Lincoln Books

All of the books in this series are great. My son started reading these to do a second grade book report. He had to read them all after that first one!

Great book for any cat lover

author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

A great book for the child who loves cats.

author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

Thank you, Paul Bahn, for making this book! I am planning a trip to Europe exclusively to visit cave art sites. I have been trying to find information about caves that are still open to the public, but was having a really hard time on my own finding anything helpful. My search has come to an end! This book has a wealth of information which will undoubtedly be invaluable for planning and during my trip. It covers more than 50 caves and relevant museums/centers throughout England, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy that are open to the public.

Each cave is arranged by country. It has a description of the site and what there is to see as well as the histories and interesting facts about them. Coupled with the description is a list of practical information about the site which includes:

- The site's address, telephone, fax, website, and e-mail address
- Nearest city/town
- Nearest airport
- Nearest car rental
- Nearest train station
- Nearest bus route
- Nearest taxi or private car hire
- Restaurants in the vicinity
- Hotels in the vicinity

Then it has a list of questions which are each answered with as much detail as possible for each site. The questions are:

- When is the cave open?
- Admission prices?
- Storage facilities?
- Do you have to make a group?
- Can you reserve a place in a group?
- Languages of the guides?
- Length of tour?
- Is the cave privately owned?
- Is there a gift shop?
- Are there WC facilities?
- Handicapped access?
- Is there any climbing necessary?
- Distance to walk?
- Level of fitness required?
- Equipment required?
- What are the conditions inside the cave?
- Is it lit?
- Is it slippery?
- Is photography allowed?

There are maps and an informative introduction to the book that explains a lot about what to expect when you visit these sites. There is also some interesting information about cave art itself. There are many full color photos of the art you can expect to see. It is apparent that great care went into creating this guide. It far surpassed my expectations. It is clear, easy to read, and up to date. I can't wait to use it to help me plan my trip to Europe!

Hudson Valley historian Lincoln Diamant presents Chaining The Hudson: The Fight For The River In The American Revolution, a fascinating history and narration of the naval battles of the American Revolutionary War that were fought along the Hudson River. Especially focussing upon the incredible five-year blockade of the Royal Navy, and grounded firmly in the logs, diaries, personal letters, and other rare historical documents and primary sources, Chaining The Hudson is a vivid account of a standoff that made history, which practically transports the reader to see history in the making. Informative and highly recommended reading.

Christopher & James Lincoln Collier devote the final three volumes of The Drama of American History series to what has happened in the United States since the end of World War II. "The United States in the Cold War, 1945-1989" covers the international tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union/Red China that threatened to become a "hot" war (with the potential use of nuclear weapons) for over forty years. "The Middle Road: American Politics, 1945-2000" looks at the swings of the political pendulum back and forth between Democrats (liberals) and Republicans (conservatives) during this period. Finally, "The Changing Face of American Society, 1945-2000" tries to cover everything else, from economic national prosperity and the impact of technological advances to the Civil Rights movement and the social turmoil of the Sixties.

This final volume in this excellent history of the United States is divided into six chapters: (1) Sudden Wealth deals with the prosperity that the nation enjoyed after the end of World War II and the new world of suburbia and consumer goods into which the Baby Boomer generation would be born; (2) A Better Deal for African-Americans looks at the desegregation of the military and public schools in the South; (3) The Civil Rights Movement Gathers Steam details the success of non-violent protests from the Montgomery Bus boycott to the March on Washington and the passage of the civil rights bill in the wake of the Kennedy assassination; (4) The Upheavals of the 1960s tries to cram a lot of significant social change into a single chapter, covering the rise of the drug culture, the popularity of rock `n' roll music, counterculture hippies, communes, women's liberation, recycling, and protesting the war in Vietnam; (5) The March of Science tries to isolate a few key technological developments--atomic energy, jet propulsion, television, and computers-to show their massive impact on American society; and (6) The Changing Character of America tires to characterize the difference between the United States that exists in the new millennium with the one that existed at the end of World War II, doing so in the context of basic issues like immigration and health.

If there is an inherent weakness to these last three volumes in The Drama of American History series it is simply because the Colliers do not have the same benefit of hindsight they have with American history prior to World War II. In terms of the number of years being covered, these three volume fall in the middle of the series and we can easily conceive of the Colliers' grandchildren updating and expanding the series in terms of a series of books devoted specifically to the impact of technology, the radical changes in culture, the evolving ethnic composition of the country, that look at a century's worth of history by the time we get to the centennial of D-Day. Until then, these volumes will certainly do. I very much appreciated the "central core" approach of these volumes, that tries to provide the big picture of American history rather than the minute details of dates and places. Even history teachers whose schools cannot afford classroom sets of these volumes can still use them as a way of structuring their courses and supplementing the material in the traditional sort of textbook (there is no law that says you have to proceed chronologically through such a book). Finally, just in case we have missed the point, the final line of this 23 volume series reminds us: "Knowing history matters, because it tells what sacrifices must be made and how much we must know in order to maintain our liberties."

My seven year old nephew and I read this book one rainy day and we both thought that it was great. The colors and the story were well thought out and we would like to find other books like it.

THIS BOOK OFFERS REFERENCE TO MANY AUTOMOTIVE QUESTIONS AND REPAIR PLATFORM FOR THE DIY!S OF THE WORKFORCE.

Say what you want about oppressive regimes, they always have the best propaganda. Art, when made to serve the purpose of convincing a population that what is going on around them is actually great and wonderful even though they are starving, produces something eerily inspiring, something that taps into a subconscious desire to believe in those in power.

This is the artwork in "Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution". These are images of a bright future, where the land is abundant and serves the will of the people, where industry is clean and progressive, bringing fair income to everyone, where everyone pulls their weight with a smile and Chairman Mao shines light on us all. The art here is joyful, optimistic and hopeful. It makes you feel good to look at it. It makes you feel bad knowing that this optimistic, hopeful future never materialized, and was followed by starvation and oppression.

But this is so much more than just a picture book. The author, Ann Tompkins collected these posters while living in China during the Cultural Revolution, a full participant in Mao's glorious dream who wanted to live and work alongside the people forging this Brave New World. Reading her introduction is a bit shocking. I expected a historical critique on the nature of propaganda, not the flip side of the coin, someone who believes in the dream and remains inspired by the message.

And through her eyes, I saw these posters from a different perspective. How progressive, how revolutionary they were at the time. Here were positive images of women working in factories, firing guns and conducting scientific experiments during a time when they were expected to be house wives and mothers. Here were glorious scenes of all human beings struggling together, separated not by race, religion or gender, but bound by the brotherhood of the proletariat. The fact that it failed: is it the fault of the dream or the dreamers? This is the kind of art that makes you ask those questions.

As both an art book and a history book, "Chinese Posters" succeeds beautifully. I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to, especially after reading the introductions and then looking at the posters in a whole new light.

The lack of copies of this book is due to that the manuscript was an NSF funded projects and a limited number of mimeograph copies were printed.

I discovered one of these copies in the Library of Congress, in 1969.

As Ackoff mentions in the book, he does not provide new tools for existing disciplines, but, rather a new toolbox with quite useful structure for those who wish to understand human behavior and those who wish to improve the well-being of our humanity. Expect every sentence to challenge more traditional forms of thought.

For my further comments, look under "On Purposeful Systems" which was the title chosen for the Aldine-Atherton reprint of this monograph. In my opinion, the added co-author, Fred E. Emery, only added confusion to the extremely well conceived set of "operational definitions" concerning words that relate to human behavior.