Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V1 & 2

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Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon in two volumes. This book is volume two.

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by the Duke of Saint-Simon Volume III

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by the Duke of Saint-Simon Volume III
Duke of Saint-Simon
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MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY VOLUME I

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and his court and of the regency, (Memoirs of the courts of Europe [v. 11-13])

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and his court and of the regency, (Memoirs of the courts of Europe [v. 11-13])
Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, (Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Series) Set Including Volumes I, II, & III (Memoirs and Chronicles of the Courts of Europe, Volumes I, II & III)

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, (Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Series) Set Including Volumes I, II, & III (Memoirs and Chronicles of the Courts of Europe, Volumes I, II & III)

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3 volume set published in 1901 by the St. Dunstan Society, New York & Akron Ohio. Hand Painted Reproductions Illustrated with Photogravetures on Japan Vellua. Autographs, Seals, Hand Painted Reproductions of Famous Paintings and Full Page Portraits. Printed for Subscribers Only.

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, 3 Vol. Set

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, 3 Vol. Set
Duke of Saint-Simon
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe
Duke of Saint-Simon
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Volume I (Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Series)

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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Volume I (Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Series)

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Regarded by many of his contemporaries as the greatest baseball player of all time, John Peter "Honus" Wagner enjoyed a remarkable career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His record of 17 consecutive .300-plus seasons is a mark that will probably never be broken. He led the National League eight times in hitting, six times in slugging percentage and five times in stolen bases. Known as the Flying Dutchman, he also excelled in the field, defining the shortstop position for a generation.

Though one of the original inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he has often been overlooked by baseball fans and historians. A humble man whose biggest passions were hunting and fishing, the Pirate shortstop lacked the flamboyance of a Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth. He rarely smoked or drank, though sometimes he indulged in a sandlot game with the neighborhood kids. Based on contemporary newspaper accounts, family scrapbooks and correspondence, and Wagner's own vestpocket notebooks, this is the story of baseball's first superstar.

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The best Honus Wagner book.......2005-09-27

There are a few books around about Honus Wagner - this is the one to get.

Read a detailed review of this Seymour Award winning book at haroldseymour.com. Or copy and paste the name of the book and "Review" into Google to find it.

Also, be sure to click on the Editorial Reviews link above. There are lots of positive comments there, and it's easy to miss.

This Book thoroughly portrays the legacy of a baseball hero.......1999-04-14

With detail and documentation Arthur D. Hitner offers insight into the life and times of Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball's greatest shortstop.This book is academic and entertaining.

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Brief Topical Guide to Hindi Cinema, Hardly Essential

The Bollywood Phenomenon!

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The Essential Guide to Bollywood

The Essential Guide to Bollywood
Subhash K Jha
Manufacturer: Roli Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 8174363785

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Brief Topical Guide to Hindi Cinema, Hardly Essential.......2007-09-05

If looking for an abbreviated introduction to Hindi cinema, this thin (172-page) movie guide may be a place to begin. Movies from about 1950-2005 are represented, not alphabetically or by number of awards, but by subject genre.
Many Hindi movies are considered to have plots of masala (spice), where drama, romance, & comedy are intermingled in a three-hour long plot, so the book's categorization of Hindi films by genre seems arbitrary. The book index works as a more focused finding aid to locate entries on movies and individuals.
The author's language in the brief movie descriptions tends toward hyperbole, but the listed information for each movie on major actors, director, music composers, lyricist, and plot line are a helpful introduction to Hindi movies. There are color photographs of movie posters & stars on nearly every page of this guide, so it can be fun to flip through for topical browsing. However, as there are more comprehensive, academic guides to Hindi cinema in print this guide is hardly essential reading.
Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema (Routledge Film Guidebooks) by Tejaswini Ganti, published in 2004, contains a more in-depth treatment.

The Bollywood Phenomenon!.......2007-02-13

`The Essential Guide To Bollywood' by Subhash K. Jha is a beautifully done compendium of what the author considers to be the 200 best Hindi films from the `40's to the present. It is a nicely produced book printed on thick, high quality paper and filled with wonderful photos of all your favorite Hindi stars. The films discussed in this 176 page paperback volume are divided into ten chapters along with a two page forward by Amitabh Bachchan and index.

