklin Automobile and how early automobile companies were formed to read this book.

The Franklin automobile was produced in Syracuse, NY, from 1902 to 1934. They were the most successful air-cooled auto in US history!

Check it out!

Crammed into a boxcar with a bunch of strangers and their packs, duffle bags and rifles, on a train that rattles along in the night headed for who knows where, Reuben Crane, just 18, goes to war. Leon Powell's The Gapfiller, brings the young soldier's discomfort, bewilderment and ever present fear in the pit of his stomach, front and center with an immediacy reminiscent of World War II artist Bill Mauldin's "G. I. Joe". Reuben's fellow squad members have little in common with each other or with this quiet boy fresh from a Tennessee farm. The author's description of the esprit de corps that develops is thoughtfully crafted and shows an understanding of human relationships that reaches beyond the confines of his story.

Well-written story by a former Army Airbone trooper tells a saga of a young Upper South Everyman, Reuban Cain, who plugs the gap as a World War II post-Battle of the Bulge replacement. Cain's trip across Europe is not without danger, but it is tempered by the camaradie of his squad, some are good guys, some not. It's a good sequel to other World War II adventures.

The author tells the story of a young, green recruit, Reuben Cain, who joins an Airborne Infantry unit. Cain, an everyman from the Upper South, must interact with other squad members, some good, some bad. After a brief interlude in Paris and a visit to the infamous Rue Pigalle, Cain moves up to front. Dead bodies appear. The author's tone is realistic and occasionally gritty as he unfolds this war story through young Cain's eyes. It's well-written and a good read. If you've read Ambrose's D-Day work or seen the film "Saving Private Ryan", you'll appreciate this tale as a useful sequel about war at the squad level. The author's background as explained on the book cover gives him special insight in developing this fictional memoir.

"Glen Canyon Dammed," to me, is about as good as nonfiction books get. It's got great characters, a historic story, fascinating information, and an author that feels completely trustworthy. The book is one of the fairest, most objective books out there on the subject of Glen Canyon and Lake Powell. It realizes that Glen Canyon was someplace wonderful, and that Lake Powell may be as well. It questions the very subjective idea of wilderness, deftly examines a very difficult topic, and challenges the cliches that often accompany any discussions of this matter.
Jared Farmer has written a book for those on both sides of this issue, though I've no doubt the author has a decisive opinion of his own. He presents old facts with new information, and shapes a perception of the area and of the issue that's both insightful and unique.
I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read about this issue, about the West, or about the environment. No one should be allowed to gripe against either side of this contorversy without having read this book first.

Biases first: I'm a rabid "drain the lake"er.

Still, one's arguments can only benefit from an effective challenge, and Farmer provides this in spades. An impassioned environmentalist, Farmer nonetheless points out that artificial environments are pretty much what we live in, and that if we look only to "untrammeled wilderness" as the source of our connection with nature, we're likely to run out of that wilderness in short order.

This book is an effective history of Glen Canyon, but it's also a critical analysis of wilderness tourism in the whole of Southern Utah, and a cogent deconstruction of our attitudes toward built versus natural landscapes. And unlike many such tomes (Stephen Pyne's valuable if turgid How the Canyon Became Grand comes to mind) Farmer writes his critique in a personable, approachable voice. It's rare to see a capable writer approach such a multifaceted subject without fear of using the first person singular pronoun. Eminently readable.

This book is well written and enjoyable. It presents the case from those that wish to drain Lake Powell but is does so quite fairly and does give decent coverage to the pros of Lake Powell and and the access and beauty created by the massive Glen Canyon Dam.

Perhaps Mr Farmer angered more than he pleased but that usually shows that he is not completely one one side or the other.

A worthwhile read.

This second volume of The Goon does not live up to the standards of the first. It is a compilation set where you do not have one continuous running adventure, and that is not all bad. However, the stories just weren't as good to me. There were bright points, but for the most part I feel the series took a step back in these issues. Don't get me wrong I will still continue to purchase the series, but this was not my favorite, and I can't give it any more than an average review.

