Allard Reviews

I am eleven years old, and I love Miss Nelson Has a Field Day because it was funny and interesting. I liked it when Miss Viola Swamp called one boy, "Smarty". It made me laugh!! I think other kids should read this because it is a really good book. I think it is even better than the first two Miss Nelson books. All kids would love this book!!

Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School

The Horace B. Smedley School's football team is awful-and their big game with their major rival is on tap. Can anything be done to get the guys into shape in time for the game? Miss Nelson has a plan and, out of the blue, Miss Swamp is on the scene. But where is Miss Nelson??????

This is a truly delightful series that the whole family can enjoy. Good stories, great characters and the indomitable Miss Nelson all add up to great fun and great reading for kids.

My daughter loved this book. She was not an avid reader a couple summers ago but this one was a favorite. She likes all the Miss Nelson books but she was able to write a summary on this one and have all the information correct so she was paying attention. If it is on your summer reading list for school, go for it, it's worth it.

The book is very thorough. Aviation historians should have a copy for their libraries.

I use this book as a wonderful reference addition to my library. It is filled with relevant, interesting facts. It offers a wealth of information to history and aviation buffs alike.

I stumbled across this book on amazon.com and I was pleasantly surprised when I read it. I thought the character of Benjamin Honeysuckle was well drawn, and I thought that the historical details illuminated the story. This is a true and powerful story about the Civil War. It is also about how we must face our inner demons if we are going to win our public and private battles.

The author does a good job bringing us back to the mid 19th century. There is a poetic feel to the language that I enjoyed.

The battle scenes are very real, and they are written in a way to make us realize the horror of being at war. A very timely topic even though it was written about a time over 100 years ago.

I am not an avid fan of Civil War fiction, and I bought the novel because of the love story. It is a war story, a love story, a coming of age story, and so much more. I highly recommend My Brother's Battle to men and women.

This is one of the most engrossing books I have read in a long time. The scenes are so vivid and detailed that I felt as if I was on the Georgia plantation and on the battlefields of the Civil War.

My Brother's Battle reminds me of Gone With the Wind or Killer Angels. The characters are engaging and realisitic, and I learned a lot about this time in American history.

I read the book in two days because I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it and I can't wait for Meredith Allard's next book to come out.

Bill Allard's vision of America is that of intimacy and affection, it is evident that Bill has connected himself with his subjects, showing the warmth and joys as well as the pain and sorrow of his subject, Bill's strength is his ability to earn the trust of his subject from The Amish to baseball players.
His work with the Blues musicians are a powerful testiment to Bill's ideals of being near his subject, treating them as both godlike and human at the same time. I am priviledge to have attended a slide show of Bill's work on the Blues musician in Havana one fine winter's evening, not so long ago, and those images blew me away. A magnificent work by a master photographer, well done Bill!!

Though there have been many great photographers that have come through National Geographic, William Allard has likely influenced more photographers in the last 40 years of his career than any of his compatriots. His command of color, light and composition is extraordinary. His ability to shoot under difficult light condition and still produce a beautiful and stunning image is envied and respected. Though his unyielding committment to his work led him to an on again off again relationship with NG, the images that he has produced are a testament to his passion and vision. The book is a wonderful glimpse of the man and his work.

In this funny story, you'll get to attent a party at Mona Rat's house. She has invited all her friends except Potter Pig who Told one of her other friends that she had big feet. But this does not stop Potter from coming to the Party. He tries to crash it in many disguises. First he mails himself to the door as a statue. Next he comes as a scottish bagpiper. Later on he pretends he's from the gas company and wants to read the meter. And Then he comes as Santa Claus. But it does not matter what he does, because Mona still refuses to let him in. Finally Potter finds out why Mona is angry with him and they make up briefly.

Party at Mona's is a delight to parent and child! I first read this almost 20 yrs. ago to my son and it quickly became our favorite!! We still read it on occasion and refer to incidents in the book regularly!! It is our all time favorite, must read, over and over. There are lessons to be learned disguised in the humor!!

This book which Lloyd has published I find to the best book on selling I've ever read in my life. I've been a direct salesman for 20 years and currently own Merchant Bancard Services one the largest leading processing companies in the United Sates. I have found that Lloyds approach put in use has double my closing average.If your in direct sales I strongly suggest you purchase this book. John Sumpter Cocoa Beach Florida President/CEO Merchant Bancard Services!

"The Ultimate Selling Guide" is appropriately titled. The principles listed are easy to understand. It is a guide that needs to be studied not because of complex psycho-bable but due to its' simplicity and common sense.

Implementing the principles given go contrary to many prevailing misnomers about selling and continued study and practice will be needed to get the full impact of Lloyd's expertise.

The material is presented in a concise and easy to read manner leaving no room for misunderstnading. I found it an exciting and anticipated supplement to Lloyd Allard's other two books.

Anyone interested in understanding the selling process will find this book a necessity. It provides the means to increase your sales income beyound your dreams. It brings dignity back to the selling field.

As Bradley's _Principles of Logic_ and _Appearance And Reality_ are out of print and likely to remain so (except as portions of expensive "collected works" sets), Allard and Stock deserve thunderous applause for making this collection of well-chosen excerpts available.

