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Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious art patrons of the twentieth century.
After her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic, the young heiress came into a small fortune and left for Europe. She married the writer Laurence Vail and joined the American expatriate bohemian set. Though her many lovers included such lions of art and literature as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst (whom she later married), Yves Tanguy, and Roland Penrose, real love always seemed to elude her.
In the late 1930s, Peggy set up one of the first galleries of modern art in London, quickly acquiring a magnificent selection of works, buying great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America after the Nazi invasion of France. Escaping from Vichy, she moved back to New York, where she was a vital part of the new American abstract expressionist movement.
Meticulously researched, filled with colorful incident, and boasting a distinguished cast, Anton Gill's biography reveals the inner drives of a remarkable woman and indefatigable patron of the arts.
Customer Reviews:
Huge Disappointment!.......2003-03-07
After anxiously awaiting the arrival of this book, it was so disappointing to realize that I was forcing myself to read it! The book reads like a term paper with so many quotes from PG's own book that I was wondering why I had not bought that one instead. Several friends have also attempted to read this book and just can't get past the first half. You have to be dedicated and determined to get through this one!
Art, sex and high psychological drama!.......2002-08-20
I could not put this book down. I read it straight through over two days in complete fascination. A woman who so deeply influenced art of the 20th century and nourished improtant artists when they were unknown so that they could keep working, and yet so insecure, so troubled, so unsure of her own knowledge and taste. An exquisite portrait of this flawed and fabulous character. I am thrilled that the aucthor has created such a thorough and penetrating biography - Peggy certainly deserves it!
A Life Devoted to Sex and to Art.......2002-05-06
The name Guggenheim is well known among museums and among art collectors. One thinks that all those Guggenheims were pretty well off, but everything is relative, and there were rich Guggenheims and poor ones. Benjamin Guggenheim in 1912 dressed in his best formal evening clothes, heroically helped women to climb into the lifeboats of the _Titanic_, and then drowned. He left half a million dollars to his family, but it was the legacy of a poor Guggenheim, not a rich one. His daughter Peggy managed to take her share, and independently of the other collectors in her family, made a highly-regarded collection of early twentieth century art. It was a great accomplishment. She also took plenty of lovers, many of them famous, which is somewhat less of an accomplishment. She was a reprehensible mother, and pinched pennies in ways that would make those around her uncomfortable. She was a contradictory bundle, and now a fun, big, gossipy biography, _Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim_ (HarperCollins) by Anton Gill, has put bright light on all the facets. It isn't always an uplifting story, but it sparkles.
Peggy was fourteen when her father drowned; Gill argues that she was always looking for a father figure after that. Her sexual enthusiasms may have been driven also by fretting over her looks; she was a good-looking woman with a fine physique, but she had a nose which one unkind friend (and she had many of those) said looked like an eggplant. She had two marriages, both to artists, the second one to the famous surrealist Max Ernst, but both were painful. She took hundreds of lovers, most of whom meant little but a night of fun. Someone asked her later in her life, "How many husbands have you had, Mrs. Guggenheim?" and the typical, sharp, self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing answer came: "D'you mean my own, or other people's?" She was far luckier in her pursuit of art (rather than of artists). As years went on, she referred to her collection as "my children" and showed more interest in caring for it than she did for the flesh-and-blood version. She was able to buy art from artists who are now household names before they became so, and before art prices skyrocketed. Her sponsorship of Jackson Pollock is a lasting imprint on American art. Although her famous collection of surrealist and cubist works is now widely appreciated, not everyone felt it was a success. When she welcomed the critic Bernard Berenson to it in 1948, she gushed, "Mr. Berenson, you were the first person to teach me about painting," to which Berenson replied, "My dear, what a tragedy that I wasn't the last."
The Tate Gallery in London had enough enthusiasm earnestly to try to acquire her collection (it did do restoration work), but because of her legal and personal problems, the deal never went through. Tellingly, she could not finally compete with the resources of her uncle Solomon's foundation and museum. She had made her Palazzo Leoni one of the high points to visit in Venice (where it contrasted with the ancient city to good effect), and upon her death, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation took it over as a public museum. Peggy died in 1979, and her cremated remains were interred near her collection, and also near her beloved dogs' resting place, but far away from any friends or relatives. She had done well with dogs and art, and not much more. It was an eccentric and unique life, often successful, but encompassing a good deal of lost opportunities and sadness. This generous but by no means fawning biography is a pleasure to read because it is full of fascinating detail, scandalous stories, and coruscating bon mots.
A LASTING MEMORIAL.......2002-05-01
I never really knew who Peggy Guggenheim was until I visited her home filled with art: the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice, Italy. The gardens and terraces as well as all the rooms open to the public are filled with wonderful examples of the modern art collected by Guggenheim, including, tellingly, a larger-than-life white statue of a horse situated outdoors on the main terrace overlooking the canal. The horse has a happy male rider. The rider sports a large erection.
