Austin Reviews

This is perhaps the best brief summary one is likely to find on the behavioral revolution in American political science.

Jack Peltason is a distinguished memeber of a generation of political scientists that inherited an intellectual tradition focused on formal structures of government and legal doctrines and transformed the study of government by concentrating on the actual behavior of real political actors.

Excellent book!!!! Five stars!!! I'm a musician .....a drummer, like Johnny. It gave me hope for my own career, and I'm no where near as bad off as Johnny was, close (minus the drugs), but not as bad (and I thought I was bad off till I read this book). And Billy, Johnny's friend also was inspiring. This book kept me in suspence through out. I can relate to Johnny and the stuff he went through. At the end, I just cried. Very well written by John Michael Austin. He is also a drummer and, that made it all the more special. I'd like to shake John's hand for a book well written :o) One more thing, John. When's the movie coming out???? This book is definitly movie worthy!

This book is everything for everyone. Inspirational, motivating. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Johnny Covini makes us realize that no matter how low we are in our lives, there is a drive deep within ourselves to make it. We have to love ourselves first before we can take on the task of achieving anything else. Excellent read. These are the kinds of books that movies are made of.

I bought the book on John Milliman and the companion book on Aaron Milliman a few years ago. I refer to them constantly and have provided information to other family members doing Milliman family research. A great compilation of names and information and WELL indexed. If you have a Milliman in your family tree this is the book for you!

Ms. Austin did a supberb job in researching and compiling information on the decendants of the first known Milliman in America. If you are researching the Milliman family line you will be absolutely thrilled to obtain this book. She even included pictures when available. What a treasure!!!! Thank you Ms. Austin!

A BOOK EVERY PROGRESSIVE DECISION MAKER WILL WANT! WHO DO YOU TRUST? SHOULD YOU TRUST? DO YOU TRUST? HOW DO YOU ACCESS TRUTH? THIS WORKBOOK WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION. WHICH CHANNEL ARE YOU DIALING TO ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ASKED OUR OWN QUESTIONS AND DETERMINED OUR OWN ANSWERS? WHAT WOULD YOU DO THEN? HOW WOULD YOUR LFE CHANGE? THIS BOOK WILL ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? TRUST ME!

This book offers a simple and clear tool to help us get into contact with insight and information that has been covered over by stress and the fast pace of the modern world. We all have these potentials and divine abilities at the depth of our being, but how do you get into contact with it? This book offers you the tools to do just that. Well written, easy to understand, easy to use. Be your own psychic and beyond.

This book, as with all the previous books in this series, provides an excellent overview of the Liabilities and Responsibilities faced by financial institution directors.

Now in its fifth edition, Financial Institution Director's Liabilities and Responsibilities is a must read for all new board members. New editions contain updated information concerning the impact of FIRREA and FDICIA. The author can be contacted in Toledo, OH.

Over the next few years, the community bank Board of Directors will be less of a Good Old Boy social club. Many of the CEOs we deal with are very serious about re-vitalizing their boards.

Given the competitive nature of the financial services sector, fresh thinking at the Board level is now seen as mandatory.

But if you are offered a Board seat at a community Bank, don't accept the assignment until you have read Dr. Douglas Austin's perceptive and readable analysis.

For example, did you know that you can be held PERSONALLY liable for losses resulting from fraud of officers, if ordinary care and attention would have prevented their actions?

Have I got your attention now?

Over 75,000 copies have been sold since 1984. The book is in its fourth edition.

Larry Stybel The Board of Directors' Resource Center Boston, MA

This book has many useful applications for the modern classroom. I highly recommend this foreign language resource.

This is a great resource for teachers

Color photographs illustrate Fresh: Healthy Cooking And Living From Lake Austin Spa Resort, a cookbook of globally inspired, health-conscious cuisine ranging from Skordalia (a tasty legume spread from Greece), to Papacitas (potato and masa pockets with one's choice of fillings), to Moo Shu Chicken Crepes, to Spaghetti with Red Swiss Chard and Bacon. A superlative addition to any personal or professional cookbook collection, Fresh offers a culinary wealth of expressively detailed recipes and ingredient lists hallmarking an impressive selection of fine preparations.

After hearing from friends how wonderful the food is at the Lake Austin Spa Resort, I wanted to find out what all the fuss is about. I haven't made it to the spa yet to sample the food but I did the next best thing, I bought their new cookbook FRESH.

The book not only offers great tasting healthy recipes but ideas on gardening, home spa, cooking tips and much more. I think that is what makes it a great gift because it's more than just a standard cookbook. I've made a few of the recipes and I'm amazed that these recipes are low fat but taste wonderful. Everything is covered from soups, salads, meats, chicken, vegetarian, seafood with cuisines from all over the world.

A great gift for anyone that loves to cook or enjoy good food!

Rachleff, labor historian who "studies the past because he is interested in the future", writes the perfect and much needed antidote to Barbara Koppel's Academy Award-winning documentary about the Hormel Strike, a film that cast the P-9ers and their supporters as "hapless victims" engaged in a hopeless cause. As an academic AND an activist who personally participated in this struggle and became the chair of the Twin Cities P-9 Support Committee, Rachleff succeeds in putting things into their proper historical perspective, describing the betrayal of a community by a formerly paternalistic family owned corporation (and a DFL governor) and a rank-and-file by their own international union, but most importantly, he inspires all working stiffs by showing union democracy in action and the potential of a movement that motivates family, friends, and workers from around the country. The final chapter outlines the positive lessons drawn from these experiences and gives hope for the future of the labor movement. This is a must read for any union member and anyone thinking that they need a union.

Peter Rachleff writes this narrative of the Hormel Strike from the prospective of the common man. His unique vantage into the Labor movement is both intriguing and compelling. He breaks with the standard fodder of analyzing union structure and instead delves into the plight of the "every-man" (i.e. the rank-and-filer). Excellent.

Laura Curtin lived and worked among the curanderas and Native Americans of Northern New Mexico during the early part of the twentieth century. She fell in love with the plants and their lore, and later, at the prompting of a friend, decided to record them. Healing Herbs was first published in 1947, at a time when interest in traditional healing in Northern New Mexico was in decline. It helped preserve traditional information for a new generation -- when editor Michael Moore arrived in Santa Fe in the 1960s he found copies of Curtin's book as a prized possession in many traditional households. The book is unique in the literature of ethnobotany in that it was written essentially by an insider in the tradition, rather than by an observer doing interviews.

Living in the Southwestern Chihuahuan desert, I am always on the search for sources of information regarding local flora and particularly ethnobotanical uses of plants. This is an excellent guide originally published in 1947 and edited by Michael Moore who I consider to be an expert on herbal uses of native southwestern plants. For anyone interested in this subject, a fabulous resource to have in your library!

Cassandra Austin writes bestseller after bestseller! If you want to read a book about love, trust, and dedication than this book is for you! I couldn't put it down! It will stay on the keeper shelf for years to come! I love you Cassandra Austin!

I just finished the book yesterday and I couldnt put it down. Its a great story of Love, honesty and trust. When Dr. Hart arrives in the west he is lonely since his fiancee has stayed in the East. His yearning for friendship and companionship drives him to the bording house where he and the owner Jane Sparks Form a close friendship. Where the story goes from there is on a long adventure of mixed emotions and torn trusts. When the Children from Children's Aid arrive looking for a home things really get moving. A must read for anyone who loves a great book!