An Accounting Thesaurus: 500 Years of Accounting

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A compilation drawn from over 500 years of English language accounting literature reflecting a lifetime of scholarly enquiry, this book comprises over 5000 quotations of between 1-20 lines in length. The book aims to give an historical perspective as well as an up-to-date overview of what accounting and accountants were, are and do, and is intended both as a reference book and a research tool. Its range extends from general interest to the advanced, covering rules, practices and standards, professional and academic opinions, and the social and logical foundations of accounting; it also draws on the work of scholars in other fields that have some bearing on accounting work and thought.

An Accounting Thesaurus: 500 Years of Accounting

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An Accounting Thesaurus: 500 Years of Accounting
R. J. Chambers
Manufacturer: Pergamon
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ASIN: B000OGP0C8

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CEDAC( encompasses three tools for continuous systematic improvement: window analysis (for identifying problems), the CEDAC diagram (a modification of the classic "fishbone diagram," for analyzing problems and developing standards), and window development (for ensuring adherence to standards). This manual provides directions for setting up and using CEDAC. Sample forms included.

Cedac: A Tool for Continuous Systemic Improvement

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Cedac: A Tool for Continuous Systemic Improvement
Ryuji Fukuda
Manufacturer: Productivity Press
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ASIN: B000NUMLHM

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The Sun is the closest star to Earth, and the only one we can observe in any sort of detail. As such it is a fascinating field of study. It also has the practical advantage, unlike every other astronomical object, of being visible in the daytime! After an introduction to the Sun as a star, the book concentrates entirely on practical aspects for amateur observers: the equipment needed, how to set it up, how to record observations, and how to image the Sun with conventional or digital cameras.

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Great lab concept- but our lab instructor cut corners

Cooperative Chemistry Laboratory Manual
Melanie M Cooper
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Binding: Paperback

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This laboratory manual is probably quite different from any chemistry lab manual you have seen before; it is an attempt to give general chemistry students an appreciation of what chemists do. Real scientists do not have a recipe for each experiment that they perform. Rather, they devise heir own experiments to test their hypotheses and gather and analyze data. In the real world there is no right answer, and so it will be in this laboratory experience. The open-ended projects in the manual will last several weeks and require students to work together in teams to sloven problems, using skills that are ever more necessary in everyday life.

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Great lab concept- but our lab instructor cut corners.......2003-05-23

The author, Dr. Cooper, works in the Chemistry department at my university, so it comes as little surprise that it is used for general chemistry labs there. The labs are much better than ones in high school chemistry. In high school chemistry labs, we were given a value that we had to achieve. If we did not, we lost points depending on how far off we were. This is a problem since error is inevitable in a lab setting, even under the most controlled conditions. The labs in this lab manual focus on how you carry out the experiment. You are not given target results. Instead, you derive a method of solving the given problem (separating a mixture, synthesizing a compound, etc). This method is more similar to what scientists do, and it makes the lab experience more rewarding.

Cooperative Chemistry Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition

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Cooperative Chemistry Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition
Melanie M. Cooper
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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ASIN: B000OGINP4

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Conventionally, evolution has always been described in terms of species. The Chemistry of Evolution takes a novel, not to say revolutionary, approach and examines the evolution of chemicals and the use and degradation of energy, coupled to the environment, as the drive behind it. The authors address the major changes of life from bacteria to man in a systematic and unavoidable sequence, reclassifying organisms as chemotypes. Written by the authors of the bestseller The Biological Chemistry of the Elements - The Inorganic Chemistry of Life (Oxford University Press, 1991), the clarity and precision of The Chemistry of Evolution plainly demonstrate that life is totally interactive with the environment. This exciting theory makes this work an essential addition to the academic and public library.

* Provides a novel analysis of evolution in chemical terms
* Stresses Systems Biology
* Examines the connection between life and the environment, starting with the big bang' theory
* Reorientates the chemistry of life by emphasising the need to analyse the functions of 20 chemical elements in all organisms

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Very Impressive.......2007-01-09

This book gives a very interesting slant on the evolutionary process. It is orginal, and powerful in its argument for a chemotype perspective on the evolutionary process complementary to gene oriented perspective that dominates evolutionary theory. I cannot help but feel that this book and other complementary works that deal with Exergy and ecological systems are the start of a shift to a more balanced perspective on evolutionary processes.

