Ninety-Six and Too Busy to Die: A Life Beyond the Age of Dying

Book Description

Living through the act of dying is indeed life's ultimate adventure although there is no timetable. I get up every morning and look forward to my days because I am busy, busy, busy. Smiling has become second nature. Although I am really too busy to die, so was Manya Starr, so was Al Hirschfeld, so was Irene Diamond, so was Bob Batscha. When it is my time I'll be in good company.

This timely book is must reading for anyone who wants to enjoy a life and here is evidence that there can be a good life, long past the age of dying. In fact, as Levitt got older and older and older, his life got better and better and better. President Kennedy created a new era of physical fitness for Americans coast-to-coast and Mortimer Levitt was one of the many who benefited from that new energizing lifestyle. Even though Mortimer was a high school flunk out (not drop out, but flunk out), he became another legendary rags-to-riches story. He was founder and sole owner of the Custom Shops Shirtmakers, eight-two stores coast-to-coast, no franchise, no partners, no bankers, and no debt.

Now comes the twist, and what a twist - Levitt did NOT want to be a businessman and told his first employee, George Zimmerman, that he (Levitt) would retire in five years and Zimmerman would run the company. If Zimmerman couldn't then the next guy would, and if he couldn't, the guy after that would. And that's exactly what happened except that Levitt walked out in four years. Glenn Bernbaum was Levitt's most successful (twenty years) COO. Bernbaum, with Levitt's permission, opened Mortimer's Restaurant at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 75th Street. Mortimer's Restaurant became one of society's melting pots. Bernbaum and his celebrity customers were in the columns almost daily.

Levitt was an avid skier, avid tennis player, and an avid sailor. He retired from the day-to-day management of his business on June 30, 1941, three years and ten months after the opening. This is Levitt's fifth book, all written without a collaborator, without a ghostwriter . Living past the age of dying is Levitt's forte and this book, God willing will open a different door. Levitt will be ninety-seven in February and already has sixty percent of a sixth book completed, a primer that will pave the way for college freshmen to enjoy a more successful life.

Levitt founded the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in 1972 in Westport, Connecticut and currently is paying for the construction of new Levitt Pavilions coast to coast, offering the magic of music under stars, entertainment for summer nights, and there is never an admission charge. Two Levitt Pavilions opened this past summer, Pasadena, California, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Six more cities are standing in the wings for summer 2004.

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Ninety-Six and Too Busy to Die: Life Beyond the Age of Dying
Mortimer Levitt
Manufacturer: Aspatore Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1587623455

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Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Dave Marr, Ben Crenshaw, Lanny Wadkins, Sandra Haynie, Rick Beem--names known to golfers everywhere--populate Texas golf history. This book chronicles the development of golf in Texas decade by decade focusing on highlighted events, players, pros, teachers, courses, and tournaments. It includes 10 Historic Events You Don't Know About.

Customer Reviews:

A Great Read.......2006-02-28

This is a wonderful book about golfers in the Lone Star State. Highly recommend it to all lovers of the great game and for the fans of Hogan, Trevino, Nelson, Crenshaw and others. But you also gain a great appreciation for such great Texans like January, Marr, Burke, Demaret, Thompson and Haynie. The author tells the backstory on so many pros, tournaments, courses and assorted characters that you can't help but feel that the game's roots are deep in the heart of Texas.

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Texas Golf Legends
Curt Sampson
Manufacturer: Texas Tech University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0896722988

Links, Lore and Legends: The Story of Texas Golf

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Links, Lore and Legends: The Story of Texas Golf

Manufacturer: Taylor Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HZ2NL2

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Merely uninformed opinions, nothing more

I'm still waiting for the ultimative Disaster-Movies-Reference-Work

Very Disappointing!!! A Total Waste Of Money!!

An Entertaining Look at Cinematic 'Guilty Pleasures!'

Disaster Movies: A Loud, Long, Explosive, Star-Studded Guide to Avalanches, Earthquakes, Floods, Meteors, Sinking Ships, Twisters, Viruses, Killer Bees, ... Fallout, and Alien Attacks in the Cinema!!!!
Glenn Kay , and Michael Rose
Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1556526121

Book Description

Complete with a foreword by Mike Nelson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000, this dynamic guide to one of Hollywood's most popular and enduring genres provides a history of the disaster genre, descriptions of its trends and unusual traits, portraits of famous stars, and reviews of more than 150 disaster movies. The films reviewed include everything from famous titles such as The Poseidon Adventure, Titanic, and The Towering Inferno to more obscure movies such as The Night the World Exploded, Terror on the 40th Floor, and War Between the Planets. Casual disaster-movie fans, as well as die-hard lovers of the genre will benefit from the rating system, which ranges from "Highly Recommended" to "Avoid at All Costs," and the dubious "Recommended for All the Wrong Reasons."

