Churchill Books

This is a classic book on wingshooting and will remain as one forever. It should be a part of the collection of any wing shooter.

Excellent book, If you are just starting to shoot shotgun this is the Book to get.

If Robert Redford was going to make a wing-shooting movie in the genre of A River Runs Through It, Bagger Vance and the Natural, it would be based on Robert Churchill. No one in wing shooting is more the equal of Bobby Jones in golf, Charles Ritz in fly-fishing or Babe Ruth in baseball than Robert Churchill.

All of these people modestly taught their sports as a natural result of instinct. There have been changes in equipment in all areas since the 1920s and 1930s, but there has been no change in fundamental techniques.

Finally, if you read anything in this book more than once, be sure it is Chapter 11 on the Rules of Shooting.

Always find out if you are "standing on ceremony" for the day. In sophisticated company it is again like golf. It matters far less how well you shoot than how well you behave. Hunting is a universal pleasure. Regardless of social class, shooters are true gentlemen.

There is always variation in the local rules, but these are the universals in Churchill's eyes:

1. Safety is always first.

2. Keep your gun broken.

3. Never ever shoot over your hunting partners.

4. Always shoot pest birds and rodents for your host.

5. Get close to your game for a clean, instant kill.

6. Never shoot a grounded bird.

7. Don't be a whiner! If you miss take your medicine.

8. Be a real sport. Operate with style, be a pleasure to be with.

9. Always keep the trigger finger to the side of the gun.

The Churchill methods is based on proper fit, mount and shoot. The shooter prepares the gun in a proper ready position for the game, sees the target with both eyes, then raises the gun to a solid shoulder/cheek mounted posture -- firing occurs at the instant the gun is mounted.

Aiming is discouraged in the Churchill technique. At wing-shooting schools, serious skeet shooters, on average, perform more poorly than novice shooters coming to the intuitive method for the first time.

When you go to practice, go to a sporting clay facility such as the Orvis Schools in Manchester, VT, Sandanonna, NY, West End in London, or Purdy in London. There are also fine schools near Paris, Madrid and Lisbon. In Spain or Portugal live birds are the most common practice targets.

Read this book from cover to cover then sign up for a wing-shooting school and spend a day or two on sporting clay courses. Then reread the book at night.

Good shooting.

I started reading this book and couldn't stop reading.
When you finish reading it you miss the main characters. You would like to meet Mr. Hopkins in person, but unfortunately that is impossible.

The facts, ideas and the history in the book demonstrates that America had the most important political leader of the XXth century as president during second world war.

My personal opinion is that Mr. Roosevelt is the man that was responsible for truly changing the direction that history was about to take.

I read a translated version of the book.

I first read this book when I was in high school in 1952. For several years I had been captivated by politics and political biography, reading everything I could get my hands on. Sherwood's ROOSEVELT AND HOPKINS was the best. In the more than half century since, my passion for political writing and biography has continued unabated, and on many occasions I have recommended this book to others. Since 1991 I have traveled to Russia dozens of times and frequently recommend this book to English speaking Russian academics and politicians there. Every person to whom I have recommended it, here or in Russia, has seen fit to tell me how much they appreciated the book and the recommendation. Recently I began to wonder though. Was the book really as good as I recalled it from my first and only reading over 58 years ago? So I re-read it. It stood the test of time and of memory. It was even better than I recalled. It is an old and good friend, as alive, vibrant, and informative today as if all that the monumental and world-changing people and events described in it had happened yesterday.
Kenneth E. MacWilliams
New York City

