Talkin' About Poker: Straight Talk for Parents and their Players

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Kids are playing poker. Talkin' About Poker is the first book written to help parents educate themselves about poker,communicate with their young poker players, and determine if they are playing in a healthy way. It describes addiction and compulsive gambling behaviors and provides valuable suggestions on ways to help college and high school kids avoid the pitfalls of online gambling. Each chapter includes straight talk and tips from Chris Ackerman, a young professional poker player. Talkin' About Poker also offers answers to these questions: 1. What is Texas Hold'em? 2. How do you play and bet? 3. Is it legal for my child to play poker? 4. Can my child become addicted to poker playing? 5. What kind of professional help is available for young gamblers? 6. Can poker really be played as a recreational sport?

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An instructional assistant for parents and their children for the safe and proper assessment of youthful poker players .......2006-04-10

Talkin' About Poker: Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players, tactfully co-authored by Loren and Christopher Ackerman is an instructional assistant for parents and their children for the safe and proper assessment of youthful poker players -- with a special focus on No Limit Texas Hold'em poker. A seminal reference for many questions or concerns which parents may have such as what exactly Texas Hold'em is, how to play and bet in it, legality issues with children, possible addictions for young players, how to tell if it has become a problem for the child, what professional help is available for young gamblers, and how poker might really be played as only a recreational sport, Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players informs the reader of every necessary step a parent might take in guiding their poker-playing child. Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players is very strongly recommended to all parents with concerns about their gambling involved child, hoping to properly guide their child to an idealistic stratagem of youth poker playing grown increasingly popular with the advent of professional and tournament poker gaming on television and in casinos nationwide.

Talkin' about Poker: Straight Talk for Parents and their Players.......2006-02-21

This book is about so much more than talking about Poker. Communication with your child comes through loud and clear. The message makes you stop and think how to handle a situation without resorting to panic and over reacting. Respect measures high in this book. Hope there is another book coming soon.

For parents around the world.......2006-02-01

With online poker growing in popularity around the world, this is a must read for anyone with a young person in their care who is spending time and money on poker. Loren writes from the heart with ideas on how to manage the player's interest in a safe and constructive way. Using examples from her relationship with her son, poker-player, Chris they demonstrate on the page how it is possible for parents and their players to communicate effectively and to understand what is happening from the other's point of view.

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Seven days in hell

In June 1944, the Allies launched a massive amphibious invasion against Nazi-held France. But under the cover of darkness, a new breed of fighting man leapt from airplanes through a bullet-stitched, tracer-lit sky to go behind German lines. These were the Screaming Eagles of the newly formed 101st Airborne Division. Their job was to strike terror into the Nazi defenders, delay reinforcements, and kill any enemy soldiers they met. In the next seven days, the men of the 101st fought some of the most ferocious close-quarter combat in all of World War II.

Now Donald R. Burgett looks back at the nonstop, nightmarish fighting across body-strewn fields, over enemy-held hedgerows, through blown-out towns and devastated forests. This harrowing you-are-there chronicle captures a baptism by fire of a young Private Burgett, his comrades, and a new air-mobile fighting force that would become a legend of war.

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Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy.......2007-09-05

Very well written book, hard to put down, when reading book you feel like you are actually with the soldiers fighting in France.

Great story.......2007-08-04

Good work. A truly remarkable story. Well written and told up to standard. Anyone who has pulled on "risers" will appreciate this book.

An amazing war story!!! Lancaster,Ky.......2007-07-30

This is one of the best war books I've ever read. It is a first hand account of a 101st Airborne soldier telling when he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day.The Author did a really good job putting everything into detail from training to combat and the horrors of war. He talks about people being blown to pieces and mg42 machine guns almost tearin soldiers in two. He talks about a bayonet charge they did on the Germans. This is an excellent book full of intense action. You can't do a whole bunch better than this. I can't wait to read his sequals,Road to Arnhem A Screaming Eagle In Holland,Seven Roads to Hell A Screaming Eagle In Bastogne,and Beyond The Rhine A Screaming Eagle In Germany. I'm Sure these are great books to. If you like world war 2 books buy this. You won't be sorry

The book I took to Normandy June 6th, 2004........2007-06-15

While most young men today are thinking about "getting a leg over" or what kind of car they should drive, Don Burgett went to war. This is his story.

