52c889a3-cad5-41b0-8f30-f5a5265261ecTrueNewShip79HistoryAmazonLargeBooksreviewrank17152961715300979469104http://www.amazon.com/MALACHY-MURRAYS-UNIQUE-NEW-YORK/dp/0979469104%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D097946910494777http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cKgKOos4L._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cKgKOos4L._SL160_.jpg160103http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cKgKOos4L.jpg500323Malachy J. MurrayPaperback9109780979469107700979469104One Broadway ProductionsEnglishEnglishEnglish8301795USD$17.95One Broadway Productions260Book2007-05-07One Broadway ProductionsOne Broadway Productions655501795USD$17.95100011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewYkHWqBE35%2BErNuEWHPtePW8MEGiNnJezbelvaBxHq3Yahmbqiz7TV5ywfWSvV7MRTSafrG%2FfNr%2BG2e5C4qCNqA%3D%3D1795USD$17.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.020409794691045002008-08-22

Malachy's Murray's Unique New York

Malachy Murray's Unique New York is fantastic! More facts and information than I've ever read before on any books of New York. He has so many great stories that I've never been told about. I've taken his Circle Line Tour and he's fantastic. He knows just about everything about the great city. I'll be moving to the Big Apple soon and his book is beyond insightful. Highly recommended for any history buff or New Yorker! <br />Thank you Malachy!09794691044002008-08-02

UNIQUE NEW YORK

Entertaining and informative review of New York. Great to read before a trip or if you have lived in NY for some time. Malachy Murray is a talented tour guide on the Circle Line Tours. <br /> <br />09794691045222007-12-01

Guidance from the Guide

We were lucky enough to get on a boat of the NY Circle Line where Malachy Murray held a microphone in his hand - and the attention of his audience as well. He made history come alive, and through his colourful comments on NYC the two hours on that boat went by without a boring minute. <br />This book is a fabulous way to remember this great tour of Manhattan, providing anecdotes and facts, and all of it in Malachy Murray's unique style. <br />Well done, Malachy :-)09794691044002007-10-12

A New York Fairy Tale

The way Malachy Murry brings the reader closer to New York and the great history behind the big city is both exceptional and breathtaking. If you have the slightest interest to know anything about New York - this book comes highly recommanded. <br />In mid-August this year my wife and I had the pleasure of taking the full tour with Circle Line around Manhatten and our tour guide, Mr Murray, made that the most interesting, informative and enjoyable tours we've ever attended. <br />Thank you, <br />Janne & Trond, Norway09794691044002007-10-10

Fun History

Visited NY the last of August for the first time. Malachy was the tour guide on the Circle Line boat tour my son and I took around Manhattan. For everyone who thinks history is boring, you will thoroughly enjoy how he gives you a recap of the how's,when's, where's, and why's of NY. This book models the tour talk he gives while you look around at all of the history and famous sights. <br />It's light reading that leaves you with an education! He published this by himself so enjoy a handmade product full of his humor and unique twist on the Big Apple. Want to know where that phrase came from? This is where to look! <br /> MODERN DAY DRUID GIVES TOURS OF NEW YORK CITY. Malachy is as unique as his New York is. 70+ short stories packed into 250 pages, about the greatest city of all time as told by one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Rated as New York City's #1 tour guide; this one time boxer, sometime bounty hunter and now-and-again actor is now thankfully a writer. Captain Malachy takes us on one of his wild rides through New York City where time and tide await us. His tours are loaded with brief nuggets of historical gems, accentuated with his brash yet sharp wit and charm. Easy to read (Malachy is a self professed high school grad with a library card) and even more fun to follow. If you can't make it to the Circle-Line Sightseeing cruises in New York City this summer to see Malachy live, this book is a close second to a great New York experience and THE ULTIMATE NEW YORK SOUVENIR.0789313987B000PC1QKQ18921450221550223747B000KU6Y9610635General10605Education53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books17240Mid Atlantic17236Northeast17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books197498011General27Travel1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books0394241258http://www.amazon.com/Maus-I-Art-Spiegelman/dp/0394241258%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D03942412583525616Art SpiegelmanPaperback97803942412580394241258Pantheon BooksEnglish1200USD$12.00Pantheon Books1Book1986-12Pantheon BooksPantheon Books0000005.020403942412585222003-09-22

Shoah in Metaphor

A few years ago, when I first read MAUS, I was filled with trepidation at the thought of a comic book about the holocaust. As a holocaust educator, I worried that any trivialization of the topic might do more harm than good. After I finished reading MAUS, I walked away believing it did a better job of communicating the loss, suffering and lifelong consequences better than almost any novel or scholarly work I had ever read.<br>Spiegleman could have bombed on this one: too much 'comic book' or too much history would have ruined the work and caused a nightmare. Instead, he found the most remarkable juxtaposition of human understanding and tragedy communicated sensitively and sorrowfully, in a way in which those of all ages can identify.<br>My concerns about the Jews portrayed as 'mice' were quickly allayed: these mice had more humanity than most people. The metaphor was so powerful and 'receivable' that I do not think it would have worked any other way. I would recommend it for High School and above, because of its intensity, but at the same time it's hyper-reality is so magnificent that no one studying the holocaust or Shoah, whether at the beginning level or far into a scholarly career, should escape reading it. It is a masterful classic and has left a lasting impression on me for the entire time of my own studies.<br>Elizabeth Kirkley-Best, PhD, Director: Shoah Education Project (Web)03942412585012003-01-11

A beautiful piece

I reccomend this book to any one. It is a touching story that opened my eyes to the horrors of the holcaust.03942412585112002-02-18

A set of books that will never leave your mind

I'm ordering my second (replacement) set today-- I've lent these books out so many times, and I didn't get them back last time. I know why... these are books you can't forget, you don't want to lose, books you want to look at again and again and share with your friends. I've read much about the Holocaust and been moved by many stories, but none seemed more real or more human than these incredible comic strip figures. Spiegelman captures his father's attitude and dialect so well that I can hear him speak in my mind. Everyone should read these books, Jew or non-Jew, young or old. We must never forget.03942412585222001-10-23

Stunning.

