Pants Books

After receiving an early-retirement offer from my employer, I diligently went about reviewing my options. I was not sure whether to take a company annuity or a lump sum from my pension fund. I was not certain about how to handle my 401k. In defense of my company, they offered informational seminars however the best information has been this book. I would recommend, actually I would highly recommend this book for any employee thinking about changing jobs or retiring. This is a great-easy to read resource.

Don't Get Caught With Your Pants Down is survival guide, true to form. With all of the teacher layoffs in California supposedly looming on the horizon, I definitely recommend it for all who could be affected and or already have been affected by a layoff. This book is perfect for currently employed who want to get a jump on retirement and for those who would like to learn about investing and how to do it properly; god, it is such a great book, with so many uses I could talk about them all day but unfortunately I have to sum it up in 1000 words or less. Bottom line, read it, use it and don't get caught with your pants down, I didnt!!!

I haven't let this book stray too far from my side since my employer (major airline) offered me an early retirement. Very helpful!

The cover and title of this book are certainly reflective of its contents. No fluff straight to the point. When I put this book down, I came away with the feeling, "everything is going to be okay"!The author provides some great commentary as to "why" employees do not have the same job security our grandparents enjoyed. I would say this book was written for the average person looking for general information about Rollover IRA's, good/bad retirement investments, wills and trusts etc. Alternate publications may be more appropriate if you need complex estate or retirement planning strategies. Bottom line: My stomach was not in knots after reading this book. Highly recommended!

Don't Get Caught With Your Pants Down is a wonderful crash course for the layman on investments, long-term health care insurance, wills, trusts and IRA's. I enjoyed the tips on selecting an investment advisor and how to determine the fees you really pay to have a bank, brokerage firm, or mutual fund company when they assist you with your affairs. Other books I have read about investments & retirement tend to be real yawners, not this one! This book answered all my questions. As a bonus it is filled with some great one-liners, and is a pleasure to read. Buy it!

This is an excellent travel/ food book- A great gift for anyone traveling in the Northeast.

Guides like this can often give too little detail or too much, but in this book, the author gives the perfect amount of information about every location. Each ice cream parlor's individual style, history and unique offerings are expressed succinctly, but so well that you feel you really know the place.

The descriptions of the ice cream flavors make you want to try every one mentioned (except maybe the horseradish). You can tell the author has personally visited and sampled the wares and her descriptions make it easy for you to decide if it is a place you would enjoy.

I am planning a trip North in two weeks and I am definitely visiting several of the places mentioned. The book is well-organized and well-written. Location, hours, directions, etc. are at the top of each page. There are interesting bits of ice cream trivia interspersed.

Great choice for food and travel lovers!

This book is so fun and full of great information. It is an excellent gift idea for ice-cream loving friends and family.

The author has done her homework, detailing and distinguishing the nature of the scoop at supreme shops in the East. What elevates this read to something beyond mere (if yummy and useful) information is the elan' of the writing. The author has a knack for language and a very good ear for fresh prose to describe those fresh ingredients. A congenial and well done mix of sleuthing, road trip, and encyclopedia of blissful frozen treats. An enjoyable read!

"EAST COAST SCOOPS" is a beautiful publication in every way. The text is especially well written, the photography, quality layout and information combine to make "Scoops" a real gem.
It is a FIRST CLASS publication, and for those of us who try to move through life delighting in "a scoop of this and a scoop of that" it's both a treasure and a pleasure to enjoy reading (and dreaming) as well as to frequent the sites that are included.
I'll be visiting in NYC (Chelsea)in late summer, and I already fantasize about "ginger creme brule'" at Ronnybrook Farm Dairy at the Chelsea Market.

I love having a happy belly and "East Coast Scoops" sure tickled my tummy! Each entry is imformative and unique. My belly concurs with Ms. Steintrager's assesment of Christina's in Cambridge. I was lucky enough to sample their fares twice during a cold and snowy winter trip (that should tell you something)! A trip to New York is in my future and I can't wait to try the lychee ice cream at the China Town Ice Cream factory, the Meyer lemon at Otto Enoteca Pizzeria, Lola's mint chocolate lace at Ronnybrook Farm Dairy, the concrete jungle at the Shake Shack, and the vanilla chocolate chunk at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory - to start with. I guess I better plan a longer trip and lots of walking! Please send Ms. Steintrager down to the deep South next. We could use a Deep South Scoops!

After not sewing for about 15 years, I decided it was time to make some nice pants. My body had changed and I had difficulty identifying the myriad fitting problems. What a disaster!!!! Of course, I had invested hundreds of dollars in wonderful material and there it sat. I bought this book and went to work. This lady knows her stuff. My pants are fab and I finally understand how to fit pants to my body. I encourage any sewer at any level of accomplishment to get this wonderful book. The language is clear, the drawings and photographs are explicit and specific and address the process of making pants in a modern way. Lynn, wherever you are, thanks for a great book.

