Away

The first chapters of the book are somewhat helpful to those just starting out in photography -- specifically, a great deal of time is spent on differentiating between mere snapshots and marketable editorial material. However, this material isn't particularly helpful if you can already shoot and get marketable results. There are also helpful chapters on marketing your identity, and on the business side of things, including legal issues surrounding editorial shooting, which are the chapters I found to be most helpful.

I do have one major gripe about the book, however, that wiped away two of five stars for me:

With a sizable percentage 35mm pros either shooting digital already or in the process of making the move, this book shows its age by discounting digital as generally inadequate or unsellable. This may have been true in the mid-'90s when a serious professional-quality digital system was still $20,000 or more, but it is no longer true today and thus this book seems like another victim of the digital age, in which 5 years old is very old indeed.

Perhaps it is time for a new edition that discusses the digital workflow and digital sales a little more, instead of merely discouraging the use of digital -- especially now that many publishers and editors are looking for digital specifically.

Really, if you are a serious amatuer who has finally decided to sell your shots to wider markets, I think the Photographer's Market is a much more essential title to have on the shelf.

Rohn Engh's book "Sell and Resell Your Photographs" is a terrific place to start for anyone who has seriously contemplated getting in to stock photography. His advice will help you distinguish between trying to market the same photos that many others are trying to market (very hard to do) versus marketing photos in a niche that he'll help you determine (much easier).

I have only gone thru the first few chapters, and already I have gained enough information about making and selling editorial stock photgraphs to pay for the book. It is apparently a reprint of previous versions, but the authors honest 20/20 hindsight into the work of stock photography is very encouraging. It may not be for everyone, but if you are interested in taking pictures of things other than dew laden petals in a rainforest you should at least check this one out!!!

One more great book for Mr. Mike Lupica, the one great thing I remember about this book was how it truely states the truth about how sports is working the wallet over very well from each, and every true sports fan in America. Maybe these players need to all go get real job's, and no what it feels like to worry about paying the price of liveing in the real life world.

MAD AS HELL is a great book for those of us (the fans) who know of an owner or who thinks the salaries of players have gotten to high. Being a Clevelander myself I loved the excerpt where Lupica rips on the owners, specifically Art Modell and Marge Schott. Mike Lupica has this uncanny ability to put into words all that I've felt was wrong with players, owners, agents, front offices, and the way the fans still pay the outrageous salaries. Lupica doesn't limit his critism to only baseball and football. He lets into all professional sports and even hits college sports with vengence. It isn't hard to get past the fact that the book is slightly dated. The themes transends time. I really enjoyed the book.

A book for the fans by a fan. A bible for what is wrong with sports. This book made me feel like someone cared that athletes, and owners were destryoing sports with money and egos. I know I was Mad As Hell. Still am! However I know someone is one are side. I want to take back the game. We pay their salaries. They work for us. Right Mike?

NOT FADE AWAY is about a journey, but it's more about grieving and accepting. And the book has great Dodge characters along the way. No Johnny Seven Moons, but there's Double-Gone.

I couldn't put this one down until it was over - a wild, nostalgic ride back over familiar territory - the characters are vibrant and sometimes brilliant - I was inspired to start my own Buddy Holly novel - still in the works! One of the few books that I have read more than twice!

Wow! I picked up Not Fade Away in a book store for a dollar, not knowing that I had found such a gem. This story was told exceptionally well, crazy, hilarious, and down right odd - I think this book should be read in schools! Put a little free spirit in your life and buy this book!

I enjoyed the historical aspect to this book, particularly the description of the potato famine in Ireland. I read up on it a little on the Internet while going through the book and it seems Urquhart describes it accurately. The story, although partially fictitious, of D'arcy Mcgee was also interesting. I thought the obsessive love Eileen had for Aidan was over-emphasized and was dwelled upon for too long. I got the point long before she wrapped up the story. Considering we had already encountered an obsessive love through Mary in the first half of the book, it seemed somewhat redundant to go into that much detail of this obsessive type of love again through Eileen.