Incredibly, this story could not have been told in any other medium - it had to be in comic form.<p>Vladek's story is amazing and horrible, and though he did not die in Auschwitz, perhaps he did not survive.<p>Speigleman captures his father's horror, and lack of horror in chilling detail, often with little editorial input.<p>I reread both books almost monthly, and never tired of putting voices to the drawings. <p>No simple review can wrap-up the power of these little drawings, or of Vladek's calm recall one of the most regretable events of the last century.<p>Compelling, frightening, powerful and addictive.03942412585112000-03-07

Thanks, Mr. Spiegelman

This set of books is so terrifically done that I cannot recommend it enough. I have owned the set for a few years now, and every time I reread the books I notice another facet to the drawings or text that adds something new to the story. The first time you read the books, you won't have time to really look at the pictures, but as you read them again, read slowly and observe at the backgrounds and the other people in the panels.<p>I can only imagine how gut wrenching this series must have been to write for Mr. Spiegelman, but I thank him for doing so. This story brings the Holocaust down to such a personal level, the people in the story are real human beings whose lives don't just begin and end with the Holocaust. You get to see how they lived before, coped during, and survive with the memories of the war years.<p>Finally, to this day I am moved to tears by the last few pages of the second book. Although Vladek Spiegelman comes off as a racist miser at times (i.e., a real human with flaws), the reunion with Anja is drawn with such genuine emotion between the characters that it is almost painful to read. Imagine yourself in that situation with your significant other and the scene becomes so intensely emotional that you have to look away.<p>It helps to have a background in the Holocaust but is in no way necessary when reading this book. It should be part of everyone's library!9History4762Africa4808Americas4873Ancient16252761Arctic & Antarctica4884Asia385090011Audiobooks4921Australia & Oceania4935Europe4984Gay & Lesbian4987Historical Study300954Large Print4995Middle East5011Military14450Military Science5032Russia4853United States5035World1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0006YOVJGhttp://www.amazon.com/medical-detectives-Berton-Roueche%C3%8C%C2%81/dp/B0006YOVJG%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0006YOVJG6145065Berton RouechéUnknown BindingTruman Talley BooksEnglishEnglishTruman Talley Books372Book1981Truman Talley BooksTruman Talley Books3999USD$39.990100005.0204B0006YOVJG5552008-05-03

Deadly fogs, horrible diseases, and brilliant medical detectives

Berton Roueché wrote for the "New Yorker" magazine for almost half a century, and was winner of the 1950 Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award. His many volumes on physicians and medical detectives, including this book, were collected from his articles in the "New Yorker." <br /> <br />"The Medical Detectives" volume II is great bedtime reading, because the good guys, i.e. physicians and epidemiologists always get their villain (whether it's a germ, poison gas, or a disgruntled boyfriend). Volume II's twenty-three case histories date from 1947 to 1984, before the days when Big Insurance dictated how long patients would stay in hospitals and what kind of treatment they would receive. Some of the doctors in this book actually made house calls! A couple of the cases really stayed with me, because the patients were kept in the hospital for weeks at a time just to track down a diagnosis. In one case, a man had the hiccups. In the other, a woman had a headache. Can you guess what would happen to these patients if they went to an emergency room, today? <br /> <br />Anyone who is interested in medical detection will be both engrossed and instructed by Roueché's careful, detailed true-life mysteries. The cases contained in this volume range from the man who hiccupped for 27 years through the deliberate poisoning of a family. One of my favorites from 1948 is called, "The Fog". This does not refer to John Carpenter's famous 1980 horror movie, but a true story that is in some ways even more frightening than anything Hollywood could produce. It takes place in Donora, Pennsylvania, a gritty mill town along the Monongahela River, which is infamous for its fogs: "They are greasy, gagging fogs, often intact even at high noon, and they sometimes last for two or three days." <br /> <br />The Donora `Death Fog' killed 20 people and left hundreds injured and gasping for breath. Roueché tells this story of America's worst air pollution disaster through the observations of eye-witnesses, one of them a physician. London usually comes to mind when Death comes stalking through a thick fog, but this story is every bit as atmospheric as one by A. Conan Doyle, and "The Fog's" detectives are real people. <br /> <br />This collection of true medical stories starts off a bit slowly, but you will end up wishing for Volume III. <br />B0006YOVJG5012008-02-15

Recommended by Experts to Medical Students

This book was recommended as a gift to a pre-med student. She was excited to receive this as it dove-tailed with a course she is currently taking.B0006YOVJG5442007-12-19

"House" without the snark

This "classic collection of award-winning medical investigative reporting", published in 1988, is an excellent book. Each of the 25 case studies originally appeared as an "Annals of medicine" piece in the New Yorker, and there's not a dud in the bunch. <br /> <br />Most of the cases happened in the 1950's or 1960's, when sophisticated, CSI-era analytical techniques were unavailable. Nonetheless, there is no sense that these stories are dated. Roueche is a natural storyteller and has the rare ability to present technical aspects in a way that is intelligible to the non-expert reader, at just the right level of detail. <br /> <br />It's like 25 "House" episodes, but without the gratuitous obnoxiousness, condescension to the reader, or the ridiculous constraint that only a limping, misanthropic painkiller addict can be right.B0006YOVJG5002007-11-13

Awesome!

This book is amazing! I love it and recommend it to my friends. The author formerly wrote for a New York magazine, and his stories cover decades. It is interesting to see how some diseases such as Lyme's first became known and how the tools available to the medical profession have both changed and some have remained the same. Read it, you will love it!B0006YOVJG5002007-07-30

Wonderful Book!

