Everyone's Money Book on Credit (Goodman, Jordan Elliot. Everyone's Money Book Series.)

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Extra 'Credit' Question: Have You Taken on Too Much Debt?

Americans today carry more debt than ever before. And credit reports and ratings are becoming more and more important in determining what you can and cannot buy. Chances are, even if you haven't checked your credit report in years, you probably know if you've racked up too much debt. If that's the case, check out Everyone's Money Book on Credit by Jordan Goodman, and learn how to manage and reduce your debt.

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This book presents the latest findings on the impact of capital flows and foreign direct investments (FDI) on macroeconomic variables and financial development of emerging markets. Each chapter concentrates on a different region and explores the significance of specific factors that can attract FDI to that region. They highlight the importance of political stability, as well as social and economic freedom in attracting FDI. The studies also show the extent by which African and Middle Eastern countries have lagged behind other emerging markets and the need for urgent adjustment policies.

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Agronomy in today's society: Papers presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy in Los Angeles, California, November 13-18, 1977 (ASA special publication)
American Society of Agronomy
Manufacturer: The Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Agricultural Sciences | Professional Science | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0891180532

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Great book for a rookie chemical engineers!!!.......2007-05-02

It's a very helpful book for getting a real and useful information about the common tasks and activities in the engineering design

Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, Second Edition.......2005-09-25

Item received as described. Took much longer than expected. Seller didn't notify me that there would be a two week delay until I contacted them and waited several days for a response.

Great ChemE Book.......2001-01-09

I really like how they focused on Hysys which is what is mostly used in industry. This is a great book for undergrads and grad taking designs in chemical engineering.

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This book provides a background in multivariate statistical techniques in geohydrology and environmental statistics. It is organised in broad categories, which cover procedures that deal with interrelations among objects and samples and the interrelations of variables. The headings are further subdivided into techniques that require multivariate normal data and techniques that do not. It can be used as a textbook, a reference book for a graduate seminar, or key reference in libraries at earth science agencies and other institutions.

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Meet the Bradleys, America's most dysfunctional family. Yes, even more dysfunctional than the Simpsons, though it's no surprise that Groening has cited the Bradleys as an early influence on his hit TV show. The best-selling humor cartoonist of his generation--the Bradleys remain Peter Bagge's most enduring creation. Created during the 1980s, this family for the ages has its roots firmly planted in All In the Family's Bunker family and MAD magazine, with a healthy punk rock anger occasionally exploding. Trenchant, caustic, but always hilarious, Bagge never fails to temper his anger with some of the most acute characterization in comics.

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From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, and more recently from the jungles of Vietnam to the killing fields of Iraq, Americas soldiers of the sea have fought their countrys battles with famed valor, skill, and perseverance in the face of long odds. But where did the U.S. Marines earn their reputation as being the first to fight? It was on the South Pacific Island of Guadalcanal. There, on August 7, 1942, the 1st Marine Division stormed ashore to begin one of the most difficult and brutal campaigns of military historyand an unbroken string of victories staged across the Pacific. Up the Solomons from Guadalcanal, westward into the islands of the central Pacific, and on to the climactic campaigns of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, these are the legendary battles celebrated in this volume, a lavishly illustrated tribute to the men who led the way against Japan. Nearly 300 combat photographs, many never before published, capture the fighting Leathernecks in training and in battle, landing and mopping up, making inexorable headway through the Pacific theater. Pacific Warriors also gives readers a look at the prewar Corps and its phenomenal growth from a modest two-regiment force to a full six divisions with its own modern air force.

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Outstanding Visual Presentation of Pacific War.......2006-02-14

Pacific Warriors is one of those rare books that absolutely captures the essence of an era. Eric Hammel's photo selection and text sets the stage and allows the images themselves to tell the story of a generation of Marines who fought the battles in the Central Pacific during World War II. These photos remind everyone that the cost of victory over Japan did not come cheap. The combat cameramen captured the close-range fighting brilliantly, and some of the best war photography ever taken can be seen within the pages of this book. If you have even a passing interest in this topic, you need to own this work. Get it on your bookshelf right away, you will not be disappointed.

Nice overview of the Pacific war........2005-09-19

This book covers the full scope of the island-hopping Marines, with vivid pictures portraying what they went through in World War II. However, if you want to follow one Marine who hit Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, and Iwo Jima, I recommend reading "Pacific War Marine."