Customer Reviews:

Merely uninformed opinions, nothing more.......2007-01-04

This book reads like the author sat down, watched each film once and then tried to write up a "funny" opinion. No research (beyond maybe IMDB), no insight, no context, no behind-the-scenes information, no interviews --- nothing. In other words, anyone could have written this book. What's worse is he gets a lot of information wrong -- it's so lazy. For example he delights in describing how confusing the TV movie "Flood!" is, but he is clearly reviewing it from the old edited VHS release, not the original movie. This information is so easy to locate, but I suppose research might have gotten in the way of the "jokes". Maybe it would be forgivable if the jokes were funny, but they're not -- just boring and obvious. If you've ever been trapped standing in a movie line and forced to listen to some "know-it-all" guy's self-absorbed and wrong-headed yammering about movies he feels superior to -- that's exactly what reading this book is like. A real shame.

I'm still waiting for the ultimative Disaster-Movies-Reference-Work.......2006-12-28

In meantime there exists more Disaster Movies on the screens, than stars on heaven. For the fan it becomes harder and harder to keep the overview. It seems that the autors had the same problems. They write about all sub-genres from water, lava, earthquakes,to airplanes, snow till radioactivity and fire. They even have chapters about swarms of killeranimals, parodies and invasion from outer space, but they only grat on the surface. For a reference-work this book is far too incomplete. Not a must for the filmbuff but ok for a beginner. For a filmbook they could have included more pictures !

Very Disappointing!!! A Total Waste Of Money!!.......2006-09-22

What a huge disappointment! Really boring infantile reviews and some Really throwaway extras. I would love to have my money and time back. It's written by 2 Canadians and their choices are really lame. The color posters in the middle are the biggest disappointment. What kind of Disaster genre book wouldn't include The Poseidon Adventure (the greatest disaster poster of all time), Titanic or any of the good movies. Save your money!!!

An Entertaining Look at Cinematic 'Guilty Pleasures!'.......2006-08-29

Movie fans who have either marveled or groaned their way through the likes of 'Earthquake,' 'The Swarm,' 'Beyond the Poseidon Adventure,' 'A Night to Remember' or 'Towering Inferno' should enjoy this amusing look at Disaster Movies.

Disaster movies are one of life's guilty pleasures. You can turn off your mind, grab the bucket of popcorn and enjoy. OK, the special effects may be cheesy and the dialogue awful - not to mention the one-dimensional characters and the holes in the plot a mile wide - but it's a disaster movie, for Peter's sake, so enjoy!

Key and Rose take the reader through the world of disaster movies, beginning with flicks from the '30s. They divide the films into categories like "Sinking Ships," "Hot Molten Lava," "Those Darn Aliens," etc. and devote 2-5 pages on each film, giving potted plot summaries, highpoints/lowpoints and cracking wise. The book has a five-tier rating system, ranging from "Highly Recommended" to "So Bad it's Good" and also includes lists such as the greatest disaster movie stars, highest-grossing disaster films, disaster movie love themes and so on.

Frankly I enjoyed the book. It's funny, informative and dishes out some well-deserved criticisms about its subject.

Book Description

Instructions, illustrations show youngsters and adults how to create 38 delightful novelties: jumping jack, kaleidoscope, boomerang, pinwheel, parachute, bubble blowers, and much more.

Book Description

A practical guide to creating and maintaining your own website with DotNetNuke, the free, open source evolution of Microsoft's celebrated IBuySpy portal. DotNetNuke is the leading open source website system for .NET. This book shows you how to get a fully featured website right off the blocks, with forums, news and image management, visitor accounts and registration, and community contribution features. The book then takes VB.NET developers through extending and customizing this powerful application. Featuring coverage of skins, custom modules, forums, extensions and add-ons. The book is useful for all DotNetNuke users, administrators, and designers as well as experienced VB.NET developers.

