Vincent Reviews

I wasn't sure what to expect with this anthology, but I found myself enthralled from beginning to end. Nnedi Okorafor's "Crossroads", Seth Lindberg's "Atropos", and James Dorr's "Madness" were special delights.

A great mix of chilling, horrifying, and otherwise entertaining stories.

This is a great compilation of magic, madness, culture and creativity. All of the stories were pretty satisfying, some of them terrifying! There are some writers here that are going to go places. Watch for the authors of the two longest pieces, Nnedi Okorafor (her story is called Crossroads) and James S. Dorr (he wrote a story called Madness).

Using DSM-IV criteria throughout, the authors manage to provide a succinct analysis of psychopathology, as seen from a transtheoretical perspective.

The research alone quoted throughout makes this book a valuable resource, but combined with an engaging writing style and top-notch structure, it promises to secure Barlow and Durand's position as authors-to-beat when it comes to the field of Abnormal Psychology.

Very thorough treatment of the subject from well rounded, expert authors. Text assumes no previous knowledge, and is quite lengthy because of its comprehensive nature. I have used it many times as a reference text after taking a course in which it was required.

Also this text is an example of a beautiful job of "book making". The text has many color plates -- and a high quality printing job.

This book is written in the tradition of some of the great "Star Treks," episodes and movies, for instance, which took some serious shots at our customs, mores, and religious beliefs, and yet gave us some great science fiction and fantasy in the process. This story does the same thing, tracing the eternal life of a person who begins his afterlife at the beginning of the book. He is confused and distrustful of this new life, and approaches it gingerly trying to unravel its unending mysteries, as well as its infinitely diverse collection of characters from all over the universe and from all periods of time. Many of the characters are comic, some satirical and representative of our own many superstitions and oddball beliefs, and we are able to catch a few laughs at their expense, as we are meant to. But through all this odyssey, there is a solid and captivating story, which is the personal life and struggle of the main character, Gary, as he wanders through this infinite and immense new existance, which is filled with many scientific inventions which the author carefully constructs to make this new world work, if by entirely different principles. They are interesting and peak our interest as to how everything actually "WORKS" - that is, how GOD works - and we find ourselves asking "Could that be how He does it??" Gary's new life, his afterlife, becomes a quest to find meaning and purpose for himself and for the universe, and yet it is a learning experience for him, for he can hardly believe that he is there. The people he meets each, one by one, give him a new incite into reality and himself, into humanity and how all people should work together, and we can't wait to see if he finally unravels it all and finds his purpose in afterlife. This book has everything a reader could want in it - suspense, adventure, satire, some laughs, and a good story about people and finding meaning in life. I recommend it highly to just about everyone who likes to read - it's hard to believe they wouldn't find something to rave about in AFTERWORLD.

This is a subject not too many authors have ever dealt with in ANY capacity, let alone the ease with which this author has tackled it. Everyone wonders about afterlife, what will come after THIS life, and yet no one ever talks about it, almost any way at all. Here, in AFTERWORLD, we find a man who goes there right away, in the first pages, and we trace his epic adventure, through the myriad comic cosmic characters and amusing, often laughable, satirized situations he encounters while he tries to discover exactly what all this afterlife stuff is about. The main character, Gary Townsend, is an "everyman" type of person, but a methodical doubter, who distrusts pretty much everything and everyone, especially sanctified types and religions - this makes for an interesting and usually amusing CLASH between him and the powers that be, which can just barely tolerate his presence in their purified and orderly universe. Townsend becomes determined to change all that and add some excitement to eternity - and how he does that makes us admire him and laugh at the satirizations of many superstitions and customs that our religions and government carry around in "prior life". This book is adventurous, intriguing, and yet filled with situations and strange characters which poke fun at the way we live and worry, and make us smile and keep turning the pages. This is destined to be a great one. Anyone who has loved good fantasy, or even good satire as produced by Orwell ("1984," "Animal Farm") or Huxley ("Brave New World"), or even things like Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange World" will LOVE this!

This is one of the best visual compilations of American Jukeboxes for the collector and devotee. Recalls pre-radio and TV days when people met in person not electronically.

Every coffee table hould have one. Every house should have an original box for the family to dance around.

This is an excellent reference photo book for anyone interested in classic jukeboxes. The photos are outstanding and there is a reference section at the back that gives a brief description of the jukeboxes and related equipment.

As a resident of conservative , sleepy Schuylkill County, I was amazed at the foresight and forward thinkingness of this physician. In a county of staunch Catholics, it surprised me that this happened anywhere during those turbulent times , much less here. Mr. Genovese presents this biography in a very straight forward manor that leaves the reader to make up their own mind about this controversial man and issue. As someone who generally does not read biographies, i was hooked from page one. An easy and educational read. Thought provoking

There is no doubt about it; Abortion is a difficult issue for a lot of people. On one hand you have the desire for justice of equal choice by all women, on the other hand you have a great desire to respect and preserve life. I am no different in that it is an issue that I've struggled with at both extremes (Pro and Con) for most of my life. I've concluded that there is no definitive answer that all can agree with. All we can do is to work at respecting life from all views and perspectives. This is why I've read this biography with a very open mind and frankly I'm glad I did!

Having grown up near Ashland, PA I had an immediate interest to read a work by a local author about a local legend. I had heard of Dr. Spencer in hushed conversations of appalling outrage and contempt and I have also in conversations of heroic praise. I wanted to find out more about this "Angel" who dared take a stand and help women through a very difficult time. Meticulously researched and expertly told it is a stroke of luck to come across this text and hold it in my collection. Of all the biographies I have read, this work is one of the best. Genovese's use of descriptive prose and convincing speculation of events he could only imagine occurred is noteworthy of praise and attention. He portrays Dr. Spencer honestly and "re-members" him for the reader in such a way you feel like you know the doctor personally.

