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WHAT A CHARMING PIECE ON THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH. CRAFTED WITH PURE GENIOUS AND A PEN FOR DETAIL, "THE MODERATES' DILEMMA" BRINGS TO LIGHT THE UNDENIABLE OBSTINANCE OF THE SOUTH'S PREMIERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.THIS WORK IS A MUST READ FOR HISTORY GRADS OF ANY BACKGROUND.

I read the book, it is brilliant collection of writings. The editors offer an interesting, sophisticated analysis of the white response to busing. Being a former student of his, I can attest that Matthew D. Lassiter is an incredibly intelligent, dynamic individual. I highly recommend this book, and anxiously await his upcoming works.

Matthew Lassiter, editor-in-chief of this seminal collection, sets forth, once again, a fresh standard of scholarly excellence and eloquence. His essay, "A 'Fighting Moderate,'" illustrates one of his innumerable intellectual virtues, the ability to electrify his arduously acquired historian's sobriety with an innate psychological acuity.

Matthew D. Lassiter, perhaps the world's pre-eminent scholar of the American South, co-edited this penetrating and resonant collection of essays, to which he has contributed a characteristically elegant and astute study of Benjamin Muse, who figured prominently in the turbulent early years of desegregation in Virginia.

For my senior seminar, I wrote a paper on desegregation/busing in the South. While I was doing research, a librarian found this book for me. I had to wait 2 weeks to get it through interlibrary loan, but it was worth it!! The essays really bring home the complexity of Southern desegregation when viewed through the lens of class issues. I can only aspire to produce such insightful scholarship!

Very impressed with all the info packed inside of the book... is a tad big for a pocket.

This book is great, it's very handy and you can keep it with you at all times, in your lab coat, or anything. Nice and Small, but filled with lots of useful information.

over two thousand dollars for a paperback book?

I'm very satisfied with this dictionary, because I can find anything I need in it. By the way, I am a medical student.

A lot of info in portable form. Better than Bantam or the other lightweight medical dictionaries you find in the health section of regular bookstores. There are some acronyms and abbreviations in the inside covers.

This is an amazing historical fiction account of the Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery. In Idaho, students are spoon-fed Lewis and Clark starting in the fourth grade. By the time they get to 8th grade, students think they know everything there is to know about the Corps of Discovery. This novel opens up their eyes and their minds to so many more possibilities, and the understanding that, "Yes, you're right Mrs. Baker, I guess there are still some things about the Lewis and Clark journey that I don't know." And they enjoy it! Beyond that, my husband, who is only satisfied with reading non-fiction, enjoyed it. I loved it. It is exceptional. The content/vocabulary is not so difficult that those with lower reading abilities will be put off, as they are, for example, by Undaunted Courage. Read it. You will be glad you did!

THIS BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT LEWIS AND CLARK AND I'VE READ A LOT OF THEM. EVERY ONE SHOULD GET THIS BOOK.

I loved this book - it is great historical fiction. The story-telling is great, and you pick up a lot of facts and information about the actual Lewis & Clark trip (without it getting boring or tedious). The style of writing takes a little getting used to - it is written in a poetic style, and each "chapter" is written in first-person by one of 14 different people. But, you get used to it. A plus for me was that each "chapter" is only 1-3 pages in length - so I could read small, complete pieces when I could find time. The author does include actual passages from journals kept on the trip, and mixes these passages well with both fictional and non-fictional accounts of the trip. I particularly enjoyed following the stories of Reubin and Joseph Fields.

I love poetry and history and found this book to be an intriguing blend of both. I've read many books on Lewis and Clark's voyage - even the best have a tendancy to become tedious with the (mis)spelling and durge of details. Mr. Wolf tells the story of the trip from the aspect of many different characters - including Seaman, the Newfoundland dog. This would be an excellent book for teachers to read aloud to their students - it's also a great introduction to poetry - don't be put off if you're not a poetry fan - you will like it!

"New Found Land," by Alan Wolf. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0763621137/qid=1114056055/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6991206... This book, billed as suitable for grade seven and up, caught the eye of a geezer. It's a novel written in first person poetic form in fourteen different voices, all principals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, The Corps of Discovery.

