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'[for] those who like their early Middle Ages replete with murder and mayhem... Frank Barlow has an epic tale to tell' History Today
The family of Earl Godwin of Wessex stands among the most famous in English history, whose most famous son was King Harold.
Frank Barlow charts the family through to Harold ¿ the last Anglo-Saxon king ¿ and finally the crowning of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest. Set against the backdrop of Viking raids and ultimately the Norman Conquest of 1066, Frank Barlow unravels the gripping history of a feuding family that nevertheless determined the course and fortunes of all the English.
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Brabham Ralt Honda: The Ron Tauranac Story
Mike Lawrence
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British-born, but brought up in Australia, Ron Tauranac always preferred to let his cars sing his praises where it really mattered - on the race tracks of the world. Many of Tauranac's former colleagues and customers speak candidly about the man they have known and worked with, someone who has never courted popularity, but whose talents have been such that his contribution to the motor racing scene is possibly beyond measure. Foreword by Sir Jack Brabham.
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- Really short and easy to read
- Short and Not So Sweet
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Me and Hitch
Evan Hunter
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Really short and easy to read.......2002-08-07
But worth the time. It's very interesting. As some other reviewers have said, most of it is anecdotes... but they are very interesting all the same. Evan Hunter talks mostly about "The Birds" and the script and story developments as he writes about them are very good. He talks a bit about "Marnie" as well but since he didn't work very long on that, he didn't have much to say.
I recommend you to read this, but unless you like to own everything about or by Hitchcock, just get it from the library first... : )
Short and Not So Sweet.......1999-04-29
More of an extended essay with unrelated anecdotes, this tiny book concerns the brief partnering of author Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain) and Alfred Hitchcock over a few years on the films "The Birds" and "Marnie." Dropped in the midst of these alternately bitter and fond memories are totally unrelated anecdotes about "Hitch." Nifty, but so short you should read it in the bookstore and save the $12.95.
Hicth forever.......1997-10-09
I liked this book a lot. First of all, it showed me how much discussion and creative brain-storming is involved into a script preparation, especially when the director is a perfectionist like Hitch. Second, I was amazed by noting that the conflicting relationship between the script-writer and the director has been so intense that it still emerges from pages written more than thirty years later.
In this conflict between the professional script-writer and the non-rational genius, those of us who have intensely loved The Birds and Marnie stay with the genius.
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La musique: Histoire, dictionnaire, discographie
Roland de Cande
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More effective system than first appears.......1999-10-13
A bit of advise from somone who has spent the last 6 years mastering and playing various BJ systems in Reno and Vegas. There is no single book in print that will give more playing power to a beginner than does Canfields. My father played with a "associate," for many years using the modified master system, which has astounding results, but is as complicated as "BJ for Blood" The expert running count as found in this book produces excelent results over many hours of play. Atleast one quarter of my year is dedicated to play and I still use most of the technique described. As far as getting caught and barred, I'm still rolling... Not everyone who counts gets caught, but they are watching, unfortunatly bank rolls are about double now to avoid detection and this system although powerfull is now more time consuming than before. It will make you money, My returns playing are usually under those shown per hour in the book, but not by much. As for those seeking the Master system, good luck hunting!
A great book on Blackjack with many still useful techniques........1999-01-12
The book "Blackjack Your Way to Riches" is a highly informative Blackjack book with much more than just BJ techniques. Much, much, more. It offers advice on tipping, gestures, and comps during in which that time the author and his four "associates" are keeping you in constant laughs. It is fine for a general reference if you just want to level out with the house but many of their techniques are outdated and do not work in most of today's conditions. The author brags about his counting system not getting you barred, but that is a lie. All users working counting systems are almost always found out and barred, no matter who they are. All in all a good book though for the newcomer to BJ or someone just going on a vacation playing a few hands. If you would like some better strategies that are more up to date please order a copy of either Ken Uston's "Million Dollar Blackjack" and/or Jerry L. Patterson's "Blackjack A Winner's Handbook", both 5 star books. And, if anyone wants to try it, no one I know has used the system in the back of the book. If you do please feel free to e-mail me with your results and comments.
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A "must have" reference guide for sales and business development professionals. The award-winning Shipley Proposal Guide has helped thousands create winning proposals in virtually any industry. From small letter proposals to large Federal Government proposals, this guide provides best-practices tips for developing a winning proposal.
