0b73a272-2ae5-4c54-bc47-23ea863e71d5TrueNewShip17OhioAmazonLargeBooksreviewrank5949259501591138795http://www.amazon.com/NEVER-LOOKED-MOTHER-Regrets-Journalist/dp/1591138795%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D15911387951077080http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51122ADWFKL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51122ADWFKL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51122ADWFKL.jpg500333Joseph, P. RitzPaperback9209781591138792501591138795Booklocker.com, Inc.EnglishEnglishEnglish8801495USD$14.95Booklocker.com, Inc.1184Book2006-01-25Booklocker.com, Inc.Booklocker.com, Inc.405901480USD$14.80386USD$3.861680011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewXyhAsmyRa4tzTGn7lBV934Lwk%2B4oVuYgpev7VQO7Z1wQ4edZIhB5aIUCGlWMDjhLZBZJTT7XB6Bac0u4mJdM13DGeCG3kFj%2F1495USD$14.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.03115911387955332007-02-05

A Life Well L ived

Any one with newspaper experience will empathize with the autobiography of this author as he relates the rough and tumble life of a reporter moving around the country from one small town paper to another until he finally lands on the metrpolitan Buffalo News. With humor and appreciation, the author descrbes the foibles and characters of the editors who peopled his career. His career spanned the years that began the consolidation and demise of newspapers around the country. He was working for the Buffalo Courier Express when it closed in 1982. He describes his roll as a guild officer,and the frustration and bitterness felt by himself and associates at the demise. The author did not arrived at his career the easy way. His descriptions of a paranoid mother and father who often expressed himself with violence makes one wonder that he was able to achieve his goal of becoming a writer. His story of achieving a college education and his goal of writing deserve our admiration.15911387955552006-05-08

The memoirs of a journalist

I Never Looked for My Mother <br />And Other Regrets of a Journalist <br />Joseph P. Ritz <br />Booklocker.com, Inc. <br />Genre: Autobiographical <br />ISBN: 1591138795, $14.95, 184 pp, 2006 <br /> <br />This book is a memoir of short stories from the life of Joseph P. Ritz. He is an award-winning journalist, published author and playwright. He has a rich and varied background which adds to the interest, quality and humor in this book. <br /> <br />I think what impressed me the most about his life growing up was the impact the Catholic church had on his thinking and in particular on his ideas about sexuality and sinfulness. It's nice to know, judging from the number of children he sired, that he finally figured out the mystery for himself. <br /> <br />If you enjoy memoirs of interesting people who were involved in historical events, want to experience the challenges of growing up in another time with dysfunctional parents and are interested in knowing something about the newspaper business, I'm certain you will enjoy the author's story. <br /> <br />Other books by the author include The Despised Poor. <br /> <br />Reviewed by Kaye Trout - May 8, 2006 - Copyright <br />15911387955662006-02-18

Written with raw honesty

Joseph Ritz describes with raw honesty how the external forces throughout our lives shape the person that we become. His painful accounts of being raised by an adoptive psychologically paranoid mother and abusive father during America's years of depression and wars are told with a generous sprinkling of humor to avoid being too dark, but with an openness that draws on the reader's emotions. His success as a journalist gives hope that we can all overcome life's adversities. I recommend that you read it."I was born a bastard and I’ve been one all my life. I became a journalist." So begins Joseph P. Ritz’s story of his search for his background and his career as a journalist and playwright. <P>In a 40-year career, Ritz worked for six daily newspapers. Most of those years was spent at the Buffalo Courier-Express and The Buffalo News. He tells stories about reporters and editors at those papers and the end of The Courier. <P>The title of the book comes from a journey he makes discovering what he owes the troubled man and woman who raised him and what he owes the mother who gave him birth. He describes a Catholic childhood with a foster mother who disguised her voice when she answered the telephone because she believed callers thought she has secrets and a volatile foster father who occasionally threatened suicide and other violent acts. The book tells of family funerals at which mourners debated whether police were justified in shooting the deceased and the son of the man in the coffin arrived with a prison guard. There is brutality in the book. There is also humor, madness and mischief. <P>It also describes the failures and frustrations of a daily newspaper reporter and his impressions of some of the famous people he encountered such as Harry S Truman, Richard Nixon and Martin Luther King. It tells of interviewing a multiple murderer and the agony of questioning ordinary men and women who are in the news because of a terrible misfortune such as killing their child. It describes days spent with a mob-connected news source hiding from his associates in Costa Nostra and using a ruse to enter the home of a Mafia godfather. <P>This is the first book from Ritz since the mid-1960s when The Despised Poor (Beacon Press) received favorable reviews in The New York Times and several national magazines. In recent years he has returned to play writing. His play Trappists is published in an anthology entitled, Award Winning Plays from the Stage and Screen Book Club. <P>He is one of the writers of a series of articles entitled The Road to Integration which won a Pulitzer Prize.3048891Memoirs2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books4472Love, Sex & Marriage4456Humor86Entertainment1000Subjects283155Books11268General11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11350Adoption20Parenting & Families1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0007DDT1Chttp://www.amazon.com/illustrious-house-Ramires-Ec%C3%8C%C2%A7-Queiro%C3%8C%C2%81s/dp/B0007DDT1C%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0007DDT1CEça de QueirósUnknown BindingOhio University PressEnglishEnglishOhio University Press309Book1968Ohio University PressOhio University Press1700USD$17.000100005.031B0007DDT1C5552001-09-11