If you are looking for a book that will tell you everything you want to know about making the perfect pants with good diagrams as well, this is it. I can't think of a single situation that it doesn't cover.

This book may be thin in size but it is MIGHTY in the information contained. I'd taken a leave of absence from sewing and changed shapes in the meantime - older patterns didn't fit anymore. With the help of this book, I'm back in business AND have learned all kinds of things I wish I had learned years ago. Can't say enough good things about this very easy to understand, logically presented book. Way to go Lynn.

For fitting and making pants, I have found the "Easy Guide to Sewing Pants" an invaluable source. The book delivers a goldmine of information that really works. Ms. MacIntyre's meticulously thorough instructions are presented in clear, concise easy-to-grasp prose that I found a constant source of pleasure when I need to search for answers. This classy book sets high standards and is a cherished addition to my sewing library.

The "Easy Guide to Sewing Pants" is the only book you will ever need to have a great pair of pants that truly fits you perfectly. I had tried many different approaches over the years but never achieved the fit I needed until I bought this book. Ms. MacIntyre's diagrams for fitting problem areas are clear, easy- to-follow; and best of all, they work! Her step-by-step instructions on how to make design changes to your basic pattern will give you many different looks with having to go through the fitting process again. I was so excited when I made a style change to my pattern and didn't have to worry about whether they would fit. No more frustration!! If that's not enough, I also found Ms. MacIntyre's construction techniques to be absolutely the best and gave me very professional results. The "Easy Guide to Sewing Pants" is a "must" for any sewer's library.

I was born is Oswego, NY and grew up in the Town of Oswego. I was doing my family history and found next to my relatives in the Rural Cemetery near Bunker Hill, The Walker Family plot. There is a wonderful white picket fence around Mary's grave along with an American Flag and a wonderful plaque to a wonderful women.Mary's sister married one of my relatives and I feel a closeness to her and her life story. She is a true example to the women of today. She was a century ahead of her time, but she stuck to her guns and she changed the world.
I am awaiting the delivery of this book..

This book was well written for as far as it went. It did not cover very much outside of her Civil War period. Could have been more comprehensive.

I have been looking for this book for years! It is a wonderfully detailed biography about a very fascinating person of whom little is written in books.. Mr. Snyder's bibliography is almost all from contemporary accounts of Mary Walker's life. I was afraid Mary Walker was in danger of being lost to history, but am so glad the book is available! She emerges from the book as a wonderfully complex individual who "did her own thing" long before it was really possible for women.... idealistic on the one hand and impossibly hard to get along with on the other! One of the first women doctors, Civil War heroine, women's dress reformer, published author, on the public speaking circuit in Europe and the US.... and sometimes she DOES sound like a bit of a crank, bless her heart! As far as I know, this is the most comprehensive book on her life, a life that deserves to be remembered!

Snyder's book is the defining literature on Mary Walker. Any article or book subsequent to this publication reference it heavily. It is unfortunate that there are not more books about this revolutionary feminist, but Snyder presents a well-balanced look at her life. Unfortunately, he does not spend a lot of time examining her Civil War work, nor her numerous publications, but tends to concentrate more on her post War life.

Once I began reading about Dr. Mary Walker I could not put the book down. This is a rare find.

Steampunk is a fun subculture based on a Victorian "future that never was". If you are into or interested in steampunk and aren't sure what to do for wardrobe ideas, this will give you some fantastic options outside the usual corset, skirt, and boots. Filled with extraordinary historical photographs of women in all kinds of situations, what they have in common is a different approach to attire than the stereotypical image of the Proper Victorian Lady. After looking at this book, you'll never think of steampunk possibilities for women in the same way.

Women in Pants is a wonderfully illustrated book chronicling the almost forgotten history of women who not only had the audacious pluck to dress like men but who demanded the same rights, freedoms and jobs as men during a time when society made sure women had few opportunities outside the home. The book is well written and amply illustrated with many beautiful reproductions of vintage photos showing not only notable 19th-century "bloomerites," cowgirls and cross-dressing actresses, but female farmers, soldiers, miners, lumberjacks and mountain climbers! Not to mention the amusing photos of school girls dressed up in tuxedos and top hats for a school play or to attend an all-girl dance where sometimes a same sex romance blossomed. This amazing book offers compelling proof that there were plenty of 19th-century women who didn't fit the stereotypical image of the wasp-waisted feeble Victorian (still perpetuated by Hollywood), and who instead assumed the symbolic power of men's trousers to lay claim to their own equality and self worth. There's something absolutely brilliant about seeing a group of late 19th-century ladies smiling, even laughing while decked out in men's suits and smoking cigars, acting decidely macho with almost reckless abandon (by Victorian standards at least). The photo illustrations and the text serve as powerful reminders of the many battles women have had to fight in order to gain the freedoms we now have and take for granted. An inspiring, must-read for all .

