From Cottage to Palace (Reminiscence)

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From Cottage to Palace (Reminiscence)
Margaret Bramford
Manufacturer: ISIS Audio Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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A pride of palaces : Lenox summer cottages, 1883-1933 : sixty photographs / by Edwin Hale Lincoln, 1848-1938 ; printed from the original glass plate and film negatives by Walter Hilton Scott ; Donald T. Oakes, editor
Edwin Hale Lincoln
Manufacturer: Lenox, Mass. : Lenox Library Association, c1981
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WAWNBM

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In this long-awaited exposé, Fred and Marie Webster share their adventures, some hilarious, some quite serious, during a half-century of birding. The activities of this legendary pair centers around Austin and the Texas Hill Country, with forays to the Texas coast and exciting excursions South of the Border. Join the authors in a fascinating flight through the past to a sober landing in the twenty-first century.

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Marijuana Success Indoors demonstrates the best ways to combine gardening skill with technological savvy to produce the highest quality buds. Collecting the best of Ed Rosenthal’s articles on indoor cultivation, this large-format, colorfully illustrated guide shows how growers have addressed such issues as working in small spaces; supplementing with carbon dioxide; and using lighting and other techniques to maximize quality and yield in any indoor garden.

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Fine for the coffee table but not a good book for practical tips.......2007-02-08

I was quite disappointed when I recieved this book. I purchased it thinking it would be the first book of a great cannabis growers library and it turned out that it was inadequate for my purposes. It was a fluff book (more like a heads magazine) full of information that turned out to be incomplete and not that useful especially for a beginner. This is not a book to be used on its own. I would rather suggest the Marijuana Growers Handbook by the same author which has more complete info and I really liked Somas grow book as well.

learn techniques and secrets for indoor growing........2005-01-11

I really like this book. It has great pictures and information in it. It really explores the field of indoor growing with some depth. The stories are very informative and helpful to the grower. If you are a fan of Ed Rosenthal and what he's done in this field you will love this book.

Might be just what you're looking for.......2004-02-14

This book is perfect if you're like me and get a little overwhelmed or intimidated by all the information and choices in a lot of how-to books. So this is what I want and probably what you'd like too- a chance to look at a bunch of real people's gardens and find out how they did, what choices they made and how it turned out. That sounds simple but this is a really nice book to have. These are gardeners sharing with other gardeners and that really appeals to me. Also, this book is beautiful- magazine-sized and so many pictures. It's a great book to sit and flip through.

Its cheap!.......2003-12-22

It cheap on content and so cheap on the price tag. At 80 pages this does not merit much of a purchase unless you are a hardcore fan of the Ed series of grow books. Its an average book about cannabis grow rooms and be honest nothing that you have not seen before in the Cannabis Culture magazine that Ed now writes for. I would recommend a subscription to CC mag instead or in addition to this.

look into pot grower's gardens!.......2003-05-23

How fun it was to take a full-color tour of forbidden places with Ed. I've thought for years how great it must be as a well known marijuana author...the things they must see.
Each garden in the book has an interesting story and it's own unique circumstances making it packed with grow tips. There's lots of pictures and the whole design is cool
I would tell my friends to buy this book and because of the reasonable price of 13 bucks they can.

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"Are we there yet?" If you never ever want to hear your child ask that question again, then this is the book for you. America's #1 kids' fun expert, Penny Warner, gives you over 240 easy-to-learn games and activities that make traveling by car, plane, train, boat —or whatever —fun for the whole family. Requiring little preparation and few materials, these great travel games will not only keep kids of all ages involved and entertained, but also exercise their minds. You'll be surprised at how quickly time flies when you're playing:

• ABC-XYZ
• Bridge Words
• Eye-Spy
• Magazine Scavenger Hunt
• Window Watcher
• See the USA
• And many more!

Each game lists the materials and number of players needed, as well as the recommended age ranges appropriate for each one. Penny Warner also offers variations for almost every game so the fun never stops. Turn bored kids into busy kids with Great Games for Kids on the Go!

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A good text book

Entrepreneurship with OLC/PowerWeb card
Robert D Hisrich , Michael P Peters , and Dean A. Shepherd
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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ASIN: 0072971851

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Entrepreneurship, by Hisrich, Peters and Shepherd is intended for the undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and has been designed to instruct students on how to formulate, plan, and implement a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of 'how to' embark on a new venture in a logical manner. Actual case studies and entrepreneur profiles help illustrate successful and not-so-successful ventures.

