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One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean WebsterÂ's Daddy-Long- Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer. Its sequel, Dear Enemy (1915), also told in letters, follows the progress of JudyÂ's former orphanage now run by her friend Sallie McBride, who struggles to give her young charges hope and a new life. Full of irrepressible female characters that both recall AlcottÂ's Jo March and anticipate the popular heroines of contemporary literature, WebsterÂ's novels are witty, heartfelt, and delightfully modern.
One of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean WebsterÂ's Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer. Its sequel, Dear Enemy (1915), follows the progress of JudyÂ's former orphanage, now run by her friend Sallie McBride, who struggles to give her young charges hope and a new life.
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Not only 2 great books - but a great value!.......2006-09-22
In Daddy-Long-Legs, Jerusha Abbot is an orphan that gets sent to college by a mysterious trustee that thinks she has a future as an author. The only hint to his identity is the glimpse that Jerusha had of his long legs, as he was leaving. His only request is that she write him a letter once a month (with no hope of ever having a reply). For the next four years, Jerusha learns to be like "other girls", and we watch her grow and mature as she finds her voice.
Dear Enemy, the wonderful sequel, is set after Daddy-Long-Legs, where Jerusha is given the orphanage where she grew up. She enlists her best friend from college (whom we are introduced to in Daddy), Sally, to run the orphanage. Sally, a flighty society girl, is completely changed as she learns to love her orphans and the new life she has chosen to lead.
Both of them are romantic, fun and thoughtful, without the preachy-ness of some of the other girls novels published around the same time.
Best part is that BOTH books are published in this one volume - which is a great deal (and saves room on my already overflowing bookshelf). Footnotes in the back of the book help define some of the terminology/setting of the era.
This is a classic that I read as a child, and I'm so happy to have found it again!
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During WWII, Marie Mountain completed U.S. Air Force pilot training with the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) and then served at the Las Vegas Army Air Base. While stationed there, she wrote frequent letters home, informing her parents of the adventures, joys and difficulties she experienced as a participant in the ground-breaking national experiment of having women serve as military aircraft pilots. This book presents her letters and an autobiographical memoir, as well as many personal photographs.
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- a good book to learn English by Yahav
- DEAR DADDY, who is away on a ship for a year...
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Dear Daddy...
Philippe Dupasquier
Manufacturer: Bradbury Press
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a good book to learn English by Yahav.......2006-06-01
[...] I read this book and it helped me to learn English. This book is about one girl named Sophie who wrote a letter to her father when he was away on a ship.
She writes to her father about what she is doing in the house. This book is special because it has two stories-the story of Sophie and story of her father. One story is about Sophie which you can read, but her father's story you can see in the pictures. Sophie wants her father to come back. I like the book because it has a happy end.
I like to read others' letters. I think people or kids should read the book because it is a good book to learn English, and if you don't know how to read you can understand if you look at the pictures. If you want to learn how to write a letter you need to read the book
I liked the book very, very much!
Yahav
DEAR DADDY, who is away on a ship for a year..........2002-01-11
This book is a letter from a young daughter to her dad, who is away on a ship, traveling to Asia, for a whole year. The illustrations show what is happening at home and what is happening where Daddy is. It is excellent for children whose parents are away for long periods of time. It could also be an excellent springboard geography discussions. My second graders enjoyed it.
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Dear Daddy
John Schindel
Manufacturer: Albert Whitman & Company
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Dear Daddy In Heaven
Walt Pevny
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Any young child who has ever lost his/her dad belongs to a very special club.
Perhaps dad died from an illness.
Perhaps he died from an accident.
Maybe he died from a disaster such as 9-11.
Maybe he died while defending his country.
Each child has feelings. Each child has remembrances and recollections.
This is a book to help bring those precious memories back to life.
It is meant to be a book of joy - a book of happiness - not a book of sadness.
