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This book brought back painful memories for me. As a young sailor on a River Assault Boat in River Assault Division 92, I participated on "Operation Barrier Reef" in January 1969, from the MACV compound described in this book. Although this book does not cover boat operations and the part that Mobile Riverine or River Patrol Units played during this period of time, it is an excellent description of the warfare of the period and operations in a remote area of Vietnam without fire support or air support. Those of you that want a graphic description of
river operations in that area, read the prologue from Brown River, Black Berets, a description of a firefight on the Dong
Tiem Canal, that I participated in January 1969. Both books
are excellent background sources for river warfare and the
seldom covered special unit operations.

I read this four years ago as a junior in high school for my American History Class. The course was offered for college credit and I used to get frustrated by all the books my teacher made us read, not to mention the essays we had to write in response to what we learned. Near the end of the year she assigned "Once a Warrior King" and I was so impressed that I never forgot the impact the book had on me. It was a vivid statement from the point of view of a man fighting in Vietnam and I could feel everything with accuracy as if I had gone through the same trauma. He was a warrior king and it was a classic.

I think I probably read the first printing of Once a Warrior King and that was probably over a decade ago now, but David Donovans account of his time in Vietnam still remains one of my favourite accounts of the conflict.

"A simple Hebrew blessing is a powerful thing - a one-minute, deeply meditative exercise exploring the nature of the Creative Force we call God and the dynamic relationship between God, human consciousness, and the unfolding universe. Far from a mindless mumble, each word of a Hebrew blessing is crafted to touch deep centers of awareness and receptivity within us. Each word is a stepping-stone inviting us to explore a rich treasury of images and associations."

This premise is where Marcia Prager's book begins - and then she takes the reader on a wonderful journey, exploring the practice of brakhot (blessings) and how it contributes to bringing kedusha (the sacred) into every aspect of our lives. She gives us a sense of the richness and depth of the Hebrew language as she explores the letters and words we use to begin a blessing; she encourages us to be fully present in the moment, with kavvanah (focused intention) and an inner turning toward God.

Many of us were taught to translate Barukh Ata Adonay, Eloheynu Melekh Ha'Olam, as "Blessed art Thou, Lord Our God, King of the Universe." Prager leads us through explorations of each word, its levels of meaning and associations, until her translation has evolved into "A Fountain of Blessings are You, The-Eternal-Breath-of-Life-Beyond-and-Within, Divine Expansiveness Concentrated within our World, Channeling Creative Power to Manifest as the Mystery of Consciousness becoming Time-Space." Not only does she expand and deepen the meaning of each word, she makes them come alive - so that a brakah becomes a doorway that can open into a truly sacred moment.

I love this book - I have been studying it, delighting in it, and being transformed by it. It is beautifully written; Prager draws on teaching stories and examples from many historical sources, as well as her own contemporary perspective. It is also a deeply inspiring book, inviting the reader to participate fully and with joy in the path of blessing. Before she invites us to craft new brakhot of our own, Prager summarizes, "Through our brakhot our lives are enriched. Infused with holy energy, our souls arise to partake of the adventure of the universe. We bless the Source of Life and we are blessed."

Today I started reading Marcia Prager's "The Path of Blessing" for the second time. I have been referring to it many times since the first reading and still feel that it has more to say to me. Rabbi Prager's knowledge of the Hebrew language is extensive and she is able to share that knowledge clearly and in a way that holds the readers interest easily from the first page to the last. And that last page contains one of the most powerful, succinct definitions of God I have ever read. It remains a joyful reference source for almost every blessing I might wish to use in my life and also contains a formula for making my own brakhot. I am delighted to have this book!

If you have ever hoped to find a book that would help you be more present in the moment, be more grateful for the blessings in your life, or face each day with renewed hope, Marcia Prager's book, "The Path of Blessing," would be the book for you. Prager reminds us of the value of blessings - how we might begin to experience the world in a different way after learning more about and including blessings in our daily practice and becoming more aware of the blessings bestowed on us. She writes "Imagine if at every moment we each embraced the world as the gift it is". We learn where God is in all this when we read "On the path of blessing, we are reminded that the whole world is an expression of divine energy." Prager also includes a handy appendix of blessings for specific occasions (eating bread, drinking wine, seeing a rainbow, lighting holiday candles, etc.). No matter where you are on the path of your learning or practice, this book will deepen your awareness of the bounty of blessings that is available to us, if we only tap in to it.

