Nature's Heartland: Native Plant Communities of the Great Plains

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Nature's Heartland: Native Plant Communities of the Great Plains.......2006-12-09

This is one of the best tree identification books I have ever seen. Excellent pictures of foliage, form, leaves and branch structure.
Very informative and even though it was published in 1990, it's still relevant.

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Guidebook with good pictures, maps and sugestions. But not a fact book

The perfect "in a nutshell" guide

Informative and useful

Do not understand this question, but the book I bought was Lonley Planet's Malta and Gozo

A guide for Malta

Lonely Planet Malta & Gozo (Lonely Planet Malta)
Carolyn Bain
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1741045401

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Savor a glass of limuncell after a day climbing the steps and tracing the ramparts of Valletta, p. 65

Let your hair down in the Paceville party zone or at Rabat's open-air nightclubs, p. 87, p. 129.

Scratch your head and ponder the who, what, when, and why of prehistoric temples, p. 142.

Hire a centuries-old farmhouse for poolside R&R in a sleepy Gozitan village, p. 150.

One author, one fireworks festival, one serious Eurovision disappointment, 10 boat rides, 12 pastizzi, no rabbits harmed in the making of this book.

Diving & Snorkelling chapter highlights all the best dive spots.

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Guidebook with good pictures, maps and sugestions. But not a fact book.......2007-05-21

Typical LP book, more or less what I need and packed with facts. But on the hotel pages, I am surprised to see so few hotels get listed, considering a destination like Malta must offer much much more options at all ranges.

What I also would like to see is information about sea links to Sicilly and Tunisia, a day-trip or an organized tour. There is hardly any mentioning of such. You've made all the way to malta, and Sicilly is just an hour and a half away, it is definitely worth of considering visiting.

All in all, a typical LP book with almost all information you will need.

The perfect "in a nutshell" guide.......2007-02-10

Malta is one of those rare gems that still exist in the world. From its gorgeous coastlines, to the fascinating medieval strongholds, to the very life/flavor of the island itself, this is one of those places that captures the best society has offered from the last two-thousand years.

Lonely Planet does a fine job with their Malta/Gozo edition. Like most of their traveler friendly guides, it captures all the necessary information without overdoing it. For anyone brand new to the island, this book is like the gentle hand that guides you without sullying all the wonderful surprises that await you in Malta, a place I find as one of the worlds least appreciated attractions.

This book will offer advice, but from different perspectives, and the writing comes directly from those that have experienced what they cover. You won't get any "hearsay" junk with this guide. It is right on the money with everything it discusses; from restaurants, to travel accommodations, to tourist attractions, and far more. The maps are excellent and quite beneficial. I found myself spending a good half-hour to hour each night reading this AFTER we were already staying there, just to make certain I was getting every bit of flavor from my vacation as I could. It seems there is very little that this guide doesn't cover, for it even covers its history in a brief, but concise manner.

For those who live or already very familiar with the Malta/Gozo area, there won't be much information here that you probably don't already know. However, if you are traveling to this wonderful place for the very first time, get this book! It is well worth the money and will be indispensable as you try to make the most out of your excursion. I envy anyone who has yet to visit Malta for the 1st time, for there is nothing like the first trip!

Informative and useful.......2006-03-09

Like other Lonely Planet guide books, this one is informative and contains useful information for the traveler. Some historical information, good overview, maps, suggested itineraries, etc.

Do not understand this question, but the book I bought was Lonley Planet's Malta and Gozo.......2005-09-20

Super....could not have enjoyed my holiday as much without it!

A guide for Malta.......2005-06-14

A good book for anyone who hasn't been to Malta before and wants to know what to expect. Plus learn about Malta's history.

Malta property
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Lonely Planet Malta (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)

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Solid but not outstanding
decent
Lonely Planet Malta Review

Lonely Planet Malta (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
Neil Wilson
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ASIN: 1864501197

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Whether you're interested in ancient temples or five-day feasts, water sports or basking on beaches, this brand new guide is jam-packed with advice on the best Malta has to offer.