So who was Peggy Guggenheim? Anton Gill goes a long way to providing her with a lasting memorial but far from a stuffy one. His well-researched, entertainingly and wittily written book ART LOVER is a fascinating read. Guggenheim was not one of the wealthier Guggenheims; her Dad went down on the Titanic and she was left with a goodly sum of money, but far from the vast fortunes her relatives had. And so, as Richard Adler & Jerry Ross said about their heroine, Lola, in "Damn Yankees," Guggenheim used "A Little Brains, A Little Talent (With An Emphasis On The Latter)." She had, according to her own account over one thousand "sexual liasons" with men as famous as Samuel Beckett and as nasty and vicious as her alcoholic first husband who emotionally and physically abused her.
She knew she was not a great beauty (in fact in one of the terrific photos collected for the book she resembles Dame Edna!)so she used her brains and superb taste and knowledge of a true bargain to collect art from men as diverse and influential as Brancusi, Mondrian, Pollock, Duchamp and Ernst (her second husband), most of which were purchased during World War 2 when so many artists were fleeing Europe and selling their works cheaply.
Peggy Guggenheim was a true American original who led a wild life of art, society and sexual high-jinks in several countries and she has left us, at least, a wonderful, wonderful gallery of modern art in a Venetian palace, most of us can only dream about living in. Gill has done her proud. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
A Superlative Study of a Legendary Lady!.......2002-04-12
With equal parts wit and scholarly research, author Anton Gill uncovers Modern Art champion Peggy Guggenheim. Never hesitant to present all sides of this complex character, Gill renders a multi-faceted portrait of one of the most significant figures of the 20th century art world. Bravo!
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Not so long ago, in a galaxy not too far away...
How does a pipsqueak outcast with unnaturally blond hair, a Godzilla fetish, and the nickname "Toddler" grow up to be a world champion, Olympic competitor, and action sports icon? The truth is even weirder than you might think.
Growing up as an only child in a small town in Massachusetts, all Todd Richards wanted to do was play with his Star Wars toys in the woods behind his house -- and, oh, be a ninja. When he started high school, he transferred his obsessive tendencies to a new hobby that was sweeping the nation: skateboarding. But fighting off the Massachusetts weather and tangling with his parents over skateboarding and its ripped-jeans, bleached-hair image made him one depressed kid during the winter of 1987.
That's when a friend introduced him to snowboarding and revealed to him a whole new world. Before he knew it, he was a sponsored pro, but he still had a lot to learn. Fortunately -- or unfortunately, depending on who you ask -- Todd found himself in the company of some of snowboarding's most influential pioneers and most notorious wild men. A second childhood with a bunch of free-spirited snowboarders and former skate punks as an extended family taught him many things: from how a g-stringed Italian can broker a peace deal to why you should never wear novelty underwear if you are planning to knock yourself senseless on the mountain.
As Todd's career and skills advanced, he found himself no longer in the shadows of legendary snowboarders, but at the forefront of a new wave of snowboarding fanaticism that was sweeping the nation. He spearheaded the movement that pushed snowboarding from a derelict sport to the forefront of the Olympic games and into the American mainstream. Through stories of his wild experiences on tour, blow-by-blow details of his most famous victories (and most crushing defeats), and more than one hundred photos, Todd relates the story of his life, the history of his sport, and what it's like to be one of its biggest stars.
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Sooooo enjoyable to read!.......2005-10-24
If you are hopelessy addicted to snowboarding, you absolutely must read this book. It will get you so excited and make you yearn for the fresh white stuff. The book is well-written, funny, and gives you a first-hand account of the life of an international pro snowboarder. You'll learn what a pro snowboarder actually does day-to-day (besides snowboarding). And who knew those guys don't get health insurance from their sponsers?
PS Probably not a good idea to read this in the summer . . . unless you can go to the southern hemisphere immediately afterwards.
BEST SNOWBOARDING BOOK EVER!!.......2005-06-15
My life revolves around snowboard, and one of my all time snowboarding hero's is Todd Richards (the author of p3). When I blew out my knee riding this season my friend bought me this book as a gift, I thought it would be kind of lame but since Todd Richards wrote it I decided to read it. I finished it that night and have been looking for another snowboarding book. But I haven't found any that come close to being as good as this one. I've recommended this book to a lot of my friends and they all really liked it. This book tells you about Todd Richards's life to going pro inventing tricks hurting his knee and still riding. It rules!! BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
Quality of writing was so impressive.......2005-04-15
I'm still reading the book, but it's amazing, I've read 3/4 it last night, had to force my self to put the book down and go to sleep. I read another book the night before from this pro girl snowboarder and I thought it was ehhh... just whatever very kiddy like... but after a few pages of PPP, I started getting really into it. Todd Richards, tells a story well and he's just so honest about it all that you can't help but like the guy a whole lot while you're reading his book. I'm thoroughly impressed-just got into boarding and it's funny, my bf thinks I'm obsessed with it, but looks like Todd Richards was too. That's awesome. Anyway, the books a great read buy it. It's a lot more than just about riding, it's about his life through it all.