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A good text book.......2005-09-26

The book is well documented and follows a logical approach based on a business project life cycle. It covers in fair detail a large number of issues that are faced by entrepreneurs. It can also be used as a general reference book for actual entrepreuneurs and businessman.
The password of the OLC/PowerWeb card that came with the book was used and I could not register. Amazon is providing me with another copy of the book and a new OLC/PowerWeb.

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Interesting read, Rose shows lack of class

Poor Pete Rose...

Good Efforts Gone Awry

Casting Stones

What Is The Real Story

My Prison Without Bars
Pete Rose , and Rick Hill
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big

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Pete Rose: My Story

ASIN: 1579549276
Release Date: 2004-01-08

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Pete Rose's My Prison Without Bars is written for a purpose: to make Pete Rose's case for the Hall of Fame. On paper, Rose's credentials seem unassailable. The all-time career hits leader, Rose owns seven Major League and twelve National League records from his 24 years in baseball.

The controversy comes down to Major League Baseball's Rule 21: "Any... employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible." In 1989 Rose was suspended from baseball after allegations that he gambled on the sport, allegations Rose denied. Thereafter, fans and sportswriters have speculated that baseball officials would re-instate Rose if only he admitted his guilt. In the book, Rose confesses--for the first time--that he did in fact bet on Reds games while he managed the team, though he claims that he never bet against the Reds. This would seem to be the "coming clean" that baseball was looking for.

Rose, however, doesn't seem ready to give up his fight. The book attacks John Dowd and Commissioner Bart Giamatti for the 1989 report which ultimately led to Rose's suspension. Rose picks apart the report showing that the evidence was either falsified or from unreliable sources. Yet, he admits that the document's conclusion--that he bet on baseball--was accurate. Rose declares guilt but still seems to believe, as he says, that gambling is a "victimless crime" and that his punishment does not fit the crime. He won't "act sorry or sad or guilty" because he is "just not built that way."

Admirers of Rose the athelete will likely be disappointed by the book. After a too-short recollection of his life in baseball, Rose dwells heavily on the gamblers, bookmakers, runners, and memorabilia dealers who made up his world when he could no longer compete as a player. In the end, My Prison Without Bars is an interesting historical document in one of the greatest baseball scandals of all time, but those looking for a record of Rose's amazing baseball achievements are better off consulting The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. --Patrick O'Kelley

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Pete Rose is an enduring baseball celebrity. Fourteen years since he was banned from the game of baseball in a scandal that has overshadowed the game itself, speculation about Pete Rose's future still makes front-page news. lThe first book by Pete Rose since 1989 lTimed to release at the beginning of baseball season

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Interesting read, Rose shows lack of class.......2007-09-13

Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players, but obviously extremely dumb. He admits at the end of the book that he bet on baseball, but says he did not bet on his team. Betting on baseball itself, is extremely unseemely to hear, and if he lied just about this for 15 years is he still covering up the worst sin of betting on or against his team. I would say a dummy like this probably did bet on his team. I knew after I read "Say it Ain't So" about the Blacksox scandal, that if you bet on baseball you would be banned forever from the game--no excuses!!!. I would recommend to Rose to read that book and study Judge Landis Verdict in that case. I knew this when I was 14 years old and Rose still did not even mention this in his book and still doesn't seem to get it. This guy is a hustler/jailbird and should be banned for life just for being stupid enough to do something like this----- Hey, Rose you didn't mention Judge Landis

Poor Pete Rose..........2007-03-26

Poor Pete Rose...