He wanted to join the army at seventeen but his mother balked at the idea. So he filled out a voluntary induction notice and on his 18th Birthday he joined the army. He promptly volunteered for an exciting and new form of combat by joining the paratroopers.

This book chronicles the daily life of a man whose body and mind where forged to form one of the finest fighting men this country ever produced. He served as part of the legendary 506h PIR of the 101st Regiment.

This book is a priceless gem of American history and a priceless first person account of D-Day from the perspective of a common soldier. It is outstanding in every way. It's an easy read with a gripping story first published in the 1960s.

Among the more interesting aspects of this book are the harsh training in Georgia, the pre-assault preparations, and the assault. Burgett's descriptions are vivid and compete including mention of a Japanese officer's body (I'm still trying to figure this one out), bloody bayonet assaults, Germans entrenched in the hedge rows of Normandy, a charge by horseback and ghastly wounds.

This book is the real deal. If you only read one first person account of the war, then this is the book to read. I've read the series three times and it never gets old.

Mr. Burgett if we ever meet, dinner is on me. Including the Calvados, sir.

Outstanding!.......2007-04-21

Still stands the test of time as a true World War 2 classic! No glamour, just gritty and truthful experiences from an 18 year old who jumped into Hell and lived to tell about it.
This book has been understandably used as source material for other World War 2 books. A must have for any library!

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Currahee
Donald R Burgett
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000NQ0448

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Currahee!

Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000FSP5CK

Currahee! 'We stand alone!': A paratroopers account of the Normandy invasion

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Currahee! 'We stand alone!': A paratroopers account of the Normandy invasion
Donald R Burgett
Manufacturer: Hutchinson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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If Hunter S. Thompson had been a warrant officer...
Currahee

Kill Me If You Can, You SOB
Bob Miller
Manufacturer: Wheatmark
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1587368463

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Kill Me If You Can, You SOB is a judicious, penetrating record of the Vietnam War as experienced by an ordinary soldier. Through diary entries written over three decades ago, we get a rare and illuminating glimpse into one of America's greatest tragedies. Bob Miller's unflinching observations not only expose the harsh realities of war, but also provide a long-overdue tribute to the men who fought it.

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If Hunter S. Thompson had been a warrant officer..........2007-07-18

The more I read of Miller's work, the more I like it. Like HST, Miller is a born curmudgeon, cynic, and rebel. I cracked up when his commander described him as "he'll never make general but he'll get you there and back." No grunt ever had a truer, more unconditional friend.

This memoir hit particularly close to home for me as it detailed the author's experiences as a warrant officer chopper pilot in Phan Thiet, Vietnam from May '68 to May '69. I graduated flight school in Jan '69 but ended up in Korea. This account showed me a lot of what I missed. Miller shared several photos of the Vietnam chopper pilot experience in his book. You can see more if you Google "192nd Assault Helicopter Company". I also recommend Googling "View the Wall" and searching for Arann and Thoman, Miller's comrades in the 192nd--a very moving experience.

Our country owes the Vietnam vet more than it can ever repay. In my estimate, the greatest of them are the ones who rejected the party line but showed up for duty anyway. A tip of the hat to Bob Miller.

--Ejner Fulsang, author of "A Knavish Piece of Work" Aarhus Publishing 2006

Currahee.......2007-07-11

This pilot supported the Currahees with the best he had to give and has put the same into ths book. Agree with him or not, he tells it like it was and I'd be proud to ride with him anytime anywhere. I was there, too and he didn't skimp a bit on Blackhawk. My only disappointment was when it ended so fast.

The Princess/At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends/The Least One/Currahee!/The Walking Stick (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 3: 1967)

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The Princess/At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends/The Least One/Currahee!/The Walking Stick (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 3: 1967)
Gunnar Mattsson , Dwight D. Eisenhower , Borden Deal , Donald R. Burgett , and Winston Graham
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GLYK4K

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The Princess/At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends/The Least One/Currahee!/The Walking Stick (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 3: 1967)
Gunnar Mattsson , Dwight D. Eisenhower , Borden Deal , Donald R. Burgett , and Winston Graham
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000C7DQSO

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Great reading

To Hell and Back: Combat Classics of World War Ii

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To Hell and Back: Combat Classics of World War Ii

Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000CL3B62

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6 volume LEATHER BOUND set accented in 22kt gold! Personally selected by the late historian Stephen E. Ambrose. Titles include: To Hell and Back; Baa Baa Black Sheep; with the Old Breed; Parachute Infantry; the War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause; Currahee!

