Ford Reviews

the discussion of goals, and Personal agency beliefs and the tables that acompany them are fresh,useful, and thought provoking

Regardless of your expertise in this subject matter, you should read this book (if you have not already). It is an outstanding work, using a systems-theoretical approach to integrate the many theories related to personality and motivation. Like S. Ceci's work in the cognitive domain, "On Intelligence More or Less...," Ford is absolutely the best single source for anyone interested in understanding the domain of personality and motivation, for fun or profit!

Listening to this book I found myself laughing. The essay regarding his first sexual encounter had to be the funniest of them all. Ford has a way of pointing out the abserdities of life and the oddities in people. I like the fact he is a down to earth kind of guy and a true gay man. this book however would appeal to both gay and straight alike because it is quite funny. The only thing I did not like about this audio production was the two songs included at the end of each section. I would have preferred another essay or two in place of the songs. Still I enjoyed it and hope there will be another volume on audio. Highly recommended.

I read this Authors book "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me," and he dosen't disappoint hear either. His sence of humor is both catty and unforgetable. A must for ever gay, or gay at heart. Even if you don't want to admit it.

I work in the gourmet food trade and was looking for an excellent reference on the topic of olives. The Gourmet Trader in NYC has a reference chart of Olives that contains pictures from this book. This book will tell you about the kinds of olives (with excellent pictures). This book also covers topics of interest related to these fruit such oil production and the cultivation of olives. Not to mention that it contains recipes! This is the book to get if you are seeking a great reference on olives.

I tasted an olive tapanade at a party and went crazy! I had to have the recipe! My friend loaned me the entire cookbook and I have had great success with the other two recipes I've tried, as well as soaking up information about the different kinds of olives and their strengths in dishes. I'm now buying the book for myself, as well as a few extra copies for gifts along the way.

John Ford is THE greatest film director of American Cinema, and perhaps one of the greatest artist of the 20th century. Yet his figure remains enigmatic, part of the reason is because this man never wanted to talk about himslef. This biography is a well-researched piece written by Ford's own grand son, who is also a film producer. As the director's relatibe, he had access to most of his personal papers, as well as interviews with Ford's many collaborators, which includes John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and many others. It is a very good introduction about the man. I do not share the author's view about Ford's later works, and I have found some contradicting facts about the making of Cheyenne Autumn when I researched the atchive papers of Waraner Brothers, but these are details. This book is a bit sentimental, but so are many of the movies directed by the author's grandfather, so I think that's okay.

This is the best book on the greatest director who ever lived, by his grandson Dan Ford... Part of the reason is that Dan Ford grew up not only in his grandfather's immediate vicinity, but "inside" his world -- the people in Ford's film "family," from the stars to the stuntment to the gaffers, were part of his everyday world as a child. A biography by a relative can go either way: it can be "protective," trying to present the biographical subject in the best possible light, or it can be an account by what anthropologists call a "native informant" -- somebody who actually lives with the tribe he's writing about, and speaks their language. Dan Ford is the latter. He pulls no punches about John Ford's alcoholism, his moodiness, his constant tendency to self-aggrandizing lying about himself and his origins, his streak of personal cruelty, the weakness of personality that made him suck up to powerful people and military leaders while acting as a tyrant to his entourage, but the important thing is that you see this as the people actually around Ford experienced it, as somehow sustained by an affection and an awareness of his genius. Maureen O'Hara, Dudley Nichols, John Wayne, George O'Brian and hundreds of others LOVED Ford, for all his faults and his transparent dishonesty and his small-mindedness. And because they loved him, they gave him everything they had in the golden days of the Hollywood studio system. And because they did that, Ford emerged from that golden age as the greatest director film has ever known. Dan Ford is wonderful on all this, and especially good on the films -- not in the formal sense of cinematograhic analysis, but events in Ford's creative life as a director -- in a way that makes the book indispensable for serious students of film. Dan Ford also writes well, though he protests that he's not a writer. His fine clear and engaging style must have come from living in an Irish household, where language is always assumed to have a magic to it. That shows up in John Ford's films, and it shows up abundantly in his grandson's fine biography.

My first contact with "Red Hills and Cotton" was in 1973; I was 4 years old, and my mother had been given the book as a birthday present by my aunt. When I was old enough, I read the book for myself. Ben Robertson is buried in my hometown, and I recognized much of the geography of which he writes. I also recognize much of the human spirit about which he writes - the spirit of the Southern small farmer.

