An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth

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Awesome.......2006-04-26

This is a fascinating book - about all three artists and also a study of artistic ability and creativity running through the family. I bought it years after enjoying the exhibition and have also given it to other art lovers. What the artists have to say about each other is interesting and the reproductions are beautiful. Don't miss this - it will only enhance your appreciation every time you encounter a Wyeth!

AN AMERICAN VISION: THREE GENERATIONS OF WYETH ART

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AN AMERICAN VISION: THREE GENERATIONS OF WYETH ART
Thomas Hoving
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JXS76W

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth

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An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth

Manufacturer: Brandywine River Museum
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Marvel HeroClix Xplosion
Various
Manufacturer: WizKids
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1590410750

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Steve McQueen is a handsome photographic art book featuring William Claxton's unique photographs-images that captured the young, controversial American actor in the beginning of his movie career during the 1960s. Claxton's photographs confirm that McQueen's all-American, off-beat good looks were every bit as stunning as his acting and his often-stormy off-screen personality. McQueen continues to be an icon for the youth of yesterday and today. Often labeled as a maverick, a rebel, a tough guy, a loner, and a daredevil, McQueen was, above all else, an American original. Claxton, a sometime buddy of McQueen's, has captured on film not only McQueen's talent and perfectionism, but also his less well-known sensitivity and sense of humor. Along with these photographs, most of which have never been published before, are Claxton's memories and recollections, including anecdotes creating a very personal vision of McQueen. Steve McQueen features action shots of McQueen with his motorcycle buddies, in his fast cars, with his leading ladies and fellow actors, including scenes from several of his early and best films.

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I agree with the other review: "Leaves you begging for more"........2007-04-15

A great book, considering it is of a short period in Steve McQueen's life. This is him in his prime captured by a great photographer.

McQueen fan.......2007-03-08

Very comprehensive. Show's a different side of the rough and tumble character known as Steve McQueen. Very entertaining.

A Fitting Photo Tribute.......2004-03-30

According to his foreward to this book, the photographer William Claxton met Steve McQueen in 1962 when McQueen was starring with Natalie Woods in LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER. The two men formed a friendship and apparently Mr. Claxton became Mr. McQueen's favorite and most requested photographer. This book of wonderful photographs, covering a couple of years in Mr. McQueen's life from 1962 to 1964, is a result of that brief friendship. Most of the pictures appear to be shot in available light and have a wonderful, informal spontaneity about them impossible to capture in formal portraiture. Both the photographer and subject are comnpletely without pretention.

Mr. Claxton caught Mr. McQueen smiling, clowning and pensive. There are photographs of McQueen in fast cars as well as on motorcycles. Many of the shots were done while Mr. McQueen was working on movies. There are also many pictures of him with family and friends. Most of the shots are in black and white with a few in color. Every time I look at them I find yet another photograph that I think is the best in the book. There is a haunting shot of McQueen with his young daughter where the child, sitting on the floor and resting on her arms, looks into Claxton's camera. We only see her father's legs and feet. (p. 79) Another great shot appears on page 73. McQueen is embracing the family cat. Finally, there's a shot of McQueen lying on a blanket in a large field. His profile is beautifully backlit. Both photographs selected for the front and back covers are fine, informal portraits as well.

This book made me remember how much I enjoyed Steve McQueen's movies and made me sad that he is no longer among us.

Leaves you begging for more.......2000-10-20

A wonderful work of art that captures what made Steve so charismatic and appealing. It leaves you wishing you could see more from other periods in his life. This is a book I will treasure all my life. Thank you Amazon, I would have paid ten times as much for this book. God Rest His Soul.

Leaves you begging for more.......2000-10-20

What an incredible set of images from a short time span in Steve's career. The only thing is, you really want more, from other parts of his life. Everything that Steve McQueen meant to his fans and his genre of movies in the 20th century is captured here, and then some. Do not miss this book. Amazon, I would have paid ten times as much for it. I will treasure it the rest of my life. God Rest His Soul.

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12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes: B-Flat Tenor Saxophone (Book & CD) (12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes)

Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0757936547
Release Date: 2005-01-21

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12 Contemporary Jazz Etudes is written by the world-renowned jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, bandleader, educator, and member of the Yellowjackets, Bob Mintzer. Designed for the medium to advanced difficulty level, this book includes: 12 jazz etudes composed by Bob Mintzer in a variety of jazz styles, tempos, and time signatures; performance notes/tips for each etude to assist in interpretation and improvisation; play-a-long CD with a stellar rhythm section; and an opportunity to study and learn these skills: melodic composition, improvisation, sight reading, motivic development, call-and-response, and jazz concept; All books are compatible and written so they can be performed together.

