Ford Reviews

At the beginning of this book the author states that Honduras is the only logical choice for living in Central America. He bases his view only on the low cost of living and not the quality of life. Costa Rica is more expensive than Honduras but has better infrastructure and the quality of life. The weather is also superior in Costa Rica.

This book was very helpful in making our decision to retire to Honduras. It provided us with valuable and insightful information on what to expect and how to go about settling into our new found country.

This book is well written and easy to follow. He covers the culture, history, towns/cities, regions, health/medical, laws of residency, etc. In all of my research of living in Honduras this book is the most comprehensive. I especially liked his "Prime Living Choices" where he covers the capitals, the islands, mid size towns, and even small towns. When I go and visit I am including the smaller places. Places I would of never considered before this book.

This book contains a great deal of information about John Ford, including interviews that the author actually conducted with Ford. This is great because Ford was such a difficult interviewee. There are tons of stills from the film. However, a great deal of time was devoted to the film They Were Expendable and just a few sentences to the Ford film that won more Oscars than any of the others - How Green Was My Valley.

However, the thing I found most difficult, which was not the author's fault, was the typesetting and such. I had the paperback edition and feel the type font size could have been one point larger. In addition, paragraphs and paragraphs were printed in italics to indicate material added at a later date. This was very difficult to read and some other solution should have been found as italics should only be used for emphasis. I just found the book very difficult to read because of the format.

I haven't read this book yet

I've just finished this, and I have to agree with a critic who reviewed "About John Ford" for the Times of London: 'One of the best books published by a filmmaker on a filmmaker'. It certainly is. The author, Lindsay Anderson, was himself a distinguished director("O Lucky Man!"; "If"), a longtime admirer of the films of John Ford-and a damn fine writer on the subject. Anderson uses clear and thoughtful prose and a great, copious selection of stills to illustrate his take on many Ford movies-from his classics such as "The Searchers" to less often discussed titles("They Were Expendable"; the silents). Not a dull page in the book(not always the case with film studies!). Lots of humor. Great frankness. And best of all, several chapters detailing interviews and encounters Anderson had with "the old man"-priceless stories that give the reader a real flavor of Ford-for better or worse. Reading this book produces two tremendous urges: first, to watch all the films discussed again; and second-to make movies. A classic.

This book is a very educational book for kids my age. I suggest that you read this book and learn how te dinosaurs survived and how they protected themsevles and what they ate. Very good pictures in this book.

This book is not very exciting but very educational for kids our age. The book talks about how the dinosaurs survived back then and what they ate and how they protected theirsevles from other predators. The pictures in the book are very good and show wha the dinosaurs looked like. Read this book.

My 4 year old son is a serious dinosaur kid and had read most everything we can find. This book is one of his favorites which pleases his parents greatly. The factual approach and excellent illustrations keep things moving while preserving a sense of education to go with the entertainment. I was hoping the author had covered some other topics but can not find any as of yet. If your kid is really into dinosaurs, this is a must add to any collection.

If you can't afford the Mercury factory service manuals, buy
the Chilton's guide and get some of your auto repairs done
yourself. It isn't an FSM - no Chilton's manual compares
to an FSM - but it's better on avergae than Haynes' guides and
it won't get you into deep water without ample warnings.

This book offers some very helpful insights for do-it-yourself car repair. The fuse and wiring diagrams are excellent, and the steps are easy to follow. I actually think this book is a much better value than the owner's manual I got with my 97 Contour. Some of the jobs in the book are not for beginners, however, and there is no list of the tools you will need before starting each job, but generally, this is a great book.

Do not purchase this book if you drive a '95 thru '98 Mercury Cougar. This manual does not have information on the 3.8L V6 or the 4.6L V8. Nor does it have information on the respective car's transmissions. This book ONLY convers '99 and '00 Cougars. The book you're looking for is "JC WHITNEY - CHILTON REPAIR MANUAL FOR 83-96 THUNDERBIRD, COUGAR."

Jeg anbefaler alle til å ta en titt på noen bilder av Ford Sierra Cosworth som ligger inne på internett. Hvis du ikke vet hvordan en Cosworth ser ut, bør du virkelig finne det ut. Du kan glede deg. Jeg elsker Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.... (Sorry, det er bare norsker som kan lese dette, jeg gidder ikke å skrive på engelsk. Det er for slitsomt.....HeHe) Silje:-)

Jag kan oxå läsa detta och jag är SVENSK, i övrigt håller verkligen med dig...

FORD RULES (specially cosworth)

A good overview of the range of Cosworth Sierras, with some excellent photography and pithy comments. Like the bit about the future of the brand, too

This was a great mystery that my whole family really enjoyed. The subject of missing persons is not anything that I've seen in fiction before, and I appreciate the fresh approach. There was a great set-up at the end for the next installment.

This book was great. I loved the mystery and the story, and all the characters. It was excellent!

