Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money

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Dated, but accurate early 80s boom portraits of Texans

Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money
Sally Helgesen
Manufacturer: Beard Books
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Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History)

Wildcatters: The True Story of How Conspiracy, Greed, and the IRS Almost Destroyed a Legendary Texas Oil Family

ASIN: 1587982161

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Dated, but accurate early 80s boom portraits of Texans.......2007-01-28

Author Helgeson, a Harper's magazine contributor spent a year in 1979 interviewing the three generations of surviving Texas "wildcat" independent oil producers and delivers a servicable book about men such as "Monty" Moncrief, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson and their post WW2 offspring who continued the practice of exploration without conglomerate sanction. If you want a snapshot of the indie oil & gas business circa 1980, this will do. Reads like an expanded feature magazine article, which is appropriate to the subject.

Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money

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Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money
Sally Helgesen
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUH420

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Legends Of The Martial Arts Masters- Review.......2007-02-12

I love the book "Legends of the Martial Arts Masters" by Susan Lynn Peterson. The book was very entertaining because with the stories it helped me understand that martial arts it's not about violence. Martial art is an art using your mind, body, and spirit. Furthermore, my favorite story in this book was "Great Power, Great Control." I really liked it because it showed that without control, you have no power and you will loose many challenges. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes martial arts. In addition, I would mostly recommend this book to children and teenagers because they think martial arts is about fighting, but it's more than that.

The best book ever!.......2007-02-12

Legends of the Martial Arts Masters by Susan Lynn Peterson is a very inspiring book. I thought that this story was very entertaining because there are many adventures in it. This story talks alot about how to become a better person. The lessons in this book will make you the best martial artist. My favorite story is The General Fights the Bull. It is about a general who is ordered to kill a bull. He doesn't want to kill an animal but finds another way. He learns that killing is not the answer. I would recommend this book to young teens who like to read adventures."

The best book ever!.......2007-02-12

Legends of the Martial Arts Mastersby Susan Lynn Peterson is a very inspiring book. I thought that this story was very entertaining because there are many adventures in it. This story talks alot about how to become a better person. The lessons in this book will make you the best martial artist. My favorite story is The General Fights the Bull. It is about a general who is ordered to kill a bull. He doesn't want to kill an animal but finds another way. He learns that killing is not the answer. I would recommend this book to young teens who like to read adventures."

Awesome Book review.......2007-02-12

I really enjoyed the book "Legends Of The Martial Arts Master" by Susan Lynn Peterson. I read the whole book and it was so interesting. This book helped me see the world of martial arts in a different way. Most people think its about kicking people here and there but this book helps you understand that its deeper than. A lot of the stories not only entertain you but they teach you valuable stuff. My favorite story was "The general fights the bull" The moral i got from that story was that Your brain can be a very powerful weapon so use it.

Karate's Modern Masters: The Philosophies and Techniques of the Art's Living Legends

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Karate's Modern Masters: The Philosophies and Techniques of the Art's Living Legends
George Parulski , and Official Karate Editors
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
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Steve Fagin is an artist whose videos incorporate, challenge, and cross over into the realm of literary and cultural studies. Talkin’ with Your Mouth Full includes not only scripts of Fagin’s works but critical responses to—and meditations on—a variety of his influential videos by a distinguished, if intriguingly disparate, group of artists and scholars.
Combining elements of criticism with various modes of artistic expression, these responses take the form of reviews, letters, interviews, and in one case an imaginary TV programming schedule. Interspersed with—and sometimes literally interrupting—the video scripts, these contributions interact with one another on multiple levels and complement Fagin’s scripts. Historical, political, and theoretical issues dovetail, ricochet, and interplay in this book, revealing a multiplicity of voices, concerns, and cultural revelations.
Unique in its structure and intellectual approach, Talkin’ with Your Mouth Full will appeal equally to those who have seen Fagin’s videos and those who have not. Students of art history and cultural critique, and anyone interested in the ongoing dialogue between artists and theorists, will find particular value in this book.

Contributors. Gregg Bordowitz, Constance DeJong, Leslie Dick, Steve Fagin, Barry Gifford, Victoria Gill, Bill Horrigan, Bertha Jottar, Ivone Margulies, Patricia Mellencamp, Margaret Morse, Constance Penley, Vicente L. Rafael, Mark Rappaport, Andrew Ross, Vivian Sobchack, Trinh T. Minh-ha, John Welchman, Peter Wollen

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Boulez on Music Today

Boulez on Music Today
Pierre Boulez
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0674080068

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Boulez on Music Today.......2001-02-05

This must be the most faithful representation of Boulez' thinking processes but is very hard to come to terms with due to much use of now defunct 1950's terminology and the abstract nature of his theoretical approach. However it is a must for anyone with a keen interest in post-war serialism and remains one of the most important treatises in the theoretical archives. It must come back into print!