30 detailed city and regional maps
illustrated feature on the Knights of St John
top swimming spots
an insider's guide to Maltese food, from quick pastizzi to quality seafood
helpful language guide and glossary

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Solid but not outstanding.......2003-12-21

After looking over 5 or 6 Malta books, the two I took with me and used the most were the Rough Guide and the AAA Spiral Guide. This book by Lonely Planet is fine and thorough but comes in second to the other two. However, this book does have the most complete list of feast days (60 or more a year in Malata?).

decent.......2003-06-20

I spent eight months in Malta, and ended up using this book in tandem with the Rough Guide version. Like all guide books, neither is 100% accurate, and that's life. Rough Guide is better for history, culture, art, etc. There will be much more info on any given sight there, but Lonely Planet has the practicalities a little more fleshed out. And as usual, the maps are slightly better. Depends on what you're looking for, really.

Lonely Planet Malta Review.......2001-09-17

This is an excellent book...however there are a few places he missed. The pub in Mellieha that has FANtastic ribs and steak,
and the excellent French restaurant in Marsaskala. (The waiter here knows so much about the fresh fish you'd swear he'd caught them himself!)

If you're a scuba diver, Dive Med in Marsaskala gave us the BEST service!

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The Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise (1804?-1874), as nearly every American officer who faced him would testify, was an ingenious tactician and a ferocious warrior. He was also, in historian Peter Aleshire's account, a far-seeing politician and careful diplomat who balanced dedication for preserving his people's homeland with genuine efforts to keep the peace with the invading Americans who arrived in Arizona in the mid 19th century.

Renowned though he was, Cochise did not attract biographers in his own lifetime, and chroniclers preserved only a few of his words. Concerned to present Cochise's life from an Apache point of view, Aleshire draws on the ethnographic and historical literature to imagine what Cochise might have been thinking and saying as he unified scattered bands of Apaches to fend off encroaching gold miners and interlopers such as the greenhorn army lieutenant George Bascom ("only a boy, not far out of baby grass, his whiskers soft and his face smooth"), whose insulting manner led to a bloody war that would take hundreds of lives and last for many years, not ending until long after Cochise's death.

From a purely historical point of view, Aleshire's reconstructions are impossibly speculative; he admits as much, opening his book by confessing his "sins against historiography." Still, his "seminovelistic" approach is convincing and effective, and he offers a vivid picture of a great warrior and hero. --Gregory McNamee

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Praise for Peter Aleshires The Fox and the Whirlwind

"Superbly crafted." —Dallas Morning News

"Offers a refreshing approach to understanding the Apache wars, allowing readers to grasp the conflict from multiple perspectives." —Library Journal

"An invaluable addition to western history." —Evans Connell, Author of Son of the Morning Star

"Written like fine historical fiction, but substantial, substantive, enlightening." &mdashKirkus Reviews

An Alternate Selection of the Military Book Club

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I was expecting a lot more from this........2002-01-10

I at first thought it was daring for Aleshire to write this biography in the style of Sandoz's Crazy Horse. I soon found out that it was actually a big mistake.

For those not familiar with Sandoz's biography, she wrote it more in the style of a historical novel. Though it was based on extensive research, she chose to tell the story in the style in which Crazy Horse's Indian contemporaries might have told it. Also, in cases where there were different versions of events, she chose only one version, in order to keep the story flowing. I thought Aleshie daring to write in this style because, though I thought it worked well, Sandoz suffered much ridicule for it.

However, I found that this style did not lend itself very well to the subject of Cochise, for several reasons. First, the author simply did not know as much about Cochise as Sandoz did about Crazy Horse. For the sake of the story, for example, Aleshire assumes that Pisago Cabezon was Cochise's father. However, in a footnote he tells us that Cochise's father could have been one of three different people. So, when he later uses the murder of Cabezon as one of the motives for Cochise's hatred of the whites, it falls flat.

Also,like Sandoz with Crazy Horse, Aleshire tries to present Cochise as someone who meditates, and tries to "keep his mind smooth." However, if the author is correct, he also had an uncontrollable temper, and actually killed several members of his own band in anger. And despite the author's protests that warriors followed him out of respect for his achievements in battle, it sounded much more like he ruled out of fear. This would have made him highly unusual amongst Indian leaders. However, the author seems determined to gloss over this controversial topic.

THere also appears to be little of substance here. As this is the first book I've read on the Indians of the Southwest, I can't say whether it is due to lack of research, or a simple dearth of available information. I did note that the biography seemed to be based largely on secondary sources, and that there appeared to be little orignal research. There were also some really bad errors in some of the dates contained in the footnotes, though I assume this was an editing problem.

All in all, I was hoping for much more here, and I didn't get it.