Ste'en Webster, Editor, NZ Snowboarder Magazine.......2004-07-01
For anyone interested in snowboarding, P3 is a great read. It was even better for me, serving as a reminder to how much has happened to our sport in a short span, and bringing me back to the days I spent in Colorado - often at the same events/locations as Todd Richards. I found myself digging up old journals and reliving years of P/P/P in Breckenridge. Todd Richards is in the unique situation of having been involved in every generation of snowboarding so far, and at the forefront of most of these. So I can't think of anyone in a better position than him to put together a book like this. And compliments to author Eric Blehm for making the pieces come together so well, a task that no doubt would've been bigger than the result would imply. Cheers!
This book RULES........2004-01-27
This is definitely snowboarding's version of "HAWK Occupation: Skateboarder".
Here's an awesome story about a guy who started out like a lot of us, just stoked to skate sketchy ramps with friends...but who transformed himself into the top Snowboard Genius somehow. The tales of his formative years are epic, piss-your-pants funny at times. Then once the career starts taking off, a testament to how working your butt off at something (wiring mind blowing tricks) can bring great things, even to a down-to-earth guy from humble beginnings like the rest of us. It is also very interesting to hear about dealing with the industry side of snowboarding from someone who's been there since almost the beginning. Like David Robinson and the Spurs, this book chronicles how nice guys can and do finish first sometimes. We can all share the stoke reading about how TR wins tons of contests, finds fulfillment in life, gets the pretty girl, all without selling out and/or becoming a cocky bastard like so many seem to.
And the pictures, pure sweetness! They're a top-notch complement to the text throughout and really help tell TR's story. From bravely included photos of the awkward pre-teen and teen years where he was an undersized Star Wars junky with a bad haircut to well-shot professional sequences in the pipe, there are tons of stellar images. One thing that comes to mind after looking over the photos: TR definitely could have made it as a professional skater too, no doubt about it. And the moves he's still pulling on skate and snowboard into his 30's will blow minds.
I started reading this book one night where I needed to get to bed early due to an important meeting the next day. Did I get to bed early? Hell no. Stayed up until I'd dusted almost 200 pages! And I could have read it straight through...it is hands-down that good, but the need to be coherent at my a.m. meeting the next day intervened. Bottom line: Buy it now, you'll be glad you did - whether you're a "grown-up", a stoked kid, a surfer/skater/or snowboarder, armchair X-Gamer...whatever.
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Attain the wealth and prosperity you've dreamed of with easy-to-apply feng shui principles! Easy to understand and fun to read, Feng Shui and Money helps readers connect to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of their financial lives through the ancient practice of feng shui. Starting out with the captivating history of this ancient Chinese philosophy, this entertaining guide covers the basic principles of feng shui thought throughout the ages and its wide popularity today. Next, it offers innovative suggestions for favorable interior arrangements at home and in the office, time-proven rituals to create prosperity, dozens of chi enhancement exercises, and valuable advice for tending one's spiritual landscape. Finally, readers will find a nine-week action plan that shows how to translate these feng shui principles into an individual, achievable program of financial and spiritual renewal. Written by an experienced psychotherapist and feng shui consultant, this pragmatic yet sensitive book offers a refreshing, lively blend of Asian spirituality and Western psychological insight.
Customer Reviews:
Different Strokes.......2006-09-05
There are many Religions and within these relions are different belief systems. Within my Christianity are many beliefs of Methodist, Baptist, Church of God, etc. Some believe that if you don't believe like they do you will go to hell. Everybody judging each other like God said not to. Well, what works for you won't work for others. Black Hat Feng Shui works for me because it is more sensible to follow in our day and time. How many people can change their location of their house because it isn't located properly on the property? With Black Hat there are cures. Sensible ones. Anyway, this book is great in breaking down feelings towards money and how you got in the state you are in with what you need to do to get out if it. I thought it was easy to understand and entertaining which makes it easy to understand.
Substantial Book.......2006-02-10
I enjoyed this book. In a sea of simplistic feng shui books, this one was focused and detailed with a nice psychological twist. If you want a mix of psychology and feng shui you will like this book. Plenty of ideas and exercises to choose from - ones that are more feng shui oriented and ones that are more "self help" oriented. The author definitely took ideas from other books, but this was not a bad thing. I found it to be a mix of many ideas on prosperity creation.
Another black hat feng shui trap.......2005-08-20
"Feng Shui and Money" would be more honest and better off leave OUT the so-called Feng Shui since the book far better as what it really is: A book written by a phychotherapist who basically uses a "soul searching" self-help approach to deal with and suface ones particularly more "negative" ideas about money.
The reader will do lots of journalling/writing, thinking through ones core issues, answering questions in the simple fill in the line manner to get to the heart of what ails or aids you where money/wealth is concerned.
The "Feng Shui" part of the book deals with the "Ba-gua" sections. The information is skimply and simplistic. On its own it would only amount to several pages not worth bothering with.
The author includes mantras, mudras, meditation, visualizations, and empressing energies into ones efforts. This is all good and fine on its own. It has been ADDED to Feng Shui..but its not part of the system of analysis of Feng Shui. Yet, its being marketed as such.
In the first week of the nine week "program" the author is already offering shallow "cures" and telling readers to apply them. Of course, theres no real mature explanation as to why or how these cures work or the deeper theory behind them...e.g:
"Hanging a small wind chime in the tai chi area (center of home) will intergrate the flow of chi for the entire home. Since the area is associated with the number 5, a wind chime with five metal tubes is ideal. By hanging a chime in this position you send a vibration that balances all the areas of the bagua at one time".
