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I've tried half-dozen or more recipes from this book and all of them are great. If your life is like mine, that is busy all the time, this book can afford you good meals quickly. I would not be ashamed to serve them to company.

For anyone who has ever used Campbell Soups for recipes, or ever wanted to see just how to do the classics like green bean casserole or squash casserole, this is a must have.
Clear, simple recipes that don't take hours - my kind of cookbook - think you will find the same.

Even if you consider yourself an excellent cook, this book is wonderful. The recipes are simple, but with that "home cooked" taste! LOTS of pictures. I especially like the section "Make It Hearty", which has suggestions for simply adding a couple of additional ingredients to a can of soup to make a meal.

This is a great gift for busy families! Well worth every penny!

Excellent book and very thought provoking. Excellent source for teaching University Students about organizations that are pliable abstracts with the unspoken word being the controlling mechanism. It is imperative that our Managers of the future become innovative thinkers and think outside of the box. I recommend that all Managers and business people interested in analyzing their own organization for the purpose of developing a more creative and resourceful unit read this dynamic book.

I am Dr. Dan Price, the president of Winning-Ways Management, Inc., a management consulting firm that teaches the practical application of management concepts in leadership, management and strategy. In my 27+ years of management experience, I have found this to be one of the better books on executive needs. This book addresses many of the critical issues and difficulties faced by all levels of the management community. It is done in a way that gives concise and understandable recommendations for action and is an excellent read for anyone in management.

I was impressed by this book. I am a partner of Allstar Knowledge Systems, a systems software and integration company. Mr. LeDoux's handling of the ethics issues and dealing with confrontation were exceptional. His quick course on project management is one of the best I've seen for educating upper-level management people and his steps for selling solutions is simple to use. I am a big fan of Peters and his management books. I feel that Mr. LeDoux puts Mr. Peters' concepts into practical application. I have been in business for over 30 years and this is one of the best books for addressing management in quick, easy-to-read topics that I've seen.

30 earring projects that range from very simple to challenging, and it's just as inspiring as the rest of them, the projects and ideas make you wonder what else can be done using the techniques offered. I really love it, and it's already one of my favorites. One of the things I love best about this series of books is that there are so many designers involved, so you get a great cross sections of ideas, from fun to elegant, and from very simple to ornate and complex, even the colors chosen can be inspiring.

I've just started with the projects in this book and they are awesome. I especially want to thank Nikia Angel for her contribution. Holiday Star is a fantastic project, although I have no idea how you manage to see size 15/0 seed beads. I did mine using 11/0 and struggled, but they turned out fantastic. Thanks to Jean Campbell and every designer who contributed to this book. The whole series is helping me get to the next level with my beading. Rita

Excellent and fun to read. I will be doing some of these projects.

This is a fine book well illustrated with maps and pictures. The bibliography is nice. Criticisms (minor!)Some of the illustrations are misinterpreted: The hoplites on P.39 have their shields slung on their shoulders, not held in their left hand; and the ram on pg. 42 is not visible. The modern photos are generally excellent but would be inproved with letters as overlays showing relevant features.
The military-historical judegements of the author are right on line!
As for the title? The book is much more about the attackers than the defenders!

First of all, this book is actually four Osprey books on Classical siege warfare in one (Elite titles 121 and 126 and New Vanguard titles 78 and 89), so if you want those books buy this one instead and if you already have them don't!

The entirety of this book is by Duncan Campbell, an expert on ancient Roman fortifications and siege warfare who is well qualified to write such a book. There are some typical color plates interspersed throughout, some by the well-known and talented Adam Hook.

The text is invaluable, discussing ancient siege warfare from late Assyrian and Persian days to that of the 4th Century Romans. Slightly more than half of the book deals with the Romans, while the first half focuses largely on Greek sieges of the 5th-3rd Centuries BC.

In addition to many photos, maps, and diagrams, many in color, the book also contains page-sized sections discussing particular ancient machines used in sieges, like the 'digging tortoise', the ram-tortoise, the sambuca, and the famous Roman siege tower. The book also contains a good dose of information on the siege warfare of the enemies of the Classical world, notably the Carthaginians, Gauls, Goths, and Achaemenid and Sassanid Persians.

Overall, it is a thorough and readable introduction to ancient siege warfare and would be a useful addition to the library of any military historian or history enthusiast.

BESIEGED: SIEGE WARFARE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD may be a specialty item for college-level holdings, but any collection strong in early history - not just military holdings - must have it. It covers the methods of siege warfare, examining history, politics, tactics and weaponry alike in a thorough coverage which includes lavish illustrations, photos and maps throughout. The evolution of siege warfare through nine centuries comes to life in a top pick for any ancient history library.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I am in the process of reading the book. It is very interesting. I just bought a Black Mouth Cur puppy and the book was recommended on the American Black Mouth Cur website.