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BOULEZ ON MUSIC TODAY
PIERRE BOULEZ
Manufacturer: FABER FABER
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S8E9G0

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The classic of the classics.......2002-06-17

Back in the Golden Age of Microcomputing (roughly from '75 to '89 or so) the way people shared programs wasn't through the internet. Instead, it was through typing in program listings in the backs of magazines. "Compute!'s Gazette" was my means of getting software.

When I recently came across a copy of Ahl's "Basic Computer Games" I had to snatch it up immediately. There, contained in 101 program listings are games of varying degrees of quality, but many the games from that Golden Age are in there. Especially that Star Trek(TM) game. [Star Trek is a trademark of the Paramount Pictures Corporation]

Many of the games are just plain silly. Who knows why Ahl included them? Bunny, Poetry, Combat, just to name a few. But there are enough good ones in there to elicit a wave of nostalgia in those of us who lived through (and gamed through) those golden times.

The challenge is converting the game to a more recent langua.......1999-05-22

I never did make it throughout all the 101 games. They were designed on Microsoft 8K Basic Rev.4.0. David H. Ahl is the Founder of "Creative Computing".

By typing in the game you learn how the basic code controls may code functions and algorithms. Like many other technical items this information has been sway surpassed by the industry but it is still fun to mix and match code.

The dawn of a new era, basic games for Computers........1998-08-29

This was the beginning for many people to their love affair with computers. Many simple games that you program yourself in Basic, one of the first computer languages. Not only could you learn simple progamming form this book, but have something tangible to show for it! Easy to use with set-by-step instructions.

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Real Estate selling "on site" in an amenitized community, representing the builder and the developer is unique, rewarding and profitable...if you have a system for success. Now, you can master the strategies used by renowned sales stars with this paint-by-numbers process; custom designed to position home builders, sales professionals and developers with the insight to reach today's purchaser. If you sell new homes, planned neighborhoods, resort real estate, home building, development, or more, this book will enable you and your team to master the on site sales process with "cutting edge" information previously available only through expensive seminars and corporate training.

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Goldmine.......2007-01-10

For anyone interested in new home sales this book in a goldmine. It is easy to read, easy to understand, and result oriented. Each chapter is a treasure chest of information. Collectively, these chapters map out a strategy that every one in new home sales should carefully examine.

This book is worth the money spent!.......2005-12-19

I have been in New home sales for the last year. I have been fortunate but I know that in this business the key is to stay on top. This business always has something new you can learn, skills to be polished up on, or even new tactics to be learned since we are dealing with more educated buyers now a days. This book is very easy to read, to refer back to in the future and covers multiple aspects of the job. I use the book to learn things I never would have thought since I am new in the business, and to come up with alternative resolutions for situations I have encountered. It is exciting when you are hesitant to say some of things you read but try it and they actually work. This is one book that was definitely worth buying and filled with a lot of informative information.

Well worth it for new people.......2004-03-19

This is a great book for someone starting out in the industry. Full of hints and scripts that you can use in the real world enviroment.

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Having outlasted the gag order that was part of their divorce agreement, Angela Bowie produced this memoir of her turbulent life with David.

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Where The Bowies Are.......2007-05-30

If you never paid much attention to David Bowie - and I confess I did not - then this kiss and tell by his ex-wife may make trashy reading. She certainly takes you back to the late 60s-early 70s London music scene when creativity seemed to be bursting out all over. Theirs was a sort of marriage of convenience, in this version, with Angie a glorified go-fer, doing anything to promote Bowie's career. She makes him out a cold fish, which is certainly how he looks. Their 'open marriage' meant both were free to dally with whomever they wanted, and she says Bowie dallied with Mick Jagger at least once, gossip that made headlines years back. It seems plausible. This may be the "Angie" in the Stones song, she contends. Bowie's music always left me cold, though a few of his bigger hits have held up. This book is a trippy look back at a time now long gone, though you'll wish you could have at least observed it in full flower.

Dull.......2006-06-07

I wasn't expecting great writing, or an untarnished view of angela's ex, I was expecting a guilty pleasure, a fun read. This book is just dull. Angela is dull, her writing is dull, it was more a book about her, and really, who cares?

