Vesta Boxes P (Antique Pocket Guides)

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Collecting small antiques can be of absorbing interest, partly because the items are easy to display and partly because they can be found in a great variety of places, including antique shops, public auctions, bric-a-brac stalls, garage sales and flea markets. Each title in this series is written by an expert in his or her chosen subject...with a wealth of practical advice to help the novice over any initial hurdles, guidance on prices and over 100 illustrations to help with identification.

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Breaks new ground in exploring this fascinating village traditon.

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Bridal Durries of India
Shankar & Housego
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National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
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A Deep and Practical Inspiration

FABULOUS! A MUST READ!

It's clear!

The journey continues

A "Must-Have" Book for Your Collection

Directing Feature Films: The Creative Collaborarion Between Director, Writers, and Actors
Mark W. Travis
Manufacturer: Michael Wiese Productions
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Binding: Paperback

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Learn how to read a script, find its core, determine your vision, communicate with writers, actors, designers, cinematographers, editors, composers, and all the members of your creative team in order to insure that your vision reaches the screen.

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A Deep and Practical Inspiration.......2006-12-03

If you are searching for a book to inspire, inform and clearly break down the making of a film and the relationship between the many creative entities that go into that process, look no further. Mark Travis has written a literate, thoughtful and experienced guide to how to approach issues relating to written material, casting, performance, production values...really everthing you need to work intelligently on a project. Whatever stage of your career you're in, you will find yourself referring to this book again and again.

FABULOUS! A MUST READ!.......2006-12-02

If you're at all serious about directing, look no further, this is the book. Mark Travis will guide, inform, inspire you...and all done with such a light and humorous touch, as well as great enthusiasm, you can't wait to try it yourself. Really, of all the 1000's of books out there on the subject, this is the best. The information is presented so clearly, you wonder why everybody doesn't work this way. Mark Travis obviously has a deep respect for actors and writers, and how best to work with them in a collaborative spirit . He also appears to have a great wealth of knowledge from years in the business, which he openly shares. I loved this book, and often refer back to it. I'd highly recommend it, and would give it to anyone interested in directing.

It's clear!.......2006-12-01

I've read many books on filmmaking, especially directing. But Mark is one of the few authors that actually was able to talk to me directly. This book has a way to surpass the bull#@!% and talk straight. It shows me how clear directing can be when understood on the level that Mark writes about. I would recommend - and for that matter already have - this book to anyone who's interested in getting down to the core of directing.

The journey continues.......2006-12-01

I love this book! I'm going to have to buy another one, because I've bent the pages all over in returning to refer to advice again and again. I'm an emerging film-maker, and this book is the secret key that unlocks to door to the skills and steps crucial in directing. It's pragmatic, comprehensive, and applicable. I applied Mark's advice on rehearsals, collaboration, pre-production, and script breakdown to my film and saw immediate deep improvements. The Director's Journey is more than a manual for making great films though, it's a support to the person going through the process. Mark Travis illuminates the psychology, relationships, objectives and pitfalls inherent in this work, and he offers the creative traveler excellent personal guidance.

A "Must-Have" Book for Your Collection.......2006-12-01

About 12 years ago, my directing partner (who is also my wife) and I attended an incredible, intensive directing workshop. For three days we ate, drank, slept, and lived filmmaking from script analysis to post-production, under the tutelage of a very intimidating instructor - Mark Travis. I say intimidating because this guy was direct, succinct, focused and INTENSE. Not only that, but he was brilliant. His insights, technique, innovations, and even the simple fundamentals were so solid, and straight-forward, there was NO way you could have walked away from the experience without being a better director. If there every was one, Mark Travis is a virtuoso director... a Mozart of actors, stage and celluloid, if you will.

Now, 12 years, 4 films, 19 theatrical productions, and a handful of awards later, we use this book nearly every day. Be it on the set or stage, or just from inspiration and brush-up, this magnificent book encapsulates everything about Mark's talents. He is no primadonna, unwilling to divulge more than a few vaguaries of his techniques, nor does he preach to you about his own successful career and how wonderful he is. What he does do if layout technique, approach, execution and adjustment in a no-nonsense fashion that yields one of the best "How-To" books on directing (not only film but more specifically actors), and achieving the vision of a director, ever written.