Missing Emily is just an all around great mystery and adventure. I was hooked from the Prologue all the way until the end, and I literally could not put it down. The characters were completely real to me and I really found myself caring about what happened to them.

Anyone who enjoys mysteries and adventures should get a copy of this book. There's nothing objectionable in it, so it's appropriate for all ages. And I know I can't wait for the sequel!

This is a convincing look behind the scenes at Ford, as Robert S. McNamara makes his mark in big business, after figuring out how to manage logistics for the U.S. Dept of Defense during WWII. It was novel of these guys (the Whiz Kids) to insist that they all be hired by Ford as a group. Kind of a Japanese team spirit at work. Then different ones fell by the wayside, and one even committed suicide (no Japanese connection intended).

The counterpart to any given U.S. whiz kid for the British during WWII was one Lord Leathers, appointed as material and logistics chief by the war cabinet, whose exploits were referred to by Churchill in his 6 Vol. history of WWII.

For the Germans, we had Albert Speer, seeking to wring gasoline form coal while still promising the Fuhrer that he could still have his new boulevards and buildings in Berlin. I'm not sure who ran this end of things for Stalin, but whomever that was, they must have been pretty smart as well.

The interesting thing is the way the Whiz Kids took what they had learned about moving material to feed soldiers and blow things up, and transferred those skills to rescuing Ford from the predations of Henry I just in time to save the industrial neck of Henry II (since in this tragedy we skip over Edsel I as irrelevant, since Henry I pretty much snuffed him out, emotionally anyway).

This is all living history, and envy of the Whiz Kids is probably what drove GM to hire Peter Drucker from Vienna to analyze itself, leading to Drucker's first major work describing management of a major public corporation. This in turn egging on Alfred Sloan to reply with his less readable "My Years with General Motors."

So a lot happened after these Whiz Kids hit the scene in Detroit. Overall, their quantitative streak seems to elevate them well above trivial "guru" status achieved by so many modern management consultants. McNamara had an interesting feedback into government, by rejoining DOD as a Kennedy guy, from which I guess he repented after the fact to assuage whatever damage he did to his soul by egging on JFK and LBJ beyond the limits of American power, if not authority. That's a lesson for businessmen, too.

Just ten men -- all relatively young during the war -- were responsible for Corporate America's decline after the post-war boom? "Yes -- to an extent." is John Byrne's answer to that question in this unflinching look at how the "whiz kids" (originally called the "quiz kids" for reasons explained in the book) landed jobs at Ford Motor as a group and then proceeded to skillfully consolidate their power by using "new" numbers-based analytical methods to promote their agenda and dismiss others'. Eventually, as they occupied executive suites at Ford, several went into other business and government postions, spreading the "gospel" of "if it's not in the numbers, it's not real." As we now know, this "dispassionate" method's shortcomings become painfully evident when a field is open to increased competition (the auto industry) and/or faces an adversary who doesn't desire to "play by the rules" (the Viet Cong). Byrne takes the time to tell the story of all 10 men to varying degrees, and lays out a vivid picture of how we **will** fall short if we mindlessly follow management styles that have been around for so long that they are ingrained in some companies' cultures, but still are no more effective today then they were 30 years ago.

I was pondering when I read this book. I have read this book for many times. Every time I got different feeling. From this book, you can feel the cheer, and the tear of them. These guys, we can call them "Blue Blood". They got the power of how to control this world, changing this world. The problem is, some of them, for example, Robert Mcnamara, was plug into the data, statistic data and lose humannity. That is why he loose in Vanem. That is also a lesson to all of us, who are at the edge of IT evolution. Don't be a robust, computer is only a tool, there is a lot of beautiful things outside this data matrix. Don't be slaved by it.

Author did give a clearer picture of this ten guys. And intrigue me to know more about them. This is a rather interesting books, also a good lesson to those in "Internet" fever.

Don't lose your humanity!!!

Sorry, but the editorial review above does not describe the book "Bright Eyes, Brown Skin" by Cheryl Hudson. I'm not sure what story it refers to, but Bright Eyes is a simple, repetitive book with wonderful pictures showing African American children enjoying a day at school. There is no real story line to it, but it is a good book for young children anyway!

A charming foursome, Alexa, Ethan, Jordan, and Olivia enjoy a day in kindergarten. The vibrant, detailed pictures and large print, rhyming text provide many opportunities for interaction between the reader and child. Perfect for a beginning reader (5-7) as well as a younger child (3-4). This is one of the few books I have seen for young African-American children that highlights their uniqueness and makes them feel special. My four year old is delighted with this book which has become her favorite bedtime story. Also a nice preparation for pre-school or kindergarten.

The two stories by Corey Ford, first and last stories in the book, are wonderful as are all of his writings. They alone make the book a worthwhile purchase. The other stories in between, most by talented and well known writers, don't measure up. The revised edition of this book replaces better stories that were in the original edition.

This is the perfect gift to give that hard-to-buy-for someone in your life. All the stories in this book give you a lump in the throat, heart-warming feeling all over.