So what if Angela Bowie is bitter? Book's a lot of fun ...........2005-09-13

Why do some reviewers care whether Angela Bowie is "bitter?" Does she seem a little bitter? Yes, frequently. Um ... So?

Great stories in this book (my fave involves Led Zeppelin, who come across as average, rather loveable drunks), with an attempt by Bowie to exorcise a demon from a swimming pool running a close second.

A really enjoyable read ... A friend who's met Angela tells me she seemed kind of crazy, but I'd have to say she comes across as a very hurt, somewhat bitter person who also has a few cogent things to say. Take her with a grain of salt.

And all you people working so hard to knock this poor woman ... an average human who probably did indeed have an impact on Bowie's career, in the same way all magical things combine in places and in times to create a special chemistry -- what, are you secretly jealous you didn't marry Bowie or something? Let's hear it for pulling hair. Meow.

Geez

Left me with more questions than it did answers...........2005-07-28

Yes I did love reading this book, and I found it very hard to put it down, but it was not the definitive guide to Mr. Bowie's life that I hoped it would be. I love to read about the musicians that inspire me, and to learn about what was going on in their personal lives when they were making brilliant art, so I thought that by reading a book by someone who was so close to one of my heroes, that she was actually married to him, that it could give me some insights about Mr. Bowie's life, during that time, which other biographies could not. But in the end, I gained more insight into what was going on in Angie's life during their marriage, which was actually quite a separate existence from his life, especially since there were lots of times when they weren't even living in the same place. I guess I shouldn't complain too much because it is a biography about her life as well, but there is often not enough emphasis on what was going on with his life, and the reason for this is because she doesn't seem to know.

I knew that the book probably wouldn't shed any light on his life after the '70s, since him and Angie were divorced by then, but I was surprised by the fact that it hardly gave me any info on his life in the latter half of the '70s. If you want to know what was going on in Bowie's personal life while he was making such innovative albums as Station To Station, Low, Heroes, and Lodger, you are not going to learn it here. She breezes through the mid-late '70s rather quickly, and it seems as if during that time she barely even saw him. Their divorce was finalized in 1980, but their marriage was over long before that. But just because there isn't much insight given into David's personal life during the latter half of the '70s, doesn't mean the reader doesn't learn anything at all about what was going on behind closed doors in his life. Angie does give some good info about him during the late '60s and early '70s, but even when she was spending lots of time with him, like she was during that era, she often felt like a detached observer of his life, much like the reader of this book does.

I guess this review is turning out more negative than I intended it to be, but that doesn't mean I don't recommend the book to other Bowie fans, because I do. Like I mentioned earlier, it is a hard book to put down, especially if you like reading about someone who leads a debaucherous lifestyle, and Angie certainly did. It is widely known that Angie and David had an open marriage, and that both of them lived a swinger lifestyle during the '70s. Angie does believe that David was bisexual, at least during that time, despite the fact that since then it has been argued that he never actually was bisexual, and she claims that she was and still is bisexual herself. So because of the open marriage and her bisexuality, explicit sex plays a large part in this book, and it certainly can get steamy. There is all the sex you could want, as well as drugs and Rock 'N Roll, including lots of Rock Star gossip, in general, not just gossip about David Bowie. If you like reading such gossip, then you will definitely enjoy all the namedropping she does, as well as the little tangents that she goes on about experiences she had with famous musicians like: Lou Reed, Keith Moon of The Who, Mick Jagger, Led Zepplin, Elton John, and others. Surprisingly, there wasn't anything to learn about Marc Bolan or Iggy Pop though, and I hoped there would be. One of the drummers of T.Rex is mentioned since Angie had a fling with him, but Bolan isn't mentioned at all, and the Stooges are mentioned, since Angie had flings with two of the members, but hardly anything is said about Iggy, and I found it odd that such important figures in David's life would be ignored. There is also no mention of Roxy Music, except for a brief story about how Bryan Ferry crashed on the Bowies' couch after a party once, and no mention of Brian Eno at all, which I guess makes sense since Eno was a profound influence on David's late '70s career, and Angie was pretty much out of the picture by that time. But yeah, this book is definitely not the place to look if you want to learn about how David's Glam Rock contemporaries affected his life, and I think it has to do with the fact that Angie herself was more so interested in meeting, hanging out and/or having sex with Rock Stars whom had been famous since the '60s and/or weren't involved with Glam at all.