The tai-chi area of ones home could be the living room or the toilet!...It could be a back room some odd place. Then what!?. If there is no air; windows, or breeze then there are no moving of the chimes!. If the air; vibration hitting the metal is not strong enough or if the metal is of cheap quality...then there is NO vibration to go anywhere...much less "all the ba-gua at once". What if you live in a large space or a small tiny cramped apartment?. What size chime to use?. None of these issues or related are address in this book..so whats the point.
The author claims to make a living advising people..in person... in their home..yet writes nonsense.
The author advises for the Hsun area (aka..prosperity corner) to put fro e.g. nine plants, purple colors, mirrors, and water;fountains. What if this Hsun area is in the kitchen near the stove...or the area has no windows?.The use of his contant placing of mirrors and plants is cute to redundant. "Good Housekeeping" magazine does better!.
This book is rife with telling what to put in which area without much consideration to anything else.
The author repeats the generic "keep the bathroom door closed at all times". What if you have not windows or general ventilation in your bathroom?. Plants in the bathroom has its pros and cons...but without natural light and air..plus a perpetually closed door makes no sense for most plants..much less general unhealthy hygeine conditions. It makes less sense that such suggestion are doled out like candy; many authors never even address these issues.
One reviewer mentioned that author uses "authentic" feng shui terms. The author uses the chinese names each section of the ba-gua. The rest of the book is in plain english. There is nothing in this to be overwhelmed about.
There A LOT of things in this book that are NOT Feng Shui. Like "Moving Water Cures": call a certain number of people for a certain amount period of time and take on any invites. Maintain this and you'll be instantly popular..money will flow. Yes..to the phone company!. Actually this is really just socializing, networking; its someting teens do all the time...its NOT Feng Shui.
Another one of the authors suggestions is putting bowls of flowers around the house. This is nice. It could be one of grandmas things to do or "101 things to do to decorate or uplift your living space".
Balance and promoting beneficialness in ones life is what these things and Feng Shui have in common. Thus, certain activities or ideas have been INCORPORATED along side or with Feng Shui.. but they are NOT Feng Shui.
Feng Shui like Martial arts is a vast and whole study/world to itself with many areas of substudy. Bruce Lee reruns and Chuck Norris is NOT Martial Arts.
"Feng Shui and Money"..its strong point is as a money management helper book with a "spiritually" and "looking-within" type of approach.
If you are interested getting to your inner issues regarding money and wealth..with a holistic touch then get a book that frankly cuts to that chase. You can get this book of course but for any hope worthwhile Feng Shui instead of the "ancient chinese secrets" lure....look elsewhere.
Excellent Book.......2004-12-01
Found the book to be very informative and helpful. You will need to realize that you will have to answer some hard questions about yourself in order to take full advantage of his insight. Definitely worth purchasing. However, be careful if you sign up for his conference call class. If you have a cell phone, you can not join in and you will not get your money refunded.
You'll Need Patience and Persistence To Finish This Program.......2004-03-19
This author's approach to Feng Shui for prosperity cannot be described as "easy", but it is certainly thorough.
Each chapter covers different areas of your living space, and how you can transform them (for wealth) through the principals of feng shui.
In addition, each chapter includes different activities and meditations which are used along with the physical principals.
Finally, there is a summary at the end of each chapter, done checklist-style, to assist the reader in completing all the chapter's actions.
Though the book is well-written, the problem I had with it was this: the author's use of lots of (authentic) feng shui terms and language. This does NOT make for easy reading for anyone who is a beginner to the uses of Feng Shui.
Now, if you don't mind reading chapter after chapter filled with phrases like "Make one step every day toward the fulfillment of your Chen goal from your Dream Bagua", then you'll probably enjoy the book and get a lot out of it.
As for me, the struggle to keep on wading through the new-to-me language of Feng Shui convinced me that finishing the book would be worthwhile, but starting the program would not be.
I think a more mainstream use of language would have turned this book into a five-star read.
However, for the reasons given above, I can only rate the book three stars. I don't believe the average reader will even finish reading the book unless their interest in Feng Shui is VERY strong.
Reviewer: Linda Painchaud
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SENSATIONAL DATA OBTAINED FROM THE INVENTOR'S MOST PRIVATE PAPERS AND KEPT UNDER WRAPS BY THE MILITARY AND BIG BUSINESS CONCERNS
This book is for all those who feel that the military industrial complex is attempting to control our lives, our financial affairs and our belief structure. The evidence is overwhelming!Discredited in his time, Nikola Tesla was made out by business competitors and the government to be nothing more than a kook. Nonetheless, the same conspirators later duplicated -- and possibly even stole -- many of Tesla's most fabulous inventions which could soon change the course of history as well as our lives!
EXPOSED. . . * Reverse Gravity. * Free Energy. * Contact With Hidden Dimensions. * Mysterious Signals From Space. * Earth Changes. * Freak Weather. * Electric Death Rays. * UFOS. * Partical Beam Weapons.