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CURRAHEE
Donald R. Burgett
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OVFUKU

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In 1810 two army officers of the East India Company, Captain Charles Christie and Lieutenant Henry Pottinger disguised as Tartar horse-dealers for a Hindu merchant, anchored near the village of Sonmiani in Sindh. Their mission, prompted by fear of invasion of British Indian territories by
European powers, was to survey the previously unknown area of Baluchistan and research the possibility of European armies passing through the lands that lay beyond Persia. It is against this background that the story unfolds.

Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde, accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries with a map

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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde, accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries with a map
Henry Pottinger
Manufacturer: Indus Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006CSTBY

TRAVELS IN BELOOCHISTAN & SINDE OAHR - OXFORD ASIAN HISTORICAL REPRINTS

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TRAVELS IN BELOOCHISTAN & SINDE OAHR - OXFORD ASIAN HISTORICAL REPRINTS
POTTINGER
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: B000OKU5OC

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TRAVELS IN BELOOCHISTAN AND SINDE ...
Henry Pottinger
Manufacturer: Indus Publications
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MPKKAS

Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde;: Accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries

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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde;: Accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries
Henry Pottinger
Manufacturer: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
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Cardoso - good timing for Brazil

Greatest President of Brazil

Wonderful biography of a remarkable, yet poorly known, President of Brazil

A personal and national history - and a good story

An Imminently Readable Introduction to the Nation of Brazil--its history, politics, economy, and culture

The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir

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Binding: Hardcover
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Introduction to Comparative Politics

ASIN: B000LSA8SK

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What is it like to govern one of the world's most notoriously ungovernable, most vibrant countries? Brazil's former president offers a candid, wry, illuminating view

Fernando Henrique Cardoso received a phone call in the middle of the night asking him to be the new Finance Minister of Brazil. As he put the phone down and stared into the darkness of his hotel room, he feared he'd been handed a political death sentence. The year was 1993, and he would be responsible for an economy that had had seven different currencies in the previous eight years to cope with inflation that had run at 3000 percent a year. Brazil had a habit of chewing up finance ministers with the ferocity of an Amazon piranha.

This was just one of the turns in a largely unscripted and sometimes unwanted political career. In exile during the harshest period of the junta that ruled Brazil for twenty years, Cardoso started his political life with a tentative run for the Federal Senate in 1978. Within fifteen years, and despite himself, this former sociologist was running the country.

And what a country! Brazil, it is often said, is on the edge of modernity, striding with one foot in mid-air towards the future, the other still rooted deep in a traditional past. It is a land of sophisticated music and brutal gold-digging, of the next global superpower and the last old-time coffee plantations. It is gloriously ungovernable, irrepressibly attractive, and home to the family, friends and extraordinary life of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. This is his story and his love song to his country.

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Cardoso - good timing for Brazil.......2007-06-27

I really enjoyed this book. Cardoso tells the story of his rise to power in a very humorous manner and fills the gaps with Brazilian political history. Cardoso comes off as a very likable man and treats opponents with a fair hand. Cardoso was obviously the right man at the right time for Brazil. He beat Lula twice and Brazilians can be happy for that. Cardoso introduced the real, redistributed farm lands to poor families, brought free HIV medicine to Brazil, fought against corruption, and privatized the phone company - allowing hundred of thousands of Brazilians to get connected. By the time Lula was finally elected, he had no choice but to accept Cardoso's policies because they work for Brazil. Cardoso brought Brazil into the modern age. I love Brazil and have gained a great deal of respect for Cardoso. Excellent read.

