Stuart Books

Barbour's book (probably not the definitive on the subject of the classic movie serials) is an outstanding reference compendium and source guide for cinema's golden age. The edition clearly outlines an entire host of serials that appeared on the silver screen during the motion picture business's infancy, and the author even goes to great length (where the information is available) to credit the serials various inspirations throughout the ensuing years. Additionally (a great pleasure for this movie viewer), CLIFFHANGER is replete with black and white photos (excellent reproductions from the original negatives) of major characters and serials from this vintage era. A truly wonderful and inspiring book, penned clearly by an author with a love of the subject material.

Mr Barbour's book is a loving look back to the exciting days of the movie serial. The book is lavishly illustrated with rare photgraphs and lobby cards. Chapters look at different genres of the serial and the elements that made them great: the stunt men, the villains and the two- fisted leading leading men and women. If you want to discover what inspired the " Indiana Jones" movies (and Zorro) , seek out this book!

This eye-opener will keep you on the edge of your seat. The book is readable, authoritative, very well researched, and profound. The author really did his homework, presenting strong arguments supported by impeccable proof and illustrations. The author seems to interact with the reader with his eloquent style. A very important work which clears up any mystery as to what's really going on. Every thinking person needs to read this book.

Finally a book that sheds light on the current and historical condition of this world. A well written, clear, powerful and concise delivery as to who the real power brokers are and why. The author asks plausible and powerful questions of the reader. You cannot help but ask yourself, "What if this were really true?"
If you ever needed something to help connect the dots and complete the jigsaw as to who "rules" this planet and why? This is it. A book that has it all, if you want to start your research......start here.

This is the way that the world saw Abraham Lincoln. The photos, the statues, the hundreds of items produced after his death. Besides a book for collectors, this is a socialogical study of the diefication of a man. Recently, hundreds of thousands of people turned out for Princess Diana's funeral. When Lincoln died, a greater percentage of the population turned out for the many funeral processions. Lincoln's body was takend from city to city to satisfy the public's need to mourn. The variety and volume of items commemorating Lincoln is incredible.

BEING A LINCOLN SCHOLAR FOR MANY YEARS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!IT CONTAINS EVERYTHING A FAN OF LINCOLN WOULD WANT.IF YOU ARE AN ADMIRER OF LINCOLN LIKE I AM THIS BOOK IS A MUST!!!!!!!

Receiving my copy of this book is always a good day. The book has real (not articificially inflated) prices of actively-traded comics, as well as credible insights into the marketplace and readable interviews with industry pros. I highly recommend it.

The Perfessor

Comics Values Annual 2006 is Krause Publications, publishers of the long-running Comic Buyer's Guide. I've been a big fan of KP's comic price guides as a great alternative to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. My main problem with Overstreet is the endless pages of ads you get in each new edition that grows longer each year. I don't need 150 pages of dealer ads and with eBay, who really needs these dealers anyway? I just want prices and information which is what Comics Values Annual 2006 delivers in a no-frills package.

This edition gives a brief overview of the industry, a grading guide, and features an interview with Ghost Rider artist Mark Texeira, before getting right to the guide and prices. The CV Annual is very different from the Overstreet in its layout, Rather than simply list each title alphabetically, this guide lists titles alphabetically by MAJOR publisher beginning with DC and then continuing with Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, Classics Illustrated, and then tossing in miscellaneous Golden Age titles, Misc. B & W, titles, and misc. color titles from modern publishers like Valiant, Gold Key, Gladstone, Malibu, etc...Now this may not be to every collector's liking as we've been conditioned to one type of delivery, but I personally like it. I mean it's still a Marvel and DC world to most collectors, especially in regards to Silver and Golden Age books so why have to thumb through all the junk no one's interested in when Marvel and DC have their own sections.

The editors have obviously ordered the book by importance with the DC and Marvel sections first, followed by the miscellaneous Golden Age titles, followed by the Dark Horse and Image sections before the final misc. section with Classics Illustrated bringing up the rear. The other major difference is that the Comic Values Annual lists each issue (almost) separately, rather than just a span of issues. This allows the book to list important information for each issue such as the initials of a noted artist or writer, the story title, special character appearances, etc...

If I had to say the one huge advantage that the Comics Values Annual 2006 has over the Overstreet guide its that it is more user-friendly. The Guide lists only a NM value for each book but the grading guide in the back of the book easily allows you to figure out prices for any grade of comic. In all there are over 94,000 comics listed. Krause keeps putting out great comic book price guides and they have become my book of choice and I've been a collector for over thirty years!

