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Everyone that I have ever shown this book to has been deeply impacted by it. One guy even returned to the Catholic faith because of it. I haven't seen any other books that show such powerful imagery,with good, short background information. It is not supposed to be an all-inclusive book with all the facts about every subject, but like every truly good book that I have read, it leads to a desire to learn and experience more.

Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius...History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church Excellent Joan Cruz does a marvelous job of presenting information and historical evidence for the recognition of the relics mentioned in this book.

Joan Cruz once again does an excellent job in her book RELICS. She is able to catagorize the relics in such a way that one can go through the chapters in the order they occur; or go to whatever one is interested in, and read them randomly,without getting lost. Her research continues to be thorough, and well documented. All i can add is that it would be nice to have an update on some of the relics in their current conditions and locations.

Looking for books on relics and reliquaries, this was one of the few around. It is definitively Catholic centered in content and Catholic based in perspective. To that end it has a lot of information and acts like a pseudo encyclopedia. I was hoping for more broad cross cultural discussion, but for what it is it is pretty good, albeit a bit light on the subject.

My husband and I both agree that this book has some fascinating facts; however, it is poorly written, making it difficult to follow. The author jumps from synopsis to synopsis of documents with little or no transitions. Sometimes the events in a single relic's story aren't even in chronological order.

This book is a delight to read. It was written in another era when the outlook was simpler and men fought standing up and toe to toe. There are some real golden nuggets in the book i.e. the backknuckle uppercut, that are not found in today's boxing books. One thing is certain - old style boxers were a tough breed. Worth every cent!!

this is great, but it has no practical value. Other boxing instruction books are far superior to this antique. The pictures and comments are a bit humorous but save your money and watch a Charlie Chaplin movie.

The book is an important part of America's literary heritage as well as a significant piece of ring history.

It's interesting to note that Mike Dononvan, as a middleweight, went the distance in a match with the great John L. Sullivan during the bare knuckle era, and that he went on to instruct Teddy Roosevelt and serve for years as Athletic Director of the New York Athletic Club.

Quite simply the best book ever written on the Manly Art.
Hooray for the publisher for re-issuing an important piece of American ring (as well as literary) heritage.
Despite giving away 70 pounds, the author went the distance with John L. Sullivan before he went on to write this beautifully illustrated book, which belongs in the collections of all those interested in history, literature and sports.

but this is an excellent book all the same. If you're new to the sport, or even if you're a vet seeking to oil the gears a bit, this is truly a valuable source. I come, as my name suggests, from an old-school background anyway. My father saw to that. Kid Blackie and John L. were names that I just about wore on my sleeve from my earliest childhood days, and when the Kid became the Mauler, that name went straight on my chest - even though I always carried his name by honor. So, with Donovan's book, I have a bit of a bias and approach it with a sense of warmth and respect anyway. But, even without all that, it has the bare bones that many books do not - invaluable knowledge, information and skills. You take this up, practice it, get past the 1893 photos, and you're in for a fantastic learning experience. You really shouldn't pass this one up.

My used book arrived as stated, in very good condition with no marks. Quick friendly service will make me come back when the need arises.

This book was easy to read and had some valuable information but skipped over a lot of the nuts and bolts. I would pass on it next time.

This book is writen by a series of authors. Each chapter is written by a single author, and each write about a single theme. However the chapters are too shallow. No good substance found for a serious person trying to write a good article that may be a good candidate for publishing. The autors are more interested in telling how good they are (in their own perspective) than willing to teach anyone about their supposed knowledge.

A classic book that should be kept and used by anyone wanting to write an article for publication. This book gives more "how to" than any other book I've seen on the market.

Handbook of Magazine Article Writing answers often sought-after questions, such as:
- What do editors look for in your work?
- Is a cover letter always essential?
- Can you sell the exact same article a number of times within certain groups of publications?
- And, How do you keep your readers reading?

With 33 experts, including Don McKinney, James Morgan, Lois Duncan, John Brady, and Candy Schulman, this book proffers advice on everything from queries to the mechanics of writing an article. With so much talent packed into this 246-page book, the difficulty of publishing a newer edition is understandable. However, this book would benefit if it were brought into the age of the Internet.

If you are looking for the basics on article writing, and want it only from the masters of manuscript, then the Handbook of Magazine Article Writing is for you!

Just what I needed for my master's course, and it was less expensive than the university bookstore!