This book is bad!.......2001-11-11

I have to admit that I did not read the entire book. I started skimming through it, and was completely shocked by several errors on the basic historical facts. Such errors in a book such as this are inexcusable, and reflect poorly on both the author and his editor.

First, the author refers to the removal of the Navajo tribe to "Bosque Redondo" "on the banks of the Rio Grande." As any historian of the Southwest knows, or certainly should know, Bosque Redondo was near Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, on the banks of the PECOS RIVER, not the Rio Grande River. Such an error is just pitiful.

Second, in one footnote (n. 11, page 314), the author states that the Confederates "gathered their forces for the battle of Val Verde, where they failed to turn back a column of Union troops from Colorado. After this defeat, the Confederates abandoned New Mexico. . . ." As ANY historian of the Civil War in the Southwest would know, the battle of Valverde, south of Socorro, New Mexico, was a Confederate victory, not a defeat. As a result of that victory, the Confederates did not turn back and return to Texas; they marched right up the Rio Grande and captured Albuquerque and then the territorial capital of Santa Fe. It was later at the battle of Glorieta, not Valverde, that the Confederates met a column of soldiers from Colorado, and met with a defeat which caused them to abandon New Mexico.

I cannot believe that a book such as this could contain such basic errors. When I saw these errors, I put aside reading any more of this book since it was obvious that one could not read it with any confidence that it was based on historical accuracy. I returned the book to the bookstore for a refund.

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Great Apache Chiefs: Cochise and Geronimo
Edwin R. Sweeney , and Angie Debo
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Binding: Hardcover

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Cochise, great Apache chief
Enid Johnson
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THE MARVELOUS COUNTRY; OR, THREE YEARS IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO, THE APACHES' HOME...COCHISE, THE GREAT APACHE WAR CHIEF

Manufacturer: Ross & Haines
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HSXDWC

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With All My Might": Cochise and the Indian Wars (Great Moments in American History)
Arlan Dean
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Cochise, Great Apache Chief
Enid Johnson
Manufacturer: Julian Messner, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W1NSO2

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Cochise: The Life and Times of the Great Apache Chief
Peter Aleshire
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
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Great Apache Chiefs Cochise and Geronimo
Sweeney Edwin R
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The Marvelous Country; or, Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico, the apaches' Home, Cochise, the Great Apache War Chief, Strange Events and Adventures.
Samuel Woodworth Cozzens
Manufacturer: Ross & Haines, Inc
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UVDVHS

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This beautiful book is a collection of Georgia O'Keeffe's major drawings, done between 1915 and 1963. Each drawing is accompanied by the artist's comments, usually on how, why, where, or when she made the drawing. The book was originally published in 1974 in a signed, limited edition of one hundred copies, which has since become a collectors' item. O'Keeffe's text was her first writing intended for book publication. This new edition, including an updated bibliography, is intended, in Doris Bry's words, as “a tribute to O'Keeffe's drawings, an appreciation of her use of the written word, and a proof that a beautifully designed and printed book can be made available to a wide public at an affordable cost.”

Drawings done between 1915 and 1963; a reprint of the original limited edition.

Edinburgh's Child: Some Memories of Ninety Years

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Edinburgh's Child: Some Memories of Ninety Years
Eleanor Sillar
Manufacturer: Oliver and Boyd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KS3LNU

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great book.......1999-09-08

this book is still vailable from David Bateman NZ and Simon and Schuster Aust. Jan Iredell .

Growing Bougainvilleas (Good Gardening Guides)

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Growing Bougainvilleas (Good Gardening Guides)
Jan Iredell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0731804724

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Published by Simon & Schuster Australia; 96 pages

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Frankly, this literary critic didn't expect Mick Foley's memoir of his life as Mankind (and his other wrestling personas, Cactus Jack and Dude Love) to hit No. 1 on Amazon.com's hardcover nonfiction bestseller list in its first literary bout. The cover is cluttered and confusing, and do we really need 500-plus pages of Foley's boasts? Yes. Foley gives his all for his calling, and he burns to tell his adventures. Take the famous tale of how he lost most of his ear (the bloody result is depicted in the 16-page color-photo section). It was in his 1994 bouts with Vader (Leon White): after getting a broken nose, a dislocated jaw, and 21 stitches in the first match, Foley did his "hangman" routine, wherein he catches his neck between the second and third ropes and spins them into a twist. "The end result is the illusion of a man being hanged by his neck while his body kicks and writhes in an attempt to get out... the man actually is hanging by his neck and the body really does kick and writhe in an attempt to get out." Unfortunately, in the prior match, Too Cold Scorpio had had the officials tighten the ropes, so Foley tore off his ear to avoid death by strangulation, like "a fox that chews off its paw to escape a trap." Foley also wrestles on 10,000-thumbtack mats with barbwire ropes and C-4 explosives, and earns the ultimate compliment: "The fans really like the way you bleed." Many fans also like the way his gory story reads. --Tim Appelo