... for all of the women who served in Vietnam. Read this book, plus the late Lynda Van Devanter's Home Before Morning and you'll see why.

While Lynda's book is a hauntingly graphic record of the triumphs and tragedies that the ANC nurses and Army surgeons experienced in Nam, A Piece Of My Heart gives the reader a very broad perspective of the contributions of women in many other areas.

The foreword to the book was written by the wonderful Martha Raye, whose unflinching commitment to the men and women who served in Nam led to her being a two-time Purple Heart recipient. That even an entertainer could be wounded twice in the line of duty speaks volumes about the risk level In Country.

Equally, Civilian Flight Attendant Micki Voisard almost met her end when her airliner almost collided with a B-52 that was maintaining radio silence during an airstrike.

Yet even though the Red Cross Donut Dollies, such as Penni Evans and "Sam" Bokina Christie and WACs such as Doris Allen all have compelling stories to relate, it is the experiences of the nurses that really stay with you, long after you have put the book down.

For most of her post-Nam life, former ANC nurse and author Lynda Van Devanter (Home Before Morning - available through Amazon.com) was haunted by the memory of a young soldier who had no face, and who eventually had to be left to die because of the extent of his injuries.

When you read the piece by Anne Simon Auger (91st Evac. - Chu Lai) you realize that injuries of that magnitude were not as uncommon as you might hope and pray. Anne also described a young soldier whose face had been shot away, leaving him blind and in her words, "a vegetable".

While my own view is that people in such terrible physical condition should be given enough morphine to shut down their breathing, or in the absence of that, on the battlefield, a mercy round from an M-16, I fully accept that however you have to deal with such shocking injuries, it will stay with you for the rest of your life.

Let us not forget that while the cowardly Stalinist flag burners were calling the returning troops "baby killers", thousands of true blue American women were risking their own lives to support the largely teenaged US soldiers in a war that increasingly made no sense to the people who were being asked to fight it.

These women were Vets. These women were heroes. These women were angels.

We must constantly seek ways to honour them. Their sacrifice must never be forgotten.

I thought this book was very informative and well written. My heart goes out to all women that served during the Vietnam War. I was nice to here stories of every different types of women that served. If you are interest at all about women that served in the Vietnam war this would be a great book.

These stories are so heart-wrenching I had to take a break while reading simply to keep from falling to pieces. These women are so amazing and strong - they're inspiring. I Loved this book and GREATLY recommend the play with the same title by Shirely Lauro that was based off of these stories. It's so unbelievable and so real it makes you feel for those 6 women more than you'd ever imagine!

It is the best book that talks about prophet muhammed. before this nobody could tell about him in that way.His perfect life is firstly stated perfectly in this book. after I read the book I loved the prophet more and more than before. to know the perfect life and the mission of prophet muhammed this book must be read by everybody.

This is one of the best books I have ever read, I have known Mr. Gulen as a big scholar for many years, but have never had a chance to read his books, only read some articles based on his works. I am sure the original version of this book must be a real pearl, which is in Turkish (this is the translation of the original version - by Ali Unal).

Throughout the book he supports his points with related Surah from Quran, or from Prophet's traditions (Hadith). This was very eye opening for me. I am really amazed by his religious knowledge Mashallah, for that I would like to show my respect. May God be pleased with your works Mr.Gulen and lengthen your life so that we could get more knowledge and books like this from you.

I would recommend this book to all the people who would like to know Prophet Muhammad more. This book should be a priority in your list.

I cannot wait to read Mr.Gulen's other works.

