Oliver Books

Upon diagnosis of my pc I wanted a source that would clearly describe the disease and its various treatment options. Here is a lucid, compact, authoritative presentation, recommended by my urologist, that provides an excellent beginning for those wanting to understand what lies ahead. The text is supplemented by illustrations and matrix-tables that chart advantages and disadvantages, plus side effects of therapies and drugs. Discusses possible complications, social effects and includes a glossary of terms that will be new to you. The fifth star is lacking only due to the fact that pc treatments are developing quite rapidly so combination therapies and robotic-laparoscopic surgery are not discussed here though that is common to books on pc published prior to 2005. While I have used several other sources, including the internet, I keep coming back to this one for quick reference.

This book is well written in easily understandable terms. We first saw it in the waiting room at the Drs. office. It covers all levels of prostate cancer and is a good reference book for how the prostate works. Highly recommended.

I was recently diagnosed as having prostate cancer. I am 63 years old/young. Very depressing. (not that I am 63, but that I have cancer;>)) I had/have no symtoms. I went for an annual physical and my PSA was high. My urologist loaned me this book. It answered all of my questions about prostate cancer. I realize that this book isn't the last on the subject, but it is a great help to me. It is very objecvtive. NO BS! That is all that I care about. I don't want sugar coating at this point. I will certainly read some other publications before I make a decision as to what procedure I will undergo. But, I would recommend this book to any man who has any questions about the disease and which route that he may want to take. The most important questions are about impotence and incontinence. It explains it all. It goes into procedures and much more. Not a feel good book, but it will help you to make your decisions.

A well written book using up to date discoveries in archeology. Indeed the archeological evidence presented in this book is quite good focusing not only on man made artifacts but burial customs.
To my mind the subject of trade is key to this book.
It is written a scholarly fashion yet is approachable. From the archeological evidence theories are offered but the authors do not force any one position but offer them all in a level headed fashion.
You will find yourself reading it from cover to cover but cherishing it as a reference.

This was an excellent overall survey of the material, and a great reference work that can be return to again and again, to harden up on the facts, and to get titles of other books and journal articles on each of the specific subject areas. It can at times get a little confusing, with the avalanche of place names and the vagueness with which he describes many of the artefacts, but you still come out knowing a heck of alot more than you did before going in. Also, he has no particular axe to grind--no big theories that can be so annoying in this field. Overall, an excellent book.

I found this book very helpfull while studing Aegean Prehistory in University. Comprehensive and well documented with some very helpfull plates gives a summary of Aegean Bronze Age archaeological data. Enters not so mutch in details but covers many aspects of the vast Bronze Age data of Aegean. I would strongly suggest this book for archaeology students interested in the Aegean region

This is a great book for kids if they're interested in Alcatraz. It has everything from when it was discovered till now. Its only weak spot is details about escape(wich I'm really interested in). Otherwise, it has great details, and a very descriptive book for children!!

This book gives many details! It is excellent! If you like history this is a wonderful book!

This book by Marilyn Oliver was really great to research with on my class project! It had all the info I need in one great book! I am even thinking of buying it instead of checking it out of our library! Thanks Mrs. Olive!

As a life-long follower of the Texas Rangers, to this day, SCOOP is still my favorite player. In reading Oliver's "Secret" it genuinely angers me that those (baseball writers) who are "supposed" to be experts on the subject overlook not only Al Oliver but Thurman Munson as well, regarding the Hall of Fame.
When Al made his debut as a Ranger in '78 he immediately became one of the most popular at Arlington Stadium, and I for one am proud to have been one of "Al's Pals" in the left field bleacher seats. Thanks for the autograph & the (line-drive) memories SCOOP. # 0 in uniform, #1 in our hearts.

Al Oliver is obviously misunderstood by the media. During his career, he was largely ignored by the media; perhaps this is inevitable as the man who played in between legends Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell. Yet Oliver excelled in his career. Vada Pinson (with 14 more career hits than Oliver) is the only player with more career hits than Oliver who is NOT in the Cooperstown. In fact, he drew only 19 votes for induction in his first year of eligibility.