Put into Top-Secret use by agents of the New World Order and the global political monetary elite, many of Tesla most powerful and potentially dangerous scientific discoveries are being turned against ordinary citizens in programs of behavior and physical modification. This is being done to influence our critical thinking and belief patterns to make us more susceptible to the mental commands of the Secret Government.One of the most recognizable of these sinister programs is the seeding of clouds with mind and body altering chemicals. These mysterious chemtrails (as they are called) have been widely seen and photographed as they cris-cross the sky in bewildering patterns. Tesla fought all his life against the "Evil Empire" which is emerging as a fire breathing dragon as we get pushed head first into the new millennium.
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a bit quirky but interesting.......2007-05-18
If you are fascinated by Tesla you can get over the quirks, and once you do, there is a lot of fascinating informaion in this book. What quirks? One, the author has it out for Thomas Eddison getting credit as the father of electricy. It is true that Tesla's AC clearly makes him the man behind every electrical outlet in the world, but the author needs to relax a bit. Two, Tesla had quite a 'wild side' and you have to be prepared to read some pretty far out stuff. With that in mind, I strongly recommend that anyone trying to piece together the 'mostly lost' history of this amazing scientist read this book. Tesla was too far ahead of his time. His desire to provide energy for free was undesirable to the big wigs who backed him and that, in the end, was his undoing. Now, however, his ideas and concepts are begining to come of age. Anyone who believes certain technologies have been repressed for oil company profits, that secret plans regarding global climate change need to become declassified, and that gravity, time and energy are not fully understood will be very glad they have this book. Just be prepared for an 'other than conventional' read. One last note; some people search in vain for something called Alternative 3. This book contains some information on that hard to find topic.
A Must-Read for Scientific Scholars of Nikola Tesla.......2007-01-15
I would use this as an addendum to your Tesla collection.Tesla's dusty trunk was discovered in a modest N.Y.C.hotel's attic.The forgotten collateral was auctioned off as 'old stories of science fiction'.The unknowing buyer paid a scant sum for the wooden trunk and its literary contents.Well, you have to read the rest of the interesting story.If your not a fan of Tesla,then you probably wouldn't appreciate this book.If your a member of the Mensa crowd,then read this book!
And The Legend Lives On.......2006-11-28
Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a pioneer in the early days of the commercial development of electricity. That alone should be enough to ensure his place in the history books, but there is more to the story than just that. Tesla is also revered by some as a saint and prophet who began laying the groundwork for a future technological Garden of Eden. He is nowadays credited with the breakthrough discoveries that led to radio, television, AC electricity, fluorescent and neon lighting, robotics, x-rays, radar and microwaves, just to name a few.
But like many the lonely genius that went before him, Tesla never received the dignity or the financial payback that he had earned. He passed away in 1943, in poverty and relative obscurity. As he moved from hotel to hotel, saying one step ahead of his debts, he often left behind whole suitcases full of notes and diagrams for unfinished inventions. Legend has it that after he died, the federal government stepped in and confiscated the material, believing it contained designs for new weapons devices and therefore was relevant to national security.
But apparently a few things slipped through the fingers of the government. At a 1976 auction in Newark, New Jersey, a collector named Dale Alfrey bought four boxes of papers for around $25. Alfrey at first thought he had purchased the notes of a science-fiction writer and had no idea of the importance of what the boxes contained.
Which is where the story told in "The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla" really begins. Author Tim Swartz writes that these journals revealed that in 1889, while in Colorado Springs, Tesla intercepted communications from extraterrestrial beings who were secretly controlling mankind. These creatures were slowly preparing humans for eventual conquest and domination.
At this point, as they say, the plot begins to thicken.
Swartz goes on to recount the spine-tingling chronology of Tesla's battle with aliens he believed to be an enemy race, all set against a backdrop of industrial espionage and governmental secrecy that would indeed make for a crackerjack science-fiction tale were it not for the fact that the events are alleged to be completely real.
Tesla later went public with his claim that he was receiving extraterrestrial voice transmissions and was subjected to the usual humiliating ridicule that greets UFO witnesses today when they try to speak openly of their experiences. But he remained firm in his conviction that the voices were genuine and posed a terrifying threat to life on Earth as we know it.
In "The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla," Swartz has coupled a fascinating, page-turner of a storyline with an impressive amount of thorough research into the historical and technical details of the great inventor's work. While the jury is still out as to whether Tesla was truly a genius-visionary or a mere crackpot, Swartz travels a respectable distance toward fitting the pieces of Tesla's often puzzling life into a satisfying and credible whole.
COPORATES LOSE POWER.......2006-03-04
Revelation of truth in vail of deceit.The air car-the worlds cleanest car.This is airciompressed engine.The MDI air car.www.the air car.com..Motor cycle and bike www.eWoss.com.Hydrogen cycles.Energine Coporation South Korea.Mr.Cheal Seung CHO PHEV system.This engine can be used for military,industrail,and commercial use.It has been prove to work.It should be in production now,or later this year.Mr. Seung spent his own money,and was fought the coporations.North Korea did not want to buy it.He had to use private investors,and build car for engine.Coprations said you would not like car,performance not good enough,they are liars as usual,and they tell you what you want,you have to have, brainwashing as usual.Mr.Tesla would love this engine,it is revolutionary.The coporations will try to stop it by any means.This engine will change the world,reducing the need for oil.Hydrogen developement was stopped by coporations in 60ties 70ties.Now there is an answer,so do not say later you did not know.Please tell everyone in school and at work,you have the e-mail address and names of companies.THIS IS REAL.ARE YOU BRAIN DEAD.???