After reading Pete's book, Pete Rose, My Prison Without Bars, you just have to think it's such a shame that all those unfortunate events took place in Pete's life. I mean, the man plainly had to have a way to reduce all the stress he was forced to deal with. So Pete turned to gambling. After all, it was his money, wasn't it? Couldn't he do whatever he wanted with HIS money? And hadn't his father taken him to the racetracks and showed Pete how the "big boys bet"? Sure he did. So if Pete's father gambled, and Pete absolutely idolized his father, then the kid had to think gambling was okay...provided, of course, the gambling didn't interfere with the family's livelihood.
Then too, Pete was afflicted with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), which basically meant he was so full of crap he couldn't sit still long enough to pay attention to what an instructor was saying, though he was doing okay until they told him that Pete was too small to play sports. After that, Pete was so distraught he flunked tenth grade. I might have fallen for Pete's claim to the ADHD problem if he hadn't been so good at numbers, a bookmaker's odds, placing bets, remembering who he owed or who owed him. And we aren't talking chicken feed either. Pete may not have been so much ADHD as he was BWSW (bored with school work), and figured out a way to get around it. Then he had that other problem, ODB (Oppositional Defiant Behavior) that was probably inherited from his mother. She could literally "whup the crap out of you" if someone made her good and mad...and, in fact, often did just that. Basically, what ODB really meant was that you didn't TELL Pete what to do. You ASK him...nicely.
Pete was no quitter and definitely wasn't lazy when it came to playing baseball. He proved this to the entire world by the baseball records he set, which are to be admired. It was simply all those other rules that seemed to get in Pete's way, so he ignored them. Nobody could make me believe the man didn't know how to read, and Rule #21 was pretty self-explanatory: DON'T BET ON BASEBALL. But Pete did, and as you'd expect, he really didn't mean to do it, he simply couldn't help himself because of the stress. Admittedly, Pete wasn't a very "warm and fuzzy" type person, so relaxing at home with his family was out of the question. It was the excitement of the racetracks and the bookmakers that helped Pete to relax. Of course, the reason he wasn't a very warm and fuzzy type person was because of his childhood. He couldn't remember his parents ever saying they loved him, but he knew they did. Likewise, he never bothered with telling his children that he loved them either. Nope, not much show of affection going on in the Rose clan.
But let's face it, Rules are Rules. And even though Rules supposedly aren't made to be broken, we all know that most rules are often bent, if, in fact, not broken. Pete Rose doesn't stand alone in the rule-breaking/bending area. However, if the posted rules really don't stand for what they mean, then why have the damn things in the first place?
Pete Rose didn't do time in the Marion Penitentiary because of gambling. He was given a five-month sentence because of income tax evasion. And even though he may have avoided paying some income taxes, I'm certain he could have paid his fines and back taxes and not had to serve time in a federal prison. Most of those guys in Pete's tax bracket end up trying to beat the tax system in any manner that they can, and even when they're caught, they don't usually end up in a federal prison. Personally, I think Pete got a raw deal.
Do I think Pete should be forgiven for his betting on baseball and be inducted into the Hall of Fame? I'm not sure and I'm glad that's not my call. I do know there are a lot worse offenses committed by big name athletes today, so if betting on baseball was Pete's only offense, then it does tend to make one wonder. Pete didn't drink, do drugs, or smoke and, he was dedicated the game of baseball. The baseball records he set were earned by his physical and mental ability and done without the aid of steroids...unlike a few other big-name baseball players we know. I guess what it boils down to, is whether or not Pete should be forgiven. We know if this hadn't happened, Pete would already been in Baseball's Hall of Fame. I seriously doubt there's a baseball player out there that in all good conscience would step up to cast the first stone at Pete Rose.
Finally, I must say I think Rick Hill did a fairly decent job on putting this book together. There were a few areas that could have used a little polishing. I had to laugh at one of Pete's statements when he said, "I got anxious and SWANG right outta my jock". Considering what Hill had to work with, he did okay. This book tells a great deal about Pete Rose's life. If I hadn't read another manuscript given to me by a gentleman that actually served time with Pete Rose in Marion, and recalling the remarks he'd made about Pete, then I might have fallen for some of Pete's story. I just have to keep in mind that this book IS PETE'S STORY, as told by Pete, and not exactly what the other inmates thought of Pete Rose as a person. And if you're a Pete Rose fan, then you don't even want me to go there.

Good Efforts Gone Awry .......2007-01-11

Was there ever a man more misunderstood. This guy worked hard his whole life. He made some mistakes along the way. If you read the book you will get some insight into Pete Rose. He admits his mistakes. He is older and wiser since he retired so it is time to lighten up on the guy. I wish some baseball player-athletes who are making the really big bucks these days come out and say they are using steroids if in fact they are. Some of the homerun numbers being posted the last few years look questionable. If just one player using steroids to enhance his statistics makes it into the baseball hall of fame on tainted records, that would destroy the credibility of the entire sport and all the legitimate records of players who went on the field and performed with their natural given talents. Pete Rose's story is the real thing and so was his play on the field. After reading this book I feel for the guy.

Casting Stones.......2007-01-10

Let the person without sin cast the first stone or something to that effect. That phrase comes to mind when pondering the career of Pete Rose because that is all the media has concentrated on and that is a sad perspective. This book may actually be as subjective as the media's portrayal of the man but the book seems pretty objective and genuine to me. I may be naive. So be it.

From his book I gather Pete Rose was quite a hustler on and off the field. His statistics speak for themselves. Seeing footage of this man playing baseball always impresses me. He pushed his body to the limit and exceeded his natural athletic abilities. This man really hustled out there in the field. He's the kind of person you like or don't like and there is no room for anything in between. That drove him to greatness as well as destroying some of his aspirations in the process.