I was given this book by one of the epidemiologists that was featured in the book. He had great respect for Roueche and loves his articles. I think these stories a very well written and really hold your attention. They also give you a good history of diseases and conditions. Great book!Contains three fascinating tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons, and parasites--each tale a thriller of medical suspense by the incomparable Beron Roueche.0156027771B000QTD5O80781771951059509131807817708741000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books076432070Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Miriam-Haskell-Jewelry-Schiffer-Collectors/dp/076432070X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D076432070X24977http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R14VTJ72L._SL75_.jpg7558http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R14VTJ72L._SL160_.jpg160125http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R14VTJ72L.jpg500390Cathy GordonSheila PamfiloffHardcover688.20929780764320705110076432070XSchiffer PublishingEnglishEnglishEnglish11105995USD$59.95Schiffer Publishing1256Book2004-05-01Schiffer PublishingSchiffer Publishing3908403777USD$37.77700011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewXzj9eYazDS39e9ciiV4drMNfLPT2EcJMOPN82saL6WGGqrYIa7sVcL2Mu6J8woBrCe61sfkZJW4ck1H%2Fss95UA%3D%3D3777USD$37.77Usually ships in 24 hours5.0204076432070X5002008-08-08

Miriam Haskell Jewelry

Book was purchased as a gift for my mother. Arrived on time, in great condition as it was listed. There was a small tear on the cover - but it was listed this way so it was what I was expecting. I just taped it up! She won't mind as she will be delighted with the book. 076432070X5002007-12-16

Best Vintage Jewelry Book Out there!!

Let me first say that I have a ton of vintage jewelry in my personal collection and I also sell it in our family owned antique store. I purchased this book and read it from cover to cover. WOWOW, what a great book. So much great information and easy to read. These girls did a wonderful job in the layout of this beautful book. The pictures to say the least are all stunning and really show up great in their book. <br />I would recommend this book to anyone that has ANY kind of interest in vintage jewelry. This book really explains how different designers tried to copy the Haskell style. Great reference on how to date pieces and also identify key Haskell style trademarks. <br />Thanks for a wondeful book!076432070X5112007-04-04

For the Collector

Serious collectors must have this book on their shelf. Close-up photographs show the jewelry's intricate designs in detail.076432070X5332007-03-31

MIRIAM HASKELL JEWELRY (SCHIFFER BOOK)

This is a fantastic resource book for the Vintage Jewelry Collector or Seller. It is wonderfully organized & beautifully illustrated with many large color pictures. The descriptions are concise & precise. Values are given after each description. <br />There is also a wonderful & informative section on Identifying & Dating Haskell Jewelry~vintage to present~including clasps & materials. This section also has clear close-up photographs. <br />I feel it is an invaluable tool for the serious collector. And well worth the investment!076432070X5562006-09-09

Costume Jewelry at its best

Dealing with jewelry is both to me, profession and hobby. So I also like reading books about the stuff I love, and this one really got past my expectations. It helps getting insight not only in a really interesting branch of the jewelry business, but tells also about the people behind the design. At the same time, the author manages to give a helpful guide to the ambitioned collector of that kind. The book reminds one how much fun it is to create and wear exceptional pieces and tells some stories that are connected with those. The pictures are magnificent. This book is motivation for new ideas and simply fun to read. Miriam Haskell began selling especially beautiful costume jewelry in 1926, and her company continues to the present. Today, the jewelry that bears her name is highly sought after and the prices keep spiraling up. Claims abound that this is a Miriam Haskell, but is it a Miriam Haskell? This important new book gives collectors the key information to make intelligent buying decisions. It provides specific details on the art, design, style, materials, construction, and signatures, all vital to the identification and dating of Haskell jewelry. It also dispels many of the myths that allow wanna-bes and fakes to flourish. Over 600 beautiful color photographs display the most extensive collection of Haskell jewelry ever brought together. The jewelry is categorized by designer, specifying notable eras. The text provides notations on innovations, style preferences, and in-depth descriptions pointing to key Haskell identifiers. Readers, from casual admirers to serious collectors and dealers, will find in this comprehensive book the essential information and breathtaking pictures they seek.157965292115743252991574325426076432911107894964295085General5066Antiques & Collectibles48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books197497011General48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books13769Manufacturing227550Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems173515Engineering173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books14637History of Technology14631Technology75Science1000Subjects283155Books518510History1862Fashion1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books050001664Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Most-Beautiful-Villages-Tuscany/dp/050001664X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D050001664X31425http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61AXSZ6SNVL._SL75_.jpg7561http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61AXSZ6SNVL._SL160_.jpg160131http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61AXSZ6SNVL.jpg475389James BentleyHardcoverHugh Palmer945.500222978050001664094050001664XThames & HudsonEnglishEnglishEnglish12364000USD$40.00Thames & Hudson1224Book1997-09Thames & HudsonThames & Hudson39210001500USD$15.001299USD$12.995000USD$50.0032372011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewd80OUYq3yBnoQ5I1JZGcOGIMzfQ5MttBF%2Fiqea2uwhIBaSArQG2wDcQvWZP9eQZXYancMdPLKOG42fIwQizt2A%3D%3D2640USD$26.40Usually ships in 24 hours5.0204050001664X5002008-05-26

beautiful villages of tuscany

i orignially purchased this book as a resource for a paper i was doing on tuscany, but when i received it and began to browse through it, i sat down and read the entire thing from cover to cover. the photography was magnificent; the information was just the right amount without going on and on; the entire product was stunning. i wanted to run to the internet and book the next flight to tuscany!050001664X3232008-02-12

Oh no, not another Tuscan picture book!