Easy to understand. New aspects of an important men. Never read these information before

Bob

Now that he has a child to support, you knew that sooner or later Falco was going to need a day job. Trust Falco's luck that it would be one he's not going to consider the honor outweighing the drawbacks. Trust Ms. Davis to make sure that Falco will still have to investigate. In the hands of a less competent author, the reader might complain that it's too coincidental that Falco's sacred geese gig gets him closer to the religious community in which the murder takes place, not to mention the connections his brother-in-law and neice have with the case. With Lindsey Davis, it just seems inevitable. What little I know about the Vestal Virgins comes mostly from "I Claudius", so the details provided here were very welcome. (Virgin Constantia was fun to meet.) I must say that the restrictions the Flamen Dialis, the top man among priests, must live under seem incredible (that anyone would take the job, let alone want it). If they really worked to keep the fellow out of trouble, it might be worthwhile trying that trick on some modern politicians. Actually, the priestly family of little Gaia Laelia, the child who thinks one of her relatives is trying to kill her, is an excellent example of the effect an unnatural way of life can have on the generations that follow. If you've ever envied royalty, the example of Queen Berenice of Judea should give you pause. In spite of my disapproval of her past and the way she turned to a grown son after failing with his father, I felt sorry for her. Unlike one of the other reviewers, I think Falco has plenty of reason to feel as he does about Anacrites. I would be horrified if either of my sisters might marry any of the men against whom I filed my on-public-record EEO complaints, and none of them tried to have me killed. (Of course, I would expect my sisters to have better sense.) I have a different favorite suspect for Maia's next husband, but I could be wrong. Ms. Davis is avoiding one of the sins of mystery series by having the characters change and grow, with one exception: Falco's family. Well, I wouldn't expect his parents to change; they're pretty set in their ways. But I was ticked off about the way his sister blamed him for her worthless husband's death. I lent my copy to one of my brothers, and he was angrier about it than I was. He was particularly irritated that Helena didn't stick up for Falco and complained vehemently that some of the women in his family seemed to think that teaching Falco a lesson was more important than that a little girl might die. When Falco's nephew was starting to act like the man of his family, my brother wanted Falco to point out to the lad that he did the same thing when his brother ran out on the family to join the army and his father just ran out on the family -- and look at the way the family treats him. He wanted Falco to advise his nephew to look at his grandmother and realize that was what his mother would be like in ten years. (Now there's a hideous thought.) However, my brother did stay up until 3 a.m. to finish this book, so he obviously found it otherwise good. If you've never read any of the Falco books before, you may certainly start with this one. The handy cast list and references to earlier mysteries should keep you from getting lost. However, I also recommend starting with SILVER PIGS and reading the books in order. That way you'll get to fully savor the character progression and continuity, not to mention getting more enjoyment out of the books' humor.

I love historical mysteries. I esp love historical mysteries set in ancient Rome. And this Lindsey Davis mystery featuring the intrepid Falco is a winner -- a brilliantly intriguing plot and written with the wit , charm and humour that Ms Davis is famous for.

This latest Falco mystery has religion as its central theme. As a reward for services rendered to the empire, Falco has been rewarded with a new official position: Procurator to the Sacred Poultry. And since could mean social advancement which he is most anxious to achieve, Falco is anxious to perform his duties to the best of his abilities. Therefore he has little time for the precocious Gaia Laelia when she comes to him with the story that one of her relatives is out to kill her. Falco thinks that he has Gaia pegged: a spoilt, young child who is bored and has too much time on her hands. Falco has too much going on in his life right then: not only does he have new responsibilities but he must also keep an eye on his sister, Maia, and her newly fatherless brood. Especially when it looks as if Falco's mother has decided to promote a match between Maia and Anacrites, someone Falco dislikes beyond reason. So, he dimisses Gaia's concerns and sends her away. Unfortunately Gaia has been slated to become a vestal virgin, and when she disappears a few days later, Falco is called in by Vespasian himself to investigate the matter, much to Gaia's family's chagrin. Filled with guilt, Falco is determined to find Gaia alive in spite of her family's interference and lack of concern.

In the meantime, Falco has also gotten involved in another investigation involving Helena's brother, Aelianus. Aelianus is hoping to be invited to join the priesthood of the Arval Brothers. While at a celebration however, Aelianus stumbles over a corpse. But when Aelianus and Falco go back to the villa to investigate, the body is gone. Later, the priests try to pass off the death as an accidental one. But Aelianus and Falco have their doubts.

