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For the Type C, or creative, personalities who want their work to "fill" their deepest creative urges, this is the frontline guide to making the transition from a secure and soulless job to a life built around a creative dream. Individuals learn how to follow the mind's eye to construct a life that conforms to personal vision, steal time to make creative dreams come true, use as assets the resources around them, and turn creative goals and objectives into an effective life plan.
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Practical and Motivating!.......2007-08-12
I've reviewed many How-To, motivational and inspirational books and I've noticed patterns and examples that generate warm and fuzzy feelings but are more philosophical than offer practical applications. I only learned about Ken Atchity because he was a keynote speaker at a conference I was attending. Listening to him speak, I knew this book would be a new slant and flavor to check out and I was very impressed as I read it.
The examples of the Accountant, Visionary and Creative personality types are great. Ken adds charts to achieve your dream with an agenda, time scheduling and word transformations. He uses his experience operating as both the accountant and a visionary to truly show the creative objectives. Then he adds a little yoga, seaweed greens, exercise and fun advice about balancing personal, professional and inspirational aspects of living life to the full, every moment.
I'm recommending this books to many. This book is more practical and motivating than many books I've read.
Ken's story...and too much of it.......2006-09-09
Yes Ken may have an amazing story but how its supposed to help you is beyond me after slogging thru the most boring book around. It,s all about ME....Did I tell you how I gave up a tenure? Did I tell you how I beat my accountant father in understanding and conquering risk?....Did I tell you.....then let me tell you again and again and again. If this is interesting to you then read on, if not then you should just get the latest 2007 parachuete book (to figure out your real goals and drives) & Napoleon Hill's classic, Think and Grow Rich, to make them happen. Cheers, Remy.
The Type C's Bible.......2005-12-09
Who doesn't need a trusted guide to help them face what, I think, is one of the most difficult challenges in a lifetime: the ultimate career transition? Ken is the calm voice of reason, guiding his readers on their journey from a lifetime of security into the unknown, and all it has to offer. What's best is that he's done it all before, so he's telling it like it is. There's no sugar coating here. Just the facts.
Moving from a steady paycheck to an unstable life of entrepreneur is one of the most difficult things I've ever done. I wish I had read this book then. I'm glad I read it now. I believe that, no matter if you're new or seasoned, every entrepreneur, or Type C, should read this book. What's the old saying: "It's not how many times you fall, but how many times you get up?" Ken teaches you how to fall gracefully, and get up stronger. Thanks to this book, I'll never "quit" again... I'll simply "regroup."
Inspirational Masterpiece.......2005-04-01
I want to thank Kenneth Atchity, a creative genius for sharing his brilliant mind and writing an inspirational masterpiece that made me realize it is normal to be crazy enough to pursue my dreams for as long as I have been pursuing them and even though I sometimes feel that I have gotten nowhere, it is safe to believe that someday I will reach that place that I need to be and the true success is that I keep going until I get there, because no other place will do.
The Author's Real Life Experiences and Real Answers for You!.......2005-03-17
I always find self-help books to be the most useful when the author has accomplished something more difficult than what I am seeking to do. The lessons from a more challenging transition always seem to make it more obvious to me what I should do.
Top film producer, author and agent, Dr. Kenneth Atchity, has been there and done that. He turned his back on lifetime tenure as a respected professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles to become a creative force and deal-maker in both Hollywood and New York. Why? He wanted to live his dreams . . . rather than be merely secure.
As I often say to friends, I'd rather be exhausted than bored. Dr. Atchity seems to operate on the same wavelength.
The book has a much more sophisticated view of the psychology of personal change than I have read in more self-help books. Dr. Atchity is either extremely self-aware . . . or he has spent a lot of time on somebody's couch.
I found the concepts in his book to be very interesting and helpful. He describes how our minds normally oscillate between the visionary who creates our dreams (who sets no limits) and the accountant (who wants meat and potatoes on the table today). This oscillation can be destructive of both our dreams and our security. In the book, he describes an alternative, a Type C, who reconciles dreams and security in ways that make both more realizable.
I especially liked his discussions of the realities behind the things people fear most: losing their homes; not being able to pay their bills; and filing for bankruptcy. As he points out, it's not great . . . but it's not the end of the world.
Anyone who becomes self-employed will see many ups and downs in their income and prospects. With years of experience, you come to realize that every "down" is merely setting up a future "up" and you act accordingly.