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How do you tempt an archmage who has everything?

From a dark and dusty tomb, Elminster emerges, seeking the guidance of Mystra, and finds only silence. He is drawn into the clutches of the mysterious and sinister Lady of Shadows. The path he takes will lead to a Realms-shaking confrontation where Elminster has to make the most important choice of his long life.

Whatever he decides, the Realms will be forever changed . . .

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Excellent, Read all of them.......2007-01-10

I love Greenwoods Elminster line. It is the best. YOu will never get bored with this one as the plot keeps building and twisting. Great read.

Boring..........2006-04-18

So far I've hated this book. This book has a terrible plot. The Author will introduce a character and only use him or her for three pages. The Book was very confusing. It's more of a chore to do than a book to read. The only reason I'm reading it is because i want to get to the next book. I'd skip it if I were you... don't even start the book.

2 and 1/2 stars.......2005-12-14

This an acceptable entry level book to fantasy, it doesn't have any real depth or much in the way of originality. If your looking for a moderately enjoyable book that you can blow through in an evening then its right up your alley.

There are however much better books to be found at the same reading level.

have not recieved this book yet.......2005-09-19

i am still awating the delivery of this book

BOOOO.......2005-03-31

it did not make any sense. It was very redundant. Every book Greenwood keeps on getting worse and worse. I do not recomend any one getting the Eliminister series.

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This basic sourcebook shows how mass media, and particularly TV, present images that are dangerous to our health and advocates needed reforms. Nancy Signorielli describes the world of television today which has become a major source of information for people around the world--for children especially--and examines how media deal with health and how their messages affect our beliefs and behavior. Her analysis of the latest evidence concerning media images and popular beliefs and behavior and about current health guidelines is designed for students and professionals in communication, health and medical studies, and education and public information. This important new reference volume opens with an introduction that characterizes the role that television and mass media play in our attitudes and behavior about violence, safety, health, and the environment. Topical chapters consider media images and impact on their audiences in relation to physical health and disabilities, mental illness, safety and impairment, death and suicide, the role of health professionals, sex and sexuality, drug and alcohol use and abuse, AIDS, food and nutrition, and the environment. She summarizes the latest evidence, calls for further research, and points to ways to improve media coverage of health matters. An extensive reference list is an invaluable resource for students and experts.

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Bret Lott approaches his family history from the perspective of father, son, and brother, allowing him to interweave three generations of experience and communication with the intent to both teach and learn. The individual stories are not laid out chronologically, but the essays serve as a sort of memoir and, when combined, create a clear picture of the family dynamic. In recalling stories of his childhood, Lott compares his interaction with his brothers to the relationship between his two sons, noting the subtle ways in which life comes full circle. Almost unwittingly he finds himself passing on some of the same paternal advice he received, often with undesired effects. Without lapsing into sentimentality, Lott negotiates his family album with sincerity and a keen eye for detail, unafraid to admit that his memories are not always based in reality. There are plenty of tender moments here, from childhood revelations and shared secrets among brothers to tacitly conveyed declarations of love and respect. Not all of the stories end happily, though, despite Lott's optimistic tone. What emerges is the understanding that the male relationships in this family, or in any other, are cause for reflection, wonder, and quiet celebration.

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The author writes about his experiences and perceptions across three generations of the men in his family. He re-creates the moments of anger and love, work and play, intimacy and distance; he evokes the subtle ties that bind father to son and brother to brother. This author makes the quietest moments of everyday life shout with joy or howl with pain. From the world of men at work to the world of boys at play, this book describes not only the ways men and boys relate to one another but also how their lives evolve over decades, endlessly imitative and endlessly varied. This is a book about men and a book for anyone who knows a man - and the boy in him.

Fathers, Sons, And Brothers - The Men In My Family

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Fathers, Sons, And Brothers - The Men In My Family
Bret Lott
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IWS9QM

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In this hard-hitting, thoroughly researched, and crisply argued book, award-winning historian Robert P. Newman offers a fresh perspective on the dispute over President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in World War II. Newman's argument centers on the controversy that erupted around the National Air and Space Museum's (NASM) exhibit of Enola Gay in 1995.

Newman explores the tremendous challenges that NASM faced when trying to construct a narrative that would satisfy American veterans and the Japanese, as well as accurately reflect the current historical research on both the period and the bomb. His full-scale investigation of the historical dispute results in a compelling story of how and why our views about the bombing of Japan have evolved since its occurrence.