What exactly is the connection between both mysteries? Very little except that Gaia's family seem to be at the centre of both. In this latest adventure Falco finds himself delving into the various aspects of religious life. There are too many taboos and too many people in positions of power with toucy sensibilities. Will Falco be able to solve the mysteries with his life and new job in one piece? Only Lindsey Davis can weave together a story with plots that seeminly have little to do with each other and yet come together in such a way that will keep you marvelling at the feat.

A brilliant mystery, written with great elan. Definitely a 'must read'.

If you have not read any of the Falco series, I strongly recommend that you do so, but start at the beginning. Lindsey Davis gets better with each outing. Her characterization is wonderful, and she peoples her books with lots of eccentric and wonderful people. If you read the series in order, you will get to know them all, plus be able to understand the undercurrants that run between Falco and the many people that are close to him. In this book we see Falco on the search for a missing child. His search exposes him to a very disfunctional family. No wonder the little girl was missing! Her grandfather and all her relations are the worst lot you'll ever meet. The search for the child becomes a race against time, and the last few chapters are "edge-of-your seat". All the while the quips and jokes just seem to flow from the pages. Falco finds himself in a very dangerous and embarrassing position where the lack of wearing a loin cloth under his tunic becomes of paramount importance. This is a wonderful, fast-moving book. Through all the turmoil and danger, Falco finds out that he has a number of people that are very loyal to him and this comes as a pleasant surprise to him, since two of his partners were people he didn't like or didn't trust, and the other - his friend Petronious - had been distant of late. Wonderful Book!

This book examines the battle of words of diplomats involved with appeasing and then confronting Hitler before the real war. Hitler was not a madman warmonger, Taylor declares, but rather an opportunist whose stategy was one of waiting for something advantageous politically to happen rather than willing it to happen. He was a master of bluff, presenting himself as a leader of a country greatly wronged by the Versailles Treaty, which the English especially agreed with. He would recite the injustices of the treaty and would make pleas to have the land that was lost after the treaty returned to Germany. Other times he would threaten war, although Taylor claims that Hitler and Germany were not prepared for war and Hitler had made no plans to conquer Europe, except maybe to take the Ukraine. To quote Taylor: "In considering German armament we escape the mystic regions of Hitler's psychology and find the answer in the realm of fact. The answer is clear. The state of German armament in 1939 gives the decisive proof that Hitler was not contemplating general war, and probably not intending war at all."

Taylor looks through the diplomatic records of the European countries and finds that the English especially wanted to give Hitler what he wanted to avoid war. This book is not the most exciting reading in the world, given that he covers the endless political maneuverings of different diplomats from different countries. Indeed, it's a bit difficult to keep up with all the names and countries and what their stances were. A parody of the writing of the book would be: "England said that, but France wouldn't go along with it because they we're allied with Poland, but the Soviets we're also interested in alliance with Poland, which deeply disturbed Italy, who then petitioned England to change their mind and give Germany one more chance..." Taylor sometimes shows a very dry, subtle wit as he covers the actions of diplomats who desperately seek peace, but keep moving inexorably closer to war. Taylor also does not cover how Russia and the US got into the war and why Germany declared war on them, giving the reader the sense that the book is incomplete. He mentions that Hitler was unethical, wicked, antisemitic, and not a man of his word, but he generally de-emphasizes the psychological examination of Hitler.

Taylor thinks that war came out of the mistakes made at the treaty of Versailles and it began because these problems were not solved. He also states that the origins the second world war had not been sufficiently studied and his book fills the gap in the research on WWII. It is a good book for studying diplomacy and the grievances of Germany over the Versailles treaty. Hitler's racist doctrines and how they affected the war are really not the focus of the book--and this probably a deficit. Taylor says that Mein Kamph was merely violent talk that many leaders have engaged in historically, but have not acted on.