The title voice is none other than that of Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's big black bear of a Newfoundland dog--known to himself as Oolum. New Found Land is a story of a land at the dawn of its transition to a new existence, one that we know today as the western half of the United States of America. Other voices are Lewis himself, Clark, Thomas Jefferson, George Shannon, the Fields brothers, others of the expedition, and of course, Sacajawea.

Of course, it wasn't really New FOUND Land. It had been found some 10,000 years earlier, before the pyramids were built. But to the members of the expedition, and to many of us who love their story, it WAS NEW Found Land.

This work is a blend of the actual words from the Journals, and what might have been said by the characters as they made their daily discoveries. I like its poetic style, unique among all the books I've read about this adventure.

This is really a pretty good book. I have to admit that I held little optimism for this book initially. The cover was a bit corny and the intro sounded a bit down home for me. I got a good deal on the book and the reviews were good so I took the plunge. I am very glad I did.

The book is written mostly as a series of emails with a couple of brief epilogues. Through the emails we see the story of a marriage in trouble. Let's not kid ourselves this is a marriage in crisis. The emails are a series of correspondence between our fictional (I believe) couple individually to our good counselor and also from a couple that is supporting the troubled pair to the counselor and amongst themselves. Sound confusing? Don't worry. It isn't.

The story, for that is what it is, is easy to follow and well written. The method of using emails is an excellent way for the author to tell us exactly how he feels without coming off as lecturing. The different situations are sometimes extreme but usually teach a valuable lesson.

Personally I found the book totally engrossing. I read the entire test except for the last 20 pages in one sitting. The impact of the lessons told in a folksy style hit home even if the situations did not match mine closely.

So here is my summary of good and bad.

Good:
1. God centered. If you are a Christian this will fit well in your faith system. If you are not a Christian the faith based parts might turn you off to the rest of the text.....might.
2. Has high impact. The cost of not making sacrifices and doing what is right are told in a high impact and emotional way.
3. Progression is right. The issues escalate and the blindness of people is real.
4. Easy to read. Short chapter/emails.

Bad:
1. Cartoons. There are cartoons at the end of most chapters. I just didn't get the humor honestly.
2. Some of the situations seemed a bit extreme.
3. The later dialogue and developments felt just a bit rushed and extreme. Not horribly so but not as natural as the first ¾ of the book.

The bad points are really not bad as much as personal observations. I endorse this book for any couple (especially men) who are having a crisis in the relationship. Maybe better read it before you do in order to learn how to avoid the crisis.

Remember we are human. Wanting to be good and do the right thing is never enough. This book is a great help. I found it inspiring, motivational and a great tool. I found myself wondering how I could email someone like the counselor in this book just to hash things out. I have not seen or read the study guide but I imagine that it would be an excellent study guide if it is based on this text.

This book arrived in excellent condition, on time and much information that would benefit young married and older adults too.

This book is not only challenging and educational, it's enjoyable too. It's obvious that Doyle Roth made a concious effort to make it humorous, witty, and easy to read. What's missing from it, thank goodness, is all the shrink-speak and psycho-babble you normally get with this subject matter. Mr. Roth dares you to love your wife the way Jesus loved His bride, the church. If you read this book, you will find yourself in a state of self-reflection asking yourself how you can be a better, more-loving and less self-certered husband.

This book has life changing potential. If you are married or know anyone who is this is a must read for you. The presentation of the material is in story format, which makes it not only an easy and entertaining read but also a very educational and informative read. It confronts the everyday issues that will tear relationships apart and offers solutions to help out. It is full of humor and heart, it will touch you and make you want to be a better person, to love more, and to love better. It will challenge you to be a better spouse and to encourage others around you to do the same. Grab a copy quick and get ready to read, because once you get started you won't want to put it down.

A book for every couple to read. It truly opens your eyes to how easy it is for men and women to grow apart. At the same time, it provides some simple "rule of thumb" type applications that can make a huge difference in your relationship. Cause a huge paradigm shift for me. The e-mail setting for the writing style was fantastic.