Ok, so now you are probably wondering what kind of stuff you will actually learn about David Bowie's personal life if you read the book, since I've told you all the stuff that you won't learn. Well there are some interesting insights into how Bowie's childhood, as well as his family life, has affected him as an adult, or at least the part of his adult life which Angie was involved in. You also learn quite a bit about two of Bowie's early managers, Ken Pitt and Tony DeFries, and how they shaped his career. There is also an interesting cast of characters that the Bowies were spending time with while David was on his way to becoming famous, and you learn how these people affected their lives, as well as his career. You learn about all the things that Angie did to help him become famous, and she claims to have done a lot for his early career, but whether you decide she's giving herself too much credit, is up to you. Like I mentioned before, there is tons of sex in this book, and you learn from Angie whether she thinks David was good in bed. You also learn alot about who they both were having affairs with, although none of them were really surprising to me, especially where David is concerned. I was hoping of learning about a juicy affair he may have had with Iggy Pop, since the movie Velvet Goldmine has one take place between the characters that are based on Pop and Bowie, but if there ever was one, Angie does not mention it at all. She does mention what may have happened in the sheets between David and Mick Jagger though, but I didn't really care for that part, especially since I find the idea of him being with Iggy Pop far more sexy and intriguing.

Another person who I thought I'd learn more about would be Mick Ronson, and you do learn a bit about him early on in the book when David is putting together the Spiders From Mars, and when he first starts playing with them, but after Angie mentions David's sudden breaking up of that band, at that famous Hammersmith Odeon show in 1973, no more is to be heard. The breaking up of the Spiders is not just a turning point for David's career, but it was also a turning point for their marriage, because after that event, Angie's knowledge of what was going on in David's personal life starts to get more and more vague. It is during the time before 1973, that she gives the most insight into David's creative process, and I did find that to be fascinating. You do learn quite a bit about what was going on behind the scenes when The Man Who Sold The World was recorded, and I really enjoyed that part, but she doesn't tell you as much about what circumstances surrounded the recordings of the albums after that. So, if you are looking to find out what inspired Bowie to write every song on an album like The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, don't look here, because she will not tell you. Instead, she gives glimpses of what may have inspired him to do certain creative things during the early '70s, and you do get a peak into how he actually went about writing some of his songs, but the only person who really could tell you what he was thinking when he wrote Suffragette City, for example, would be David himself. And unfortunately he hasn't written an extremely personal biography like this about his own life yet, but I really wish he would hurry up and do that. Then I could have the answers to many of the questions which Angie's book left with me, and get his side of the story on their marriage, which is something I definitely wanted to know about after I finished the book, but until then I will just have to settle with hers. It is a pretty good read to settle with though, and despite the fact that it left me with more questions than it did answers, I still recommend it to other Bowie fans. If you are the kind of fan that wants to know what was going on in his personal life before and during the Ziggy era, then Angie will give you an idea. It may not be the complete picture, but since that cannot be known until David writes his own tell all book, this might just be good enough to tide you over for awhile.

Bitter celebrities make for best sellers and coffee talk.......2005-07-28

I picked up this book for the same reason everyone else did: I wanted the inside dirt. I give it two stars for these 2 reasons only: the first (and more important) is because it was a fine writing project, the second was for celebrity dirt, which is just a piece of fluff. There is an expression out there called "Sex, drugs, and rock n'roll", and people always want to know those things about you whether you're the CEO of a corporation, a ditch digger, or the President of the United States. IN THAT ORDER, I might add. And we got all that and more with the ex Mrs. Bowie.

Angela is a bitter woman despite all the free spirited ideals and lifestyle choices she spouts, and there is more than a hint of jealousy that David got to be famous and more beloved than she. It's a creative writing project full of name dropping and naughty whispers, and maybe what really happened wasn't all that exciting, but there's just enough to leave us thinking it could've been. Some people have had very successful careers being hangers-on and keeping up hype about themselves, and Angie was one of them. She wrote and sold a book to make people talk at their cocktail parties. She's just a little irked that she's not being invited to the A list parties these days, but guess what? You hang around the places you do and the people you do because they make you feel cool, but you're not all that cool.

If you're looking for insights into David's music (what influenced him to make music, write, produce, etc.), you won't find it here. Buy his albums, not this book. I love David, I love David's music in all evolutionary stages through the years, but there's only so many times you can hear a story about his being caught in bed with so-and-so before it gets old. I love him because of his art, not because of who he was or wasn't doing the nasty with. Should any of my former lovers write a book about me, people will talk, but that's all it is. Talk. Hope Angie turned a healthy profit, because this is what she left for posterity. David, however, gave us so much more.