Pacific Warriors: the U.S. Marines in World War II: a Pictorial Tribute

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Pacific Warriors: the U.S. Marines in World War II: a Pictorial Tribute
Eric M. Hammel
Manufacturer: Zenith Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N63BHU

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Readers who consider celibacy the exclusive domain of priests and nuns are in for a big surprise. Elizabeth Abbott's entertaining history traces over 3,000 years of sexual abstinence and illustrates how it has been practiced all over the world for a variety of reasons, both religious and secular. A History of Celibacy begins with the ancient Greek deities, Athena, Artemis, and Hestia, for whom celibacy was a means of liberation from traditional female servitude, and concludes with the present-day AIDS epidemic, a primary justification for the renewed call to celibacy. In between, Abbott, who dedicated eight years to this project, discovers fascinating examples of sexual abstinence, whether coerced or self-proclaimed, temporary or permanent. For example, celibacy enabled egalitarianism and female leadership for 18th-century Shakers, the Greek athlete enhanced athletic performance by conserving semen, and Shamans and Vodun priests to this day attain a state conducive to communicating with the spirits through short-term abstinence.

Abbott describes and analyzes over 120 instances of sexual abstinence, expertly illuminating the interrelation of detailed particulars with historical context and social norms. A bestseller in Canada, where Abbott serves as Dean of Women at Trinity College, A History of Celibacy neither advocates nor opposes the practice. Instead, Abbott, herself a converted celibate, emphasizes individual choice according to individual needs, drives, and desires. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack

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This surprise bestseller from Canada traces the groups and individuals who are part of a timeless phenomenon that transcends culture and religion.

Joan of Arc was one. So was Sir Isaac Newton. A monk vows to be one. A prisoner has no choice. History tells of many avowed celibates, and today's society reflects a renewed interest in celibacy. But what caused -- and still causes -- people to give up sex, the very activity that drives, fascinates, troubles, and delights the rest of us?

Elizabeth Abbott's spirited and provocative exploration of celibacy debunks the traditionally held notion that celibacy is a predominantly religious concept of little concern to the secular world. With myriad examples, Abbott's lively history reveals insights not only about our religious practices but also about our sexual desires and changing attitudes toward gender and physical health.

From the vestal virgins of ancient Rome, who were entombed alive if they broke their vows, to contemporary athletes, who "conserve semen" to enhance their game, from celibacy as a guarantee for marriage to involuntary celibacy among prisoners, eunuchs, and young women cloistered against their will, Abbott puts a human face on celibacy, capturing the anguish of the castrated boy destined for an operatic career, the ecstasy of the woman whose celibacy is rewarded by visions of Christ, and the anger of the bachelor doomed by the surplus of males in contemporary China.

What didn't happen in the bedrooms of history, and why? Through stories of individual lives -- fascinating, vital, and real -- A History of Celibacy tells all.

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A FemiNazi's History of Celibacy........2004-02-08

_A History of Celibacy_ by Elizabeth Abbott (no irony here, as an Abbott is in charge of a monastery) is a huge overview of what hasn't been going on in human history. In keeping with the collective schizophrenia of our times, the cover has a picture of a curvaceous womanýs naked back rather than a more appropriate image such as the Virgin Mary or St. Augustine.

Celibacy, defined by Abbott for the sake of her study, is abstinence from sexual activity. The technical meaning of celibacy is simply not being married, although the word usually designates "not engaging in sex." The foremost proponent of celibacy is of course religion, in particular Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, although celibate traditions existed in pagan Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome as well. The Gospels never mention Jesus as being intimate with a woman and the early Church practiced a discipline of celibacy, following the example of St. Paul. Other saints followed in the tradition including St. Anthony the Great (Father of Monks), St. Benedict, St. Jerome and of course, the sexual revolutionist's archenemy, St. Augustine. The monks of the Christian East were more radically ascetic, "anti-Church" and individualistic than their communal Western counterparts. Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism had many sects and movements that practiced celibacy for one reason or another as a mystical, ascetic practice. The most otherworldly group, the Jains, believe that celibacy is absolutely to achieve "nirvana" or "moksha." Conversely, Judaism and Islam do not have celibate traditions. Later Christianity is examined, where the Roman Catholic Church made celibacy a requirement for its entire clergy. Cults arose in the United States, such as the Shakers and Father Divine's group, which preached unorthodox versions of Christianity and required celibacy of their communal members.

Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci and many other secular figures practiced celibacy in their lives for a variety of reasons. The book describes some unsavory forms of celibacy have been imposed, like that of castrati, prisoners and girls forced to join convents in the Middle Ages. Others are pathological like sufferers of eating disorders. Oddly enough, medical myths of semen conservation that have nothing to do with religious beliefs or social factors have promoted celibacy as well. This was behind some of the Greek stoic philosophers and the anti-masturbation scare and general prudery of the Victorian era. Abbott herself promotes celibacy today as New Age self-esteem measures and to prevent the spread of STDs like AIDS.