Reviewed by Tim Janson

For those interested in this subsection of IPE this is a great introductory textbook. It highlights the various systems under use and the last third focuses on very interesting phenomena that has been occurring recently, privatization. It is very clearly written and you do not need much background in economics to get a lot out of this book.

This is what every economics textbook should aspire to be: detailed, clear and compelling to read. Perhaps the greatest resource is the notes and extensive suggested readings after each chapter (grouped by topic).
There is however one downside. Since this is such an extraordinary text you may not find too many used editions to purchase. This one's a keeper!

Thers two things you need to know. First, this is a great guide to spirits and how their made, my personal favorite. Second, the books still in print and you can get it for 10 dollars at borders instead of paying 150 dollars.

This book has got great info inside. Where the drinks were first made to when they were made. It's a great little book for ideas, because it has what flavourings are in each drink so you can kind of make up the drinks for yourself but cheaply.

Although it is now almost fifty years since the first edition appeared, a recent rereading reminded me why this has long been considered the essential English-language oveview of the social thought of turn-of-the-century continental Europe (Germany, France, Italy, and Austria). Hughes focuses on the central issues in social theory--positivism, pragmatism, idealism, irrationalism, materialism, liberalism--as they were addressed by the most innovative and influential thinkers of the period (notably Freud, Durkheim, Croce, Bergson, Sorel, and Pareto, and--Hughes' hero--Weber). Hughes assess ideas at a high level of abstraction, so this is probably not the book for a reader with no previous acquaintance with modern social theory. And although he sketches in the social and political background and offers penetrating biographical sketches, Hughes does not undertake the kind of close reading exemplified by Carl Schorske's Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, which demonstrates the intimate links between intellectuals' life experience and their ideas. But not many works of history age this well. One sign of Hughes' success: closing this book, I wanted to pick up Freud and Durkheim and Weber again.

This is an important book that is deservedly back in print and well worth reading at a time when we seem to be reliving the mistakes of the positivistic surge at the end of the nineteenth century, deja vu all over again. The crash of the Hegelian movement and the reversal of thought in the post-Hegelian generation saw many influenced by the (quite metaphysical) Comtean positivism, among them none other than Charles Darwin. The effect is practically cast in granite in the works of Marx who unwittinlgy signatures the trend. The tide of positivism carrying its distinct set of hidden metaphysical premises and limits was fairly well exposed at the time, but in the age of dominant Darwinism it has made a comeback in disguise. Hughes goes through the whole development tracing the stream of influences and gives us an significant portrait of intellectual history we seemed doomed to relive none the wiser. (Reviewed from memory, I think I got it right)

I could not put this book down. All I can say is if you loved Jane Yolens book "Greyling" as a child, you will love the shape-shifting hero O'Neal, and his ghostly family. This book is as good as it gets.

This is another wonderful tale from Stuart who gives you big book quality even in series romance. He is naturally dark and brooding, the O'Neil, living with his housekeeper and son on the edge of the Maine coast, hiding from deep dark secrets and torments that he could not save him family from drowning. Cursed to live alone.
She runs off the road in the middle of a hurricane to avoid hitting a ghostly little girl and it plunges her car into the deep waters of the sound. Just as she thought she was dying she is saved by O'neil.

Taking the old worst opening line to start a book and making it a title, Stuart gives you one great supernatural tale and another of her dark tormented heroes.

This book was very exciting and hard to put down once you began reading. It had me starving of curiosity from the mystery and events that took place throughout each chapter. The book includes details describing the scenes and emotions of the characters which made me feel like I was part of the events that were taking place. This book is full of excitement, mystery and laughter. Good job Stu!!!!!!!!!!!

Daytona Dirt is a refreshing edge-of-the-seat murder mystery set in a world not very well known to most readers--the off-track dirt bike Enduro racing scene. This novel has a unique Florida setting. Every time I thought I had the mystery figured out there would be a new twist in the plot. It has engaging characters, romance, and action adventure. I simply could not put it down until I finished it.

Ms Bailey has written an outstanding, well paced mystery. I look forward to her next installment of Lizzie Stuart.

I enjoyed this book tremendously. Ms. Bailey does such a wonderful job describing, not only the global atmosphere but also the little nuances. Her characters are drawn with broad strokes and they truly grow on you. It's fascinating how slowly she's developing the relationship between the Chief and Lizzie. I'm such an impatient person, but I find myself savoring the build-up of two people getting to know each other. I hope they've covered much more ground, however, if and when the next installment is published. I truly hope there is another book, because it is original and fresh - truly entertaining.