Famous People of Hispanic Heritage: Gloria Estefan, Fernando Cuzq, Rosie Perez, Cheech Marin (Contemporary American Success Stories)

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Very educational!!.......1999-04-14

Good for school instruction about diversity inUSA

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The fascinating, nearforgotten tale of how Babe Ruth revolutionized baseball and became America's biggest hero, all in a single season

With World War I, the "Black Sox" scandal, and a dearth of home runs, 1920 looked like the end of baseball. Then, in a move forever known in Boston as the "Curse of the Bambino," Babe Ruth joined the Yankees. His timing was impeccable, and his season of seasons--with a record-breaking 54 home runs--was just the tonic America needed.

In Babe Ruth: Launching the Legend, baseball historian and critically acclaimed author Jim Reisler describes the remarkable impact Babe Ruth and the 1920 Yankees had on the game. Their brand of baseball was something never seen before, creating a level of excitement that rescued the game at its darkest hour. This is the story about that pivotal moment in baseball history, an era frozen in time, with Ruth on the verge of becoming a legend --and giving rise to the Yankees dynasty that endures to this day.

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1920--A Pivotal Year in Baseball.......2004-04-22

While it is true 1920 is the year Babe Ruth began his assault on American League pitchers with his batting prowess as a member of the New York Yankees, the year also was known for the unraveling of the fixed 1919 World Series, the hiring of baseball's first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and the death of Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman by one of Yankees' pitcher Carl Mays's submarine deliveries. It is often said the Babe's home run bat saved the game of baseball from the Black Sox Scandal, but people flocked to the park to see Ruth as a member of the Yankees in 1920 before the scandal broke in September of that year. The unfortunate death of Chapman is also dealt with in some detail. Carl Mays was a very unpopular player not only among rival players, but his own teammates as well. He was, however, absolved of any blame for intentionally hitting Chapman with the pitch. Mays won 26 games for the 1920 Yankees and compiled a better won lost record (209-126) than several Hall of Famers, but has been denied a place in baseball's hallowed halls. We are also provided with character profiles of Yankees' owners Colonel Jacob Rupert and Tillinghast "Cap" Huston, manager Miller Huggins, Judge Landis, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, and American League President Ban Johnson. The hiring of Landis put an end to any power that Johnson wielded in the American League. Even though it didn't happen until 1925 the author also mentions the matter of Wally Pipp's famous "headache" which caused him to sit out a game and was replaced by Lou Gehrig in the lineup who remained there for the next 14 years. In reality, Pipp's "headache" was a fractured skull due to being hit with a pitched ball in a previous game. Ruth remains the main focus in the book with his introduction of a new type of baseball that made Giants' manager John McGraw and Ty Cobb scorn the new type of baseball the Babe was now introducing. Both McGraw and Cobb appeared to be jealous of the attention Ruth was commanding in the newspapers. This book tells you more about what some of baseball's principal characters were like during this time period. The author concludes the book with a "what became of" several of the principal characters. My only complaint about the book is that at times the book got into too much of a play-by-play on some of the games the author covered. I've read much of what is in this book in other volumes, but I still found it to be interesting reading.

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Title: Film/Genre & Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays & Genre and Hollywood.(Review) (book review)
Author: J. David Slocum
Publication: Cineaste (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2001
Publisher: Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Page: 56

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games by Matt Gaffney

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Matt Gaffney
Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback

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It'll ____ like hotcakes!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games is designed for every puzzler, from novice to expert. Nationally known expert Matt Gaffney has crafted 150 crossword puzzles and exercises, not only to entertain readers, but also to improve their skills. With his unique feature of annotated solved grids that explain the process of how to solve the clues and complete the puzzle, it is destined to become a classic.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crossword Puzzles and Word Games by Matt Gaffney.......2007-04-23

I am horrible with crossword puzzles, and have always envied people that can do them and enjoy them. When I saw this book, I decided to try it and have been very please with how informative it is, and how it takes you step by step in learning the tricks to doing crossword puzzles. I have really learned a lot and am still enjoying the book. I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn how to do crossword puzzles.

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Great book!

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Start & Run a Home Daycare (Self-Counsel Press Business Series)
Catherine M. Pruissen
Manufacturer: Self-Counsel Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1551805693

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- Build a rewarding business working with children
- Design a successful operating plan
- Meet licensing requirements

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Great book!.......2007-06-01

I purchased this book as a resource for myself as I begin my own home daycare business. It has been, and continues to be a great resource for me. It has everything you need including a CD which has all the forms you need to get started.

a great start to learning.......2005-08-22

Since the birth of my first born child I've been pondering an in-home daycare. I had no idea where to start and this book was perfect for that. It gave me direction and helped to answer questions. The book has a C.D. with forms which has been very helpful. A wonderful resource to the start of your potential business.