Al was the consummate team player; he was always upbeat and positive. Perhaps the media saw this as "too good to be true" and therefore, in their minds, it wasn't true. But the facts show that it is.

"Baseball's Best Kept Secret" is Al's story. He is a confident, proud man who cannot to this day comprehend just how little attention the media paid to him in spite of playing on a World Series winner in '71 and winning the batting title in '82. Read this book and then shake you head about how such a successful, positive team player can have a shadow unjustly thrust over him.

IN TODAYS SOCIETY, IT IS TO EASY TO SIT BACK AND JUDGE A PERSON, WITHOUT GETTING TO KNOW THEM. DOES ANYONE REALLY KNOW THE REAL AL OLIVER? SPORTS WRITERS, AS WE KNOW THEM, ARE THE ONES WHO VOTE FOR ENTRANTS INTO THE HALL OF FAME....YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THERE ARE NOT BIASED OPINIONS OUT THERE, AM I BIASED BECAUSE AL OLIVER IS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW? NOT ON YOUR LIFE...HE WAS AND IS A LEGEND LONG BEFORE I CAME IN TO THE FAMILY...BASEBALL'S BEST KEPT SECRET TELLS LIFE IN BASEBALL THE WAY IT TRULY IS. HAD AL NOT BEEN MADE TO LEAVE THE GAME HE TRULY LOVED, HE COULD AND WOULD HAVE MADE THE HALL OF FAME, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LOOK AT HIS STATS, THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELF. AL IS AN OUTSPOKEN MAN, WHO TALKED TO THE PRESS FREELY ABOUT HOW HE FELT HE SHOULD PLAY EVERY GAME, AND WHY NOT SPEAK UP, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS PAID TO DO, PLAY. IF YOU ARE A TRUE BASEBALL FAN, YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN BY DIRECTING YOU TO THIS BOOK, ONLY TO LET YOU HAVE AN INSIGHT ON HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, AND IT WORKS FOR THOSE WHO CAN AND WILL PULL STRINGS FOR SOME OF THE FAVORITES. FACTS, THAT'S WHAT STATS ARE ALL ABOUT....SEE FOR YOURSELF....AL OLIVER SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME!

Very interesting book. I have learnt a lot reading carefully this book.
Was in a perfect conditión when arrived to my home.

With electrical knowledge from other fields I was able to wire 4,460 volt 3 phase motors for a local car wash for the dryer section. This book gave me the knowledge to get the job done.

This is the best book I have ever seen on the maintenance of industrial electrical systems and devices. I would recommend this book aa a general classroom text for service personel. There are precious few good technical texts available but this is a good one.

Recommended for all Napoleonic buffs around (excepting the Buffs!... couldn't resist the pun... actually it was not their fault if they were on the lead on the wrong formation... in the rain... and got caught (first of all) by the Vistula lancers...).

It gives due praise to Zayas troops who bore the brunt of Soult's flank attack... for once they are not derided sarcastically...

The French did blunder the most... Soult's plan was brilliant as usual... but the formations and traffic jam of the French divisions was awful!...

I think Beresford was no Wellington (but that is an understatement) but he did not managed so bad as some have said...

With hindsight if Soult had launched WERLE's division against Lardizabal-Ballesteros... the result may have been different...

An useful addition to any Napoleonic library.

ADB

PS: FOR ONCE EXCELLENT MAPS AND DIAGRAMS! (if a mistake exists in pages 90 and 91 it is not much relevant anyway...). Well done.

A very decent book, giving a fair insight into the battle and everyone involved. Chapter 1 on Napoleonic warfare and the Peninsular war is a repeat for all similar books, but necessary for once-off Napoleonic readers. Chapter 2 on the Participants and their commanders offers a lot of insight. There remain a number of question marks over the quality of certain troops, and I assume that source material is hard to find in those cases. Chapter 3. The battle is a very good account, and at times stunning in the clarity with which is paints the tactical developments of the combat. Combined with the orders of battle and casualty list (the losses of some units were staggering, yet they fought on) in chapter 4, the account offers a vivid image of what happened. The photographs are excellent: I always thought that the hills were steeper and higher.
The Spanish text without its translation is an obscure inclusion for me, but the author's analysis is enjoyable, although it doesn't quite manage to tear itself away from the British perspective.
I've learnt quite a lot from this book, although it doesn't feel like a definitive work. Rory Muir's Salamanca was more complete.

