The King's Wife: George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert

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One of the most extraordinary episodes in British royal history took place on 15 December 1785 when George, Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and George IV) secretly married the beautiful, twice-widowed and Roman Catholic Maria Fitzherbert. This marriage was in breach of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 but almost certainly valid in the eyes of the church. If it had been discovered, George might well have forfeited his claim to the throne. As it was, George and Maria lived together for twenty years, and remained deeply attached, despite George's disastrous (and probably bigamous) public marriage to Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The King's Wife is a highly readable account of a love-match that pre-echoes the later relationship of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. In the eyes of George IV's own family, Maria was his real wife.

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When Murray Walker, the man who made famous the catchphrase "Unless I'm very much mistaken… I AM very much mistaken!!!" announced that he was retiring as ITV's Grand Prix commentator, the media reacted as if the sport itself was losing one of its biggest stars. His reputation for mistakes was the making of Walker. He was the fan who happened to be given the keys to the commentary box—and never wanted to give them back. His high-octane delivery kept viewers on the edge of their seats, while his passion for talking about the sport he loved was matched by an all-encompassing knowledge gained through hours of painstaking research before every race.

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The Muzza!.......2003-03-28

An amazing book about an amazing chap! Sadly, being an American fan, I never had the privilege of hearing Muzza commentate. I've never seen one race he called, but I knew that he had to be something special judging by the Brit's rant about him. I grew to respect him over the years by reading all of my British F1 magazine subscriptions and when I heard this was coming out, I searched frantically to find it. I knew it was released but could not find it in the states. My wife ordered it from Amazon.co.UK in September 2002 for my birthday and I couldn't have been happier. What a great book about a great man. It's not chocked full of the intricate F1 details that you might suspect. Rather, a delightful tale of a man's life and how blessed he has been. Murray is certainly humble about his life and yet keenly aware of his brand equity and respect in the industry. This is not a tell all book about F1 but it is a story about a man who's life orbited a sport so dear to many people's heart's. If you are looking for a tell-all about Jos the Boss or a blow-by-blow about the constantly growing accomplishments of the "great" Senna, this is not that type of book. It takes you from childhood through the war and on to his greatest passion....that's right...motorcycles! I know, thought it would have been F1 didn't you? Well, that how charming this book is. You would never know Muzza was having an affair with F1, so dedicated was his work.

I highly recommend this book to any one wanting to learn how to live a life of success free from ego and pretense. To anyone who loves the sport of motor racing and the glory of the sport as it evolved. To anyone who wants to hear from the man who called every lap of motor racings evolution over all these years.

Murray writes like he talks...........2002-12-27

...and that's a good thing! This book is for all of us who miss his charismatic, knowledgable and breathless commentary of all things motorsport, but particularly Formula One. A national institution in Britain, Murray Walker was the voice of Formula One first on the BBC and later on ITV, and the sale of television feed globally made him known throughout the world. When he retired at the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2001 he left millions of fans sad to see him go. His autobiography comes as a concentrated dose of Murray that will make you laugh out loud many times but will also let you pause at marvel at a life so full of wonderul experiences. The real meat on F1 starts about halfway through the book, but racing fanatics: don't spring forward and miss the fantastic account of Murray's childhood, his introduction to motorsports and broadcasting by his motorcycling enthusiast father and his account of his WWII experience. The book is a thoroughly entertaining read and an absolute must for every motorsport fan.

$MURRAY WALKER UNLESS I\'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN$
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MURRAY WALKER UNLESS I\'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN
MURRAY WALKER
Manufacturer: TED SMART
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Murray Walker: Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken
Murray Walker
Manufacturer: HarperCollinsWillow
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Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken
Murray Walker
Manufacturer: Ted Smart
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Murray Walker: My Autobiography: Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken

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Murray Walker: My Autobiography: Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken
Murray Walker
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Willow
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Building Sci-fi Moviescapes provides a rare, behind-the-scenes examination of how the digital city and space-scapes in science fiction movies are createdthrough the eyes of directors, producers, production designers, and visualization artists.