Sales professionals can influence the buying decision by applying principles found in the guide. See why many major corporations turn to Shipley to help win major contracts.
The full color guide has over 275 pages of vivid helps for proposal writers. It also includes over 20 "model documents", including executive summaries, sales letters, action captions, and strategy statements.
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Shipley Proposal Guide Review.......2007-05-11
The Shipley Proposal Guide was handed out at all of the Shipley workshops I attended in DC: Writing Winning Proposals, Managing Winning Proposals, and Capture Management. Bob Winslow (recently retired from Shipley) was the presenter for the workshops I attended; he is one of the most experienced proposal professionals in the country. Bob was involved with the development of the latest version of the Proposal Guide.
The Shipley method stresses the use of "systems" for new business development and their philosophy carries over into the Proposal Guide. The firm has helped hundreds of their clients write proposals during the past 15 or so years. They took the systems approach and developed the guide.
Overall, the Proposal Guide is EXCELLENT. I use it not only when I'm writing or managing proposals for clients, but also as a resource when preparing sales and marketing presentations, press releases, and newsletters. You won't be dissatisfied. The guide is worth much more than the asking price.
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Proposal Guide for Business Development & Sales Professionals.......2006-02-27
As a Proposal Manager I have found this book to be a wealth of knowledge and would highly recommend it to anyone in the Proposasl field.
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Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of the author's own first book, Sixpence House becomes a heartfelt and often hilarious meditation on what books mean to us.
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Get Everything That Paul Collins Writes.......2007-07-19
I began with "The Trouble with Tom" and then had to get everything that Paul Collins has written.
Follow this writer; he has wonderful things coming; I am certain of it. "Sixpence House" is charming, honest, intelligent writing; it's on my re-read-often list.
Books!.......2007-03-16
This is an autobiographical account of an extended visit to a town with lots of bookstores in Wales. The mountains of books and the abundant book trivia make this book interesting. And it is enlightening to see an American's view of the town. However, I felt that I was taking up too much space in the Collins' home and I was embarrassed to be eavesdropping on their everyday activities.
Charming........2007-03-06
To me, none of these "stranger-in-a-strange-land" books ever comes close to Peter Maybe but I love them all to a degree and never tire of them. This book tended to be a bit disjointed and rambling but I forgave it because it was, literally, laugh-out-loud funny. It's like a friend who starts out to tell you a certain story, gets distracted at many points, but everything is he says is either so witty or original you don't care. One of the very best parts, for instance, was how Collins breaks down exactly how you CAN tell a modern book by its cover. He's be a great columnist in the vein of "The Polysyllabic Spree" by Nick Hornby.
Sixpence House.......2006-05-07
Paul and his wife and young son decide to leave their San Francisco home and move to a small town in the countryside of Wales called Hay. This town specializes in selling books- mostly really, really old books. The books are sold if they are valuable- if not, they are gradually priced lower and lower, given away free with the purchase of any other book, or finally burned in huge bonfires that rain bits of other peoples' thoughts on the town's inhabitants. This book is not just about the town, it is also about the humor of the family's adjustment to life in Britain, the hopes of a new writer, and the struggles of a young couple to buy their own home.
Quote: "To look for a specific book in Hay is a hopeless task; you can only find the books that are looking for you."
I thought this was a fabulous book. It is half a book about Paul's life and half a book about books, so the author references this or that interesting work he has stumbled across in the town of books (not that I need to be adding anything else to my to-read list at this point, but that's okay). The author is very entertaining, particularly because he is working on getting a book published and on the shelves (Barnvard's Folly) while writing this book and while surrounded by this graveyard for books. I am also entertained by the fact that each chapter is given a persona which is reflected in the title (such as "Chapter Fifteen Beholds the LORD").
A Year in Hay on Wye.......2006-03-17
As opposed to A Year in Provence (to which it is sometimes compared), this book doesn't inspire you to pull up stakes and transfer to the South of France or anywhere else, except maybe to the nearest musty, possibly treasure-laden bookstore, and deepen your appreciation of books. A visit to the California Antiquarian Book Fair a few years back taught me that there are basically two kinds of people -- those who love books for what they are and those that love books for what they do. Collins seems to be that rare bird -- a dweller in both camps. Every booklover knows the joy in finding something they didn't know they'd wanted in the first place. But he includes historical bits, usually hilarious, he's gleaned from his lifelong pursuit of the obscure and quirky. His sidetrips are also wonderfully funny and informative. For instance, while giving an account of what it's like to be in the publishing his own first effort, he segues into a description of, say, dust covers, giving a brief history of their development and what they may tell a prospective buyer, proving you CAN judge a book by its cover. The avid reader will recognize, also, Collins' predilection for making a beeline for bookcases when visiting someone's home. This practice is a shortcut to getting to know a person. Along the same lines, I try to see books on shelves behind people who are being interviewed on camera.
