I, Willie Sutton

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very readable.......2005-03-24

Willie Sutton is probably the best known bank robber in America (he was once even profiled on "60 Minutes"). Although his chosen occupation is pretty dubious, he was very good at it, and this biography is a truly gripping read. I can't give examples without spoiling the story, but it's one of the best true crime books I've read and would recommend it to anyone. Note that there's this book and "Where the Money Was" - both are very similar, so choose one or the other. Utterly engrossing.

A Dead-End Search, But A Really Good Book.......2001-08-15

I heard of Willie Sutton. The name was mentioned here and there as I grew up, but only spoken in hushed, almost reverent tones. Upon reaching adulthood I found out why. Willie Sutton was a bank robber, like my father. It is alleged he taught my father everything he knew about how to rob a bank. Of course, in adulthood my interest was piqued, so I got the book, more because of research than anything else. Well, I didn't find out anything about my father but ended up finding an extremely interesting, easy-to-read book about a very intelligent man who used his talents in the wrong way. Unfortunately for him, his life didn't amount to much; however you have to admire the fact that in the end he finally came to that realization and wrote the book to try to sway the next generation of potential hoodlums in the way of the straight and narrow. A smart man.. who finally put his intellect to good use. I would definitely put this book on my "things to read" list.

"I Rob Banks: That's Where the Money Is!" : The Story of Bank Robber Willie "the Actor" Sutton and the Killing of Arnold Schuster

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"I Rob Banks: That's Where the Money Is!" : The Story of Bank Robber Willie "the Actor" Sutton and the Killing of Arnold Schuster
Donald De Simone
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I, Willie Sutton
Quentin Reynolds
Manufacturer: Paperback Library
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I, Willie Sutton
Quentin Reynolds
Manufacturer: FARRAR, STRAUS & YOUNG
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GBWOSE

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Smooth and Deadly (I, Willie Sutton)
Quentin Reynolds
Manufacturer: NY Popular Library #533 1953.
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ASIN: B000MT60S0

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Smooth and Deadly (I, Willie Sutton)
Quentin Reynolds
Manufacturer: Popular Library
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I Rob Banks, That's Where the Money Is : The Story of Bank Robber Willie the Actor Sutton

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I Rob Banks, That's Where the Money Is : The Story of Bank Robber Willie the Actor Sutton
Donald De Simone
Manufacturer: Sure Seller, Incorporated
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"I Rob Banks: That's Where The Money Is!" the Story of Bank Robber Willie"The Actor"Sutton & the Killing of Arnold Schuster

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"I Rob Banks: That's Where The Money Is!" the Story of Bank Robber Willie"The Actor"Sutton & the Killing of Arnold Schuster
Donald De Simone
Manufacturer: Shapolsky Pub., Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H5767I

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I, Willie Sutton
Quentin Reynolds
Manufacturer: Da Capo Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSY81A

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The "real" Hoosiers Story.......2002-04-04

Having watched the movie "Hoosiers" a number of times, I was quite pleasantly surprised by this powerful account of the real-to-life coach of the Milan Indians. . .The movie certainly missed the point of what actually happened to the young man who crafted one of basketball's most memorable legends. . .

From the joy of the victory with Milan to the pain of losing his only son to drugs, the Marvin Wood story is a touching account of an educator who knew who to inspire. . .

If you like basketball and you have ever rooted for the underdog you will love this book. . .

Book Description

Initially developed in Japan by Nintendo as a computer game, Pokémon swept the globe in the late 1990s. Based on a narrative in which a group of children capture, train, and do battle with over a hundred imaginary creatures, Pokémon quickly diversified into an array of popular products including comic books, a TV show, movies, trading cards, stickers, toys, and clothing. Pokémon eventually became the top grossing children's product of all time. Yet the phenomenon fizzled as quickly as it had ignited. By 2002, the Pokémon craze was mostly over. Pikachu’s Global Adventure describes the spectacular, complex, and unpredictable rise and fall of Pokémon in countries around the world.