Dr. Atchity seems to have an emotional life that can go up and down with the seasons of his professional life. I was impressed by his many suggestions for how to avoid emotional lows, drag yourself out of an emotional hole and make the most out of your highs.
The Type C concept and the idea about the tension between dreams and security are based in Dr. Atchity's own family. If you have family members who actively encourage and discourage your dreams, you'll recognize what he describes.
If you've ever talked yourself out of living your dreams, you should read this book. You may just want to change your mind, now!
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When Hong Kong entrepreneur David Tang opened his Shanghai Tang boutique on New York's Madison Avenue, it was not an isolated example of the globalization of Asian fashion. Further evidence is written on the labels in our closets, and paraded in the form of salwaar-kameez and silk sarongs by the rich and famous of London. The phenomenon merits scrutiny. This vanguard attempt points to the colonial era as the origin of fashion globalization, and describes its development as paralleling the gradual take-over of Asian daily wear by Western dress. From indigenous Batak weavers to Hong Kong designers, and from Indonesian businesswomen's power suits to Korean feminists' national costume, this book explores the sartorial interface of East and West.
The globalization of Asian dress needs to be understood as part of an ongoing Orientalism that construes Asia as a feminine Other to the masculine West. The conventional Orientalist definition of fashion as an exclusively Western phenomenon has proved self-fulfilling in both East and West so that the conceptual boundary between the two is continually reasserted by design. Paying close attention to Asians' decisions about what clothing to make, sell, buy, and wear, the case studies in this book challenge Orientalist stereotypes of Asian style as passive and traditional and highlight how these actions are often made invisible by global cultural, rhetorical, and material practices that feminize Asia and the fashion world.
This timely book will be of interest to dress and fashion theorists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, art historians and all those interested in globalization, Orientalism and their effects.
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Ever wondered where writers of lawsy stories learnt? .......2007-05-20
In your education as a screenwriter you might find this: "High Concept".
This book address that subject. Truth be told I was very excited when I received the book... I began reading it and... BIG dissapointment. It is extremely formulaic... if you are at least a drop creative you will find this book dreadful.
On the other hand, if you are curious about high concepts, then read it. It might actually help you understand why you don't need to read this kind of book. Instead focus on quality books. Those that aren't formulaic... those that are challenging and really difficult. There you will certainly learn more.
Structure for Movies Made Simple.......2006-07-14
I've read a lot of books on screenwriting in my quest to learn the craft. This one is the best as far as I'm concerned. Rob's book, like Blake Snyder's, reeks of experience. Tobin ties together character and plot into the same process. Something most of the others fail to do. I would also agree with the last reviewer, that Martell's book is worth reading. I would add Karl Iglesias's, Jeff Kitchen's, and Hauge's books too. Rob told me he is writing an update, but this one is fine.
High Structure, High Concept, High Quality book.......2005-06-25
When my agent said "You should turn your novel into a screenplay", I foolishly said "Sure!" You could see the dollar signs in my eyes, just like in the cartoons. But it was easier recommended than done. After spending hundreds of dollars on screenplay writing books (which are themselves a cottage industry), I finally decided I would do what Tony Robbins calls "expert modeling", that is, learn screenwriting from people who actually wrote and, more importantly SOLD screenplays.
I mean, home many screenplays did Syd Field, Robert McKee, Michael Hauge, Vicki King and all the other 'guru' out there ever sell? They must be too busy counting money from their seminars to write screenplays. Well, that and coming up with artsy-fartsy theories that make your eyes gloss over 5 minutes into the lecture.
I want my knowledge, fast and efficient, and that's where Rob Tobin's "How To Write High Structure, High Concept Movies" comes in. It's a lean 182 page paperback filled with great stuff. Loglines, structure, high concept, characters, conflict, every step in the process, every step in your story is explained here in great detail.
So needless to say, the other screenwriting books, except for Trottier's "The Screenwriter's Bible", Bill Martell's "The Secrets of Action Screenwriting" and Rob's book were donated to the public library.
- William Mize, Shamus Award nominee, creator of the Denton Ward and Monty Crocetti mystery series.
Great Screenwriting Book!.......2002-06-13
I own about twelve screenwriting books, and I wish I would have read this one first! Although the title says "high concept", it also tells you how to use screenplay formula for non high concept movies, packed with lots of examples from movies like, Rocky, Forest Gump, and loads more.