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Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So how to explain those Japanese death matches in rings with explosives, golden thumbtacks and barbed wire instead of rope? The second-degree burn tissue? And the missing ear that was ripped off during a bout-in which he kept fighting? Here is an intimate glimpse into Mick Foley's mind, his history, his work and what some might call his pathology. Now with a bonus chapter summarizing the past 15 months-from his experience as a bestselling author through his parting thoughts before his final match. A tale of blood, sweat, tears and more blood-all in his own words-straight from the twisted genius behind Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind.

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Fantastic book!.......2007-07-16

Funny! Heartpounding intense and that's just the cover. One of my favorite non fiction books, of all time. So much thrilling insight into the "buisness". Gold in the form of literature!

Laugh, cry, get blown away with this spellbindingly heartfelt autobiography, with no ghostwriters attached!.......2007-07-11

Amazing that in a few weeks, Mick Foley poured his life and soul into 760 pages of notebook paper that would make it, lightly cut and without any major edits, onto book, and earn it's New York Times #1 Bestseller's List. If only it weren't for that Oprah! (readers of the book will understand)

Starting from childhood, he makes it quick, but sweet as he tells humorous stories about his friends, and the origin of the name "Cactus Jack", and his time in college, including the inspiration for Dude Love and the start of his wrestling career.

Foley's writing is so personal and engrossing that he easily captures our attention with riveting stories ranging from lying to his parents and almost getting caught skipping a bus to college in order to catch a wrestling show (the famous Madison Square Garden match between Jimmy Snuka and Don Muraco), to gaining the respect and friendship of ex-wrestler and trainer Dominic DeNucci and being taken under his wing, knowing Foley couldn't afford classes, by reducing his fee, and then not charging altogether.

Foley's tales of his independent circuit runs are definitely a grungy, and in some cases heartwrenchingly painful experiences, which his natural humor and goodnatured attitude help liven up and spare us the angst he must have felt, but without completely sugarcoating it.

All along the way, Foley maintains a very brilliantly hidden line between kayfabe and shoot, though focusing more on the shoot aspect (for nonwrestling fans, kayfabe means the "fake" world of wrestling, including storylines and gimmicks, shoot is reality) and readily admits his talent isn't in technical or even very good wrestling, but rather in taking bumps and making the other guy and himself look good.

From hellish stories of being stalked by crazed female fans thinking his real name is "Cactus Jack Manson" to wrestling in Nigeria and almost getting robbed by the corrupt government police, to losing out on a 3,000$ paycheck in Africa after the president of the country he wrestled in (who organized the event) was assassinated and the regime overthrown within weeks of his departure, Foley's wit and charm keep the story of his life so lively, you'd think it has to be fiction.

Moving on to his time in WCW, he recounts the horrors of the backstage mechanics, from Ric Flair's awful booking and the backstage team's failure to recognize great potential talent, and hiring college TV production students to man their editing, to Foley's disillusionment as the feud between he and Vader was played down, a massive bump taken by Foley which the commentators could have brilliantly sold was sardonically mocked with a derogatory statement like "that's got to be excedrin headache #9!!", and Cactus Jack being attempted to be turned into a childishly ridiculous heel that would have ruined Foley's career.

Then came Foley's run on the independent circuit, and shows for ECW, including full transcripts of some of his best, and in my opinion some of the best ever, promos, trying to be anti-hardcore and promoting WCW and trying to get Tommy Dreamer to go to WCW and be the pretty boy wrestler again.

From the independent circuit, to stardom in the WWF, Foley is never sparse on details about stories while on the road, his many friends along the way from Mr. Haiti in Africa, to Steve Austin and Steve (William) Regal, The Undertaker, Sting, Owen Hart, Vader, and of course Terry Funk. Virtually every stop from his career, including the Japanese tours, the King of the Deathmatch, etc, and the evolution from "Mason the Mutilator" to "Mankind the Mutilator" to "Mankind" and the use of all three of his gimmicks in the WWF to eventual WWF Championship gold.