In analyzing the popularity of Pokémon, this innovative volume addresses core debates about the globalization of popular culture and about children’s consumption of mass-produced culture. Topics explored include the origins of Pokémon in Japan’s valorization of cuteness and traditions of insect collecting and anime; the efforts of Japanese producers and American marketers to localize it for foreign markets by muting its sex, violence, moral ambiguity, and general feeling of Japaneseness; debates about children’s vulnerability versus agency as consumers; and the contentious question of Pokémon’s educational value and place in school. The contributors include teachers as well as scholars from the fields of anthropology, media studies, sociology, and education. Tracking the reception of Pokémon in Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France, and Israel, they emphasize its significance as the first Japanese cultural product to enjoy substantial worldwide success and challenge western dominance in the global production and circulation of cultural goods.

Contributors. Anne Allison, Linda-Renée Bloch, Helen Bromley, Gilles Brougere, David Buckingham, Koichi Iwabuchi, Hirofumi Katsuno, Dafna Lemish, Jeffrey Maret, Julian Sefton-Green, Joseph Tobin, Samuel Tobin, Rebekah Willet, Christine Yano

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Great book.......2006-03-31

The previous reviewer must have been brain dead herself when she read the book. There is no other way she could have so completely misread this text. The authors are not opponents of Pokemon -- as if that was even the point. In excerpting the statements from Tobin about the "evil" empire of Pokemon, she completely misquotes him. He CLEARLY argues in his introduction that this represents one of the perspectives on Pokemon and then goes on to lay out other perspectives. In the chapter about anti-Pokemon websites, the author is describing the discourse of these websites, not advocating for them. In fact, the author describes these as "moral panics". A moral panic is a misplaced fear that sweeps a society. If this reviewer knew anything at all about the scholarship of the people represented in this book or about the language of cultural studies, she would realize that her reading of them as children's pop culture haters is absurd. I DO use chapters from this book in my children's media studies class exactly because it represents thoughtful and sophisticated scholarship. To look at the complicated ways the Pokemon as one representative of children's popular culture circulates both as part of the global economy and as part of the childhood identity economy, I recommend this book.

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Recycled Pastiche Modules

A cheapest way to get 9 modules in B series

Colossal compendium of adventures for levels 1-3

In Search of Adventure: The Grand Duchy of Karameikos Anthology (Dungeons and Dragons Supermodule B1-9)
Stephanie Tabat
Manufacturer: TSR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0880383887

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Recycled Pastiche Modules.......2006-07-04

"In Search of Adventure" is a 160-page compilation of modules that have been abridged and then linked together to form an epic campaign. (Similar epic adventures were also created with the "slaver" series in A1-4 and with the giant, drow, and Lolth adventures in GDQ1-7.) These adventures have been set in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos in the D&D campaign world. A short overview of the duchy is given.

Short sections can be found at the end of each adventure for the DM to transition into the next adventure. For details on each module see the B2 though B9 entries (although this module is called "B1-9," B1 was not used). Otherwise, the content of the original adventures has been left unchanged, albeit most have been abridged.

This is another Basic D&D adventure that I can't recommend. The attempt to pastiche these unrelated modules into a vast epic is not very effective. The transitions into each adventure are contrived and weak. Additionally, these adventures are for characters levels 1 though 3. By the time PCs are halfway through B1-9 they will be at least 3rd level. If you want play these adventures, use the original, complete adventures and create you own linked epic.

A cheapest way to get 9 modules in B series.......2002-05-16

It is time and cost consuming to get the first nine modules individually. You have to spend 6-10 times money to get all, than you get a single B1-9 compilation. Well, it is not exactly the same as the original nine modules. In this compilation, B1 is only a deogeon map; the "unimportant" parts of B2, B4, B5, B8 have been cut; one of the 5 mini-adventures in original B9 have been omitted and two of the rest are combined into single adventure. Nevertheless, it still have three modules appear complete -- B3, B6, B7 (though with a little modification.). Another great work in this compilation is to link the 11 individual adventures (3 from B9) into a D&D campaign in Karameikos. It is a sucessful step. TSR then published Gazetteer series and brought the game into a new direction. DMs may design a campaign game in the vast Mystara world, not just play each adventure independently.

If you are really to play the old and classic edition of D&D (not 3rd ED.), you may start here.

Colossal compendium of adventures for levels 1-3.......2000-04-30

This is one of the best products ever put out by TSR - this colossal book (160+ pages!) includes the very best of modules B1 through B9 - forming an epic campaign that will take your PCs from level 1 to at least 5, with well over 200 hours of play time! From the Keep on the Borderlands to the Lost City buried far below the deserts of Ylaruam; from the blackest alleys of Karameikos to the dark forests of Rahasia, your players will revel in a "triple trilogy" introduction to D&D they'll never forget! For casual players who will irrevocably turn into hardcore gamers, this enormous set of adventures and stories is the ultimate challenge.

