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Obituary of Mr. Farley, by Joshua Kosman, reprinted from the San Francisco chronicle of Oct. 23, 2012.

A delightful selection of articles by the ever-popular A. A. Milne, many of which haven't been in print for decades. Introduced by the prize-winning children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce, this volume brings Milne's brilliant non-fiction back to the spotlight. A. A. Milne was a successful writer long before the classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories made him famous. Milne had a talent for regularly turning out a thousand whimsical words on lost hats and umbrellas, golf, married life, cheap cigars, and any amount of life’s little difficulties. This anthology, spanning four decades of Milne’s life, includes his fiercely argued writings on pacifism. Happy Half-Hours features the very best of A. A. Milne in one delightful volume. “Milne’s gift to write amusingly about the most trivial things is a kind of blessing. The kind that can put you back together again when all else fails.” —Frank Cottrell-Boyce, from his introduction

Books reviewed: Representing Workers: Union Recognition and Membership in Britain, Howard Gospel and Stephen Wood, eds. Routledge, London/New York, 2003, Mick Marchington, author Trade Unions in Renewal: A Comparative Study, Peter Fairbrother and Charlotte A. B. Yates, eds. Continuum, London/New York, 2003, Andy Charlwood, author The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements, by Dan Clawson. ILR Press, Ithaca, NY/London, 2003, Andy Charlwood, author Forces of Labour: Workers' Movements and Globalization Since 1870, by Beverly J. Silver. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2003, John Kelly, author Workers' Rights as Human Rights, James A. Gross, ed. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY/London, 2003, Thomas Greven, author Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison, by Harish C. Jain, Peter J. Sloane and Frank M. Horwitz. M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY/London, 2003 Workplace Equality: International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice, Carol Agocs, ed. Kluwer Law International, The Hague/London/New York, 2002, Colm O'Cinneide, author Unfair Labour Practices: Trade Union Recognition and Employer Resistance, by K. D. Ewing, Sian Moore and Stephen Wood. Institute of Employment Rights, London, October 2003, Alan L. Bogg, author Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change: Essays in Honour of Gunter Schmid, Hugh Mosley, Jacqueline O'Reilly and Klaus Schoemann, eds. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Glos./Northampton, Mass., 2002, Lilja Mosesdottir, author Models of the Family in Modern Societies: Ideals and Realities, by Catherine Hakim. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2003, Constanza Tobio, author Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America, by Mary Margaret Fonow. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2003, Suzanne E. Tallichit, author Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia, Sean Cooney, Tim Lindsey, Richard Mitchell and Ying Zhu, eds. Routledge, London/New York, Bill Taylor, author.