Yes, the photos are nice, but how many coffee table books with pretty Tuscan villages, cypress trees, and silvery olive leaves shimmering in the wind do we need? <br /> <br />Someone who reviewed this book suggested bringing it along on a Tuscan trip; if you put this large and heavy book in your luggage, you will have to leave the toothpaste, underwear, and a number of other things at home, particularly now that some airlines are apparently toying with the notion of lowering weight allowances and charging for the excess. <br /> <br />The text in most instances is not particularly helpful. There are quite a few books on Tuscany that do a much better job. And I was truly surprised to see the town of San Quirico d'Orcia included in the list of "most beautiful villages". I happen to know San Quirico and because it is off the usual beaten tourist path, it retains an "Italianness" that has been lost by, for example, Greve in Chianti, where one would be hard-pressed to find an Italian in that town's lovely main square on a Saturday afternoon. But San Quirico could never be called "beautiful", by any stretch of the imagination. <br /> <br />Despite my reservations about this book, it would probably be a welcome present for a friend who has recently returned from the grand tour of Tuscany and it will, at least for a while, have a prominent place on this friend's coffee table.050001664X5122008-01-12

Tuscany

Great service and beautiful pictures of Tuscany but somewhat dissapointed at the lack of an organized route map for efficient traveling to the various villages.050001664X5002007-11-17

Wonderful for so many reasons

This is the best for someone wanting to visit interesting places in Italy. It is not only well arranged and written, but it helped so much in trip planning. I highly recommend this to anyone traveling on their own to Italy.050001664X5012007-07-21

The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany

Since I love Italy as a place to visit, this book is great to own.Bentley highlights 37 villages and towns, both for their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history and culture. Page after page of Palmer's magnificent color photos evoke the beauty of the land. Specially compiled listings of hotels, restaurants, and festivals complete the tribute to Tuscany and its villages.With the recent popularity of such notable books as Frances Mayes' <I>Under the Tuscan Sun</I> and Elizabeth Romer's <I>The Tuscan Year: Life and Food in an Italian Valley</I>, a legion of new Italia fans are finding out what many already know: the charm of Tuscany cannot be denied. In <I>The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany</I>, author James Bentley and photographer Hugh Palmer offer a decidedly unique view of this remarkable region. Focusing on thirty-six villages and towns from all over Tuscany--chosen for "both their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history and culture"--the gorgeous full-color photographs, accompanied by superb accounts of each village, truly "bring the region to life, evoking the richness of architecture and landscape, and bringing out the charm of the Tuscan people." The final chapter is devoted to useful travel information, including passages on hotels and restaurants, market days and festivals, as well as a select bibliography and detailed map of the region. As beautiful as it is informative and entertaining, <I>The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany</I> is "the perfect visual tribute to the timeless beauty of these small towns and villages." 084782637605005105200141009004084782856507893026082024Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books2093Europe2087Travel2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books16942General16917Europe27Travel1000Subjects283155Books67646General16973Italy16917Europe27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17025Reference & Tips172765Beaches67460Business Travel17027Cruises17029Essays & Travelogues17031Food & Lodging17041Guidebooks17043Pictorial17045Reference17047Spas17049Tips17051Tourist Destinations & Museums12051Travel Writing27Travel1000Subjects283155Books197498011General27Travel1000Subjects283155Books465216General4959Italy4935Europe9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR1NMTJZPFFFBL0Favorite Vacation DestinationsRWX6AUSWDMFXAn Inside Look at StephR3C73WS9JTUI88Italian TravelsR32E60KPIWHK3WDreaming of Tuscany...14HOZPS8RRPZIItaly, The Books2Y6DDNGDL1NC3Decorate, Live & Eat Italian!XC0KGQAAIUL6Escape Your Not-So-Beautiful Life1WU1FHQ0RJ168Are You an Italy-Freak?9643ZCZ8JYSSTravel3L8TSFNQCOJGQGira's picks for armchair traveler0684823454http://www.amazon.com/Early-Life-1874-1904-Winston-Churchill/dp/0684823454%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D068482345414077http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515GFY5NAWL._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515GFY5NAWL._SL160_.jpg160102http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515GFY5NAWL.jpg475304Winston ChurchillPaperbackWilliam Manchester941.08409297806848234541100684823454ScribnerEnglishEnglishEnglish8401600USD$16.00Scribner1400Book1996-06-06ScribnerScribner75560599USD$5.99374USD$3.742450USD$24.5031351011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewPbMm2HF4MQQWj%2FTnwD9jnyCzcLTLE9Pv8JWMubRbfgRupN1RV5Ctl0aQj%2Bl0u%2F7JwnrGPp3dASuECDB0ouOX%2Bw%3D%3D1088USD$10.88Usually ships in 24 hours5.020406848234545002008-09-07

The place to start.

To say it exudes wit, humour, intelligence and charm is a big understatement. <br />He was 56 at the time he wrote it... so, we have the benefit of experience too... <br />A MUST READ. <br /> <br />ADB <br /> <br />PS: The film done about it (using the book as the script) is also very good if a bit slow in parts (specially political speeches). 06848234545002008-02-20

A brilliant first hand account.