If I didn't need it for a class...I would never have bought this.

It hurts my soft-science brain to read.

Excellent advanced book on professional nursing research theory and methodology. Excellent graphics and charts integrated into the body of the text.

Required text for master science in nursing, professor states will use as "reference." Lots of info packed in, lots of current websites/info listed. Fairly easy to follow format.

This text is a good basic reference for the beginning nurse researcher. It has very clear explanations of the research process and applies them nicely to the clinical setting.

While Reiman does probe the reader with thought provoking questions and complaints about the state of our criminal justice system, the majority of his logic is sophomoric at best if not outright contradictory to positions voiced earlier in his text. This is the seventh edition of his book, with the first having been published in 1979. Some statistics are updated in this most recent edition, but a large number of them are carried over from earlier editions. Restating twenty year-old statistics outside of the context of comparison to more recent studies of the same subjects raises serious questions as to the current relevance of his arguments made with data from two decades ago. Additionally, of the few suggestions he offers for the improvement of his perceived injustices, even fewer of them contain concrete steps to achieve measurable change. Overall, this book has some potential to lead the reader to raise valuable questions regarding our criminal justice system and our society's definition of justice itself. Unfortunately, the answers to any questions raised in the readers' minds will not be found in Reiman's writing, as ultimately, this text is little more than an idealistic diatribe.

Professor Reiman's latest work is on point. The citizens of this country who read, who vote, who have some degree of influence over politicians must start to work now. Work as if you were marching to the railroad siding and the cattle cars and the eventual Final Solution. The US Constitution and the body of laws in the USA are perverted and only you can help. Jeff Reiman's clear and exciting words spell out the problem and the solution. After reading this book you will want to take one of Professor Reiman's CJ Courses ... I was one of his students in the 1970's at American University and his was the only class I really wanted to be in!

I found Reiman's work to be of high scholarly value to any critical thinker regardless of field. He willingly unravels myths that have long banded our eyes to the deeper anomalies and injustices of this 'criminal' 'justice' SYSTEM. Hopefully, others in related fields will follow his example, not readily accepting the obvious impression as a true impression, but to test what is a real image and what is distorted.

Professor Reiman's book goes beyond what is perceived as the usual worn out academic argument of blaming crime on poverty. The book is very clear that the problem of crime is much more complex than a simple correlation of "poverty causes crime." The main point of the book is that capitalism causes crime. Capitalism also causes poverty, but further, capitalism causes greed and power. Reiman makes an important move (though not the first one to do so) by looking into white-collar crime and how the rich are getting richer by breaking serious laws that have a huge impact on our economy and our society's general quality of life; while the poor are getting prison for committing crimes with far less macro ramifications for society. White-collar crime is linked to poverty only in the since that without poverty, white-collar crime would not be possible. This takes us back to the position that capitalism causes crime. However, Reiman is careful not to be a believer in utopian ideals. There is no suggestion in his book that crime would disappear if our society were to move toward, or become, a just society. The point is that crime would be less necessary if poverty and greed were not social norms.

Professor Reiman constructs a well researched argument to show why our prisons are overflowing with people who were under-represented (if at all) in court because their economic status caused them to have an incompetent or over-worked court appointed attorney; while people like Kenneth Lay are still free and endangering our society. This book is an important tool for understanding current social relations and what we have to do before we can be safe and free.

This book contains the usual worn out far left liberal drivel that college profesors have been trying to shove down the throats of uninformed students since the 60's. In particular, the author's attempt to blame crime on poverty, etc. etc. leaves me nauseous. Has he ever considered that our culture's failure to teach its young about moral absolutes might be a contributing factor? He is entitled to his opinions, however misinformed they may be, but the book should come jacketed with a warning label.

If you vote in this country, this is required reading. Understanding this single document on which our entire government is based is essential to making informed decisions when electing leaders.

i just got this so i'll just tell you what i noticed so far.

1) the pages aren't all numbered. so you can find something in the index and not find the page. not sure what the rational is for this but it's not helpful. a few pages numbered, then nothing, then a few more numbered, again nothing and so on.

2) on page 23 (i assume) the following sentence appears:
"The first ten Amendments collectively are commonly known as the Bill of Rights. History"

i find this confusing. the word "History" is not part of a sentense, has no punctuation, and it is followed by nothing. the rest of the page is blank. this looks to me like an obvious misprint.

so i'm not exactly confident in the book. and yes it is more like a pamphlet.