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An excellent learning tool for both the beginner who has no experience reading music on the bass guitar, and the advanced student looking to improve their ledger line reading and general knowledge of each string of the bass. Each exercise concentrates a students attention of one string at a time. This allows a familiarity to form between the written pitch and where it can be found on the bass along with improving one's "feel" for jumping linearly across the fretboard.
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Crazey.......2006-10-23
Just learn melodies up and down a single string .
Then learn arpeggia , again on a single string .....
Another pointless ' jazz instructional book '
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Unlock the secrets of an ancient charting tool
The most ancient form of charting, the Japanese candlestick method has become an extremely popular analytical tool among the new generation of traders. However, because of the aura of mysticism surrounding candlesticks and the arcane terminology typically used to describe them, many traders in the West never really learn how to use them properly and exploit their full potential. Profitable Candlestick Trading demystifies candlesticks for today's traders. With the help of numerous real-world examples, Bigalow clearly explains how candlesticks work, how to read them, and how to maximize profits with them. Bigalow shares some of his original candlestick-based trading programs, the same programs which have yielded impressive results for his clients at leading financial firms in the United States and abroad.
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Great Information But..............2007-08-17
I'm very pleased with the information contained in the book. However, most of the information contained in the book can be found on the authors website for free. Just google Stephen Bigalow and check it out for yourself, lots of info in the forum at that site as well. I read some other reviews (at another site) that recommended his second book over this one as the basics can be found at his website (and several others) and you can get more into the theory in the other book. With that said I still recommend it and would say its a 5 star rating based on the information. I use it every night while doing my research for the next trading day. Anyway, just something to know. Seems most days you can find just about anything on the net if you look hard enough. May all your days be bullish kickers!
Excellent CandleStick Trading Book.......2007-05-05
I am a beginner Commodities/Futures Trader, and am in the process of learning everything I can about all the various trading tools and charting methods. My expectations after having read a lot of books now, is that the book should contain a focused look at the 'topic' followed by primary, secondary and tertiary examples of how the methodology of the subject can work effectively AND when it doesnt work well. Stephen Bigalow did an excellent job. The only weakness? The vast amount of analysis provided was for Stock Traders, even though the CandleStick methodology was invented for commodities/futures trading. There is a 3 page section that covered how effective the Candlestick charting method is for commodities trading, but in those 3 pages, he basically says that Candlesticks were invented for Commodities Trading and all the examples that are in the book apply BETTER for commodites as the underlying factors of price in Commodities are not as variant as they are with stocks. Bingo. So why all the analysis based on Stock Trading? I guess he had to play to the larger market of buyers. Anyway, he covers every kind of pattern, and his explanations are clear, succinct, and understandable. I highly recommend this book if you want to understand CandleStick's.
Good fundamentals.......2007-01-12
This book is an excellent introduction into Candlestick Trading. The author shows how to gauge market sentiment in an unusual way. Highly recommended!
Candlestick patterns work -- regardless of whether the market rises or falls !!.......2006-09-09
I attended Steve's seminar 2 years ago, and have been using candlestick patterns ever since. This is an excellent book which provides an easy-to-read introduction to candlestick charts. Steve's approach is a major element of my trading plan.
Great Reading.......2006-05-29
This is an excellant written book,simple step by step explanation of the candlestick methodology. I was impressed with the ease in which I learned the 12 Major candlestick patterns.This book has taken the mistry out of candlestick reading,
and it will place a wealth of knowledge in the hands of newbee traders like myself.Excellent book.
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Fragile Innocence is the story of a child devastated by pure chance. This moving narrative of a father’s journey to understand and accept the profound changes in his daughter’s life is at once memoir, biography, mystery, and drama, all centered around one remarkable young woman who cannot talk or read or understand language, but who has touched almost everyone she has ever met.
At eighteen months Hillary Reston, a happy, healthy toddler, was struck by a remarkably high fever. On the advice of her doctor, her parents, James Reston, Jr., and Denise Leary, administered Tylenol and anxiously waited for the fever to subside. Five days later it did, but the damage was done. Over the course of the next five months their bubbly, highly verbal child was radically and irrevocably changed. Worse yet, no doctor could explain what evil and still unidentified force had stolen Hillary’s ability to speak or understand language, hurtled her into a seemingly endless cycle of seizures, destroyed her kidneys, and taken her to the very brink of death.