I bought this book, on some fair measure, due to the review written by Mr. Passos on Amazon's web site.I had heard the name Harry Hopkins for many years, and had the somewhat vague knowedge that Harry Hopkins was an intimate advisor and assistant to Franklin Roosevelt. I was curious when I saw the book at Amazon, and I bought it.
This is an outstanding book, and it easy for me to see why it is a Pulitzer Prize winner. The book is as much about the Roosevelt administration and related national and international history as it is about Messrs. Roosevelt & Hopkins. One of the interesting things about this book is that it was written in 1947;I reminded myself of that throughout my reading. For the most part it is written in the first person by Robert Sherwood, a gifted author who worked with Hopkins while in the Roosevelt administration. I gave a lot of credibility to the book because of the author's proximity to Hopkins and Rooseveltas well as the short time span between the actual events and the publishing of the book.
The book is well written by a man that had substantial prior experience in writing show business type material. In a number of instances the author puts himself on the scene of events, but by no means limits the book to his experiences with Roosevelt & Hopkins. There is considerable detail...sometimes when I read a review that makes that claim I suspect that I will encounter much minutiae with boredom to follow. Not the case here; there are many interesting explanitions, facts, discussions, etc. I found myself continuously engaged as some of the most compelling history of the U.S. unfolded at the hands of the author.

This book is a must for every consultant in pathology. You can't evaluate skin biopsies without it. The book is big. It is expensive. But if you want to have a successful and satisfying life in Dermatopathology you have to buy this book.

Weedon's book is one of the best and completest collections in the world concerning dermatopathology.
it gives a good overview about nearly all possible skin diseases and show a lot of photos even of rare cases. Therefore one has to have if one works with skin pathology--sort of bible.
can be recommended to dermatologists as well as they are supposed to know histology a little bit for the diagnosis.

This is, in my opinion THE BOOK for a pathologist dealing with dermatopathology. The writing is clear and crisp and I appreciate the morphologically-oriented classifications, instead of the more common admixture of ethiologic, morphologic and topographic attempts of classification, many of the categories meaning little to the morphologist.

This book is a must-have for every chiropractor. If you think chiropractic is just about back and neck pain, think again. The authors have compiled an impressive collection of literature demonstrating the far-reaching effects of chiropractic care.

Our nervous system is the communication channel between our brain and it's end organs, (stomach, lungs, kidneys, etc) if the nerves are not able to get proper signal back and forth, what would any reasonable, thinking, non-biased, person expect to have happen to the body? It's really,just common sense. The book is very helpful in illustrating how the process occurs.

I also am a chiropractor and I have to disagree with the other chiropractor's opinion. I have personally witnessed and hear about chiropractic miracles every day. These are related to conditions other than pain syndromes and musculoskeletal problems. Patients who experience a multitude of visceral problems and symptoms somehow see a reduction in/elimination of these problems and symptoms. So the question is why/how does this happen? This book helps us to answer some of these questions. There are many other sources to check regarding this, including numerous research articles. Check for yourself, the research is out there and accessible. As a society, we are becoming more and more unhealthy, even though we are living longer due to modern technology. The bottom line is, there are many questions that continue to need to be answered, but let's not close the door and our minds to the possibilities that already exist and that will continue to become less of a secret and become more well known and accepted.

This is the one dog-eared text on my bookshelf that I would never loan out to anyone. Written in a concise and to the point format this is the foundational textbook for anyone who cares for athletes. A favorite of mine is the "Quick Facts" and "Practice Points" that are included in the 24 chapters. If you are only going to purchase one sports medicine textbook this is the one to get. Lets hope the next edition comes out as planned so we can actually find this textbook!

I have been using this book for years and find it to be the most comprehensive, thorough, and accurate tool for assessment and treatment of sports injuries from head to toe. I especially like this author because he is was a physical therapist who went on to become an orthopedic surgeon. This undoubtedly gives him a wonderful ability to combine overall physical assessment with an MDs assessment. He gives great side notes and provides the reader with all options available for treatment, from conservative to aggressive. A must have for me!

Reading this book was very helpful with my profession as an athletic trainer. It was very well in detail when it comes to evaluation of an injury and to rehabilitation of an injury. I find this book to be very helpful in different ways. And I find it to be a excellent book and an excellent resource.