Of course this is an awesome book b/c it is about the documents that this great country is based upon! I do believe that the size and type of binding should be advertised more. This is more of a pamphlet than a book!

This Constitution is published by Wilder Publications. The copyright page says this:

"This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work."

I don't know what to make of that. If it says what I think it says I think I want a Constitution from another publisher! That statement seems to say that the Publisher is telling us how to read it! They are saying that it's principles couldn't possibly mean the same thing today! What arrogance! I hope they don't mean these things but how can I not come to these conclusions?

Read it, know it, live it. If things keep going they they have with people not caring about the Constitution, we won't have. You know the adage, ignore it and it will go away, it's very true for the constitution. The 2008 RNC is a standout example of this where the police were not only suppressing the free speech of the demonstrators but also beating and arresting registered members of the press with press credentials clearly displayed. This was not just here and there accidents or misunderstandings. This was an organized act of suppressing the media. They threatened them with drawn weapons and beat them. The only way to stop the rise of fascism is to step up and protect your rights and the rights of your neighbors. Make know mistake, fascism is here. It's not just starting, it is well entrenched. Are you going to stand by, like the citizens of Nazi Germany, and do nothing. How long until dissidents start disappearing? We already have prison camps. Don't think your citizenship will protect you from being sent off somewhere. Just as soon as the government thinks you're apathetic enough, they will declare martial law and you will be required to have travel papers to go from city to city. This is deadly serious stuff. It makes me cringe whenever our government criticizes another government for suppressing their citizens rights. I didn't used to feel that way. I used to be proud of our government now our government is an embarrassment. If you think Obama's going to fix it, think again. The guys already sold out, just examine his recent voting record.

this is a great book for anyone who wants to write articles! it is clear and to the point and was very easy to read, My copy is highlighted and dog eared every page was valuable!

Of limited value. If you're a prospective, current or recent journalism student, you'll find little here that isn't covered in course lectures, labs and texts. If you're an aspiring nonfiction writer who intends to circumvent J-school en route to publication, you readily can obtain volumes of superior writing examples and more insightful commentary.

Most of Sova's instruction is sound. It often smacks of immaturity in terms of on-the-ground journalism and writing savvy, however. Some of her "bad" writing examples are construed. Some of the "good" passages are marred by editorializing, journalese and an amateurish approach. Campus-related events or angles provide the bulk of her writing samples and ideas, raising questions about the breadth of her reporting experience. (Possibly it means she wrote the book specifically for college students. If so, the publisher should have indicated that on the cover; I see no such hint.)

I just finished reading this book about a week ago. It's a fast read packed with a lot of helpful info for any freelance writer who wants to write for magazines or newspapers. I buy a lot of books on freelance writing, and this one is one of the better ones I've read.

This book isn't terrible, but it's hardly authoritative. It's a straight rehashing of the basics of newswriting, no doubt taken mostly from journalism textbooks. The advice isn't bad, but it's given with little flair, and the writing examples (from the author's own clips) are dull and uninspiring.

It's like an extended high school report -- the author is obviously not an expert on the subject, and she pieced together information from better books to make this one. But even on those terms, the book doesn't succeed, because the advice is spotty and unconvincing.

Though this is hardly a definitive source for article writing, HOW TO WRITE ARTICLES FOR NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES by Dawn Sova is certainly a worthy introduction to the craft. IN less than 100 pages, Sova presents a fast paced guide taking the reader from start to finish. Along the way, the perspective writer will find such information as a sample query letter, constructing an effective lead and even grammatical advice.

This brief introduction is well written and easy to understand. It contains practical advice that will surely help aspiring writers. Short on depth, but that is to be expected from such a small introduction. The back cover states the book is "perfect for amateurs and seasoned professionals" but I believe seasoned professionals might find it a bit too basic.

This story begins as a man, Amir, was drifting back and remembering his childhood friendship with a boy named Hassan. These two boys have the truest friendship that I have ever seen. The story takes many twists and turns and brings many emotions to the surface. There are many mistakes that are made along the way by Amir that affect his friendship with Hassan.
This is a true tale of friendship and loyalty and seems to be very realisitic. The book goes full circle and many mistakes are redeemed along the way. This is definitely an emotinoal journey through the life of Amir, and the story brings the saying to mind, "what goes around, comes around." This story also holds many surprising events and always keeps you wanting to read more. In the end I found myself hoping to turn the page and find just one more chapter in the life of Amir.