Contents;
- Drama
- Comedy
- War Drama
- Family Drama
- Thrillers & Mysteries
- Romance
- Historical
- Action
- Parallel Cinema
- Hits & Misses

This book is not meant to serve as an in-depth study, no film included in the book gets more than one page of description and discussion. Actually most of the pages are divided in half in a two column format, one film per column. It is a fast read, but you'll come back to it again and again to enjoy the pictures and reread the short excerpts in nostalgic bliss. Whether you're an expert in Bollywood cinema or new to the Hindi experience you'll love it!

Here is what this book is about..........2006-09-15

I was sad not to find a description of this book on Amazon, and the one review posted wasn't much help. So I went hunting for a description and thought I'd share what I found. The following description helped me decide - I hope it will help you too!

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The Essential Guide to Bollywood
Foreword: Amitabh Bachchan

ABOUT THE BOOK:
The Essential Guide to Bollywood is an invaluable guide to lovers of Hindi films. Choosing the best 200 Hindi films ever made from the 1940's onwards, Subhash K. Jha gives concise and enjoyable reviews of the films, along with trivia and anecdotes about actors and actresses of that time and about the making of the films. The book also has a timeline of films and landmark events in Indian cinema. Entries are arranged genre-wise -- take your pick of drama, comedy, action, romance and many more!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Film critic Subhash K. Jha's opinions on Hindi movies are extensively read in more than thirty newspapers across India. Currently residing in Patna, Bihar, he is an incorrigible sucker for the `Friday-first-day-first-show'.

The Essential Guide to Bollywood.......2006-08-03

This book is definitely a must for all those who want the scoop on Bollywood! Well-written and informative. I wish I had bought it sooner. As a Bollywood writer, this is a reference book, which will be close by my writing desk.

I give it 5 stars!

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The Essential Guide to Bollywood
Subhash K Jha; Foreword-Amitabh Bachchan
Manufacturer: Roli Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MC37T2

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What do you call 600 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? Marc Galanter calls it an opportunity to investigate the meanings of a rich and time-honored genre of American humor. Lowering the Bar analyzes hundreds of jokes from Mark Twain classics to contemporary anecdotes about Dan Quayle, Johnnie Cochran, and Kenneth Starr. Drawing on representations of law and lawyers in the mass media, political discourse, and public opinion surveys, Galanter finds that the increasing reliance on law coexists uneasily with anxiety about the "legalization" of society. Always entertaining, his book explores the tensions between Americans' deep-seated belief in the law and their ambivalence about lawyers.

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Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal culture.......2006-03-10

Very funny lawyer jokes. I am enjoying them.

The Mark Twain of lawyer jokes.......2005-09-21

There are plenty of lawyer-bashing books, but this is not one of them. Rather, like a modern Mark Twain, Marc Galanter uses lawyer jokes to reflect trends in American society. Through thousands of jokes and cartoons that mock lawyers and legalization, he shows on how the legal system is influencing and being influenced by changing relationships between individuals, between citizens and government, and between consumers and corporations. Lawyer jokes are popular because lawyers still fight and win for the little guy. A good read for your favorite lawyer or lawyer-to-be.

Lawyer jokes for smart people.......2005-09-21

I thought about starting this review with one of the hundreds of lawyer jokes that are "told" and given life in this excellent book, but I wouldn't want to spoil the punch lines.

The author, evidencing an extrodinarily broad range of knowledge, shows how lawyer jokes have evolved over time (and how some jokes previously targetted at Jews, minorities, and businessmen have evolved into lawyer jokes), and how this evolution reflects larger changes in society about attitudes towards law and individual rights.

In addition, the artwork in the book combines so old favorites from The New Yorker, plus older drawings from earlier centuries.

This is a great book for lawyers and for those who like to make fun of lawyers -- basically, everybody.

Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture

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Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture
Marc Galanter
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS3IXY

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LOWERING THE BAR: LAWYER JOKES AND LEGAL CULTURE.
Marc. Galanter
Manufacturer: Univ. of Wisconsin Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7IKQG

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Repeated strikes on the drum-like a heartbeat-and an intense, chantlike song draw people near. In the still, stubborn heat of a summer's day, an American Indian man performs a breathtaking dance for an eager audience.

Kevin Locke, who is a member of the Lakota Nation, travels far from his home on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota to perform this difficult and intricate dance for audiences around the world.