This has to be one of the best books on bodywork yet! It has made a significant difference in my work & my clients are experiencing much longer lasting results. Thank you, John Smith!

Most books on bodywork theory are really interesting to me. I am fascinated by the body so I love reading them. Usually, I am thrilled if I learn one or two techniques that make their way into my practice. This book did WAY more than that.
This book gives practical, immediately usable techniques that any bodyworker can use. My rate of success with clients has improved dramatically. This book has even inspired me to start Rolfing school next year.
The only other books that I have read that even come close to the usefulness of this book are Job's Body and Anatomy Trains. If either of those were helpful to you, this book shows lots of hands on techniques that you can use today.
Seth McLaughlin, LMT CNC CPhT

With a plethora of books available on "how to do" techniques for all types of everyday manual therapy, it's not every day you come across a "where to apply" manual.

This book of structural bodywork is easy to read and apply. It runs through all of the latest fascial concepts and theory and gives details of different ways to view posture from a structural integrators point of view. It also includes a very useful chapter on manual techniques with some movement exploration, as used by the author who happens to be a Rolfer among many other things. All of the information is well presented and contains plenty of illustrations for us who like to look and learn.

Another quality is that it contains quite a few of the so called "secrets" of structural integration that can't be learned from your local college or university. The information contained is easily applied, very useful, and of course "cutting edge" with the author including some of the latest findings in fascial research.

I highly recommend this book if you are a student Rolfer, practitioner of Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Remedial Massage or other manual therapist. Quite simply, there is nothing else around like it!

There is an enormous amount of info packed into this relatively small and easy to read paperback!!! Now in its second edition (fortunate, because my first edition text is pretty well worn from use & study), this book gets slightly larger but still should be required reading for any path resident while on the TransMed service----you can easily get through it in a month. I also found it a fantastic resource when studying for transmed boards (although that's been a numer of years ago for me). At the time, I'm pretty sure Dr. McCullough wrote many of the boards questions!!! hint, hint Now that I am in practice as a general pathologist, I still occasionally turn to this little book! BUY IT!

This book is a clear and concise review of the major, and in some cases not so major, areas of transfusion medicine. It is well written with a very clear style. The content coverage is superb and the appropriate references are given allowing one to track concepts back to their source.

Other books offer more in-depth review of the individual topics discussed but this book does the best job of evenly covering the major topics at a level appropriate for residents, fellows, and physicians interested in transfusion medicine. This book should be required introductory reading for all clinical pathology residents.

This book, like the first edition, is a truly excellent review of basic concepts in Transfusion Medicine, with enough advanced concepts and details to satisfy pathology residents studying for board exams. Dr. McCullough has gone out of his way to produce a book that is as current as can be, reads easily, and is just plain stuffed full of practical and theoretical information! An added bonus is that since Dr. McCullough (a former editor of the journal TRANSFUSION) authored all but one of the chapters, the book does not suffer from the uneven writing that damages too many Blood Banking books. He is a terrific writer, and this is an outstanding book.

What a great book! I found it in the bargain bin about a year ago and have been using it weekly ever since. While some experiments require prep work, I can find something on maybe every other page that uses only simple materials I already have in the house (e.g., index card and scissors for one--you can cut it in such a way that makes a huge hoop you can step through, button and string for another about inertia, baking soda and vinegar for the classic "volcano" experiment, glasses and water for a music experiment... plus 726 more--far more than enough to keep you busy for 2 years even if you did one per day). I keep it on the counter and whenever I'm trying to keep my three-year-old busy for a while, we flip through it and find something to do. And I love that I'm teaching her about science and the natural world, even though it just feels like "exploring."