The indroduction is very good Mr.Beckley states that TESLA holds over forty Patients(circa)1888 covering our entire system of polyphase alternating currents.These patients are so novel that nobody could challenge them in court.Mr.Swartz is informative,and speculative.This is good as your imagination needs to be developed,some of you.Some people are stupid and are fools,not you.Tesla was a genius are you?Are you brainwashed.???Maybe yes maybe no!!!
Tesla was he from outer space.He was a genius.Contact with aliens why not.Epicuris said there had to be other worlds,and so have sicientist,some.Signals in the night from space why not.Talking to people on mars okay.The faces on mars,the perimids,or structures that NASA is not sure about,but does it say it is.The Russians had a craft knockout when it got to mars.Also as pointed out many of our products have failed at your expense,having accidence on mars.Was there a civilzation there before probably,maybe now.???The moon are we working it.Well the last ship came down from accident,and nobody has gone back.That is official NASA.Are there aliens on the moon that do not allow us to go there probably.NASA has film of alien UFO""shooting at each other.Looking at our people when they landed probably.Subliminal suggestion on internet for real not BS they want you to know.Reverse engerneering probably.Germans made ufo durring WW 2.Canda.U.S.in 60 ties had them in production.Yes there is a cover up.Yes we have capture aliens from outer space probably.Yes the government tries to cover it up with brainwashing,you call it propaganda.Are you an alien,have you been taken,some have been taken.Yes there is conclusive evidence,but generally it is covered up.Are the aliens helping us,probably not,but they are contacting us crop circles,etc.Government chases them???.The UFO is on film to often to not be real.New Technology would take power away from coporates,religious belief would change your belief or lack of it.NWO would not like it.A new GOD??
Swartz mentions two experiments having to do with Army and Navy.Testing with biological,influenza to find results without consent of american people.Off coast of southern Calif.Also Army did same type of things in different parts of U.S. this is fact,but was cover up for years.He also mentions Project Rainbow using the USS Eldrige.Philladelphia experiment another name more popular.Sailors probably change demensions in time and space.Test to make ship invisible.
HAARP break ozone,control weather,change Climate,electic magnetic manipulation,Frequecy weapon,mind control,star wars, who knows.?
Chemtrails what are they doing,releasting what,for what.?
Page 146 weather change is very informative.It describes reports on erosion,flooding,greenhouse effect.According to this report the world will not have humans in the not so distant future.Aircompressed engine,alternative energy could save us.
Psychic research.Mind is everything,without mind there is nothing.There are no absolute all is relative.Perception is your reality.Nature is not fully understood.There are many things that there is no answer to.Fixation of belief,if you believe it is so.God is your belief as you see are not see it.Talking to dead is okay,but do not bring them back.Once is enough or is it.Alians they are here from everywhere.Yes some people see into future or past,what ggod does it do.You cannot change your fate,cause and effect,good luck.
Tesla was special and now we have the aircompressed engine.We can win,the coporates will be regulated.We have the technology,the coporates will not be free,only the people.Support the constitution and the bill of RIGHTS.Read the Declaration of Independence.Never surrender your righr to bear arms.Better dead than a SLAVE.Take AMERICA BACK,HR4437,Minuteman
I would not buy this book.......2003-09-29
If you are looking for new material about Tesla, do not buy this book. The only thing that is told about these so called lost journals is that they are lost (stolen by MIBs, of course)! The rest of the book is a compendium of conspiracy theories using Tesla's name as a come on for you to keep reading. After a few pages, it gets very boring. In summary, no new material here, just Tesla's name used to get you to read the authors' conspiracy theories.
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Landscapes of War: The Archaeology of Aggression and Defence
Paul Hill , and
Julie Wileman
Manufacturer: Tempus Publishing, Limited
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Guerrillas in government are all around us. They can be as high profile as "Deep Throat," or as low profile as the bureaucrat who belligerently slows the processing of an application for a driver's license. Their dissent stems from dissatisfaction with the actions of public organizations they work for, but they strategically choose not to go public with their concerns. Instead, they work against the wishes--either implicitly or explicitly communicated--of their superiors and run the spectrum from anti-establishment liberals to fundamentalist conservatives, from constructive contributors to deviant destroyers. Typically guerrilla government is undetected as it is woven into the fabric of the everyday, often mundane, world of bureaucracy.
Rosemary O'Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate. To illustrate these tensions and challenges, O'Leary presents three in-depth case studies and 21 mini case studies that showcase the range of guerrillas from an official at a regional EPA office to a doctor at a medical school to the director of planning in a county office. O'Leary's fresh analysis, combined with great story-telling, underscores the importance of dissent and presents strategies for ways public servants can decide ethically to engage in guerrilla activity, while offering ways public managers can learn to tap into the potentially insightful, creative ideas and energy of dissenters in order to make constructive changes in the system.