Cervantes' Heir

The books of Eca De Queiros are not easy to find. I read about him a long time ago and then slowly began picking the books up as I found them one by one. Three so far but there are others. This is the most polished of the three but the other two I have, The Relic(now available)& The City and the Mountains(availability uncertain), are really good too. I have to say my favorite is The City and the Mountains because it so funny. This novelist is funny & not many 19th century novelists are. In The City and the Mountains those two locations are compared by the wealthy protaganist to see which one suits him better, neither location is spared this novelists eye for comedy which one can tell gave him a lot of pleasure, the laughs in this book make you glad to be human. The Illustrious House of Ramirez is a more serious work. It has some funny parts but the comedy is of a higher nature. Since HISTORY is one of its topics both national identity and personal identity are subjected to this fine writers sympathetic ridicule but you feel the tragedy of those topics too while you are laughing at how clever the whole plot is. It is a grander work, further reaching than the one I mentioned as my favorite, and will probably appeal to more readers who want significant, not just hilarious, fare. However, if you read Illustrious House and still want more find the others too. Eca De Queiroz writes as well as any other 19th century writer judging by the translations I've read. Of them I think he is most often compared to Flaubert, he certainly sees through all the passing fads and illusions of the day in the way that one did. As for the Relic it is a very clever plot which hinges on a find which draws into question our religious heritage. More HISTORY but unless you can enjoy the opulent prose for its own sake its kind of a one idea book. Clever idea though it is. I think it said above that this novelist was for people with large foreign lit. collections. I will agree with that. But if you've read all the big names at least once you will just appreciate this rare find all the more.B0007DDT1C5552001-09-11

Cervantes' Heir

The books of Eca De Queiros are not easy to find. I read about him a long time ago and then slowly began picking the books up as I found them one by one. Three so far but there are others. This is the most polished of the three but the other two I have, The Relic(now available)& The City and the Mountains(availability uncertain), are really good too. I have to say my favorite is The City and the Mountains because it so funny. This novelist is funny & not many 19th century novelists are. In The City and the Mountains those two locations are compared by the wealthy protaganist to see which one suits him better, neither location is spared this novelists eye for comedy which one can tell gave him a lot of pleasure, the laughs in this book make you glad to be human. The Illustrious House of Ramirez is a more serious work. It has some funny parts but the comedy is of a higher nature. Since HISTORY is one of its topics both national identity and personal identity are subjected to this fine writers sympathetic ridicule but you feel the tragedy of those topics too while you are laughing at how clever the whole plot is. It is a grander work, further reaching than the one I mentioned as my favorite, and will probably appeal to more readers who want significant, not just hilarious, fare. However, if you read Illustrious House and still want more find the others too. Eca De Queiroz writes as well as any other 19th century writer judging by the translations I've read. Of them I think he is most often compared to Flaubert, he certainly sees through all the passing fads and illusions of the day in the way that one did. As for the Relic it is a very clever plot which hinges on a find which draws into question our religious heritage. More HISTORY but unless you can enjoy the opulent prose for its own sake its kind of a one idea book. Clever idea though it is. I think it said above that this novelist was for people with large foreign lit. collections. I will agree with that. But if you've read all the big names at least once you will just appreciate this rare find all the more.B0007DDT1C5552001-03-26

A (wonderful)case of "anguish of influence".