Enola Gay and the Court of History is compulsory reading for all those interested in the history of the Pacific war, the morality of war, and the failed NASM exhibition. The book offers the final word on the debate over Truman's decision to drop the bomb.

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Good reasearch but flawed presentation.......2005-09-27

This book takes on an important topic: historical revisionism of the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Now that all persons involved in the decision are dead as are most of the soldiers and families whose lives would have been affected by an invasion of Japan, the modern left has rewritten the history of that decision. The revised history makes make Japan the victim at the end of World War II, not all the peoples against whom it committed atrocities too numerous to mention and for which it refuses to apologize.

Mr. Newman explores the original source documents, which include interviews of high officials of wartime Japan and also their testimony at the war crimes tribunal. He also puts this in context of a world that was weary from, in effect, two world wars: first the war in Europe and then the war in Japan and after the war in Europe was won. His evaluation of the evidence is compelling and shows clearly that the atomic bombs and the entry of the USSR into the war, with the atomic bombs being the most important, are the reasons why Japan surrendered.

Once he has laid out the evidence and reached his conclusions, he discusses the people on both sides of the debate in the early post-war years, their hidden agendas, and why they reached the conclusions they reached. An interesting point he makes is that sometimes hidden agendas made hawks and doves reach the same conclusions.

It is in his discussion of the later years between the end of World War II and the Air and Space Museum debate where the author's flaws come to light. After reading the book, his beliefs can be summarized as "the atomic bomb was necessary, and the hydrogen bomb was evil." While this position is worthy of consideration, the author's extremism in support of it is distracting. Literally everyone, left or right, hawk or dove, Republican or Democrat, military or civilian, who disagrees with him or was involved in something with which he disagreed is bad, disillusioned, or possibly mentally ill. The book contains rhetoric like this throughout, and it gets old when it goes on page after page, year after year, person after person. For me it detracted from his initial research and conclusions. It became clear that he was attached to his position (atomic bomb good/hydrogen bomb bad) with such rigidity and determination that the entire universe turned black and white when viewed through this lens. For me, that undermined the analysis of the decision to drop the bomb.

I would say that the first third of the book dealing with factual analysis of the decision to drop the bomb based on interviews, testimony, and writings of contemporary leaders and advisors is an important contribution to historical research. The part that follows, however, detracts from the good portion of the book. I give it five stars for the first third, less for the rest, and a result of four stars.

Deserves much wider readership.......2005-09-24

In the early 1990's, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) initiated a plan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of end of WWII. The proposed script for some displays, particularly the Enola Gay, caused so much controversy that the display was significantly altered amid charges of political correctness and censorship. Veteran's groups, among others, claimed that NASM was substituting ideology and victimology for facts and NASM staff countered that they were being censored. This very public dispute has driven renewed interest, and some excellent historical scholarship, on the use of the atom bomb, such as this first rate study of how the event has been interpreted since 1945.
Respected historian Newman,(emeritas, Pittsburgh) whose last book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history, traces the revisions back to Paul Nitze, who wrote much of the sections of the U.S. Strategic Bombing survey dealing with Japan and the atom bombs in particular. Newman states that Nitze believed that the Japanese would have surrendered in a few months and that the bombing, with its greater civilian than military casualties, was immoral. This belief was allowed to color Nitze's report in the survey. Newman documents that Nitze ignored evidence that countered Nitze's beliefs and manipulated other data to support his contentions. Other writers, generally academics and liberals expanded on this, notably P.M.S. Blackett, British peace activist and Nobel laureate who extended the revision by advocating the idea that Truman dropped the bomb to intimidate the Russians. By the sixties, these opinions were spread by such well known polemicists as William Appleman Williams and Gar Alperovitz. Newman finds that Nitze isn't the only writer that ignored material that didn't fit their preconceived notions. For example, most revisionists state that, as of August, 1945, Japan was already defeated, they just hadn't surrendered yet, but Newman correctly points out that Japan had a an army of over one million in China that was advancing, not retreating. When discussing casualties, Newman asks how many Chinese and other asians would have died had the war not ended when it did. He also asks the question: if the use of the atomic bomb by the U.S. is racist, what was what Japan did to China? The generally accepted Chinese casualty estimates are 18-20 million killed!
It is well argued, well-researched with the latest scholarship, extensively footnotes (with 21 pages of notes for 152 pages of text) and well written. The index is poor and there are no photographs. The editor of the series, Bruce Gronbeck (U. of Iowa, communications)adds an after essay that is drearily academic in tone but might be of use to rhetoricians. It is too bad that the title was published in an obscure series (Frontiers in Political Communication) by a less widely known, though respectable publisher. Even if the work is aimed at scholars and graduate students, it is so well written, well argued, and well documented, that it deserves a much wider audience.