The writing is full of humor, the biographical episodes lively enough to convey a sense of place. But the real joy is in finding there is still much to learn about books as objects rather than books as providers of knowledge and enjoyment.
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While serving under various commands in many locations including New Caledonia (French), Guadalcanal (Australian), Bougainville (Australian), The Russell Islands (American), New Guinea (British), and Hollandia (Dutch). In the Republic of the Philippines, my craft and I were attached to the Philippine eighth Army in combat territory. The Filipino guerrillas that fought the Japanese throughout the war helped erase the Japanese presence on the Island of Samar and adjacent Islands of Leyte Gulf. This truly is a sailor's story. The Seabees' place in war. An everyday account of the war in the Pacific from the skipper of a landing craft serving in the U.S. Navy 75th Seabees. For thirty-eight months I lived every moment of these stories as they unfold before you. I am William Lewis, author of The Seabees and Your Sons. With the urging of friends and relatives, it is my intent to pass on to those of you who care to know my memories, thoughts and feelings when the world was a different place...a world at war. This book is suitable for children of all ages.
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The Seabees and your sons.......2005-10-27
A well-written account, a fresh look at the events from a personal level of a 75th Seabee from WWII in the pacific. I felt as if I could have been right next to Mr. Lewis and heard him telling the stories from behind the scenes to the battlefront. This is like no other WWII book I've read. Archival and personal photos, truly a great read.
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David Remnick's previous book, Lenin's Tomb, was a razor-sharp portrayal of both the rulers and the ruled in the closing days of the Soviet Union. The Devil Problem pulls together profiles of athletes and politicians at the end of their careers (Reggie Jackson, Gary Hart), writers thriving in exile (Joseph Brodsky) and struggling in their homeland (Ralph Ellison), and scholars searching for the very origin of the devil (Elaine Pagels). Especially devastating is a profile of radio talk show host Mario Cuomo, who clearly preferred life as Governor of New York. These pieces previously appeared in Esquire, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker.
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Readers know from his now classic Lenin's Tomb that Remnick is a superb portraitist who can bring his subjects to life and reveal them in such surprising ways as to justify comparison to Dickens, Balzac, or Proust. In this collection, Remnick's gift for character is sharper than ever, whether he writes about Gary Hart stumbling through life after Donna Rice or Mario Cuomo, who now presides over a Saturday morning radio talk show, fielding questions from crackpots, or about Michael Jordan's awesome return to the Chicago Bulls -- or Reggie Jackson's last times at bat.
Remnick's portraits of such disparate characters as Alger Hiss and Ralph Ellison, Richard Nixon and Elaine Pagels, Gerry Adams and Marion Barry are unified by this extraordinary ability to create a living character, so that the pieces in this book, taken together, constitute a splendid pageant of the representative characters of our time.
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Inquisitive journalism.......2001-07-22
Some readers might question why David Remnick revisited incidents that happened long time ago, but the book itself is still a wonderful read. The book tackled with several notable characters that mattered to the United States but for outsiders like myself, this book is a gem for providing me with backgrounds upon characters like Alger Hiss (one episode of "West Wing" dealt with the grand daughter of a dying man, based upon Alger Hiss' character who sought a pardon from the President before he passed away), George Stephanopoulos (who played a pivotal role in the Clinton's campaign & his head to head with Dick Morris (again, reminding us of "West Wing"), Marion Barry (the article questioned if segregation in the States is working better than integration, & relating that with the the recent Southern State of Mississipi debacle over retaining the Rebel Cross in its flag or not), Elaine Pagles (which brought to our attention the origin of Devil & questioned over the validity of Christianity in contemporary setting comparing it against Dead Sea Scroll), & so forth. For light-hearted moment, there were articles on Michael Jordan & Dennis Rodman (describing the icon that the initial has become, & the honesty of the latter populist who is enjoying the moment for who he is). Then, there were articles upon international characters such as Gerry Adams (which possibly hinted that a terrorist shall always remain a terrorist irrespective of the PR exercise to make him who he's not), the celebration of Kenzaburo Oe's works which were inspired by his undying devotion to his handicapped child, Hikari Oe, who himself was acclaimed as an accomplished musician). Writing is David Remnick's passion & journalism has been part of his life & he wouldn't let the chance slip by without writing of 3 distinctive news personalities such as Ben Bradlee (cliche of networking & manipulation thru media via influential people), Al Neuharth (of making every news positive reading by all people), Murray Kempton (of bringing dignity & integrity into the art of journalism). Needless to say, news is perishable. Today's news is history tomorrow & much of what's featured here are history now but it's good to read of the past so that we undertood more profoundly of what made USA today, & the celebration of the art of inquisitive journalism. Highly recommended.