Taylor's contribution to the literature on the Second World Waris a must read. He exhaustively researched the diplomatic dealingsthat preceded the outbreak of war and provided a wealth ofinformation. He shows that neither was Hitler simply a raving,irrational madman, nor were the British, French and other leadersparagons of virtue and sterling defenders of democratic ideals. As inmost cases in history in which "high politics" are involved, thediplomatic dealings occuring on the eve of World War II show that itis difficult to clearly distinguish between the "good" and the"bad" - even when detestable ghouls like Hitler areinvolved. Another important aspect of Taylor's work here is to showhow much history is more than just a series of broad processes, butalso a matter of minute human interactions. Thus, one can only go sofar in explaining the Second World War in terms of socio-economicfactors (which were, to be sure, crucial) - one also has to look athow events are the result of actions taken by powerful leaders andtheir back-room dealings with each other. All in all, an excellent andvery illuminating book. END

A.J. P. Taylor generated a lot of controversy with what he recorded here about the causes leading up to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, and it's not because of some weakness in his personal conclusions. If you read it for yourself, you'll learn so much that you actually won't be dependent on anyone else's conclusions. The book is now a familiar topic to all World War Two historians, but it amazed them all the more because Taylor is considered by many to rank among the finest historians the Western World ever produced.

He points out that what most people have learned about the outbreak of WW2 isn't actually in serious error, but it skips over all the embarrassing controversies and gray areas. Those deficiencies leave politicians with very few insights about how they could avert future tragedies. It's also a dangerously simplistic view planted in the minds of millions by the power of modern media, but there's actually no one person, government, regime, or creed, that can be blamed for the ignorance, as much as we would like to believe that only the good guys (or bad guys) who rule dished the perspective out to us... Misconceptions about WW2 era need to be grappled with honestly, and this particular book is a good start...Modern sociologists and religious people are moving away from a blanket condemnation of any individual or nation, especially those which are no longer in existence, and the insights offered by Taylor apply intelligence and sensitivity to the history of our last century. It is among the finest literary contributions offered for a more peaceful world.

I picked this up to read at a call handler station where they recommended a book, because I was temping on 3 slow days. I fully expected to be bored and knew nothing at all about Padre Pio before I bought it. I was riveted, I read all day and all night until i finished the book. This book details the life of a genuine modern-day Saint. It also details his persecution at the hands of people he obeyed, but they never daunted his dedication nor his faith. He is an amazing role model.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I could not put it down. The whole time I read it, I was overcome with thoughts of Padre Pio throughout my day. The book was beautifully written. It made me cry and it made me laugh. I have nothing but pure admiration and adoration for this man. What a life he lead. If you have any interest in learning about Padre Pio, please read this book. You will not be sorry you did. And somehow it humbles you and brings you a feeling of peace. A++

De todos los libros que he leido sobre el Padre Pio, este es de los mejores. Está escrito en un lenguaje muy sencillo, y fácil de entender para aquellos que no tenemos el inglés como primer idioma. Contiene hechos de la vida del Padre que desconocía, principalmente de su niñez y adolecencia. Es una excelente herramienta, tanto para los que conocemos sobre la vida y obra de Padre Pio, como para los que quieran conocerle por primera vez. Lo recomiendo a ojos cerrados.!!!

Bertrand Russell, a well-known atheist, was once asked what he would say if, after he died, he found that God indeed did exist. Unfazed in the least, Russell answered: "I would tell him: 'Not enough evidence, God. You didn't provide enough evidence.'"

Well, it's 2001, and scientists have been busy at work studying the Shroud of Turin for the past twenty years. But as usual, the mass media have told everybody "the scoop" about the Shroud: "It's a fake. Radiocarbon dating proves without a doubt---three well-respected international labs all agree---the cloth of the Shroud dates no earlier than 1260 A.D."

Read this book if you want to get the rest of the story. Antonacci does a fine job of reviewing all of the reasons why no skeptics have been able to demonstrate how the image on the cloth, which turns out to be an overlay of two different images, laid down at different moments---one relating to the blood flowing from over 140 wounds on the body, and the other relating to the 3-dimensional image of the body itself---could have been created by a medieval trickster. Even today, after the majority of the data hidden in the image has been revealed only by ultramodern techniques that no one in the Middle Ages could ever have conceived of, let alone anticipated by "painting" details onto the Shroud, the most dedicated and disinterested scientists who have spent years investigating the image are at a loss to explain a definitive mechanism that would account for the incredible wealth of details they can observe. These details, by the way, match eerily with the accounts handed down by the Gospels, discredited for so long by skeptics who argue only from textual inconsistencies, and who have never considered the Shroud---because it's so easy to buy into the simplistic dismissal that it must have been faked.