Enola Gay and the Court of History.(Book Review) : An article from: Military Review

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Enola Gay and the Court of History.(Book Review) : An article from: Military Review
Michael Pearlman
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This digital document is an article from Military Review, published by U.S. Army CGSC on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 688 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Enola Gay and the Court of History.(Book Review): An article from: Argumentation and Advocacy

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Enola Gay and the Court of History.(Book Review): An article from: Argumentation and Advocacy
Karla Leeper
Manufacturer: American Forensic Association
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This digital document is an article from Argumentation and Advocacy, published by American Forensic Association on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 2352 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Big Eddie's book is still spot-on in 2007

Ed Tells It Like It Is

Amazing

Must Buy!!

Former right-winger doing good

Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative
Ed Schultz
Manufacturer: William Morrow
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Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Ed Schultz is here to slay the "right-wing radio dragon" and revitalize the charge against Bush-era "conservative cruelty" with his own bold, irreverent truth-talk. When the self-described "gun-toting, meat-eating, drug-free liberal" from America's heartland came out swinging with his syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show, listeners realized right away that this was no cookie-cutter liberal, but a tough-talking advocate for everything that's right about the left. "A free press is all that stands between you and a dictatorship," warns Schultz, in defiance of the Bush administration and ultra-conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, whom he blames for quashing political debate just when America needs it most. While Big Ed has what it takes to "go bare-knuckle brawling" with his staunchest detractors, it is with a deep compassion and impeccable common sense that he describes how our "government by the rich and for the rich" is imperiling the lives of average hard-working Americans.

In Straight Talk from the Heartland, Schultz rails against the havoc that our nation's leaders are wreaking on everything from international relations to homeland defense, from our skyrocketing federal deficit to the disenfranchised families of rural America who are struggling to make ends meet. With a heady mix of patriotism, outrage, humor, and hope, he makes an urgent appeal to universal virtues such as honesty and liberty, and reminds readers of what he calls the Four Pillars of a Great Nation:

Defending America: "We have lost faith in our leaders. The world has lost faith in us. Our foray into Iraq, to disarm a nation of biological and nuclear weapons they did not have, has shrunk American credibility like a cheap sweater."

A Sound Economy: "The Bushies are like street hustlers. While they show you a meager tax cut with one hand, they steal your wallet with the other."

Feeding the Nation: "Bad farm policy and bad trade agreements are running the American farmer off the land. It's killing small towns, and small towns are the heart of this nation."

Educating America: "Don't start counting your tax break just yet. Your state and local taxes are rising to support the unfunded mandate of the No Child Left Behind act."

"I'm here to give it to you straight," Big Ed says. "I've got faith that, when Americans grasp what's going on around them, they'll start acting like a bear fresh out of hibernation -- famished, ill-tempered, and ready to start raising hell."

Straight Talk from the Heartland is the wake-up call America has been waiting for.

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Ed Schultz is here to slay the ""right-wing radio dragon"" and revitalize the charge against Bush-era ""conservative cruelty"" with his own bold, irreverent truth-talk. When the self-described ""gun-toting, meat-eating, drug-free liberal"" from America's heartland came out swinging with his syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show, listeners realized right away that this was no cookie-cutter liberal, but a tough-talking advocate for everything that's right about the left. ""A free press is all that stands between you and a dictatorship,"" warns Schultz, in defiance of the Bush administration and ultra-conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, whom he blames for quashing political debate just when America needs it most. While Big Ed has what it takes to ""go bare-knuckle brawling"" with his staunchest detractors, it is with a deep compassion and impeccable common sense that he describes how our ""government by the rich and for the rich"" is imperiling the lives of average hard-working Americans.

Defending America: ""We have lost faith in our leaders. The world has lost faith in us. Our foray into Iraq, to disarm a nation of biological and nuclear weapons they did not have, has shrunk American credibility like a cheap sweater.""

A Sound Economy: ""The Bushies are like street hustlers. While they show you a meager tax cut with one hand, they steal your wallet with the other.""

Feeding the Nation: ""Bad farm policy and bad trade agreements are running the American farmer off the land. It's killing small towns, and small towns are the heart of this nation.""

Educating America: ""Don't start counting your tax break just yet. Your state and local taxes are rising to support the unfunded mandate of the No Child Left Behind act.""

