Boston

The author and illustrator of this book do a masterful job of conveying a contemporary feminist spiritual message without becoming preachy or pedantic, thus making the story very appealing to children of all ages. The text rolls off the tongue with a poetic fluidity and the paintings are so engaging that you will find yourself reading this book to your little ones again and again.

This fabulous version of the creation story/myth has my almost three-year-old mezmerized. Big Momma, part goddess, part buddha (as admitted by the illustrator) single-handedly makes the world (although her dishes and laundry do pile up in the process). Her daily accomplishments mirror the Genesis story of creation but with a Root-endowed Southern drawl. If you are able to appreciate the gender change, this is a lovely, refreshing version of creation your child is sure to love. It is well-written and beautifully illustrated.

I am a tour guide in Boston. A friend gave me this book for Christmas. I would not be without it. It is really a wonderful book about Boston. Buy it! If you are coming to visit Bean Town.

Stepping out the front door of my office on 141 Tremont, I can glance slightly up and catch sight of the golden dome of the State House-the present one; the other and older one is a few blocks away on State Street. You would, of course, be looking through Boston Common. And past the "Park Street" T station, which as you realize you enter and exit from Tremont Street. The Park Street Church is just to your right, with a strain right you can see the Old Granary Burial Ground and with a similar lurch left you can see the old cemetery at the corner of Boyslton and Tremont Streets. This time of the year you can head bobbing and weaving on the frozen surface of the Frog Pond. If you start walking even a few blocks sights and sites multiply, geometrically. Dr. Thomas O'Connor, University Historian at Boston College and the "Dean" of Boston historians, has released just in time for Christmas giving a delightful dictionary of the city. Based on his long love affair with and wide knowledge of Boston, O'Connor's latest contribution to the Hub's story is an easy read, but as informative as it is delightful. He mixes people and places, legends and lives, sites and scenes. Selecting just the right number of each and the maintaining a proper balance of generations could be tricky. O'Connor has both the historian's training and the teacher's talent of keeping interest and passing on the stories. "The Rascal King"- James Michael Curley and his contemporary and one time publisher of this paper "Gangplank Bill" - the late Cardinal O'Connell's irreverent moniker appear together again. Sam Adams who actually owned and operated a brewery when he wasn't busy riling revolutions and his cousin John only slightly more diplomatic when compared to his kinsman are reunited in this tour of the city. O'Connor reveals that when he was a young lad his maiden aunt would take him on weekly walks through the city and explain the details of places and people, bits of history and bits of lore. Her influence on and challenge to the young Tom contributed mightily to O'Connor's initial and ongoing thirst for more and more of the "stuff" of Boston. Dr. O'Connor' latest addition is in dictionary form. You can read from A to Z as the title suggestions or in any other order for that matter. You might pick it up and check out this or that name or person or event. You'll smile. You'll nod in memory. You'll be in awe of the city's story, her people and her life. If you're new to the cith this will help you know some of the legend and lore and at least know some of people. If you're a lifer here you'll have new perspective on the Hub. Those visiting the city will have a different picture and be inspired to return. This would be a great Christmas gift for any Bostonian: old or new, young or old, home or away.

If you're interested in BCG, then i'd say this is a must-read. This guide really gets into the nitty gritty of what's going on at BCG, how they got to where they are, and where they're going in the future. I got a good feel for what it's like to work there. The liberal use of quotes and insider data made it feel like Wetfeet had really done its homework--which is great for me and lets me focus on learning the stuff rather than having to scramble and search to find all of this valuable info. i'll be sure to use it when i go after a job there. i've also had a look through your other company guides--Booz, Bain and McKinsey--and am glad to say that I got a lot out of all of them. this is definitely not marketing/PR .... i appreciate the strong point of view injected in these guides. and the fine balance struck between the good and bad in every company.

This updated guide was a big improvement on the previous version. The information was current, accurate and really helpful in my decision to apply to the company. I especially like the "day in the life" section and the interview preparation tips. A worthwhile investment.

I grew up in Boston in the 40's and 50's, Roxbury actually. I left in 1959 when I was 19. I view it as having escaped. The neighborhood was virtually all Irish Catholic.

My parents, while not active in party politics were very politically conscious. There political philosophy was quite simple. Roosevelt's Democrats walked on water; the Republicans were for the rich and against the poor (we, of course, were poor). To this day, over 43 years after leaving their house, I have a bit of trouble pulling the lever for a Republican candidate.

As I grew older I realized that their philosophy, which was generally shared by all in the neighborhood, created problems such as complacency and corruption. In our neighborhood the Boston police from Station # 9 made no effort to conceal what they were doing while they picked up their payoffs from the many bookie joints along Dudley Street. Whenever the state investigated a corrupt official or the very corrupt Boston Police Dept. my mother would say that it was just the Republicans taking their revenge on good Irish Catholics. Somehow she always knew that these good Irish Catholics went to mass every morning. The corruption and incompetence in front of her made no difference in her thinking.