Greatest President of Brazil.......2007-05-04

Wow, I was so shocked when I took this book out of the library and it read so smoothly. Unlike most presidential memoirs, Ferdinand Henrique's stays away from the boring "name dropping" that leaves the reader bored and unimpressed. Cardoso provides a great deal of information on the political history of Brazil while intertwining anecdotes from his own life at just the right time. As a true sign of modesty, his work is constantly footnoted with what he seems to claim are better biographies of him at certain points in his life and political career. This is a great book for anyone who would like an amazingly smooth memoir by one of the most modest people to ever write about himself (I am sure Saint Augustine has him beat with the self-deprecation).

Wonderful biography of a remarkable, yet poorly known, President of Brazil.......2006-12-08

Fernando Henrique Cardoso was Brazil's penultimate President. Brazil is the 2nd largest country in the Western Hemisphere, one of the world's 10 largest economies, a major exporter, and yet, as Cardoso rightly points out, many Americans, Europeans, and other foreigners associate Brazil with little more than, "soccer, carneval, and the girl from Ipanema." Additionally, there are still associations of Brazil as a "banana republic" and with the military dictatorship. Cardoso shows very personal sides of Brazilian history, from his ancestors' role in the founding of the modern Republic of Brazil, to his career as an academic, his exile, his persecution under the military dictatorship, to politics, to the Presidency. He gives us many "behind the scenes" views of his life as a politician and President in Brazil. His views on the economy and foreign relations are very pragmatic and seem rational. Overall, very well-written and I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand this important country, as well as to those already interested in Brazilian/Latin-American studies.

A personal and national history - and a good story.......2006-07-17

Cardoso hails from Brazil's first family, and he weaves a very readable history of Brazil through the stories of his grandfather, father and family friends (and enemies). The author evolves from professor to exile to president, forging Brazil's economic reform policies for a decade and staking his own claim on the country's history.

A left-leaning sociologist-turned-economist, Cardoso became famous in the 1970s for the dependency theory (dependencia), trying to explain the relations between the U.S. and Latin America (and first- and third-worlds more generally). But as finance minister in the 1990s, he authored quite un-socialist policies of the Plano Real, breaking inflation through budget cuts, currency reform and attracting foreign investment. He identifies himself with the New Left of Clinton and Blair.

This (I hope) will be effective in the classroom as a personal introduction to a fascinating and important country, and as an insider's perspective on the challenges and responses in globalization-era Latin America. Even allowing for the risk of poetic license in autobiographers and co-writers, the book at times reads like an adventure, with stirring characters, dramatic crises and indefatigable, inveterate hope.

An Imminently Readable Introduction to the Nation of Brazil--its history, politics, economy, and culture.......2006-06-30

In planning a trip to Brazil, I was looking for a readable history of Brazil's past 100 years to give me an understanding of the nation, its history, and its challenges. Fernando Henrique Cardoso's book appeared to be a perfect choice: it combines history, and social and economic analysis with a personal biography of one of Brazil's finest presidents.

Like most autobiographies, The Accidental President of Brazil is not an objective work. Cardoso does defend his policies and programs, especially his work in developing Brazil's modern currency--the Real. Cardoso, to his credit, did prove to be an effective inflation fighter who instilled some discipline into the samba economy of Brazil. He also strengthened the country as a democracy and won kudos from foreign leaders, the IMF, and the World Bank.

However, Brazil's problems are far from over. Parts of its major cities--the notorious favelas--are ungovernable, and are giving the country a terrible reputation abroad. Poverty and unemployment, which go hand in hand with urban slums, also plague the country. Cardoso draws an interesting analogy between the favelas and the Bronx and Harlem, New York, in the 1970s. Harlem, he argues, looked ungovernable in 1975, but now it is a center of urban renewal and culture. President Clinton even has an office there. In short, if we take a long term view of the favela problem, he explains, positive change is a true possibility. After all, property within a stone's throw of Copacabana beach cannot be slum for ever.

The inevitability of progress sounds like the positivist philosophy of Brazil's founders, and in fact, Mr. Cardoso's grandfather was one of a group of military officers who overthrew Emperor Dom Pedro II and founded the modern state. Cardoso, though, is far too complex to fall into a positivist trap. As an academic, he's often more concerned about explaining Brazil's problems and possibilities than establishing his place in history with a laudatory biography. He employs self-deprecating humor throughout the book and is as quick to point out his failures as his successes. The more I read the book, the more I came to admire the man. I also now know much more about the world fifth largest country, and the biggest economy in Latin America than I did before reading the book. Will Brazil be the next India? Read this book and judge for yourself. Do Brazil!