Visions of good times-
Visions of happy days-
Feelings of being strong-
This is the very essence of
Dear Daddy in Heaven
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Daddy Dear
Jeff Flagel
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
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Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers
ASIN: 0738841641 |
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Daddy Dear documents 17-plus years of single fatherhood, beginning when Jeff Flagel's boys were still in diapers. He wrote this book over the entire period for the purpose of sharing it with his boys when they were old enough to understand.
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Great tell-all book!.......2004-08-18
This was an unbelievable glimpse into a mans life. I recommend this for every single father & mother.
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Dear Daddy
EBONY U TUFF
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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It doesnÂ't matter what age a woman reaches the desire to be daddyÂ's little girl never seems to die; maybe itÂ's because in every woman that little girl will always be alive. This book is an open letter written by a little girl that grew up without her daddy in her life. Now as a woman sheÂ's crying out to him with so many questions that she believes only her daddy can answer, answers that she believes hold the key to discovering who she is and the purpose that her life will serve.
Whether young or old, male or female there is a message on one of theses pages for everyone reading this open letter. You see God determined who the readers would be long before this letter was even written. It is not by chance that you are holding this open letter in your hand, your steps have been ordered, you have been chosen for greatness.
This open letter will take you on a journey, a journey that will lead you to your true destiny. The wonderful life that you were created for. This is your moment in time, this is your season, donÂ't let it pass you by.
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It doesn't matter what age a woman reaches the desire to be daddy's little girl never seems to die; maybe it's because in every woman that little girl will always be alive. This book is an open letter written by a little girl that grew up without her daddy in her life. Now as a woman she's crying out to him with so many questions that she believes only her daddy can answer, answers that she believes hold the key to discovering who she is and the purpose that her life will serve.
Whether young or old, male or female there is a message on one of theses pages for everyone reading this open letter. You see God determined who the readers would be long before this letter was even written. It is not by chance that you are holding this open letter in your hand, your steps have been ordered, you have been chosen for greatness.
This open letter will take you on a journey, a journey that will lead you to your true destiny. The wonderful life that you were created for. This is your moment in time, this is your season, don't let it pass you by.
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Dear Daddy
Linh Duy Vo
Manufacturer: Author
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000U0MEFO |
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Funny, yet thought provoking.......2000-10-02
Once I stopped laughing at the things that the "kids" said, the messages really started hitting home. I'm one who likes to have a standard raised for me to "shoot" at. This is a great standard for fathers! And as a male, I don't like to be told what to do. This book helped me to learn through my laughter. I can see my kids doing some of the things the author wrote.
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The speed with which the Corsair was rushed into service as a land-based fighter obliged the pilots to learn on the job. The aircraft soon proved to be superior to the Japanese Zero and played a major part in the destruction of Japan’s elite air forces in the South Pacific. Later, in an effort to counter the Kamikaze threat, the Corsair was once again hurriedly pressed into service; this time in its originally intended role as a shipboard fighter. This versatile aircraft saw service with the US Navy and Marines, the British Fleet Air Arm and the RNZAF. Most of the 4FU pilots who recount their experiences within these pages considered it to be the best all-round fighter in the Pacific theatre.
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First Hand Accounts.......2005-10-24
Mark Styling brings us the stories of the pilots in their own words. Each section has no less than 2 personal accounts of flying the corsair in combat. This approach I found quite refreshing as the book brings to us a collection of unique perspectives. The book then becomes episodic and may lack continuity for some. The collection of illustrations are second to none. Flicking through and reading the captions on the pictures is almost as enjoyable as reading the whole book again.
Corsair Aces of World War 2.......2001-09-05
Unfortunately, I feel that this volume of this outstanding series is by far the weakest of the set. As of this writing, I own and have read all 37 published volumes, so I have a lot to compare it too. The book focuses mainly on 'I was there' first-hand accounts of flying the Corsair instead of the history of the aircraft and aces that flew it. This is OK, but I was expecting more of an aces/pilots/units approach that is the mainstay of the other books in this series. Often, first-hand accounts are just that, sort of a 'this is what happened to me', while overlooking the big picture. The artwork, as usual, is the saving grace of the book. The color profiles are outstanding as always. I would recommend purchase of this volume to ensure a complete set, but couldn't really recommend it to a military aviation historian.