Professor O'Connor's book helped me understand how my parents came to develop these political attitudes. Much of what he talked about still existed in the Boston Irish neighborhoods while I was growing up. I suspect to some extent it still does. I just finished reading "All Souls: A Family Story From Southie" by Michael Patrick McDonald. This is a very sad story which shows just how much the Irish Catholic's in South Boston have allowed their communities to degrade and allowed themselves to be snowed by their own Irish Catholic politicians.

If you have any interest in Boston political history or Irish American history you will love this book. I'm sure that the history of the Irish in Boston is similar to the Irish in most major US cities.

From their persecution and famine in their homeland, to their struggles at survival in America, this book traces the history of Boston's largest and most vocal inhabitants. O'Connor does a remarkable job in tracing the numerous stuggles the Boston Irish faced, and how it shaped their attitudes today. The book is loaded with anecdotes and tales from of Boston more famous characters: from James Michael Curley to Bill Flynn. The book, by detailing the Irish political machines at the turn of the century, provides us with the mindset that has controlled Boston politics for over a century. Entertaining throughout, it is scary how much about Boston and its politics one can learn.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes history. This book is about what happened in Boston, Massachusetts with the Boston Massacre. The BostonMassacre took place in 1754.There's a law called the Townshend Act and you had to pay taxes on glass,lead paint, paper, and tea. Their was also one called the Quartering Act and with this law, you had to house and take care of the British soldiers. There was also another law called the Stamp Act and with that one you had to pay a tax on everything you had. Last but not least is the Sugar Act and with that law, when you entered the country you had to pay money to be able to come into the country. I'm saying it again, I highly recommend this book. I think it's a five star book.

The Boston Massacre is usually covered quite briefly in an American History textbook. On the evening of March 5, 1770, colonists in Boston were in the streets protesting the presence of British soldiers in the city. By the time the event was over, five colonists had been slain by British bullets. Paul Revere did a famous etching of the incident, which became a symbol of British oppression of the American colonists. However, like the Gulf of Tonkin incident that resulted in the United States escalating its involvement in the Vietnam War, the Boston Massacre is an event where the facts reveal a different picture as to what really happened. In this book Dee Ready provides the proverbial look at what really happened and answers key questions like whether the Boston Massacre was really a massacre, how it really began, who was involved, and, perhaps most importantly, who was really to blame the British soldiers or the American colonists?

One of the strengths of this small volume is that Ready puts the event in historical perspective. Indeed, most of this book is devoted to providing the historical context for what happened that day in Boston. Ready begins by looking at the relationship that existed between the Colonists and their Mother Country, explains how the French & Indian Wars resulted in the British Parliament wanting the Colonists to help pay the cost of their defense, and details the various acts of Parliament that fueled colonial anger, including the Quartering Act, which required the citizens of Boston to house and fed British troops, and which was the source of protest that day.

The Boston Massacre itself is covered in the last two chapters of the book. The actual event is related I the first chapter, where we see how a young barber making fun of a British officer escalated into a mob taunting a group of British soldiers. Ready makes it clear that the mob was taking advantage of the fact British soldiers could not fire without orders. Still, the pivotal moment of the first shot is still open to debate as to whether it was intentional or an accident. But after that first shot was fired the British soldiers all fired their muskets, shooting 11 colonists (three died that day, one the next, the last a week later). In the final chapter Ready explains how the riot became a massacre as it was used for propaganda purposes by the Boston radicals seeking to inflame Colonial outrage. This last chapter looks at the trials that resulted from the event, where the Captain Prescott and the soldiers were defended by John Adams and Josiah Quincy Jr. The verdicts certainly give a different interpretation to the Boston Massacre than you will find in popular recollection or history textbooks. The most fascinating bit of evidence Ready provides is the declaration from Patrick Carr, the last of the victims to die, who told his doctor he believed the soldiers fired in self-defense and that the mob would have hurt them; Carr held the man who shot him, blameless.

I have visited Boston twice, and both times I have stopped by the grave of the victims of the Boston Massacre. I have also visited the site and read about the involvement of John Adams in defense of the British soldiers from several accounts, both biographical and fictional. From that basis I know that Ready does an excellent job of providing the important historical facts. However, I think the way she objectively presents her information is an even stronger part of this book. The end result is that "The Boston Massacre" is an excellent case study of how history becomes history, that will hopefully open the eyes of its young readers and teach them to take what "really happened" with a grain of salt form here on in.

This volume is part of the Let Freedom Ring series, which explores American history using (by its own admission) engaging text, rich images, and authentic sources and documents (the last is always going to be what impresses me the most). Other titles in the American Revolutions series look at the Boston Tea Party, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, The Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Yorktown, and the United States Constitution. These books are obviously a good place for young students to look when they are assigned to do a report on one of these aspects and are required to get beyond what little appears in their textbook.