This is a classical case of "anguish of influence" as Eça is attempting, above all,when portraying the chief character, to write an ersatz Mediaeval historical novel in the manner of his great predecessor and adversary, the great Romantic writer Alexandre Herculano. One could say that Eça had, late in life, made peace with something he had spend all his adult life refusing to admit as deserving of praise, and when he finally surrendered, to have done so by means of a kind of "fanfic". However, this fanfic was rendered by Eça in his costomary -and wonderful - ironic manner, as the glories of the Portuguese past portrayed in the short novel written by the hero are each moment contrasted to the pettiness and mediocrity of the present. Neverthless, Eça closes the novel by meking peace with the Portuguese bourgeois society of his day, ultimately proposing a kind of future Portuguese "Manifest Destiny", consisting in the making of a Portuguese African Empire (anyway, one can say that his support of such Portuguese colonial adventures is half-hearted, to say the least). Despite this obvious political blunder - even at the time - Eça as always excels in his usual ironic qualities, tempered in this late novel by a quality of kindness not to be found so easily in his previous novels. Deserves to be read and known in English grab.Eca de Queiros, Illustrious House of Ramires. Ironic comedy from the master of Portuguese realism.0811215326190351708708112164970811213390094662694410431Portuguese10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713392011General AAS10125General17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713365011General AAS17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books093308790Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Neck-Deep-Stories-Fisherman-Harmony/dp/093308790X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D093308790X2785552http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AWJ6BR3FL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AWJ6BR3FL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AWJ6BR3FL.jpg500335Jay ZimmermanPaperback799.1978093308790360093308790XBottom Dog PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9001500USD$15.00Bottom Dog Press1256Book2004-08-08Bottom Dog Press2004-08-08Bottom Dog Press70590800USD$8.00174USD$1.74460011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewz7fPd3MKXqse%2BckJHrWcprsc4mO6SJFKXDGX%2BtXl8KtReNdtE5ft05GX5dVjCjt8TW3D1RrZPOc2kRDe0BCePQ%3D%3D1215USD$12.15Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks5.031093308790X5002006-12-24

Great Winter Read for Anglers

This book, illustrated by charming line drawings, is chock full of the kind of fishing nuts-and-bolts that I enjoy. Not only the tale of a young guy growing up as a hunter and fisher, with plenty of poignancy and real-life insight into being alive on the planet, but also worthwhile as angler education. Zimmerman's voice is modest and self-deprecating, and wryly humorous. If you like John Gierach books, you will like this.093308790X5002005-03-13

A simple, let lively set of stories

If there's a fisherman in your family who loves to read, give him a copy of Jay Zimmerman's In Neck Deep: Stories from a Fisherman. This is a coming-of-age memoir of a young man who retained a lifetime passion for fishing. First-person life encounters blend with fishing memories in a simple, let lively set of stories from a dedicated fellow angler. <br />093308790X5002004-10-08

A Book That Moves and Brings You Home to Nature

Jay Zimmerman has given us a young man's story, much like Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River," that tells of crisis and growth. His memoir treats his Midwest childhood and his journey into adulthood...including time in the military, then returning home to Ohio, and on to Alaska. Throughout his joy and meditation on the process of fly-fishing brings him home. It's a remarkable book and a debut by a fine writer. <br />-Larry Smith, director of Bottom Dog PressA story of a young man's struggle to find his place back home after military service. He finds it in the streams of the Midwest and Alaska and with a young woman. A coming of age story for adults and young men. Mass appeal, general adult “readers”, including young adults,particularly outdoors and sports readers—fly fishing. .3048891Memoirs2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books16490General16480Fishing16479Hunting & Fishing290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books290124Fishing16494Excursion Guides16482Fly Fishing713526011General AAS16492Ice Fishing290108Outdoor Recreation290060Outdoors & Nature1000Subjects283155Books13625Rivers13592Earth Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR3OAULDAS3WZCRFishing Tales0917917138http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Currents-Natures-Lessons-Heart/dp/0917917138%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D09179171383394324http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CES6GZH3L._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CES6GZH3L._SL160_.jpg160102http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CES6GZH3L.jpg475302Wanda McGeeCindy MuellerPaperback158.1289780917917134250917917138Miles River PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8751295USD$12.95Miles River Press196Book2000-01Miles River PressMiles River Press30575999USD$9.99439USD$4.392500005.03109179171385002000-12-23

observing ourselves in our external world

Wanda McGee uses beautiful prose to evoke images of nature. From these images she draws analogies to our daily lives, teaching us that our external world abounds with lessons for those willing to quietly observe. Her book has encouraged me to take notice of my surroundings -- of beautiful trees, birds, landscapes --which I otherwise would have rushed right past. <p>I find her poignant descriptions of nature relaxing to read. I have really enjoyed unwinding with this book at the end of the day.09179171385002000-03-21

Looking out to see in...

