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This reference book tells you everything that you wanted to know about trials, but were afraid to ask. It is an excellent reference work for law students or inexperienced trial lawyers who want to grasp the fundamentals of trial techniques, so as to at least look and sound as if they know what they are doing. It is a comprehensive work that covers methodology, as well as trial strategy.

The book gives the reader instructive examples on ways of accomplishing a specific task, which, while not dispositive, are invaluable to the inexperienced. It gives the novice a starting point from which one may develop his or her own particular style. The book offers basic trial techniques without which no novice trial lawyer should be. It is your basic primer on trial work with the emphasis on jury trials. It is well organized and easy to follow. If you only have room for one trial techniques book on your shelf, this should be the one.

There is not really anything anyone can say about Trial Techniques, other than it is the Trial Bible for all up and coming litigators (and even many current litigators). A staple of America's law school classes, Trial Techniques is wonderful guide to not only give order, but an advantageous edge, to one's trial preparatons. Professor Mauet puts forth useful information in an easy to use format. Not only is he a great writer, but a wonderful lecturer on his techniques. If you have any use for attempting to organize a trial, or if you are a student of the law, this book is for you.

I actually picked this book up under it's alternative title "Dancing with Kings" as a light 'puff-piece' read between heavier historical biographies & am very glad I did. It is well written and especially interesting for those who like their European history. I was especially interested to discover that the heroine of the story was based on fact and that the more incredible 'plot turns' in Countess Sophie's life, were actually true. Am amazed we haven't heard more of her before. It's not a deep book nor is Sophie especially sympathetic as a heroine, however it's possibly the honesty of the story and the characters that made it a far more intelligent and entertaining read than I had expected.

I loved this book. The novel is set up in two slightly differing times and circumstances. It describes a life of Sophie Glavani-Potocka, a famous courtesan born in Greece in a poor family. Sophie later moved to Poland where she married the very important aristocrat. She was able to change her status thanks to her beauty, intelligence and shrewdness. The history of Poland, the history of Europe of that time (turn of 18th and 19th centuries) is intertwined in her life. The characters live and breathe and their world is filled with fascinating details.

I really recommend it to everybody. It is a very joyful and interesting book.

If you are looking for non-hybrid vegetable seed sources, this is the book for you. It lists vegetables, their characteristics and where their seed may be obtained. I own a copy and have spent hours enjoying it. I don't consider myself a zealot, just an avid gardener who is interested in preserving the vegetable gene pool, and trying some old varieties. I was interested in finding disease and insect resistant varieties. If your library has this book you can take a look at it before buying to be sure it is what you are looking for. I had to have my own copy.

Printed on the inside of the cover there are praises for "Garden Seed Inventory," and rightly so, for it is a valuable, "one of a kind" catalogue of all the vegetable seeds offered by garden seed companies in North America.

Dr. Harlan, retired professor of plant genetics (there's a clue for you) states that the book is for "enthusiastic gardeners, plant breeders and those interested in the preservation of seed stocks." Now I think of myself as an enthusiastic amateur gardener, but it will take a whole lot more than my enthusiasm to really make this tome useful. This is a book that a professor of plant genetics should have. This is the book that the owners of one of the 255 seed companies listed in the book should have, and this is the book that a seed zealot would have, but not your normal `enthusiastic gardener'.

Don't get me wrong, this book is extremely valuable to the right person. As Wendell Berry said, "The saving of seeds has become a matter of the greatest importance, for we are on the verge of losing the genetic diversity of our food crops.". Over the last 20 years, because of mega-transnational corporations buying out the small seed companies, there has been a significant loss of local or regional varieties. Here's why; when a large corporation gets into the seed business they have to cover a large market, so they breed for a variety of vegetables plants that can grow anywhere across North America (hybrid) and dump the regional plants. In 1981, the first edition of "Garden Seed Inventory" there were 493 tomatoes (red) varieties available; by 1998 there were 108 still available (78% drop). Then again, in the same period, there were 546 new varieties brought to market.

What this book is really about is saving our vegetable heritage and assuring genetic preservation. It is the seed squealer of horticulture books. It will tell you which varieties are about to be dropped and it also helps you find regional varieties that you can plant, thus preserve the lineage. It is a great tool for those that are ready to move from enthusiastic gardener to zealous, non-hybrid vegetable seed gardener. However, for the rest of us Americans, we will probably plant our gardens with the seeds that were on the rack at the local stores and when they come up, if they come up, enthusiastically smile. Highly Recommended for the zealot, conditionally recommended for the rest of us.