The book is very densely written. If I was a chemist I would get the most out of it, but even without being a chemist there are aspects which are relatively easy to grasp, given some background in evolutionary theory.

An exceptional, original and intellectual book, that gives food for thought even if you understand only 40% of it!

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The exciting field of nanostructured materials offers many challenging perspectives for fundamental research and technological applications. The combination of quantum mechanics, interaction, phase coherence, and magnetism are important for understanding many physical phenomena in these systems. This book provides an overview of many aspects of interacting electrons in nanostructures, including such interesting topics as quantum dots, quantum wires, molecular electronics, dephasing, spintronics, and nanomechanics. The content reflects the current research in this area and is written by leading experts in the field.

Optical Properties of 2D Systems with Interacting Electrons (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

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Optical Properties of 2D Systems with Interacting Electrons (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

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The book focuses on the following topics: Evolution of optical spectra from excitonic peaks to the Fermi-edge singularity; negatively and positively charged excitons; reconstructing one-particle and collective excitation spectra with increasing electron density; spatial inhomogeneity and carrier interaction in nanostructures; spin-sensitive interaction and spin-spin interaction in confined systems; many-particle effects in semimagnetic semiconductor heterostructures. Optical methods described include: photoluminescence spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; reflectivity; near-field spectroscopy; magneto-optics in magnetic fields up to 50 T; pico- and femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy; polarized light spectroscopy; optically detected resonance spectroscopy under far-IR and microwave radiation.

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Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures
Rolf (Edt)/ Schoeller, Herbert (Ed Haug
Manufacturer: Springer Verlag 01/1//2001
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5X1D0

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You¹ve heard the rest of the motivational speakers and they¹ve done ³Jack.² It¹s time to introduce yourself to the Leader of the Beleaguered Masses; King of the Heartbroken; Shepherd of the Apathetic; Lord of Failure; and our Heathenistic Leader. Harness your innate failure and succumb to your un-spirational life by listening to Doctor Gypsee Gunn¹s De-Motivational Seminar.

Part 1: The Theory of Acquired Succession € The Cycle of Depravity € Retrogression € Kingdoms of Submission

Part 2: 7 Secret Layers of Personal Downgrading € Reality Territories € The 5 Laws Overting Supreme Essential Rationale € New Behavioral Choices

Part 3: The Doctor¹s New Hit Single: ³I See You in the I. C. U.²

Part 4: The Art & Science of Personal Degradation & Depravity € Free Radicals € The Ball of Pervading Influence

Part 5 ³I Doubt, Therefore I Am² € Shangri-Low € The Parking Lot of Failure € The Syntax of Synaptic Synergy

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I Am Great.......2001-02-08

DOCTOR GYPSEE GUNN / De-Motivational Seminar

An exercise in justification, Doctor Gypsee Gunn's De-Motivational Seminar is a strong testament to the Homer Simpson-esque adage that "trying is the first step to failure." Banking on the assumption that the lazy slobs who litter the human gene pool are intelligent enough to understand words like "synthesis and antithesis", Doctor Gypsee Gunn breaks down the "crap of life" in scientific terms for everyone wondering why life has left them behind to sit at home alone and suck down Welfare Malt Liquor.

Set up like a mock seminar, Doctor Gypsee Gunn's tirade on the futility of optimism and the superiority of failure does have a "repulsive charm," but if you can keep up with the Doctor's impressive mile-a-minute vocabulary and scientifically-based line of thought, you have every reason to feel good about yourself. If your cup is never more than half empty, Doctor Gunn's De-Motivational Seminar can teach you the scientific (experimental as they are) reasons and purposes for this negativity. Either as a prophet for a doomed society or a product of it, Doctor Gunn does manage to make some poignant and funny statements about the way humans try to live. The problem with Gunn's seminar could be in finding an audience that will genuinely benefit from it. Those who are capable of understanding Gunn's rapid-fire shifts in logic or his 50 cent words may not need to be reminded that life is full of injustice, irony, inconsistency, and misplaced priorities. On the other hand, Doctor Gypsee Gunn operates on a level far over the heads of the mentally enfeebled and pre-demotivated who gum up the system for the rest of us.