In a world that most often pushes velocity, this book emphasizes the direction part of the velocity equation. It gently and effectively pulls us back into ourselves to look at where we're going. <p>Wanda McGee's little book with evocative illustrations by Cindy Mueller is like a spring that begins by nourishing you as an individual. When used with a group it joins other springs, creating a new flow, potentially moving the group to a new destination.<p>Composed of brief, simply illustrated descriptions of nature observed, and a provocative pattern of questions with each, the scenes evoke associations and spark light onto our own subterranean flows. The underground streams of our own lives get brought to the surface with the questions. <p>They all start with queries that tap into us at the individual, reflective level, appropriately since that's where the scenes evoke a reaction. Then they weave in questions about the meaning of our associations with the scene, flowing to questions that ask us to sense implications for our lives in groups and organizations. One is left, after flowing down this very gentle stream and around several bends in the river, with a clearer view of where to steer next, or what needs a closer look.<p>As an individual tool for reflection, the book gives one a wonderful view of the world. Used with a group it can work magic with creating a strong dialogue using inquiry and reflection. The secret is that they start with a place far away from the here-and-now and metaphorically work our spring of discovery towards the edge of a clear brook, running into other streams.09179171385002000-03-21

Looking out to see in...

In a world that most often pushes velocity, this book emphasizes the direction part of the velocity equation. It gently and effectively pulls us back into ourselves to look at where we're going. <p>Wanda McGee's little book with evocative illustrations by Cindy Mueller is like a spring that begins by nourishing you as an individual. When used with a group it joins other springs, creating a new flow, potentially moving the group to a new destination.<p>Composed of brief, simply illustrated descriptions of nature observed, and a provocative pattern of questions with each, the scenes evoke associations and spark light onto our own subterranean flows. The underground streams of our own lives get brought to the surface with the questions. <p>They all start with queries that tap into us at the individual, reflective level, appropriately since that's where the scenes evoke a reaction. Then they weave in questions about the meaning of our associations with the scene, flowing to questions that ask us to sense implications for our lives in groups and organizations. One is left, after flowing down this very gentle stream and around several bends in the river, with a clearer view of where to steer next, or what needs a closer look.<p>As an individual tool for reflection, the book gives one a wonderful view of the world. Used with a group it can work magic with creating a strong dialogue using inquiry and reflection. The secret is that they start with a place far away from the here-and-now and metaphorically work our spring of discovery towards the edge of a clear brook, running into other streams.B0007NOY3EB00006G9LZ4713Meditation4696Alternative Medicine10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11175General11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books713279011General AAS11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11043General11019Philosophy53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0253341639http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Giants-Clevelands-Sweringen-Brothers/dp/0253341639%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0253341639395966http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N5AHHBRXL._SL75_.jpg7551http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N5AHHBRXL._SL160_.jpg160109http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N5AHHBRXL.jpg475325Herbert H., Jr. HarwoodHardcover65097802533416311050253341639Indiana University PressEnglishEnglishEnglish10404995USD$49.95Indiana University Press1256Book2002-12Indiana University PressIndiana University Press2087363395USD$33.952932USD$29.321080011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewEAdrV68FPr5crA2tpAHHotSKA7x93lQlETi452ZXqGWLyv6enM%2BCknScXAGyy%2B%2FRCOHTsLUjOz8LvCqDvNCnow%3D%3D3419USD$34.19Usually ships in 24 hours5.03102533416395332005-03-02

Good exposition of these publicity-shy builders.

