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This is an atlas put out by Oxford that depicts wonderfully global flows of everything from cars to copper. Inexplicably, it has not been updated since 1972 --and so much has changed since then.

But that too, makes the old edition fun to look at --to see how much the world has changed. Eg, under global sales of autos, there are huge think bands emanating from michigan and reaching all around the globe denoting the volume of exports of autos from the US. The flows out of Europe are also very large.

--And from Japan/Asia they are tiny. Korea I don't even think registered. What a difference a few years makes.

I'd be interested to see what the flows are now, as so many Toyota plants [eg] are based in the US and other local markets.

This book is crying out to get back into print.

If by chance an Oxford editor reads this, I would suggest more attention to human labor force flows, and would include, by way of comparison, maps from the earlier edition ['then and now' comparisons].

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This is one of the latest volumes of the definitive collection of all the most important works from the Founding Era of the United States that bear on understanding the original public legal meaning of the Constitution. As such, the complete collection should be a part of every university and college library in the U.S. Alas, it is not. Many schools don't have all the volumes, and many of the earlier volumes are no longer in print.

There has also been a problem with some copies that the printing process caused the omission of punctuation, especially periods, commas, and semicolons, so that someone quoting a work might have to guess at punctuation, or else consult another copy. I have reported the problem, and hopefully it will be corrected in further publication, but it is still a problem for some copies already on library shelves.

It should also be noted that while each volume arranges its writings in chronological order, the collection as a whole is not strictly chronological, so one may have to examine several volumes in trying to find a particular document.

Anyone with a serious interest in the Constitution should try to assemble a complete collection and subscribe to new volumes as they come out. The editors are to be commended for their fine work, and it is to be hoped that volumes now out of print will be reprinted and made available.

This is one of the latest volumes of the definitive collection of all the most important works from the Founding Era of the United States that bear on understanding the original public legal meaning of the Constitution. As such, the complete collection should be a part of every university and college library in the U.S. Alas, it is not. Many schools don't have all the volumes, and many of the earlier volumes are no longer in print.

There has also been a problem with some copies that the printing process caused the omission of punctuation, especially periods, commas, and semicolons, so that someone quoting a work might have to guess at punctuation, or else consult another copy. I have reported the problem, and hopefully it will be corrected in further publication, but it is still a problem for some copies already on library shelves.

It should also be noted that while each volume arranges its writings in chronological order, the collection as a whole is not strictly chronological, so one may have to examine several volumes in trying to find a particular document.

Anyone with a serious interest in the Constitution should try to assemble a complete collection and subscribe to new volumes as they come out. The editors are to be commended for their fine work, and it is to be hoped that volumes now out of print will be reprinted and made available.

This is one of the latest volumes of the definitive collection of all the most important works from the Founding Era of the United States that bear on understanding the original public legal meaning of the Constitution. As such, the complete collection should be a part of every university and college library in the U.S. Alas, it is not. Many schools don't have all the volumes, and many of the earlier volumes are no longer in print.

There has also been a problem with some copies that the printing process caused the omission of punctuation, especially periods, commas, and semicolons, so that someone quoting a work might have to guess at punctuation, or else consult another copy. I have reported the problem, and hopefully it will be corrected in further publication, but it is still a problem for some copies already on library shelves.

It should also be noted that while each volume arranges its writings in chronological order, the collection as a whole is not strictly chronological, so one may have to examine several volumes in trying to find a particular document.

Anyone with a serious interest in the Constitution should try to assemble a complete collection and subscribe to new volumes as they come out. The editors are to be commended for their fine work, and it is to be hoped that volumes now out of print will be reprinted and made available.

Have a pilot to fly you out to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, whereupon you will skydive. Not a parachute on your back, mind you, but instead, a thousand pound anvil strapped to your ankle. Into the briny water you descend, past sharks, giant squids, down to area where the sun's glow is as foreign as another universe, all the way until you reach the bottom. Your feet connect with a ground you had almost forgotten existed within this beautiful netherworld. Welcome to "Don't Explain".