BACKSTAGE PASSES LIFE ON THE WILD SIDE WITH DAVID BOWIE

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BACKSTAGE PASSES LIFE ON THE WILD SIDE WITH DAVID BOWIE
Angela Bowie
Manufacturer: Putnam's
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ASIN: B000M0KTYU

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Backstage Passes, Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie)
Angela (w/ Patrick Carr) Bowie
Manufacturer: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NVE75K

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Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie
Angela Bowie
Manufacturer: Putnam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NQLVQS

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Years before his fateful stand at the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer fought in the Civil War, a bright and shiny brigadier general of volunteers in the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Riding with Custer and his “Wolverines” was Captain James H. Kidd, who saw action extending from the raid on Richmond to Appomattox.

Riding with Custer is a rousing and vivid illustration of the tactical worth of cavalry in the army. Kidd raised his own company, engaged in more than sixty battles, rose to colonel in 1864, and after conspicuous valor in the Valley Campaign of that year succeeded Custer as commander of the Michigan Brigade. When he wrote these memoirs several decades after the war, his recollections were sharp and indelible—among them the experience of fighting with Custer at Gettysburg, Falling Waters, the Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, and Cedar Creek. He describes life on the move in all kinds of weather and terrain, the sensation of combat, the pleasure of a cup of coffee, and, besides Custer, such famous generals as Judson Kilpatrick, Phil Sheridan, and Wesley Merritt.

A reprint of the original 1908 edition, this Bison Book features a new index.

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Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman.......2002-12-13

This is a memoir with chapters written in and after the 1880's.

An interesting positivist take on the war--also interesting how politically conscious Kidd appears to have been. My general observation is that the Northern accounts seem to be more politicized, more likely to talk about politicians and political beliefs, than Southern.

Kidd started the war as captain of Troop E, 6th Michigan Cavalry, and ended up in command of the regiment. He spends a lot of time discussing recruiting and training, details fighting at Gettysburg and Williamsport, Trevilian Station, Third Winchester, et cetera. Kidd's admiration for Custer, his brigadier, is clear.

A useful account, but not an especially anecdotal or vivid one.

A judgment of Custer by a contemporary.......1999-06-25

This reprint of the classic "Recollections of a Cavalryman" is a valuable addition to the military history of the nation. It also offers a view of Custer by someone who actually served with him in combat -- extensive combat. The view of Custer that emerges is not that penned by a fawning subordinate; Colonel Kidd simply recounts the battles and activities of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade in a straightforward manner. His later controversy notwithstanding, Custer was an exemplary cavalry commander and arguably the most successful and brilliant cavalry officer on either side in the conflict. This book opens a window on the past and is an excellently written account of the brutal battles fought by our ancestors. The book also offers an unintentional balance to Custer's historical legacy. It's unintentional because at the time it was written, Custer was still considered a national hero. This book explains why he was. Read it.

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President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, collaborated on a daybook project in which they would jot down passages from their reading that moved them in some way. RFK continued the project after his brother's death in 1963, and would frequently use the quotations in it as source material for his speeches.

Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Robert's youngest son, has drawn upon that journal, as well as material from his father's speeches, to create a unique portrait of RFK's spirit and character. In addition to his own powerful testimony to his passion for social justice, we learn that Robert Kennedy was able to learn as much about the meaning of freedom and justice from Albert Camus as he was from Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln. The concern with civil rights, pacifism, and America's role in the international arena (among other issues) that permeate Kennedy's thoughts are as relevant today as they were in the 1960s. Make Gentle the Life of This World is a stirring reminder of one of this century's strongest political visions.

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Throughout the 1960s, Robert F. Kennedy kept a private journal of favorite quotations, recording the philosophies of great leaders and thinkers throughout history. Thirty years after his father's tragic death, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy has culled the highlights of this journal, along with moving portions of Robert Kennedy's most memorable speeches, to create an inspiring, immortal voice for his father's vision. With passages on freedom, democracy, civil rights, education, justice, tragedy, and peace, Make Gentle the Life of This World speaks powerfully to America's unstoppable drive for a better world. Complemented by poignant photographs of Robert Kennedy, this is an extraordinary tribute to an extraordinary hero, whose dream for America has never been extinguished.

