Ariel Sharon: Prime Minister of Israel Handbook (World Political Leaders Library)

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Independence Bound is a can do story about how one mother overcame obstacles to letting go of her autistic son to live independently. The realistic guidelines, practical suggestions, and important references are excellent resources to prepare the family and the young adult for independent living.

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Bound For Glory.......2007-07-22

Marquette's middle son, Trent has severe autism. He is largely nonverbal and his behavior has been described as developmentally delayed. Marquette glosses over his boyhood and jumps right into the services that are sorely needed for autistic people with multiple challenges. I just loved it when she said that Trent "does not have savant abilities," thus eliminating any mental reflex many neurotypicals might have to think of Trent as being like that tired R*** M** character. Savantism affects less than 10% of those with autism, so it does make you wonder why it has ever become a stereotype.

Trent attended special programs in his neighborhood school. His older brother Todd and younger brother Travis were there to help ease the way for him as best they could. Trent appeared to thrive in a school setting and Marquette rehearsed with him what the expectations and changes in routine would be once he graduated. Photographs of her three sons, three brawny, husky men grace the book. One picture that stands out is Trent's high school graduation photo.

I like the way the services are described. Trent had several coaches living with and working with him one on one. He had jobs in the community and he did well as long as the job remained constant, fixed and routine. Any deviation from routine caused Trent to have melt downs.

Marquette's own personal challenges are listed alongside of Trent's: a marriage that ended in 1998; the former husband's impatience with Trent and the embarrassment he expressed whenever Trent had a meltdown or displayed severely autistic behavior in public; Travis and his bout with cancer and the growing concern about how she would provide for Trent throughout his adulthood. Fortunately, she remarried and the second husband took all three big sons under his wing. Trent appeared to be adjusting to the changes in his life; a new stepfather and a new home.

There are a few grammatical issues in this book, such as when Marquette said "I told ~ disappointingly" instead of "disappointedly," and "I excitingly expressed to ~" instead of "I expressed excitedly" or "I exitedly expressed." Small things, but they did jump out at readers.

The book, although about Trent up to a point is really about itemizing one's emotions and developing strategies for lifetime support for individuals with severe and multiple challenges. This particular book makes me think of the Woody Guthrie classic, "Bound For Glory." Letting Go of Jason: A Young Man with Asperger's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder is a wonderful companion book to this one.

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Mondo Cane in 1962 was the blueprint for a shocking, controversial and influential documentary film cycle. Known collectively as "mondo films" or "shockumentaries," this enduring series of films is a precursor of the reality TV show.

A box-office draw for three decades and now a staple of the video rental market, these explosive exposes would often pass fabricated scenes as fact in order to give the public a sensationalist, highly emotive view of the world.

Sweet & Savage is the first-ever English-language book devoted exclusively to the mondo documentary film. A study of mondo as a global film phenomenon, it includes a detailed examination of the key films and includes exclusive interviews with the godfathers of this cult genre.

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academic study of the mondo movie genre.......2007-02-27