I love doing science experiments with my kids and we've gone through many books: magnet ones, slime ones, etc... This one tops them all. Get this one first and you'll find you don't need another until Jr. high! The experiments span the gamut of elaborateness from very easy (demonstrating how air pressure can hold up water with a straw) to very complex (building an electric motor with a nail, wrapped wire, a magnet, and a power source - battery or galvanic lemon, your choice). Science topics span the gamut as well, from weather, electromagnetism, aeronautics, chemistry, mechanical physics etc... Many of these experiments will, of course, be familiar, but many are fresh and astounding - and having such an encyclopedic array of them in one place (and with one narrative voice) is very useful and will encourage you to explore a wide range of topics with your kids.

Some of my favorites: lemons as electric power sources; coins and vinegar paper as electric batteries, compass and wire as galvanometer, plastic bottle and water as barometer, balloon rockets, bottle chemical rockets (with baking powder and vinegar), string spool clock, mobius strips, copper cleaning with lemon juice and then electroplating an iron nail. The mobius strip one astounded my kids - with just a piece of paper and an inch of tape, a pencil, and a scissors. You make the strip with the tape, then draw a line down the middle - amazingly drawing on "both sides" while kids just draw on one side. Then they cut it in half along the line they just drew and instead of getting two pieces of paper (like usually happens when you cut a piece of paper in half) you end up with just one (longer) piece of paper. A big discussion of geometry ensued.

Highest recommendation.

This brilliant text provides a "fly-on-the-wall" view of what it must be like to work in a TCM clinic overseas. From the History through diagnosis and treatment options it presents an accurate and concise account of patient care and the Shen of healing. This is a professional text, written in clear clinical shorthand and a must for your library.

Buy this book, if for no other reason that the treatment protocol for "Flu Like Symptoms" (#5). You will use that methodology to help people from now on.

The Churchill Livingstone edition is bound more stoutly than most Chinese texts, but will require loving preservation - because it WILL be used - if it is to last you a lifetime!

This text really exposes you to a variety of difficult cases from China. It shows you the true power of acupuncture as a form a medicine with its ability to heal patients that are often in critical condition. Not only does it give you the point selections that were used to treat the patients, it also gives you the reasoning behind the selection and sometimes the needling techniques that were used. I highly recommend it because for me, it filled in a lot of missing pieces of the clinical puzzle, especially in the area of why certain points are chosen and how they should be needled in order to get the desired effect.

This book maintains that the primary purpose of the FBI, from its inception and at least through to the late 1980s when Agents of Repression was first published, was to repress political groups and individuals who posed a threat to the status quo. The text is accompanied by heavy documentation and I was often reminded of the writing style of Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman. The focus here, however, is on the domestic crimes of the government. Churchell and Vander Wall show that the FBI was willing to use massive illegal force (including assasination) to repress political enemies and serve the interests of those in power. This is an excellent eye-opener to the true nature of the Bureau and the harsh crimes visited upon the American Indian Movement, the Black Panther Party and others such as the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. One is left wondering what activities the FBI has engaged in since the '80s and especially since 9/11. The best book I've read in some time.

The reissue of Agents of Repression is not only based on the historical significance of the book, but also the concerns expressed by co-author Ward Churchill in his lectures and writings about the direction of this nation with the advent of the Department of Homeland Security and legislative measures that have trampled over the Bill of Rights.

The book was published in 1988 based on the then ongoing litigation by some government officials against an author and publisher who had a work published concerning the illegal repression of AIM.

Agents of Repression is basically split into four sections; a history of the FBI, the government's war against the Black Panther Party, a lengthy exploration of AIM and the steps taken by a variety of government departments to destroy the grass-roots movement and how nothing has changed in the 1980s.

For readers who have explored these issues through other forums, it is an outstanding history. Readers who may be researching this era for the first time, I highly recommend the book since it takes larger topics and breaks them down into succinct chapters.

Churchill became the punching bag for the lightweight talking-heads on cable "news" shows more than a year ago due to comments he made in an academic setting concerning 9/11.

I urge a potential book-buyer to disregard that rhetoric and disinformation campaign waged against the co-author Churchill and consider that perhaps the payback for truly believing in civil rights means the attempt to silence him.