Book Description

BradyGames’ Grandia III Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

A comprehensive walkthrough of the entire game.
Detailed area maps.
Extensive item and equipment lists.
Expert boss strategies.
In-depth bestiary.

Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Role-Playing Game

This product is available for sale in North America only.

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Grandia III has a Grand Guide..........2006-03-15

...The question is how badly will you need it? Grandia III is a fairly linear and straightforward game. It doesn't have a whole lot of secrets and there aren't very many (if any) sidequests at all. So do you really need a guide? Well, not really. But if you do get one because you're stuck or just need the extra leg up, you should be glad there's a quality guide out there like this one. It'll let you know what's ahead of you and help prepare you for the most dangerous foes.

The guide begins with some "advanced tips". So if you're the type that picks up a strategy guide for the game basics (helping you adjust to the battle system if you're new to it, or anything like that) then you won't find them here (but your instruction manuel is there for that reason, of course). However, for what it's worth, most of these tips are pretty good. They help you learn where some of the best level up spots are and how to acquire some good gold early on in the game. There are also tips for the gambling, for creating mana eggs, and also giving you info on rare enemies like the Lucky Mink. They also list out which enemies have the most hit points, are the strongest etc. In a way, it seems like they're just trying to make good use of paper in the beginning.

Afterwards, the real strategy begins. Everything you need to know about characters is here. All their skills and how to get them, beginning stats and how well they are in battle. A chart is also provided to show you just how characters level up. Each character is given a set of stars next to each stat. For example, if a character maintains a good HP level as they level up, the guide gives them three stars. This can easily be used to tell you who is best for what.

The walkthrough doesn't waste time. It isn't sluggish at all. Each section gives you a list of objectives and then points them out to you on the map. There's more to these maps than pointing out items, goodies, save points and whatnot. They also provide you with all the enemy groups. Also, in a chart provided they tell you what to expect by battling an enemy group and how much experience and gold you'll get. This helps you decide if a battle is worth it. The screenshots are blurry, though. Which won't be a big problem, you can mostly make out what's going on. The boss strategies aren't particularly helpful. They spend a lot of time repeating the same thing for just about each and every boss (cancel attacks), but they don't always tell you what to expect. I let this slide because the game tells you what a boss is about to attack with and the guide does inform you when you should cancel. It really does a good job on providing you with defense, but not always an effective offense.

The appendices section was nice, however. Giving you the low down on all the items, weapons, armor, accessories, mana eggs and skill books. When telling you about magic they do a fantastic job telling you what spells are powerful and which ones will help. They also tell you what mana eggs will make certain mana eggs. However, they do this as a list. Under Volcano Egg, for example, they'll list out every combination that'll give you a volcano egg. Was a chart too much to ask for?

The bestiary is very detailed. No problems there. Everything you need to know about all the enemies is perfectly detailed in an easy to read manor. They even have a separate bestiary for the bosses, which makes figuring out the stats for a boss rather easy. It can easily be expressed that a Grandia guide probably doesn't need a bestiary, but there are times when you're glad you've got it.

Overall this is a pretty satisfactory guide. 240 pages is a bit exhaustive for a Grandia guide, however. Don't be fooled by it's size. It may be detailed but there's a lot of unused space. So don't think 240 pages means you're buying a Grandia encyclopedia, it's just another basic strategy guide. However, it's a good guide. If you're stuck in Grandia III, it's a fantastic guide. Again, though, I have to tell you, Grandia III isn't a game where you'll find yourself in dire need of a strategy guide. Even if you're someone who likes to bask in all those secrets, you won't need it for the simple fact that it's a Grandia game... and a Grandia game hardly needs a guide to help you unearth all the secrets.

The Good
+Detailed Walkthrough
+Helpful tips
+Great character analysis and breakdown
+Easy to use walkthrough
+Detailed bestiary
+Skill books, mana eggs and more!

The Bad
-A chart for making the different mana eggs would've been nice
-The boss strategies are good on defense but not always offense
-I just can't shake the fact that you most likely won't need this guide. Grandia III doesn't have any lucrative secrets. So if you do decide to get this guide, avoid paying sixteen dollars for it.