This work is for you if you have an interest in the stories and legends of the Pennsylvania "Coal Region". This work is NOT for you if you seek to increase controversy with contempt or without an open mind. Read it as a story of a man who dared make a difference and succeeded with great compassion and non-judgmental understanding at a time where a woman's only choice was a wire hanger and certain death.

Life has these ironies.....your get the test results back, you dont know fear as this before. You go to the bookstore, the libary, anything to find comfort. The nights alone, ahead, you must find comfort, instead of fear. Michael Bokulich, boy of my childhood dreams. He's medical writer, father of four, lives in outside Philadelphia....and the book you buy, he is one of the authors. I"m okay, i fight things hard, "cuz life is worth living. You had some hand and thought to comfort me during my brush with fear. Thanks Michael. You do good work. Arlean Chicovic-Christman

The authors provide very clear, concise explanations of different types of breast cancer and treatment options for each. This seems like a very good introduction for anyone trying to learn more about this disease.

An interesting book describing the phenomenal basketball
that has been played in Rucker Park. The author
skillfully covers the play of both NBA legends and
incredibly talented locals. A well written
gem that any fan of the game will enjoy!!

This book is a first hand account of a magical time in New York City basketball history.
The Rucker Tournament drew players from the professional leagues as well as street legends.
I have to be honest, I couldn't put it down.
Nice work from a guy who lived this life with these guys.

This book sits rather oddly with others in the Institute of Economic Affairs Choice in Welfare Series. Whilst the sub-title 'Welfare before the Welfare State' suggests that this is an account of self-help swept away by the state the content is more contested arguing that the self-help which was available was confined to the skilled and semi-skilled working class rather than to all of the working classes at the time. This point of view is not particularly challenged, a fact which, given the genesis of the project, is surprising to say the least.

Before Beveridge is a welcome addition to the literature about welfare before the state intervened in Britain. Contrary to the establishment history books which used to argue that the benevolent state stepped into a welfare vacuum, a number of studies have challenged this claim with books and scholarly articles demonstrating that the working classes were more than capable of providing education and welfare for their families by themselves as individuals and in groups long before the administrative machine moved in.

In this slim volume it seems that the editor and the staff at the IEA Health and Welfare Unit have rather abdicated the case for individual enterprise in welfare provision to those authors who put forward the view that in reality this provision was available to a select number of the working classes and the unorganised and the poor were not able to avail themselves of the opportunity. The so-called liberals appear to stand aside in the face of the attack and do not attempt to join battle with those propositions. I find the papers of Whiteside, Harris, Vincent and Thane to be particularly well researched and argued as well as persuasive given the paucity of David Green's paper especially.

The weakness of the writers who suggest that there was indeed a need for the intervention of the state in bringing welfare provision to the neediest in British society is the determination to overlook the evidence that many of the disenfranchised working classes who did not belong to either friendly societies or trades unions were determined to provide education for their children regardless of their personal circumstances. The fact that individuals of limited means were capable of identifying, by themselves, often without any education of their own, options for the betterment of their children over the longer term and were prepared to forego current onsumption to pay for it speaks volumes which significantly undermines the position supporting the need for state involvement.

This is a very thought provoking book which adds substantially to the lierature and which colours the debate about welfare provision more vividly than before. I would heartily recommend the book to sixth form and college students of history and social policy as well as practitioners of the black arts of social policy and policy-makers in general.

This book sits rather oddly with others in the Institute of Economic Affairs Choice in Welfare Series. Whilst the sub-title 'Welfare before the Welfare State' suggests that this is an account of self-help swept away by the state the content is more contested arguing that the self-help which was available was confined to the skilled and semi-skilled working class rather than to all of the working classes at the time. This point of view is not particularly challenged, a fact which, given the genesis of the project, is surprising to say the least.

Before beveridge is a welcome addition to the literature about welfare before the state intervened in Britain. Contrary to the establishment history books which used to argue that the benevolent state stepped into a welfare vacuum, a number of studies have challenged this claim with books and scholarly articles demonstrating that the working classes were more than capable of providing education and welfare for their families by themselves as individuals and in groups long before the administrative machine moved in.

In this slim volume it seems that the editor and the staff at the IEA Health and Welfare Unit have rather abdicated the case for individual enterprise in welfare provision to those authors who put forward the view that in reality this provision was available to a select number of the working classes and the unorganised and the poor were not able to avail themselves of the opportunity. The so-called liberals appear to stand aside in the face of the attack and do not attempt to join battle with those propositions. I find the papers of Whiteside, Harris, Vincent and Thane to be particularly well researched and argued as well as persuasive given the paucity of David Green's paper especially.

The weakness of the writers who suggest that there was indeed a need for the intervention of the state in bringing welfare provision to the neediest in British society is the determination to overlook the evidence that many of the disenfranchised working classes who did not belong to either friendly societies or trades unions were determined to provide education for their children regardless of their personal circumstances. The fact that individuals of limited means were capable of identifying, by themselves, often without any education of their own, options for the betterment of their children over the longer term and were prepared to forego current onsumption to pay for it speaks volumes which significantly undermines the position supporting the need for state involvement.

This is a very thought provoking book which adds substantially to the lierature and which colours the debate about welfare provision more vividly than before. I would heartily recommend the book to sixth form and college students of history and social policy as well as practitioners of the black arts of social policy and policy-makers in general.

This book is exceptionally inspiring. It is wonderful to be able to hear the ideas and experiences of these incredible Production Designers. The interviews bring light to the important role these accomplished men and women played in the world of moviemaking. If you are interested in the art of film making this book is the real thing. You will learn a lot. I love this book!

For those of us designing for motion picture, this is an indispensible collection of interviews with some of the modern masters of the trade.