If you are looking for a book to keep in your hip-pocket on the set, or something to refer back to for inspiration, ideas, and fixes, then look no further. This is it.

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Now anyone can learn how to win more money and have more fun at the gambling tables and slot machines. This handy and authoritative guide to blackjack, craps, roulette, keno, baccarat, and slot machines can turn a beginner into someone who plays like a pro. With a discussion of each game's rules, pitfalls, winning strategies, terminology, and variations, plus inside information on how a casino is run and tips on how to make the most of your time there, this is an indispensable guide for every gambler, from the most casual to the highest roller.

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Fantastic - start to finish.......2004-12-24

This book is purely fantastic from start to finish. The author clearly speaks from experience and explains the very basics of casino gambling AND builds on the basics by giving practical advanced techniques. Best of all, this book is a fun read! (not at all what I expected). You'll want to keep reading and you'll want to head straight to Vegas when you're done.
After reading this book, I was more knowledgable than, literally, all my Vegas-regular friends.

Be sure to check out the sections on Black Jack and Craps!

Don't Bother.......2003-10-29

Learning how to actually play the games is all you need to know. Why waste money on this book when you can waste it in Vegas? There is no magick you will be given by this book to make you win every game you play. Don't waste you stupid time!

Clueless no longer!!!.......1999-07-09

Don't confuse this book with the multiplying "Complete Idiots" and "Dummies" guides currently flooding the market. Darwin Ortiz's take on the ins and outs of popular casio games is highly readable in the best "you are there" style. He completely demystifies table games for people like myself who may have seen scared away from plucking down our chips due to the mistaken belief that you have to be a math whiz to figure out Craps. With the skill of travel writer who daps about plenty of color, Ortiz repeatedly hammers home that most casinos offer exotic bets that are a complete waste of your wallet. Just skip the bells and whistles and play to form. While the book is lacking in illustrations, each chapter consistantly does the job of taking you from Vegas chump to wordly shark (or the belief thereof).

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Not bad - the political feminism is a bit much

The Paradigmatics of the Multi-Generational Workforce

Thought-provoking, Educational: Well worth your time.

An Easy-Read Must-Read

A Must Read

The New Workforce: Five Sweeping Trends That Will Shape Your Company's Future
Harriet Hankin
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Age Power: How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old

ASIN: 081440829X

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Dramatic trends are already in motion that will force organizations to do some major rethinking about their relationships with their employees. The New Workforce outlines five of these crucial developments, and describes how they will affect critical HR policies and programs in the very near future. The book considers the implications of ever-increasing life (and work-life) expectancy, new household types including same-sex partners and "Mr. Moms," the Baby Boom "Echo," widening diversity, and employee demands for greater emphasis on spirituality and social responsibility in the workplace. The New Workforce addresses such concerns as: How can we deal with the conflicting needs of four generations of employees? What changes must we make in our benefits coverage? Our pay policies? Our management training efforts? Do we need new recruiting and retention strategies? Why should the company care about employees' personal values and beliefs?

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Not bad - the political feminism is a bit much.......2006-03-21

It was going so well until she had to add her input on how the government should legislate a 2 woman minimum on corporate boards. I'm a true capitalist so to hear someone propose government intervention in todays business climate is quite a turnoff.

The Paradigmatics of the Multi-Generational Workforce.......2005-06-13

As the subtitle correctly indicates, Hankin focuses her reader's attention on "five sweeping trends that will shape your future." She devotes a separate chapter to each (Chapters 1-5). I especially appreciate the "virtual timeline" she includes in Chapter 3 (pages 48-49) which lists several generations and indicates the key influences on each:

The Silent Generation (born 1922-1945): The Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II; the Holocaust; Hiroshima; radio and films.

The Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964): Vietnam War; assassinations of JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy; placing a man on the Moon; Watergate; impact of the Cold War (e.g. bomb shelters); television; women's liberation; sexual revolution; environmental concerns (e.g. Green Party, Exxon Valdez).

Generation X (born 1965-1076): Demolition of the Berlin Wall; Challenger disaster; Clinton sex scandals; skyrocketing growth of the stock market and an abundant economy in the 1980s and 1990s; 24-hour, live news coverage; the dot-com economy; high-tech start-ups.