GARDENING BY MAIL Now on its 5th edition Barbara J Barton's book is just about the most comprehensive directory of gardening resources available. My copy is very well thumbed! Very wide ranging but top class! Beg, steal, borrow or buy. Published by Houghton Mifflin. $24.00 ISBN 0 395-87770-9

This book is a wonderful resource of information that can't be found anywhere else. A must have for any serious gardener or want to be gardener. I have used this book(and other editions) many times with great success. I have been able to find with easy, that hard to find plant or seed. I highly recomend this book. You wont be disapointed in your purchase!

Until the publication of this remarkable new work, no single source could be used to identify and locate the records of the various countries of the Western Hemisphere. Given the extent and diversity of the records, this is hardly surprising; and yet the creation of such a source is precisely the task Christina Schaefer set herself. The immense body of records of the colonial period in the Western Hemisphere presents a serious challenge to the researcher--in some cases even a stumbling block--and therefore in this work Mrs. Schaefer has undertaken a systematic examination of the records to show the researcher where to find the most important genealogical records of the period and how to access them, all within the framework of a single encyclopedic volume.

Equally important, she has defined the various classes of records in each country, identified as many of them as is practicable in a book of this size, provided historical background and brief sketches of the records themselves, added a description of the principal holdings of the major repositories of each country, and has interwoven selected reading lists throughout. The reader will appreciate, of course, that the subject matter is vast, covering the colonial records of all the Americas, from Latin America to the Caribbean, from the original Thirteen Colonies to Canada and New France, so of necessity the author has been at pains to be as comprehensive as possible. In the end, she has put together a magnificent reference work, one that will guide all researchers, beginners and professionals alike, to the most direct and reliable route to the colonial records of the Western Hemisphere.

The scope of the work covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution, and the records described are the primary records used in genealogical research. However, the time line has been extended to provide more complete information in the following instances: U.S. states other than the Thirteen Colonies with records that begin prior to the Revolutionary War, until such time as they became part of the U.S. (possession, territory, state); Latin American countries, which did not declare their independence from Spain and Portugal until 1808 and later Canada through about 1841; Carribbean countries and dependencies to about 1810; The subject of slavery up to the abolition of the slave trade.

While the best sources of information regarding an immigrant ancestor can usually be found in the country to which he immigrated, there are, nevertheless, many important records still to be found in the country of origin--records which had either remained in the mother country or had been returned to the mother country: church records, for example, emigration and trade company records, indenture agreements, military records, missionary society records, probate records and wills, provincial land grants, and tax records. Thus the last section of this book provides information regarding the location of colonial records in such countries as Denmark, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland, and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

The range of the book is so remarkable that even the most seasoned researcher will find it breathtaking. What follows is a listing of the contents of the seven distinct parts that make up the whole. From this itemization the reader can draw his own conclusions about the value of the work as an indispensable desk reference: Chronology of colonial history and dates of first colonial governors, Colonies of Latin America arranged according to mother country, Colonies of the Caribbean, The Thirteen Colonies plus Maine and Vermont, Other U.S. States with settlements prior to the Revolution, Canada, and Resources for further research, including the ocation of colonial records in such countries as Denmark, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland, and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

"This extensive compilation will suggest numerous original and printed sources, leading the serious researcher to new and exciting works."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL (2000), p. 157.

"For Americans this is a valuable guide for Colonial research. It is especially useful for areas outside the U.S. where research guides are not common."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 30.

"This volume is a definite aid in facilitating research planning."--COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY REVIEW, p. 345.

Christina K. Schaefer has once again succeeded in giving the genealogical world a book that should be in everyone's library. As the title says, it covers all of the colonial Americas, North, Central and South. Not only does it provide information for each colony or nation, but it also gives resources available in the various European countries which colonized and changed the face of the Western Hemisphere. It's coverage is so complete that only a nation or area-specific book may contain more information. This book will go down in the annals of genealogical scholarship as one of the best works ever produced, if not the best!