Great book! Lots of information and picutres!.......2000-06-30
Mark Styling and Jerry Scutts have given the air enthusiasts, historians, and Corsair buffs another one in Osprey's "Aircraft of the Aces" series. Like the others, Corsair Aces of World War 2 contains a great deal of information and carefully selected photos. It has the usual collection of excellent illustrations, particularly color prints. This book covers a much overlooked area of aviation history dealing with Corsairs in the Pacific Theater and includes our allies. This book gives these outstanding pilots their due. Perfect for US Navy, US Marine Corps, and Allied Corsair enthusiasts. It is a great book and I recommend it highly. Corsair Aces of World War 2 is well worth having for anyone interested in the exploits of Corsair fighter pilots.
Book Description
This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields.
Interactive maps—one Web-based interactive map in each chapter—provides readers with opportunities to explore the relationships between time and space in shaping world history.
Volume A covers antiquity to 1300. The Sixth edition now provides roughly the same amount of coverage for European and non-European regions. Combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. For anyone interested in world civilization or world history.
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Nature and Narrative is the launch volume in a new series of books entitled International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry. The series will aim to build links between the sciences and humanities in psychiatry. Our ability to decipher mental disorders depends to a unique extent on both the sciences and the humanities. Science provides insight into the 'causes' of a problem, enabling us to formulate an 'explanation', and the humanities provide insight into its 'meanings' and helps with our 'understanding'. Psychiatry, if it is to develop as a balanced discipline, must draw on input from both of these spheres. Nature (for causes) and Narrative (for meanings) will help define the series as a whole by touching on a range of issues relevant to this 'border country'. With contributions from an international star-studded cast, representing the field of psychiatry, psychology and philosophy, this volume will set the scene for this new interdisciplinary field. This will be of interest to all those with practical experience of mental health issues, whether as providers or as users/consumers of services, as well as to philosophers, social scientists, and bioethicists.
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Desert Exile.......2005-10-21
I was very interested in finding a book that wasn't just dry history. I wasn't born in this time period of World War II, so I was really eager to find a book relating to this topic. Possibly learning about someone who lived through this time period, something a little like Ann Frank's Diary.
My initial thoughts were, this book would be interesting learning about history without any government interference with the conditions of the camps. In fifth grade I made friends with my best friend who had just moved from Japan and her family was getting aquainted with the United States. I interviewed her mom on how she was liking America and the one resp9onse that really stuck out was, I have so much Freedom.
In the Book I realized that many Japanese Families experienced Racism from many nationalities. Children were taken out of school and from colleges. For a few years the students that were attending Universities were no longer able to graduate with their friends.
Having a friend from Japan gave me an extra push to read the book. To my surprise, I couldn't believe that families were living in horse stalls and that people did not have proper barials if they did die while in the camp.
The beginning of the book started off with how this Japanses-American Family pushed their way through life in America and tells us about their family success. At the end of the book I found that some of these Japanese American Families were actually more patriotic than many American families.
Great Memoir!.......2005-10-07
I had to read a memoir for my 8th grade English class. This book was about Yoshiko Uchida's Japanese American family, who were put in camps during World War II. I chose this book because I was very interested in the war, which put over 8,000 Japanese American people into old race tracks and deserts. Yoshiko was placed in two different camps, one in Northern California and the other Utah, both the same: over stuffed with people and nowhere to cry.
Even though she suffered a lot while in the camps, Yoshiko learned that all the things in life, are worth living. She was a student, about to graduate from UC Berkeley, when they were taken off and disconnected from the "American's". They were stuck in the camps for a whole year, with no where to cry without someone seeing you.
This book gave too much background before the war, but when the war hit, the book got much more interesting and exciting.