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Not a Bad Read........2006-11-10
I got this book cuz my grad professor had it on his reading list. Although some of the reading at te beginning of the book was hard to follow, later readings were actually easy to digest. I thought the author presented an important topic in government that really hasn't been explored much. I think she may be a little biased towards the guerrillas - however, in most of the cases she presented, I think you'll find it reasonable to see why.
Even if you are not in this field at all, but want to understand more of what goes on in the background of policy - namely, by the "little guy," then I think anyone will enjoy the topics O'Leary presents for your ponder. But I wouldn't take her suggestions at the end of the book, on how to "manage" guerrilas, as the sure-fire soultions.
Administrative Discretion and Guerrilla Government.......2006-03-12
Review by H. George Frederickson, Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, published in PA TIMES, February, 2006, page 11
Sixty-five years ago Herman Finer and Carl Friedrich framed one of the classic debates in public administration-Finer arguing that democracy is dependent on tight legalistic controls over bureaucracy, Friedrich countering that effective administration requires bureaucratic expertise and the discretion to apply that expertise. Over the years public administrators have inclined rather strongly in the direction of Friedrich's position, favoring granting a broad range of discretion to bureaucrats. These days the positions of Finer and Friedrich tend to be debated in terms of multiple forms of accountability: accountability to elected officials, the constitution and the laws, one's public service profession, the greater good, one's conscience-and public administrators still favor Friedrich's position believing they should have the discretion to make tough choices and to be held accountable for those choices.
This week a vivid description of the extremes of the long-standing debate over what ought to be the proper range of administrative discretion has reached my desk; Rosemary O'Leary's splendid new book The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government (Washington, D. C.: CQ Press, 2006). Although the title, The Ethics of Dissent, is lofty and grand, it is the subtitle, Managing Guerrilla Government, that best describes what the book is all about. Guerrilla government is O'Leary's term for "the actions of career public servants who work against the wishes-either implicitly or explicitly communicated-of their superiors. Guerrilla government is a form of dissent typically carried out by those who are dissatisfied with the actions of public organizations, programs, or people but who typically, for strategic reasons, choose not to go public with their concerns. . ." (p. xi). Based on more than three dozen actual cases-the cases are mostly rather brief first-person accounts and stories-which include the names of the guerrillas, what they did, and how they did it, O'Leary provides a powerful and very readable empirical base for her findings and generalizations.
O'Leary's guerrillas include Mark Felt, the "Deep Throat" of Watergate fame and Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania, who, in the summer of 1940, against the policies of the Japanese government, issued visas to over 10,000 Jews, enabling them to escape the Holocaust. Unlike Felt and Sugihara and other high-profile guerrillas, most of O'Leary's guerrillas are garden variety nameless and faceless civil servants. There are more bureaucratic guerrillas than one might think, and guerrilla warfare in the bureaucratic trenches is far more common than one might think. Indeed, "guerrilla government happens all the time in the everyday, often mundane world of bureaucracy. Sometimes guerrillas fail to correct superiors' mistakes and let them fall. Sometimes guerrillas fail to implement orders they think are unfair. At times guerrilla government manifests itself as the ghostwriting of letters and testimony for interest groups. At other times it may mean forging secret links with nongovernmental organizations. It may mean leaking information to the news media. There are as many variations of guerrilla government as there are variations in guerrillas" (p. 3). The guerrilla repertoire also includes these familiar tactics: going over your supervisor's head, and over that supervisor's head, and so forth; filing a lawsuit; obeying in public, disobeying in private; cultivating the media; leaking to the media; creating or arrange for the creation of documentaries, scientific studies, and scientific papers that support a particular position; forging links with professional, nongovernmental, and citizen organizations; lobbying; testifying; contacting the White House of the State House; stalling; holding clandestine meetings; tying your cause to a crisis or event; raising funds. It is clear that guerrilla government is not bean-bag or tiddly-winks; it is, instead, a rough game played by tough policy partisans.
As O'Leary puts it, "all guerrilla activity is not created equally." She describes, for example, the guerrilla who had a long-running battle with superiors that began when a consultant refused a reimbursement for a five-dollar hamburger and the guerrilla then "waged a clandestine war to have the consultant barred from future state contracts and his supervisor fired." But most of O'Leary's cases are about serious matters associated with policy differences, questions of fairness, and interpretations of laws and regulations and how they should be implemented. She reports the results of a survey of Fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration who almost unanimously agreed that "dissent, when managed properly, was not only positive but essential to a healthy organization" (p. 104). Sean O'Keefe, the former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, indicated to O'Leary that "embracing dissent means inviting diversity of opinion from the people around you. My first rule is to never surround myself with people who are just like me. My second rule is always to insist upon someone voicing the dissenting opinion" (p. 104). At their best, guerrillas are the canaries of government, the early warning system. "Instead of discussing guerrillas as problematic and plotting how to get rid of them, we can think of guerrillas as messengers coming to tell a manager something important about the organization, the policies, and the way of operation. . . . The real challenge is to see if we can listen to the guerrillas' messages, sift through the canaries and the zealots, really hear them and take them to heart, that is, make the connection to the broader reality of public management and policy challenges at hand more fully" (pp. 104-108).