After reading this very creditable biography I donated it to the local public library. <br /> <br />I recall many rather cryptic remarks made by my grandmother years ago during Sunday trips to Cleveland about the Public Square and the Terminal Tower. She remembered the Mall project and other aspects of Cleveland that were obscure even in the fifties. These rather hazy recollections have now been re-examined inder the considerable light that Mr. Harwood has brought to the Van Sweringen brothers who were averse to publicity, even though they figured so much in the development of Cleveland in the 20th century. And their reach went far beyond that--these facts were not widely known. Excellent source.02533416395552004-03-22

The Book I wanted to write

I grew up on the border of Cleveland Heights/Shaker Heights off Fairmount Blvd.A gradeschool classmate was Bernie Bernet. As a boy I rode my bicycle over to Shaker Blvd. to watch the Rapids go by. AtCWRU a colleague was Ian Haberman and my fellow members of NORM are Tolman and Wayne Hayes. I walked the East Cleveland Rapid line when it still stood empty. I was making notes for this history in about 1950. Except for the buying and selling of the various railroads, this book is a part of my life. I know every inch of it and except for a very few very tiny slips (in the maps mostly)it is a masterpiece. And the very book itself, without the contents, is a first class production.02533416395342003-09-07

An excellent read.

I read a lot of books on train history. Once I started this one I could not put it down. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in railroad history during the glory days."Invisible Giants" is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country's largest railroad system - a network of track reaching from the Atlantic to Salt Lake City and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. On the eve of the Great Depression they were close to controlling the country's first coast-to-coast rail system-a goal that still eludes us. They created the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, with its unique rapid transit access. They built Cleveland's landmark Terminal Tower and its innovative 'city within a city' complex. Indisputably, they created modern Cleveland. Yet beyond a small, closely knit circle, the bachelor Van Sweringen brothers were enigmas. Their actions were aggressive, creative, and bold, but their manner was modest, mild, and retiring.Dismissed by many as mere shoestring financial manipulators, they created enduring works, which remain strong today. The Van Sweringen story begins in early-20th-century Cleveland suburban real estate and reaches its zenith in the heady late 1920s, amid the turmoil of national transportation power politics and unprecedented empire-building. As the Great Depression destroyed many of their fellow financiers, the 'Vans' survived through imaginative stubbornness - until tragedy ended their careers almost simultaneously. "Invisible Giants" is the first comprehensive biography of these two remarkable if mysterious men.073854050115714587940738540943073853202915786032262420Business2419Professionals & Academics2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books713038011General AAS2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2652General2650Real Estate3Business & Investing1000Subjects283155Books713067011General AAS2650Real Estate3Business & Investing1000Subjects283155Books2612General3Business & Investing1000Subjects283155Books713049011General AAS3Business & Investing1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books11950General11948Railroads11934Transportation53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713507011General AAS11948Railroads11934Transportation53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11947General11934Transportation53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713505011General AAS11934Transportation53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0807828882http://www.amazon.com/Jacksonian-Antislavery-Politics-Free-1824-1854/dp/0807828882%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08078288822002169http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511A9X1CSYL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511A9X1CSYL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511A9X1CSYL.jpg500334Jonathan H. EarleHardcover324.273297808078288851000807828882The University of North Carolina PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9307000USD$70.00The University of North Carolina Press1296Book2004-10-25The University of North Carolina Press2003-10-31The University of North Carolina Press1206307000USD$70.006974USD$69.74840011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewmy8UF8yRxBOtCuN7ZS6jj4EoetguJWGLgaurhcOWHRZsqFXr73t5zKAuOry%2FQZ9R2ev9AKgZnMCWvI8CIGH8gA%3D%3D7000USD$70.00Usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks5.03108078288825112006-08-08

A Rarity in Academic Writing: Past U.S. Politics are actually interesting, who knew?

In the contemporary professional world of academic writing current history professors have unfortunately succumbed to falling back on the traditional stereotypical role of pretentious writing, utilization of uncommon vocabulary, complicated imagery relating to their historical subject, and hard to understand primary evidence that the general public can not relate to in their own lives and era. <br /> However, Jonathan Earle effectively demonstrates in his book with superlative ease how past U.S. politics, its parties, and the era in which they were at it's apex, can indeed be interesting to the general public again. Jonathan Earle counter poses the traditional stereotypical role by using interesting primary evidence through out his book, in which he makes you feel like you were actually participating in the events and conversations that took place almost 182 years ago. <br /> Earle uses fascinating historical imagery that not only correlates to what he writes about, but makes you want to explore the images away from the fascinating and important emergence of the Free Soil Party, which defied the traditional system of U.S. politics up to that point in our brief history as a nation. With just a brief emergence of a new century this book shows that our young nation was already facing dire dilemmas that would eventually divide a nation into half for four bloody years. With more men, women, and children who were murdered on both the Union and Confederate sides, then both World Wars and contemporary wars that the U.S. has been involved in to this day. <br /> This is an outstanding read that will take your imagination on a wild adventure back to a time period and political party that is too often negated in U.S. history. In my view Jonathan Earle's book and his writing has triumphantly pounced the traditional stereotypical role. That historical subjects and academic writing can not only appeal to the general public again, but more importantly Earle's book shows just how significant past key historical events and U.S. politics have shaped our lives to this very day. <br /> Erica Hare <br />08078288825112006-05-08