SWEET & SAVAGE (the title refers to a 1983 Antonio CLIMATI and Mario MORRA directed mondo film of the same name, which is actually quite good) is a great (unfortunately too academic) account of the popular mondo film genre. The name mondo stems from a Tuscean colloquial phrase (a dog's world or a world gone to the dogs), which was used as the title of the film that started it all: MONDO CANE. Helmed in 1962 by Gualtiero JACOPETTI and Franco PROSPERI MONDO CANE became an instant world wide success and would spawn a whole genre - the mondo (or shockumentary) movie.
The book is a precise study of the genre. It examines how the shockumentary relates to the classic documentary, exploitation and arthouse film. Often ridiculed by traditional documentary filmmakers and critized for the use of faked material and staged sequences the mondo film nonetheless shares aspects of the documentary film.
Another interesting aspect is the relation between arthouse film and mondo. While mondo films routinely mock modern art (evidenced e.g. in a sequence in MONDO CANE, where famous artist Yves KLEIN is derided for using naked women as "brushs" for painting), the frequent use of a stream of consciousness (anti)narrative or juxtaposing images indicate that the mondo genre is not averse of using arthouse techniques.
I also found the chapter regarding animals in mondo films particularly interesting. One of the more unpleasant aspects of the shockumentary is the frequent depiction of animal cruelty, regularly as social metaphor (c.f. "dog world"), but more often than not as a cheap shock effect.
A wide variety of mondo films are reviewed in detail, ranging from the JACOPETTI/PROSPERI directed classics (MONDO CANE, LA DONNE NEL MONDO, AFRICA ADDIO, GOODBYE UNCLE TOM and MONDO CANDIDO) to the Italian imitations of the 1960ies (like I MALAMONDO and GO! GO! GO! WORLD), cheap US imitations (MONDO FREUDO), the gruesome, but beautifully photographed films directed by Antonio CLIMATI and Mario MORRA with their emphasis on animal suffering (like SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST) and parodies (MR. MIKE'S MONDO VIDEO). It goes without saying that FACES OF DEATH is reviewed as well.
I have seen a lot of the movies under review and can assure you that they are spot-on and insightful, e.g. when it is pointed out how immensly the infamous horror movie CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was inspired by the mondo movie THIS VIOLENT WORLD or the author elaborates on the contributions of famous writer Alberto MORAVIA to several mondo films.
SWEET & SAVAGE is lavishly illustrated with movie stills, posters, lobby cards and pictures of directors. Great!
Another aspect of the book that found favour with me is the appendix on mondo soundtrack, entitled "bittersweet symphonies of death", which is very insightful and full of interesting trivia (for instance, I did not know that the well-known cheesy 1969 hit single "Mah Na' Mah Na'" was composed for the mondo film SVEZIA: INFERNO E PARADISO aka SWEDEN: HEAVEN AND HELL) I also strongly agree with the author's assessment of composer Riz ORTOLANI (academy award nominee for "More", the MONDO CANE title song). ORTOLANI is a true genius; his score for ADDIO ZIO TOM (aka GOODBYE UNCLE TOM) is in my book the best score ever composed for a motion picture, period!
The second appendix is an essay by Mr. Gualtiero JACOPETTI himself, originally written in 1966, nicely accompanied by pictures of the man himself.
My main critism regarding the book is that it is unnecessarily academic, which can be a bit frustrating for the general reader (e.g. "It is this reflexive quality of the mondo film that creates the most transgressive moments, which when refracted through a post-modern aesthetic continues to shock and surprise.", p. 11) I understand the need for more thoughtful writing on genre film than fanboy ravings, but I honestly think that one can write accessibly without compromising the intellectual quality.
Unfortunately the author Mr. GOODALL once or twice veers towards political correctness, e.g. in his review of the movie MONDO CANE 2000, when he complains about the mocking of homosexuals in the film narrative. (PC is out of place in a mondo movie or a mondo review.)
I would also have liked to read more about Mr. JACOPETTI`s life. It is for instance briefly mentioned that WOMEN OF THE WORLD is dedicated to British actress Belinda LEE (Mr. JACOPETTI's girlfriend), unfortunately we are not informed about the car accident that claimed Belinda LEE'S life and left JACOPETTI injured.

Last not least it should be noted that the classic mondos from Gualtiero JACOPETTI and Franco PROSPERI are available in both a beautiful large DVD Box and in budget price box sets (SHOCKUMENTARIES VOL. 1 & 2) here on amazon. You can read more on the mondo film genre and related subjects in the book KILLING FOR CULTURE. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DEATH FILM FROM MONDO TO SNUFF by David KEREKES and David SLATER. I reviewed KILLING FOR CULTURE here on amazon and found it excellent, one of the best film books ever written.