It's a great guide, but it isn't a guide that you'll get a lot of use out of. Still, it's five star quality, so pick it up.

Book Description

More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert MasonÂ's astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden deathÂ—the extreme emotions of a Â“chickenhawkÂ” in constant danger.

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A compelling, gut-wreching book that makes you cheer and makes you cry, leaving an unforgetable impression.......2007-02-26

The author has a easy to read come-a-long with me style of writing that works exceptionally well given that he by-in-large avoids the politics except as they intersect in the daily life of an army pilot making these rare scenes very compelling such as Bob in is Saigon hotel on R&R contemplating the question, "Why don't the Vietnamese fight the VC like the VC fight the Vietnamese?" We share these thought with Bob as if for the first time in spite of the many years that have passed. The understanding that the war was not "winable" the way it was being fought dawns on both the author and the reader and we share the author's dispair.

The air action scenes are the best ever put to pen and the best ever likely to emerge from the SE Asian conflict. The author exhibits a rare and powerful ability to paint vivid scenes with a great economy of words that makes the text both crisp and very fast paced.

Honesty and rye humor coexist with raw human emotions of grief, injustice, fear and anger providing an authentic feel as the author spares no one especially himself a good hard look in the mirror and in spite of his defects the author becomes an unlikely hero who you can't help but like and this makes the closing lines so very painful.

Chickhawk is the best book produced for laymen on airmoble warfare and is certainly in the running for the best book ever about the Vietnam war.

Two faces in South-Vietnam.......2007-01-10

Chickenhawk? Yes, these men in their 20s both feared their missions and fought for them to the limits of what their harware allowed them to do, displaying incredible bravery. This story takes you in South-Vietnam and into the world of the Air Cavalry that distinguished brilliantly itself in this theater of operations. Reading this book tells even tricks to better fly the very much famed "Huey Chopper" under extreme conditions. This book is one of the very finest choice for the UH-1D engagement in SEA. Thank you so much Mr. R. Mason!

Outstanding!.......2007-01-05

One of the most interesting books I've read in a long time! Mr. Mason puts the reader in the pilot's seat of his helicopter, and you won't be able to look away!

Woes of a wobbly-one........2006-08-14

I recently gave away my copy of this marvelous book to my son. It wasn't too long before I went into withdrawal and bought myself another copy. Bob Mason is a truly honest man, which is not to say that he never lied, cheated, or stole, but that he is one of those rare individuals who can look at himself in the mirror and see himself as he really is, warts and all. That takes an admirable form of courage that most of us don't have. I couldn't do a memoir the way he did. I had to resort to an alter-ego in my own book. I won't claim more warts than Bob, but the ones I have I don't like.

Like Bob, I got into the Army Warrant Officer Helicopter Flight Program after high school in 1967. I was a typical wobbly-one, long on enthusiasm for flying, short on brains, experience, maturity, character, morals, and wisdom. Hey, I was only nineteen! But I sure liked to fly, especially choppers, especially Bell Helicopter's masterpiece, the UH-1 `Huey.' Bob was just coming home from Vietnam the year before I enlisted. He was one of the pioneers of the airmobile concept, assigned to the 1st Cav and traveling to Vietnam by boat with the unit's choppers lashed to the deck. I was appalled at the initial treatment he and the other warrant officers received once they arrived in country. They had to dig their own bunkers. Warrant officers are `supposed' to be officers, rating the respect and privileges of commissioned officers. Actually the commissioned officers used to joke that a warrant officer was just a spec-four with a club card. Still I had to admit that when a unit is freshly arrived in a combat zone, getting shelter up quickly is essential, and I would hate to have been killed in a mortar attack that night because I was too proud to fill sand bags that day.

The real appeal of the book is the white-knuckle flying action scenes. They were often times hair-raising nightmares, and the crews were scared to death, but some how they got the job done anyway--hence, the name of the book, `Chickenhawk.' Warrant officers were funny that way--no mission was impossible. Commissioned pilots tended to fall back on the regulations when things got rough. They had college degrees and were smarter than we were. They tended to live longer too. There were exceptions in both cases, but what I said was generally true in Army aviation.