If you want to know about Winston Churchill's early life and just how well he was able to write well then look no further. The prose is rich, his vocabulary is extensive and the phrasing is pure Churchill. This is a great introduction into his life and writing ability and many sayings and phrases Churchill is known for are given in this volume. Few, if any, are willing to risk potential embarrassment by stating as one of their life's accomplishments any book that they have read. However, if one is able to add having read this book among those achievements then at least that part of their life will not have been wasted.06848234545112007-01-27

Good gift idea

I got this for my grandfather for Christmas. He was POW during WWII, and was wanting to read about Churchill's POW experiences. A big hit!! My grandfather couldn't put the book down.06848234545112006-12-13

Delightful churchill

His writing is great; his stories are told in a refreshing, whimsical tone; and one gets the sense that he loves his life. Even though I was very familiar with the event of his life before reading this, I found it thoroughly engaging and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in this extraordinary man.06848234545552005-09-14

Churchill at his most human

This 372 page long book would be good, but no more, if it wasn't for the first 40-or-so pages, which are a gem. The book covers the first 30 years of Churchill's life and the first forty pages cover his childhood. Although Churchill had a miserable childhood - his father was distant, his mother more interested in lovers than in her son, and he was bullied at boarding school - Churchill narrates his story with unsurpassed wit and without any hard feelings for the ones that failed him. Some passages, like the description of how he was grappling with the beast called maths, are just hilarious. The first forty pages alone make this book a must read. In the rest of the book, the most interesting part is the story of Churchill's capture by the Boers and escape. You don't need to be interested in Churchill, the statesman, to like this book. Here he is at his most human and disarming.<B><I>Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century<P>Winston Churchill</I></B><P>As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. In this autobiography, Churchill recalls his childhood, his schooling, his years as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War, and his first forays into politics as a member of Parliament. <I>My Early Life</I> not only gives readers insights into the shaping of a great leader but, as Churchill himself wrote, "a picture of a vanished age."<P>If you want to fully understand Winston Churchill, <I>My Early Life</I> is essential reading.<P>The voice of a vanished England speaks from the pages of Winston Churchill's evocative memoir of his first 30 years (1874-1904). The young Churchill inhabits a world in which men fight like hell in meaningless colonial wars--India, Egypt, South Africa--soldiering across the imperial map then extending the hand of friendship to their erstwhile enemy as if they were schoolmates at Harrow. Yet Churchill, born into a privileged family, was not an uncritical supporter of the Victorian status quo. He himself loathed Harrow; an especially amusing chapter skewers the school's emphasis on an irrelevant classical education and rote learning. A firm Tory, he considered himself a friend of the working class, and in 1899 campaigned for parliament with a Socialist colleague. Looking back from his vantage point of 1930, Churchill expresses the most attractive values of the English aristocracy--honor, loyalty, fair play--without giving the impression he wants to live in the past. The book's appeal also stems from its magisterial but colloquial prose. Anyone familiar with recordings of Churchill's rousing speeches during Word War II will hear in their minds' ears that growling timbre and unmistakably patrician accent as they read. Though he would have preferred the peace prize, <I>My Early Life</I> offers good evidence that Churchill's 1953 Nobel for literature was aptly awarded. <I>--Wendy Smith</I> 0486447855039559968707432834300316545031039541685X07432834302375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2383General2377British2376Historical2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2393General2376Historical2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2412Churchill, Winston2410U.K. Prime Ministers2396Leaders & Notable People2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books917030Churchill, Winston916934( C )916928People, A-Z2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books11083General11079Politics53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books465180General4948England4935Europe9History1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR32JVS0MEVKD6MChurchillianaR39JHRJLJNMIORBritish Biography: A WishlistR3OQOFFZJCAWM9Books to Read on a Desert IslandR3E7CT956V0QVSgetting to know churchillRV7PF4QJ40KV2Best Books I Read in 2007R2TC08DKIS7HAYBooks I Read While Homeschooled, 9th-10th GradeR2I09OLZX4K618Everything Churchill: By Sir Winston Spencer ChurchillR3PHPXURQZMONNChurchillR18B0TCQR6HTZTTeaching Company: Books that Made History and Can Change Your LifeRCPX75CK5YFCTSome Cool Books I've Read0198538499http://www.amazon.com/Neural-Networks-Pattern-Recognition-Christopher/dp/0198538499%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D01985384996665492Christopher M. BishopHardcover006.497801985384931290198538499Oxford University Press, USAEnglishEnglishEnglish9509800USD$98.00Oxford University Press, USA1504Book1996-01-18Oxford University Press, USAOxford University Press, USA19164448787USD$487.870100005.020401985384994552006-07-20

Only for an expert

Mr Bishop's book is very well written and contains a lot of useful information on neural networks. It is outlined well and progresses in a logical form. If, however, you are looking for a book that gives discussions with concrete examples of neural networks applications or set ups, you will be sorely disappointed. The mathematical treatment is universally generalized with very few specific concrete examples shown. Even the exercises will not serve you well. The term 'graded' is used; however, that simply referes to the description of difficulty. There are no answers to these exercises, so unless you have a teacher or are already firmly familiar with the material, you will not know if you have completed them correctly or not. Even worse, the exercises are in general not written to reinforce concepts in the chapter, but in most cases extend the chapter material into new regions. <br /> <br />In summary, this book should only be purchased by someone already familiar with neural networks and their mathematical basis. Anyone else will be wasting their money.01985384995112006-04-06

Fabulous

This is the best book I have found for a general study of the of neural networks. I found this particularly useful when looking at how to write my own NN frameworks. The depth of the mathematics allowed me to easily answer questions like: 'what if I replaced function abc with xyz'. I have found other texts failed to show key mathematical derivations, or to explore the subtleties of what the maths imply. <br /> <br />The book covers a plethora of topics from simple gradient descent through second order techniques and conjugate gradient, through to the use of 'bayesian techniques' (basically confidence intervals on network outputs), monte carlo techniques etc. Similarly error functions, non-linearities (sigmoids, softmax etc.) and data preparation are all treated. <br /> <br />The extensive bibliography also provides excellent references for further study, (a whos who of the field, as well as actual titles). My copy is now dog earred from frequent reading.01985384995462004-01-28

Sheer pleasure.