Not your typical take on U.S. history

Jonathan Earle's deftly written, lively account of the Free Soil Democrats' role in the antislavery effort challenges traditional interpretations of the movement, showing these politicians played a critical role in this country's push toward equality. But more than that, Earle makes you feel like you were at the dinner table with these folks as they debated the central issue of the day, and that's worth the price of the book alone.080782888256142004-11-23

A misnomer, but what a book!

I picked up this pounder in hopes of gardening on the cheap, but little did I know what pleasure I would find delving into this well-written account of a fertile time in our nation's history that doesn't get much play in the schools. And, so informative for any one interested in history, and history of the US. Even the garderner in me was gratified: I never knew that hickory needed a split to thrive. What's the sequel? Taking our understanding of political antislavery into largely unexplored terrain, Jonathan H. Earle counters conventional wisdom and standard historical interpretations that view the ascendance of free-soil ideas within the antislavery movement as an explicit retreat from the goals of emancipation or even as an essentially proslavery ideology. These claims, he notes, fail to explain free soil's real contributions to the antislavery cause: its incorporation of Jacksonian ideas about property and political equality and its transformation of a struggling crusade into a mass political movement.<p>Democratic free soilers' views on race occupied a wide spectrum, but they were able to fashion new and vital arguments against slavery and its expansion based on the party's long-standing commitment to egalitarianism and hostility to centralized power. Linking their antislavery stance to a land-reform agenda that pressed for free land for poor settlers in addition to land free of slavery, Free Soil Democrats forced major political realignments in New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Democratic politicians such as David Wilmot, Marcus Morton, John Parker Hale, and even former president Martin Van Buren were transformed into antislavery leaders. As Earle shows, these political changes at the local, state, and national levels greatly intensified the looming sectional crisis and paved the way for the Civil War.01950789420195089200080785608806740066310807831050491422United States468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712989011General AAS468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books491472Political History491464Political Science468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713012011General AAS491464Political Science468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713011011General AAS468214Social Sciences465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books4855Antebellum485419th Century4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4856General485419th Century4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279081Massachusetts14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279161New Hampshire14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279191New York14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279221Ohio14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books11086History & Theory11079Politics53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11083General11079Politics53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713490011General AAS11079Politics53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books16022631General16022621Political Science11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books713501011General AAS16022621Political Science11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books13630Soil Science226680Agricultural Sciences75Science1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0517589311http://www.amazon.com/John-Hadamuscins-Down-Home-Entertaining/dp/0517589311%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0517589311203884John HadamuscinHardcover641.59739780517589311750517589311HarmonyEnglishEnglishEnglish10253000USD$30.00Harmony192Book1993-10-26Harmony1993-10-26Harmony197775595USD$5.9581USD$0.813001USD$30.0182610005.03105175893115002007-10-26

Hands Down, My Favorite Cookbook!

I purchased this book on a whim years ago when I saw it on sale in a bookstore. It was the best cookbook purchase I have ever made! Every recipe I have tried has become a family favorite. Recipes are simple, healthy, and delicious! No fancy, obscure ingredients required, no lengthy preparation or complicated instructions! Recipes are reminiscent of traditional Southern cooking, but with twists that make them delightfully different and fresh. Mr. Hadamuscin's comments and tips are charming and helpful. The book is hard cover and has remained in great shape after MUCH use! Photos are beautiful and useful. Love this cookbook!05175893115002001-12-13

A Book I Turn To Again & Again

Simple, delicious, American and proud of it. Hadamuscin revels in his Ohio farm roots and shows gracious hospitality and creativity. I love this book and have used it repeatedly over the years. Especially the cookie recipies.05175893115002000-03-21