I was saddened by the fall from grace that Bob experienced when he returned stateside. He had spent a year comporting himself bravely, and now he was haunted by that same bravery. I bought and read his second book, curious I guess, at just how far his downward spiral would take him. And he sank pretty far before he finally autorotated his life to a safe landing. I finally concluded that he was one of those guys who should have stayed in combat, extending his tour 12 months at a time, taking a month off in between to visit his wife in Honolulu. That was where he was at his best--impossible missions, tracers flying everywhere, too dark to see, too dangerous to turn on the lights, breaking every flight safety regulation imaginable, and then getting chewed out by the old man while he was pinning another air medal on his chest. Of course if Bob had done that, we probably wouldn't be reading his fine books today.

--Ejner Fulsang, author of "A Knavish Piece of Work," www.AarhusPublishing.com

Garbage.......2006-06-11

What a waste of time, and money. I tossed it the trashcan where it belongs.

Chickenhawk: Back in the World Again: Life After Vietnam

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Great follow-up to Chickenhawk
Why isn't this book in print?
Truely Moving
Chickenhawk
excellent sequel

Chickenhawk: Back in the World Again: Life After Vietnam
Robert Mason
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Great follow-up to Chickenhawk.......2007-09-14

Thankyou Mr. Mason for helping me understand the Vietnam war and it's impact on those who fought. I was born about the time that you were touching down at your first LZ, and only grew to know the war from television and from my uncle, who was a helecopter pilot as well in vietnam. This book is a must-read sequel that will also shed light on what soldiers returning from the Gulf area must be going through. Congratulations on such a contribution, and Jerry Fowler is right, God is working through you without a doubt. You're an inspiration, I am just sorry that you and your family had to suffer so much.

Why isn't this book in print?.......2006-09-07

This is a great book, as you can see by the previous reviewers!

What I want to know is why this book has been out of print for so long?

Truely Moving.......2002-07-19

This book was recommended to me by a veteran that flew with the First Air Cavalry. He commented, "This book described my life in Vietnam".

The book is vivid in it's descriptions and extremely well written. I have read the book twice and both times have been moved by the ending. If you enjoy reading about flying, the Vietnam conflict, and people, this book is for you.

Chickenhawk.......2002-05-03

I have read this book three times. I know what an extraordinary story this is and have tried to turn others on to it.
Bob Mason's transformation from eager pilot trainee to jaded combat veteran/burnout, while probably not anymore remarkable a story than any other pilot's is well written and that is what makes it great! After reading the book I felt as though I know Bob Mason. Not a bad thing.
When Mason describes the deck inside the chopper,covered in blood you can almost smell it.
Serious life and death stuff with some of the funniest stories of human screw ups wrapped up in a truly memorable account of one
helluva chopper pilots' experience in Vietnam.
It's like I say:" 'Chickenhawk' is the best damn war movie they never made!"

excellent sequel.......2002-01-07

unless you stumbled onto this book somehow, you probably picked it up because you had been through the "chickenhawk" experience with him in his first book by that name. this book is the perfect sequel to his vietnam story. mason's deeds in the war were heroic, and yet,he ends up struggling for his life even more as soon as he is "home". he is brutally honest about his own misdeeds--to his wife and son, his friends and associates, and to himself.you feel that you are trying to claw your way upward with him, as his life spirals downward.his salvation lies in his ability to tell his story, and you become part of it as you read this book

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Chickenhawk

Manufacturer: Viking Penguin Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0739412698

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Chickenhawk
Mason
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ1O5W

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Chickenhawk
Robert Mason
Manufacturer: Penguin
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GRAAAM

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Chickenhawk
Robert Mason
Manufacturer: The Viking Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000EOYDNC

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Robert Mason, as one of the first wave of assault helicopter pilots to ship out to South Vietnam in 1965, flew over 1,000 combat missions in the space of a years tour of duty. Now, in this affecting, astoundingly detailed memoir, he gives us that war in all its banality, terror, and transcendent stupidity, from a perspective unique to the literature of the Vietnam War to date - from the air.

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Chickenhawk

Manufacturer: Viking
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I83LT6

Chickenhawk a Shattering Personal Account of the Helicopter War in Vietnam

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Chickenhawk a Shattering Personal Account of the Helicopter War in Vietnam
Mason Robert
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LBR0Z6

Chickenhawk [Audiobook] [Cd] [Unabridged]

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Chickenhawk [Audiobook] [Cd] [Unabridged]
Robert Mason
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Binding: Audio CD
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Unabridged on 13 compact disks.