The First Filmbook about the "Mondo"-Genre.......2006-12-28

"Sweet and Savage" is to my knowledge the first filmbook to the exploitation-genre of the Mondo-Films (Shockumentaries) and the cult around Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi and belongs therefor in any filmbook-collection. Nevertheless improvement is possible (colour pictures, more pictures, better structure, more information) - so let's hope this is not the last work about this underground-filmgenre !

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The ideal travel guide for tourist and music fans alike.

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Not really a travel guide..........2004-02-15

Sure the book talks about Nashville's rich history and some of its landmarks, but the book is more about 'waking up' in a sense of opening your eyes to the business that is country music. The author talks about labels being swallowed up by other labels, the 'plastic cowboys' of the 1990s and how many new acts fail (versus becoming successful artists)in the little big town that is Nashville. I found it very interesting because I am a marketing major and there are a lot of facts and figures about what it actually costs to make and promote a record.

The author talked with Jill King when she was doing sets for basically no money at Tootsie's and dreaming of a record deal. Now she has released "Jillbilly" - it would be interesting to have an epilogue with her. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a behind-the-scenes look at the music industry, but not so much if you want a tourist guide to Nashville.

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Players compete in a race to complete their score card first by winning a word game in each of the categories. The blue card category, for example, is a straight race against the timer as players write down as many words in a chosen subject that they can. Easy you might say? Here's the catch: You score only if you are the only player to have written down the word! The Pink Card category requires players to come up with as many words as possible that begin with the letter shown on the spinner & contain the 2+ letters on the card. The scorecard indicates how many categories each player has to win, depending on the game length you want to play. Quickword is a fast & competitive word game that offers variety of different challenges, requires a little luck, involves strategy and locks players in 'verbal combat. Contents: Game board, Spinner, Scorecard Pad,1 Deck each of Blue, Green, Pink & Gray Cards,4 Blank Pads, 4 Pencils, 1 Token, Die & Spinner. Ages: 12 and up. Players: 2 or More.

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From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com.......2005-12-07

Quickwords is something like a cross between traditional word games and a variety game (like Cranium or Quelf). There are five different games-within-a-game, and players travel around the board, trying to complete each challenge a predesignated number of times.

Word game fans of all kinds will enjoy this game. The challenges have elements of games like Scattergories, Scrabble, and many other linguistic challeneges. This game is not terribly well known, but it certainly should be.

Keeps you interested!.......2005-11-26

Played this for the first (but not last) time at a friends on Thanksgiving. My 13 year old son did not want to quit playing. We had lots of laughs, groans and good times.

A Fast Paced, Fascinating, Entertaining Word Game!.......2004-03-16

"Quickword" is one of the most entertaining word games I have seen, or played in a long time. A few weekends ago we had some friends over for dinner and they brought the game with them for some post meal fun. And we did have a blast with this fast paced, entertaining game of skill and logic. The game involves a unique number of word skills, general knowledge, strategy and playing with speed under time pressure.

There are four decks of colored cards which determine the order of play. Blue cards ask the players to list all the words they can think of relating to a specific category, like "parts of an airplane." Green cards offer 6 categories and the players write one word for each, beginning with the letter indicated by the spinner on the gameboard. Pink and gray cards ask the players to perform other word oriented tasks.

Pencils, pads, timer, gameboard, cards are all included. For two or more players, age teen to adult - although I bet some precocious preteens could give you a run for your money! Highly recommended!
JANA

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No-nonsense guidelines for growing a business from scratch

Entrepreneurship remains the wave of the future, but as with anything in business, long-term success requires mastery of basic fundamentals. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business balances quantitative with qualitative issues and provides a straightforward, practical overview of the business and financial knowledge required to become a successful entrepreneur.