Start and Run a Home Daycare (Start & Run a...)

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A powerful first-hand account of life in the streets of São Paulo from 1955 to 1960 that drew international attention to the plight of the poor.

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Written word transforms dead end life.......2007-03-23

The autobiographies of poor people from places far from the middle class worlds of rich countries never used to appear in book stores. It was indeed rare that such lives, however interesting, difficult, inspiring or depressing would ever show up on the shelves. But such is the modern world that nowadays we do get occasional chances to glimpse other lives, hear other voices. In "From the Land of Green Ghosts" we could read of the life of a member of the Padaung tribe in Burma; in "Notes from the Hyena's Belly", we read about a small town Ethiopian. Both these men were not poor in their own societies, but went through the traumas of war and revolution before escaping to the calmer West. The adventures of Tete-Michel Kpomassie, a Togolese villager who made it all the way to Greenland, provide another type of narrative. CHILD OF THE DARK, a book written by a Brazilian woman from the very bottom of society, is yet another kind of these rare narrations, and moreover, was one of the first to appear. Carolina Maria de Jesus, a black mother of three with a second grade education, abandoned by all the men in her life, raised her kids in one of the worst slums of Sao Paulo. She picked trash and paper to sell to junk dealers, cadged bones from a slaughterhouse to make soup, collected squashed tomatoes from behind a cannery, and scavenged thrown away food items from the garbage of richer streets. Writing a diary every day helped her to persevere through years of hardship, to escape for a few moments, her hunger, misery, and constant worry. Through a chance encounter with a journalist, her diary was eventually published and she became a celebrity in Brazil back in the early 1960s. She left her hand-to-mouth existence and moved out of the favela forever. Her book is the only one of its kind from that time. [She had a hard time coping with her new life, though, and died in poverty in 1977.]

It's not all sweetness and light, not all a goody goody, morally uplifting Cinderella tale. She sometimes beat her kids, she slept with various suitors, abused "substances", and reported to the police on her neighbors (not that they didn't deserve it). She also has bad things to say about Portuguese, gypsies, and Jews. But OK, most all this is a story of human survival. De Jesus eked out a meagre living amidst squalor and constant quarreling, drunkenness and the sexual antics of the poorest members of Brazilian society, yet she bore up, kept writing, and made many observations about the society that produced such misery, the politicians who came around to ask for votes and then never appeared again. Brazil has no doubt changed in the last half century, but I believe this most human life story is still extremely relevant, both for Brazil and the rest of the world. How many Carolinas is it going to take ?

Triumph of the Human Spirit .......2006-04-26

Caroline Maria de Jusus was born a[...] in poverty and went to only the second grade. She lived most of her adult life in poverty and her children were labeled [...]. She wanted to write and did. She became a writer of international reputation. Her book has been read by people around the world and in the United States. Her work stands with that of Victor Frankl in "MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING," and "BLACK ELK SPEAKS" an American Sioux, and with Frederick Douglass' NARRATIVE LIFE.

CHILD OF THE DARK, is a must read for anyone who wants to understand and to challenge the values and standards of a civilization (ours) that degrades human life for fun and profit.

Poverty in the world.......2005-10-05

This book is great in the respect that it captures the experiences of someone living in extreme poverty and how she deals with the daily struggle of survival.

I'll think twice before throwing food out again.......2003-03-13

This book is truly an eye opener as to what it really means to be poor and hungry. I can't believe that someone with only two years of schooling could churn out such a masterpiece, the language and thought processes involved will leave you wondering with amazement. What suprises you is that in and amongst all the squalor, deprivation, fights and hunger she still admires the night sky, the birds, the stars, the beautiful weather. What a woman ! Most people in her position wouldn't have time to be thankful for these "free" beautiful things and that is what I found so touching. Her dedication to her children and indeed her neighbours will teach all us other mortals in the devleoped world what being humble really means. At times this woman cannot find a meal but when she has money and food she shares it with her friends and neighbours, wondering little if she will have a meal the next day. Her ability to keep going despite her adversities will shock you. Please read this book, you will aspire to be a better person afterwards.

a famous book about the slums in Brazil.......2002-11-16

This book takes place in the late 1950's in the slums (called favela's) in Brazil. The book is actually the diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus who is a poor woman with 3 children all with different fathers. She lives in a shack and sells scrap paper, tin cans, and rags to feed herself & her children. The struggle just to eat and have clean water every day is enormous and it's just so shocking that all these people live like that. Her fight for survival is inspiring. Carolina only went to school through the second grade but she writes really, really well. Her diary ends up getting published (obviously!) and she gets out of the favela for good. They show pictures in the book of her moving out but her diary ends without mentioning it. If you like this book & want to know what happens to Carolina & her family after she moves out of the favela you'll have to read the second one, "I'm Going To Have a Little House".