For her parents, discovering what had happened to their child and how to assure the quality of her life became an obsession. This quest for answers would take them from the nation’s hospitals to the office of a pioneering geneticist in Texas and the vaulted halls of the National Institutes of Health.
This very intimate story also personalizes some of the most daunting ethical issues of medicine that society faces today, including stem cell research, animal organ transplantation, diagnosis with the Human Genome Map, and reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Hillary gives these immensely complicated issues a human face, and they are pondered by Reston as a reporter, a thinker, and a father.
In Fragile Innocence author James Reston, Jr., invites us inside his family, candidly sharing the joys and sorrows of raising Hillary.
“This is a book about the first twenty-one years of a child named Hillary. It tells of her battle to live and our family’s struggle to help her survive as best we could, after an evil and still unidentified force robbed her of her language at the age of two, hurtled her into a seemingly endless cycle of brain storms, destroyed her kidneys, and took her to the very brink of death. That is the first half of the story, when life itself was at stake.”
—From the Preface
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Not as great as I had hoped.......2007-06-20
Coming from a similar family situation, I was excited to read this book, however, it was not as amazing as the myriad reviews made it sound out to be. While the story is compelling, I sympathized greatly with Hillary's siblings and found Mr. Reston's occasional blase attitude surprising. It does make for intriguing reading, and I agreed with all of Mr. Reston's statements about teachers, and I would recommend this reading to many, just not others in situations similar to the Restons and my family. It hits too close to home.
Innocent, but tough as nails.......2006-05-24
A beautiful and touching portrayal of life with a significantly impaired child. Mr. Reston does a wonderful job sharing the challenges, but more importantly, the joys of life with such a child.
No one who reads this book will ever view a family like the Restons the same way again.
A child damaged and changed, a family's search for hope.......2006-04-22
At eighteen months toddler Hillary was struck by a terrible fever which would transform her from a bubbly, verbal child to one prone to seizures, health issues, and with a newfound inability to understand language or speak. Her parents searched for answers from some of the best medical facilities in the country: James Reston Jr.'s FRAGILE INNOCENCE: A FATHER'S MEMOIR OF HIS DAUGHTER'S COURAGEOUS JOURNEY recounts their struggle for answers and solutions. All kinds of issues are touched upon here; from stem cell research hopes to animal organ transplantation; yet the center of the story, Hillary, always remains the focus. A poignant, moving story of one family's search for help.
Extraordinary!.......2006-04-06
fragile innocence is a beautiful memoir. hillary's story is as touching as it is exquisitely written.
i read fragile innocence last weekend & couldn't put it down. i crawled into bed with the book on friday evening. at 1 am, i forced myself to go to sleep. and i stayed in bed reading `til 11 the next morning. i can't remember the last time i did that. i've been thinking about hillary and the entire reston clan ever since.
Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey.......2006-03-26
James Reston has written a very touching book about his family and the illness of his daughter Hillary. I liked how honest Jim was about the impact of a handicapped child on mother, father and siblings at different periods of their lives. He also gives a realistic review of care givers, uneven medical support and the role parents have to play to get what they need for their child. It is a beautifully written love story and should be read by all to see value based decisions and real courage in action.
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The Sixth Edition, Reporting on 50 Years of Research.......2005-11-20
This is an amazing book, the culmination of 50 years of research.
It begins on 19 August 1939 when U45, U46, U47, U48 and U50 set out from Kiel and U28, U29, U33, U34, U37, U38, U39, U40, and U41 from Wilhelmshaven into the North Atlantic to take up waiting positions.
It ends on 30 November 1945 when the RCN corvette 'Merittonia' is wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia.
That gives you some idea of the level of detail that the book goes into on what happened on each day inbetween these two dates.
In addition, there the indexes. Interested in the 'Killoran?' Look in the 'Index of Merchant Ships,' she's mentioned on page 35. On page 35 she was a Finnish sailing ship of 1,817 tons in British service and sunk by the German auxillary cruiser 'Schiff 21/Widder.' There's also an 'Index of Warships,' an 'Index of Personnel,' an 'Index of Convoys,' an 'Index of Operations,' an 'Index of U-Boat Packs and Patrol Lines,' and an 'Index of Minefields and Mine Barrages.'
This is not, perhaps, the ultimate reference book on World War II, there not much in it on strategy for instance, it's a chronology. But as a report of what went on, it's about the most complete you'll ever find.