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Great Insight Into His Thoughts.......2007-07-23

I liked this book. I give this book 5 stars. This book gave me the chance to read some of his thoughts that he had recorded in his personal journal(daybook). One quote that I really liked is " I know there is a God and that he hates injustice. I see the storm coming and I see His hand in it. If He has a place and part for me, I am ready". For me, it has renewed my sense that I as well as my country need to get up from the sleep or the spell we our under that has led us down the wrong path, and get active again in trying to get this country on the right path.

Wisdom for Our Times.......2007-01-05

This is an excellent selection of Robert F. Kennedy's words. It's amazing how applicable RFK's ideas are to our own times.

A true desert island book...........2006-09-18

Anyone who is ever at a point in their life where they are doing any type of soul-searching would find the thoughts and words expressed here invaluable. After experiencing the worst tragedy, Robert Kennedy makes an incredible change....inside and then outside. Those of us who were not alive or old enough to remember do have books and videos to try and tell us his story. But his son goes beyond that and really gives us something more by sharing all the ideas that made up the man.

If you are looking for info about RFK, well, you'll get something here....BUT...even more, this book will help you grow and become a better human being...and maybe even become that "tiny ripple of hope" in your world.

Weep, yes, but then be inspired.......2006-08-27

For those who missed the time in which those now called "Reagan Democrats" and those opposed to the ongoing war in Vietnam were inspired by the same voice, especially who cannot even begin to imagine how that could be, this small book is a must-read that will enable you to experience what is possible through inspiring [rather than angry divisive cynical] leadership.

Some quotes from the book, which seems as if it could have been written this morning:

"An understanding of what America really stands for is going to count far more than missiles, aircraft carriers, and supersonic bombers."

"Insurgency aims not at the conquest of territory but at the allegiance of man. ... Counterinsurgency might best be described as social reform under pressure...any effort that becomes pre-occupied with gadgets and techniques and force is doomed to failure."

"Thus does false principle destroy the credibility of our wisdom and purpose that is the true foundation of influence as a world power."

"America was a great force in the world, with immense prestige, long before we became a great military power. That power has come to us and we cannot renounce it, but neither can we afford to forget that the real constructive force in the world comes not from bombs but from imaginative ideas, warm sympathies, and a generous spirit.
These are qualities that cannot be manufactured by specialists in public relations.
They are the natural qualities of a people pursuing decency and human dignity in its own undertakings without arrogance or hostility or delusions of superiority toward others, a people whose ideals for others are firmly rooted in the realities of the society we have build for itself."

"Whatever the costs to us, let us think of the young men we have sent there: not just the killed, but those who have to kill; not just the maimed, but those who must look upon the results of what they do."

[AND, to remind us not to sink into frustrated despair at our current mean-spirited divisive administration, RFK's words spoken in courage during the dark days of Apartheid in South Africa:]
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of those acts will be written the history of this generation."

READ THIS AND WEEP OVER THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF OUR CULTURE CIVILIZATION AND OUR ONCE GREAT NATION.......2006-08-10

Imagine the entrenched bush having his notes and jottings gleaned of classical quotes of personal inspiration. The difference between a Harvard and a Yale education? Or is it deeper than that?

This book reveals the inner thoughts of our great leader whose career for peace and justice was cruelly cancelled in midstream at his highest point. This great man was our once future president and would have brought us through so many dull crises to follow. TO read these quotations is to realize fully what we have lost. And yet in reading them we sow the golden seeds within ourselves of resurrection and of wisdom. Live this book. Contemplate this book. Breath this book.

Get this book. And one for all of your friends. It is eternal, as it draws from the ancients, unto our modern age. It is balm in Gilead for our present strife and petty fatal political bickerings. We once were great. Let us remember in peace and grow great again as a nation and a people and as individuals.

Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

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Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJBQZU

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Fishing is a major form of ecological disturbance to marine communities throughout the world. In the past, fisheries biologists have concentrated on the studying of the direct effects of fishing on stocks of target species and understanding the processes of recruitment. There is now a growing appreciation of the ecological implications of the wider effects of fishing activities on marine organisms and their habitats. Contributions include articles that consider the physical effects of fishing gears on the seabed; distribution of, and trends in fishing effort; ecological effects on benthic fauna; long-term community changes; the effects of food subsidies in the marine environment; interactions between fisheries and marine mammals; technical measures to reduce impacts of fisheries; conservation issues and priorities; socio-economic implications of wider fisheries impacts.

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