Throughout it all, Foley never loses his charm or wit, or the incessant Al Snow bashing, with plenty of pictures scattered around the text and plenty of personal stories (like the time he shared a house with a junkie, a guy who was having sex with his girlfriend's 16 year old daughter, and the 16 year old trying to flirt with Mick) and stories with friends (like "Vader" Leon White's spendthrifting with hotels, or Owen Hart's penchanse for practical jokes) that his story never gets old or repetitive and when the story finally ends, you feel like you've known Mick his entire life.

This is THE shining example of a great book about a pro wrestler's life, and I hope his other two books are just as great.

The First and the Best..........2007-05-18

Mick Foley's "Have a Nice Day" is his first and his best. It is a whimsical journey in the life of one of the greatest hardcore wrestlers ever. Foley has always had the gift of gab, and it translates very well to the written page. Hysterical, insightful, and heartwarming.

Amazing insight........2007-04-19

If you are interested in the behind the scenes of wrestling, here's a great place to start. Mick speaks on his rise from childhood fan to wrestling superstar. He even talks breifly about the Boiler Room Brawl and his Cleveland promos! (I wish he would have went more in-depth on these topics, though.)

A Wrestler's Autobiography.......2007-04-12

See a different side of wrestling with this autobiographical book. You'll laugh your way through this brilliant work of art and ask yourself how Foley survived.

MANKIND: HAVE A NICE DAY: A TALE OF BLOOD AND SWEATSOCKS

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MANKIND: HAVE A NICE DAY: A TALE OF BLOOD AND SWEATSOCKS
Mick Foley
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Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks

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Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
Mick; Mankind (Signed By Author) Foley
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Mankind, Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
Mick Foley
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Binding: Hardcover
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Have a Nice Day! (A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks)
Mick Foley
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Binding: Paperback
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Mankind: Have a Nice day! A Tale of blood and Sweatsocks
Mick Foley
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Mankind; Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks *Signed*

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Mankind; Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks *Signed*
Mick Foley
Manufacturer: Regan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NW7C1K

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This book provides a new account of one of the most famous men of the English Middle Ages: Simon de Montfort. It is partly a study of the politics of Henry III's reign (1216-72), with which Montfort's career is closely interwoven; but it also looks at his lands, finances, following and religious ideals. Drawing on unusual sources, the author is able to make his biography as much a study of temperament and character as of a political career, and to write with a degree of psychological penetration rare in works on the medieval nobility.

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A comprehensive text.......2007-02-17

It took me ages to wade through this but I am very pleased that I did. Its very comprehensively written and I appreciated the lengths that the author undertook in his research.

This book was a bit serious for me but I enjoyed the learning experience that it provided.

Medieval England's most famous Frenchman.......2006-04-25

J.R. Maddicott brings a lively and informative narrative with "Simon De Montfort". This mid 1990s 404-page (paperback) book is popular with four reprints by 1999. Maddicott is thorough in this presentation. He searches many, if not all, documents from the era for composing the dramatic and interesting life of medieval England's most famous Frenchman.

With documented history Maddicott persuasively argues that De Montfort was a powerful pioneer for English baronial liberties. The book answers many questions about Simon's life, politics, religion, victories and defeats (in the political arenas and on battlefields). The reader also learns about Simon's family life (he married the king's widowed sister- Eleanor- without royal permission and had duplicitous sons), the life long quarrel between De Montfort and King Henry III, how the battle at Lewes brought Simon to the pinnacle of governmental power, and about his disastrous defeat and death at Evesham.

If you like medieval pageantry and romance, you will appreciate Maddicott's presentation with "Simon De Montfort". French aristocrat De Montfort arrives to England in 1230 to begin his colorful baronial career. At first Henry III warms to the young aristocrat. Soon their relationship sours and De Montfort diligently works to depose Henry and gain royal power for the remainder of his life. It is a gripping interesting story.

Although Maddicott tends toward run-on sentences and sometimes tediously examines each source (multiple footnotes appear on almost every page), this book is a good read. It opens with a helpful abbreviations list, presents an informative family tree, supplies more than 20 photos and maps, offers an exhaustive 12-page bibliography, and closes with a useable index.

This book is recommendable particularly for English history buffs, medieval scholars, military historians, and constitutional history students. The specialty reader and the general reader will find, through this text, Simon De Montfort exciting and well worth the price.