Vicki Thompson is an author whose books I can't put down once open. To me this is her best. Two lawyers get involved when she, trying to stop her parents pending divorce comes up with a wild idea of deceipt to bring them
together. Her cohort, a seeming staid dull guy agrees to become her gigilo
lover. But she does not know he had been wild in high school. When they meet her parents, he is kissing her wildly. She puts her hand in his back
jeans pocket to show their sexual involvement. The parents are appalled that she is going with such a creep and try to break it up. Yet he bonds with them. As he does, their objections decrease and affection for each other re-unites. She had wanted a real lover but never envisioned him until their ploy breaks down her defenses and love develops. An outsider
tries to steal her away using a ruse. They rush to find her. Love starts
to develop. However she had told her mother that the gigilo would wrongly claim he was a legal partner. He learns of her deception and gets furious.
Will her parents stay together? Can she return to work along side with her deep love for him and his disdain? The book is delighful fun w/some twists and very hard to put down. I got emersed in it. You will too. I highly recommend this book to anyone who vaguely enjoys Vicki Thompson. A+

A great read, loved it. Very funny in parts. It has everything. The characters were great, especially Bud & Gladys.

I like romatic comedies, and this one is the best. It made the rounds
of the women in the office where I used to work, and all gave it a
thumbs up!

Lynn and Tony are both lawyers in the same office. Lynn
needs an unsuitable fiance to unite her parents in opposition to
defuse their upcoming divorce. Buttoned down Tony becomes bad boy
Tony, complete with cigarette pack in rolled up T-shirt sleeve.

The
scenario in the airport where Tony carries Lynn's mother into the
Ladies Room after she passes out and deposits her rear in one basin
and feet in another is a scream. However, the makeout scene in the
back seat of a car is a close second....

Vicki Lewis Thompson did a wonderful, wonderful job with this book. It was action, humor, and excitement from page one! Laughters and tons of sexual attraction between Lynn and Tony all the way. I felt it was a very colorful book. It's definitely one of the best L&L I've read in a long time!

Once again, editors of the well known textbook of pediatric surgery publish an obligated refernce book for all pediatric surgeons, pediatricians, and practitioners. This new edition is updated and the refernces at the end of each chapter are an excelnet complement.

Very nice text covering pediatric surgery. Covers a multitude of topics w/ good explanations and well drawn pictures outlining the key points of the operation. More oriented to the actual surgery, would recommend something like Ashcraft for more in depth discussion of pathophysiology.

A long overdue updated edition of the Paediatric Surgery 'Bible'.The new panel of authors have maintained the traditionally excellent charecter and readability of the book.It has been throughly updated and many sections rewritten.A extensive and exhautive reference book for all surgeons involved in the care of babies and children.

This is the new edition of the "classic" textbook of Pediatric Surgery. It is the most comprehensive text available on the subject, a must for all practicing pediatric surgeons and aspiring pediatric surgeons. Perhaps a bit too comprehensive for non-pediatric surgeons looking for a simple reference book to keep on their shelf. Nevertheless, even in its fifth edition, this remains the "bible" of Pediatric Surgery.

This two-volume textbook is the definitive reference book for pediatric surgery as practiced in the U. S. and Canada. As a pediatric surgeon, I use it frequently to refresh myself on the more complicated or unusual cases that I encounter. In addition, it is a good source of material for preparing educational presentations for other health care professionals. Every pediatric surgeon or resident in a pediatric surgery residency training program should own this book.

That said, this book is perhaps a bit too much for the general surgery resident or medical student in the middle of a busy pediatric surgery rotation. He or she might do better with Principles of Pediatric Surgery, a single-volume textbook covering the essentials of the subject, also published by Mosby. This other book would probably also best serve other nonsurgical pediatric physicians for pediatric surgery reference purposes.

I read this book to augment my graduate-level Project Management course. I knew of the author's reputation as an instructor and a pioneer. The book lived up to my expectations.

Mr. Lewis covered the major aspects of managing a project very concisely and expertly. Here for example are the four reasons he gave for consensually estimating a task's duration:

1. No one person is "on the hook" for the estimate. If it turns out to be significantly off, no individual will get chastised for it.

2. Inexperienced team members will learn from the more experienced ones. Their ability to estimate improves.

3. Collectively, the team will be more likely to think of all the factors that may affect the time required to do the task. An individual is more likely to omit some of them. (This is an instance where more heads are better than one.)