In company with Sherlock Holmes, Antonacci belongs to the school that believes "If you have eliminated all of the possible alternatives, then whatever remains---no matter how improbable---must be the truth." He does not flinch from the inevitable conclusion: those who have been arguing for centuries that Jesus' resurrection is a myth told by early Christians have never confronted the mass of evidence right before their very eyes, in the Shroud of Turin. The much-touted radiocarbon dating in 1988 established only that a single small piece of the cloth snipped from a border area that had been repaired in the 16th century, after being damaged by fire and water, had an "average" age somewhere in the 13th century. Antonacci makes a compelling case that the definitive dating test, based on samples drawn from all parts of the Shroud, has yet to be done, and so the question of the cloth's age is still open. (Were you aware that there was another radiocarbon dating done after the comprehensive examination of the Shroud in 1978, and that it showed one end of a fiber from the cloth was as old as 200 A.D. (plus or minus several hundred years)? No? Well, that's why you should get the book and decide for yourself.

The book's print is unnecessarily small, but there are extensive endnotes documenting each finding established by prior research. In other words, you can start here and follow the leads as far as you want to go. And no one--skeptic or believer--should disagree with Antonacci's conclusion: much more can be done to investigate the clues provided by the Shroud, and so much more should be done. The fate of future research rests with the Vatican's bureaucracy. Let's hope that this book prods them into using the very best technology available to probe into the many mysteries that still remain in the Shroud. After all, how much can a skeptic ask for? Here is the one arguably genuine artifact we have of a miracle, and to say that the case is closed, that the dating process shows the Shroud is a fake, is to deny the reality of that ultimately highly disturbing image that contains so much microscopic detail of a brutal first-century torture---down to the more than 130 welts raised by the Romans' scourging, the clots formed in each welt, and the blood serum that leaked around the edge of each clot. No one could have detected this level of detail before 1978, and now that we can do so much more, there is no excuse for putting off further inquiries. May this book get the wheels turning!

Exciting new theory explains the mysteries of the Shroud of Turin. Based on new evidence provided by the latest technology and recently uncovered details on the images from the Shroud. A fascinating and thoughtfully presented argument for the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. If you haven't read this book, you don't have all the facts you need to come to an educated conclusion.Chapters on the how the images were created are eye-opening. Prior carbon dating testing is debunked once and for all. Surprising evidence is presented from flowers, pollens and coin images found on the Shroud in the last few years. History of the Shroud cloth and where it has been for the last two centuries is unearthed. A must read.

If you've never been exposed to Shroud material before, "The Resurrection of the Shroud" is a worthy introduction. Mark Antonacci provides an exhaustive introduction to several shroud theories, from several different scientific fields. There are, for example, the Mandylion theory from international art history, the VP-8 3 D theory, from high tech imaging, the paint theory, from microscopic examination, the pollen theory, from botany ...

Antonacci writes well, but there are places where his prose could have benefited from a careful copy editor. Compared, though, to the often execrable writing found in many best selling books today, Antonacci's prose is just fine. There are a couple of places where he makes minor errors of fact, for example, when he refers to Veronica's veil as one of the fifteen Stations of the Cross. There are fourteen Stations of the Cross.

The insurmountable problem is, of course, that shroud scholarship is very much alive. Visit Barrie Schwortz's excellent website www.shroud.com, and you will read active, living exchanges between high powered scholars who are convinced that diametrically opposed points of view are correct. Are there traces of paint on the shroud, or aren't there? One can find opposite opinions, firmly attested, by equally prominent scholars.

In short, the mystery of the shroud *is not* something that will be solved for you by this book. You will merely be introduced to a mystery that has gripped minds for over one hundred years, since it was first revealed, through the first photographs of the shroud, that what the naked eye sees when viewing the shroud is a blurred shadow compared with what the camera reveals in its *negative* images of the shroud.

