No comments about The Autobiography of Henry Merrell: Industrial Missionary to the South.

No comments about Could Do Even Better: More School Reports of the Great and Good.

No comments about Animal Magnetism: At Home With Celebrities & Their Companions.

1 comments about Rothschild Gardens.

1. A feast for the eye is The Rothschild Gardens by Miriam Rothschild, Kate Garton, and Lionel de Rothschild.

   With filial insight and love the granddaughter of the first Lord Rothschild presents a magnificently illustrated view of her family's private and public gardens yesterday and today.

No comments about Rich in Good Works: Mary M. Emery of Cincinnati (Ohio History and Culture).

2 comments about My Brother Bill (Hill Street Classics).

1. A wonderful stylist, John tells the intimate story of the Faulkner family that no biographer or academic could. You simply don't know Faulkner until you've read this book.



2. John Faulkner succeeded capturing the South better than any author I have read. I grew up near his location and in a family with the same moral and cultural values of his. His family could have been mine. If you want to travel to the South that used to be, that our families helped build after the Civil War and before Korea this is the best way I know to do it. His frugal use of words and his short sentences only add to the authenticity of his descriptions. For those of us from there he brings to life,as none other, what used to be and is to never be again.

No comments about Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story.

No comments about Sugar Baron: Manuel Rionda and the Fortunes of Pre-Castro Cuba.

1 comments about Lord Beaverbrook.

1. He wasn't physically large, but his physical presence was never in question. His horizons were endless, but he had the drive and ambition to strive to reach them all. Max Aitken's story reads like a modern fairy tale, but the people and circumstances are real. From a Newcastle, New Brunswick childhood, during which his ability to maneuver people for his own ends was manifested early on, Max rose to become a Peer of the Realm, much to the distress of several of the other peers. At the same time he had become the most influential newspaperman in the world. All this before the age of forty!
   
   David Adams Richards was the ideal choice to portray Max. As a novelist, his approach to Aitken's life bears an intimacy few historians possess. A native of Beaverbrook's home town, he has a fine writer's touch for bringing Max Aitken to life. The author's style is well-tuned to the personality of his subject. Aitken's career seems to have left him little time for reflection, there was always something else to accomplish.
   
   Aitken's drive for success emerged early - he started a newspaper at 13. After a short term as an office boy in a law office, he moved to Halifax, where he came under the tutelage of John Stairs, who taught him financial matters. A somewhat shady business affair led him to leave Canada for Britain. There, he moved upward with amazing speed to earn a Knighthood in 1911. The outbreak of WWI prompted the Canadian government to put him in charge of an archive of Canadian activities in the conflict. Not a record-keeper, Max used the role to promote Canada's role in the war. Before the Armistice was signed, Max Aitken had become Lord Beaverbrook - title taken from the region near his home.
   
   In the interwar years Aitken had his foot in two, related realms. Intelligence and propaganda were closely related in those days. But his other interest lay with the newspaper business, and his takeover of the 'Express" papers rejuvenated the chain. Among other causes it promoted was Free Trade among the members of the British Empire. As a Canadian, Max had suffered a good many snubs and sneers for being a "Colonial", but his wish for equal status really was based on economic issues. The culmination of all these activities, of course, was the appointment of newspaper baron Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, to being in charge of aircraft production shortly after the breakout of WWII. How incongruous - a publisher doing manufacturing? On reflection, the answer is dead easy. Aircraft production requires organisation and management skills. Max Aitken had demonstrated such abilities from an early age. This is a little giant of a book about a little giant of a man. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

3 comments about Unintended Consequences.

1. This is a very enjoyable book and a highly recommended read! In particular, the passages about the author's relationship with heirs to the H.L. Hunt fortune are much more than just entertaining. For those who are unaware of the history of H.L. Hunt, in 1946 Life magazine asked the question: "Is He The Richest Man in the World?" Hunt was a legendary oil figure.



2. I choose to read a book to experience positive feelings and/or for a learning experience. My intentions were realized when I experienced an aray of emotions throughout the reading of Byron Church's book, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. The joy of learning more about the beautiful and vibrant city of Colorado Springs; the laughter from humor found within different chapters; and the intelectual stimulation of good or bad business decisions based on experince and vision, all were found in this inspiring book.
   Really good books are worth reading for a second time. This book remains close at hand for a second reading.



3. Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (6/08)
   
   Byron Church provides an easy-read account of his life of ups and downs in Colorado. At the time the Church's were living in Colorado, it was the hot spot for treatment of tuberculosis.
   
   Mr. Church talks of his first real estate ventures that didn't work out and how he made some enemies in the community he lived. But he had dreams and knew if he socialized with the right people and marketed his properties the right way he would make it.
   
   In "Unintended Consequences: A Memoir" he talks about his time as a teacher at the extension center at the University of Colorado. Not qualified to be a teacher, he nonetheless accepted the assignment and found he learned so much from his students. During this time, he also began writing practical-advice articles for journals.
   
   "Unintended Consequences: A Memoir" is interesting book that shows all of us that with determination and a good plan we can reach our goals.