Ford Reviews

I teach a graduate class in Information Technology in the Public Sector, in the M.S. in Public Administration program at a major university in southern California. I selected this text for my class because I found it to be an excellent, wide-ranging and deep exploration of a host of ethical issues dealing with information technology for non-computer majors. While not every article was directly relevant to my class (which is made up of current and future managers of public sector organizations), the book is easy to read and has a "friendly" style that draws you into the articles. Some articles are only a few pages while others are quite long. This text has been very appreciated by my students and the articles in it have been the source of many in-class discussions and debates. Overall: Outstanding!

A child of the '50s, I grew up in a small Midwestern town where I learned to hunt and fish in country very much like Mr. Ford's fictional Hardscrabble, USA. One of my first magazine subscriptions was to Field & Stream, in the pages of which I quickly became a devout vicarious member of The Lower Forty Shooting, Angling and Inside Straight Club -- even if in those days I hadn't a clue as to what an inside straight might be.

As things turned out, mine was to be a life membership. Those wry, folksy hi-jinksy denizens of Uncle Perk's hardware and dry goods store -- Doc Hall, Judge Parker, Angus McNab, Colonel Cobb, Cousin Sidney, Dexter Smeed and others -- stayed with me into manhood, forever fussing amongst themselves in some stove-warmed, nostalgic recess of my memory -- long after Mr. Ford passed away and Field & Stream became just another slick magazine with more ad inserts and attached postcards than real pages.

Thus, I met with excitement and a little nervousness the publication of this book -- The Corey Ford Sporting Treasury -- happy to be reunited with the old gang, yet wondering if they would stand up to the passage of time. I'd been disappointed before revisiting books that enthralled me as a youngster, finding as an adult that I couldn't recapture the magic.

Not so with this collection. If you'd believe me, I'd say the grey started leaving my hair and the pains from my joints as once again I perched unseen on a cracker barrel and listened to the old boys needling each other and plotting some practical joke on Deacon Godfrey or Owl Eyes Osborn -- a joke that more often than not would backfire on one of the club members.

But the real reward in discovering this treasure, besides the choicest of the Lower Forty's "Minutes," were the other pieces Mr. Ford had published over the years he was writer-in-residence at Dartmouth College.

By far the most profound -- in fact, one of the most moving stories I have ever read -- is the grand finale of the book, winning an entire Part of the book's three divisions. It's called "The Road to Tinkhamtown," and it's about an old hunter and his beloved old hound, Shad. This beautifully crafted story has just enough of Ford's signature droll humor in it to keep one guessing, but not enough ultimately to keep away the tears. And if you want to know why, you'll have to take the road to Tinkhamtown all by yourself.

I found this cookbook to be very helpful in finding recipes for health-minded individuals without being too extreme. It concentrates on whole foods, natural substitutes, good nutrition, etc. I have recommended it many of my friends.

Combined forces of the two famous dinosaur experts Donald F. Glut and Don Lessem, resulted with the detailed listing and description of all dinosaur genera and species known at the time of the publishing (1994). The encyclopedia contains 400 original illustrations of fossils, skeleton reconstructions and life retorations. It is a pitty thourg, that all the dinosaur described in the book were not accompanied with their illustrations. Nevertheless, it is a great reference book and recommended for all ages

My 3-year-old and 5-year-old Mulan lovers were captivated by the illustrations and the challenge of finding differences in the two presentations of scenes from the movie.

This book has to be one of the best ive ever rear about early fords and the pictures are just amazing.. words cant describe this so i wont even try.....

With a brillantly chosen, deceptive simplicity of words, the Amazon is brought to delicious and haunting life. Enter this magical mythic world and prepare to be spun around, astounded and challenged. Slyly humorous, deeply poignant,and politically insightful; it is reminiscent of the work of Pablo Neruda. The richness of the Amazon and the plight of that beautiful land will linger with you long after reading these poems.

Anyone interested in car design must read and keep this book. Should be a mandatory reading in design schools and design departments of every automaker. Either as a historical document or as an artistic reference, this book is a feast of information and images.
The author does not pretend to be an amateur car designer but instead humbly becomes a communication channel between the reader, Bob Gregorie and the memory of Edsel Ford, and a very good one indeed.
Kudos to Henry Dominguez for not having succumbed to the temptation of using modern color pictures and having gone to the process of selection those amazing images from The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village archives. Kudos to Henry Domiguez for such a fine book.

Seldom have I found a manual that stimulate me to teach the core values of Judaism and Christianity as McGinnis` Educating for Peace and Justice has. This wonderful manual is crammed full of ideas and resources that will help anyone teach the topics of peace and justice better. Any educator will be richly rewarded and encouraged by the work that McGinnis has done. HIGHLY Recommend

Let me say at once: this is the most incredible, most beautiful book I own. And I've collected quality illustrated books for years. It stands between Avedon's "Observations" and Damien Hirst's "I want to be with everybody blah blah..." on my (reinforced) bookshelf--and right now it tops either of them in its artistry, design, and sheer beauty.

I'm getting carried away. So... this is a breathtaking journey through 10 of the projects that this artist/ costume designer/ set designer has undertaken in the last fifteen years--in sketches, photographs, and her own narrative--from creating the look of Paul Schrader's Mishima, to dressing Jennifer Lopez in The Cell. Between times, she has lent her incredible vision to theatre, film, opera, and installation art.

I think she's been so successful because she's never compromised her vision. It inspires me (as an artist) to not give in. Eiko Ishioka won an Oscar for her costumes for Dracula. No doubt she'll be nominated again for her work on The Cell. According to the flap text, she has also won a Grammy, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. I expect to see her win an award also for this book--It's as good as any of her big-name, big-budget projects. Good for her!