Baby Boom Echo (born 1977-2000): Oklahoma City bombing; Columbine High School massacre; Y2K; Internet, WWW, and e-business; September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks; corporate scandals (e.g. Enron); video games; instant messaging.

Then, in Part II, Hankin examines the impact of the five major emerging workforce trends on human resources. Specifically, the impact on HR policies and procedures, recruiting, compensation and benefits, and learning and training. Her proposed "Formula for the Future" stresses flexibility, respect, and "tons of communication." In an Appendix, Hankin provides a survey which will help decision-makers in all organizations (regardless of size or nature) to prepare themselves for "the new workforce." Hankin offers a brilliant analysis of how and why each generation has been influenced by its predecessors as well as by events within its own portion of the "virtual timeframe."

Of even greater interest and value to me is her analysis of the differences -- in terms of values, priorities, and preferences -- between and among members of various generations, differences which create both different challenges and different opportunities for them as well as for those who supervise them. Perhaps Hankin agrees with me that one cannot motivate another person but one can activate and nourish, perhaps even inspire self-motivation in others, as history's greatest leaders have. Obviously, mutual respect and trust must be earned. Also, everyone involved in a given enterprise should be flexible as well as united, especially when responding to a crisis. The healthiest human communities are those which have certain non-negotiable values. Everyone involved understands what conconstitutes inappropriate behavior, for example, and there is zero-tolerance of it. Hankin is dead-on when asserting that it is imperative to have an understanding of the generational differences between and among those who comprise "the new workforce."

Those who share my high regard for this volume are urged to check out Leigh Branham's The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It's Too Late, Lois J. Zachary's Creating a Mentoring Culture: The Organization's Guide, Gary Harpst's Six Disciplines for Excellence, Bill Jensen's What is Your Life's Work?: Answer the BIG Question About What Really Matters...and Reawaken the Passion for What You Do, and Lynda Gratton's The Democratic Enterprise: Liberating Your Business with Freedom, Flexibility and Commitment.

Thought-provoking, Educational: Well worth your time........2005-02-03

Human resources executives are naturally concerned about what's coming. Part of their job is to prepare for future workforce and workplace needs and advise senior leaders regarding appropriate strategies. Those senior executives are also beginning to wake up and smell the trends. The smart ones are hungry for the insights that will empower them to lead their organizations boldly into the future.

Harriet Hankin, president of a benefits design consulting and administration firm in the Philadelphia area, brings corporate experience, an ownership role, and the perspective that comes from serving as an objective consultant to corporations. She's obviously done her research in order to present key trends and their impacts.

The book is organized into two sections: The Five Major Emerging Workforce Trends and The Impact of the Trends on Human Resources. Hankin selected five trends; as a futurist by profession, I see a number of others on the horizon. Selecting the more influential trends can always be challenged. This book addresses Longevity, More Varied Household Types, Generations, Diversity, and Trust, Respect, and Ethics.

The book is written in an almost conversational style, with stories and anecdotes that flavor the text and make the book even more readable. Hankin includes some information which, while it may not be right on target from a serious business perspective, broadens the reader's appreciation of the issues raised. The depth of the author's research comes out in the notes at the end of each chapter. Readers interested in gaining even more knowledge about a topic Hankin discusses will easily be able to follow her research path. Call-out boxes and charts fit well into the book design, enhancing the value for the reader.

In the second section, Hankin shares a treasure chest of ideas that employers may apply. There are enough ideas in these pages to keep a human resources staff busy for quite a while! Among the valuable features I appreciated is a list (on page 181) comparing the kinds of reward priorities that will be preferred by various generations.

A helpful appendix offers an outline for engaging employees in a future think tank experience to help prepare tomorrow's workforce. A comprehensive index makes it easy to find what you're looking for if, as I expect, you'll want to go back to this book for repeated readings and considerations.

As a qualifier, I am author of "Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People," a book on the coming shortage of skilled workers. The issues we concentrate on as workforce futurists, are well-addressed in "The New Workforce." If you're in management or human resources-or moving in that direction in your career, read this book.

An Easy-Read Must-Read.......2005-01-21

This book was great. Especially for a business book, it moved quickly and was packed with important and insightful stuff. I liked the readable style and personal experiences that the author shared.