For Kevin, the hoop dance is more than a dance; it is a way of keeping Lakota traditions alive. And in the lively photographs and engaging text, the importance of the dance to both Lakota culture and all cultures-as a celebration of the human spirit and a symbol of unity and equality-is rendered compellingly. Readers will learn how Kevin prepares his hoops; what regalia, or outfit, he wears; the names and designs of specific hoop patterns and figures; and the importance of tiospaye, or extended family, to Lakota culture.

With its gorgeous photographs and fascinating narrative, this book is a testament to the enduring message of the American Indian hoop dance-hope for future prosperity and harmony.

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A Really Interesting Book.......2004-12-20

This book describes the life of a hoop dancer for the Lakota. I found it very informative and pleasant to read. You get a real flavor for a person who has chosen to try to maintain the culture of his people. It's not easy.

Lakota Ways.......2000-04-12

Lakota Hoop Dancer not only explains about the dancing and dancer, but gives a feel for the land of the Lakota, their views of the world, and the people themselves and their values. The brief glossary and explanations of Lakota expressions within the book help. Students and others interested in American Indian tribes will enjoy this and gain insights. Excellent photographs enhance the text.

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Great Careers in Two Years clearly outlines the many advantages of attending America's junior and community colleges. With post secondary education costs rising dramatically, affordability of two-year colleges is a major advantage.

Two-year colleges can also be an excellent gateway to a career. Great Careers in Two Years links more than 100 promising and rewarding careers to two-year degree programs. This book is a must for students, parents, teachers, libraries, and guidance offices.

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Careers in Two Years.......2000-04-05

As a counselor in a Community College, I found this book to be an excellent example of ways in which our students could use their degrees. Many of the students at a two year college are not aware of what they could use their degrees for and this book helps to make them aware of their options.

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In January 1999, Sarah Flannery, a sports-loving teenager from Blarney in County Cork, Ireland, was awarded Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year for her extraordinary research and discoveries in Internet cryptography. The following day, her story began appearing in Irish papers and soon after was splashed across the front page of the London Times, complete with a photo of Sarah and a caption calling her "brilliant." Just sixteen, she was a mathematician with an international reputation.

IN CODE is a heartwarming story that will have readers cheering Sarah on. Originally published in England and cowritten with her mathematician father, David Flannery, IN CODE is "a wonderfully moving story about the thrill of the mathematical chase" (Nature) and "a paean to intellectual adventure" (Times Educational Supplement). A memoir in mathematics, it is all about how a girl next door, nurtured by her family, moved from the simple math puzzles that were the staple of dinnertime conversation to prime numbers, the Sieve of Eratosthenes, Fermat's Little Theorem, googols-and finally into her breathtaking algorithm. Parallel with each step is a modest girl's own self-discovery-her values, her burning curiosity, the joy of persistence, and, above all, her love for her family.

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Refreshing approach to Number Theory.......2007-06-24

everybody knows that number theory is notoriously abstract and at times, completely unfathomnable to the layman's mind and at worst the realm of the pure intellect. But Sarah and her dad has done a excellent job in breaking that notion!

Stimulate someone's curiosity.......2007-01-08

If you know any youngster who's interested in math, do them a favor and buy them this book. Heck, even if they don't care about math, buy them this book anyway. I don't see how anyone who doesn't have a brick between their ears can fail to be inspired by the curiosity and enthusiasm of this down-to-earth young lady.

Ridiculously Pleasing...A Definite Read!.......2006-12-03

In Code is written by Sarah Flannery (who won Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year Award at the age of 16). Part biography, it discusses this young woman's remarkable journey to mathematical celebrity, beginning from her solving logic brainteasers from a very young age. Cultivated and influenced in large part by her mathematician father, Sarah attempts to develop a new algorithm that encrypts/decodes more quickly than RSA, the standard public key algorithm.

This book provides a detailed discussing of cryptography and mathematics and includes various technical questions/references that stumped me. As another reviewer wrote, "she digs deeply into number theory." Nevertheless, her fluid and engaging writing made up for these hurdles.

All in all, a definite read!

Good introduction to cryptology and an interesting story.......2006-07-06

"In Code" provides a readable and thorough overview of cryptology in the context of Sarah Flannery's experience in this field of science. The book provides both good coverage of the mathematics underlying encryption technologies used today and a compelling and interesting story of a bright young individual making her way through an exciting field of science.

I recommend this book as a good introduction to the field of cryptology with an overlay of an enjoyable character-driven storyline.

great story, great adventure.......2005-09-21

A very interesting account of a young person's algorithim for encoding information. The math is in the appendix for those who want ot understand the method she devised.