I recommend The Goon to ANYONE that likes any type of comic genre. Its a fresh fell and its unlike anything you've read before. It really blew me away, extremely recommended and a MUST BUY.

I am not a comic book expert by any means. My apetites tend towards those works with zombies in them, at least in recent years. That is what drew me to The Goon, and I picked up Nothin' But Misery and this title, assuming they were the first two, but have come to realize that I need to read Rough Stuff as well.
I read both books back to back and enjoyed them both as gleefully twisted tales of zombies and other dark forces pitted against a ham handed superhero of sorts who is a mobster and a town's savior at the same time.
Again, I don't read a lot of superhero comics so I have not long line of graphic novels to compare this series to, so all I know is that I love the crazy way that Eric Powell's mind works. He strikes me as some sort of mad genius who has a severe case of ADD, at least in this particular book, moving with manic grace from one tale to another.
Certainly, I have more to learn about the Goon's realm and will be reading the rest of the books available here on Amazon, but this and Misery did not just wet my apetite, it has given me a real hunger for more of the irratic lunacy that is the Goon.

This book is an excellent source of Florida's mysteries. From one end of the state to the other, the author investigates ghosts, hauntings, and things that go bump in the night. As a resident, I enjoyed this guide to the unknown Florida. If you enjoy mysteries or ghost stories you need to read this book.

Dull, dull, dull.

I can't understand how a topic ripe with drama and suspense can be tranformed into the most boring accounts of the supernatural I've ever read.

Powell dryly regurgitates the stories he's heard with little interest in drawing the reader into the story he tells. His stories are additionally punctuated with random comments of the people and places Powell happened to pass on his "research".

I'd highly recommend skipping this book. I was so disappointed.

This is the best book, to date, about the many ghosts of Florida. It is well-researched and contains photos of the haunted sites. I highly recommend it.

hey, if you read this book, you don't have to read the boring old ilid and odyssey, cause their summarized right here, hooray! this book is good.

Powell is a leading Homer scholar and this is simply the best single book to read alongside the Iliad and Odyssey and attain a round sense of the Homeric poems, Homeric scholarship, and the socio-historical milieu that produced them. It is appropriate for undergraduates and I assign it in my courses on Homer.

This book is a precise and concise beautiful introduction to the poetry, the text, the philological issues, the history and the 'Homer-question' of the Illiad and the Odyssey. By 'concise' I mean up to the point that satisfies a non-specialist reader without burdening too much details. This book serves the purposes of a specialist reader and an outsider as well with good bibliography. However the philological problem may not have been introduced at the beginning, on the contrary the section on "Readers' Homer" may have been the choice for the first section. However that may be the author's choice as he is an experienced professor. The classroom experience must have been the reason for this. I myself has been on the look for just this type of introduction on Homer.

Arthur Powell has once again made an excellent contribution to the analysis of independent education. Deftly weaving the history of the "prep" school, he gives insight into the current attitudes and tremendous evolution of independent schools. Both the parent of future prep student as well as educators in the system benefit tremendously from this book. Powell does not paint an entirely rosy picture; he confronts issues of institutions unwilling to change, sometimes mediocre teaching, and the hairy issues surrounding the college application process. This insight is balanced by utterly devoted teachers and institutions, the benefits of the independent school environment (little to no violence, personal attention that public schools can often not afford, and teache rs and staff highly motivated to know students and expand their horizons). Powell nevertheless provides tremendous insight into the independent school system and paints a picture of hope for a system willing and able to change with people who wish to create the best environment for children.

I went to private school so I picked this up and couldn't put it down. I think it's geared more to professional educators, but anyone interested in the future of education should read the book. Basically, the author observes some things that seem to work in private schools--that justify the expense, that make them different. This is very helpful and informative, but then he goes on to suggest how they can be utilized in the public sector, for everyone. It's a shame more schools and parents don't read this book.

The subject matter and content are good, but the writing style is a bit exhausting. A better editor and more thought to organization would have made this an excellent book.