Doctor Gypsy Gunn, or an alternate persona of the same man, will most likely be a force in comedy within the next few years. He's got the brains and he's got the bite, he just needs the balls to bite hard enough in the right places. He's like a cross between a really proper Dennis Leary and a stuffy chemistry prof with oratory skill to spare. Whoever he is, whatever he is, Doctor Gypsee Gunn is dangerously smart, sarcastic, ill-willed, and well enunciated. Be sure to check out the Doctor's "hit" single "I See You In The I.C.U." and keep his "Cycle Of Depravity" spinning.

NOTE: Doctor Gypsy Gunn is the creation of Mark Bornstein who was also the creator of Brick Mallery.

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Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration routes. In September 1966 a Marine battalion deployed into the area. Action gradually increased as the NVA attempted to destroy Free World Forces bases, and the siege of Khe Sanh proper began in October 1967. The bitter fight lasted into July 1968 when, with the changing strategic and tactical situation, the base was finally closed. This book details the siege and explains how, although the NVA successfully overran a Special Forces camp nearby, it was unable to drive US forces from Khe Sanh.

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Tenacity on Both Sides, but to What end?.......2005-07-19

Khe Sanh 1967-68 by Gordon L. Rottman is the first title in the Osprey campaign series on the Vietnam to appear since Tet 1968 was written 15 years ago and as such, is a welcome detour from the plethora of titles on obscure subjects such as the War of the Roses. Rottman, a Vietnam veteran from that period himself, provides his usual high-level of detail and this volume on Khe Sanh is easily one of his best that he has written for Osprey. The campaign itself is still obscured by a certain level of mystery about Vietnamese intentions (was it a diversion or a serious attempt to storm the base?) and the siege ended with a degree of frustration for both sides. Although memorable for the US Marine Corps, the indecisive nature of the Khe Sanh campaign makes it difficult to study and evaluate the operations there but Rottman's narrative certainly makes a valued contribution.

Rottman starts with a rather lengthy 15-page background section on the campaign, which discusses the terrain and weather at length (usually a weakness in Osprey campaign series titles), as well as the strategic backdrop in 1968. He also provides a 7-page section on the Hill Battles in 1967 that preceded the actual siege. In the section on opposing plans, Rottman agrees with the widely-held theory that the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) operations around Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) were part of a deception plan to confuse the US and South Vietnamese commanders about the upcoming Tet offensive, but correctly notes that, "the actual intentions of the NVA in northwest Quang Tri remain unknown." I found it very interesting that Rottman never mentioned the NVA commander General Vo Nguyen Giap, whose name is often associated with planning the siege. Although the NVA seemed attracted to the notion of staging another "Dien Bien Phu" sort of siege around KSCB, Rottman notes that they never made an serious effort to cut off the base water supply or telephone lines, which lends credibility to the deception theory. US intentions in garrisoning KSCB were focused on the potential of using the base as a staging area for attacks on the nearby Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, but since this was primarily an Special Forces mission, it seems that the presence of 7,000 Marines to garrison a "support base" was overkill. Furthermore, as Rottman notes, US forces around KCSB were primarily oriented to the defense of the airfield, rather than conducting maneuver operations to disrupt NVA logistics. Indeed, General Westmoreland may have violated the "economy of force" principle in lavishing so much effort on a base that had limited practical use. Rottman also alludes to the high-level involvement of President Johnson in US operations around KSCB, but does not discuss the micro-management that other accounts have mentioned.

As usual, the graphic quality of this volume is quite high with four 2-D maps (Vietnam strategic situation, 1968; Quang Tri province and the DMZ; Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB); Operation Pegasus, 9 April 1968) and three 3-D maps (KSCB, early February 1968; Battle for the hills; the fall of Lang Vei SF camp). The battle scenes are some of the best that I have seen in Osprey (Fight for Hill 861A; the fight for the command post, Lang Vei; the "mightiest corporal in the world"). Rottman's order of battle for the US side is highly detailed, but the NVA order of battle still has many mysteries even after more than 30 years.

Rottman's campaign narrative is clean and crisp, with just the right balance between detail and scope. He mentions a number of US tactical improvisations to support KSCB, such as the "Super Gaggles" and "Micro Arc Lights." Although the siege of KSCB consisted mostly of artillery duels and US air strikes, punctuated occasionally by NVA assaults on outlying hill positions, Rottman's narrative effectively conveys the tenacity of both sides. The campaign narrative concludes with Operation "Pegasus," which was the relief of KSCB and the final US evacuation of the base. Of note, Rottman says in the section on the battlefield today that little remains of the base but this is not completely accurate, since SPOT imagery from a few years ago reveals that the outline of the airstrip looks exactly like it did in 1968 (plus current air maps of Vietnam still list an operational dirt strip there).