I grew up in East Texas and have lived around the Big Thicket all my life. As a child, I heard my grandfather and his brother tell tales of the bears and "panthers" they had hunted in the early 1900's. I picked this book up one afternoon and began to skim it, and I was hooked within minutes. I couldn't put it down. In the 60's and 70's the authors interviewed many older residents of the Big Thicket area, allowing the old-timers to simply relate their rememberances, from the 1860's on up into the oil boom and logging days of the early 20th century. The dialect is distinct, and the authors do a good job of conveying the pronunciation. The stories these people tell of the hardships and yet the wonder of living in a true wilderness is simply fascinating. If you have any interest in the Big Thicket area of Texas, or if you just enjoy tales of life in the "wild and wooly days", then you will certainly enjoy these stories. It's truly a wonder that these folks survived the hard life and wild animals! My wife and I were so enthralled with these stories,that we found time a few days later to drive over and visit some of the remaining thicket, near Saratoga, TX.

Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by lifelong naturalists Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, Big Thicket Legacy is a compendium of engaging and informative anecdotes about life and living in the Big Thicket country, which is a nearly impassable area of Texas territory that only a few pioneers dared to brave. In those days, only the heartiest of individuals and families could call a place within the heart of the Big Thicket home; their tales have become a part of Texas folklore, and in Big Thicket Legacy are preserved to available to the general reading public, thereby recounting a very special experienced wisdom for new generations of Texans.

G. Michael Campbell notes a shocking statistic in the opening pages of his book: Americans fear public speaking more than death. One reason that so many professionals dread making presentations is that they have not been trained in the basics. The best public speakers use techniques that can be taught and learned, and Campbell presents many of the most important of these methods here. We from getAbstract strongly recommend this book to any novice public speakers, as well as to presentation veterans who are sure to pick up a new trick or two.

All of us in business have wished at some time or the other for a "shield" that would stop holes from being shot into the ideas we present. In this book, Mike Campbell offers an easy-to-read and easy-to-follow guide to ensure "bullet-proof presentations." He discusses all aspects of planning and preparing for a presentation including what types of visual aids-from old-fashioned flipcharts to computer-generated media - might enhance the story being told. He explains how to build the body of a speech and choose the right strategy for delivery to guarantee a presentation has not only substance but also style. There are tips and advice for everyone here - no matter their rung on the corporate ladder or how often they present. The "blueprint" for presentation preparation is a handy tool that should be used again and again and the "consider this" illustrations and anecdotes keep the reading stimulating and interesting!

There is an old saying in sales: "You have to sell the sizzle along with the steak." Most presentation books (and I have read dozens) sell a lot of sizzle and very little meat. Bulletproof Presentations is the best book I have read on business presentations, because it focuses as much on how to develop your content as on the mechanics of the presentation. For example, the concept of an overriding theme is critical to ensuring that your message gets remembered. Campbell's stories and examples show that he is an expert on delivering professional presentations to a business audience, and I believe anyone following his advice can aspire to the same level. I strongly recommend this book.

Both my 10-month old and 2-year old love this book! They've pushed the swing, watered the flowers, passed the ball, and caught the butterfly so many times that the pages are starting to rip. Their favorite page by far is the last one, where they have to find the little boy behind the wheelbarrow. They play peek-a-boo with the him for several minutes, which in infant/toddler time is an eternity!

My one year old has loved this book for many months. I often find him by his book shelf playng with the book. It has happy pictures and sweet rhymes. It is also a pretty sturdy book.

My 8 month old daughter loves this book. It's simple enough for her to follow along, but also interesting enough to keep her attention for all four pages! Each page has something to do like turn the water wheel to "water " the flowers or pull the wagon to play peek a boo with the puppy. It's made of very sturdy cardboard and so are the pull outs. My daughter has already tried to wrestle with it and there's no damage! Each page has a little text, but a lot to notice so there's lots of room for improvisation on the part of the parents. My daughter gets so excited when I pull out this book, I'm going to get a couple more like it!

Castle-on-the-Hill ends with mystery: who was the Ragdoll man? who lit the tower on the strange night years ago? why was the Castle of Tremannec abandoned and empty?

In "The Treasure of Tremannec" M. C. Campbell picks up the tale takes the reader from Gwenrande to Sant Malou -- around and across 15th century Brittany. A great read for all.

Adventure of this kind is good for any 10 to 90 year old reader - it involves kinship and friendship, youth & aged, good & bad, beauty and malevolence. When you let yourself fall into this fantasy you find yourself believing in "the Doom" and in solving the riddle: "No living man; no woman born / Shall enter here and live 'til morn."

This is a very creative and descriptive story. As the story unfolds, four children go on a great adventure as you follow them through Brittany many, many years ago. You are drawn into the ad venture as you go around France following the children, an old cobbler, and their newly found friends. I strongly recomend this book. You won't be able to put it down!