Having lived in Afghanistan from 1968 to 1974, I found this book to be a realistic shadow-dance of everything I left behind when I returned to the United States. The descriptions of the geography, the seasons; the cultural sterotypes and love that could or could not transcend such... it was "truth." The time lines and events were impeccable, the events described in it are true to many stories I have heard, personally, from Afghans and ex-Pats who remain(ed) in Kabul through Daoud's reign and into the Communist take-over.

Mr. Hosseini writes from a more Western view, but I would know, even without the introduction or recommendations from the American Community that lived in Kabul, that he is an Afghan. This book has a slight Sufic approach, which may be too "dry" for some readers. I found his characters to be exceptionally well-rounded, though I am embarassed that it took a second reading to fully understand Mr. Taheri.

It may take Will to allow a reader to put their feet on "both sides of the fence." I found that Mr. Hosseini, and thus his characterization of Amir, was impeccable in describing the "old school" Afghan culture, and the clashes that would inevitably occur when Central Asia meets the United States. Also, his portrayal of Hassan is heartbreaking in its honesty and realism, as the Hazara people were gentle and honest. This is something I have personally experienced, in that country. This book has had a profound impact on me, reminding me of lessons I was too young to understand at the time.

That Mr. Hosseini remains true in his tone, in his quest to understand how he is both different and the same through every phase of his journey, is remarkable. The ending is beautiful, so Afghan, and as delicate as the ice-swirls that would develop over melted snow-puddles, in winter, on the street on which I lived in Karte Seh.

Read this book to understand what is often lost in cultural exchange.

I love this book. I was raised in Fremont,CA where some of the story takes place, so it's neat to read about where the character lived and places he went. The story is sad and beautiful and I can't put it down.

Because of the topic, I didn't think I would enjoy this book as much as I did. Boy, was I surprised! I literally could not put this book down because I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next.

I think this book was very well written and it is a great story. There were parts that made me laugh and there were parts that made me cry.

This book has made me more sensitive to other cultures and more interested to know what goes on around the world (and world history).

I recommend this book to everyone, no matter where you come from.

Often a book has a good story, but is not well written. Somtimes the writing is good but the story does not grip. In The Kite Runner there is a beautiful, somtimes sad story, and a book so well written. I cannot remember when I have enjoyed a book more. Can't wait for this author's next novel.

For years I'd take a trip, take notes, take weeks writing travel articles, take months searching for a place to publish them, and take little pleasure or profit in the process. Without knowing it I was doing everything the hard way. Then I discovered an early edition of TRAVEL WRITER'S GUIDE, now a classic, by Gordon Burgett. What an epiphany. The third edition is even better. I recommend it to casual or serious travel writers or to the newcomer who wants to avoid a hit-or-miss travel-writing career.

I bought this book specifically to get a better handle on repackaging my articles & the bigger ideas that spawned them so that I could get more reach without so much work. Not that I'm particularly lazy (for a writer), but there's only so many hours in the day, & the rent-clock's always ticking.

I've been sporadically writing paid articles for 20 years, so I was looking for something that'd give me better reach & (hopefully) improved income. I'm a good interviewer, a great researcher, & a top-notch writer. This title grabbed me.

Burgett's book, though -- despite the title -- reserves the discussion of repackaging for the last three chapters.

That's 29 pages out of 227 that ACTUALLY DEAL with the topic promised in the title, in the subtitle, & in half the back-cover matter.

So pardon me if I feel just the least little bit MISLED.

What makes this more disappointing is that Burgett certainly has the credentials & experience to write a thorough book on re-selling articles!! I'd simply hoped for much more than a couple of tacked-on chapters.

I almost took the book back to the store. After I cooled down, I decided to skim over it. Since I sometimes coach absolute beginners, I decided to keep it. Burgett's got a good, engaging style, even if it does tend to wander a little from the main thread, but these divergences are usually illustrative of a point he's trying to make, so can mostly be forgiven.

Most writers I talk to want to be big-shot novelists -- a fraction want to write nonfiction, & even fewer are looking at writing articles, whether as a career or an adjunct. That's not only a shame, but shows that us writers aren't necessarily very bright: the market for articles is far bigger (& often better paying) than for books, & the number of nonfiction books published & sold is at least triple that of fiction.

