If It Wasn't for the Money, I Wouldn't Be Doing This: Finding the Courage to Survive the Job You Hate

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By learning to read the direction and strengths of the market, even novice mutual fund investors can outperform the best stock pickers. That's because 90% of a stock's price movement is determined by trends in the market or the industry -- not in the quality of the company.

And only Power Investing with Sector Funds supplies a simple and effective technique for gauging ebbs and flows in the market -- and investing in the best-performing sectors at the right time, both in the U.S. and abroad.

With the help of four technical tools -- charting, trend lines, 20-week moving averages, and relative strength -- the book completely covers the principles of diversification, asset allocation, and sector investing. Best of all, the system outlined here takes just 15 minutes a day and is a boon for both independent investors and professionals.

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The method from this book does not work.......2002-02-24

I bought this book in August 1999. I read it for many times and tried to invest with its "great concept", but I failed. I tried to get some help from the Author's web site, but it was constantly "Under Construction" and finally disappeared. Then I got some help from Mr. Thomas J. Dorsey's company. Mr. Dorsey is the Author of a famous book Point & Figure Charting. His web site did use the same idea as Mr. Madlem's for mutual funds. However, this did not help me to implement the "great concept" either. At that time, Japanese funds were the best funds, but I was instructed not to invest in that fund, because it was overbought from the point & figure charting. I waited almost half a year and bought Fidelity Japan Small Cap Funds. However, the bad time for Japanese funds just started, thus I lost a lot of money. According to the methods of this book, I chose several technology funds to invest at the beginning of 2000. As everybody knows we had a huge correction that year, the results I had were just loss of money.

This book applies "Point and Figure" charting to mutual funds. I think it might be correct. However, there is a large space for discussion for the ideas such as the portfolio management presented in this book. This is because when you want to actually implement them, there are lot of difficulties and conflicts.

If you want to get information for mutual fund timing and allocation strategies, I think this book can only give you bad results. The author said in his book that this book is from his experience, but now I doubt.

All Hat, No Cattle.......2001-02-02

I received this book for Christmas, 1999. I read it at the time and thought, "What a great concept!". Had I written this review at that time, I would probably would have rated it **** or *****. At that time Mr. Madlem's web site, which is cited throughout the book, was mostly "Under Construction"; there are numerous references to this site in the book and fully implementing the strategy is very time consuming and cumbersome without it. Because of this, I decided to hold off for awhile.

I recently dusted off the book and read it again, fully intending to implement the process Mr Madlem touts. This time I found that his web site no longer exists, period. I also found that a "read through" of the book is good from a "concepts" perspective, but when one starts to actually implement the strategy, this book is incomplete and filled with many contradictions, inaccuracies, and inconsistencies. This is especially true as related to the numerous charts and Mr. Madlem's accompanying explanations.

After looking for other sources of information on "Point and Figure" charting, I found a lot of good, accurate information in other places on the web. I simply did a web search on "Point and Figure". I know now that very little in Mr. Madlem's book is original; he borrowed virtually all the concepts and techniques from other sources. This book is, as they say in Texas, "All Hat and No Cattle".

The "Point and Figure" charting method has a lot going for it; just don't rely on Mr. Madlem's book as its bible.

Interesting, BUT, hard to follow........1999-06-24

Lots of examples of P&F charting but I found the information and examples hard to follow. I lost interest in the middle of all the examples. I might be able to use it as reference, but it was just too hard to follow and read to the end.

Interesting strategy with lots of potential........1999-03-27

I found the book very interesting and I am certainly going to follow up on Mr. Madlem's strategy. However, trying to use his web site is not possible because most areas are under construction including the opportunity to subscribe to his website which is supposed to allow one to follow along with the strategy first hand. There is a portfolio of his current positions available at the web site.

Very Worthwhile.......1998-11-12

Presents a very interesting and useful approach to portfolio allocation and a fund selection/rotation strategy based on relative strength performance. At first the emphasis on point and figure charting did not interest me, but after studying the techniques, I found a few very helpful ideas for estimating price objectives, etc.

For the active fund trader, the concepts presented will stimulate ideas for system development and money management/allocation approaches.

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Briefing and arguing Federal appeals (A BNA book)
Frederick Bernays Wiener
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Wiener, Frederick Bernays. Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals. Washington, D.C.: BNA Incorporated, 1961. xvi, 506 pp. Reprinted with a new introduction by Bryan A. Garner. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001031682. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-183-8. ISBN-10: 1-58477-183-6. Cloth. * In addition to his discussion of the importance of appellate advocacy and a description of the manner in which federal appellate courts (Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, and specialized federal courts) deal with appeals, this important volume provides guidelines and suggestions for the finer points of writing briefs and appeals and oral arguments. With a new introduction by Bryan A. Garner, editor of Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition. AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries List 26, Legal Profession, page 20, "A" Rated.