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The Lincoln Interpreters.......2004-02-19

"The Historian's Lincoln" is a collection of essays coming out of a Lincoln Symposium at the 175th anniversary of his birth. It offers a great deal of insight about Lincoln and about the Historical consciousness of the mid 1980s.

One of the things I like about this volume is the commentary and criticism about almost every individual article, sometimes including counter reactions. The reader benefits from the debate and critical analysis of the each essay.

The book has five parts. The First, "The Common People's Lincoln", is about Abraham Lincoln as seen in public. A Collection of photos from 'The Face of Lincoln' prefaces a discussion of the Public perception of "Honest Abe". For instance, Lincoln's growing a beard following his victory in the 1860 election kept photographers interested in his appearance.

Also in this section, "Abe Lincoln Laughing" by P.M.Zall argues that Lincoln used his sense of humor and the funny stories to win over his audience and get his message across. The critique, by Mark E. Neely, is that the humor was part of Lincoln's character, not an instrument for appeasing crowds. "His humor was a political liability with large segments of the populace... [the] fallacy that underlies much of Zall's paper - ... the "instrumental" view of Lincoln's humor" (p.29).

The second part of the book is titled "Ideology and Politics" and discusses some main issues of Lincoln's policies and presidency. In "Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream", Editor Gabor S. Boritt argues that the American Dream "the prosperity and liberties of the people" in Lincoln's words, were the goals Lincoln cared most about, and he defended the Union as the vehicle for it (p. 100).

The Critiques of this interesting essay are not very convincing. M. E. Bradford elaborates on how unfairly he has been treated by critics. His claims: Lincoln did prefer Freedom over slavery, constitutional rights over Tyranny and peace over war, "other things being equal" ,but he stuck by his ideals only so long as they "fed fuel into that little engine that knew no rest, his political ambition" (p.110). His argument consists of a few lawsuits Lincoln filed which were related to Slavery, his anti-Black sayings, and lots of Latin words supposed to impress the reader.

Phillip S. Paludan's critique is somewhat more substantial, but it amounts to, essentially, stating his dislike for the industrial revolution.

The second essay, Glen E. Thurow's "Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion" deals with a contradiction between Lincoln's Gettysburg address and his second inaugural. In the Gettysburg address, Lincoln says the Civil War is a test: whether democracy can survive. It is a problem of Free Will - Americans must prove their ability to defend the Jeffersonian values of equality. The second inaugural deals with predestination - God's justice in making Americans pay for their sin of slavery, even if "every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn by the sword" (Lincoln, p. 128). Thus the inaugural, claiming that the Civil War is the unraveling of God's justice, undermines Lincoln's claim that it as a test. Thurow's solution - the second inaugural "transcends" the Gettysburg address. One is from the point of view of the nation, the other from that of God. Thurow argues that "These perspectives do not abolish each other; neither expresses the whole truth" (p. 140). You may find this more convincing then I do - it seems to me that this is merely one of the inherent contradictions in postulations about God - if the Lord is righteous, free will could not exist.

David A. Nichols's "Lincoln and the Indians" discusses the relations between the Sixteenth president and Native Americans. Essentially, Lincoln was well meaning but too busy with the Civil War to help American Indians, and his racist views affected him.

The weakest of the essay in this section is Lawanda Cox's "Lincoln and Black Freedom" arguing that Lincoln, though racist, was a great friend of the blacks.

The third section, titled "The Psychohistorian's Lincoln", is about Psychohistory, a historical method that was briefly popular in the 1980s. It attempts to use the insights of psychoanalysis in History. Psychohistory seems to have gone away with the eighties, and if these essays are any indication, that is no great loss for scholarship.

The psychohistorians make claims which are sometimes surprising, but usually merely silly. Charles B. Strozier argues that "after 1854 [Lincoln] found his private concerns with intimacy and a troubled union [his marriage] reflected in the country" (p. 405). Dwight G. Anderson argues that the dead President Lincoln saw in his dream in April 1865 was George Washington, and that Lincoln was his "ghostly assassin" (p. 254). In a slightly saner mold, George B. Forgie argues that Lincoln believed that the real threat to the Union was not the South, but a few evil conspirators in the leadership of the Democratic party, and that when the young Lincoln argued that the threat for the republic was in talented, over ambitious men who would turn into Tyrants, " [It] seems obvious enough: Lincoln had himself in mind when he composed the entire speech."(p.296).