John Hadamuscen's Down Home

Great recipes. Easy. His cookbooks offer stories along with the recipes. Looking forward to new one. Own all of his!A wonderful and unpretentious celebration of everyday living. The seasonal menus presented here range from casual get-togethers, such as a late-summer Afternoon Pie Social to a Fancy Dinner for Friends. Along the way, John shares the many pleasures of life in his new home, from gardening chores to having neighbors again. And as always, his recipes are uncomplicated and delicious. <b>Full-color photographs.</b>0517562774051720892X0517584891051757508605177018044202General4196Baking6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books4261Reference6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books4233General6Cooking, Food & Wine1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0976469812http://www.amazon.com/Klassic-Koalas-Ancient-Aboriginal-Retellings/dp/0976469812%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0976469812895969http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ClUDKE0lL._SL75_.jpg7575http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ClUDKE0lL._SL160_.jpg160160http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ClUDKE0lL.jpg500500Lee BarwoodPerfect PaperbackJoanne Ehrich; artists of the Central Ohio Art Academy and Donna Boiman9780976469810200976469812Koala Jo PublishingEnglish8302899USD$28.99Koala Jo Publishing164Book2007-05-01Koala Jo PublishingKoala Jo Publishing408302699USD$26.991000005.03109764698125002007-08-03

Like A Walk Through Dream-Time...

An astoundingly good read. Visually entertaining. Something perfect for expanding the minds of ones' young whilst at the same time being rather entertaining. The Australian aboriginal tales speak of a time long since past, but strangely of the present. This is a book well worth the purchase, so good that I picked one up for my friends children. Cheers! 09764698125002007-06-01

Didgeridoo songs

This collection of Aboriginal folk tales has been updated for today's readers and one can almost her the haunting notes of the traditional didgeridoo and see the red earth of the arid Australian landscape. Beautifully crafted, these stories of the "Dream Time", as the Aborigines called the beginnings of living things, remind the reader that all morality tales and legends are similar, no matter what civilization or religion. Though often described as primitive, the Aboriginal civilization establised an ecological life that enabled them to survive in their harsh land. This short and easyy-to-read volume will be a helpful addiition of students studies of diverse peoples.09764698125002007-05-23

Great work!

Ancient Aboriginal Tales in New Retellings will nurture your dreams about ancient times. As we say in French, the result of this very professional work is 'merveilleux'.The Dreamtime is Australia's time before time. Animals and birds and plants came into being and took their current forms, and Australia became what it is today--a place of wonder and diversity, populated by unique creatures found nowhere else. Now, however, Australia and its creatures are under threat--from habitat destruction, global warming, and the incursions of predators not native to Australia. This book of Aboriginal stories, retold by award-winning author Lee Barwood, brings the time of Dreaming to life. From the Great Flood to the story of how the koala lost its tail, these are some glimpses into ancient Aboriginal folklore. Each copy of the book contributes to the Australian Wildlife Hospital, a major project Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Worldwide Ltd, for the preservation of the koala and other Australian creatures under threat. GAIL GIPP, HOSPITAL MANAGER, WILDLIFE WARRIORS WORLDWIDE: As a young child growing up in Stawell, Australia I was captivated by the koalas that lived in bush land nearby. That early love affair proved to be a formative one and has shaped the course of my life ever since. Klassic Koalas, through its imaginative storytelling, demonstrates the significance of the koala in the lives of many through generations. May readers of this book be similarly enthralled, so that koalas may always find their carers and protectors.09764698550976469847097646980416199General16190Fantasy25Science Fiction & Fantasy1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR2D04I8MPR2JH2Indigenous of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the PacificR3ULA7HVFMVKLKKoalasB0006DJGOWhttp://www.amazon.com/Last-night-last-John-Morgans/dp/B0006DJGOW%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006DJGOWJ. H SimmsUnknown BindingLBS Archival ProductsEnglishEnglishLBS Archival Products76Book1992LBS Archival ProductsLBS Archival Products0000005.031B0006DJGOW513142001-08-04

Great Couples Resource

The Lundberg's book "I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better" has been a great resource to me as a church leader and counselor. When their new book "Married for Better, Not Worse" was released I bought it without hesitation. It is well researched and they have carefully integrated their own ideas with concepts and articles from many others. The real test of any book is if it can help stimulate a positive lasting and permanent change in behavior and understanding. In order for that to happen it must be easy to read, offer hope that conflict relief is achievable, and contain common sense solutions to everyday problems. Although there are many books available on this popular subject, it has become my book of choice when counseling couples in trouble. I have already witnessed some very positive results with its use.B0006DJGOW5772001-08-04