Professor Steven Rogers, a leader in the field and one of BusinessWeek's 10 best entrepreneur educators, goes beyond generic small-business issues to focus on highgrowth start-ups and innovators. Integrating hands-on aspects such as business valuation models and cash flow analysis with qualitative issues of marketing, management, and strategic planning, he provides:

Clear explanations and examples of the differences between entrepreneurial and corporate finance
Proven strategies for developing an effective business plan
Innovative techniques for structuring a deal and financing a new business

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Manish Ajmani.......2004-03-17

A must for every Entrepreneur or anyone who inspires to be one. Easy to read with examples from real life situations. The book walks through all necessary steps for either starting or acquiring a business with all the help to avoid any pitfalls.

The book not only details on the financial side (wealth creation)of the entrepreneurship but also stresses on the social obligations of job creations.

It scores 11 out of 10.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business: Wealth Creat.......2003-09-26

The book is easy to read and understand. It is couched in a manner where the average individual can easily understand the various financial issues along with the 'why to use' the financial steps along with the pitfalls which will be avoided by using the recommended financial steps.

A book to buy for or by anyone running their own small busines!

The only thing better than reading this book, is to listen to him speak in class.

An accessible, all-around guide to setting up a business.......2003-08-30

Steven Rogers, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management, has put together a comprehensive handbook for aspiring entrepreneurs. Written in plain language that does not assume prior knowledge of business or economics, this guide covers all the major topics that entrepreneurs face in setting up and managing a business: writing up a business plan, compiling and understanding financial statements, making a company profitable, valuing a company, and raising money.

On the one hand, Professor Rogers has written a reference book that assembles much of the information that people intuitively know. In that sense, the guide can be useful to people who want to make sure they are "not forgetting something." On the other hand, though, this guide tackles many issues that quite a few entrepreneurs look down upon: for example, accounting. Professor Rogers not only explains how entrepreneurs should handle the mundane aspects of business like accounting, but also elucidates why entrepreneurs should pay attention to those aspects at all. In doing so, he alerts entrepreneurs about the kind of problems they may face and recommends action to prevent them.

Professor Rogers has compiled anecdotes, business quotations, industry data, and mathematical formulae (which he explains in detail), to write an accessible guide for aspiring business owners. This balance, between serious and humorous, and fact and theory makes the book both fun to read and very useful -- a definite read for those daunted by the prospect of starting their own business.

The definitive guide to entrepreneurship.......2002-11-18

The thousands of budding entrepreneurs in the world share many common pitfalls. Among them is the need for adequate information regarding financing their dreams and a workable, usable, and meaningful plan of action. This book, by one of the country's leading professors of entrepreneurship, and others, is the definitive guide to mapping a viable and long-term plan of action for entrepreneurial success.

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business
Steven Rogers
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance and Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance and Business: Wealth Creation Techniques for Growing a Business
Steve; Rogers, Steven; Makonnen, Roza Rogers
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OF417E

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In a blend of intimate memoir and passionate advocacy, Nancy Mairs takes on the subject woven through all her writing: disability and its effect on life, work, and spirit.

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Nancy Mairs, a gifted essayist who is fierce and funny by turns, landed in a wheelchair years ago due to degenerative multiple sclerosis that has sapped much of her strength. She bends an agile mind and sharp tongue around the daily tasks of seeing eye-to-navel with a world that clearly prefers nondisabled "normals." One candid, pained essay tells of longing to give care, not just accept it. Others describe the shifting line in the sands marking limits she could live with; teeth-grinding frustration at foolish building practices that keep even public bathrooms out of her reach; and a discomforting adventure as an undercover agent exposing a drug fraud aimed at people with diseases like MS.

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Touching, moving and very sad.......2006-01-12

I had to read this book for one of my women's study's classes nearly 7 years ago. It has been too long to remember much of the detail but what I do remember is the depth of the impression that was left upon me. It is a very difficult task to look at someone's life, through their eyes, and experience their total destruction of being...slow....poignant...and startlingly real.

As we discussed this book in class, one of the girls ran out in tears, later coming back and disclosing that she, too, suffered from MS, making the book that much real and impressionable for me.