It had gotten to the point where Beryl was headed to the train station to watch another boy leave more that once a week. This was something she hated doing more than anything. It was during World War II and all of the boys were being shipped away and getting new lives, and she and the other women were left all alone. Beryl kept a diary during this time of everything that was going on. She got a job making goods for the war, because that made her feel like she was being patriotic, since she couldn't do anything bigger. She was on an assembly line making air planes, and she loved the work. She quit high school so she could work more hours. Other than a few of her friends leaving, she hadn't been too involved until her cousin, Carmen left. It was horrible and his mother was so worried about him. And that got worse when a telegram came saying of how he was missing in action. His mother became depressed, and even more so when another telegram came saying he had been presumed dead. She was immediately better when I third telegram came weeks later saying he had been found and was being shipped to a near-by hospital. A lot of her friends didn't ever come home from the war, but when Carmen finally came home, the war was just ended. Beryl didn't have to go to the train station and watch anymore boys leave. This book was really good and just about anyone would like to read it. It's good for all ages. The way it was written with the journal entries for chapters and the surprise ending when Carmen is actually alive are both good ways the author wrote this book. Also the way that Joan and Beryl were friends even before Carmen came home.
The author wrote this book with each chapter as a journal entree, to give the effect that Beryl was telling the story. This made the book much more interesting and easier to get in to. I thought this let Beryl describe herself in a way, and be a narrator. It makes the book seem more realistic because she's writing in a diary, which is where you would tell all of your true thoughts. So through this you feel like you're reading exactly what she's thinking about everything.
In this book, the ending really brings the rest of the book together. When you finish it, it makes you feel like it was really good that you read the book. When Aunt Marie received the telegram saying he was missing, the readers immediate thoughts are that he's dead, and those thoughts are confirmed when the second letter comes saying that he'd been presumed dead. The reader had almost no hope, and the author managed to bring back the character alive for a successful happy ending.
Also, the way that the author made Carmen's girlfriend, Joan Beryl's friend was a good idea. Even though you could tell that Beryl was jealous, she still thought they were really good together, and could tell that Carmen really loved her. The way that Joan and Beryl kept in touch after Carmen went missing was a sort of hint that he was going to be found. Also, it was really good how Joan was brought back in the very end and it leaves you assuming that Joan and Carmen were married.
The girls they left behind was an excellent book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about wartime stories. It's a great book, and it's easy to get into the story line. It makes you want to finish it before you set it down. Just about any young reader would enjoy the events that take place in this book.
A. Stone

In a story drawn from events in her memoirs, Bernice Thurman Hunter uses potent realism in day by day descriptions to tell the story of one girl's transition to womanhood in the "greatest generation." The Girls They Left Behind tells about a young Canadian girl named Beryl who has to sit and watch friend after friend depart from Union Station to go off to war, leaving her behind. When even her cousin Carmen leaves, Beryl decides to move on with her life, and stand silently waving goodbye at the train station no longer. Changing her name to Natalie (deciding her other name is "not fit to print"), she gets a job helping the war effort. The things she learns from her correspondence with her "war boys" and daily life with others "they left behind" make up the heart and soul of this novel.

Tiny details like descriptions of blackout curtains, buying of war bonds, and letters that arrive unreadable because of censoring provide realistic descriptions of civilian life in wartime; while other details also keep the story rooted in the forties, like when Beryl (oops,Natalie) has to wash her hair with Sunlight and vinegar because of shampoo rationings, or only buy food with certain kinds of ration stamps, or when she and her friends paint their legs with bronzers and draw a line up the back of their legs when they can't afford to buy pantyhose stockings.

But the book isn't just a period piece. The story it tells of love and sacrifice and family is one just as important as any war novel about the heroism of soldiers in battle. While it may be directed to an audience primarily of girls rather than boys, it doesn't mean that anyone couldn't enjoy this easy-to-read, difficult-to-put-down story based on true events. I would recommend it as a good coming of age novel, and wouldn't be surprised to see it on teachers' lists to be used as a jumping off point for study about the Second World War. At not even 200 pages it is an easy read, but with a meaningful sentiment that is difficult to forget.

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Rev. Mahabirs book goes the distance in clearing up an issue that has befuddled many adherents of Christianity and theologians as well. Rev. Mahabirs acute insight into exegesis helped settle the confusion over this subject due to the many previous books that have been published on it in the past few years. This book is written not from personal opinion, but completely from the doctrine layed out in the scriptures of the Bible. I highly recommend this book to all Christians; so they may become aware of what is truly to come in the "End Times".

"The Glorious Appearing" is a book on prophecy that is easy to read and understand. You will find Scriptures, questions, comments and diagrams that will enable you to come to the conclusion that is scriptural about the Second Coming of Christ and the events that will precede and follow it. You will learn a great deal from the Bible. You will also be reminded of what God has prepared for those who put their trust in Jesus.

Using the Scriptures, the book shows unequivocally that there will be: one Second Coming (Matt. 25:31-46; 2 Thess. 1:6-10; Acts 3:21; 2 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 9:27-28), one resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15) and one day of judgment for all mankind (Matt. 25:31-46; Acts 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:1; 2 Pet. 3:7-13).

The preceding Scriptures refute Historic Premillennialism (two future resurrections and two judgments) and Dispensational Premillennialism (three future resurrections and three judgments). Matthew 24:6 disproves Postmillennialism which teaches that there will be a thousand years of peace and righteousness before the Second Coming of Christ. Only Amillennialism is supported by the Scriptures.

Amillennialism teaches that at the end of the tribulation there will be a general resurrection and the judgment of all mankind (Acts 24:15; Acts 17:31; 2 Pet. 3:7-13. The rapture and descent will take place when the judgment occurs (Matt.11:23-24; I Thess. 4:16-5:3).The righteous will go into eternal life and the unrighteous into eternal punishment (Matt. 13:36-43; Matt. 25:31-46; Luke 20:34-36; 1 Cor. 15:50-52; 1 Thess. 4:16-5:3; Phil. 3:20-21; Rev. 21:1-8).