Customer Reviews:

Building Websites Using DotNetNuke.......2006-08-29

Not very helpful for developers. This book is really a book for people using DotNetNuke from an administrative perspective. The module building chapter does not have a good example. I received better examples from the free module building tutorial on the DotNetNuke website. This book was suppose to be for developers or administrators (actually I bought for this reason). However, most the information for module building was not very helpful. I would recommend this book for administrators and beginnings looking to administer a website who do not know how to program or build data models.

I recommend.......2006-03-07

I own it and its a good book. There simply isn't as much material out on DNN as there is on asp.net itself obviously. At the current moment, I'd say this is the best source of reading in printed format. There is one other book out now that has a black cover. It is good too and would probably give it 4 stars. Of course, I gave this one 5. The book is written by the guys who wrote the code...who else would you want your information from?

Darren Neese, from the DotNetNukeRocks site

Good book about DNN.......2006-03-03

I bought this book and the WROX DNN book. I like this one better. Especially the chapters on programming your own custom modules and deploying your apps. Invaluable.

Excellent book.......2005-09-26

If you are looking to get up to speed to quickly on DotNetNuke this is the book for you. It covers virtually everything you need to know in under 300 pages. The writing is concise and explains the concepts clearly. It covers installation, administration, security, deployment, site creation and all of the basic built in DotNetNuke modules.

If you are interested in delving into customization and architecture it offers excellent chapters on core architecture, skinning and custom modules.

After reading the chapters on installation and basic concepts I was able to install DotNetNuke and create a number of standard modules on a test site in less than an hour.

I just read the new Wrox book, Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals, I liked it and it is more detailed but I think this books conveys the concepts in a much more compact and understandable manner

Invaluable.......2005-09-22

If you have a need to add custom modules and don't want to spend hours reviewing the modules already in place, then this book will help you!

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A History of the Crusades (Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem)
Steven Runciman
Manufacturer: Harper Torchbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000V7AQ56

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history; crusades; Jerusalem, religion

A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

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A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Manufacturer: The Folio Society
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HWF9TI

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History of the Crusades: Volume 1 the First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Steven Runciman
Manufacturer: Cambridge UP
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000RB6J9S

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A wonderful introduction

A Matter of Usage

Not as piquant as I had hoped...

Left me wanting more

Engaging and readable

Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Manufacturer: Vintage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 067974438X
Release Date: 1993-06-29

Book Description

From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations.

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful introduction.......2007-08-15

I do not, in general, read history books - social or otherwise but I have been reading a variety of food-related history and culture books. From this context, I found Schivelbush's Tastes of Paradise to be "just right." He provides the broad framework within which he leads the reader through exploration of spices, beer, chocolate, tea, coffee, snuff, opium (and in an afterword, bottled water). Through the study of the place and manner of consumption, he shows some of the effects of these intoxicants on society as well as the effects of history on the use of these intoxicants.

Two points I found particularly of interest were how the fall of Spain as a world power led to hot chocolate's association with women and children. His brief description of opium as an agent of economic/political oppression also caught my attention. What I appreciated the most, however, was the use of art to substantiate his descriptions of place and manner of consumption. The art added a level of substantiation of his arguments that words could not supply.

True, as other reviewers have mentioned, this book does not cover the whole topic nor even treat all intoxicants with the same level of detail. However, he does provide an overview sufficient for many of us which serves well as a base for those who wish to explore further.

A Matter of Usage.......2006-11-29

I must beg to differ with my fellow reviewers about
the merits of this book. I do agree that the treatment
of individual spices is cursory and that the lack of
an index is a disappointment. What I find to praise
here is perhaps the very thing that others find to blame.

Schivelbusch has a point of view that is rooted in
wanting to discover the attitudes, behavior and beliefs
that underlay the European fascination with spicing foods.
He offers a coherent theory-a combination of exoticism and
social climbing. Then examines the consequences of this
fascination in art, literature and society at large.

So this is not an encyclopedia or even a particularly
good guide to sources. Some of that can be better found
in drier accounts like Andrew Dalby's DANGEROUS TASTES.

TASTES OF PARADISE is an accessible and interesting
account of the place that spices, stimulants and intoxicants
have in our world. It is a brisk chronicle of what we have
done with them and what they have done to us, and as that
I recommend it hightly.

--Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE and
the forthcoming novel bang BANG from Kunati Books.ISBN 9781601640005

Not as piquant as I had hoped..........2002-02-06

This just had to be a subject right up my alley. Spices? I live in Texas where Tabasco is a condiment (and not a spice) and jalapenos are considered vegetables. Stimulants? I have a coffee cup surgically attached to my hand and Brazilian music runs constantly through my head. Intoxicants? I worship beer. What could be better than a book about all three subjects?

Tastes of Paradise considers the social use of and social importance of spices, stimulants, and intoxicants largely from a Western point of view. It covers the use of spices, the coffee-related ethic of the middle class, chocolate, the rise of smoking and snuff, alchohol and the industrial revolution, and the rituals and places surrounding our drinking. What more could we talk about?

Turns out there's a lot more we could talk about, and what would be better is a book that really covers all three subjects. My disappointment boils down to three basic complaints against the book. The first is by far the broadest. In including "a social history" in the title, Schivelbusch focuses almost exclusively on the social effect of the use of the particular stimulant or intoxicant. Nowhere does he discuss the broader history of the item or the impact of the item on society (read "The True History of Chocolate" for a broader and more thorough presentation on chocolate, for example). My second complaint regards his treatment of specific subjects. Spices get remarkably short shrift (twelve pages total; less space than the discussion of drinking rituals; "Nathaniel's Nutmeg" is a better presentation on spices as a whole), and tea is only considered from the point of view of England (I'm pretty sure that the Chinese and Japanese drank tea, and that there's some social history there). Finally, there are more illustrations in this book than in most elementary school readers.

The book is immensely readable, does include -some- interesting illustrations, and covers admirably the impact on western society of the most popular stimulants and intoxicants from the 1600's to the late 1800's. However, there's an enormous amount that isn't there (except for the extra illustrations; those are presented wholesale), and in that the book disappoints.

Left me wanting more.......2001-05-10

And I see from the reviews below that I wasn't the only one. The author has really picked a fascinating subject, and brings it to life, weaving together strands of economics, sociology, geography, and chemistry to explain some of the impacts that these now-commonplace items have had on Western culture. (And what impacts our culture has had on the items - did you know that chocolate was a drink for monks and aristocrats before it became a snack for children?)

But the book is far too short. Many subjects are merely glanced over, and the illustrations, in addition to being so numerous as to be suspected of being filler, are often dark and hard to make out. I would have rather seen the author do a book this size on any one of the various subjects at hand - just coffee, say, or just pepper - and really explored it in depth.

Engaging and readable.......2000-08-09

Schivelbusch's Tastes of Paradise provides a refreshingly light-hearted, yet engaging glimpse at some of the substances which, through our stomachs, lungs, and palates, have played a not insignificant role in personal and cultural interactions of European civilizations. Concentrating primarily on western societies between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, Schivelbusch devotes over 50 pages to each of the subjects of coffee, tobacco, and alcohol; he also includes ample discussion of the historical role of chocolate, spices, and nineteenth-century opiates. I read this book as part of a college-level World History class (middle ages- present) and found it to be an enjoyable and worthwhile complement to novels, primary sources, and textbook readings we studied. Spread out in small doses over the course of the semester, it provided an unusual vantage point from which major themes such as Industrialism, Christianity, Romanticism, and social class structures could be more readily understood. Over 100 black-and-white reproductions of period art enhance Schivelbusch's lively discussion of the material. Without suggesting that these substances played an unrealistically inflated role in history, Schivelbusch offers a highly accessible discussion equally suitable for the student or casual reader.

Book Description

"In his new preface Bernd Heinrich ranges from Maine to Alaska and north to the Arctic as he summarizes findings from continuing investigations over the past twenty-five years--by him and others--into the wondrous ""energy economy"" of bumblebees."

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On being a bumblebee.......2007-07-05

The commercial use of honeybees has diverted attention from their generally larger and wilder cousins, the bumblebees. Overcoming the suspicions of his Maine neighbours, Heinrich applied modern technology and immense patience to learn about bumblebee lifestyles in local bogs and fields. What he learned overturned many assumptions about how these insects deal with the environment. He soon concluded that the life of the bumblebee is tied firmly to issues of dynamic energy balance. That balance is, in turn, related to the pollination needs of the plants they forage. In this illuminating and thoughtful presentation, the author provides a captivating picture of the bumblebee's role in Nature. In so doing, he demonstrates the interaction of different species to explain the process of co-evolution of different species.