Bradley and Idealism generally have been too much neglected during most of this century as speculative metaphysics has fallen out of fashion. But the heart of Idealism is simply, as Bradley once put it, that what satisfies the intellect is both true and real. In this sense, Idealism is as old as Parmenides and need not commit one to the belief that reality itself is basically mental (though Bradley himself thought so). What it really requires is that there be no artificial divorce between the knowing mind and the reality it is seeking to know: the real is ultimately intelligible, and what is ultimately intelligible is real.

Bradley was a seminal thinker in this tradition, and his insights are very often duplicated by later thinkers who do not know how much ground he had already broken. In this volume, key excerpts from all of Bradley's writings on logic and metaphysics are assembled and introduced.

Also of interest to readers of this volume will be the works of British Idealist Bernard Bosanquet and American rationalist Brand Blanshard. Search Amazon for their names as well.

F.H. Bradley was one of the most influential thinkers of the late-nineteenth century, yet his work has been largely ignored during this century (a shame, as his metaphysics should be of interest to anyone coming to grips with quantum physics). Allard and Stock have done an excellent job of knitting together the most important sections of Bradley's key writings. They add their own commentary only when necessary to bring ideas together and clarify certain difficult points. The result is everything you need to get a firm grasp of the philosophy of this important thinker.

Linda Allard's recipes are easy to prepare yet impressive, homey yet sophisticated, comforting yet healthy. The book functions like a modern cooking primer.

The text is charmingly hand lettered and the illustrations are richly watercolored by Ms. Allard. It would make a lovely gift for a new cook or anyone who enjoys simple home cooking.

Ya know, I expected something more surreal and silly from Allard, since I know of him via 'Duck's Breath Theatre', a very funny comedy troupe. I expected to get that evil-good feeling (isn't there a German word for that? They have a word for everything...) from reading about the demise of a fictional dot-com. So I was VERY surprised when I came to actually CARE for these very humanly damaged sonsabitches. What I expected to be a silly romp is, in fact, a tragi-comic page turner. Once I got started, I couldn't put it back down again!

Allard has created an amusing and informative insider's view of the heady days inside the dot.com bubble.All the excess, hubris, and gamblers' swings from euphoria to panic are cleverly drawn and nicely plotted in this "rise and fall" cautionary tale.The characters are well developed and Allard's ear for dialogue keeps the reader involved for the whole wild ride.

Wow!...it was like getting a postcard from San Francisco every day until Spurch.com was completed. I didn't want to put it down...characters/setting/subject grabbed me...I didn't want the crazies to end! The marvelous cover design by J.S. is a wonderful ......take a trip!!!!

Miss Nelson is Missing is a great book for ages 5-8 years old.
The book is about a school teacher who has kids that screw around in class all the time. The kids go to school one day and realize Miss Nelson is not the teacher but some mysterious old grumpy lady. She had loaded them with homework, and the kids where very upset. You are is a real surprise on who the teacher really is.
There is a great lesson to be learned, and it is to not be noughty in class. you should also appreciate what your teacher does for you. All and all this is an exalent book for young readers.

It's about a teacher named "Miss Nelson" that has a lack of control of her class and chooses other tactics to sway the children into obedience and homework. Miss Nelson decides to disguise herself in an elaborate witchs' costume (complete with the wig,nose and don't forget the chin implant). Miss Nelson is now THE infamous substitute teacher, "Viola Swamp". She snaps the kids into shape quick and just when everyone, including the town inspector, is about to give up all hopes of recovering the beloved Miss Nelson she shows up as if nothing had happened with a well kept secret her and Viola only share. The town inspector is now searching for "Viola Swamp". This book was a favorite of mine, first read to me by my first grade teacher and has stuck with me enough to recently purchase a copy to read to my five year old son. He loves it! His favorite character in the book is Viola Swamp. It's perfect for children and teachers alike!

As I mentioned in my review of "Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," I am taking a Children's Lit class in college, which requires me to read a lot of children's books. So, this is a great excuse for me to write more reviews. If you want to make fun of me for liking these books, so be it. I could care less.

"Miss Nelson is Missing" was always a childhood favorite for me. One of my first picture books I ever read, I think. I even remember that my copy came with a record that you could listen along to as you read. Wow, does that bring back memories. I picked this up a few days ago, and found myself enjoying it as much as I did when I was little, if not more.

This is a book about a sweet and nice teacher who has one of the most terrible classes ever. Everyone is mean and nobody ever listens to her. Miss Nelson knows that something has to be done.

One day, when she doesn't arrive to class, the children are so happy. They think they have driven her away forever. They are all smiles and grins.....until....

They meet Miss. Viola Swamp, an ugly and mean teacher dressed in black and white makeup. She puts them to work, yells at them, and makes them do tons and TONS of homework. Desperate and worried, the children turn to a detective in order to solve the whereabouts of Miss Nelson.

This book is incredible. Fun for all ages, especially the young ones. It's fun and gives a good moral lesson at the same time. It has great writing and very cool pictures. The reading level is pretty easy. Nothing too mind-bending behind it.

I recommend "Miss Nelson is Missing!" to ANYONE! Yes, I don't care how old you are. You're never too old to enjoy a good children's book, and I'm starting to re-discover that. Check this one out whenever you can. And if you have kids, I can almost promise you that this will be a favorite.