An excellent chronology of WW2.......2001-12-04
This is an excellent book, dealing with all the naval events happened in the 1939/1945 period. The book is arranged in chronological order, in the sense that you can find an entry dealing with a single day or with a given period (i.e. June, 4th-6th 1942, Battle of Midway), in order to keep together facts logically related, but spanned over a period of more than one day. Moreover there is a subdivision dealing with operational theatres (Mediterranean, Northern Atlantic, Western Pacific and so on) so one can easily find all the relevant facts regarding a given theatre in a given day or period. The only drawback is that if you are looking for a specific day, you have to search for in every period containing that given day to be sure to find everything.
Anyway, this is an excellent book, a very useful one containing information regarding not only the major events or ships, but also the minor ones (you can find that in a given day a minesweeper hit a mine and sank). I think this is a high value adding to every naval enthusiast's library.
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When senators think about running for president, they write books like The Conscience of a Liberal. Indeed, Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota thought about pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, but ultimately backed off. Unfortunately, his death in an October 2002 plane crash ended both a promising political career and all speculation about where it might lead.
The first part of the book explains Wellstone's unlikely ascension to the Senate (he was once a college professor), and some of his campaign war stories are fun reading for political junkies. One of the most amusing passages describes how he once nearly clocked New York Republican Alfonse D'Amato over a disagreement: "When the train reached the Senate chamber, I jumped out and lunged forward, intending to catch D'Amato and deck him. My body was shaking with uncontrollable anger." Another senator held him back, and Wellstone calmed down.
The bulk of The Conscience of a Liberal, however, is given over to laying out a political agenda that includes universal health care, reversing welfare reforms, prekindergarten education, raising the minimum wage, and campaign-finance reform. He closes with a call for a new politics: "This is not a conservative America.... There is a huge leadership void in this country that the Democratic Party, emboldened by political courage and a commitment to the issues that made our party great, can fill." Sadly, one of the politicians who helped fill that void is now gone himself. Still, his ideas live on. --John J. Miller
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From his earliest childhood memories to the college classroom, from rural Minnesota farm fields and the defense of workers' rights to his 1990 election campaign promises of politics for the benefit of the people, The Conscience of a Liberal candidly discusses Wellstone's life experiences and the coming-of-age of his political views. What emerges is an intriguing inside look at Wellstone's crusade to assert an unabashedly liberal agenda.
From the moment he was elected, Wellstone has passionately articulated a path to economic and social justice for all citizens, justice not contingent on the size of a person's bank account or their political influence. A call for personal politics and deep commitment to beliefs, Wellstone's tenure as a U.S. senator has been a vigorous, at times outraged, and always active fight for support for farmers, working families, and other Minnesotans; for decent jobs, improved health care, a good education, and retirement security.
At once responding to the conservative hijacking of compassion as a political yardstick and explaining his own political record, Wellstone engagingly elucidates what contrasts conservative and liberal interests and, as always, rouses progressives to influence the future of American politics.
"Wellstone promised to be what Washingtonians always say their city desperately needs: a colorful character. No one was disappointed. He still considers himself an activist, and his book reads like the work of an activist." Wall Street Journal
"Wellstone relishes the role of the lonely hero taking on powerful bullies, and irritates his jaded colleagues with his stubborn stand on principles." Washington Monthly
"A call to arms aimed at politically like-minded Americans, time and again The Conscience of a Liberal argues that a grassroots movement of progressives can defy the odds." National Journal
Senator Paul Wellstone was a professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for twenty-one years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1990.
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A true "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" story, this wise and heartfelt meditation explores the value of doing what you believe in, written by one of the most outspoken liberals in the United States Senate.
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The Conscience of a Liberal.......2006-08-18
I am disappointed in this book. I expected something more philosophical and/or well written. I admire Wellstone's work as a politician but find his writing rather mediocre. American history and politics are my meat and bread. This book does not meet my standards. I usually buy books since I'm a bookaholic, but i wish I had borrowed this from the library. It does not meet my standards.
What a GREAT Book..........2006-04-29
I was a great admirer of Paul Wellstone ever since the fall of 1990. Although I have lived in Minnesota since 2001, in 1990 I was a college sophomore in another state who was writing a paper studying the 1990 elections. I follwed the 1990 Minnesota Senate race, and was pleasantly surprised when he went against the predominate "conventional wisdom" and scored an upset victory (he was the ONLY Democrat to defeat an incumbent that year).
