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Facemaker 1 review
William Katz
Avon Books (Mm), 1989
Well worth finding even though out of print
This novel is one of the most harrowing, troubling,yet fascinating reads I've yet to encounter. William Katz proves that he is a fine author. A brilliant artist teams up with a troubled plastic surgery med student and bring new technology and stunning perfection to the faces of world superstars - with a catch. Not to be missed. The ending will startle you. Not for the squeamish but only ...
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Black People Who Made the Old West1 review
William Loren Katz
Africa World Press, 1993
BLACK PEOPLE WHO MADE THE OLD WEST
THIS IS YET ANOTHER FINE WORK BY WILLIAM LOREN KATZ; I THINK THAT IT IS COMMENDABLE FOR HIM TO GIVE ME AND MY CHILDREN A SENSE OF PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT OUR PEOPLE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPING THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, THERE IS VERY LITTLE DOCUMENTATION. THIS IS INDEED AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR THOSE WHO ARE EAGER TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THE WEST WAS DEVELOPED WITH ...
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Black Women of the Old West1 review
William Loren Katz
Atheneum, 1995
Black Women of the Old West
This was a valuable read and a useful tool in presenting those parts of our history as a nation that do not make it into the history books. I recommend it. The beautiful portraits of the women just added to it's fascination. Give it as a gift to a junior high or high school library.
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Surprise Party2 reviews
William Katz
Warner Books, 1985
The most captivating, fast paced book I've ever read!!
"Surprise Party", by William Katz, is undeniably one of the best books I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Not once, either...I've read it several times! The characters are incredibly real, the plot extaordinarily suspenseful, and the pace is one rarely matched. It is a thriller, of sorts, with a little romance and a lot of intringue. The storyline is fascinating, to say the very least. ...
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Death Dreams1 review
William Katz
Warner Books, 1987
Death Dreams is rivetting!!!
Well I'm not usually one for reading this type of book, but I picked it up in my local library years ago and couldn't put it down. It is the story of a young mother and the love for her litte girl. Her husband is tragically killed and she remarries the too-good-to-be-true guy. All seems peachy until her beloved duaghter drowns in their backyard lake. Strange things begin to happen as the ...
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The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of ...2 reviews
William Loren Katz
Touchstone, 1996
What I didn't learn about American history...
What I didn't learn about American history surprised me. I had heard the charges that school textbooks focused on the achievements of white males, but it didn't register with me until I read this book. As a white American, I am thankful to know the contributions made by brave African American pioneers. I believe race relations in our country can only improve if we educate ourselves about other ...
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Neuroscience (Book with CD-ROM) 21 reviews
Sinauer Associates, 2001
I love Neurobiology!!!
I love this book. It is very informative and in a way that is understandable and not complicated. Also, there is an online study help with the book that is very helpful and informative.
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Eyewitness: The Negro in American History1 review
William Loren Katz
Louis J Martin & Assoc, 1971
Great Into to Black History
When I was a kid in the 70s, I came across this book at a neighbor's house (it was used as a textbook by older kids where I lived). I was fascinated by the pictures and stories about Black history and my Dad told me he remembered a lot of the people and events in this book. I am proud to say that I now write and teach Black history for a living, thanks to the day I found this wonderful book. As ...
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The ABCs of Environmental Science2 reviews
William B. Katz P.E.
Government Institutes, 1998
Written for the non-scientist reader.
This book was reviewed in the January "99 issue of CHOICE, a journal that reviews books for libraries and schools and general readers. It was an excellent, very favorable review, by M.S.Field of the US Emvironmental Protection Agency
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The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History1 review
William Loren Katz, Marc Crawford
Atheneum, 1989
The Lincoln Brigade - "Must Reading"
One of the unique strengths of a history book by William Loren Katz is the rare photographs that usually accompany the text. Books like ?The Black West? and ?Black Indians? immediately come to mind. And he has done it again with ?The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History?, a series of compelling portraits of the brave Americans who volunteered to fight with the Republican forces in the Spanish ...