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In Code - Mathematical Journey
Sarah; Flannery, David Flannery
Manufacturer: Algonquin Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O6411Y

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IN CODE: A MATHEMATICAL JOURNEY
Sarah Flannery
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NWKHDA

Prodigious Math.(Review): An article from: American Scientist

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Prodigious Math.(Review): An article from: American Scientist
Keele Love
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In Code: a Mathematical Journey
Sarah Flannery
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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ASIN: B000JVEKJW

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The Sandman's comin' and like an evening breeze in the rice, the Sandman could not be stopped. From the tepid rice paddies and steaming jungles came the one who made the soldiers sleep. This enigmatic persona and bane of the North Vietnamese as well as the American and South Vietnamese Forces again emerges after 30 years to describe the journey that forged the psyche of a dreaded assassin and the dedicated ally of the Vietnamese who knew this special operations officer.

The Sandman in Viet Nam, Essays on Engagements, presents a fresh perspective and provides critical insights on the Southeast Asian Campaigns in the Year of the Monkey--1968--and how those events continue to affect our lives and mold our society. The Sandman sets aside the aloof accounts of military operations and places them second to the emotional battles that were fought, lost, and seldom won.

The Sandman offers readers a view of the soldiers' paradox: Men must--by military doctrine--do the impossible. Simultaneously, soldier must deny the existence of emotion--that which spurs one to do the impossible. The Sandman allows the readers experience the conflict and find themselves within reach of the highs and lows that only the combat soldiers know. As you read the Sandman, you will find yourself laughing till the tears run down your cheeks, then notice you are weeping at the profound sadness.

The Sandman by C.M. Boyles offers the millions of family members and friends of those soldiers a frame of reference that helps them understand their sons, husbands, and lovers and how the experience of Southeast Asia affected their relationships. These readers, who have been dealing with the residual damage of Southeast Asia, can come to understand the basis for the soldiers' point of view, and their methods for processing information.

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It's a diary, not a fan letter...

I Wish She Wouldve Missed It

Girl On The Van

This bus is a bust

The Whiner in the Van

The Girls in the Van: A Reporter's Diary of the Campaign Trail
Beth Harpaz
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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The Girls in the Van is the ultimate press pass to Hillary Clintons historic Senate run, following the First Lady from the moment she dons a black pantsuit and a Yankees cap all the way to her historic victory as the only First Lady to ever win elective office.This book will take readers inside the day-to-day gossip and reportage of Hillarys campaign while showing how the media has changed its coverage of major elections. The book will also profile the large number of women involved in Hillarys run, both as reporters and as staff, and how that too has transformed the political and media game.But most of all, The Girls in the Van is a fun and chatty chronicle of the daily spin, innuendo, polling, travel, and insanity that comes with any heated political campaign.

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It's a diary, not a fan letter..........2004-10-23

I was asked to review this book by a local reading group interested in Women in Politics. I read it, and quite frankly, I got it. Ms. Harpaz, in journalistic fashion, wrote about her journey and her experiences on this campaign trail. That the author had quite a bit of work/life balance issues, and wrote about them in this book, is really the gist of the book and speaks to the core of the Senator's values. Whether Ms. Harpaz intended it or not, the working wife/mother "thing" is something that so many of us women share, but really can't say that we have in common with Senatory Hilary Rodham-Clinton. If you are a big fan of Hilary Clinton and are looking for all you can read, positive, on the current Senator from New York, then this book is not for you. It's far more balanced than that. If you're an open-minded working mother (whether working in or out of the home) and are interested in reading a non-biased, experience based book about Senator Clinton and how her values and ideals fit with yours (or don't), then this book is definitely for you. That Senator Clinton could be a Presidential candidate in 2008, or considered for a seat on the Supreme Court, should be of vast interest to you as a working mother and/or wife.

I didn't think the book was so negative at all, but it did spotlight a the character of the Senator. For those who hated the book, I recommend you read it without personal bias.