Michael Oliver and Richard Partridge have delivered a nicely updated and focused account on "The Battle of Albuera-1811." Albuera is notable for the number of casualties and for being one of a few major battles of the Peninsular War at which the British Army was present but Lieutenant General Wellesley was not.

The introduction, by Spanish writer Jesus Maroto, is a reminder that the Peninsular War was a Spanish as well as a British and French event. The authors open their account with a quick summary of the Peninsular War up to May, 1811, and include a quick survey on Napoleonic warfare. This will be old news to students of the Napoleonic Wars but a nice bring-up for the general reader. Next, the authors discuss the biographies of the general officers (Spanish, French, and British) who played important roles on the day of battle. This material is limited but provides some vital perspective on the Spanish Army, which typically gets bad marks for its performance during the Peninsular War.

The narrative of the Battle of Albuera is perhaps as clear an account as may be possible two hundred years after the event. Oliver and Partridge capture the key moving parts, buttressed by eye witness accounts and a nice selection of maps and photographs. Marshal Soult appears to have developed a winning battle plan for Albuera but was foiled by battlefield mistakes by his own commanders and especially by the stubborn refusal of hard-fighting British and Spanish infantry to admit defeat. Their stand on the right flank of the Allied line saved the day.

An unexpected hero of the battle is Colonel Sir Henry Hardinge, deputy quartermaster-general of the Portuguese Army, who encouraged Major General Cole to intervene on the right flank with his 4th Division at the crisis of the battle, and who then encouraged Brigadier Abercrombie to reposition his brigade to ensure the defeat of the French V Corps.

Oliver and Partridge close with a reasonably even-handed critique of the respective generalships of Allied Commander Field Marshal Beresford and French Marshal Soult. An appendix breaks out by unit the shocking casualties on each side.

This book is highly recommended to students of the Napoleonic Wars looking for a concise account of Albuera and to the general reader looking for a approachable account of the battle.

Mary Oliver invites attention, calls forth attending the blossoms along life's way whatever the terrain. As she writes her way into her own wholeness she assures me mine is possible. Being real with gratitude is what the Grand Mystery draws us into if we live awake.

A friend introduced me to Mary Oliver's work a couple of months ago and I couldn't be more thankful. Since then, her keen perception and gentle presentation of what's felt deep within have touched me like a friend whom one only wishes to have known earlier, much earlier. When Blue Iris was released I could hardly wait to open the first page; and it has answered every minute of such anticipation. The vivid imagery is familiar from her previously published work. However, what struck me the most is the sensitivity in each poem or essay -- so touchable that I found myself using care when turning each page. This book is wonderful to read from cover to cover, but also a delight if one is in between things and only has time to read a couple of pages. There is always something new in and between the lines to see, smell, touch ... and feel and dream about. and such connections linger even after the book is closed -- through these poems and essays, my heart feels larger and my eyes brighter.

I first enjoyed this fine collection of poetry and prose at my local library. I was so taken with its gentle beauty that I purchased copies for my personal library and extras for gifts. This collection has as its focus the natural world: the minute details of sunflowers and grass, of birds and bugs, of smells and colors, of bounty and strife are revealed in utter simplicity. It is a celebration of renewal and faith consistent with Oliver's Pulitzer Prize-winning work.

I really enjoyed this book! It is a good basic boxing for fitness book. I was hoping it would have a bit more detail about workouts but really there is so much information it would be impossible to set a workout for everyone. I would definitely reccommend it for someone who was just starting out and wanted to get fit.

This short guide to keeping fit for the fight game is as good as it gets. Great pics, easy-to-follow instructions for drills makes for a hassle-free supplement to anyone's training regimen. It isn't geared to pros or novices as there aren't much tips for improving punching or strategies in the ring; in reading through this book, the reader must keep in mind that the content is primarily focused on building or prepping one for the rigors of boxing training. So for those looking to get a headstart to prepare themselves for intensive boxing training, Oliver suggests you get in proper shape. This book will undoubtedly help you.

i bought this book for my boyfriend. he is not a boxer but likes the sport and is into fitness. he REALLY liked it. the pictures are good and the explanations are great and there's a lot of good information in the book. i might even borrow it for some ideas for my own workout.