Devastating honesty.......2001-03-11

Reviewer: robert dorroh from Sonora, CA United States Nancy Mairs, with devastating honesty, chronicles life as a cripple (her choice of word) in poignant essays in "Waist High in the World."

Beset with multiple sclerosis and bouts with clinical and situational depression, she offsets these stumbling blocks with joy, candor, eloquence, and cultural and political insights. It is a book for everybody, not just the disabled, for it challenges our fears, cultural hangups and citizenship: "The more perspectives that can be brought to bear on human experience, even from the slant of a wheelchair or a hospital bed, or through the ears of a blind person or the fingers of someone who is deaf, the richer that experience becomes." She attacks the stereotype that cripples must be passive and unfailingly polite in a culture that doesn't want to deal with them: "Beyond cheerfulness and patience, people don't expect much of a cripple's character."

Pondering her husband and caretaker George's battle with cancer, she offers a balanced look at suicide in the face of his death. Though she has attempted suicide "more than once," she questions the right-to-die movement, which extolls "rational" suicide: "Since hopelessness is a distinctive symptom of depression, which is an emotional disorder, actions carried out in a despairing state seem to me intrinsically irrational. This last time I clung to shreds of reason, which saved me." Still, she sees suicide as a possibility: "I want to be the one in charge of my life, including its end."

Why should society pay for the misfortunes of others? people ask. Because it's what human beings do: take care of one another, Mairs says, adding that it's the government's role to ensure that its citizens are entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Mairs notes that the abled-bodied should aim to preserve the dignity of the disabled. This takes in seeing them as sexual beings: ... "The general assumption, even among those who might be expected to know better, is that people with disabilities are out of the sexual running."

As a paraplegic, I admire her advocacy on my behalf. I admire her more, however, for her willingness to work toward the betterment of our society through a rare and gifted intelligence.

MSages..........2001-01-26

Nancy Mairs is painfully, startlingly brave. Her book is something I recommend, not just for people with MS but people, period. She reminds me of just how powerful telling the truth can really be. We all need this book!

Hope for all of us suffering from being human........2000-07-29

Nancy Mairs writes about the human condition with humor, compassion, and ruthless honesty. This is a book of personal reflections about disability, embodiment, marriage, religion, and lots of other things, but fundamentally about the possibility of honestly acknowledging all the pain and confusion in our lives and at the same time--within that pain and confusion--living fully, gratefully, joyously.

Wow. What a gift. Thank you, Nancy Mairs.

Absorbing and thought-provoking..........1999-07-16

Facing chronic disease myself, I've turned to books like this for information, comfort, challenge and ideas. Nancy Mairs is the best I've found for writing honestly about what it means for people (women in particular) to face chronic, degenerative illness. She writes from her personal experience, but I see myself in her struggles. A book to read and re-read.

First-person microethics: deriving principles from below. (analyzing ethical principles in books about disability and death): An article from: The Hastings Center Report

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First-person microethics: deriving principles from below. (analyzing ethical principles in books about disability and death): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
Arthur W. Frank
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Title: First-person microethics: deriving principles from below. (analyzing ethical principles in books about disability and death)
Author: Arthur W. Frank
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1998
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Volume: v28 Issue: n4 Page: p37(6)

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Waist-high in the World: a Life Among the Nondisabled

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Waist-high in the World: a Life Among the Nondisabled
Nancy Mairs
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7AHOO

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Napoleon was only 26 years old when he led his first army—45,000 ill-fed, poorly-clothed, and disillusioned French troops. In just two months, his ragtag forces pushed half the respected Piedmontese army out of the war, drove the Austrians across Italy, and laid winning siege to a crucial fortress. Previously unpublished primary sources make possible the first new treatment of young Napoleon in half a century.