For someone like me, who has been quite frankly sick and tired of the right-ward drift of the Democratic Party and the "play it safe" convetnional wisdom, Paul Wellstone was the antidote.
I enjoyed the autobiographical narrative of this book, it brought back a lot of memories. I enjoyed his frank discussion of the inner working of the US Senate, and I especially enjoyed the later chapters where he offered hope for a people-centered, progressive politics.
10 stars Buy for every Democrat elected or running for office and for yourself!.......2006-03-22
Great book that begins where he was in college and how he and his wife met and how they became the activists they were and what a real progressive is or at least should be. And that being a liberal is nothing to be ashamed of! Sadly the Senator died in 2002 just before he would have been reelected to the Senate. Some of us still believe it wasn't the innocent accident some say that killed him when the plane he was on went down.
Having said that let me rave about this book. I go to Chapter 9 titled A Winning Progressive Politics, where the author notes 'A progressive politics is a winning politics, as long as it is not organized in a way that is top-down and elitist. It must respect the capacity of ordinary citizens and focus on workaday majority issues. I have never understood arguments for the need for politicians to 'move to the center' to get elected. What is the operational definition of 'the center'? If what is meant is that you need to have more votes than your opponent, then I am all for being in the center. But this is too obvious. If what is meant by the center is the dominant mood of the populace -- the issues that are important issues to Americans and what they hope for--then I would again argue for the need to occupy the center. A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstance of peoples lives, a politics that does not speak to include people is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.'
Page 206 of the same chapter 'Clearly, there is a forgotten American majority. It is precisely this America that our politics today fails to serve fully and fairly. This America faces major challenges: low wages, insufficient health care, nonexistent pension coverage (the majority if private sector workers have no pension coverage), daunting child care expenses, rising college expenses, and exorbitant housing costs. These Americans can't hire lobbyists. They can't fly senators and congressmen to resorts. They don't fill the campaign coffers of political candidates. Only when these Americans are given proportional voice in politics can we claim to live in a truly representative democracy.'
Page 208 'Not only do Democrats have too timid and downsized an agenda, we also have failed to confront conservatives on core value questions. I call the Republicans' philosophy the 'New Isolationism.' Not as in foreign affairs, but in human affairs. It is a 'Buddy, your're on your own' philosophy. If you are losing your family farm, if you can't afford prescription drugs, if you have no health insurance, if you are working forty hours a week but are still poor and unable to support your children, if you are a homeless Vietnam veteran struggling with mental problems, you're on your own. Whatever happened to 'There but for the grace if God go I'? Or 'Love they neighbor as thyself'? We need to replace isolationism with fellowship. We need to talk about community, about justice, about the goodness of America. People are ready for a politics that inspires them to be their best'.
Thus this book is rich with common sense honesty that I want more Democrats to read and follow, rather than the disoriented, weak kneed, stand for NOTHING nonsense the Democrats are giving us now. This book should be a must read for anyone who dislikes with a passion the special interest, elitist administration, congress and senate we now have.
Absolute drivel!.......2005-02-09
This is the type of feel good no meat and potatos thinking that permiates the liberal left. An agenda designed to fail from start to finish because the author refuses to accept the reality that regardless of what you do money does not solve problems, accountability does.
Great Book!!!.......2004-07-08
The late Paul Wellstone puts together a great story of how he became who he is...a liberal and proud of it. So often these days, we hear the word liberal used in the pejorative sense. That doesn't have to be. I prefer to think of liberals as "free thinkers," who don't happen to march in line like Limbaugh and Hannity...and don't forget Jessie Helms.
Wellstone was a great and HONEST politician. This world of Bill Clintons and Jack Ryans needs more honest politicians with the enthusiastic spirit of Wellstone!
TWO THUMBS UP!!
Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"
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On the occasion of its 25th anniversary the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is publishing a selection from its photographic treasures of the southern skies: 90 colour and 147 black and white plates have been reproduced. Thirty maps make it easy to locate the objects shown. Part 1 is devoted to extragalactic phenomena. Part 2 deals with our Galaxy. Part 3 contains the results from observations of minor bodies in the solar system (asteroids and comets with an emphasis on the most beautiful Halley's comet photographs). The final part presents the Observatory itself.
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