Briefing and arguing Federal appeals;: With an appendix of late authorities including references to the Supreme Court's 1967 rules

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Briefing and arguing Federal appeals;: With an appendix of late authorities including references to the Supreme Court's 1967 rules
Frederick Bernays Wiener
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This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.

Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.

Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.

In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees : Volume 1: North America (Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees)

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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees : Volume 1: North America (Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees)
M.M. Grandtner
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
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Exceptional Insight.......2004-02-05

A generous thank you goes out from myself goes out to Dr. Solomey's relatively short book about our search for the neutrino. As a fellow physicist myself I find his readings to be insightful enough to be appreciated by any reader and simple enough to be understood by someone outside of the particle physics community. The illustrations and the graphs add to the ease of reading without taking losing any professionalism or importance of material. Exceptional work, and I can't wait for his next book to come out.

Semi-Technical history with nice artwork........1999-05-06

I read the book because particle physics is a hobby of mine. The almost-coffee-table book is clear and reads well, if a bit too wordy. DO NOT be scared by this book's subject, it is a grade school tome compared to many mind-bending works on the market. The artwork is clean and concise. The scientific library series is always superb.

An enjoyable and most informative book........1997-08-03

The book is an entertaining account of the effort to understand the most minute and fundamental bits of nature. Thanks to its roots in lectures for the general public the book is readable and provides glimpses into the persons and personalities behind this never-ending effort.

One of the most fascinating themes explored and explained here is the connection between the infinitesimal (neutrino) and the almost infinite (universe). Spectacular photographs and concise drawings complement the well-written text.

The author is somewhat harsh on theorists in the first 150 pages although he mellows and restores some balance in the end. Students contemplating a pursuit of theoretical science are well-advised to either ignore the comments or read the whole book before they make up their mind.
J.M. Karanikas

An informative look into particle physics for everyone........1997-06-06

This book is not only a collection of great pictures, entertaining captions, and interesting stories, it is also packed with information.

The history of modern physics is explained leading up to questions of nature that we have today. The neutrino is a small particle that will have great influence on the nature of things. We need to know more about it and in so doing we will learn about the world we live in. This book uses the neutrino as a cornerstone in explaining many modern physical concepts. - John J. Adams

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition, Vol. B (Packaged with Media Companion)

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ASIN: 0393151050

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The acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition is now available in two paperbound volumes. Volume B begins with the writings of William Blake and continues through the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age, through to the Twentieth Century. This new Major Authors edition is a library between two covers—an indispensable addition to the family bookshelf.

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Very Nice.......2005-09-30

The book was in great condition and I got it pretty quickly. I recomend the seller.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors, Seventh Edition

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Beginning with Seamus Heaney's brilliant new translation of Beowulf, and continuing through ten centuries of remarkable literature to the contemporary works of Derek Walcott, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, and Salman Rushdie, the new Major Authors edition is a library between two covers--an indispensable addition to the family bookshelf.

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Norton Anthology.......2007-04-04

This is really BIG. This books weight and thin pages make reading a hassle. If you can get past that and actually open the book, you will find a very complete anthology with an excellent set of notes on each reading. I would recommend buying each text individually.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors: One-Volume Edition, Seventh Edition (with Media Companion)

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Consequences of a rich literature

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors: One-Volume Edition, Seventh Edition (with Media Companion)
M. H. Abrams
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For close to forty years, The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors, has introduced students to the principal authors of the English literary tradition by providing generous samplings of their most characteristic and brilliant work. The Seventh Edition builds on this approach in an innovative revision that offers new selections, refreshed editorial apparatus, new format and package options, and unmatched media support, both online and in the dazzling new Media Companion CD-ROM.

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Consequences of a rich literature.......2004-02-28

I had to buy this book for school and although I haven't had to read all of it (with almost 3000 pages this is no real surprise), I have some idea of the content. This is the one-volume edition, but I think it gives a good global view of English literature. Starting at the very beginning (Beowulf etc.) and ending with major contemporary authors such as Salman Rushdie, this book gives an extensive introduction to each literary period. The book doesn't only contain fragments of texts, sometimes the entire text is given. All this comes with footnotes clarifying things and other sections providing extra information.
As a foreign student of English I experienced some difficulty with the introductions; the structure wasn't always clear, but of course it could be just me. :-) As a whole I think this is a useful anthology for students, but I would still like to make a few practical remarks. This book being of considerable size and weight, it is not very handy to read for example in an easy chair or in bed; furthermore it is not self-evident to take it with you wherever you go. It also has very thin paper which makes marking certain passages (for study purposes etc.) a bit tricky if not impossible.