_A History of Celibacy_ represents a familiar feminist anti-Christian bias. If men practice celibacy it is either because of repressed homosexuality, fear of women or psychological hang-ups. Female celibates (unless they are forced into it unwillingly by "the Patriarchy") do so because it is liberating them from male dominance. Radical feminists promote the "gay-rights" agenda but suspiciously do not like traditional monasticism, although both amount to "biological suicide" in worldly terms and leave the sexual use of women behind. The difference is that homosexuality is worldly, but monasticism is not. It seems that feminists would rather have men imitating the stereotypically worst aspects of women. They feel threatened by the otherworldly male ascetics who transcend the world and cannot be manipulated by the desires of the flesh, which is the only fuel behind the feminist program. Abbott's non-mystical celibacy is one of social forbearance, not rocking the boat by spreading STDs, ruining self-esteem, and causing unwanted pregnancies. It is also for New Age gurus and feminists who basically want to tear down Western civilization at the end of the day as well. However, she does have a point when criticizing the current status of the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. The early Church did have married priests (and even some Bishops), as does the Orthodox Church today. The Catholic Church's clerical celibacy requirement is in fact a break from earlier Christian tradition.

through time and cultures.......2002-08-18

A history of celibacy is a deeply compelling book that offeres a plathora of cultural views on celibacy. From china to native americans, ancient greeks to today, Elizabeth Abbott introduces the reader to a world populated by eunuchs, transvestite nuns, tormented ascetics, empowered virgins and AIDS-weary homosexuals. Abbott's wit and wry sense of humor makes this scholarly research a joy to read. I feel more knowledgble of both my own and other cultures view on sex, the close relationship between religion and sex, and how centuries of sexual principles affects many of todays issues concerning homosexulality, teenage pregnancy, pedophile priests, etc...
A must read for the curious.

At last - a proper look at celibacy.......2000-09-03

Well researched and well written, this is a book I would have liked to have written myself -- so I read it with great pleasure. A sensitive but searching investigation into what can be a joyful sexual choice or a bitter deprivation. Read this. It's good. It's not just another "self help" blather. It's a real book.

Blame Canada.......2000-07-20

It's hard to imagine two words that could do more to kill a book's sales than "history" and "celibacy" ("algebra" and "asphyxia," perhaps). Nevertheless, A History of Celibacy has proven a huge best-seller in Canada (if that counts), giving South Park fans one more reason to hoot in derision at their northern neighbors.

Toronto historian Elizabeth Abbott traces religious celibacy in exhaustive detail from Athena and the vestal virgins of pagan Rome to the Catholic obsession with virginity and the role of self-denial in the Buddhist and Hindu faiths. If the reader can get past Abbott's sociology-textbook prose in these first 200 pages, the book picks up considerably in the second half as she turns her attention to celibacy in the secular world. Abbott pokes fun at the Male Purity Movement of the 19th century and the scientifically unproven link between abstinence and improved athletic performance, but she appears completely sympathetic with female celibacy to transcend traditional gender roles (the section on Elizabeth I is particularly poignant).

Under Abbott's double standard, women in secular society give up sex for career or country (Joan of Arc, Florence Nightingale, Rachel Carson), whereas men abstain because they are repressed homosexuals, incurable pedophiles or superstitious jocks (Leonardo da Vinci, Lewis Carroll, Muhammad Ali). Equally discomfiting is Abbott's account of her own conversion to celibacy: "Much as I once reveled in sexual indulgence...I am immensely relieved that someone else's domestic demands no longer dominate my daily agenda." Yeah, love stinks.

Nice overview, but spotty scholarship.......2000-07-12

It's a bit hard to take her discussion of the Shakers seriously considering she does not consult the scholarly work of Louis J. Kern. His penetrating insights would have illuminated this portion of her book further. Otherwise, this book does give the reader a sense of why one would become celibate in a certain place and at a certain time.

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Well Done...Could Be More Lively Though.......2004-07-05

The other reviewer seems to be implying that Professor Rothmen is some kind of skeptic ideologue. This would be a legitimate criticism...IF Milton simply dismissed fringe "science" using vague, dogmatic generalizations. As a trained physicist, Mr. Rothmen knows better.

That's why he debunks various forms of pseudoscience--spontaneous combustion, telepathy, etc.--using simple, well-established scientific laws. At times, he even does so with a bit of dry humor ("This also applies to the inhabitants of other planets.").

I definitely recommend this book to laypersons. Not only will it puncture some of your flawed beliefs; it will actually grant you a better understanding of the universe as we know it.

Exactly what you might expect.......2000-11-16

The title of this book says it all. As a primer of physics, it is fairly useful and very easy to understand. However it is written by a skeptic and it could have just as easily been titled "A Skeptics Guide to Physics..."

The attitude of the writer is apparent throughout the work and that forces the reader to take everything with a grain of salt. That said, the author is clearly very intelligent and very studied and his use of science to dispute the claims of science fiction makes for an interesting excercise for the reader.

Recommended to anyone who enjoys the rhetoric of a text as much as (or more than) the concepts behind it.

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