This is a stunning showcase of some of the most impressive digital city and space-scapes to come out of the movies, from Hollywood, as well as the Japanese and European film industries. From seminal movies of the 1980s such as Tron and Bladerunner, to classic series such as The Matrix and Star Wars, to recent films such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, this book is the definitive guide to the imagined aesthetics of the future.

Through authoritative commentary and interviews with key directors, producers, production designers, and 3D visual artists, Building Sci-fi Moviescapes explores trends and digital visualization methods in science fiction films from the last three decades.

* A celebration in design and creativity in Sci-Fi filmmaking for the CG artist
* Access to reavealing interviews with key 3D industry professionals
* Rich creative inspiration for Sci-Fi filmmakers

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Not as complete as I would have liked..........2006-08-23

The Science Behind The Fiction: Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes is a good behind the scenes look at how the cities and landscapes of futuristic movies have been designed, from Blade Runner in 1982 to Innocence: Ghost In The Shell II made in 2004. I truly enjoyed the book, but some chapters, such as the one on Appleseed barely touched on the movie while other chapters, like the one on Immortel seemed to go on for pages without really saying anything.
And why have Ghost In The Shell II but not the first Ghost In The Shell? And why start at 1982? Why not start earlier? The book was good but could be better.

Cine Digital / Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: Escenarios De Ciencia Ficcion / The Science Behind the Fiction (Cine Y Artes Escenicas / Film and Arts Scenes)

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Cine Digital / Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: Escenarios De Ciencia Ficcion / The Science Behind the Fiction (Cine Y Artes Escenicas / Film and Arts Scenes)
Matt Hanson
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Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: The Science Behind the Fiction

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Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: The Science Behind the Fiction
Matt Hanson
Manufacturer: Focal Press
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 1999. The length of the article is 921 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.(Review)
Author: Magnus Williamson
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1999
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William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.(Review): An article from: Renaissance Quarterly
Linda Phyllis Austern
Manufacturer: Renaissance Society of America
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on June 22, 1999. The length of the article is 733 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.(Review)
Author: Linda Phyllis Austern
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1999
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Page: 567(2)

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"Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished. . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business."
-- From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liar's Poker

". . . one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street."
-- Jane Bryant Quinn, The Washington Post

"How great to have a reissue of a hilarious classic that proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."
-- Michael Bloomberg

"It's amazing how well Schwed's book is holding up after fifty-five years. About the only thing that's changed on Wall Street is that computers have replaced pencils and graph paper. Otherwise, the basics are the same. The investor's need to believe somebody is matched by the financial advisor's need to make a nice living. If one of them has to be disappointed, it's bound to be the former."
-- John Rothchild, Author, A Fool and His Money, Financial Columnist, Time magazine

Humorous and entertaining, this book exposes the folly and hypocrisy of Wall Street. The title refers to a story about a visitor to New York who admired the yachts of the bankers and brokers. Naively, he asked where all the customers' yachts were? Of course, none of the customers could afford yachts, even though they dutifully followed the advice of their bankers and brokers. Full of wise contrarian advice and offering a true look at the world of investing, in which brokers get rich while their customers go broke, this book continues to open the eyes of investors to the reality of Wall Street.

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An Amusing Review of Wall Street's Denizens, Past and Present.......2007-09-24

This funny book is a mild rebuke of Wall Street operators and Wall Street customers alike. In fact, there are many more outright crooks on the street than Schwed lets on, specially if they perceive you as an easy mark, an orphan or a widow. I speak from experience having seen them churn an account to milk it of commissions.

I was delighted to discover how old some of the Wall Street sayings are. It seems that nothing really changes in the human condition. One passage I found very entertaining is about a large group of Wall Street operators competing in a coin tossing game. As soon as you lose a toss, you are out of the game meaning that with each toss half of the players are gone. If you start with 500,000 players, after 15 tosses you have about 16 people left in the game. According to Schwed, these lucky people will soon take on airs of expert coin tossers even if they are winning based on pure luck. What I found amusing was that the author of a recent investment best seller uses this exact scenario to "prove" that most people who make money investing are just lucky. I wonder if this unnamed author read Schwed.