Inquisitive journalism.......2001-07-22
Some readers might question why David Remnick revisited incidents that happened long time ago, but the book itself is still a wonderful read. The book tackled with several notable characters that mattered to the United States but for outsiders like myself, this book is a gem for providing me with backgrounds upon characters like Alger Hiss (one episode of "West Wing" dealt with the grand daughter of a dying man, based upon Alger Hiss' character who sought a pardon from the President before he passed away), George Stephanopoulos (who played a pivotal role in the Clinton's campaign & his head to head with Dick Morris (again, reminding us of "West Wing"), Marion Barry (the article questioned if segregation in the States is working better than integration, & relating that with the the recent Southern State of Mississipi debacle over retaining the Rebel Cross in its flag or not), Elaine Pagles (which brought to our attention the origin of Devil & questioned over the validity of Christianity in contemporary setting comparing it against Dead Sea Scroll), & so forth. For light-hearted moment, there were articles on Michael Jordan & Dennis Rodman (describing the icon that the initial has become, & the honesty of the latter populist who is enjoying the moment for who he is). Then, there were articles upon international characters such as Gerry Adams (which possibly hinted that a terrorist shall always remain a terrorist irrespective of the PR exercise to make him who he's not), the celebration of Kenzaburo Oe's works which were inspired by his undying devotion to his handicapped child, Hikari Oe, who himself was acclaimed as an accomplished musician). Writing is David Remnick's passion & journalism has been part of his life & he wouldn't let the chance slip by without writing of 3 distinctive news personalities such as Ben Bradlee (cliche of networking & manipulation thru media via influential people), Al Neuharth (of making every news positive reading by all people), Murray Kempton (of bringing dignity & integrity into the art of journalism). Needless to say, news is perishable. Today's news is history tomorrow & much of what's featured here are history now but it's good to read of the past so that we undertood more profoundly of what made USA today, & the celebration of the art of inquisitive journalism. Highly recommended.
Dated Devil.......2001-05-02
There's nothing wrong with any of these stories. They're all just fine. And certainly each of the subjects is worthy of a profile. But this is a peculiarly unsatisfying book all the same. With the "news hook" for each piece having long since faded, it's hard to see what it is that keeps these stories alive, and why they're worth revisiting again between the covers of a book. Besides, Reminick is hardly a contrarian in his "takes" on the people he writes about. The founder of USA Today is a fool, while Ben Bradlee is possessed of larger-than-life charisma, etc. A couple of pieces are exceptions: The Gary Hart profile is memorable, for instance - but do you really want to read about Gary Hart now? The recent collection of classic New Yorker profiles (assembled by Remnick, of course, who is the editor of that magazine) is a complete contrast, filled with stories that really do stand the test of time.
Excellent.......2000-11-25
An excellent collection of profiles. Even when the subject is not particularly interesting, reading about them is. Extremely well written and gives you both the big picture and the little picture.
clear, well-written profiles.......1999-11-28
No one writes better profiles than David Remnick, and you can find plenty of them in this book. From his language to his structure to his unfailingly adept choice of detail, he is a master.
My one caveat is that _The Devil Problem_ doesn't always succeed in *making* the subject interesting, at least not in the cases of the most public figures. You need to go into the Reggie Jackson profile with a basic interest in Reggie Jackson. But Remnick's profiles are all comprehensive and eviably well-written. If you want to know what Reggie's up to these days, I doubt you could find a better short profile to satisfy your curiosity.
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The Devil Problem & Other True Stories
David Remnick
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Release Date: 1998-09-09 |
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Thinking About the Environment: Readings on Politics, Property, and the Physical World
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