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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T i reviews r the tribe of Tiger Cate and their Cut Ture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Simon and schuster. Thomas the behavioural expert who exposed canines in her Book the hidden life of dogs has found the cat a tougher creature to figure out. For one thing cats from the Kitten chasing a Fly to Lions dragging away larger prey Are still wild enough to View life with humans As a temporary condition. While dogs go anywhere with their owners shedding hairs and dripping saliva along the Way cats establish a permanent Home with elaborate marking procedures and stay close  s the Hunting instinct that rules cat life say Marshall and which makes Tabby View much of the world As either meat or nothing with meat sometimes being humans. Thomas Points out however that in the Western world dogs kill Many More peo pie than do the big cats much of the tribe of Tiger i about those big. Cats a disappointment to Kitty owners who were looking for the same kinds of Domestic insights contained in Thomas popular dog Book. A Bob Hoover Pittsburgh Post Gazette pretty boy Floyd by Larry Mcmurtry and Diana Ossana Simon and Schust Rcharles Floyd was shot Down by police and Federal agents on a farm near East Liverpool Ohio oct. 22, 1934, thousands viewed his Corpse put on Public display at the Sturgis funeral Home in East Liverpool. Floyd a life was Short a he died at 30 a and his crimes pedestrian. Without someone like Warren Beatty to romanticize him beyond recognition pretty boy faded into obscurity. Now Mcmurtry and Ossana Are trying to mythologized him again. The joint venture has produced one of the most undistinguished a major Quot novels of the year. Pretty boy Floyd is As shallow As a dust bowl Creek. A Bob Hoover Black noise rep music and Black Cul it Ture in contemporary America by Tricia Rose Wesleyan University press. A Friend of mine once asked me that if it were _ True that violent and sexually explicit rap music made up Only a fraction of the rap spectrum Why. Then does no to anyone talk about the rest of it the answer i said was that in today a pop culture climate the exposure anything gets often depends on its ability to generate extra musical discussion. In the Case of rap where Little is understood of its roots sex drugs and violence dominate the dialogue. Those engaged in it often Lack the resources to talk about rap any other Way Orin some cases done to entertain the no Tion that there is anything else to discuss. A wrongheaded situation writes Rose. Rap Cul Ture is Rich and Complex enough to Foster All types of interpretations. Tony Green St. Petersburg times stars in their courses the Gettysburg Campaign by Shelby Foote the Modem Libraty. A. A a footers three portions of a the civil War. A narrative came out in 1958 1963 and 1974. He found unexpected celebrity a even an appearance on the tonight show a As spiritual father and commentator for the nine part pcs television program the civil War created by Ken bums and broadcast in 1990. A a a a a a a it should t be surprising then that random House has chosen a major Section from the second volume of Foote s trilogy for inclusion in its venerable Modem Library series. _ Foote never ceases to remind us though he never overstates the Case that the Clarion Calls of Honor and glory flare with a brilliance that deafen As Well As ennobled. One could weep tears of rage and frustration Reading the account of Pickett a Heartbreak. Ing charge against a practically impregnable Federal position and Superior manpower and firepower. A Fred Koeppel Memphis commercial Appeal defend the Valley a Shenandoah family in the civil War by Margaretta Barton Colt Orion books. Through diaries letters and memoirs written by her ancestors Colt brings to life the courage recklessness Heartbreak and deprivation of the valley1jkst  11.1 i / a in i ii m a k s i 1 a i 1 Thomas i m i i a i a it i Campaign and the civil War Battles to the East of the Blue Ridge. Whether ones sentiments lie or would have lain with the North or South this Book is difficult to read without tears of sorrow. Fred Koeppel Patsy the life and times of Patsy Cline by Margaret Jones Harper Collins. Country pop legend Patsy Dine clearly lived a life of classic Southern duality and sold millions of records singing about it. But 31 years after her death in an air plane crash the Black haired songstress from Winchester va., remains a mystery. This massive volume by free Lance writer Jones attempts to Peel the layers off All the myth making to find the woman behind classic hits such As crazy and Sweet dreams. But too often she a just not there. A Miriam Longino Atlanta Roumal Constitution the cold War a history by Martin Walker Henry Holt amp cd. A a. The cold War was an ideological War a weapons War and an economic War. It lasted longer than world War i world War ii and the korean and Vietnam wars combined. In this highly readable Book Walker examines almost half a Century of confrontation Between the United states and the soviet Union. Herbert Mitgang new York times Berlin rising biography of a City by Anthony read and David Fisher . Norton amp co. After Reading this Book by read and Fisher a an English to writing team whose previous books in elude Kristal nacht the fatal embrace and the fall of Berlin a you understand Why the spirit of Berlin. Was caught by the Hohen Zotler emperor Wilhelm ii when he observed in 1892 a there is nothing in Berlin that can captivate the foreigner except a few museums castles and soldiers. After six Days red Book in hand he has seen everything and he departs re heed feeling that he has done his  Christopher Lehmann Haupt not twelve red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer har per coins. The dust jacket of British author archers third and latest collection of 12 Short stories describes them As a a dozen startling  Well there Are 12 stories All right and they Are Short but a a startling a startling Quot is the ending of Quot the movie the crying game. A is startling a is the marriage of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. But twelve red herring hardly. The by Wjk does have a certain Charm. The dust jacket totally overstates the stories a perhaps in an Effort to Appeal to these who want plenty of action a blood bullets and bodies. This is too bad because Archer has a gentle almost quaint Way of telling a. Story which is refreshing in this time of gory detail. 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