Therefore, most writers have never learned how to analyze the market to get a feel for what is most likely to sell to editors. Burgett's book is a very good intro to this sort of "mercenary" slanting & shaping. It'll give you an idea of how to find the most likely outlet, how to submit properly, & even gives an idea of what you can use from other peoples' writing without getting into trouble, & what sorts of expenses can be deducted on your tax forms. Oh, yeah, & three good (if brief) chapters on reselling & "topic-spoking" your great ideas to reach a wide range of small audiences, rather than one big mass market.

Three stars for messing around with me, but another star for a pretty good intro to magazine & newspaper freelancing.

This book clears up an otherwise murky process for most writers. And the querying information is first-rate since Burgett had already written the query book that most writers learned from.

After batting my head against the freelance writing wall for about 40 years, I had worked out reasonable methods for writing and selling magazine and newspaper articles. Or so I thought. Then I encountered an earlier incarnation of Gordon Burgett's SELL AND RESELL YOUR MAGAZINE ARTICLES. How I wished I had that book at the beginning of my career. It would have changed my professional life by extracting much of the pain from the trial-and-error approach. The present edition is an even better rendition of simply the mext marketing advice availabe to the freelancer. I recommend it especially to beginners.

This book may be helpful to anyone who is never published or who does not have a journalism degree. Burgett answered a few questions I had, but the book seem to go over the fundamentals of getting published more so than how "sell & resell you magazine articles." I wish I had not bought it.

Having taken only two semesters of undergraduate econometrics, I still understood the vast majority of the material. This is an excellent book that shows how a wide variety of trading strategies are implemented, in theory and in practice. It is well-written and fascinating, and I urge anyone interested in quantitative trading to read it.

I bought this book based on a brief review in the Economist. It was way over my head. I'm a serious individual investor with training in math but found the tone of the book to be fairly esoteric and of little practical use.

This 200-page volume is better described as an academic monograph that extends the classic mean-variance asset allocation model in a multiple-period setting, hence the marketing claim "portfolio choice for long-term investors." The book will be interesting to those studying finance Ph.D. looking for a good survey -- the latter chapters resember papers in academic journals -- but is entirely impractical to the average investor or even, IMHO, most money managers. Much of the stuff cannot even be implemented on your Excel spreadsheet! So what you have is a very boring and inaccessible book that won't teach you a thing about how to practice strategic asset allocation.

This book sums up recent research on the "strategic" (as opposed to "tactical", see eg Wai Lee's recent good book) asset allocation decisions - those of people wanting to design a portfolio for the very long term.

I am a practitioner, but this is not a practicioners' book on many counts: some of the formalism is hard (eg chap 5 on continuous-time models), it does not include rules of thumb, its basic framework requires a lot of effort to translate into numeric advice (10% cash, 40% bonds, 50% equity or suchlike). A PFP system based on this is some way off (also because real estate is left out).

Yet: (a) the book saves you a lot of time catching up with the literature; (b) it does dispel some bad criticisms of modern portfolio theory, especially in the first two chapters which are extremely useful as a reminder of basic dynamic theory; (c) it does throw in real-world considerations such as why do we advise older people to hold more conservative portfolios, what does labor income do to the basic model, why are bonds advised at all, the "asset allocation puzzle" etc.

You end up your quest for knowledge much the wiser having read this - and my quest was not effortless. I read this book (actually the Web version) while on a summer vacation. Got up every morning at 7 and worked about one hour at a time, first reading, the following day taking notes. In two weeks I sweated it out. It was worth it, and I bought the book too (the physical book is much leaner than the printout).

This is a relatively good book on the consumption/investment problem for long-term investing.

To know whether it is appropriate for you, you need to realize that the "problem" the book addresses is the (now classical) consumption/investment problem from the standpoint of financial economics.

I would say it is not a practioner's book....mostly because practitioners usually do not have the specific background in math and economics, not because the ideas cannot be applied.

The ideas you will take away are at a very fundamental level. Not at the "how to" level.

I agree that most of what is covered in the book cannot be implemented in Excel. However, that statement applies to most of the interesting (and practical) problems in finance.

No one who uses Amazon's "search" feature to examine the book will be disappointed. If you bought this based on title alone, you could easily be let down.