Child of the Dark (The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus)

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Child of the Dark (The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus)

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Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus
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Manufacturer: The New American Library
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Binding: Paperback
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The book that has riveted universal attention on the brutal, sordid plight of slum dwellers across the world. Chil of the Dark. Written on scaps of paper picked from gutters, this is the raw, primitive journal of a street scavenger, Carolina Maria de Jesus, who fought daily for survival for herself and her three illegitimate children in a squalid Brazilian favela, a human garbage dump, home of the poor, the hungry, the desperate.

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Child of the Dark: the Diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus
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Child of the Dark The Diary of Carolina Maria De Jesus My Life in the Slumes of Sao Paulo

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Manufacturer: E.P. Dutton
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Most studies of ancient warfare focus only on the Greeks and the Romans, but this sweeping study covers the whole of the ancient world from Greece and Rome to the Near East, then eastward to Parthia, India, and China. Bradford transports the reader into the midst of ancient battles behind such great leaders as Thutmose III, Ashurbanipal, Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the First Emperor of China. He details the rise and fall of empires, the role of leadership, and the development of tactics and strategy. One sees the clash of peoples: nomads against agricultural societies, infantry against cavalry, as well as the greatest technological change in history--the combination of the composite bow and the chariot. This readable account analyzes ancient armies in terms of modern military doctrine, allowing the reader to make comparisons between the combatants. Recruitment, for example, varied tremendously with Romans drawing from a limited pool of recruits for service terms of twenty to thirty years and Chinese planners preferring a large pool with short-term service. While various types of governments prepared for and waged war in significantly different ways, Bradford finds that better organization led to success on the battlefield and that, for the most part, societal innovation was more important than technological innovation. The ongoing discussion of the lessons of ancient warfare around the globe will provide valuable insights for interested general readers and military professionals alike.

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Not worth the money.......2001-04-18

I purchased this book after some deliberation as to the expensive price. On receipt of the book I was looking at a book that was similar in appearance to a medium sized novel. The illustrations in the book are of a poor standard as are the maps. Whilst the book does cover the issues it claims to I must say that I was extremely disappointed with it as a whole. My advice is that "warfare in the classical world" by Warry would be a much better reference source for those with an interest in ancient warfare and armies.

With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World

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With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World
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With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World
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Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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In this provocative, important study, Dali L. Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People’s Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military, and the building of anticorruption mechanisms. The author also analyzes how China’s leaders have reformed existing institutions and constructed new ones to cope with unruly markets, curb corrupt practices, and bring about a regulated economic order.

Though still a work in progress, Yang arugues, taken together these reforms have improved the institutional environment for economic development and altered the landscape for China’s ongoing struggle against rampant corruption. These measures are also likely to have important implications for the exercise of governmental authority and for China’s future political development. As China’s role on the world stage expands, the way the State conducts itself assumes increasing importance not just for those concerned about the welfare of the Chinese people but also for those interested in China’s role in regional and world affairs.

Divining China's Future.(Book Review) : An article from: World Policy Journal

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Divining China's Future.(Book Review) : An article from: World Policy Journal
Scott Kennedy
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This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on December 22, 2004. The length of the article is 5492 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: Divining China's Future.(Book Review)
Author: Scott Kennedy
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2004
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Page: 77(9)

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Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs

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Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China.(Book Review) : An article from: Pacific Affairs
David Bachman
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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 703 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: Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China.(Book Review)
Author: David Bachman
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
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Volume: 78 Issue: 2 Page: 289(2)

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Part of the Mac's Field Guide series, with more than 35 different guides to the birds and mammals, trees and wildflowers, fish, reptiles, and other wildlife in specific regions throughout the United States.

Full-color, detailed illustrations on laminated, waterproof 7-1/4" x 11-3/4" cards. Each card includes common and scientific names, and information of size and habitat.

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