Extending backwards and forwards in time a hundred and forty years, Away, a novel by Canadian writer Jane Urquhart, begins with one of the female characters discovering the shoreline near her Irish home has been changed forever. Stones resembling new potatoes have replaced the sandy beach, a grim joke in this impoverished area. Then "thousands of cabbages nudged one another towards shore," followed by many silver teapots and barrels of whiskey, a semi-conscious young man the final offering. Thus begins this amazing tale, weaving together the lives of four generations of women, Ireland and and Canada, past and present, land and sea. Water becomes a character in itself, each of these women drawn to it like lemmings, lives unfolding near a stream that ebbs and flows with the seasons, a Great Lake, and the Atlantic Ocean. For readers who appreciate lyrical writing, a compelling story, and subtly evoked magic realism, this book is for you

After reading "The Underpainter" by the same author I was urged to read "Away". This book completely engulfed me and carried me away to Ireland; to the lonely, wind swept, rocky beaches, the cold, hungry nights, and into the small, mean cottages. Jane Urquhart weaves a tapestry of language that forms vivid images in the mind of every reader . We are transported onto the coffin ships to make the long voyage to Canada, that most unforgiving of lands. Following the lives of Mary and Brian and their children, as seen through the lense of memory, was my daily gift to myself. I mourned their loss when I finished reading the book, but can still bring them to life as I continue to reflect upon this poetic novel.

I have just finished reading a suspenseful and invigorating book called Run Away Home. As a student in college I thought that this book showed a good sense of character to the time it took place. I just finished working on a unit on Slavery for my Social Studies class. This book would play a good role as a wrap up to the ending of the Slavery Unit. This book takes place in Alabama during the 1800's when slavery is just becoming abolished. It is about a slave family that just became freed. They owe their own farm and do their own chores to get by. One day the father and his little girl go for a walk down by the railroad tracks with their dog, like they always do. They came across a train that was sitting there ready to unload its cargo. They spoke with a man named George Wratten who was a interpreter and a scout for the United States Army. Sarah's father asked what was going on and he told them that they captured Apache Indians and they are taking them to Mount Vernon. While Sarah and her father were speaking to the gentleman she noticed a Apache boy escape from the train car and out the window. She didn't say anything because she didn't want to be a tattle tail. So when she arrived at home the thought of the Apache boy all alone out there worried her. One night when it was storming pretty bad out, she heard a noise. Sarah got dressed and went out to the barn to see what it was, but she knew who it was. She couldn't see if it was actually the Apache boy but in her heart she knew it. Later on the boy was discovered and she and her family took him in.
I really enjoyed this book because it makes you feel like you are right there watching all of the events take place. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a love for history or for someone who just wants to read a interesting book.

I personally enjoyed reading this book. As a student in college I thought that this book showed a good sense of character to the time that it took place. I just finished a unit on Slavery, so this book played a good part in how I interpretted slavery. Sarah is a care free spirit who loves life and she also loves being free. She meets this Native American boy named Sky, who is a runaway from his tribe that was captured. She ends up finding him one day at her house and she takes him in.
I feel that this is a great book to share in a classroom setting and it is something that everyone should read at least once. After having read this book I thought about how lucky we are today in our lives, by having people around you that know and love you.

My book was about a little girl named Jane. She and her father and her mother lived in a far away place.They were very poor. They couldn't get food everyday at a grocery store .They were working
class or other words they worked allday for a good day's work.They kept an indian run away boy that was apache .He got swamp fever and Janes mamma had to take good care of him until he got better .Then the sherrif guy came and tookhim away.

This book is something of a change for Harlold Coyle who has shown a talent in previous novels for making the technicalities of weapons systems an integral part of his military oriented stories. He seems less comfortable dealing with war in a historical period, where the men were clearly more complex than the guns and the outcome of the war is a forgone conclusion. I read this book with some interest, but nothing like the attention I was used to with one of Coyle's books. I just didn't feel like his heart was in it. Unlike Shelby Foote, who writes about the Civil War as if he had seen it with his own eyes, Coyle's book seems to be made up of whole cloth. One doesn't even sense a great deal of historical research behind the writing. Of course, just because I don't see it doesn't mean it wasn't done, but something about the subject and its presentation just seems inappropriate for Coyle's personal talents.

In packing for a trip to the Antietam National Battlefield, I included a copy of Harold Coyle's novel, Look Away. The book is the first in a series of two Civil War novels, depicting the relationship of two brothers, one fighting for the South and one fighting for the North. Each brother is dealing with an overbearing father and a shocking death that initiated their separation from their home in New Jersey. James, the elder brother, is sent to the Virginia Military Institute where he finds himself an outsider amongst the ranks before joining up with the Northern Virginia Army. Kevin stays in New Jersey to attend Rutgers and eventually join the fight against the South. Each brother, over time, is able to discover who they are and who they want to be, despite their beginnings, as they take part in a deadly war. Coyle does a great job of making the battle scenes user-friendly and is also extremely detailed in Civil War history. I thought this was a terrific novel and have already picked up a copy of the sequel, Until the End.