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Double Wedding2 reviews
William Katz
McGraw-Hill, 1990
Great Page Turner!
Sorry the professional editorials didn't like this book! This is one of the greatest books for pure enjoyment and plot twists I've ever read, and I shared it with my husband who never reads and he loved it too, as have all my friends who've read it. It is a real page turner with surprise plot twists right up until the very end! I consider it a must read!
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Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage 12 reviews
William Loren Katz
Topeka Bindery, 1999
A definitive account of a largely overlooked segment of this nation's population
BLACK INDIANS: A HIDDEN HERITAGE provides a definitive account of a largely overlooked segment of this nation's population, returning to new audiences an outstanding treatise of antique prints, photos, and research. From the positions of black Seminoles and other tribes to Africans who found places to hide among the Indians, chapters trace the concurrent histories of black and Native American ...
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North Star Crusade 1 review
William KATZ
Jove Books/HBJ, 1977
unspectacular yet novel submarine thriller
This was another of the the submarine technothrillers I read after "Red October", but obviously preceded it. In "North Star" the officers on an American SSBN turn out to be rogues - belonging to a right-wing conspiracy aimed at triggering a nuclear war they are convinced that America can win. With their Polaris missiles (the real Polaris being the "North Star") they will stage attacks on both ...
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The Black West: A Documentary and Pictoral History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of ...3 reviews
William Katz
Harlem Moon, 2005
How the West was really won.
THE BLACK WEST is a revised edition of an older book by William Loren Katz. He gives us a definitive history, not only of the Black people who helped settle the West, but also of the machinations of the United States to steal the land from the indigenous people. He includes the brawl with Santa Ana of Mexico regarding Texas as well as the struggle to take California from the Mexicans and the ...
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Black Pioneers: An Untold Story3 reviews
William Loren Katz
Atheneum, 1999
Impressive
This book tells the story of all pioneers, but with a unique twist that includes the horrors of escaping slavery, being denied education, and racially-motivated mob attacks. Although this book may provide more detail that the teacher has time to fit into the curriculum, the teacher may want to use segments from the book. For example, there are segments about Missouri and Kansas in the book, ...
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Ghostflight 1 review
William Katz
Severn House Publishers Ltd, 1981
Take one legendary flier...
Out of nowhere a Cesna lands in the LAX airport and a flier who looks and sounds like Amelia Earhart steps out of the 1930s plane. One little detail though, she looks as though she's in her 30s and Earhart would've been much, much older. An engaging yarn of anti-aging medical miracles, Nazis determined to take over the world again and brave Americans out to stop them... once again. Stock up on ...
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Breaking The Chains6 reviews
William Loren Katz
Simon Pulse, 1998
Slavery Issues in the mind of William loren Katz
Breaking the Chains was a well written book by a former middle school social studies teacher named William Loren Katz. It was organized in a very easy and understanding manner. This book was very interesting in that, it told about a lot more slavery issuses than a high school like myself has learned about. It brought to life many historical figures that influenced the institution of slavery ...
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Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I 9 reviews
William A Katz
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2001
Introduction to Reference Work, Volume I
Just when you think you know all about reference resources, you are bound to learn something new in this book. For a beginner or an experienced person if you are looking for ways to reach different references , this book is great! I think it is worth every cent I paid for it... now looking to buy the second Volume.
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Cy Twombly: Photographs3 reviews
William Katz
Matthew Marks Gallery, 1993
simply beautiful
one of the best collection of photographs i have seen in a whil
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What Is to Be Done?10 reviews
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Cornell University Press, 1989
classic
Nikolai Chernyshevsky was a genius in his own right. If you are going to read this book for its `novella' qualities - don't. But if you are looking to explore the explosion of social thought in the late nineteenth century Russia, then "What needs to be done?" is perhaps the best work on the revolutionary changes in society at the time. Vera Pavlovna (the main character) stands for everything ...
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