Provides people involved with an outsourcing strategy in manufacturing with an excellent, hands-on approach. Breakthough Partnering should be a part of the implementation process for companies looking for practical experience in manufacturing partnerships. Robert LeValley, Director of East Coast Operations, Solectron, Inc.

BP is an excellent book for all those people seeking for inside information. To me it seems it was written for people who are willing to walk the talk. BP provides the reader with information about drivers towards partnering and the benefits of partnering but also of the threats if you don't select your partner right. Therefore it emphasizes the importance of selecting the right partner and offers first hand evaluation forms from successful companies giving you ideas how to do it right with your own company. The first step to walk the talk.

Breakthrough Partnering is loaded with contemporary examples ofsupplier partnerships and it contrasts them with the 'old time religion' of bidding, leverage, and voluminous planning. Readers should come away with insights on how to transition from their old tenets to a new-found faith in the power of teamwork in supplier partnerships. Robert W. Hall, Founder of Association for Manufacturing Excellence, and Editor-in-Chief, Target magazine

This book looks at the case of Brown vs. Board of Education that outlawed segregation in schools 50 years ago this month. The actual case only takes up several chapters in the middle of the book. What is important is that the book tries to put the case in terms of legal, and societal, context. Chapters leading up speak about the legal challenges to segregation that appeared in the 50 prior years since Plessy v. Ferguson enshrined the doctrine of "separate but equal" in our nation's laws. Because law is built upon precedence, these cases mark the stones on which the group of cases, eventually to be grouped under Brown, would stand. The authors take us inside the Supreme Court and helps analyze the decision making process, and examine the subsequent practices and pitfalls of the implementation of that decision. It is a case that even a half century later the repercussions are still felt in America.

This is not a scintillating read. The focus is on the law and the legal actions leading up to and after the decision. But it is an excellent book to put this event into legal context.

When one sees the title "Brown v. Board of Education", it immediately stirs up notions of a Supreme Court case involving desegregation of public schools in America. Robert Cottol, Raymond Diamond, and Leland Ware have given us some of that feel, but not enough in this book.

The book, only 240+ pages to start with, does not even touch on the Brown case (or any of the six cases that collectively were referred to as "Brown") until page 119. The first half of the book is spent exploring the history of segregation in education and in America as a whole. I believe that this is an important topic, but not of enough importance to require half of a book that is supposed to be about this one Supreme Court case.

Aside from the fact that there is little in the book that deals with the case itself (besides the history of segregation in education, there is a substantial section of the book that deals with direct ramifications of ordered desegregation and the reactions of state and local governments to this order), the book is well written. I enjoyed reading the book, but I think that I would refer readers to a broader history of the Supreme Court and interventions in race relations, such as the new Klarman book "From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality" instead of this book.

If, however, one is looking for a consice book that does indeed provide the story of segregation in American education, including the historic decision in 1954 that abolished that segregation, this is a great book to read and understand.

Read this for graduate American history course. This book begins with a brief look at African-American history from slavery to Plessy v. Ferguson and Jim Crow. This history is important to understanding the events that led up to the infamous Brown v. Board of Education case. The authors explain throughout the book not only what the black population endured but also how these events in our nation's history led those involved in the Brown case to feel they finally had a chance at achieving what they had been fighting for. Although this case is known for forever altering American race relations, there were other lesser known and often forgotten cases which paved the way for the Brown decision. Before Mr. Marshall took Harry Brigg's case, Sarah Roberts, Dred Scott, Adolfus Plessy, and Lloyd Gaines had already used the courts to address the issues of segregation and racial prejudices.

Brown dealt with a caste system that dated back to antebellum America. The caste system was developed when the Supreme Court played a significant role in disassembling federal protection for blacks and allowing a system of caste-like restrictions that were to be reestablished and strengthened after Reconstruction (6). Even though the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and allowed Negroes to declare their citizenship, it only heightened the investigation for ways to clearly characterize the inferior status for African Americans.