Although many of the circumstances of the South have changed since this writing (in the early 1940s), the nature of the people has not changed to a great extent. We may not work the fields each day, but our love of God, family, homeland, adventure, loyalty -- all these things remain close to our hearts and lives. Ben Robertson would still have reason to be proud. Would that he had lived longer and written more!

An English professor I had in college once berated me at a poker game for recommending this book. He had never heard of it. I gave him a copy. I can only imagine the sardonic moment in which he finally picked it up. He loved it. The book was given to me by a Capitol Hill policeman from North Carolina. This is the sort of book that will help Yankee's (like me)to understand the Old South; a truly liberal and enlightened view. This is one of those books, whose author was struck down early in life, that makes you wonder what might have come from his pen had he lived. These are memoirs, memoirs of the old folks that made up the backbone of the South after the Civil War up to the Great Depression, real, living people whom, thorough these pages, become a delight to get acquainted with.

"Eerie, Indiana" was my favorite TV show in the world during that sadly brief period, when I was 13 years old, that I had a reason to live every Sunday night at 7:30. When I recently discovered that it had been turned into a young adult book series, I rushed to the store to pick up the first installment.

What impressed me is how the writer, Mike Ford, kept the novel in the tradition of the TV show. The characters, right down to every last obscure one, are all intact and the book sticks to the shows whole ominous yet comic tone, with witty pop culture references scattered throughout. One thing that placed "Eerie" high above all other shows aimed at the same audience (or higher, for that matter) was that it never talked down to it's audience just becuase they were kids. The book doesn't either. It assumes that young readers are capable of thought and imagination.

Another thing that I love about the show, and that this book picks up on as well, is that, as weird as the situations got, there were usually traces of humanity in the characters actions. Here, the Stewarts use Foreverware as a clinging onto the past and erasing the tragedy that's plagues their lives for years. The citizens of Eerie are weird, but rarely are they weird simply for weirdnesses sake.

If I have one minor complaint about this book its that I kind of wish that Ford had come up with a different premise for it instead of simply revisiting the story of the first "Eerie" episode. He does it very well this time but I'm hoping that the later books in the series will go off in their own directions. I intend to find out for myself very soon.

It's a great book except to understand it, you have to see FOREVERWARE, an original EERIE INDIANA show. It's a great book. It was more weird than scary.

An insightfull and entertaining book that touches on a subject rarely spoken of, but often thought about: do other life forms think, feel and communicate as we do? In fact they do. All lifeforms can communicate with one another, the only problem is we can't always understand the other lifeforms language, and if we all took the time to learn one anothers language, all life would live in harmony.

How do animals and plants feel and communicate their feelings? This presents a growing body of research which demonstrates that animals - and plants - have emotions and responses just as valid as human feelings. From birds and how they see to homing frogs and their shared communities, this packs in a range of insights on wildlife communications processes.

Tremendously vivid pictures & detailed stories of Shelby American racing history. Includes all racing history for Shelby GT 350s, Cobras (289 & 427), Can Am, etc. Also includes shots of Shelby America's shops and automobile prototypes. Well worth the money.

I was fascinated by this great book. I highly recomend this book to anyone who likes or loves shelby mustangs.

For the Pastor that need resource material to help in preparation for sermons, or Bible study on the Second Advent this is a wonderful resource. For the average lay person it is most interesting reading.

this is a awesome book that broaches the subject of revelation in a fresh and easy to read and understand way. the book is a short one and can easily be read in a matter of a couple of hours. the reader is referred to specific scriptures throughout the book.

This is THE book to have if you want to learn about the history of tablet weaving, or about advanced techniques. However, it's not a simple book to understand, and presumes that the reader has some experience in tablet weaving. Definitely for the intermediate to advanced tablet weaver.

This is the best book on tablet (card) weaving ever written and will never be surpassed except by a further edition. Collingwood is the acknowledged expert on this ancient and endlessly fascinating weaving technique and his book - an updated edition of the original text - offers the ultimate exploration for both craftsman and historian alike. The descriptions of the various techniques are clear and practical without being in any way over-concise. Only drawback is a few misprints, otherwise this book would easily rate a score of 100%; a lavish, gorgeous book you will treasure. (Particularly useful is the lengthy annotated bibliography.)
Juliet Griffin