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Big Eddie's book is still spot-on in 2007 .......2007-07-27

Ed Schultz wrote the final words of this book on July 4, 2004, but I didn't start reading it until exactly three years later. Like many Americans, I live in a city where no radio stations carried Schultz in 2004. Tucson's KJLL picked the program up when Don Imus was kicked off the air in 2007. Despite that history, however, the book -- and Schultz's comments on his "Four Pillars of a Great Nation" -- are as pertinent today as they were three years ago. Defending America, a sound economy, feeding the nation and educating America continue to be vital, and the Bush administration has made little progress in any of those areas. Our borders, seaports and airports still have serious security holes. Our good jobs continue to be exported and our debt continues to rise. We must depend on a few giant corporations and thousands of unregulated foreign sources for our food supply. And our children continue to suffer because of cutbacks in federal funding, making us more unable to offer enough to hire the dedicated and competent teachers we need. Schultz, whose Fargo-based radio talk show continues to add stations throughout the nation, tells it like it is, both on the air and in this book. It's insightful, humorous, an enjoyable read and as sensible today as it was in 2004.

Ed Tells It Like It Is.......2006-10-26

Ed Schultz is one of my favorite "talk radio" personalities. I listen to him fairly regularly on Air America radio in my hometown of Minneapolis. Ed is a popular and outspoken guy who eats red meat, owns guns, played football, believes in family values, and hails from rural America. He sees himself as a patriot first, and he used to be a conservative. What changed him was getting in touch with America's heartland during the 1990's...the farmers in particular. He is now a liberal and proud of it, and speaks passionately about what is wrong with this country.

In Straight Talk From the Heartland, Schultz rails against what he considers to be the major internal threats to this great nation: bad leaders (he names George W. Bush as one), a bad economy, bad trade policies, and a bad (because it's woefully under funded) education system. He takes on not only President Bush, but members of his own profession (Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.), concentrating on policies that favor the rich over the common folk.

Schultz's radio show is highly rated in many markets, and he seems to have tapped into an unrecognized audience deep within America, far beyond the heartland where he lives (in North Dakota).

Much of what Ed writes in this book is simply a common sense approach to our current political events, and misadventures. What sets this book apart is that Ed approaches it from the viewpoint of a conservative, and then explains how short-sighted the conservative way of thinking is regarding these various issues. I thoroughly enjoyed Ed's "former conservative" viewpoint and no nonsense way of looking at the issues, as well as his admission that the conservative way of thinking is not only wrong for America right now, it's downright stupid. Someone had to say it, and Ed is just the guy to do it.

Amazing.......2006-08-28

I'm amased that Ed wrote this book a few years back, and things he talks about in the book happening someday, are happening now.
Straight talk, is what we all need to do in this Country, and we all need to wake up, and take our Country back.

Must Buy!!.......2006-04-30

I feel of the left leaning books that are out there, this is the BEST. If you listen to his shows he is a wonderful common sense talk show host. His book is just as good. Ed really is where America needs to be. He leans left of center, which is where I think most common sense republicans will understand and agree on most of his book. Neo-cons you want to read him because this is where your party is heading. Left of Center and Liberals please buy, you need to move the party back or else bush and pals will make this a worse place. Left of center is ok, and actually moves the country forward. MUST BUY!

Former right-winger doing good.......2006-03-03

Ed's conversion from right-wing parrot to trail-blazing author and radio host provides hope for this country. "Straight from the Heartland" shares the story of his transformative visit to a homeless shelter where his stereotypes of the poor were shattered. He shifted from Ayn Randian idolization of the rich to a leading advocate of the working class; and his concern for the plight of family farmers is all too rare.
Ed's suggestion that Americans "improve relationships with Muslim populations" is another much needed call for compassion in this era of Islamophobia. "Straight from the Heartland" provides many practical ideas for finding our way out of the fear and anger that elite "perception managers" have created and provides a road map to reinvigorating our democratic ideals. Ed lives his vision through his radio show by not screening callers and creating a daily "town hall" for any and every American to participate in.

I'm donating extra copies of this inspiring book to the second-hand stores that impoverished people often shop at. Ed's hope, humor and compassion will provide a nice break from all the junky romance and military novels that often fill the shelves at the Goodwill.

Straight Talk from the Heartland : Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative

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Straight Talk from the Heartland : Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative
Ed Schultz
Manufacturer: Regan Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEN7X4

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A guide to the heavens, updated through 1995, now includes a pop-up sky presenting the entire celestial field, and the famous Star Finder Wheel.

Whitney's starfinder;: A field guide to the heavens

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Whitney's starfinder;: A field guide to the heavens
Charles Allen Whitney
Manufacturer: Knopf
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Whitneys Starfinder
Rh Value Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0517485656
Release Date: 1988-01-27

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