The book also went beyond sharing the facts and provided lots of ideas for dealing with what the future workforce will demand.

A Must Read.......2004-12-07

This is a fantastic look into the future of the workforce and is a must read for anyone who owns a business or works in human resources or personnel departments. In fact, this is also worth reading by anyone who works in a mid-size to large company, since all companies will soon be forced to deal with the trends that the author identifies in this book and the information will undoubtedly be helpful to any employee. The book is a pleasure to read with both personal and professional anecdotes interspersed with the author's prescient thoughts on a subject in which she is an expert. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling Neapolitan woman.

In Falling Palace Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples, from the dilapidated architectural beauty to the irrepressible theater of everyday life. We witness the centuries-old festivals that regularly crowd the city’s jumbled streets, and eavesdrop on conversations that continue deep into the night. We browse the countless curio shops where treasures mingle with kitsch, and meet the locals he befriends. In and out of these encounters slips Benedetta, the object of the author’s affections, at once inviting and unfathomable. Weaving the tale of an elusive love together with a vivid portrayal of a legendary metropolis, this is a startling evocation of a magical place.

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A Rare and Marvelous Memoir.......2007-06-21

This book is absorbing and fascinating in content, in addition to being extremely well written. It's full of insights into problematical personal relationships, and also into perhaps the ultimate, complicated personal relationship: that between a foreigner and the city with which (and in which) he falls in love.

Naples is my least favorite among Italian cities, and this author didn't convince me to go there, but he presents Naples and its inhabitants most vividly, in all their complexity and ambiguity. While many foreign memoirists, and even ex-pats like the insufferable Frances Mayes, remain on the surface of the societies where they take up residence, confining their contacts mainly to other foreigners and treating most Italians as servants, Hofstadter lives and loves among the ordinary people of Naples, sharing their discomforts as well as their pleasures. His title is understandable, too--the "falling palace" that appears in one of his dreams is a metaphor of Naples itself-- always falling apart and yet never destroyed.

Memories of Naples.......2007-05-08

My only impression of Naples was a sun-filled afternoon many years ago while on a tour of nearby Pompeii and Sorrento. This book conjured those memories for me and made me want to go back and stay longer.
A delightful book, far more than a travelogue. Highly recommended!!!!

A great read!.......2006-08-01

I loved this book. The author writes of Naples and its colorful characters with such affection and clarity. I could picture each of them and almost hear them talking and gesturing (especially the praying hands) in their unique Neapolitan manner. The author describes the streets and buildings so vividly that I felt like I was tagging along on his visits. I felt like I knew Benedetta and Nunzia, even Renzo, and I was truly sad when the book ended.

As I got to know these brave and sad people in this city so often invaded or occupied, I understood so well why my beloved mom and her family were so proud of their Neapolitan roots. On a family trip to Italy some years ago, my mom quickly picked up the Italian language of her youth. Many people complimented her and said she sounded like she was "from the North." On the contrary, she would reply proudly, "Sono Napolitana." This book helped me to understand the origin of that pride.

Idiocyncratic Napoli.......2006-05-23

This is a series of travel essays on Naples. While some could be published as articles on their own, in this book they are uniquely tied together with the story of Hofstadter's romance. Or is it a romance? This is as unknowable as Naples itself, and DF lovingly shows us how mysterious it all can be. This is a gem of a book and I was sorry to leave DF and Naples when I finished it.

As a post script, could some of the underground network Hof. describes be lava tubes? We have some tall ones on the "Big Island" here in Hawai'i.

Post post script: I've come upon a "Smithsonian" article by Hofstadter from Nov. 2004 on the tunnels. The book presents them in an anecdotal way. The article is packed with info. and with one picture being worth 1000 words, there are 9 very good ones.

An Enjoyable Read.......2006-02-18

Don Hofstadter really embraces Naples wholeheartedly, and this is what makes the book such a good read. Rather than looking on as an outsider, he dives in and engages many of the local folk. He introduces us to many of his acquaintances, and in the process describes many fascinating aspects of Naples, its customs, neighborhoods, people and relations with other Italian cities.

The book is a combination memoir, travelogue, romance and history. If you are interested in Italy, you will enjoy this unique perspective on Naples.