If you want a very good, intermediate introduction to pattern classification this book must be on your bookshelf. It even does a very nice job explaining the EM algorithm in a few pages! Basic calculus is all you need to understand the book. A must read.01985384995242003-09-15

It makes a difficult topic easy to understand

The theories of NN and PR are quite difficult to understand. But this book makes them much easier. The author can explain the concepts without using too much formula. If other authors could follow his step then the life is much easier!01985384995012003-07-22

Recomended book to read

This is a recommended book to read for people who would like to read about statistics and maths. People with few knowledge about these sciences will find it a bit difficult to read.This is the first comprehensive treatment of feed-forward neural networks from the perspective of statistical pattern recognition. After introducing the basic concepts, the book examines techniques for modeling probability density functions and the properties and merits of the multi-layer perceptron and radial basis function network models. Also covered are various forms of error functions, principal algorithms for error function minimalization, learning and generalization in neural networks, and Bayesian techniques and their applications. Designed as a text, with over 100 exercises, this fully up-to-date work will benefit anyone involved in the fields of neural computation and pattern recognition.This book provides a solid statistical foundation for neural networks from a pattern recognition perspective. The focus is on the types of neural nets that are most widely used in practical applications, such as the multi-layer perceptron and radial basis function networks. Rather than trying to cover many different types of neural networks, Bishop thoroughly covers topics such as density estimation, error functions, parameter optimization algorithms, data pre-processing, and Bayesian methods. All topics are organized well and all mathematical foundations are explained before being applied to neural networks. The text is suitable for a graduate or advanced undergraduate level course on neural networks or for practitioners interested in applying neural networks to real-world problems. The reader is assumed to have the level of math knowledge necessary for an undergraduate science degree.038731073804710566930132733501038795284504714297753573History549726Business & Culture5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books3896Neural Networks3887Artificial Intelligence3508Computer Science5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books407484General3448Certification Central5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books657762General5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books132552011Pattern Recognition3870Algorithms3839Programming5Computers & Internet1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books465200General4954Germany4935Europe9History1000Subjects283155Books227361Mathematics227362Applied227372Chaos & Systems227373Geometry & Topology227380Mathematical Analysis227407Mathematical Physics227381Number Systems227382Pure Mathematics227397Transformations227398Trigonometry173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0806528230http://www.amazon.com/Never-Suck-Dead-Mans-Hand/dp/0806528230%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D080652823054494http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N1cCMi3CL._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N1cCMi3CL._SL160_.jpg160104http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N1cCMi3CL.jpg500325Dana KollmannPaperback5099780806528236800806528230CitadelEnglishEnglishEnglish8901495USD$14.95Citadel1304Book2008-02-01CitadelCitadel85600872USD$8.72878USD$8.782960011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewyHayj7gHPMEZLYy%2FxY%2FAEhBmci2trXAGIBW1D32gEiaj9KqYXYZWe19KM1sbJmhEW8VYPPQ6I6SJSAdOvMBmLg%3D%3D1017USD$10.17Usually ships in 24 hours5.020408065282305002008-09-05

Informative and Funny

I really enjoyed this book. Full of good information and entertaining to read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this subject matter. 08065282305002008-07-21

A completely honest look at what it's like at crime scenes

This was a fast read for me because of the subject. I was transfixed as each story was told. I only wish she'd recorded even more experiences. These tales will stay with me forever and I highly recommend this book.08065282304002008-05-31

Hardcore Science, ridiculous actuality

This woman is quite adorable. I found myself surprised at how, even though I picked the book up because I like crime nonfiction, I found it wasn't really a story about crime work at all. Some of the stories were very amusing but the deeper understanding I carried away was what a funny life it is. I greatly enjoyed the story of her parent's reaction to her crime stories and them not wanting to visit her work. I enjoyed the stories about her getting quite a rude introduction to being a crime worker who isn't a police officer and I loved the story of her sneaking home to take care of her dogs and accidentally pressing the panic button that allowed the whole department to hear her dog cooing. If you are looking for a hardcore crime solving book then this might be a little soft for you. If you're looking for a story of how ridiculous the actuality of crime is through the eyes of a quirky young mom then this is probably right up your alley. 08065282304002008-04-19

Must read before you decide to become a CSI!

Dana Kollman is hilarious, and very to the point. True forensics is nothing like it is on TV. Please read this if you are considering! Stories can be somewhat nauseating, don't read during dinner like I did. 08065282305002008-03-05

Fantastic!

I LOVED every part of this book. It's fantastically written and incredibly entertaining from start to finish. She has a way with words and is an excellent story teller! She was also my Forensics Professor at Towson University, so I may be a bit biased but I still think that this is probably one of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. "Informative, witty...Kollmann delivers terse commentary and gory detail while puncturing common misconceptions about forensics." --Booklist <P>Step past the flashing lights into the true scene of the crime with this frank, unflinching, and unforgettable account of life as a crime scene investigator. Whether explaining rigor mortis or the art of fingerprinting a stiff corpse on the side of the road, Dana Kollmann details her true, unvarnished experiences as a CSI for the Baltimore County Police Department. <P>"Riveting." --M. William Phelps, author of Murder in the Heartland <P>Unlike the popular crime dramas proliferating on today's television networks, these forensic tales forgo glitz for grit to show what really goes on. Kollmann recounts stories that the cops and the CSI's usually leave in the field, bringing the sights, smells, and sounds of a crime scene alive as never before. <P>"Raw and real." --Connie Fletcher, author of Every Contact Leaves a Trace <P>Unveiling the process and science of crime scene investigation in all its can't-tear-your-eyes-away fascination, Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand takes you into the strange world behind the yellow tape, offering a truly eye-opening perspective on the day-to-day life of a CSI. <P>"Gritty, witty, and heartfelt ... a must-read." --Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of A Perfect HusbandB000Z4K4WUB001C2DDRCB000VSEDMM159102447100611894052375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2426Scientists2419Professionals & Academics2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books9944Literary Theory9928History & Criticism9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books11007Forensic Science11003Crime & Criminals53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11322True Crime11314True Accounts53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books13872General13871History & Philosophy75Science1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0963869558http://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Soldier-Enemys-Answer-Firepower/dp/0963869558%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0963869558121766http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C722K9M0L._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C722K9M0L._SL160_.jpg160105http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C722K9M0L.jpg475311H. John PoolePaperbackWilliam S. LindMike Leahy3559780963869555940963869558Posterity PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8351495USD$14.95Posterity Press1360Book2001-08-09Posterity PressPosterity Press115551879USD$8.79472USD$4.722400USD$24.0020184011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewB0ZDRD%2BRc0Ydr5GNTz3eRKOnksnXEXdxKqgHb9kRhzMAwPi7UPpDSd57yYtruWIuaNQy%2FmEQdJpRg6dE4QNQGw%3D%3D1017USD$10.17Usually ships in 24 hours5.020409638695584002007-10-01