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Interesting topic, but a dry read

Is it Worth it?

All the Daring of the Soldier

A mixed bag.

Excellent women's Civil War history book

All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies
Elizabeth D. Leonard
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0140298584
Release Date: 2001-02-27

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As the American Civil War raged on, Louisiana's Sarah Morgan complained to her diary, "Oh! if I were only a man. Then I could don the breeches, and slay them with a will!" Though Morgan never did "don the breeches," in All the Daring of the Soldier, historian Elizabeth D. Leonard reveals that many women did. Leonard recounts the stories of dozens of women who joined the war effort, such as Richard Anderson, a.k.a. Amy Clarke, who fought with her Confederate cavalry regiment at the battle of Shiloh. Other women served as "Daughters of the Regiment," doing everything from serving as mascots and nurses to bearing regimental colors in battle and even fighting in combat. Still others engaged in espionage, such as Elizabeth Van Lew, who hid behind a cultivated persona and the nickname Crazy Bet so that she could spy for the Union.

Interesting capsule biographies aside, the strength of this book lies in Leonard's historical analysis. While many historians (and most Civil War novelists) have assumed that women went to war because they were motivated by love--either of men or their country--Leonard is quick to point out that whereas many women did follow the men they loved, and that others were sincere patriots, many others were motivated by economic need or even the desire for adventure and a wider range of opportunity than 19th-century society allowed them. Leonard's thorough research in archives and memoirs adds great detail to these women's stories and makes All the Daring of the Soldier an excellent addition to both the scholarly and general literature on the Civil War. --C.B. Delaney

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During the Civil War, women worked as spies and sometimes disguised themselves as male soldiers to play an heroic part in the conflict. Historian Elizabeth D. Leonard has combed archives, memoirs, and histories to unearth the stories of these hidden and forgotten women who risked their lives for the blue and the gray. Here are the stories of Belle Boyd, Confederate loyalist and key player in Stonewall Jackson's struggle to hold the Shenandoah Valley, and Sarah Emma Edmonds, who enlisted as Franklin Thompson, and fought at Fredericksburg. Leonard includes many other courageous women, investigates why they chose unconventional ways to help their cause, and shows how they were able to break through the traditional barriers of Victorian womanhood.

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Interesting topic, but a dry read.......2007-07-31

This reads more like a text book or research essay. It's a little dry for the casual reader who just wants to learn about the topic in their liesure time. It seems like author is trying to pack in a mention of EVERY woman who was ever involved in the Civil War, no matter how little information is available on them. However, it's an interesting subject, and some of the women are discussed in detail, with quotes from people who knew them. The detailed accounts are worth reading about.

Is it Worth it?.......2005-12-09

Though the beginning of the book was a little dry, it continues to improve. It's greatest strength is the use of personal stories and accounts of those who actually knew the women.
As the book begins, many women are mentioned who had small, some might say even insignificant, role in the Civil War. This part is the book is the more dry area, but when the author, Elizabeth D. Leonard, begins to focus on the five most prominent women who helped to illicit information from the enemy, it again improves. This style of writing continues throughout the book, first mentioning several women whom not much is known about, then sharing the story of a well-known Unionist or Confederate female. Another strength of this book is the information that one can learn. I was surprised at some details and statistics provided. For instance, many women who brought information across enemy lines were able to do so through the use of their clothing as a means for hiding letters and even entire army uniforms. One woman strung hats and boots underneath her hoop skirt and kept letters in her hair. The statistic that six women were able to kept their pregnancy a secret (until delivery) while being enlisted under a male alias is shocking.
This book provides another look at women in the Civil War. Many believe, incorrectly, that only a few females were involved with either the Union or Confederate cause. As this book proves, however, that is not the case.
Overall, this book has an equal amount of interesting aspects, as well as dry moments. The "good" parts, however, are worth reading the book in its entirety.

All the Daring of the Soldier.......2002-12-14

Women soldiers, vivandieres, nurses and so on of the Civil War. More detailed than Hall's book, but still not a really scholarly text.

Various mentions of women in the American Revolution seem off-topic, with not much to show how they connect causally with the Civil War.