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Claudia J. Kennedy retired as the Army's first female three-star general and the highest-ranking woman ever in that branch, overseeing 45,000 soldiers worldwide. During her 32-year career she witnessed the dramatic advances made by military women, and she was a long-time champion for fairness and equality in the Army. As she recounts her experiences in a male-dominated profession, beginning as a young Women's Army Corps officer in 1969, moving through her Pentagon service as a three-star general, and ending with retirement in 2000, General Kennedy charts the struggles and triumphs in her inspiring life and career.

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Her denial ridden delusional 15 minutes of fame........2007-08-09

I read this book as a retired Army officer, and I was enlisted before I became an officer. First, the book is terrible. I might suggest reading it only as a historical document. This kind of writing would not get you through college. Only Colin Powell had a worse author. Schwartzkoff's author set the standard for works of this type. Kennedy unwittingly appears incredibly naive in her book. When as a full colonel she has to ask a JAG officer several times about the role and extent of her authority before she confronts a lower ranking other service officer reveals her to be inept and incapable. I knew better than this as a captain. However, the story continues, and she appears as a mindless drone who only is sad and pathetic. Her soundbite claim to fame is "selfless service." Too bad it sounds like a cheap rationalization and justification for her not having a life outside of the Army. I think that that was the best she could come up with, and that was merely something someone probably once wrote on her OER, and she never forgot it. It is quite obvious that the Army kept promoting her to keep her unrealistically representing the face of women in the Army when there are legions of more deserving female soldiers who deserve more than this rag. The book is uninteresting, and she even more so.

Substance?.......2007-04-19

The reviews seem to fall into two opposing groups, those who think the book is a great commentary on management and women in management, and those of the old hard core military that think a soldier must have been in combat to be called a soldier. I only bother to add my two cents because it has a little different perspective. I thought the book was interesting, easy and enjoyable to read. But then we get to the issue of substance and I am absolutely appalled, there is none! As a management text it is trivial, there is nothing of and real substance, but so what, I wasn't looking for management advice, I read it because it was written by a woman who was the head of signal intel in the army and a Lt. Gen. at that. I thought it might give some special insight into the world of intel because of the unique perspective a woman might have. What I found was nothing, absolutely nothing. Here is a person responsible for one of the most important functions in the military today and she seems about as well qualified as Mary Kay would be for Sec. of Defense. None of her background seems to indicate that she should have achieved this position. She has nothing to say about what is going on in the intel world. I know she can't say much about the day to day activity but I thought she would have some opinion on something more than sexual harassment. It seems to me that every serious woman officer, who has had to prove herself above and beyond to be taken seriously should be highly offended at the impression this officier leaves with the reader about both the Army and women in the Army.

Please Don't Call Yourself A Soldier..........2006-06-15

Not as poorly written as some reviews have said, although there is nothing in this book I agree with.

Please don't call yourself a soldier, LTG Kennedy. You never served with the grunts, cav troopers, tankers or gun bunnies. You were never near any shot and shell. You were a bureaucrat, a chair-borne ranger, who with other militant feminists helped inviscerate the United States Army and transform it into something between Gidget and Camp Grenada.

If you want to read the story of a real warrior, buy About Face by David Hackworth, or Dick Winters' new book. Company Commander is another fine work, as is Hal Moore's classic, We Were Soldiers, Once and Young.

Very close to home.......2003-07-24

I had the great pleasure of meeting General Kennedy when she was still a captain. Even then, she displayed an amazing dedication to her troops - male and female alike. Of all the officers I worked with over my military career, General Kennedy stands out as the best of the best.

General Kennedy's story is unique, but it's also the story of today's military - right down to the barenuckled, back room politics that have always been evident in political decision making. Far more interesting is her unswerving loyalty to the Army and her country despite the petty rumormongering and questionable tactics used against her.

One thing is certain: General Kennedy is a soldier's general. Her story is the story of today's army and the end of the obsession with personal power that's dominated the military since World War II. This is a story, not just of the coming of age of a woman soldier - but the coming of age of the US military.

Generally Revealing.......2003-04-01

I highly recommend this book for people who want to understand the perceptions of powerful, influential feminist elites, and how we might have gotten to where we are today--female soldiers coming home from war in body bags.

