Turner Books

Luck placed the author in Germany at the perfect time to chronicle an unprecedented historical event (German reunification), as well as the response of the German Labor Movement. Turner does an excellent job of synthesizing complex issues and events in a way that appeals to both a labor movement novice and an expert. A critical foundation for anyone who wants to understand the issues confronting the European Community, and Germany, today.

GEN Ent's Fighting on the Brink is a "must-buy" for anyone interested in the Korean War. It is well-researched and documented with an extensive footnote section, bibliography, and index. The documentation includes both official documentation and secondary sources. It has the "big" picture of the fighting during the period. The book contains the all-important maps necessary to understand military history. It also has an impressive collection of official and private photographs. The book is "personalized" by the extensive use of personal recollections of the fighting. The book is well-written editorially by a veteran of the fighting.

In summary, the book is THE book to buy on the Pusan Perimeter.

This book makes a good text for beginning film students who need an understanding of film history as well as a picture of the ways media affect our lives. It presents film as interactive, not only in terms of the immediate experience, but in the ways audiences affect the daily decisions made in the business and in the ways today's educated film goers affect the uses directors and writers can make of the medium. Readers gain insight into the mysterious ways movies are born, into the major film theories, and into the way film-makers see their movies as part of a larger social context. The lay reader with a general interest in film will find the chapter on Westerns interesting because it explores a genre in depth and reveals how the movies see genre as a symbolic language. Although the word "genre" itself appears frequently in film reviews, readers generally do not seem to fully understand its importance to the movie business. The book summarizes creative, economic, and historical issues regarding film as a pervasive influence in our lives as more and more movies extend themselves into markets beyond the entity of the celluloid itself. All the peripherals such as action toys, books, music, videos, cereal, clothing, etc. are explored to help us realize the global impact movies have throughout our daily existence. If you like the movies and want to understand more about them as a world wide phenomenon, this is a good overview.

Book, Hardcover, Final Voyages
I found this book to be a most excellent read. I was suprised in that it far exceded what I had been expecting.

I have been impressed with the breadth and depth of The Fire and the Rose. It is a wonderful synthesis of many fields of knowledge, from theology to quantum physics. I am surprised that this Matrix theory is not more widely read and available. I hope that more people will read it.

This book is a "coffee table" sized history of the FDNY. I was also surprised to learn that it is the offical history as written by a member of the FDNY. It is a must have for any fire collector or people who are interested in the FDNY. It is packked with color photos and a comprehensive text outlining the department's history since 1865. It has a section that I haven't seen anywhere else, individual photos of the firefighters killed on 9-11. Having seen so much about that horrible act, nothing brought home the tragedy like seeing the photos of the brave souls who lost their lives taht day. While there are many books on 9-11 that provide great history such as 102 minutes, FDNY: The bravest fills a gap that no other book does. It provides an insider look the department's photos and account of the event.

The Bravest is fact based, no nonsense history that tells it like it was and has a deep and rich historic perspective that other books cannot deliver.

Academic objectivity is a great excuse to avoid taking sides. PB presents a clear challenge to that excuse with this argument. Compare this with the argument from "Empire" and "Multitudes" (Hardt and Negri). A critique of their hypothesis runs along PB's approach and it does not seem to resolve in my mind. Both are difficult and rather abstract. I would normally retreat to narrative analysis and seek escape and avoid taking sides! PB presents the inescapable dilemma. This calls for a rereading of "Pascalian Meditations".

Short but very thought provoking as always.

Since I consider my self tone-deaf any book that can actually remedy this to some effect is a welcome addition to my book shelves. The truth is I bought this book not for my self but for my seven year old daughter who had earlier during the year started attending piano lessons. The book is very cleverly illustrated both so as to capture and maintain the attention of a child as well as to make learning how to play the piano as easy as possible. I consider my daughter the best critic of how useful this book remains for her even though my daughter's piano teacher was also quite impressed by its contents. If you have a child who has just started learning how to play the piano or if the child within you wants to have another go at learning how to read music and also play such a magnificent instrument then this book is highly recommended both for its simplicity and effectiveness.

Couldn't find anything like this is town. Just what I was looking for!

As a fellow former Marine I found this to be a facinating book. Jerry and Jack recorded the first hand accounts of the battles and day to day lives of the men who manned the 9 flame tanks used in the Korean War. They have many facinating stories such as trying to get Luke the Gook routed from his ridge and then attempting to back down an icy and snow covered road after using their napalm and explosive rounds on the target. As often happens in combat and the field, things go wrong, the tank slides down the hill only to be caught by a tree. It takes several days to get the tank out and not only do they have to deal with the weather and terrain, but an enemy dropping hundreds of mortar rounds on their recovery operation.

It is one thing to be shot during battle, but the Flame Platoon instilled the fear of being burned alive.