Women spies and scouts, real women soldiers (a few, with the presumption that many were never discovered), etc.

A lot of attention to contemporary literature and balladry concerning fighting women, though this work isn't deeply analyzed.

For me the most valuable part of the book was a fairly long discussion of how it was that women could convincingly masquerade as men in the 1860's. This was useful and interesting. Overall, though, there was only so much this book had to offer. I wonder if the limited hard evidence for female soldiers makes any book of this kind an uphill struggle. A new volume on the topic has just come out, and I'll be having a look at that.

A mixed bag........1999-07-30

Leonard's early chapters are good, though she misses a couple of prominent women. However, her chapters on "soldier women" are greatly disappointing. She can provide positive proof of only three women who successfully disguised themselves as men and fought during the war. All other cases she presents are based entirely upon anecdotal information. Her claim that 500-1,000 women served is entirely unsubstantiated. Leonard seems to accept the story of Loreta Velasquez even though her account has been disproven.

Excellent women's Civil War history book.......1999-06-11

I am the author of "Memories of Maggie" and "Potpourri Of War" so I readily ordered this new book to learn more about the women who served during the Civil War.

"All the Daring of the Soldier" was excellent. It brought forth more women than I was even aware of who did so much for their country during the Civil War. Elizabeth D. Leonard should be proud of the work she put into her research and writing. This book should be a welcomed item to anyone's collection but especially for students to learn more women's history.

I only have one complaint. There was no mention of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker who also served during the Civil War and was ultimately the only woman to date to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her actions during the war. I hope this was just an oversight on the author's part.

BUT believe the rest of this book is wonderful!

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All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies
Elizabeth D. Leonard
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIX4RO

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...a compelling, thoroughly documented, well-reported story--one that challenges readers to probe deeply into their own feelings about justice, racism, violence, police brutality, and media coverage. --San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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1 star/1 penny is too much for this utter trash.......2007-08-07

Stacy Koon was the bigoted police officer found guilty on federal charges of violating the rights of Mr. Rodney King. You don't treat a dog this way, much less a human being. The fact that this man can profit by telling his lies in a book is truly amazing; I suppose this is the repercussions of a capitalist society. One penny for this book is still too much!

A Gripping Expose'.......2005-10-17

"Presumed Guilty" is a compelling, skillfully written first-hand account of the tragedy and drama surrounding the apprehension of Rodney King. The author, Stacey Koon, does an excellent job of depicting police life and he tells the story in a true, real way. His style is detailed and persuasive as he takes you from the fast-paced arrest to back-stories of his police career, and finally to the trial and the brilliant strategy created by the defense.

This is unquestionably a fascinating story. While this is an easy plot to follow, I do recommend getting some background information before reading this account, because you will better understand Koon's writing.

The Real Telling Point of the Entire King Affair.......2002-09-13

The crux of this account is Stacey Koon's observation that when ALL of the evidence (and not just a few seconds of videotape, punctuated by activist oratory) was lawfully presented to a trial jury, and explained in a reasonable fashion, the jury determined that the officers were not guilty of the primary crime with which they had been charged. Everything after that was society's emotional reaction based upon irresponsible media inflammatory over-dosage.

truth.......2002-08-18

It is a shame this book is out of print and that is wasn't given much publicity. It is a fast read and eyeopening to the side of the story that the media kept from the public. I recommend it highly.

For Those Who Dare, The Other Side.......2002-07-24

An excellent well-written defense of the infamous police who beat Rodney King. Koon, of course, was the Sgt. in charge at the scene, so he can hardly be considered to be an unbiased source. He makes his case with some skill, and he is able to present himself successfully as a sympathetic character. He points out that most of those who condemn him out of hand really have no idea what went on that night. He lays his defense out carefully and goes point by point explaining his own thinking and his perception of what happened. Koon emphasizes his belief that King was on PCP and his contention that if the police had been able to employ a chokehold the whole incident would never have occurred. He also takes a few well aimed shots at his old boss, the controversial Police Chief Darrel Gates... He also makes a deft attack on the media's evident bias against him, and ruefully points out that the media's `public person' defense of their actions was self created since they made Koon a `public person'. He also rightly points out that the Federal Case was double jeopardy. One need not be convinced by the argument to appreciate the importance of the book. The picture on the back with Koon looking sorrowful and sheepish though, is a bit much.