The section titled "Assassinations" deals with Lincoln's murder in history and historiography, and particularly with the conspiracy theories that grew after the Death, believing everyone from secretary of war Stanton the Freemasons to be behind the assassination.

The Final section, "The Lincoln Biographies" contains book reviews by Richard N. Current and Don E. Fehernbacher. Current is enthusiastic about Stephen Oates's "With Malice Towards None", but argues that Oates makes Lincoln more of a radical then he really was. Feherenbacher's discussion of Gore Vidal's Lincoln is sadly all too brief, but it is a fascinating if inconclusive discussion about the criteria upon which historical works of fiction should be evaluated.

'The Historian's Lincoln' is a fascinating read, and even the essays about Psychohistory, which are hardly illuminating about Lincoln, tell us much about the Historian of the title.

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THE HISTORIAN'S LINCOLN : PSEUDOHISTORY, PSYCHOHISTORY, AND HISTORY
GABOR S., ED. BORITT
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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The Historians Lincoln: Pseudohistory, Psychohistory, and History
Norman O Forness
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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ASIN: B000OQ6QXU

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Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only twentieth-century president consistently ranked by historians with the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln. His leadership in the dark hours of the Depression and the Second World War has endowed him in the eyes of many with an aura of greatness, and his presidency has been the explicit or implicit model for all of his successors, from Truman to Clinton. In this concise biography, Patrick J. Maney provides an original and insightful reexamination of Roosevelt's life and legacy, carefully sifting fact from myth and showing how the Roosevelt legend--for good and for ill--has shaped the modern presidency.

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Apologist History.......2004-02-15

In The Roosevelt Presence, Maney does his best to justify and explain away issues relative to the New Deal, the Roosevelt administration, and various methods the Roosevelt administration created or implemented to solve various crises, chief among them economic difficulties in the `30s and war issues in the `40s. Maney clearly exposes his liberal, left-leaning stance by being critical of Roosevelt in certain areas but being supportive in other areas. As a historian, Maney should have presented the facts and let the reader decide. If Maney wanted to voice his opinion or other relevant personal position information, he should have included that in an introduction or in the endnotes. The fact that the University of California press published this book also speaks to the left-leaning position.

Disappointing, at times bizarre!.......2003-05-19

Other reviewers have accurately noted that Maney both praises and criticizes Roosevelt. I based my purchase on this expectation of a balanced portrait. What they didn't note is that both the criticism and the praise are done from an extreme left perspective.

Unlike most books written about FDR from the left, Maney does address some of the low points in Roosevelt's presidency. However, when doing so he at times goes into bizarre explanations/justifications which left me scratching my head. For example:

1) Roosevelt's plunging the recovering economy back into depression in 1937 by deliberately shrinking the money supply and reducing government spending. Explanation: He only meant to slow down the growth of the economy, he couldn't have expected this to slow down the economy.
2) Roosevelt's decision to imprison Japanese Americans in WWII against the advice of J. Edgar Hoover (no softie on security!). Explanation: It wasn't his fault, he was given bad advice by the people he appointed.
3) Roosevelt's postwar plan to create a soviet style economic model in the US where the government could dictate which job any person had ("labor draft"), and guaranteed food, shelter, clothing, and recreation to all in return. Explanation: The fact that he didn't advocate the abolition of corporations and the total redistribution of all wealth shows that Roosevelt was becoming a moderate.

I wouldn't have believed these examples (and others), had I not read the book! The other thing that surprised me were some of the horrifying things Roosevelt did which clearly didn't bother the author at all. For example, neither Roosevelt's attempt to "purge" the Democratic party of those he deemed not ideologically pure, nor his breaking the back of the supreme court in the infamous "court packing" case troubled the author.