Outstanding Explanation of Effective Small Unit Tactis

Excellent book, but I am not sure the distinction is between Western and Oriental tactics. I suspect that American Indians, frontier scouts, the British SAS, U.S. Special Operations community, etc...would be very familiar with, and skilled at, these tactics. <br /> <br />A classic dilemma that resurfaces every time we go to war. Militaries, at least in the West, prepare to fight the last war and not the next one. As a free society, the public tends to forget the hard lessons learned and shuns warriors during times of peace. The end result is that we constantly are reinventing the wheel after every war/generation. <br /> <br />Victor Davis Hanson, in a recent editorial in the City Journal called Why Study War, gave a perfect example from the Post-Vietnam era; "The public perception in the Carter years was that America had lost a war that for moral and practical reasons it should never have fought--a catastrophe, for many in the universities, that it must never repeat. The necessary corrective wasn't to learn how such wars started, went forward, and were lost. Better to ignore anything that had to do with such odious business in the first place"...."A wartime public illiterate about the conflicts of the past can easily find itself paralyzed in the acrimony of the present. Without standards of historical comparison, it will prove ill equipped to make informed judgments." <br /> <br />A well-written and important book that provides an in-depth analysis of small unit tactics. <br />09638695585222007-08-21

Great Wisdom Simplified

<br />A sure test of talent and knowledge is the challenge of taking a very complex subject, explaining it in understandable terms and then offering solutions along with the understanding. My very brief stint in the Army ended long before Vietnam called the younger brothers of my generation. From the news reports it appeared that we suffered so many casualties only because the enemy was "sneaky" and prepared to die. How could the US lose to people who could not afford shoes? <br /> <br />Poole does a great job of bridging the gap from Sun Tzu to the muddy jungles of Vietnam and the significance of the lessons to our maneuver warfare. It is no accident that Boyd associate Willian Lind wrote the preface. <br /> <br />Poole finished the book just before 9/11. Our experience in Iraq and the Israeli experience during the past year show that we have much to learn. After 50 plus years of victories over various armies, the Israelis lost to what most consider a rag-tag army. Other than their heritage, they are as unlikely to defeat the Israelis as the sandal clod Vietnamese. <br /> <br />Poole's book is a gift to the small unit soldier and perhaps a greater gift to those in higher command who will order soldiers to assault targets with little understanding of what they may be facing. It may be at a distant command post or in the case of Somalia the commander flying overhead at 2,000 feet but unable to understand the river of lead flying down the street as he instructs troops to consolidate their positions. <br /> <br />This is a great aid to understanding current events and history from the comfort of your easy chair while balancing a martini on the arm. However, my sense is that it is far more valuable as a gift to a young trooper. In addition it should be mandatory reading ( along with Sun Tzu and Boyd's briefing slides) for every reporter who covers wars and "low intensity" conflicts. <br /> <br />Reading the book makes you appreciate Poole but feel uncomfortable with the contents. A great contribution. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />09638695585442006-11-24

Excellent Analysis on the Eastern Warfighter

As with all of Poole's works, we are treated here to an excellent analysis of the tactical sphere of war. This time, from the eastern fighter's perspective. Written, I believe, pre-9/11, the work itself is a thorough offering of actual techniques and wartime practices used by small units against western forces, but it is most remarkable in that it outlines in a concise and friendly manner what most analysts still fumble over on MSNBC. <br /> <br />In the world of tactical operations and small unit tactics, we can not ask for a better teacher than John Poole. Keep a close eye out for any and all of his works, for they have a lot to say about how and what western forces will fight for the next fifty years. <br /> <br />NOTE: This work makes a perfect companion to the author's "The Tiger Way," which outlines the ideal western method for combating such tactics. 0963869558513152006-01-22

DANGER, DANGER, WILL ROBINSON

Danger, danger, is very much the message put forth in this book and it should be heeded before it is too late. Some reviewers have mentioned Sun Tzu and his rules of warfare. Sun Tzu puts forth a very reasoned and systematic set of rules that define a nations path to victory or defeat. By definition, our present leadership has us solidly on the path of defeat. Our people in the field have to both fight our Eastern enemies as well as carry a great weight of poor leadership at the highest levels. This book is very informative and is for the most part, completely accurate and frightening. <br /> <br />The idea that hardware superiority alone can replace common sense is ludicrous and this book digs deeply into this. I remember seeing news footage of our troops in Afganistan heading up into steep mountainous terrain encumbered with huge heavy packs and body armor. They could barely move. They should have had only their clothes, rifles, ammunition and food and water and some good lightweight footwear. If you are going to fight an Apache you have to be an Apache. It seems at times to me that our soldiers are forced simply to carry as much weight in useless (and expensive) contractor equipment as a mule. Small unit combat and the tactics that win in this arena will be the deciding factor. Something also needs to be done about our so called free press. This game is for blood not for profitable commercial air time and these people should be subjected to the sort of censorship that our country used in WWII and the sooner the better. <br /> <br />I feel also that some of the opinions voiced on China are a bit over the top. The Chinese wish to better themselves and are not necessarily motivated by a desire to hurt us per se. It is very possible that in future that the Chinese could help us. They should not be blindly antagonized. They think and plan in a fashion that is very, very, long term. Our own leadership is cripplingly shortsighted in strategic planning. <br /> <br />I have lived and worked in the Mid East for a number of years and my personal opinion of the Iraq war can be summed up as follows: <br /> <br />1. The US leaves Iraq now and the country will dissolve into a bloody civil war. <br /> <br />2. The US leaves later and Iraq dissolves into a bloody civil war. <br /> <br />This book documents many of the reasons why this is so. Anyone who cares about the future of our country and indeed the world (China included) should read this book. 096386955845122006-01-17