As a "social insect", the bumblebee reflects its evolutionary roots. It also seems to provide many "lessons" humans express the wish to emulate. Being in nearly constant motion during daylight hours, it appears "industrious". It also appears "frugal" in the acquisition and preservation of resources. Heinrich stresses how evolution has conditioned these behaviour traits, using human economic scenarios to explain the seeming parallels. In order to survive a variety of environmental conditions, the bumblebee must engage in various cost-benefit scenarios. These include the individual bee's energy regulation, as well as the transfer of resources to meet the colony's needs. From the outset, the author notes how the lessons derived from bumblebee studies may be applied to broader ecological questions.

He opens with the colony cycle, with a single queen launching a new brood-site. Development of the colony follows with individual bees making specific contributions. Bumblebees, unlike their honeybee cousins, perform their role as individuals. There's no "bee dance", which would be a wasteful exercise. Instead, the bumblebee, starts its day with a self-generated "warm-up" exercise, giving it the advantage of an earlier start than honeybees, which must be warmed by sunlight. Heinrich learned about these energy-related activities through precise measurements. Bumblebees were studied in free and tethered flight, their thermoregulatory mechanisms revealing surprising new forms. He further determined how bumblebees locate prime resource providers and how the insects can identify the best nectar producers. Heinrich ably combines tightly detailed evidence with its implications for the broader scope of Nature's mechanisms.

Bumblebees are sometimes fooled by plants that have learned how to entice them to the pollen stalks without expending energy in generating a nectar reward. This revelation leads to a discussion of the likely path of bumblebee-plant coevolution. Plants, like the insects, must expend the minimal amount of energy to achieve pollination. The result is two, highly complex, interactive lifestyles each struggling to achieve the same end - reproductive success. Plant-bumblebee interactions have granted the insects a range that surpasses that of the honeybee. Bumblebees are found within 900 km of the North Pole and south into Tierra del Fuego. While the plants found in these sparse regions are few and far between, the efficient flight energy budget of the bumblebees provide the means for nectar recovery and plant pollination. It's a finely balanced system, the author notes, but works sufficiently well for both parties even in harsh environments.

Heinrich's long experience in tracking, measuring and analysing bumblebee life cycles is carefully and expressively presented in this book. The exhaustive details are smoothly integrated into the larger picture of Nature's panorama. He has no illusions about this volume being "the last word" on this fascinating creature. Much remains to be learned, and threats to bumblebee resource areas are increasing, particularly as a result of the onset of rapid climate change. An Appendix explaining how to raise bumblebees is an aid to those wishing to contribute enlargement of the information on them. Excellent graphics, including maps of foraging patterns are a useful guide for those wishing to study bumblebees in their own areas. With a list of species and their ranges, illustrated with wing and body shapes, and colouration indicators, the student of these fascinating creatures is well-launched. Maintaining the continuity of his study is the greatest compliment this author could receive. And he deserves many for this book and the work underlying it. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

excellent meeting of biology and economics.......2001-06-27

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Heinrich presents relevant and well-considered research and experimental design in an accessible and easy-to-understand fashion. Having come off a bio class in which we did an extensive lab portion on population structure and evolution, I really enjoyed seeing such fascinating data on social insects. I was not, until having read Heinrich's book, familiar with the very major differences between honey and bumblebees. This book not only presents an excellent overview of how bumblebee's function (thermoregulation of flight muscles and suchforth) but also the economic factors (in pollen and nectar) that form the trade-offs that dictate behavior. Heinrich's observation that bumblebees develop 'major and minor' flower specialties that they exploit preferentially is a fascinating bit of information that synthesizes two commonly concieved as different fields.

I'd highly recommend this book as not just beach reading for scientists but as a brilliant and accessible book on a very common pollinator.

Brilliantly written, a classic.......1999-07-24

The author explains that Bumble-bee queens (which are not accompanied by a swarm of workers as are Honey-bees), must by themselves select and furnish a nest site, lay eggs and brood the resulting larva and then forage for pollen and nectar - whose sugar provides the energy needed for flying and nest warming. Heinrich brilliantly contrasts the foraging strategies of the bumble-bees with those of the plants which provide nectar and pollen and are in return cross-pollinated. He also explains how the bees control the heat flow from their thorax which contains the flight muscles, depending on whether they need to fly which requires a relatively high thorax temperature, or need merely to crawl, which allows them to dissipate less energy. The book concludes with a large set of references to the entomological literature at the time of publication, and a set of color plates to help in identifying about fifty North and Central American species of Bumble bees.