4. I, as the PM, will receive a higher psychological commitment to the estimate than would be true if a single individual came up with it.

This is all fine and dandy but how can I use it?

It becomes another arrow in my quiver, so to speak. I can use it to clearly articulate the advantages of consensual estimating to anyone who challenges the idea. How many times do we run into a stakeholder who questions the need to "waste" time and effort coming up with a consensual estimate?

Bravo to Mr. Lewis for this wonderful book!

Very well written book on Project Management. Easy to follow and well illustrated. The author also provides practical insight in to "how PM really works".

The book covers the entire PM process. I bought the book to learn more about scheduling and as it turns out scheduling is not the main focus of the book. Still a worthwhile read

The author does a good job of discussing the basic material in PM, in addition to spicing up the content with real-world examples and a nice, honest tone in monologue. A good addition to any PM's library.

James P Lewis and his books are great for any project manager practitioner. It has a wealth of information and I have every one of his books. I studied from oen of his first books and passed the PMP exam as well as use his books to teach project management classes at a couple of universities. It is easy read, full of ideas and reference information for everyday use.

When you look at the goals of this book they are things like develop a methodology that works, using common tools like PERT, CPM, setting up communications within the team; in essence the real things that make a project successful. This also means that you learn enough that if you want to take the PMP test, you have the background and understanding to pass it.

This is the fourth edition of a book initially published in 1991. As the author says, it is written for the practitioner rather than the classroom. There are a number of books on passing the PMP exam. Most of them teach to the questions on the test without going into what you are really trying to do as a project manager. This book is different. It covers what it really takes to manage a project, and it does so with words that are easy to understand with photographs that are meaningful to the text.

This is the best book I know of to use when you really want to understand what project management is all about.

The narration in this book is nothing extraordinary, but it is indeed the LOOK of the book that makes it so special. Gorgeous photography and other artwork that really bring the topic alive and make this book stand out. Also, a very nice discussion of each of the Corps of Discovery members at the end of the book. This one's a keeper!

As a reader and relative of Sacagawea,I couldn't be more pleased with this book in both content and presentation. I feel that Joyce Hunsaker has gotten to the heart of this woman,and her place in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She's presented us with a wonderful gift. The photographs, charts, maps, Bodmer and Catlin paintings included are the best and most complete I've ever seen. Even the footnotes are fascinating! You honor my family, and all of us in America, where the world lives, Joyce. Mitakuye oyasin!

Imbued with a lyrical talking style, each page offers morsels of everyday tribal life, as Readers listen to Sacagawea's memories, stories, explanations & interpretations. From how the white men misunderstood the hand sign which described her tribal name, to how the First People spoke to each other. From when Sacagawea is taken prisoner by a warring clan, to when she, as wife to the expedition scout Charbonneau, is delivered of her son. From the contents of Thomas Jefferson's Medicine Chest, to the animals they came upon on & the uses for their hides. From full page photographs of the daunting & beautiful landscape over which they trod, to the expedition's supply list.

Complete with a Shoshoni vocabulary, quotations from the Lewis & Clark journals, interpretive notes, a timeline, biographical sketches of Sacagawea, her family & members of the Corps of Discovery, together with over 100 photographs & illustrations, SACAGAWEA SPEAKS is an awesome experience! Eloquent, elegant, filled with information & quirky historical footnotes.

All that is missing is a CD of this author speaking her story.

Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond The Shining Mountains With Lewis & Clark by historical interpreter and story teller Joyce Badgley Hunsaker is a superbly illustrated coffee-table book that combines extensive historical research, eye-witness history, participant journal entries, and more in order to present the story of Sacagawea, the Native American woman who traveled alongside the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. Stunning color photography of landscapes and historical artifacts, timelines, Shoshoni vocabulary, and much more round out this beautiful and absorbing preservation of a piece of American exploratory history as showcased from the truly unique perspective of a Native American woman.