Could you add this review please (Catherine Smith, Author):


[T]his book provides an eloquent photo study of women wearing pants across the globe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using 150 period photographs . . . the authors document an oft-unexplored side of these women's lives. Harem pants . . . common wear outside U.S. society, are explored in the chapter "Multicultural Influences: 'Very Peculiar Garb.'" A chapter on "Working Women: 'Do me a mess o' work . . . jes like a man'" includes painters, carpenters, ranchers, fisherwomen, miners, lumberjacks, factory workers. . . . [C]hapters cover cyclists, actresses, cowgirls, and other adventurous women. High quality . . . photographs illustrate every page spread of the text. . . . Chapters on romantic women and college women reveal Victorian expectations allowed for passionate female relationships as different from today's. . . . From the reform costume of the late-nineteenth century through working women and mock weddings, this book explores the lot. This fascinating compilation should be useful for period studies and in history classrooms. It is recommended for library collections reaching secondary students and the general public. . . . (Hard to imagine it being any better written. . . .) . . . Ages 11-18.

I found this book to be very well concieved. The photos are well reproduced. The text clear and not foreboding or pedantic. The most interesting idea exposed in a factual easy reading, clear style was the concept of the domination of a person's role in a closed society by something so ubiquitous as a garment. This reminds me of the situation faced in some Eastern countries today! I wonder what hidden else in our present time needs change? I recommend this book to all who are interested in fashion history, social history, and the status of a free & open society.

This is an incredibly compelling collection of photographs. It is exactly what it says it is: photographs of women wearing pants, starting from the beginnings of photography in the mid-1800s and ending about a hundred years later.

Intellectually, we all know that people have worn all sorts of clothing at all times in history. But in fact almost every image of women before the 1930s and '40s portrays women in skirts. It's as if women were shaped like bells until then.

You won't realize how deeply ingrained this assumption can be until you look at this collection. It's a real eye-opener.

Many of the pictures are matter-of-fact recordings of women in unusual situations for that time, like women doing tough jobs that demanded trousers. Others show women who would never wish to be caught dead wearing pants in public. Yet there they are, playacting with their sorority sisters, some shamefaced, others defiant, but all are bravely facing the camera.

The collection contains broad range of photographic technologies and a mix of amateur and professional work. This mixture lends an interesting touch of realism to the collection. In a way, this collection suggests a novel way of studying the past: collect the photographs and see what they really show.

I read lots of books that claim to be "humor," but Clinton & Me is the first book in a long time that had me laughing on the first page. And I laughed all the way through.

I was expecting something more political. Michael Graham is a radio talk show host down here in the Carolinas, and he talks alot about current events. But the book is all over the place. About every other piece (it's a collection of humor columns) is related to something in the news: Clinton, Elian, Gingrich, Hillary. But the rest jump from bad movies to being a dad to how Michael dresses when he's a guest on TV shows. That was very funny, by the way.

I have already bought another copy, for my dad, for Christmas. He listens to Rush Limbaugh, and I'm sure he'll like the comedy in the book, even though he won't agree with all of it.

And he will definitely like the Clinton bashing in this book. It isn't the same old stuff. There isn't any whining in this book. When he jumps on Clinton, it sticks! There are several pieces that made me want to show them to my liberal friends and say "See! That's what I've been trying to tell you!"

Oh, and there's one line in the very first piece that sums up Al Gore to a T. You've got to read it for yourself.

Great book, easy to read, and laugh out loud funny.

Michael Graham is a bit of an oddity in the world today. First of all, he is unafraid to tell you exactly what is on his mind, no matter the consequences. In addition, what he reports is the truth. This alone makes him nearly unique nowadays. In his book, Clinton & Me, he displays his mastery of the above two virtues as well as his mastery of satirical humor. From the first essay to the last you will be laughing, but more importantly, THINKING. The biggest problem in politics on a grass roots level these days is that so many people don't think anymore. Witness the vast number of ineffectual incumbents that get re-elected in this state alone. Michael Graham, both in his daily radio show and in Clinton and Me, he makes it impossible for you to merely tow the party line. Read this book. Even if you disagree with the politics, it will make you question your stance on each and every issue it addresses, and that is ALWAYS a good thing.

Michael Graham's book takes a look at the Clinton Administration and says what we have all been thinking. Nixon left office for less than has conspired in the Clinton White House. From the hiring the former Govener of SC, which has the worst education system in all 50 states, as Secretary of Education, to the O. J. like impeachment trial of Clinton, Graham pokes fun at this soon to be former administration.

Graham also has touches of family humor. His stories of his children are delightful.