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American Goverment ,10th Edition review.......2005-09-24

It was a very good price for a high quality book plus the CD was included.

Big on Big Government.......2005-03-10

The author's own excerpt says it all --

"Much remains to be done to eliminate the remaining traces of discrimination in our society."

"We are a rich nation that should be able to provide health protection for all of our citizens."

"The economic gap between rich and poor that exists in the United States today is not a healthy condition for our democracy."

Don't kid yourself into thinking this book is fair and balanced -- the author's a fan of big, liberal government.

Fortunately I had a moderate instructor for this course. But if you believe the book, you'll believe the government can do whatever it pleases -- and the more it does, the better.

The author never acknowledges the problems of big government, or even that there are many who are demanding that government be reduced. He never questions the bizarre interpretations of the Constitution that have led to the welfare state we have today. He gives the redistribution of income and social programs a big "thumbs up." Excuses Congress from dealing with unintended consequences in the bureaucracy.

Categorizes the problem of black illegitimacy as an issue of discrimination. Idolizes Clinton.

Sorry, but when I read a textbook on government, I shouldn't be able to determine the author's politics. This author makes no effort to hide his. I can't wait to sell it back to the campus bookstore.

American Government Election Update (10th Edition)

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American Government Election Update (10th Edition)
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The Basics of American Politics with LP.com access card (10th Edition)

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Inaccuracies Abound
Inaccuracies Abound

The Basics of American Politics with LP.com access card (10th Edition)
Gary Wasserman
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Wasserman, Gary, Wasserman's Basics of American Politics Tenth Edition *\ This brief, user-friendly introduction to American government has been a long-time favorite because of its lively, no-nonsense approach to the core topics in the course. Using a dynamic game metaphor, the book covers 4 governmental and 4 non-governmental "players," as well as the constitutional "rules of the game." It ends by examining rival theories on who wins and who loses in the American political system. Written in a way that engages readers and offers them great flexibility, Wasserman's book covers all the requisite topics and focuses on current debates in politics. In under 300 pages, the reader will learn what they need to know and like it. For those interested in American politics.

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Inaccuracies Abound.......2002-08-28

Wasserman's Basics of American Politics, tenth edition is a textbook used across America to teach (indoctrinate) our children in government schools. This paragraph dealt with the hotly contested 2000 vote in Florida. Here's what Wasserman's has to say:

"In late 2000 the Supreme Court halted the counting of votes in Florida's exceedingly close presidential election. By stopping the count the court's Republican majority ensured that the Republican candidate became president. Despite the system of checks and balances, there was no appeal, no check on the results."

Sorry --- wrong.

OK .. once again, let's set the record straight. The U.S. Supreme Court did NOT tell Florida that the votes couldn't be recounted. The Court ruled that if Florida wanted to recount the votes they could not simply single out heavily-Democratic voting districts and precincts for the recount. Florida determined that it didn't have the time to do a complete recount .. so the results were certified.

Now that you know more of the story, does the Wasserman's account seem to be fairly presented? Of course not! An accurate portrayal of the Court's ruling would not serve the left's agenda.

Inaccuracies Abound.......2002-08-28

Sorry --- wrong.

Now that you know more of the story, does the Wasserman's account seem to be fairly presented? Of course not! An accurate portrayal of the Court's ruling would not serve the left's agenda.

One more thing. The textbook says that there was "no check on the results." This, too, is wrong. Somehow the Wasserman textbook failed to mention that several organizations conducted their own recounts after the election --- full recounts --- and they determined that under any legal method of counting votes in Florida ... Bush won. I guess that's not important enough for a textbook on politics. Especially if that textbook is being used to indoctrinate our children in our government indoctrination centers.

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Interpreting Primary Documents - The Bill of Rights (paperback edition) (Interpreting Primary Documents)

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The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were written to prevent the federal government from passing laws that violate basic human rights. Originally regarded by most as an unnecessary safeguard, they have been a great influence on American law and politics over the past two centuries. This anthology will include primary source material on the Bill of Rights and the important role it has played in American history.

POLS 1101 American Government in an Iternational Context 10th Edition

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POLS 1101 American Government in an Iternational Context 10th Edition
Milton C. Cummings Jr , and David Wise
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