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Napoleon's Star Rises.......2007-06-21

It is early Spring 1796, a novice general takes command of the Army of Italy. The Army is hungry, poorly clothed and dispirited. The French are barely hanging onto their foothold on the Italian Riviera. Within little more than a year, the Army of Italy will knock Piedmont out of the War, chase the Austrian Army across Northern Italy, repulse four determined counter-attacks, seize the fortress of Mantua, march up into the Tyrol, threaten Vienna and force the Austrians out of the War! What an amazing first campaign. Some of Napoleon's later campaigns may be more famous but no campaign is more dramatic.

Martin Boycott-Brown has done a favor to the English language world by publishing the first comprehensive account of that campaign to come out in many decades. The hardback version is 526 pages long and is filled with the type of obscure detail that enthusiasts of military history love. Earlier reviewers are correct when they note that book's maps are of poor quality. However, if someone is going to be reading a detailed campaign book about the 1786-7 Italian campaign, they are more likely than not to already have many other Napoleonic history books that can be used to supplement this book's maps.

The appeal of this book is to see Napoleon at the beginning of his career. This is his first campaign and as to be expected things do not always go according to plan. It is a pleasure to see Napoleon's military genius at its real birth. In addition, many of the great characters that are to become important in Napoleon's story are present in these early days. Massena, Berthier, Murat, Lannes and Augereau all enter history's stage in this campaign.

If I have one crticism of this book it is that Martin Boycott-Brown is so earnest and determined to accurately describe this campaign. Drama is often sacrificed for detail. Fortunately, now that the essential details have been nailed down, another writer with the novelist's gift for drama and turn of phrase will come and tell this amazing story in a more lyrical manner.

Another 'scholarly' work.......2004-07-27

I was disappointed in this book. Yet again we are subjected to an exhausting study of one of Napoleon's campaigns, and we are left to imagine most of it. The few maps included are simple and at a very large scale, with no troop movements to be found. There is no accounting of armies or orders of battle, and any casualty or other statistics are only mingled with the text and need to be collected and/or analyzed to verify their accuracy. The chapter endnotes are mostly bilbliographical. I was interested to see quotes from personal correspondence, which is almost unheard of, and it gives great insight into Napoleon the man as a result. Sadly, this book did not accomplish what many are longing for,,,a more detailed analysis of the Italian campaign. You'll need a few more books with more information to get a clear picture.

Great reading but could have been better.......2003-07-10

One of the more interesting books on Napoleonic campaigns, especially one that there haven't been too many books written about it. I found the book to be quite an enjoyable read but like most of the other people who wrote reveiws on it, what bring down the book was lousy maps. Considering the details that the author offered in the book in tracing movements, battles and all that, good maps should have been alloted all over the book. Instead there were basically generic maps in the middle of the book. It sad when I have to go to other books like West Point Atlas of Napoleonic Wars to get a clearer pictures of what the author was trying to say. Considering how familiar the author is to the entire area of operation, maybe he fell into a mind trap of thinking that everyone knows the terrains as much as he. Other then that, I don't have much more to add then what was written before.

Good book, and the only major source on the subject.......2002-06-27

Studies of Napoleon's Italian campaign are hard to come by, so this book fills a very important space in Napoleonic historiography. The author does a fine job, with a large amount of detail being presented in a readable style. One comes away feeling they have gained a solid understanding of the campaign.

The book could have made better it the author had carefully examined the mindset of Napoleon himself, and how he felt about everything he was doing. The book also ended rather abruptly, without a discussion of the long-term effects of Napoleon's campaign.

Despite those flaws, this book was very good and should be read by anyone attempting to understand the Napoleonic period.

I couldn't get past the first few chapters.......2001-10-02

This is a massive book and doubtless would repay those who can finish it. I didn't like the text. I found the first few chapters rather dreary as the author was trying to set the stage for Napoleon's foray into Italy. I didn't like feel of the book -the paper used was bad and the pictures were bad. And as for the maps? Well, the maps were cursory.
I'll stick to my copy of Attack in the West and Napoleon in Italy for a clear account of this campaign.