Great resource for Couples

The Lundbergs first book, "I Don't Have To Make Everything All Better" has been a great resource to me as church counselor. When ths new book came out, I purchased it without hesitation. It is written in the same easy to read and common sense approach. The chapter on improving communication reminds the reader the importance of validation and teaches this important skill. The chapter on sexual intimacy is very direct and to the point. Other chapters address specific tasks and exercises to help restore romance and nurture each other. It is well researched and carefully integrates important material and ideas from many other articles.<p>There are countless books out there on this subject. The real test is if it has the capacity and content to help troubled couples make permanent and lasting changes in their relationship. I have already used this book several times in counseling settings with members of my congregation, all with very positive feedback and results. It has become my book of choice when couples ask for reading material to help solve conflict or enhance their marriage.B0006DJGOW513142001-06-19

Secrets No Longer

I was having problems in my marriage and a friend recommend The RoMANtic's Guide and this book. I read them both and it was as though a light bulb was turned on in my head. I finally began to understand why my marriage wasnt better, even though my wife and I try.<p>Thanks.Nearly every couple has some degree of difficulty in their marriage. Most are resigned to it, but Gary and Joy Lundberg believe there is a solution. Drawing on their extensive experience with marriage counseling and workshops, the Lundbergs reveal fourteen secrets every spouse should know. These secrets cover everything from finances and parenting to communication and sex, from being each other's best friend to keeping a sense of humor, and the surprising power of courtesy. Addressing the differing needs of men and women, they offer sensitive, realistic, and easy-to-understand solutions, drawing on examples from real-life couples' stories. They also include exercises, quizzes, and discussion topics that spouses can use alone or together to enhance communication and achieve emotional satisfaction. <br><br> "This great book will be a valuable resource for any couple desiring to improve their marriage." (Brent A. Barlow, Ph.D., author of <i>Dealing with Difference in Marriage</i>)B000BSFQHI189111434418812735710452281326157062812215812981Midwest14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279221Ohio14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books0670423572http://www.amazon.com/Lentil-Viking-Kestrel-picture-books/dp/0670423572%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0670423572424885http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517W5Y03J6L._SL75_.jpg7555http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517W5Y03J6L._SL160_.jpg160117http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517W5Y03J6L.jpg475346Robert McCloskeyHardcover9780670423576420670423572Viking JuvenileEnglishEnglishEnglish12311999USD$19.99Viking Juvenile172Book1940-01-01Viking JuvenileAges 4-8Viking Juvenile130948990USD$9.90141USD$1.411999USD$19.9928305011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewi%2FKlugDyIKTHeQhJMJBog57hdfD3CoAQ0DH2vaQrELUYPRq1piPGw4M7KD%2F1ZY13FbVjdsUiMSLecD09mhp3Tw%3D%3D1359USD$13.59Usually ships in 24 hours5.03106704235725222007-12-23

Lentil and Robert McCloskey

As a retired preschool/ daycare administrator I never hesitate to say that McCloskey is one the all-time great writers . Lentil has always been one of the best books to read at story time . You can't go wrong with buying this story for your favorite 4 or 5 year old, but even my 9 year old grandsons love this tale, and it got them interested in playing a harmonica!0670423572514142006-02-02

lovely book and character training

This is a lovely story set in a town in Ohio during the '40s. Lentil learns to play a harmonica and there are sweet scenes of small town life as well as a marching band. My 3.5 year old son loves this book, along with all of McCloskey's books. What has been wonderful for us about this book is the character of "Old Sneep", who grumbles and does mean things. This has really hit home with my son regarding our teaching of having a joyful heart and not complaining. Great literature at its best.0670423572545471997-12-11

Excellent book for a musically inclined child.

This is an excellent book for the musically inclined child whose singing voice is a little less than melodious. In the book, the vocally challenged Lentil finds his mantra through the harmonica and ends up saving the day with it. My father gave me this book along with a harmonica when I was seven years old in response to my wobbly warbling, and I've been playing harmonica and many other instruments ever since. I just can't 'harp' enough on how great of inspiration this book was to me and could be for other vocally vexed children. -stephenLentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.04484216580679880836193090020103165740740140507299712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books170061Picture Books2785Ages 4-84Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books170062General2785Ages 4-84Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713073011General AAS2785Ages 4-84Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books170063General2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713074011General AAS2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books170769McCloskey, Robert170553( M )170540Authors & Illustrators, A-Z4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books16254411General2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713108011General AAS2966Literature4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713145011General AAS3315Early Reader Series4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books673422011Ages 4-8673420011Age Range (age_range)388186011Refinements283155Books297WH3XV93BYXPicture Books That Have Been Loved for More Than 20 Years