In 1846 a black printer, Benjamin Roberts, wanted to enroll his five year old daughter,Sarah, in the nearby primary school. However, she was cast out because the school closest closest to her home was an all white school. Benjamin Roberts was required to enroll his daughter in the primary school for colored children, which was farther away. Roberts chose to file suit against the city of Boston on behalf of his daughter (15). The case was tried in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was presided overby Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, who decided against Roberts,believing that the institution is unfair; however, he abandoned
the idea of instantaneous abolition anyway (16).

In 1857, the issue of Negro citizenship was under attack in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford. It was obvious that the South was against the idea that blacks (free or otherwise) were citizens of the different states and of the United States. Dred Scott wanted the court to decide whether they were going to agree with the North or the South asto whether or not
blacks should be considered citizens. Unfortunately, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney chose the southern view (22).

Before Brown v. Board of Education there was Jim Crow which developed a system of rigid separation between blacks and whites in regards to everything (Le. public restrooms, water fountains, separate seating on public accommodations, etc.) (28). This system became state-mandated segregation of which the highest court approved (29). At the same time the
Supreme Court handed down it decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). The Plessy case dealt with a gentleman, Adolphus Plessy, who was arrested on June 7, 1892 for attempting to ride in the first-class coach reserved for white passengers. He was told to move, but he refused and was arrested because of his one-eighth African ancestry (29). Plessy's attorney, Albion Tourgee, argued the same argument that Sumner and Morris argued for Sarah Roberts which was that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibited forced segregation (31). Justice Henry Billings Brown discarded the claim that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment prohibited segregation. He also rejected the argument that mandated segregation stigmatized blacks (31).

In the aftermath of Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson the results of the two were essentially the same. The Courts permitted states to treat Afro-Americans separately as long as they received equal treatment (33). It was as if the United States overlooked the word If United" in our country's name. The courts decided the law of the land to allow two different races to be able to exist together while totally separate at the same time which is a complete paradox.

In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed. It was an interracial organization that wanted to challenge discrimination through campaigning for all rights of black people, specifically civil, economic and political rights. The NAACP would help those who had been discriminated against by taking on their case and having it tried in the courts. One example is the case of Lloyd Gaines. He was a graduate of lincoln University, Missouri's university for Negroes. He wanted to go to law school; however, the University of Missouri did not admit African Americans (63). Missouri law required Lincoln University to establish a law school if there was enough interest.- The state law also required that the state pay tuition for Missouri's black students enrolled in professional schools in neighboring states if lincoln University lacked the same program. Gaines brought suit which boiled down to the issue being the adequacy of the out-of state tuition scholarship. The Missouri Supreme Court found that the state's scholarship program satisfied the objections and there was adequate funding for the program (63). Gaines' case would continue on in the court system for quite a few years. While he waited, Gaines moved on with his life. He would work temporary jobs, receive a master's degree from the University of Michigan and move to Chicago. Then Gaines mysteriously disappeared. In 1939, his case ended because without him the NAACPcould not pursue the case any further (68). This case much like those before it would all playa monumental role in leading up to Brown v. Board of Education.

The Brown case originated in much the same way as the Roberts case. There were many plaintiffs in the case with the same complaint regarding the desegregation of schools. Once the case began there was no way of knowing the monumental proportions it would reach. Brown v. Board of Education was exceptional in explaining the history up to the case that ultimately
changed our nation's history forever. The authors went into great detail involving each justice, lawyer, and plaintiff dealing with the case.

It was, however, unfortunate that even after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown's favor that it took years to achieve integration in the school systems. The explanation of the relationship Brown had in regards to other racial issues was evaluated in brilliant fashion. The; book ends with a summary of how Brown impacted race relations and how America is still lacking in racial equality today.

My only criticism is that there are a few factual eras regarding the Governors name in Virginia, and some facts about school closings in Virginia.

As a graduate student in philosophy and history, I recommended this book for anyone interested in American history, civil rights era history.