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The heart of English Literature
WARNING! poetry only.
Norton Anthology of English Literature by Abrams et al.
Norton is still the best
A great anthology of English Literature

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The heart of English Literature .......2005-10-17

In graduate school I read and reread this work, studied and re- studied it.
As it contains many the major masterpieces ( or excerpts of them) of English Literature it is a work which lends itself to this kind of reading and rereading. The introductions to each individual writer are also informative and in many cases a help in reading the work.
It is probably still the best one- volume introduction to English Literature that there is.

WARNING! poetry only........2005-10-16

These authors deserve far more than two stars, but the misleading title doesn't. Buy this book only if you're looking for collections of great poetry/essays; you'll find very few novels/novel segments in here.

Norton Anthology of English Literature by Abrams et al........2004-02-22

This is an excellent reference guide for the English Literature
of the 1600s and 1700s. There is an exhaustive coverage of
the following works:
o Caedmon's Hymn
o Beowulf
o Geoffrey Chaucer
o Middle Age Lyrics
o Sir Thomas Mallory
o Medieval Attitudes Toward Life on Earth
o Christopher Marlowe
o Sir Thomas Moore
o Shakespeare
o Sir Walter Ralegh
o John Donne
o Robert Herrick
o George Herbert
o John Milton
o Richard Lovelace
o Samuel Butler
o Jonathan Swift
o Alexander Pope
o Samuel Johnson
o James Boswell
o Restoration Literature of the 18th Century

Here is a paragraph from "The Wife of Bath's Tale":
"The wise astrologen daun Ptolomce,
That saith this proverbe in his Almageste:
' Of alle men his wisdom is the hyeste
That rekketh nat who hath the world in honde.
By this proverbe thou shalt understonde."

This work is perfect for majors of English literature and
college courses in literature. A beauty of the work is that
it is written in the original English dialect of the
centuries represented. Critiques of this work alone could
fill a dozen or so academic dissertations.The book in my personal library
is an earlier version. There are many subsequent editions. In each subsequent edition, the author has made some additions/deletions.
The subject matter of my review is a late 60s/early 70s version of the book. Check on the Amazon.com for "used books for sale" to acquire the
earlier version.

Norton is still the best.......2003-04-22

This second volume of the NAEL covers the expanse of the Romantic Period, the Victorian Age and the 20th Century (or Modern Period). While I did have to get this book for a survey course, I was pleasantly suprised at the vast range of work represented in the text.

Not only does the book include "Cannonical" writers but also more obscure writers that may not be as well known now but were popular during their timeframe. The text has an equal amount of work represented from both women and men and explains the viewpoint of each in relation to what was going on at the time. An example are the women Romantic writers; they viewed things differently than their male counterparts and therefore wrote about different things, had different styles of writing, etc.

Of course, as with all Norton books, there are bios of each author before their selections, introductions to each period, apendicies, bibliographies, essays and a section of goegraphic nomenclature. The book is well formated, foot-noted (not end-noted =)), and the selections are marvelous. Anyone well versed in English literature should have this book on their shelves.

A great anthology of English Literature.......2002-12-04

I had to buy this book for two of my English Literature survey courses. I'm sure that most people who buy this volume do the same--they buy it because they have to. Still, it is an excellent volume and a very thorough survey of English Literature, from the middle ages on down to the nineteenth century.

Highlights from this volume include Seamus Heaney's exceptional translation of Beowulf (in its entirety), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, many selections from the Canterbury Tales, lots of Shakespeare, and Milton's masterpiece Paradise Lost, reprinted in full.

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The present volume is based upon the complete (two-volume) edition. This Major Authors Edition offers Beowulf complete, together with more comprehensive selections from the work of the 31 major authors whose portraits appear on the front of the jacket. This edition includes more authors than those included in previous published major authors anthologies. It contains over 600 pages of new material--from Beowulf to D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors: Volume A, Seventh Edition (with Media Companion)

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature Major Authors Edition Revised

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature Major Authors Edition Revised
E.Talbot Donaldson, H. Smith, R.M. Adams, S.H. Monk, G.H. Ford and D. Daiches M.H Abrams
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2658 pages, Complete 2 volume edition in one book, contains Beowulf complete. selections from the work of 31 major authors (pictured on book cover) from Beowulf to D.H. Lawrence and T.S. Eliot.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors: Volumes A & B, Seventh Edition (with Media Companion)

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