Presumed Guilty : The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair

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Presumed Guilty : The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair
Robert; Koon, Stacey C. Deitz
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HMCYJ6

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Presumed Guilty the Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair
Stacey C. And Deitz, Robert Koon
Manufacturer: Regnery Gateway
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Binding: Hardcover
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Dave Foreman is one of North America's most creative and effective conservation leaders, an outspoken proponent of protecting and restoring the earth's wildness, and a visionary thinker. Over the past 30 years, he has helped set direction for some of our most influential conservation organizations, served as editor and publisher of key conservation journals, and shared with readers his unique style and outlook in widely acclaimed books including The Big Outside and Confessions of an Eco-Warrior.

In Rewilding North America, Dave Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear and powerful terms, but also offers a bold, hopeful, scientifically credible, and practically achievable solution.

Foreman begins by setting out the specific evidence that a mass extinction is happening and analyzes how humans are causing it. Adapting Aldo Leopold's idea of ecological wounds, he details human impacts on species survival in seven categories, including direct killing, habitat loss and fragmentation, exotic species, and climate change. Foreman describes recent discoveries in conservation biology that call for wildlands networks instead of isolated protected areas, and, reviewing the history of protected areas, shows how wildlands networks are a logical next step for the conservation movement. The final section describes specific approaches for designing such networks (based on the work of the Wildlands Project, an organization Foreman helped to found) and offers concrete and workable reforms for establishing them. The author closes with an inspiring and empowering call to action for scientists and activists alike.

Rewilding North America offers both a vision and a strategy for reconnecting, restoring, and rewilding the North American continent, and is an essential guidebook for anyone concerned with the future of life on earth.

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Finally.......2006-03-13

Finally there is something which dares to challenge conventionality in its face and say capitalism and manifest destiny arent doing us any favours... This books opens your mind to greater processes and aspirations than what were are trained for in society... go for it!

The "Sand County Almanac" of our time!.......2005-03-08

Nearly 60 years ago, Aldo Leopold gave the world a treasure: his "Sand County Almanac". "Rewilding North America" is the Sand County Almanac of our time, in eloquence as well as vision. Dave Foreman, who raised the conservation bar so shockingly (and successfully) with "Earth First!" 25 years ago, has now become an elder, a respected colleague of the leading lights in conservation biology, while carrying on his legacy of showing the rest of us new possibities for bolder and more biocentric paths of ethics and action.

"Rewilding North America" is THE environmental vision for this era and for this continent. The book begins with the most succinct and heart-stoppingly depressing summary of the bad news of biodiversity and ecological losses that I have yet encountered. But hang in there, because Foreman then masterfully unfolds a program of possibility that is both radical and realistic -- and inspirational beyond measure!

As we biodiversity and wilderness advocates continue the important work in the paradigm of preservation (that is, saving all the pieces we can against the onslaught of vapid consumerism), we can also begin to take the exciting first steps in a new form of ecological restoration. Dave's "rewilding" proposal is long-term in both directions: He considers a baseline for rewilding that goes back 13,000 years to just before the first humans arrived in North America, while setting forth a vision that is intended -- dare I say, destined -- to grow over this century and the next. That means we don't just stop at bringing back Wolf and Griz; we also start plotting paths for repatriating Cheetah to its continent of origin, and assisting Order Proboscidea in once again leisurely reshaping the tusked behemoths of the Old World into New World natives.

Onward with the Great Work!

A level-headed, serious call to action!.......2004-08-12

Foreman paints both a depressing and hopeful picture of the state of eco-affairs. Sobering information regarding the war on nature along with a plan to recoup some of the biological losses mother nature has endured in the industrial/tech ages.

This is a MUST READ book for anyone with an ounce of caring in their bones for the future of life on Earth.

Extreme conservation.(Rewilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century)(Book Review): An article from: Planning

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Extreme conservation.(Rewilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century)(Book Review): An article from: Planning
Harold Henderson
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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Title: Extreme conservation.(Rewilding North America: A Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century)(Book Review)
Author: Harold Henderson
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Page: 52(2)

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