I found one commentary rather unnerving. Schwed say that you cannot buy "competence" on Wall Street. You can find a competent plumber and a competent lawyer or doctor but you cannot find a competent investment advisor. While I'm no fan of Wall Street operators, this statement seems over the top. They might be hard to find or maybe the competent ones don't need clients, but that there is a total lack of competence on Wall Street must be an exaggeration.

Read the book and be prepared to be entertained and instructed. There is a lot of solid Wall Street experience behind the humor.

A Masterpiece.......2007-09-11

All I can say is READ THIS! READ THIS! READ THIS! Very amusing and very dry treatise by a pro (yes, Mr. Carl) who clearly has been around a couple of blocks in Lower Manhattan.

American classic.......2007-01-17

This is a great book. The writing is first rate and the point of view is one that you should take into account as an investor, if not follow. It is a book that can be read many times. It is brilliant and a great read. Don't miss it!

An Occasionally Humorous But Dated Take on Human Nature.......2005-10-30

In a supposed conversation between the writers Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is claimed that Fitzgerald said that the rich are better than the rest of us, to which Hemmingway replied, "Yes, I know. They have more money." For me, this is and perhaps will always be the most humorous statement regarding the fundamental truth about money, class and human nature.

This was one of those leisurely reads on The Street that on occasion served the reader a laugh or two. Human nature remains the same then as well as now. Reading this book, I believe, will give you insight into the follies of today, which are on a grander and more pervasive scale than they were in the Roaring Twenties, because now with the internet, any fool can participate with his (often borrowed) money.

As funny today as it was years ago!.......2005-01-17

I read this book years ago before Amazon.com was even a glint in Jeffs eye, and happenstance put it back in my hands recently. It is every bit as hilarious today as it was back then. I came here as I was curious to see if it was still in print and if so, what people today were saying about it.

As not enough of the reviews reflected my experience I felt compelled to post my two cents so as to keep any prospective readers from being scared away.

Even if you've never had any personal experience with Wall Street, the Chicago Board of Trade or anything else in between, if you'd like a very, very funny read I recommend this book. If you *do* have investment experience you'll find it even funnier.

If you're going to be taking the Paoli local into town anytime soon, look for the copy Scott left on the bench on his way to Starbuck's. I promise you if read with a sense of humour you'll be howling with laughter before you get to Daylesford!

Where Are the Customer's Yachts?, Or, A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

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Where Are the Customer's Yachts?, Or, A Good Hard Look at Wall Street
Fred Schwed
Manufacturer: Fraser Pub. Co.
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Bull Market Edition of Where are the customers' yachts? Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street

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Bull Market Edition of Where are the customers' yachts? Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street
Jr., Fred, Illustrated By Peter Arno Schwed
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Where Are the Customer's Yachts? or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street

Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster, NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IAQM2C

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As of 09/04/06, this book sells new for $120.00. However, please reaslize that this actual book is is the ORIGINAL from 1940!! Hardcover, no dust jacket. Pages clean and tight. Binding good.

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Where Are the Customer's Yachts? or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street
Jr. Fred Schwed
Manufacturer: John Magee
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WHERE ARE THE CUSTOMERS YACHTS
Fred, Jr. Schwed
Manufacturer: NY
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ASIN: B000N6CESW

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The Heart Behind the Hero is the recipient of an Honorable Mention Award for Writer's Digest's "2001 National Self-Published Book Awards" in the Life Stories category.

A Heartwarming & Inspirational Collection of True Firefighter & Paramedic Stories from Across America. Includes a Foreword by Al Whitehead, President, International Association of Fire Fighters. Includes a Roll of Honor listing all fallen firefighters as recognized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

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Stories to Tug at Your Heart.......2006-03-24

I know Karen Yoder. She comes from a firefighter family and this exceptional little book is written from knowing about what firefighters face every day and right from her heart. In addition, Karen and her husband visit schools, bringing the message of firefighting and letting young people know that being a firefighter is a most special and noble profession. This book says it all and its a fitting and very touching tribute to the sacrifices of firefighters everywhere.