Inside Out

I read all these reviews and in the main agree with them. However, the real "way of western combat" is exemplified right here: we -- AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL -- are discussing all this and implementing it as we go. And as another reviewer mentioned, our soldiers are getting at it and learning from this NOW. Here's the clincher: does the oriental soldier or citizen do this. No way. It's not in their culture. Hasn't been for thousands of years. Unlikely to be unless huge changes occur in their citizenry. West = democracy / more free / BOTTOM-UP APPROACH. East = tyrrany / less free / TOP-DOWN APPROACH. <br /> <br />SUMMARY: I'd much rather be in the West facing the Eastern way of war rather than be in the East facing the Western way of war. Let's be data-driven: what is the kill ratio of WW2, Korea, and Vietnam? 40-1? 10-1? And yet, Poole's talk about Japan in WW2 making "infantry the most valued weapon". What?! Americans (and all European armies before them all the way back to Alexander) don't line up rows of infantry and charge across open fields to be mowed down. Doubt it? Guadacanal. Korea. etc. That's the "cultural" difference highlighted here: we value life, even a single soldiers. <br /> <br />Further reading: Carnage & Culture, by Victor Davis Hanson.Phantom Soldier: The Enemy’s Answer to U.S. Firepower may be the best treatise on Oriental warfare ever produced in the West. Well researched and illustrated, it sheds new light on what an Eastern infantry unit can do in combat: (1) alternate between guerrilla, mobile, and positional warfare; (2) use “ordinary forces” to engage and “extraordinary forces” to beat an opponent; and then (3) run away when fighting holds no more strategic import. While what occurred in history does not change, one’s perception of it does — as he comes to better understand his former adversary. Well versed in the Asian arts of deception and delay, the author explains in detail what really occurred at Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, the Chosin Reservoir, Hue City, and other Vietnam battlefields. It would seem that former adversaries have used strategic retreat and tactical withdrawal not only to save their soldiers, but also to undermine U.S. resolve. By revealing how Eastern soldiers could hold their own without resupply, tanks, or air support, Phantom Soldier shows what U.S. infantrymen must do to survive the more lethal weaponry of the 21st century. 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Fact from fiction

No matter what you may think you know about Jeb Stuart's ride, you have to read this book. Its that good!!19327142005112008-06-13

Those who failed to win the Ballle and those that Lost it

Lets face it Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg. He admitted it himself, but he did have a co-conspirator. Due to his criticism of Lee, the fact that he wasnot your typical chivarlous southerner and becoming a Republican after the war Longstreet had been pick for that role. Everyone of the confederate corp commanders made mistakes. Cocky Hill letting Pettigrew go to Gettyburg with no idea of what was in front of him. Indecisive Ewell failing to attack Cenetery Hill when even Hancock admitted later that it could have been taken with a timely southern attack. And then there was Longstreet or what i like to call "The little train that couldnt" who whether right about not attacking the union postition or not certainly had a hand in that failure with his sulkying and perhaps even self fullfilling prophecy due to his lethargy and slowness. The mistakes these corp commanders made did not win the battle but only two if you want to discount that the federals won it lost the battle. Lee's ofder of pickett's charge and his incompetence in not properly overseeing Longstreets diligence in overseeing the attack especially Hill's corp lost the battle. Staurt was co-conspirator for these reason's. Would Hill have stumbled into a general engagement if Staurt's cavalry would have been there to report that it was federal cavalry and not militia in Gettysburg. There has been claims that there was sufficent cavalry left to Lee yet Stuart took every exceptional commander with him on his ride. What if he had left Wade Hampton to oversee that cavalry. As for Ewell he was getting reports that federal infantry was advancing up the Baltimore Pike It was confederate skirmishers and he was told that but how much did that and his ignorance of what federal forces were coming up because Stuart was not there to tell him contributed to Ewell hesitation. Not even Stuart can be blamed for Ewell not occupying an unoccupied Culps Hill. As for Longstreet and his suggested small flanking movement around the round tops and his larger one of putting the Condeferate force between Meade and Washington on defensible ground forcing Meade to attack. How feasible would they have been if Stuart would have been there to tell Lee where the federal forces were. Everyone of the corp commanders mistakes has the hand of Staurt on them. As for Picketts charge that was Lee's and Lee's alone so dont get the idea that this review is in anyway an attempt to exonerat him. Malvern Hill and Picketts charge showed he could perhaps be too audacious. Regarding this book hopefully it is the beginning of a movement that those Lee adoletors if they want to scapegoat Lee's failure at least it will go to the proper person. Stuart not Longstreet. I dont care about his brillance before and after the battle, i dont care that he died for his country. I dont care if he represented true southern chilavry. Jeb Staut made a monumental mistake in how he choose to obey Lee's orders by choosing a route that he could have foreseen the union army blocking his way north and his total lack of urgency in getting to Lee by chasing a wagon train half way to Washington. I have read Lee's order and while it may have given Stuart discretion in how he got there one thing was very clear in Lee's order. He wanted constant and up to date information about the whereabouts of the union army and he wanted him on Ewell flank protecting the army as SOON AS POSSIBLE and ladies and gentlemen him arriving on JULY SECOND just didnt cut it. So you Longstreet haters ease up and you Lee lovers if you have to blame someone i hope this book has at least given you the proper target. 19327142005