Just when you think there is nothing else to be written about Sacagawea, Joyce Badgley Hunsaker's book Sacagawea Speaks goes to the top of the list. This is a magnificent book brimming with artifacts and illustrations to support the well researched text, and little known facts about Sacagawea and her Lemhi Shoshone people that helped me understand her in a way I never had before. This is a book to keep on your coffee table for the entire Lewis and Clark bicentennial 2003-2006. You and your visitors can open it up to any chapter or sidebar and be immediately taken back in time, enjoying the story because of its rich details and friendly style and poring over the illustrations. A beautiful volume that young and old will want to read and reread. I was delighted to find it.

For Americans of Scottish descent, "A Scots Quair" (a trilogy) will teach you how Scots in Kindardineshire spoke, what life was like, how the air might have felt against your cheek. It's like looking into the hearts and minds of our ancestors and finding that life's basics have not changed at all.

It is rare to find a book written on Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century to be so powerful and moving. The book heroine, Chris Guthrie is one of the most realistic and brilliant characters in modern literature. To have a book that merges elements of the Kailyard and the counter-Kailyard movement so effectively is an brilliant idea, difficult, but brilliant. Quite simply the greatest book ever written.

A marvellous trilogy with each novel depicting that particular era superbly. My personal favourite was Sunset Song because it was saluting the end of an era for the Scottish crofter who will always be part of Scotland's great heritage.

For Americans of Scottish descent, "A Scots Quair" (a trilogy) will teach you how Scots in Kindardineshire spoke, what life was like, how the air might have felt against your cheek. It's like looking into the hearts and minds of our ancestors and finding that life's basics have not changed at all.

unjustly overlooked, this book (really comprised of three novellas, all together a trilogy) deserves to be mentioned in the same breath with other modernist works, such as "Dubliners" or "Sons and Lovers." at its time, the books were important, both politically and socially, because they present scottish language and scottish history as things separate from - though no less equal to - the larger "English" culture. beyond this, gibbon's lyricism is a wonder to behold; he can manipulate language in ways that may bring a tear to your eye (and the story, mournful as it is, just may add to it)."Scottish Quaire" is a work that many have never heard of, and that is unfortunate. it offers a unique voice to the human condition, and, perhaps more importantly, the scottish condition. i tell you to buy it, or at least check it out of your library (lord knows there'll be copies available).

Hi, I was planning on buying this book, but happened to see it at the Wichita Public Library. The book is full of old pictures, both of the forts while in use, and from the 1960's when the bood was written. The amount of data is great, and the book itself is well written. The book is written at medium level, enough detail so that you understand why the forts are built like they were, but not so much that you fall asleep. I have visited Fort MacArthur in Los Angeles and Fort Morgan near Mobile Alabama, so I have seen examples of the book's subject.
Mike

Ray Lewis has provided a super walk through the history of seacoast artillery in America. Nobody has done it better.

A wonderfully written book that will interest anyone that has visited one, or more of the many old forts up and down the East Coast of the United States. This book will be extremely fascinating to anyone with the least bit of curiosity about old forts. The author is very knowledgable about the subject matter and does a brilliant job of conveying information in a way that makes it understandable to an amateur, while still being insightful to a professional in the field of coastal fortification history.

This is the only book which attempts to provide an overview of the history of seacoast fortification in the U.S. Although general in nature, it is a superb reference in regard to the evolution of coastal fortification. It contains many excellent photographs of representative fortifications. A must have for those interested in military fortifications, particularly those of the U.S

In the thirty years since this book was published, one always hoped another would equal or surpass it. None has, or perhaps ever will. It is a marvelous history of the Forts along the American Seacoast, both Atlantic and Pacific, and even the Phillipines. Any Fort enthusiast MUST read this book. The author captures so much information, so many views, so much perspective in so few pages, the book is breathtaking. It is easily the finest book on its chosen subject, which is why it never goes out of print. If Forts interest you, Read it. Period.

The photographs from the author's collection, the army's files, the National Archives, etc. are worth its price. But the text, the clear delineation of the periods of Fort Building since 1794 in the US, and the differentiation of the periods, are so worth while.

Ray manages to be both terse, and pithy. It is a great tribute to any author to say that.

This is a MUST read for anyone interested in the subject, even one only interested in their own local Fort, and how it relattes to the defense plans of the United States when it was built.

There is NO better book to read on the subject. None.