A True Firefighter's--Medic Book!.......2003-09-10

I am a Firefighter/EMT from Kodiak, Alaska. This book reminds me of so many calls i've gone on. It describes how the job doesn't have all good outcomes, but when there are good outcomes it makes the job that much better. This book is a true representation of a firefighter and a Medics job. It only took a week to read since I was glued to it with interest.

Heartwarming, Emotive, Repetitive.......2001-07-10

Positive stories from the field that transformed the lives of fire and rescue personnel. Provides insight into the role of the career and volunteer fire and rescue person. Somewhat repetitive in its themes and persons interviewed. Easy read that can be finished in a couple of days.

Awesome accounts!.......2001-06-20

I am a volunteer firefighter, and my boyfriend became a career firefighter 6 months ago. I gave him this book for his academy graduation. I read it before I wrapped it, and I loved it. He is enjoying it now that he is on shift!

Amazing Stories.......2001-06-11

This book was great, I couldn't put it down. I cried and Laugh so hard that my stomach hurt. "Heart Behind The Hero" takes you threw the real life sceens that Fire Fighters and Paramedic's must face everyday. It give's you an Idea of what its like to put your life on the life every day to help others.

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More than a scene-setter for Hannibal

Definitive English history of the First Punic War

Good Scholarship, Needs Strategic Picture

Rome's First Great War

The First Punic War: A Military History
J. F. Lazenby
Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
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More than a scene-setter for Hannibal.......2007-05-27

J.F. Lazenby claims his book is the first history of the First Punic War in English. The story, of course, as been told before, but usually as a scene-setter for the more dramatic career of Hannibal in the Second War.

However, the first war was even more important. Not only was it "the longest war in ancient history," it was Rome's first war outside Italy. It was, Lazenby says, by no means certain that Rome would be the victor in any, much less all three, of its wars with Carthage. Therefore, he judges the victory ending the first war in 241 BC one of the most important in all history. He also labels the naval battle of Ecnormus the greatest in all history, at least in terms of numbers of sailors engaged.

It should be remembered that this started just a century before the revolt of the Maccabees, in an out-of-the-way place. Carthage was big and strong, Rome an emerging regional power.

Since my primary interest is the role of sea power, the First Punic War is of special interest. Throughout history, in situations where sea power could be decisive, it almost always has been. Not here. At least, not in the way anyone would have expected.

At the start, Carthage was the sea power, with better ships, better sailors. It should have had better captains, but perhaps it did not. Rome had no navy at all, although its recently absorbed southern Italian allies (Greeks) had maritime experience.

Carthage ought to have been able to use the flexibility of sea power to quickly end Rome's entry into Sicily. As it happened, Rome won every sea battle but one. In part this was due to advances in technology (the corvus or boarding ramp) and tactics (use of shore artillery to defend an inferior fleet).

However, these victories, until the last one, did not count for much in the campaign because three times Rome's navy was destroyed by storms, twice just after important victories.

Lazenby tentatively identifies the difference as strategic: Rome was bent on conquest (though not at the outset), while Carthage, a trading power, preferred peace, business and compromise of differences. Rome would not settle for less than total victory.

Lazenby says of the Romans, "they thought they had to finish anything they began, nothing they had once decided to do being impossible." That used to be the American way of war, too, but no longer.

"The First Punic War" is one of the oddest history books I have ever read. The sources are few and contradictory, and while archaeology, numismatics and geography are some help, the word "uncertain" appears scores of times. "It is difficult to know what to make of all this," Lazenby says over and over.

He makes an excellent effort, nevertheless.

Although I usually avoid commenting on other reviews, I am mystified by the reviewer who complained that Lazenby does not give a strategic view. He does, and in an epilogue recapitulates his strategic conclusions.