O'Leary's primary findings and conclusions are grounded in a synthesis of her cases and are these: (1) guerrilla government is here to stay; (2) guerrillas can do it to you in ways you will never know; (3) all guerrilla activity is not created equal; (4) most public organizations are inadequately equipped to deal effectively with guerrilla government; (5) the tensions inherent in guerrilla government will never be resolved. These findings will disappoint those looking for breakthroughs or easy answers, but they are a clear-eyed and accurate description of how bureaucratic dissent actually works.
Having made these findings and conclusions, O'Leary turned to the pros for advice. In summary form that advice is: (1) create an organizational culture that accepts, welcomes, and encourages candid dialogue and debate; (2) listen; (3) understand the formal and informal organization; (4) separate the people from the problem; (5) create multiple channels for dissent; (6) create dissent boundaries and know when to stop. Based on her survey of the pros, O'Leary's advice is at once simple and profound. Welcoming dissent, listening, separating people from problems, and allowing multiple dissent channels may be simple and profound, but are not easy for managers. They are skills that must be learned and are most often learned by experience, a notoriously expensive way to learn. O'Leary's advice is a little scholarship to those who should learn these skills while avoiding the high cost of learning everything by experience.
If we favor the special place of expertise in the civil service and broads grants of discretion to apply that expertise, and we do, with that discretion comes accountability in all its forms. That accountability includes the management of dissent in one's agency and responsibility for the bureaucrats in one's agency who choose to be guerrillas. Rosemary O'Leary has written an excellent handbook for public administrators with such responsibilities, for those who aspire to such responsibilities, and for those who study and teach those who aspire to such responsibilities. I agree with Donald F. Kettl's observation in the book's foreword that The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government "stands as one of the most insightful works on the real world of bureaucracy ever written."
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Norma Riccucci
"Rosemary O'Leary's Ethics of Dissent is exquisitely written and provides one of the most compelling analyses and syntheses of the implications of guerrilla government to democracies. The book has exceptional pedagogical features and would be very suitable in a variety of course in not only public administration, but public affairs and public policy as well."
- Rutgers University - Newark
Don Kettl
"The book stands out as one of the most insightful works on the real world of bureaucracy ever written.... It is also an imaginary and path breaking approach to the always-difficult issue of ethics in the public service."
- University of Pennsylvania
Frances S. Berry
"This important book delves into an under-discussed topic - managers as guerrilla fighters - through rich case studies. The author has a wonderful writing style that is very engaging and accessible."
- Florida State University
Steven Maynard-Moody
"The Ethics of Dissent is a lively, well-written book. It covers a range of literature, and the cases provide an essential glimpse into the real workings of government. Combining extended cases with theoretical discussion makes for more interesting classes and connects theory and practice. Books, like O'Leary's, that connect the two are rare. "
- University of Kansas
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Guerrillas in government are all around us. They can be as high profile as "Deep Throat," or as low profile as the bureaucrat who belligerently slows the processing of an application for a driver's license. Their dissent stems from dissatisfaction with the actions of public organizations they work for, but they strategically choose not to go public with their concerns. Instead, they work against the wishes-either implicitly or explicitly communicated-of their superiors and run the spectrum from anti-establishment liberals to fundamentalist conservatives, from constructive contributors to deviant destroyers. Typically guerrilla government is undetected as it is woven into the fabric of the everyday, often mundane, world of bureaucracy.
Rosemary O'Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate. To illustrate these tensions and challenges, O'Leary presents three in-depth case studies and 21 mini case studies that showcase the range of guerrillas from an official at a regional EPA office to a doctor at a medical school to the director of planning in a county office. O'Leary's fresh analysis, combined with great story-telling, underscores the importance of dissent and presents strategies for ways public servants can decide ethically to engage in guerrilla activity, while offering ways public managers can learn to tap into the potentially insightful, creative ideas and energy of dissenters in order to make constructive changes in the system.
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Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness
Andy Kerr
Manufacturer: Oregon Natural Resources Council
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Five million acres of unprotected roadless forest remain in Oregon, stretching from the rain-drenched shores of the Pacific and Coast range, across the snow-covered Cascades to the Blue Mountains, Wallowas, and Hells Canyon; from the Deschutes, John Day, Malheur, Klamath, Umpqua, Siskiyou, and Rogue basins to the ponderosa pine forests of the Ochoco, Winema, and Fremont. These roadless public forests shelter ancient trees, protect our cleanest drinking water, and provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife, including many of the Pacific Northwest's last healthy runs of wild salmon, steelhead, and trout, and numerous species of rare and imperiled flora and fauna. Their awe-inspiring landscapes provide stunning views, quiet inspiration, and outstanding recreational opportunities. Only a small fraction of Oregon's forests remain intact. In Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, noted nature writer and conservation advocate Andy Kerr describes these wild forests, with 40 maps based on new research, 199 stunning color photographs, and a foreword by Kathleen Dean Moore. The book is both a guide and a celebration, it will be treasured by hikers and nature lovers in Oregon and beyond.
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