I Wish She Wouldve Missed It.......2004-01-12

What was I thinking reading this book? I basically just wanted a humorous and light recount of the race. Do I really care about New York politics, not really, what I am interested in is the detail of Hilary Clinton and her race. What was it like for a First Lady to run for the Senate? What I got was a book that was 1/3 complaining about long work hours, 1/3 complaining about the basics of a campaign and 1/3 complaining about Hilary. This author has every right to write a book as negative as she has about the candidate, but to be fair, I just did not get the level of dislike for Mrs. Clinton from the dust jacket as I did while reading the book. If the dust jacket would have been honist, I never would have bought the book.

To be honist with you I only completed 2/3 of the book, it got to be so repetitious with the whining and complaining that I had to put it down. I do not know if the author thought it was humorous or if this was just a 300 page diatribe about how this author disliked Hilary. If the purpose of the book was to talk about the author's dislike of Hilary then why did she cover just the minor issues she did? Lets be fair, whether they are fair or not, there are a number of bigger issues one could dredge up ... It just came off as petty. Overall I would not suggest spending the time on this book.

Girl On The Van.......2003-12-27

This is a book that, although written in a entertaining manner, concentrates on one single issue. Beth Harpaz's. And, as it turns out, she has an issue with one thing in particular--Hillary Clinton. One wonders how she survived so much time on Hillary's campaign--not because of the long hours, not because of the time it took away from her children--but because she seems to despise the Clinton's so much. What I thought was going to be an account of Hillary's run for senate ended up being a useless account of one reporter's problems. Do not buy this book if you want to learn more about Hillary's campaign, although talked about in parts, it is hard to separate from the reporter's whining regarding her balance of work and kids (which, I admit is valid, even while it's not related to what I believe the novel intended to be about), her problem with Hillary's limited access (she has secret service agents following her around 24/7 for god's sake!) and the repetition of Hillary's speeches (which of course she's heard before, but are new to their inteneded audiences.) It seems if Beth Harpaz has such a problem with being a journalist, maybe she shouldn't be one. But if she wants to write a book about Hillary's campaign, then let it be about Hillary's campaign, not a thinly veiled account of how much she dislikes her occupation. We learn nothing new about Hillary, nothing new about any other members of the press--however we do get to learn that Harpaz's kids are potty-trained, like to play ball in the middle of the street, and that they sometimes stay later at Day Care than the other children.

This bus is a bust.......2003-01-29

Having witnessed and to a very small degree participated in Hillary Clinton's 2000 senate campaign from my perch in Buffalo, I have been looking for a good chronicle and analysis of the experience. After reading both HILLARY'S TURN and THE GIRLS IN THE VAN, I am still looking. THE GIRLS IN THE VAN is breezy and interesting, but it leaves far too much out (especially most of the upstate campaign). Harpaz's book is as much or more about her experience as a reporter than the campaign itself. It wouldn't have taken much effort to turn the book into an argument about...something, but it isn't that either. Consequently, there was surprising little sense of progression for a campaign book - I wasn't looking forward to the next chapter as much as I would have liked to have been.

Campaigns lend themselves well to stories because the author doesn't need to think much about the beginning, middle and end - those are all unmistakable as the course of events unfolds. The best campaign book I've read recently was the little known, RUNNING WITH THE MACHINE, by Dan Lynch. That seemed to be about something, this one didn't. HILLARY'S TURN captures the spirit of the campaign better, but still misses much of the upstate detail. Perhaps the problem has to do with downstate reporters simply pulling together their notes rather than researching the campaign beyond what they witnessed. That may have been what happened here. There remains a really good book waiting to be written about this campaign.

The Whiner in the Van.......2002-11-23

Poor Beth Harpaz! Hillary didn't act like a "real" New York candidate! She wasn't available 24/7 like Al D'amato. She didn't get all chummy with the press like Chuck Schumer. And she CERTAINLY didn't give them access to her daughter like Rick Lazio. And the worst part? She didn't give them anything more than canned events to cover! By the end of the campaign, they could repeat most of her speechs along with her! In fact, she generated so little "real" news that all Ms. Harpaz can do is whine. About the lack of availability, the uncomfortable accomadations (or lack thereof), the fact that she missed spending a few nights with her own kids because she was forced to stand around hoping (usually in vain) that Hillary would talk to her.

I couldn't even finish this book! (and I assure you, I've waded through quite a bit of garbage!) Harpaz seems to despise everything about Clinton. She mocks everything from her message to her accent. And as far as working long hours, isn't that what reporters who cover campaigns do?

Do yourself a favor, if you want to find out about the Clinton campaign, go look up old NY Times articles. Don't waste your time on this book.

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