Definitive English history of the First Punic War.......2007-04-28

J. F. Lazenby's "First Punic War" is widely recognized as the definitive history of the First Punic War in English, primarily because few historians have been willing to tackle such a daunting task. Because only one ancient source providing a complete account of the war has been discovered, it has been difficult to trace the exact events and direction of the war. Yet Lazenby has admirably assembled the work of Polybius along with scattered fragments of Diodorus Siculus,Zoneras, and other ancient historians as well as the limited archeological discoveries and modern writings on the subject to paint a summary picture of the war. While the reading can be a little dry due to the uncertainty connected with the subject matter, Lazenby's work is nonetheless extremely scholarly, well-researched, and worthwhile to the Punic Wars enthusiast. All students of the First Punic War should without question have Lazenby's book at their disposal.

Good Scholarship, Needs Strategic Picture.......2005-10-06

Excellent book for covering the First Punic War, which very few books cover in any detail. For Hannibal and Rome lovers, this war sets the stage for Hannibal's war, but very little exists for anyone to understand where Carthage's animosity came from.

Mr Lazenby's book is an excellent compilation of the war from various sources. He addresses many key issues, such as where battles occurred. This book, however, has few maps and does not provide much strategic sense of what each side was trying to accomplish. Trying to figure out why the Romans attacked a certain town is something you must figure out on your own. Since there is nothing else out there, however, it is an excellent start.

Rome's First Great War.......2001-01-05

Polybius begins his history of Rome's rise to domination of the Mediterranean with the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), and he was no doubt right about its significance. For the first time, Roman forces ventured outside of Italy, fought at sea and invaded another continent. By war's end, the City had added Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica to its sphere of influence and could no longer be ignored by other Mediterranean states. It had also acquired a relentless enemy in defeated Carthage and, especially, the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. For two decades after peace was declared, the Barcids devoted their energies to building a new Punic dominion in Spain to support their dreams of revenge, dreams that were almost fulfilled by Hamilcar's son, Hannibal.

One would like to, but cannot, trace so important a conflict in at least moderate detail. Polybius, our fullest source, merely summarizes events as a prelude to the Second Punic War, and his narrative is a blend of two lost authors of uncertain reliability, without the eyewitness evidence that undergirds the main portion of his work. To fill the gaps in Polybius, all that survive are fragments, epitomes and the summaries of late compilers like the 5th Century Orosius and 12th Century Zonaras.

The patchiness of the sources is frustratingly apparent in the last period of the war. In 249 Rome lost virtually its entire fleet to a battle and a storm, just at the moment when Carthage's handful of remaining strongholds in Sicily seemed on the verge of collapse. At that point fog descends. We are told that Hamilcar Barca conducted a brilliant guerilla campaign for the next eight years. Polybius calls him the best general on either side, and the Carthaginians awarded him their most important post-war commands. But what he did to earn that reputation is a mystery. Equally mysterious is the apparent passivity of both combatants. Carthage devoted its military energies to subduing its African neighbors, making little effort to regain its Mediterranean position, while Rome waited seven years to construct another navy. What was going on, and why? We will never know.

Incidents are not all that the record lacks. The institutional background is hazy; both cities changed between the first and second wars, but we do not know how or how much. The statesmen and generals are little more than names. Motives and strategies are largely guesswork.

At the most basic level, it is hardly possible to form a clear notion of how battles were fought. Professor Lazenby remarks that "we do not even know exactly what a quinquereme was". He is too optimistic. We do not even know _approximately_ what a quinquereme was, except that it was the principal warship on both sides and had a name derived from five somethings having to do with oars. Obscure in a different way is the "crow", a Roman invention that combined boarding bridge and grappling hook. Polybius credits this "wonder weapon" with negating Carthaginian superiority in seamanship, enabling the inexperienced Roman navy to sweep all of its early battles. Yet the device looks easy to counter; strong men with poles should have been able to fend it off while their vessel backed oars and slipped out of reach. Moreover, the Romans, after supposedly using the crow successfully for 15 years, abruptly gave it up, and no one ever employed it again.