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Chickenhawk Back in the World
Robert Mason
Manufacturer: VIKING
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000X18X6O

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The best of John Lukacs, and that's saying a lot

Remembered Past: John Lukacs On History Historians & Historical Knowledg
John Lukacs
Manufacturer: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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ASIN: 1932236287

Book Description

Among the most accomplished historians of his generation, John Lukacs has written more than twenty books and hundreds of essays and reviews. His scholarship encompasses the history of the modern age, focusing especially on the political, ideological, intellectual, and military struggles of the twentieth century. Integral to that project has been Lukacs's effort to clarify and interpret the evolution of thought and consciousness during the approximately 500 years that constitute "modern" history. As the modern age passes, as the institutions, ideas, values, and experiences that composed the life of the era recede and disappear, Lukacs has assumed the responsibility to "think about thinking." And for Lukacs, no aspect of thought is more important to understanding the modern age than the emergence of historical consciousness. Remembered Past: John Lukacs on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge: A Reader draws together Lukacs's scattered and diverse writings on history. The volume serves at once as an introduction to this essential aspect of Lukacs's thought and an indispensable compendium of his most important writings on the subject. In the essays, reviews, commentaries, and book chapters collected in Remembered Past, Lukacs addresses the problem of historical knowledge, evaluates the contributions of historians and writers who have used, and often abused, history, and examines the significance of place in developing a sense of the past. He concludes with a consideration of the twentieth century and the task of reading, writing, and teaching history. Significantly, this authorized "reader" also includes a complete bibliography of Lukacs?s writings through 2003.

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The best of John Lukacs, and that's saying a lot.......2006-11-05

For those of us who have discovered John Lukacs and his wise, witty way of uncovering the past to make sense of the present, this is a "must have" book. His observations cut through the Left-Right rethoric and shows the common mistaken assumtions they both share. For example, he decries the puerilization of American life and politics of the sixties. But after agreeing with the Right in that, he goes on to say that this puerilization began in the fifties, under Eisenhower, an icon of the Right (Lukacs does not think much of him...). He decries anti-communism in that, becoming a reflex, it replaced a sober assessment of the peril and, also the limit of the peril, that the USSr represented, depriving us of an intelligent Foreign Policy - see his comments on Churchill's second premiership and how his efforts were torpedoed by Eisenhower, which meant a hardening of the USSR's position (Churchill, unlike those who shrilly saw the specter of Communism coming to engulf them, predicted the collapse of the USSR in the lifetime of one of his aides, which, by calculating a normal lifespan for the man, meant the eighties. Right on schedule).

Lukacs can be called a Hitler/Churchill specialist, and he can mine a lot of useful lessons out of these chaotic years. He also decries the attempts to make history a science, with a deterministic bent, a belief that he illustrates with enough examples to show you what is at stake - the belief in Free Will, no less (Lukacs is a Catholic - see his review of Hochhuts' "The Vicar" from a Catholic perspective, that only someone who expects great things from the Catholic Church can decry its actions in World War II, and that in the end Pius XII did not have enough faith in his Faith or in his mission).

You get descriptions of Buddapest at the turn of the century, and of Philadelphia (he remembers the once famous Philadelphia essayist Anges Repplier and I hope that this helps brings her back in print). You get reviews of histories and historians, some of which he approves and some not (He does not think much of Hannah Arendt and tells you why, and he admires Simone Weil unreservedly).

I could go on forever, but the gist is, buy it, it is the best use you could make of your $18.00

Book Description

Insect pests and fungi can threaten heritage collections no matter where they are stored, whether it be in a large public museum or in a private home. In order to identify a specific problem, eliminate it and prevent it from occurring again, it is necessary to understand the interrelationship of three components: the materials of the heritage objects, the environment of the objects and aspects of the biology of the insect pests and fungi. This book presents this essential information.

Insects under discussion include the cosmopolitan common museum or household pests and some species specific to special geographical locations. The fungi discussed are cosmopolitan airborne fungi which cause surface damage and those which cause specific internal deterioration of materials such as wood, paper and textiles.

The materials include mainly biodegradable materials, i.e. proteins and carbohydrates, of heritage objects of human history and natural history collections. Environments considered range from complex air-conditioned buildings to simple temperature-controlled homes.

Museum, archival and heritage-site staff and owners of private collections will find this book of great value in enabling them to make informed decisions in the prevention and eradication of fungal and insect problems.

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