In conclusion, Clinton is a must read for conservatives and liberal alike. I wish more people in the United States saw life through Michael Grahams eyes.

More pointed than Dave Barry, more balanced than Rush Limbaugh, and funnier than the late great Lew Grizzard, Michael Graham is the best columnist I've discovered since James Lileks. He hits hard, but he makes you laugh, and he's the only American besides me who will admit wearing those squared-off knit ties in the early 80s. Even lefties will find things to like about this book. And check out that cover!

My 8 year old granddaughter who is very bright and has no problems at school, loved this book and thought it was very funny. She also read it aloud to her younger brother who loved it.

We live in Texas and the elementary schools have the "Accelerated
Reading Program" and these books by Henry Winkler qualify for points in the program. Finding books for my granddaughter to read and keep her interested has been difficult but she loves this series.

It was a GEART book. You don't what to put it down. It supires you though the whole book.

Who would have thought the "Fonz" would have such talent writing children's books?? This series is a wonderful way to encourage children to read! The story is fun with the "world's greatest underachiever". Great for the fourth grade student!

The colours and graphics are great, and the book is very readable and rereadable.

Re: previous review... does it really say "little baby diaper pants"? or is it "nappy pants"? Diaper is a U.S. term, whereas nappy is U.K. and Australia (if I'm not mistaken). Maybe two versions of the book have been made for these seperate audiences. But I wouldn't think so.

We always enjoy reading this. Our boy now gives us a big smile whenever we say "pants" during his nappy change.

Thoroughly recommended for child & parent alike.

Our entire family loves this book. It's one of my son's favorites. He's one and a half now, and its been in heavy rotation ever since he was picking the books out (and before...when I was picking them out!)

It full of fun illustrations and the rhymes are catchy.

My daughter loved this book from the library, so we had to go & buy it. The rhyming is excellent & the pictures fun. Any kid would enjoy.

The first time I saw this book and reviewed it for my son, who is two years old, I laughed so hard. This book is great and my son and I get a real kick out of it everytime we read it. It was also a good teaching tool for potty training. It's talking about underpants and everyone has underpants accept one baby who has "little baby diaper pants". I told my son that the baby wears didaper but none of the big boys do. It's really funny and I would tell anyone to buy it.

Anything with Chris Crouch's name on it is worth more than the price you've paid. This book can be read in an evening and it is full of simple little ideas that you can implement at little or no cost. I read it, loved it and it has helped me to live a more productive and peaceful life. I recommend Chris' blog if you want to check out what he is all about...his work is the real deal for anyone looking to live a better life.

Everyone in my family over 12 is getting this book for Christmas. I have read, re-read and savored this little book. It makes me smile! And that we need more of, wouldn't you agree? A small investment and a huge return!

If you're feeling like life is a struggle and you're always looking for ways to make it better, read this book! It's contains great advice and simple solutions. You may already know some of this stuff, like I did, but it helps to reaffirm that what you know is true. It will help you decide that you can make your life less of a struggle doing some very simple things.

I really enjoyed reading Simple Works. It is a great book, with a great message and a simple presentation. For example, the chapter on knowledge is short, however, its is very insightful. I really liked the writing style which I describe as simple but high impact.

I read and thoroughly enjoyed Chris Crouch's first book "The Contented Achiever" and made it a point to read "Simple Works." I have found Simple Works to be a great gift book because its the perfect size, an easy book to read with a message that will make a very positive difference to someone. I gave several copies as gifts to friends around Christmas.

I strongly recommend Simple Works. Hope you enjoy it!

What fun. Smooth transaction, and now the recipient in Iceland--a HUGE William Castle fan--is loving the book. I was grateful to receive it right away so I could deliver it myself in time for the holidays.

This was a great book. It's perfect for anyone who loves movies. William H. Castle was a genious. By the way, this is JOHN WATERS' favorite book.

For any 1950s - 1960s horror fan, this cult classic filmmaker writes about his experiences within the crazy & zany Hollywood system of the past in the most entertaining fashion of storytelling. Wonderful tales about how Castle created some of his horror film gimmicks & publicity stunts, to his producing experiences with Roman Polanski on 'Rosemary's Baby.' It is an honest auto-biography in which boths side of Castle are revealed (from the Hollywood filmmaker to the family man he was). If you find this book, get it! It is a collector's item!!!!

I found this book to be one of the best autobiographies I have ever read. William Castle made every bit of his life a thorough joy to read.. It was a book that I could not put down. I took it everywhere, just to see what crazy gimmick he would come up with next. A must read. I don't want to give you any details because it would just spoil the book. This book and the two below give a true sense of what it was like to make "quality" B-movies in the 50's and 60's

Check out - Roger Corman's: How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood and Never Lost A Dime. and Samuel Z. Arkoff's: Flying Through Hollywood By The Seat of My Pants.