Best biography on ol'Earl.......2004-05-27

This book proves to be a well-written if not very complex biography of Simon de Montfort, a revolutionary mediveal baron who dares to challenged the King of England about the limitation of the royal powers. While initially successful, he allowed that success to go to his head and he was finally defeated and killed.

The book revealed a highly complex character, its superbly researched, readable to a those who knoweledge of the period is pretty good, bit hard on those who may be entering this subject for the first time. The author managed to intergrate all elements of de Montfort's life, as a great soldier, as a politican, a man of God with a look of idealism and above all, a family man. Along with his strengths, lies his weaknesses, his ruthless ambition, self-centered on family promotion and wealth at expense of others and his overwhelming sense of pride that borderline on sheer arrogance. The book clearly show how his strength gained him his victories while his weaknesses sent him into defeat.

With great insight, perception and scholarship, I would say this biography of Mountfort is probably the best on the subject and one of the best on any mediveal personalities of the time period. (Although Michael Prestwich's biography on Edward I is also quite excellent.)

Most important man nobody has ever heard of.......1998-10-15

A very fair account of a truly remarkable individual. It presents him as a man dedicated to his ideals and as a man utterly obsessed with his well-being, even at the cost of his losing credibility for his government and the provisions he fought so hard for, making him believable as a real man. It is a shame so few people know about him. Highly recomended!

Facinating inside view into the 12th century.......1998-08-25

Great but tragic story of a strong character who wanted too much and lost everything. Facinating story of an educated man in a uneducated time. Inside into the economic circumstances and its motivation in the 12th century. Highly recommendable but also higly difficult to read.

Simon De Montfort And His Cause, 1251 to 1266

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Simon De Montfort And His Cause, 1251 to 1266
William Holden Hutton
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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Extracts From The Writings Of Robert Of Gloucester, Matthew Paris, Etc.

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Baron's Hostage
Geoffrey Trease
Manufacturer: Hodder
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

A Baronial Household of the Thirteenth Century

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An excellent medieval case study

A Baronial Household of the Thirteenth Century
Margaret Wade Labarge
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Imports
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Binding: Hardcover

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Based mainly on the household roll of Eleanor of Montfort (sister of Henry III and Countess of Leicester) in 1265, this absorbing work offers insights into the aristocracy’s domestic existence during the Medieval period. A wealth of information brings the family’s daily fare and activities alive: what they ate and drank, what they wore, how they amused themselves, and how much this lavishness cost. Additional captivating particulars from a contemporary treatise on etiquette and household management complete the picture of social customs at the time.

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An excellent medieval case study.......2001-07-27

Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester and the most powerful nobleman in the kingdom, married Eleanor, sister of Henry III and a formidable woman in her own right. Countess Eleanor, an efficient chattelaine, kept a roll or ledger of household affairs and accounts during 1265 (when she was managing Dover Castle after her husband's death at the battle of Evesham). Even given her special station, Eleanor's surroundings and duties were typical of the upper class of her time and Labarge illuminates and interprets the details of these daily records, to which she adds infor-mation on etiquette and protocol, medical practices, and domestic management to present the conditions and attitudes that underlie the bare facts. A interesting "flesh on the bones" book.

The baronial plan of reform, 1258-1263, (Publications of the University of Manchester)

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The baronial plan of reform, 1258-1263, (Publications of the University of Manchester)
R. F Treharne
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Battle royal
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Battle royal: A new account of Simon de Montfort's struggle against King Henry III

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Battle royal: A new account of Simon de Montfort's struggle against King Henry III
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish
Manufacturer: F. Muller
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Children of Destiny
Elizabeth Chadwick
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Love Medieval Style.......2002-08-16

Elizabeth Chadwick is the premier medieval author! Her characters come to life, and you walk every step with them.

In Children of Destiny, she tells the tale of the Cathars in medieval France. It starts out in 1207, when Raoul de Montvalland and Claire d'Agen are married. For Raoul it is the fulfillment of his lifelong dream, but for Claire, there is conflict between marital happiness and her yearning to embrace fully the Cathar Faith.

In 1209 a crusade is launched by the Pope against the heretic Cathars and Simon de Monfort sets about devastating Cathar strongholds in the South. Raoul, Claire and Bridget, a Cathar woman, whom Raoul is strangely attracted to, are pulled apart by the conflict, which will affect future generations.

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