What does all this mean? I came to Antonacci's book knowing that no definitive answer has yet been produced, and that scholars in hard sciences better qualified than I to assess evidence are convinced of the fantastic premise that the shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus.

Even though I know that the issue is not settled, Antonacci's book was a real page turner for me. I read late into the night, hoping that I would hit upon that one bit of evidence that conclusively proved either that the shroud is a fantastic forgery, or an even more fantastic artifact.

That final, conclusive bit of evidence has yet to surface, but that did not interfere with my considerable enjoyment of this book. I do recommend it, to skeptics and believers alike.

Pink Floyd: In the Flesh is the true definitive biography on Pink Floyd that I have read and is better than Saucerful of Secrets(which only covered up to 1990) by a longshot. I am still waiting for Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason's biography of the band comes out. I just got this book and haven't stopped reading it. This book was written by Glenn Povey, whom was one of the publishers of the Pink Floyd fanzine Brain Damage. This book lists every concert performance the band did from 1962 to the 1996 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony(I didn't know Floyd opened for The Who in 1968 in Philadelphia). Also, it has chapters that covers the history of the band from the pre-Floyd days in 1962 to Syd Barrett's breakdown to the success of Dark Side to the ousting of Rick Wright to the Roger Waters/David Gilmour feud to the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. This book also has lots of photos and press releases, some of which I had not ever seen before. If you want a good book on Pink Floyd, buy this, you will not be disappointed.

As a collector of Pink Floyd music this book has become one of my most valued resources. The book has the most accurate information on Pink Floyd's and the solo members live shows and public appearances to date. Each Pink Floyd related event is listed chronologically and most contain the full set list of the show and some include short paragrahps to describe specific happennings at some of the events. I have found that these descriptions very entertaining. The book contains one of the best descriptions of the bands activities before 1967, and very detailed description of the formation of the band beginning as early as occurances in 1962. The biographical account is written well and is enjoyable to read. Packed with lots of information on the band members and their time in Pink Floyd and each of their solo careers. The book is also filled with many high quality pictures, many of which I have never seen before in any other Pink Floyd book realeased to date. The book ends with a short but detailed discography of the band and its solo members works. The book I have is soft back but is still high quality paper and print. Definitly a book for any / every floydian to buy and enjoy. Read it!!!! Shine on.

Pink Floyd: In the Flesh is the true definitive biography on Pink Floyd that I have read and is better than Saucerful of Secrets(which only covered up to 1990) by a longshot. I am still waiting for Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason's biography of the band comes out. I got this book as part of my birthday present and haven't stopped reading it. This book was written by Glenn Povey, whom was one of the publishers of the Pink Floyd fanzine Brain Damage. This book lists every concert performance the band did from 1962 to the 1996 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony(I didn't know Floyd opened for The Who in 1968 in Philadelphia). Also, it has chapters that covers the history of the band from the pre-Floyd days in 1962 to Syd Barrett's breakdown to the success of Dark Side to the ousting of Rick Wright to the Roger Waters/David Gilmour feud to the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. This book also has lots of photos and press releases, some of which I had not ever seen before. If you want a good book on Pink Floyd, buy this, you will not be disappointed.

"Queen Victoria's Family" by Charlotte Zeepvat is a wonderful book, one of the best books I ever read. I like Queen Victoria very much and have already read so many books about her and her family, but this is my special favorite. Because of the fantastic pictures Victoria and her family become alive again in this book. I think there is no other book about Victoria with so many and such beautiful pictures. Besides, I can say that Charlotte Zeepvat is an excellent author, her other book about Queen Victoria's son Leopold is also great. "Queen Victoria's Family" is a must-read book for everyone who is interested in this topic. Read it, you will be as enthusiastic about it as I am.

I was pleasantly surprised by the photo album book of Queen Victoria's family. Many interesting pictures were included that I had not seen before in my collection of 19th and 20th century pictures of British, Russian, and German royalty. They were well-documented and I would highly recommend the book.

Absolutely remarkable. Charlotte Zeepvat takes the reader into the lives of Queen Victoria and her family with the amazing photographs, both candid and formal. The pictures are rare. They are well organized and have excellent captions. Zeepvat is a great writer/historian and I recommend her books to all.