As a Bostonian who has driven the Central Artery for at least 20 years this book was very enlightening. Completed in 1959 a year before I was born it (the artery) was intended to be only a very small part of a much bigger road plan. It was designed and mostly built before the 1956 interstate plan was put in to place by President Eisenhower. Even if it weren't overloaded daily with too much traffic the actual speed limit is only 35mph. Certainly not interstate material.
This book shows in pictures the community the central artery diplaced. The upheaval it caused and why the people of Boston rose up to revolt against all future hiway construction. Although some projects were still completed against the people's will, mainly the Massachusetts Turnpike and the I-93 connection through Somerville, MA.
The book even tells of some interesting state of the period de-icing equipment in the road bed that "fell in to disuse" as well as a 'South Station Tunnel' control room that also met the same fate. It is amazing to read about the dreams the people of 50 years ago had for a project that is now an inadequate, ugly, rusting hulk that will soon be a part of Boston's history.

I love the book very much. The photographs are very excellant and history of the Boston Central Artery construction pre Big Dig Construction. Bye Bye Green Monster Central Artery after I93 Southbound opened on 12/20/2003.

This book is probably one of the most cited references of a first hand account of the events in the beginning of the American Revolution. The detailed account of the voyage to the colonies gives information unavailable in other places and his account of Lexington and Concord from the point of view of the British is extremely valuable. A rare find but a must read for any serious student of the American Revolution

This book is a great resource for the history of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers. This book also sheds some light on the battles of Lexington and Concord. The book also comes with a nice copy of the map from the battle of Lexington & Concord made by the author. The book is still available at the time of this review.

As a long time Bruin fan, I highly recommend this book. McFarlane does an excellent job recounting many great stories from the early years of this great franhise to the Bruins today. This book would also make a great gift for any hockey fan. Highly recommended.

I enjoyed the book very much. For hockey fans and non-hockey fans. An easy read that recaps the history of the Bruins in small easy to read chapters. Rather than just tell the history, which it does do, it includes behind the scenes stories which are funny, interesting, and amazing. I'm looking forward to reading the entire Original Six series by this author. A great starting book for all hockey fans and especially those who don't know much about hockey but are interested!

Joe, an African-American from California, is mistaken for a shaman from Africa who can heal others and guide their lives down the paths of which they've always dreamed. Eric, a struggling writer, is trying to find his place in the literary world, as well as his niche in the world of his pregnant wife, Jane. Paula, a social worker, is dispirited with her job, her alcoholic mother, and the fact that she is still single in her thirties. Together, these three fascinating people find their way into The Community, and try to understand what exactly has drawn them all there and where they should go now. George Packer (The Village of Waiting, The Half Man) has beautifully depicted the pains and misfortunes of urban life in the twentieth century. Packer describes his characters and their stories with immense detail and precision and never loses the captivation of the reader. Central Square is a reminder of the moral decisions that have to be made when desire and consequences collide. Packer forces the reader to question his or her beliefs through The Community, an extremist political group who believes they can count on no one or no thing other than that which ties them together: the idea that "every other institution in our lives has failed us." Packer's writing, although moralistic, is bursting with so much energy and modernism that it never sounds didactic or sermonic. Packer's traditional style and observant approach to his characters make this novel an absorbing read on a subject which any citizen of any race or class could relate. Packer challenges the mind, the morals, the madness, and the magic of the reader by revealing the truths of three contemporary urban lives trying to survive in one Community.

Packer is an American Martin Amis who writes with a powerful grasp of language, and captures the intersection of disintegrating lives with a vivid and empathetic touch. He writes women with as much insight as men, and makes Cambridge (Mass)a map of American social and cultural relations. Men who don't read novels will like this one, and women who do will like it even better. (No, I'm not related to Packer -- I just appreciate strong writing.) This book deserves to be read widely.

My edition has a great illustration on the front cover. A man is on a bridge overlooking a river. In his background, there are green hills, a church, farmhouses. The image reflected on the water, though, shows skyscrapers and a gilded dome. Such is Clifford's dilemma, For those of us who have a love-hate relationship with our hometown, this book is a must. The back cover of my copy speaks of restoration and renewal. To me the novel had more to do with coming to terms with your past. Cliff is in a sense overcome with nostalgia. He is on the brink of obsession with the way things used to be. He is soon to be 30, and is going through an early middle-age crisis. Always solution-oriented, Cliff goes back home in hopes to find answers to his questions, and even considers relocating there (even though he knows that is impossible). The novel narrates his adventures and misadventures during his time in Little Rock. He rediscovers who his true friends are, and in the process makes a few enemies. Most interesting is his relationship with Dall, his best buddy but a terrible racist. Clifford "converts" him by example, without trying, and the process sounds totally believable, when it would have been very easy to make it look like a fairytale. Cliff's relationship with Margaret, his high-school sweetheart and a very messed up woman, is also well explained. I have always had a friend back home who cannot stop telling me how great it is to still live there.

Although there is a lot of humor (the scene in the pool house had me in stitches), this is ultimately a serious novel, that shows how nostalgia is a mistake.

Harington has once again captured the very essence of life in the South. This story is an entertaining romp that, like all good comic novels, has a very serious side to it. I have never read a better exploration of the human need to have a place to call home. Throughout the entire book, Harington keeps you entertained with murderous, lascivious, and affable adventures that will have you laughing hysterically and pondering the meaning of life at the same time