For undertaking what many would call an impossible feat of reconstruction, Professor Lazenby deserves kudos. He assembles a lucid outline by sifting and comparing the ancient sources, laying out his reasoning in meticulous but rarely exhausting detail. His operating assumption is that virtually all of the recorded facts go back to something that really occurred rather than just to imagination. There are some limits to this principle. He rejects out of hand the romantic story of the consul Regulus' self-sacrifice. But he defends Polybius' enormous figures for the numbers of ships and men engaged at the Battle of Ecnomus (256 B.C.) and lost in the storm off Camarina (255 B.C.). Many readers will probably be more skeptical, but at least they are given a fair accounting of the data.

The product of this effort is not vivid and exciting, but that is not the author's fault. Only fiction could hope to bring the dry bones to life. What can be faulted is the absence of good maps of the theater of war. Roads, topography and ethnic allegiances of Sicilian towns would all be welcome, though they may have fallen victim to budget constraints.

The reader does not need to bring to this book any specialized background knowledge, but the specialist should not find it superficial. More could probably not be said in twice the pages. As the only modern English history of the First Punic War, it will be appreciated by those interested in either ancient military affairs or the development of the Roman Republic.

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Unplanned Wars: The Origins of the First and Second Punic Wars (Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte)
B. D. Hoyos
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The First Punic War: A Military History
J. F. Lazenby
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THE FIRST PUNIC WAR: A MILITARY HISTORY
J. F. Lazenby
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Essential Readings in Comparative Politics (The Norton Series in World Politics)

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Essential Readings in Comparative Politics is a reader designed to complement Essentials of Comparative Politics, but is sufficiently well-rounded to be used independently or in conjunction with almost any approach to the subject. Following the organization of Essentials of Comparative Politics the chapters are organized thematically around major topics. Each chapter generally begins with a classic or fundamental reading, and subsequent readings in the chapter take up different views and aspects of the topic. Like the corresponding textbook, Essential Readings in Comparative Politics does not seek to teach students specific facts about individual countries. Instead, it encourages a more truly comparative approach by helping students to understand theoretical issues that have implications for any number of actual political systems; past, present, and future.

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Although I haven't seen the book myself...

capturing complexity

I spy with my 'large-format' eye...

Rainforest: Ancient Realm of the Pacific Northwest
Wade Davis
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Although I haven't seen the book myself..........2007-01-14

I purchased two of these books, one as a birthday gift to a friend and one for my Mom. Both were very impressed with the photos. I plan to read the book when I next visit my folks.

capturing complexity.......2003-05-10

This is, quite simply, the best set of pictures of North America's west-coast maritime forests that I have come across. These forests are interesting, beautiful, and abundantly alive; they are also very hard to photograph. Through the lens they can seem messy and disordered. The unaided human eye screens out extraneous clutter, but the camera eye does not. There is order there, of course, but it is a chaotic sort of order, with many levels of order-within-disorder. Some photographers strive for excessively neat, tidy compositions, which give an entirely misleading impression of these forests; Graham, on the other hand, conveys the rhythms within the disorder. Many of the pictures are texture-rich without a sharp focus of interest. It is a style well suited to the subject. The text by Wade Davis, what there is of it, is good, but this is most definitely a picture book first.

I spy with my 'large-format' eye..........2000-07-09

This book is really special. Ok I am a mate of Graham's which some might see as a bias - but this book is oustanding none the less. Osborne is a biologist (infact a botanist) by trade I believe. It simply doens't matter though, because clearly what he does best is take photos. *Very* good photos. I don't mean as in 'Oh, thats a nice photo' as my mum would say to me when from four packets of snaps I produced one relatively balanced composition. I mean as in drop-that-frying pan, walk-into-that lampost, draw droppingly good photographs. This guy has had three or four calanders of his work produced for goodness sake. The book, which, ok I admit, he gave me, is always on my coffee table, and I must confess, I have chopped up the calendars and made them into nice framed pictures.

Reasons to buy it:

i) it will enhance your life ii) it will take your breath away iii) it is pretty reasonably priced

reasons not to buy it..

i) you hate temporate rainforests...

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