Native Bee Keeping?.......1998-01-20

This study of the bumble bee was fascinating. (For a moment I wanted to go back to school and study entomology.) It may be of particular interest to those interested in native bee-keeping. Instructions for building a bumblebee nesting box, and how to get a colony started, is included in the appendices.

Science writing at its best.......1996-10-31

The bumblebee spends its days gathering the resources needed by the hive -- honey for energy and pollen for protein. This endeavor requires expenditure of nearly all the energy resources that the bee is capable of acquiring. Living on the edge as they do, energy requirements inform every aspect of the bees' lives -- from the way they choose flowers to harvest all the way to the way that blood flow may be redirected between the muscles of the thorax and the lower abdomen. It may sound as dry as an economics text when I tell it, but the author transports you to his summer home in Maine, where he sits and watches the bees and then devises simple but elegant experiments to tease out the subtle relationships between energy, anatomy and behavior, and the energy balances between the individual and the hive, and between the adults and the newborns.

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Bumblebee Economics
Bernd Heinrich
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NXVKHG

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BUMBLEBEE ECONOMICS.
B. Heinrich
Manufacturer: Harvard University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WQKGCY

Bumblebees Can't Fly: Seven Simple Strategies for Making the Impossible Possible

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Interesting title but didnt find a lot of substance
Tool of dreamers
Great read
We can fly as well

Bumblebees Can't Fly: Seven Simple Strategies for Making the Impossible Possible
Barry Siskind
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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In theory, bumblebees should not be able to fly, but they do. Because they have to. But people, no matter how smart or how skilled they might be, do not always get off the ground. We are all born with common sense, but we don't always — or often — use it.

Must we drift without direction the rest of our lives?
Are we doomed if we seem incapable of using our common sense?

No, says bestselling author and professional speaker Barry Siskind. In Bumblebees Can't Fly, he shows you how to develop and follow his Seven Strategies of Common Sense. After mastering these simple yet shrewd strategies, you will begin to make more confident decisions, improve your foresight, listen to the wisdom already deep within you — and fly, like the bumblebees!

Customer Reviews:

Interesting title but didnt find a lot of substance.......2006-09-12

I am into these type of books and enjoy the motivation involved usually but didnt find a lot of meat here. It is an okay book but found the points made obvious and had to make myself keep reading. I have a personal policy of finishing every book I start so I kept going and found it just okay to me. The strategies of doubt the obvious, know yourself and stay on course ... just didnt ring my bell but then maybe its just me.

Tool of dreamers.......2004-09-25

Each page and each author's think bring us up the value of faith and self-esteem in our lives. In this book you find examples to believe that difference between possible and impossible thinks are separeted by, and only, dreamers and commom people.

Great read.......2004-09-23

A great read with some good solid advice. Would definitely recommend to people who need a little nudge towards fulfilling their full potential.

We can fly as well.......2004-09-22

Barry Siskind is one individual who believes in people's potential. Siskind's inspirational book is filled with stories and lessons that are not rocket science, they are common sense. Bumblebee's Can't Fly taught me how to trust my intuition and listen to my inner voices.

Sweden's Welfare State: Can the Bumblebee Keep Flying?

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Sweden's Welfare State: Can the Bumblebee Keep Flying?
Subhash Thakur , Michael Keen , and Balazs Horvath
Manufacturer: International Monetary Fund
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ASIN: 1589061586

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Sweden has long been viewed as epitomizing a particular approach to economic and social policy. To its advocates, the Swedish welfare state builds on a strong social consensus favoring extensive state intervention to ensure a high quality of life for all Swedes. To its critics, the Swedish system is marked by excessive government intervention and attendant inefficiencies. These contrasting views are captured in imagery used by Prime Minister Goran Persson: "think of a bumblebee. With its overly heavy body and little wings, supposedly it should not be able to fly- but its does." The Swedish welfare state is the bumblebee that has managed to fly. This book draws on many years of IMF surveillance and policy advice to understand how it has done so, to access the challenges that the "Swedish model" faces in the new century, and to draw lessons for the many other countries that face similar challenges from globalization and demographics.

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Bernd Heinrich
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MU6N9K

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1134 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Millennium Trails and Scenic Byways: Recreation in the 21st Century.(United States. Department of Transportation role in development of trails)
Author: Kathleen Gordes
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 72 Issue: 1 Page: 21

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