I like this book. I think or rationalize that perhaps he wrote this with the hope it will help get him one step closer to the Baseball Hall of Fame. You see that Pete Rose is a born hustler and that aspect of his psyche affects and drives everything he did or will do. He seems to come clean and talk about some of his transgressions with candor. That aspect or admission really does not interest me one way or the other. I was very curious to hear how he assessed his career in his own words. I am interested in the athlete and what made him great on the field. To that end this is a good book. If you like baseball it should interest you.

What Is The Real Story.......2006-09-22

It seems somewhat fitting that Pete Rose has basically set up shop signing autographs in Las Vegas. He has spent the past twenty or so years trying to bluff his way through problems like the top pros in Texas Hold 'Em.

But back when Rose was in the throes of tax evasion woes due to not declaring cash payoffs from memorabilia show appearances, an interesting article appeared in The Nation. It reported that Rose was approached by Gary Carter to assist current and former major leaguers in taking baseball gear for leisure activity to the Contras - the "Freedom Fighters" - engaged in a civil war with the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and supported by the Reagan Administration.

Rose, according to the article, told Carter that he never mixed politics with baseball and - even if he did - there was no way he would support this activity. Not that many months after the conversation with Carter, the article stated Rose then conveniently became a target for investigation concerning undeclared taxes from appearances at memorabilia shows.

I have never heard Rose discuss the material in the article. And to be fair, Rose wasn't the only former superstar who tried to make the lucerative market of signing autographs at shows even more so by pocketing the cash as if it was found in the middle of a field. Duke Snyder and Willie McCovey also come to mind as others whose greed superseded common-sense.

So with that article still in my mind, I read the latest Rose autobiography. The bombshell was Rose admitted publicly that the 1989 report issued by Commissioner Bart Giamatti - which ultimately led to Rose's banishment from the game - that states he bet on baseball was correct.

The reader is left wondering where Rose's standing in baseball would be today if he had admitted to betting on the game back then. Though Rose intoduces the reader to his life with gamblers, bookmakers and runners, I don't know if it's more spin than truth.

The book continued the debate on whether Rose should be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but basically sharpened the camps of those who feel he should be in the hall and those who don't.

As I write this, Rose is marketing an autographed baseball for $299 with the inscription, "I'm Sorry I Bet On Baseball." Rose says the unique autograph is being made available because some signed baseball's with that inscription for the private collection of a friend - who since passed away - have surfaced and are being sold at auction.

It seems Rose is more than willing to cash in on his banishment from baseball. And one autographed baseball is like the cover price of a dozen books.

I am left with the question, was it Rose's political stance that led to the unraveling of his life in baseball? If additional evidence comes out that The Nation article was correct, then it may have been the only time Rose showed the cards he had in his hand, and he lost.

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My Prison Without Bars (First Edition)
Pete Rose
Manufacturer: Rodale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SRUZHS

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First Edition with photos

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My Prison Without Bars (SIGNED)
Pete Rose
Manufacturer: Rodale
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GTRUJE

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Between the years 1804 and 1815, Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals of France. These men, who held the highest positions in the Empire after Napoleon himself, came from very diverse backgrounds and ranged from a smuggler to a Prince. During the years when Napoleon was conqueror of most of Europe, the Marshals acquired titles and great riches but in the end there was only one who was not to some extent corrupted by greed or ambition, and who remained loyal to the man who had elevated them all to power. This book describes their rise and fall.

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doesn't matter how many stars, it just won't do the justice for this one.......2005-08-15

part history, part legends, part poetry
it is simplely among the best Napoleonic epics which I ever read!
RF Delderfield gets A+ for this one.
what can I say, the Brits know their enemy, that's why they won the war at the end.

THE MARCH OF THE TWENTY-SIX: THE STORY OF NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS.

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THE MARCH OF THE TWENTY-SIX: THE STORY OF NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS.
R. F Delderfield
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UTYHNM

Catalogue of twenty-six illuminated manuscripts and eight fifteenth century books printed on vellum, the property of Henry Yates Thompson: Which will be ... 23rd of March 1920 ([Catalogues of sales)

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Catalogue of twenty-six illuminated manuscripts and eight fifteenth century books printed on vellum, the property of Henry Yates Thompson: Which will be ... 23rd of March 1920 ([Catalogues of sales)
Henry Yates Thompson
Manufacturer: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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March of the Twenty-six
R F Dalderfield
Manufacturer: Leo Cooper
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K29AAO

Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts and eight fifteenth century books printed on vellum,: The property of Henry Yates Thompson ... Prices and buyers' names. Day of sale ... the 23rd of March ... 1920

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Twenty-six illuminated manuscripts and eight fifteenth century books printed on vellum,: The property of Henry Yates Thompson ... Prices and buyers' names. Day of sale ... the 23rd of March ... 1920
Henry Yates Thompson
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008CMFOO

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A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early 1970s as challenges to the american form of government. Index.