It makes me cringe, having the first review of Betsy Sholl's "Don't Explain", quite simply the finest work in poetry this past quarter century. Great penmanship has become lost in an increasingly stupid and commercialized society. And thus great writers a sadly unable to gain even the smallest snippets of recognition.

"Don't Explain" isn't for the casual reader. Nor is it for the beginning poetry reader. Betsy Sholl writes in a style unwitnessed in the works of any other. If one were to make a seismograph of the bodies of Sholl's poems, they would be charted as a 10 on the Richter scale; thoughts and conveyed ideas constantly diverting from the center, yet always managing to come back to the main point. This is literary brilliance which simply can't be mimicked. She writes in a similar style that her jazz idols such as Coltrane played sax/trumpet: mind bursting, seemingly sporatic, yet all the elements adheasing together in ways one would think impossible. Sholl's trademark style is most well executed in "Don't Explain". I have the impression that this is what Sholl was aiming for in "The Red Line" and other older works, yet "Don't Explain" is when all the elements of her writing seem to congeal into it's most solid state. This is writing at its highest peak, which in Betsy Sholl terms, amounts to the deepest depths of the human experience.

"Don't Explain" is a bit different from Sholl's other works. While its predecessor, "The Red Line" dabbled relentlessly in sociological issues, and its follow up, "Late Psalm" was a bit more timid and mellow in tone, "Don't Explain" seems to be the one which Betsy Sholl wrote for Betsy Sholl. Such courageous leaps of addressing personal issues, untouched for far too long, ultimately amount to the finest caliber poetry collection possibly ever written.

Highlights of the book include WITH YOU IN DARKNESS (a stark and poignant poem about the suicide of her schizophrenic friend, somber in its tone, yet peppered with magical, almost hallucinatory language), CHANCES, and BETWEEN PICKETS (my personal favorite, and certainly one of my top three poems ever).

Like the deep, however, "Don't Explain" will be too far over the heads of most readers. This is a very difficult read, yet one of the most rewarding experiences one could receive from language. Betsy Sholl is a goddess, though she'd probably be the last to admit it to herself.

I read these books when I was a young girl in the early 80s. They were passed down from a family friend. Loved them! They have such a charm and innocence that is so lacking in books today. Even though there's lots of 50s & 60s references that will make you smile (that even made me laugh in the early 80s), any girl would still enjoy them. Most of the struggles Donna faces are still so relevant today. It's obvious from the success of the movie Grease, TV show "7th Heaven" and & Happy Days & The Brady Bunch on DVD that people still love to relive these magical times and that teenagers never really change. They just have different fads and habits but the emotions and problems are still the same! PLEASE ask for a reprint of the whole 7 books in the series! Anyone know who I can contact to make it happen?

Double Take: A Rephotographic Survey Of Madison, Wisconsin is a decidedly impressive collection of black-and-white photography by Wisconsin native Zane Williams and celebrates the beauty and uniqueness of Wisconsin's capital city of Madison. Impressive quality images of urban landscapes, monuments, and grand architecture fill the pages of this memorable collection from cover to cover. Enhanced with informative commentaries by Zane Williams, Thomas H. Garver, Harvey M. Jacobs, George A. Talbot and John O. Holzhueter, Double Take is a superbly appropriate sightseeing souvenir, as well as a true delight for Madisonians to simply page through.

Once upon a time a river forked, and one family went West and the other South. The one who stayed in control and healthy prospered; the other just seemed to lose its way, dissipate, and fade away. This is the legacy of Orrin Ingram. For those who enjoy the very early days (1850-1900) of our historically significant industries, this book establishes the creation of the Empire Lumber Company, which became in time, the base which produced Inram Industries and Weyerhaeuser Company.

If you love animals, you'll love this book. Rory Foster is an amazing man!!!

This book first masterfully puts the events which transpired into their context in mid-19th century Wisconsin. It then sets out excerpts from the fascinating transcript of the murder trial of DuBay, a "half-breed" of high repute. The trial arose out of DuBay's killing of a Californian who moved into Wisconsin and took DuBay's land, with DuBay alleging self-defense. In addition to presenting a historical and colorful true factual story, the book is highly interesting for the insight it offers into the criminal justice system at this time.