Premillennialists teach that, following the Second Coming of Christ, people will live in natural bodies for a thousand years. During that time, they will have children and they will do the ordinary things of life as we do now. But the Scriptures declare that eternity will commence when Jesus judges the living and the dead at his coming (Matt. 13:36-43; Matt. 25:31-46; 2 Tim. 4:1; 2 Pet. 3:7-13; Rev. 11:15-18; Rev. 21:1-8). After Jesus judges the living and the dead ("the world") at his Second Coming, there will be no human beings in natural bodies capable of having children (Matt. 13:36-43; Matt. 25:31-46; i Cor. 15:50-52; Phil. 3:20-21; Rev. 21:1-8).

The book proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the thousand years recorded in the Book of Revelation (Chapter 20:1-7) are not literal but symbolic and they are being fulfilled now. The thousand years are discussed in Chapter 8 of the book.

As you read the book, you will discover what the prophets, the apostles and JESUS taught about THE END OF THE AGE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

The book answers many questions on prophecy. The "Table of Contents" will give you an excellent idea of what to expect.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The Church
2. Premillennialism
3. Contrasting Pretribulational Dispensationalism With the Word of God
4. The Millennium as Viewed by Dispensationalism
5. Comparing and Contrasting Historic Premillennialism With the Word of God
6. The Shortcomings of Premillennialism
7. Questions for Premillennialists
8. The Thousand Years
9. Postmillennialism
10. Amillennialism
11. The Teaching of Jesus
12. Questions on the Rapture and the Millennium
13. Conclusion

Appendix A: The Chosen People
Appendix B: The Land of Palestine
Appendix C: The Second Coming (Diagrams of Eschatological Perspectives)


Endnotes

Bibliography

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I read this book as a child, and now, many years later, I still remember this as my very favorite book of fairy tales. These stories are all entertaining, and very vividly described. If you read these stories to your kids in bed at night, they will still be very awake when you finish! I cannot recommend this book more highly to those who love the classic fairy tale

I got ahold of a copy of this book of fairy tales when I was in elementary school and loved it. I have read it and reread it many times since just for fun. It draws me into another world of princes, fairys, sultans, and noble quests. The stories are rich with adventure, enchantment, and humor. The hero, be he the bold but kind-hearted commoner or a "youngest prince" in disguise, always wins. I am now an elementary school teacher, and my students like the book so much they are asking me where they can buy it!

I had the great pleasure of meeting the author, attending his extradinary modeling seminars and even got a fashion shoot from him. He is an excellent speaker and writer and knows exactly what it takes to be a model. His seminar on how to pose for photographs is the absolute greatest source for print modeling information and I know he goes over it in the book a bit. Mr. Pentaudi should also consider a book on public speaking. If you can get your hands on this book I highly recomend it for anyone who wants to work in any aspect of fashion having to deal with modeling.

This book really helped me on posing my models to the way i wanted them to look in my photographs. I recommend this book to all photographers.

Just as Gord Peteran is no ordinary furniture maker, this is no ordinary 'flip through once, tuck it away on the shelf' book. Gord's work is rich in symbolism and skilfully crafted, from a wide variety of materials and with many underlying concepts beyond the inherent functionality of furniture.

This beautiful catalogue of his work, created for his travelling exhibition through the Milwaukee Art Museum, encompasses rough sketches, meticulous renderings, excellent photographs, personal musings, and Potent Quotes - also his fabulous and very funny "Top 10 Shop Rules". The photography of the work is exquisite, offering both overviews, detail shots, and 'in situ' examples, and the many gate-fold layouts allow far larger views of individual pieces that might initially be surmised by the small scale of the book. There are also a wide variety of essays and abstractions regarding his work and its place in the pantheon of Studio Furniture making, as well as observations into each of the individual works featured.

The first edition (2500 units) of the catalogue itself is also a wonderful piece of bookbinders art and design, and features an unusual cover binding, a rich array of papers, and it begs to be explored in in its own right.

Gord Peteran is a fine craftsman with an even finer sense of visual playfulness. Furniture is not usually smile-producing, but the premier exhibit of his works, Furniture Meets Its Maker, does just that. Massive doors become canvasses and wood scraps from the workshop floor become tables. Peteran terms his work "furnitural" - a nod to the sculptural element in what he does.

The book is a wonderful thing. The long foldout pages allow the viewer to enjoy the details of his craft and the text reflects the artist's obvious capriciousness. The paper is of a fine quality and adds to the pleasure of this volume.

See the works in person while you can, and get the book to continue the enjoyment.