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An Honest View vs. Political Lying.......2006-01-22

This reviewer considers Hannah Arendt as a "Renaissance Woman." She was learned individual who wrote profoundly on philosophy, history, political thought, etc. Her book CRISES OF THE REPUBLIC again demonstrates her knowledge, profound thought, and ability to write. THE CRISES OF THE REPUBLIC is a book that clearly diagnoses political problems in the United States which she states undermine both civil liberties and government honesty.

This book was first published in 1969 in the midst of the controversy over the Vietnam War. An import section of this book deals with the China Series documents and correspondence between Mao tse Tung who approached American diplomats to extend diplomat overtures because of Chinese leaders fears of Soviet power and influence. These efforts were ignored and only came to light in 1969 which was 16 years after the conclusion of the Korean War which involved the Chinese Communists vs. the Americans. Miss Arendt also reveals documents that showed that that Ho Chi Minh appealed American policy makers to extend U.S. control over Vietnam to avoid re-occupation by the French who had Vietnam as a colony prior to World War II. These efforts were refused and kept secret from Americans so that a Cold War mentality could be maintained at the expense of truth and then the lives of American kids who suffered and died in the Korean and Vietnam wars. In other words, Miss Arendt reveals that documents demonstrate that neither of these wars were necessary. What happened and is happening is that political and bureaucratic blundering have been substituted for truth and honesty.

Part of American political history in the late 1960s included dissent and civil disobedience. Those in power claimed that public demonstrations against the Vietnam War and the draft were part of a secret conspiracy. Miss Arendt demolishes this conclusion by writing that a public demonstraion by its very nature is not a secret conspiracy. Otherwise it is not public. She also warns that radicalism on campuses had a dangerous tendency to impose ideology rather than achieve goals and inform "public opinion."

The latter sections of the book are informative regarding the status of those in power on the other side of the Iron curtain. An interesting point that Miss Arendt makes is that for all the communist propaganda about the Capitialisic West, the gulf between rich and poor behind the iron curtain was much greater. She comments that the communist authorities had devolved from socialist ideals to entrenched bureaucrats who tried to protect their "turf" from economic and political realities. Events since the late 1980s have vindicated Miss Arendt with the collapse of Big Communism.

Hannah Arendt shows her vast knowledge and profound thought in one of her last books. CRISES OF THE REPUBLIC is timely and well written. She makes remarks that should alert Americans about blundering into quagmire wars and creating enemies to insure that useless bureaucrats maintain their positions by lying about supposed enemies who in reality do not exist. This has been expensive in terms of treasure and blood.

Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics, Civil Disobedience on Violence, Thoughts on Politics, and Revolution

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Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics, Civil Disobedience on Violence, Thoughts on Politics, and Revolution
Hannah Arendt
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJD2I4

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On Tyranny and Human Rights Violations in Canada.......2004-01-06

Electric Rivers is a concise overview of the complex issues and events that surround the construction of and opposition to the James Bay Project, and the subsequent James Bay II. It is a story that I firmly believe that every Canadian should be made aware of, as it is an excellent example of how Big Business and politics works in Canada, and of how these elements in Canada have continuously contradicted the ideals and values that Canadians have stood for. The entire project was little more than the fulfillment of one man's megalomaniacal vision, regardless of the human and environmental consequences. And it speaks volumes of how we have continued to uncerimoniously trounce upon the rights and culture of the Natives.

Electric Rivers is an excellent introduction for those who want undertsand this issue. Also recommended is Strangers Devour the Land by Boyce Richardson.

My name is not Tom Scully.......1999-12-03

THis book was well written

An important book about a massive mega-proejct in Quebec!.......1998-11-10

This book provides a very important record of a controversial mega-project. In Quebec, political expediency caused the construction of a massive dam complex that virtually destroyed three major wilderness rivers and flooded thousands of acres of wilderness land. The environmental consequences included mercury poisoning of fish and a major caribou drowning event. Yet this project received almost no notice south of the Canadian border. This book is just about the only written record of the events leading up to this project. Since the quebec government continues to make noises about new hydro mega-projects, this is a must read book for the environmentally conscious. Though not inspired writing, the research is sound.

Electric Rivers : The Story of the James Bay Project

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Electric Rivers : The Story of the James Bay Project
Sean McCutcheon
Manufacturer: Black Rose Books
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