The authors' second collaboration of historical photos of Boston (the first was Boston Then and Now from 1982) came out ten years after the original, and shows a Boston I'm more familiar with. Much of the blight that Boston seemed to have been drowning in as late as the late 80s is gone in the new pictures in this book, and more of it is shown. The architectural finesses -- buildings with added floors, the defacement of buildings such as the former Fiske building on State St, before-and-afters of Quincy Market -- are given great attention in this book, and Campbell, the author of the text, is not happy with much of it. Especially poignant, towards the end, is a huge bit of graffiti along Columbus Ave from the 60s protesting the impending construction of I-95 through Boston; in 1992, however, the highway never having been built, it is now a park serving people from the South End all the way down to Jamaica Plain.

This book is actually a readable book, more so than the first which was all about the pictures, and much of Campbell's ideas on urban planning are on display here. Campbell, one gathers, would not be happy with the current plans to build open space over the Big Dig, yet he applauds the demolition of an old parking garage that converted Post Office Square from a desolate, confusing high-rise commercial ghetto into at least a more presentable area where the architecture of the surrounding buildings can be enjoyed from street level. Campbell's obsession with urban density comes off as being a bit agoraphobic, but it's easy to see what he means when he describes useless open space as being as much a blight as overhead highways or slums.

To those of you who might live in or regularly visit Boston, but have never seen, can't remember, or simply can't imagine downtown without the dust and construction that the Big Dig and its related projects have brought on, this book is a record of Boston just before they started tearing everything apart. It's also a valuable historical record of the evolution of a city.

My sister in law gave us this book a couple years ago when we moved to Boston. I grew up in the burbs and my wife in the Midwest so we had plenty to explore. The book sat idle for over a year, but when I pulled it down, I was amazed that I hadn't opened it sooner. This book is wonderful.

This is a city that revels in its history, and, to an outsider, Boston sometimes seems a bit mired in its parochial and seemingly unchanging ways. You can end up assuming, "Gosh, it must always have been this way with it's cobblestones and colonial landmarks." This book shattered my assumptions about the static nature of this city.

The authors peel off layer after layer from the city and as the landmarks come and go the authors reflect, educate and entertain as to how these physical changes are linked to history of the city. Some changes are success stories of planning, others fortunate twists of fate, and yet others, unmitigated urban planning disasters. All fascinating illustrations that help the reader understand the city on a more meaningful level.

I must admit that I love cities and am enthralled by the idea of so many people sharing a limited space comfortably and enjoyably. Cities, to me, have an energy that speaks to the miracle of civilization where people can grow personally by sharing in the diversity of those around them. It nevers goes perfectly, because after all we are human, but it is nonetheless comforting to frame your current surroundings in the context of those who have come before you.

With text by Robert Campbell and photographs (primarily) by Peter Vanderwarker, this book is not only a wonderful volume documenting the history of Boston, but a general and gentle instruction in the rise and fall and rise and fall cycles of many cities, focusing in particular on the "built environment". All photographs are in black-and-white, but this makes the comparison between old and new cityscapes easier. Within each of seven chapters there are a series of two-page pieces featuring photographs and an essay on such topics as: Murdering Another Street, A Waterfront Workplace Becomes a Playpen, A Landmark on Top of a Landmark, A Building That Floats, etc. The text is informative and interesting. Maps are used to supplement the material, and a good index follows. If only all history and architecture books could be this well done!

Exceptional work, highly recommended.

This book is packed with solid, tested, real-world advice about filmmaking. Ignore it, and you'll waste time, money, and energy piddling around. Ask me, because I made a short film before I read it. Had I spent more time with Becker's book, I would've had a better time getting the film together, and perhaps a better film. The book's like having an ideal big brother take you aside and give you the low down. Out of the several books I've read, this offered the most practical and solid advice - not surprising, since Becker's actually directed four independent films, along with some TV shows. Profit from his experience. I can't emphasize enough how much more valuable this book has been to me than nearly every other `how to' guide out there.

Been a lot of these books, but this one's the best, hands down. Practical, entertaining and inspiring, penned by someone who's been around the block and knows his stuff. A thoughtful, genuinely-informative guide for anyone dead-serious about making films.

The big difference between Becker's book and a lot of those other "Make a Digital Feature with your spare change" books is that he tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. Making a movie, even a short or a mediocre one is VERY hard work. Your movie may suck. If you don't spend time and effort on the story, it most likely will. How will you sell/market it? There are movies with stars that can't find distribution so your independant movie with no stars better be damn good. I work in computer animation, and digital is not the solution to all problems like some of these books profess (although it can be a big help in many aspects). Film still looks better and is easier to light. Becker approaches filmmaking with a straightforward no-bs atitude. He has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Hollywood and the state of recent movies, which according to him have been in a slump since the late '70s. Even if you disagree with him his rants are entertaining and well informed. He just wants to see better movies like all of us. If you want a touchy feely book that says you are special, all your ideas are wonderful and you will inevitably succeed, look elsewhere. If you want a realistic perspective and useful info on the entire film production process, buy his book. It doesn't have the whole puzzle but it has a lot of the pieces.