The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign

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The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign
Martin Boycott-Brown
Manufacturer: Cassel Publications
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ASIN: B000JVCFY4

Road to Rivoli, The: Napoleon's First Campaign

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Road to Rivoli, The: Napoleon's First Campaign
Martin Boycott-Brown
Manufacturer: Cassell
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSGLYC

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How should your students understand the role of bureaucracy in American democracy? Making many of the policy decisions that most directly affect our lives--from the criteria used to rate the effectiveness of our schools to the rules that govern our retirement savings--bureaucracies and their performance merit our close study. With a focus on accountability, Gormley and Balla examine the factors that ultimately lead to bureaucratic successes and shortcomings.

How should your students systematically evaluate policymaking in government agencies? Since one theory or approach cannot adequately cover the complexity of bureaucracy, the authors work through four key perspectives to give students more analytic power in answering crucial questions about governance. Each perspective--whether its focus is top-down, bottom-up, lateral, or on an individual player--gives students more complete and real insight into the give and take between decision makers, managers, elected officials, organized interests, and citizens.

Features worth highlighting:

Clear and engaging explanations of four key perspectives--bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory--offer students powerful analytic handles for assessing the work of agencies.

In-depth case studies on four important agencies--the FTC, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene--not only bring the book's four theories together for complementary study, but also show accountability standards at play in departments that vary in organization, size, and goals.

Insight from four former cabinet secretaries--James Baker III, Donna Shalala, Dan Glickman, and Dick Thornburgh --featured in "Inside Bureaucracy" boxes seamlessly tie to the book's theoretical discussions.

Timely examples from a range of departments and agencies--related to education, health, homeland security, environmental, consumer protection, economic, and other policy areas--ground all analysis in the real world.

Helpful pedagogical tools such as focus questions, key words, and web resources, orient students and give them a departure point for further research and study.

Bureaucracy and democracy: a happy marriage?(Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance)(Book review) : An article from: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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Bureaucracy and democracy: a happy marriage?(Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance)(Book review) : An article from: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Marc Holzer , and Kathryn Kloby
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The accelerating interpenetration of nature and culture is the hallmark of the new "light-green" social order that has emerged in postwar France, argues Michael Bess in this penetrating new history. On one hand, a preoccupation with natural qualities and equilibrium has increasingly infused France's economic and cultural life. On the other, human activities have laid an ever more potent and pervasive touch on the environment, whether through the intrusion of agriculture, industry, and urban growth, or through the much subtler and more well-intentioned efforts of ecological management.

The Light-Green Society limns sharply these trends over the last fifty years. The rise of environmentalism in the 1960s stemmed from a fervent desire to "save" wild nature-nature conceived as a qualitatively distinct domain, wholly separate from human designs and endeavors. And yet, Bess shows, after forty years of environmentalist agitation, much of it remarkably successful in achieving its aims, the old conception of nature as a "separate sphere" has become largely untenable. In the light-green society, where ecology and technological modernity continually flow together, a new hybrid vision of intermingled nature-culture has increasingly taken its place.

Michael Bess, The Light-Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: French Politics, Culture and Society

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Michael Bess, The Light-Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: French Politics, Culture and Society
Sara B. Pritchard
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ASIN: B000ALRWWS
Release Date: 2005-07-25

The Light Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: Canadian Journal of History

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The Light Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: Canadian Journal of History
W. Brian Newsome
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 891 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Light Green Society: Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review)
Author: W. Brian Newsome
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 40 Issue: 2 Page: 357(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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The Light-Green Society. Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of Social History

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The Light-Green Society. Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of Social History
Pierre Claude Reynard
Manufacturer: Journal of Social History
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Social History, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1045 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Light-Green Society. Ecology and Technological Modernity in France, 1960-2000.(Book Review)
Author: Pierre Claude Reynard
Publication: Journal of Social History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Page: 545(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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