I was amazed by this book, just couldn't put it down. Believe me, there is a lot of passion in "Manhattan Passion." The love scenes just sizzle, and they are completely woven into the story--not gratuitous at all, just hot. Julia is a fully drawn personality, with real desires and thoughts--and boy does she have a lot of pent-up desires unfolding throughout these pages. It's a great read, fun, romantic, and the mystery about her disappeared husband keeps you turning pages. I thought maybe being a "Black Lace" book there would be a bunch of meaningless love encounters. It wasn't like that at all: This is a real novel that has all the heat of one of "those" kinds of books but with real romance and real characters: You care about what happens to these people.

This is one great contemporary erotic novel! Manhattan Passion gripped me from beginning to end. Even though I prefer erotica written in third person, this one is as entertaining and as fun as a chick-lit novel. Julia, an art conservator at a New York museum, decides to leave her husband. David is a drug addict, but Julia suspects that there are more serious problems with him, especially after he disappears with all of their money. While she tries to regain her finances, Julia discovers her sexuality working at the Where Everything Happens club. There are some sensual and insatiable scenes as Julia shatters all of her inhibitions...

What I like most about this novel is the plot development. There is a plausible story that moves in a fluid and steady motion. And, as mentioned earlier, the one-person narrative gives it a fun, contemporary feel not unlike a chick-lit novel. Also, there are no gratuitous sex scenes in this novel. Each erotic scene is well structured and illustrates Julia's slow metamorphosis from a repressed married woman to an uninhibited and wanton sexpot. I love the scene between Julia and Jack and how she is able to decipher the difference between having sex and making love. A truly erotic scene! The only thing that I didn't like about this novel is that sometimes the dialogue is a bit disjointed at times. The author is unable to get the voice and message across, making the dialogue seem wooden. Other than that, Manhattan Passion is great contemporary erotica! Antoinette Powell is a great new author. A great new offering from Black Lace! Highly recommended...

The story will grab you from the first sentence as our heroine has decided that she's had enough and wasn't going to take it any more.

Grabbing whatever cash she could get her hands on she dons her fur coat and steps out into the streets of Manhattan for her new life. With the help of her school girfriend, Zoe, and Vivian Li, the young and lithe neighbour, she starts to explore the world of 'no holds barred' sex and sensuality .... The fact that her husband was the ONLY man she had ever been with in her married life seems to add that spicy naughtiness and realism to a great geat erotic story ....

The author certainly not only knows women and what goes through their minds, but, she is also able to write about it making the reader feel he is there and vicariously taking part of the deflowering of an 'every day' common woman ... WOW

I was very skeptical about this method of blood glucose control, but after a friend tried it and lost five pounds, I thought I'd give it a try.

I shop according to the pantry lists in the book and find that my family's overall food costs have decreased - along with my weight, thanks to the "bigger bodies" meal plan sample. Also, it gives a couple of different nutrient profiles (% cho, % fat, % pro) to choose from. I like the Paleolithic profile (Caveman), personally.

I like most of the recipes in the book and am able to change them a little to suit my tastes while maintaining the nutritional integrity of the dish. The food is not dull or boring. I really like the meal suggestions - they teach me what my meals need to "look" like. The authors even included a meal planner suitable for kids, which is great, since Type II is a hereditary condition.

Best of all, I have been able to reduce my bg levels to a normal range, lose weight and have A LOT of energy to get the execise in that completes my lifestyle goal.

There are couple of recipes that sounded like something I would like, but turned out not very tasty, so I scored the book a "4". Still, I highy recommend this book.
I am a skeptic, turned believer.

Very well written book... Easy to understand... I wish all doctors would read this. It totally makes sence now...

Very good reading. Easy to understand in order to incorporate the foods into your diet.

I found following the glycemic program has enabled me to still enjoy the foods I love and to actually feel very healthy at the same time. It has affected my moods, my cravings, and relationship with food and my emotions. Thank you for this book - I believe the low glycemic program should be under consideration to replace the food pyramid!

This book helps the reader understand why whole grains and fiber help to lose wight. The recipes in the book are definitely worth trying. The idea is to eat less and be less hungry. My husband has lost 30 pounds thanks to the information in this book.

If you don't know much about nutrition and metabolism this book contains lots of good information. I found the the GI ratings of different foods very useful and the recipes are excellent.