European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books Ward and his Devil of a time fighting in chinary Jonathan Kirsch los Angeles times the Devil Soldier the Story off Frederick Townsend word the most honoured end controversial american in chinese history by Caleb Carr random House. Imagine an american version of Lawrence of Arabia at Large in 19th-Century China. Add the Devil May care exploits of Indiana Jones and the High moral purpose of Robin Hood and you la have a rough idea of what the adventurer Ward was really like. His Story recounted by Carr with authority and High spirits is so marvellously improbable so Rich in exotic Delapl that it often reads More like a historical thriller than the serious work of history that it is. As we learn in the Devil Soldier Ward was an adventurer and fre Booter who first went to sea when he was not yet 16, prospected for Gold in California in 1849, served As a Texas Ranger and then As a mercenary in Mexico under the self made imperialist brigand Gen. William Walker and the Crimea and sailed As an officer aboard an a extreme clippers on the Pacific All before he turned 30. But Ward s True glory a and his place in history a awaited his arrival in Shanghai where he led a band of Quot Devil soldiers in defense of the Manchu emperor against the rebel armies of the tailings followers of a false Messiah who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ. A when he arrived in Shanghai Ward was 28 years old and penniless a Carr sums up. A when he died in <1 s i m i i Frederick Townsend Ward lived from 1831 to 1862. Battle three years later he was the most honoured american in chinese history a naturalized chinese subject and a mandarin entitled to Wear the prestigious Peacock Feather in his  swirling around the swashbuckling figure of Ward and sometimes obscuring him arc the veils of intrigue that passed for politics and diplomacy in 19th-Century China. Carr explores in exacting detail what he Calls the a almost comically Complex Quot contortions of the great Powers in China in the last Century. The British for example staged military operations against both the army of the Manchu emperor and the rebel tailings and imprisoned Ward on several occasions before allying themselves with his a never victorious  spy Case through Austria by Howard Dicus United press International foreign Exchange by Larry Beinhart h Armony this is definitely the Best suspense novel Ever written about the owner of a laundromat in Austria. Already you can Tell that foreign Exchange is no formula Book. There is espionage in this novel and International intrigue and those things Are Central to the plot. Yet to Call it a spy novel is to miss the essence of its Appeal. The style of the Story is More like the British american mystery containing the sensational Clever dialogue of the California mysteries that made such Good films. Our hero is drawn from his laundromat by a skiing Accident that May actually be a murder and from there he gets involved in a deadly Hunt for computer technology. Sounds serious. But it does no to come off that Way. It can to not when the heroes common Law wife his Mother and his Mother in Law insist on going with him when he tries to extricate himself from the fix he a in. The Only thing wrong with the Book is the title. It should have been called something More whimsical but some editor probably insisted on the ominous approach since the Book jacket also seems aimed at the James Bond  does a neat Job for kids with a manners by Molly Dunham Glassman Baltimore Sun manners by Aliki Grec Willow books. Some titles would never make it on kids most wanted lists. 101 tips on cleaning your room for instance or How to make your Little sister Happy without really trying. Any Book called manners would fit into that category right not quite. Not when its written and illustrated by Aliki whose non fiction books Are wildly popular with kids Ages 4 and up. She May be Best known for her Dinosaur books a including digging up dinosaurs and my visit to the dinosaurs a and the fun Little illustrations of folks in those books also people the car a Toon like sequences in manners. The vignettes work without being didactic because they show plenty of kids with bad manners As Well As those rare kids with Good manners. There a the Story about How Anthony almost ruined Diana a party. He burps. He cheats at pin the Tail on the Donkey lie Calls one girl fatso. By the end even the unruly est Reader would agree that Anthony is a lout no one would want to spend any time with. And that a the Point. A manners Are very simple a Aliki said on a Stop in Baltimore during a recent promotional tour. Quot they Are How you make someone feel that you re with. Are you thinking about them or just yourself a new York times list fiction 1 hideaway by Dean r Koont last week 1, weeks on list 4 2 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley last week 2. Weeks on list 13 Disney s Beauty and the boast by gallery Rooks pc Nymn Usa Iasi week 3. Weeks on list 8 4 by Anai by Lavyrle Spencer inst week on list 5 Una at fire by w e b in Tom Iasi week 4. Weeks on list 4 6 private Eye by Jonathan Keller Man Iasi week 6. Weeks on Lisl 4 7 fugitive it gel by Joseph Wambaugh Iasi week 13. 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