Lori Sue
Northern California
An easy but engaging book to read..........2005-08-18
"Desert Exile" is a wonderful book that is easy to read, yet totally enjoyable. A perfect book for a family to share together and talk about.
an easy, factual read.......2003-12-19
I had to read this book for my History 2710 class. I was very reluctant to do so at first. Uchida's book is a sad story about the Japanese Internment issue during the 1940's. Uchida talks about her own family and those she knew while at each stage of internment. She talks about how her dad lost his business, how she was pulled from college, and the general poor treatment of her fellow Japanese Americans. The book is full of facts, the author's own opinion, and her family's struggles at the time. This book is good, and is honestly one of the few novels that I have enjoyed while in college. Uchida does a good job of painting a picture of what the Japanese Interment issue was like for one family.
Insightful!.......2003-11-17
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family"by Yoshiko Uchida deals with a Japanese-American family who were sent to concentration camp during World War II as Japanese-Americans at that time were considered to be potential "spies" for the Japanese government. Uchida started off with introduction to her family, of how her parents met, and how California became their home. Even though she was raised with Japanese values and ideals, she was at the same time an American who can barely speaks Japanese. Her world was turned upside down when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Japanese-Americans were sent to concentration camp for fear that they could endanger the national security. This violates their Constitutional rights but there were no public support for their fellow citizens. It was indeed racist of the government as German-Americans were not sent to any concentration camps even though the United States was fighting Germany. The Japanese-Americans had to swallow their pride and dignity and were moved to barracks that were bare and ill-equipped. They were placed behind the fence, guarded by MPs and basically were treated as prisoners. Uchida's vivid descriptions of their living conditions were both horrifying and shocking.
"Desert Exile" was used by my professor for a History of American West class. This is truly an eye-opener as most Americans are unaware of their fellow citizens' ordeal and treatment. The Japanese-American loss was immeasurable. Not only did they lose financially (from selling their homes hastily), they lost touch with friends and relatives, lost their pride and lost confidence in their government. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn more about the ordeal of the Japanese-Americans during World War II. It is extremely well-written, eloquent and easy to understand.
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- A Good Analyis of the Tsarist Army in Transition
- Outstanding work of institutional and operational history!
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Bayonets Before Bullets: The Imperial Russian Army, 1861-1914 (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)
Bruce W. Menning
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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worth buy it.......2007-03-30
Review of Russian army from 1856-1914 including any Russian army reform, organization and campaign history especially Russo-Turkish war of 1877 and its main disadvantage is inadequate of hard data eg more organization charts but good in analysing Russian army doctine. Worth buy
Good.......2001-12-30
This book examines the changes in organisation of the Russian Imperial Army from the period just after the Crimean War till the eve of the First World War.
Over that time tremendous changes occurred. During the Crimean War the Russians used mainly smooth bore muzzle loading weapons, firing black powder. Artillery was as rudimentary. Armies were reasonably small and a war would be decided by single battles fought over a day.
Over the next fifty years tremendous changes took place. Infantry were issued with rifled weapons that were breech loaded. This increased the fire rate and range of such weapons. In addition recoil springs were invented for artillery. This combined with breach loading meant that artillery could fire accurately and rapidly at distant targets. In addition the development of the railroad meant that huge armies could be put into the field and supplied for long periods of time.
These changes in weaponry led immense changes in the nature of battles. Because of the increased lethality of weapons battlefields became more dispersed. Instead of a battle taking place on a defined field of a few miles with closely packed infantry armies were more thinly spread over immense fronts. Battles instead of taking a day lasted months. This in turn meant that the modern armies had to be supplied with huge amounts of ammunition as well as food.
In the First World War the Russian armies in the end were defeated. However that was due not so much to the structure of the army but other things. The inability of the Russian state to be able to produce sufficient munitions for a long war and the fact that the state itself fell apart in 1917. The reality is that on the whole the Russians were able to build a reasonably efficient army in the period covered by the book.