Phenomenal. I got so involved with the characters that it was like being a part of history. This novel depicts the horrendous rift that separates two brothers and a family as they pick sides in the American Civil War.

It was emotional, gut-wrenching and beautiful all in one. The second installment was even better, if that can be believed.

This is a must read for all civil war buffs or even everyone who loves a great read. Pick it up, you won't be sorry!

This book was not a very good installment ot the Dear America series. First of all, there is no way to keep track of the date. This is somehow very important to me, don't ask me why. I just like accuracy. Second, the book was so confusing, I didn't know what was going on at the end. And third, how on earth did she end up with an English name? Her sister's name is Kaibah. Where did 'Sarah' come from. All inall, if you like the Dear America series, I suggest you read either A Coal Miner's Bride or Love Thy Neighbor or especially A Line in the Sand.

This book was okay, I guess. I didn't love it, however it's not horrible. Condsidering the topic had so much potential, it's a little surprising this book wasn't a little more interesting. I wouldn't recomend buying it, but it's worth checking out at the libary or somthing. If your looking for a better dear anerica book with a native american theme, I'd recomned My Heart is On the Ground. It's more emotinoal then this one (which is a little surprising condsidering it was about a forced march where loads of people died. You'd think the author would take advantage of the tearjerker potential a little more), and just generly had a better plot. Also one more thing. I thought the book would have been better if instead of haveing the main charecter tell the story to there grandaughter (or maybe just her daugheter, I'm not sure), the authour should have had the main charecter write in pitchographs (kinda like in Wettamo, which is one of the rpyal diaries. The main charecter stated that she was writing in pictures, but the actual book was in english) or she should have had her learn to write later in life (maybe from mica eyes?) and record her memiors. The gradma telling to granduaghter thing got a little confusing. All in all, this wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't that good ether.

This book was real page turner I loved it I am a huge fan of the Dear america series and this was one of the best booksI have read in the series. It really shows the true courage of Sara Nita and her sister and how true her love was for her family. and how she is not a quiter. Ann warren turner did a great job on this book the charcters are so real.atahere is never a dull moment in this book there is always one suspencfull event after another This is a must read book. and I also recemend The Winter Of Red Snow it is a great book to.

I did not like the book because it was confusing to read, they went back and forth from when Susannah was a little girl, then a grandmother. I would recommend this to an older boy or girl. But I was happy they both made it to where the wanted to go, and wasn't killed or taken back to Virginia.

Steal Away by Kacie Mazur Hour 7

I would rate the book Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong with a fie star rating. I would rate it with this rating because of the time frame and how well it fit in with the characters. The whole book was just astonishing. The sense were just so really you would never want to put the book down. The book just went together so well. I loved this book, and all the details that it contents. The author really made all the events that dealt with discrimination. Also the belief that Susannah had for the black slave was so beautiful and that shows that some people really do care. I have not really read any books that really went along with this story but in the future will be filled with more of these types of books. The way that people were treated in the past and still today just makes the biggest different in the people that are here today. People to this day don't realize that all people have feelings and do care. The way blacks and slaves were treated in the past is just the biggest mess. "How can the slaves make a living if the whites just give then the bare minute?" asked Susannah. Well the answers to that one little question was answered but the people that didn't care. In ways the people cared it was just against the peoples beliefs to speak of.

Book Report By: Tevin Reeves
Steal Away
By: Jennifer Armstrong

This book is about two girls named Susannah and Bethlehem. They are running away
from a southern plantation. Susannah is an orphan who is trying to run back to Vermont where
she used to live. Bethlehem is a slave who is trying to run to Canada to be free.
They both made it to their destinations, and both are talking to Mary about their run away.

The main character in this book is Susannah. Susannah is the main character because
in the story she was being strong and powerful. To me, I really think she was a good run away
the way she was acting like a boy. When she got that big cut on her hand, she did not
really act like a girl. She was also a nice girl because she taught Bethlehem how to read.

The main character, Susannah has a problem. The problem is Bethlehem and Susannah trying to
not get caught while they are running away. They are also trying to stay together and not get mad
at each other and break apart. This was the kind of problem that if you didn't have good friendship,
you would probably would get in trouble by the people who they ran away from .

