The Earthmover Encyclopedia Review

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(More customer reviews)Following the resounding success of his "Giant Earthmovers - an Illustrated History", Keith Haddock has gone the full distance to produce a masterpiece in heavy equipment. Arranged by machine manufacturer and equipment category for quick reference, this comprehensive guide covers every significant manufacturer in North America and many others. Vital stats. on each machine with emphasis on record-setting achievements and significant milestones in machine development are included. Each manufacturer's history is covered in detail in the photo captions and text. Vividly illustrated with over 900 spectacular photographs, most never before published, this encyclopedia explains the creation and evolution of each equipment class and follows their development right up to date (2002). Provides in-depth information on crawler dozers, wheel dozers, crawler loaders, wheel loaders, loader-backhoes, scrapers, graders, off-highway trucks, trenchers, and all types of excavators including shovels, draglines, bucket wheels and hydraulic machines. A must for everyone in the earthmoving industry and every equipment enthusiast.

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A Painted House Review

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(More customer reviews)No, it is not the typical John Grisham suspense novel, but this book gave me a greater appreciation for Grisham and his writing abilities. A PAINTED HOUSE is a work of literary fiction that shows Grisham has a command of more than the tried and true lawyer/suspense formula and is darn good at it. I have read some of the unfavorable reviews and have to guess that these are people who rarely venture out of the "reading comfort zone" of popular fiction. Grisham in suspense mode is great, as is Baldacci, Patterson and others. But, there is a whole other world of great writing and Grisham has dared to venture into the serious world of true-blue literary fiction.
The story is narrated by seven year-old Luke Chandler, the son of an Arkansas family renting and farming in 1952 Arkansas. To say Luke "grows up" between the covers would be an understatement. Luke tells us a story of cotton pickers that will have you feeling every possible emotion, right along with young Luke. No, there are no slick lawyers or beautiful law students in A PAINTED HOUSE, but there ARE plenty of wonderful characters that come to life on the pages of this Grisham classic. To stay away from this John Grisham novel because it is not "typical" Grisham, would not be giving yourself enough credit for being able to appreciate a great author, and his work, because he is not writing something that is ready-for-the-screen. Trust the man who brought us THE FIRM, THE PELICAN BRIEF and others to keep you entertained in a different genre, to be sure, but entertained and mesmerized nonetheless. Do yourself a favor -- suspend your judgement about "literary fiction" -- and don't miss this one!!

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