Th book is fascinating and in addition to looking at issues around the development of the army it gives a history of two imporant wars. The Russo Turkish War and the Russo Japanese War. A must read for people interested in the subject.
A Good Analyis of the Tsarist Army in Transition.......2001-02-24
This is a very military-academic study of how the Tsarist Russian army evolved from the Crimean War, through the 1877 Russo-Turkish War and Russo-Japanese War to become the military that went into World War One. One big disappointment is that the author stops at August 1914 without analyzing the first month of the war. He points out Russian deficiencies but fails to show how they were able to defeat Austrians in Galicia but lose at Tannenburg. Although the emphasis here is on doctrine, technology and force structure issues, there are excellent chapters on operations in 1877-8 and 1904-5. There are definitely similarities with Russia's current military troubles: political and social instability, economic weaknesses, technological changes that threaten to leave Russia's military behind, uncertain threat environment and lackluster military leadership. The Russian army made several key mistakes in terms of force structure, some of which are currently being repeated: they made the army too big for peacetime, but it was low quality and had few reserves. Not enough was spent on civilian infrastructure, such as railroads and industry. Officer education was woefully inadequate. Training exercises were more like parades than tactical problems. On the other hand, the individual Russian soldier fought well in both wars and the army made good choices on simple, robust weapons like the 1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle, the 76.2mm field gun and the Maxim machine-gun. Although only briefly mentioned in the book, it is apparent upon reflection that the Russian Navy was a waste of resources then, as now. Fully 25% of the military budget went to support a fleet that was annihilated in 1905 and inactive in 1914-7. This money would have been better spent building up an air force. The maps are hard to read and insufficient to follow major battles.
Outstanding work of institutional and operational history!.......2001-02-02
This is a first-of-its-kind work in English to review the Imperial Russian Army during its crucial period of modernization from 1861 (just after Crimea) to 1914 (the eve of the Great War).
The author is an instructor of strategy at the US Army Command and General Staff College and is an outstanding writer of military history.
The defeat in Crimea lead to changes in organization, doctrine and strategy for the Russian army. It's involvement in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 and the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 gave it operational experience from which to learn (or fail to learn) the lessons which a rapid change in military technologies taught on the battlefield.
Russia was one of the very few European powers to fight major, non-colonial wars in this period which saw the introduction of smokeless powder, magazine rifles, quick firing artillery, and machine guns. Contrary to popular belief, the Russian army did take active measures to adapt to the new military technologies along with improvements in transportation (railroads) and communications (telegraph, field telephones, and radio). The Russian army from Alexander II to Nicholas II was not a hide-bound, unintelligent mamoth as it is so often depicted.
The author divides the work up neatly by periods and his writing flows smoothly between doctrine, strategy, organization, and operational history. The politics of the Tsarist regime, the personality conflicts within the Tsar's army, and the technical changes on the battlefield are all woven together into a comprehensive whole. It is an excellent review of how the Russian predilection for reliance on "cold steel" held up during the changes forced by the Industrial Revolution.
I give it all five "bayonets".
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The Democratic Debate examines the struggle between the elite and popular models of democracy which, the authors argue, have alternated as the dominant vision in America since its founding. The text uses the standard of popular democracy to examine the United States from anti-federalism to contemporary social movements, and includes new material on the 2000 elections, the early months of George W. Bush's presidency, recent protests against the World Trade Organization, September 11, and more.
- New Ideas boxes give examples of innovative solutions to current problems and issues in government.
- Making a Difference chapter boxes focus on people, famous and otherwise, whose actions demonstrate how individuals can make a difference in democracy.
- A Closer Look features examine contemporary issues, such as mobilizing the Latino vote, from the perspective of both democratic models examined in the text.
Customer Reviews:
A GOOD TEXTBOOK.......2005-02-02
I've studied under Dr. Miroff, and let me say, the man definitely knows what he's talking about. This book proves that too, and it is written in plain English, and ties everything together nicely.
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