To the problems, Susannah had a good friendship with Bethlehem. They had a couple of arguements, but
did not split up. They did not get caught, although they did see people who helped them out. Also, in their
arguements, they really didn't get mad, they settled it and then went on
with their runaway. So that means they didn't break up.

My opinion on this book is that I think this book is a good book. I would also recommend this book to
others because I like the book. I like this book because I think it's a kind of book that shows how to
have good friendship. That is the reason I would recommend this book. I also think it is an interesting book.

The author basically has only one theory to discuss in this [short book], and once presented in the most simplistic of terms, he does not feel the need to discuss it further. His theory is that the DJIA can be predicted based on the numbers of 45-54 year olds - "big spenders" as he calls them. When the numbers of this age group goes down, so will the economy. The rest of the book describes in overly dramatic terms (complete with excessive exclamation points and bold print) just how bad the depression will be when the numbers of this age group declines. The author predicts the worst depression in history will occur sometime after 2010 (when the numbers of "big spenders" will decrease significantly.) Then he throws in a paragraph or two about what to do before the depression (invest in stocks) and just prior to the depression (sell your house by 2010 and invest in Treasury bonds.) That's it.

This book is a fascinating read and I recommend it. But I can't help but think the author is acting like Chicken Little. First off, the author does NOT have an Economics background. Having said this, many prominent economists would agree with his conclusion that a great economic downturn will occur around 2011 after a great boom. The crux of the author's argument is that the consumer spending of 45-54 year olds drive the economy. In fact, there is a strong correleation between the the number of 45-54 yr olds in the demographics and the Dow Jones. By 2011, as the number of 45-54 yr olds decline, so will the Dow Jones. The author fails, however, to point out the correlation between the Dow Jones and economic indicators such as unemployment, productivity, and GDP. This is a huge missing link to his argument. There are other factors which the author does not address, such as technological growth that is driving up the productivity. The fact that the Great Depression was caused by, not only the demographics, but wildly unregulated financial system is totally ommitted.

After the many books of the last decade or so that incorrectly predicted depressions based on convoluted wave theories and other hard to swallow ideas, it was a breath of fresh air, albeit shocking, to read this book. It offers seemingly irrefutable arguments for a coming depression of massive proportions, based on very logical demographic principles. The real convincer for me was that it provided real proof for this prediction by showing how the same simple concepts have accounted for the detailed trend of the economy since 1920. A quite remarkable feat. Even the author seems at times to be quite shocked by the accuracy of his results. With concepts that almost effortlessly explained the trend of the economy for the best part of the last 100 years, I found it very easy to believe what the book predicts for our future. Anyone who wants to at least have a fighting financial chance in what is coming our way a few years from now ought to read this book, especially baby boomers.

I like Michael Ziesing. He's an interesting guy. But unless the idea of going to Thailand for a vacation just hit you on the head like an apple falling out of a tree, this book isn't going to give you much in the way of practical advice. It's pretty much a validation of a lot of stuff you already know, if you've ever been to Thailand and have a modicum of common sense.

Don't get me wrong. It's a pretty good read, and Ziesing, as I said earlier, is an interesting and entertaining guy. But it's more Ziesing's tale of his experience in Thailand, with a few lessons drawn from the experience, than it is a "guide" to anything.

Still, if the musings of an ex-community college philosophy professor on his new low maintenance lifestyle in a Buddhist country sounds like something you'd like to read, then buy the book. You won't be disappointed. There's not a whole lot out there coming from anywhere near the social/financial perspective of Ziesing about living in Thailand.

Come to think of it, these days there's not a whole lot out there coming from Ziesing's perspective on anything. Buy this book and help change the zeitgeist.

As a person who loves to go to Thailand 2 weeks at a time, I thought exploring the idea of living there full time would be interesting if nothing else. This book is a great guide on how to be a decent American when traveling abroad (not just in Thailand). Much of what I read in the book I already knew from studying the culture. I wish I would have read this book before my first trip to Thailand. a good book of realistic concerns That westerners should know and understand before even vacationing in Thailand!

The book is great. In fact I bought the book and I did it. I went to Udonthani (in Northeast Thailand), met and married a beautiful Thai girl. I intend to move their next year. Buy the book you won't regrt it. There is a lot of valuable advice in the book. In fact I outdid the author - my is 30 years younger than me. Definitly its worth the money. And the author was correct in saying that Thai people are nice friendly people. Thailand is like being in another world - nice, friendly, unpretentious people. Buy the book. I should write one myself!