With all this said, the worst part of the book by far was the concluding chapter "Reputation and Legacies". This last rambling chapter bemoans the fact that President Carter could not have predicted from FDR's experience that restricting the national oil supply would create a recession. He drones on for several pages on this theme of how FDR let the world down by not having the foresight to give advice to future Democratic presidents. The final paragraph concludes with "There is much to admire about Roosevelt... yet as the experience of his successors helped confirm, his greatness was much too deeply rooted in the circumstances of his own times... Among presidents, alas, [FDR] was not a man for all seasons." While I'm not opposed to criticizing Roosevelt, this is as unfair as it is disappointing. How can we blame FDR for addressing the key issues during his presidency? At the same time, important topics like the legacy of Social Security, FDR's decision to give Stalin N. Korea, the complicity of members from the Roosevelt administration in bringing Mao to power in China (to name a few) are left undiscussed.

an excellent and perceptive book.......2001-08-31

Despite its lack of heft, Patrick Maney has produced a wonderfully balanced and nuanced portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Indeed, Maney's book may be the finest jumping off point for those looking to get acquainted with FDR in full bloom, and not just with the nostalgic, sometimes mawkish, remembrances of politicians.

When it comes to FDR, far too many readers, including a number of other reviewers here, only want to hear about positive aspects: the New Deal, winning World War II, etc. As a professional historian, Maney is not in the business of producing such hagiographies. As such, what we have here is the cool judgment and dispassionate analysis of a writer who is constructing a narrative of the historical record; not someone who is cheerleading for a particular political persuasion. Those who want a softer and friendlier treatment of Roosevelt should look elsewhere.

In addition to Roosevelt's many triumphs, Maney provides great detail about some of FDR's more negative aspects, such the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, or his near pathological secrecy that kept him from grooming a successor. Maney also lays bare Roosevelt's personal peccadilloes, such as his long-term affair with Lucy Mercer.

In the end, Maney has done a fine job of presenting Roosevelt, and he should be commended.

Ya'll need to step off.......2001-05-14

All ya'll been about misreviewing this book, but it was tight, yo! My man Maney gets scientific in his approach of talking about a cat nobody can touch, and he has the cojones to take a stand, and tell that s--t real. And none of you ever been to the Depression, so don't be even trying to talk about how he was wrong about it. Give Maney props, he gives an even-handed book telling of the many things, good and bad, or Franklin Roosevelt, our former president.

A confused and error-laden examination.......2001-03-26

If you are seeking a hatchet job on the greatest President of the 20th century, this is your cup of tea. Maney attempts to paint FDR with a black brush, but makes so many factual mistakes in his narrative, that his attempt is weak and ultimately pathetic. His gross lack of understanding about the causes of the Depression and the impending European crisis are almost laughable.

FDR made mistakes in judgment (attempting to pack the Supreme Court), but he was the quintessential and perfect leader for this country in the midst of its greatest crisis of the past 100 years. Imagine Tom Dewey or Wilkie leading this nation against the Axis powers. Contemplate that one... if you dare!

There are many outstanding examinations of Franklin Roosevelt and this is certainly not one of them. It's a polemic and poorly written attempt to diminish FDR's influence and greatness. It fails on all levels. The only people who would embrace this treatment would be the die-hard Roosevelt haters.

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The Roosevelt presence the Life and legacy of FDR
Patrick J. Maney
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Roosevelt Presence: The Life and Legacy of FDR.

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Roosevelt Presence: The Life and Legacy of FDR.
Patrick J. Maney
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With his usual intelligence and emotional honesty, former football star Tim Green (now a novelist and commentator on National Public Radio) tackles the subject of his search for his biological mother in A Man and His Mother. His account of their first meeting is deeply moving; a subsequent encounter with his natural father is described with respect for the older man's feelings. Most affecting of all is the loving portrait of Green's adoptive mother and father ("the only parents I ever had"), which reminds us that being a parent involves much more than genes.

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For years, Tim Green seemed to be living the American dream. A handsome, intelligent honor student, he was also a strapping 6'2, 250-pound All-American defensive end at Syracuse University, where he led the historically successful football program back to national prominence. On the strength of his stellar college football years, Tim became a coveted first-round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons, going on to a sensational career in the NFL.

But appearances can be deceiving. There was a void that numerous academic accolades and the adoration of cheering fans could not fill. Though he was raised in a loving and supportive family, Tim, an adopted child, had always longed to find his biological mother. But it was not until the mother of an ex-girlfriend confessed to him that she had given up a son a son who would have been about Tim's age that the full weight of what it meant to be adopted came down on him. Tim acutely felt the need to locate his biological mother, to let her know that he was all right, that he was successful and happy. Empathizing with the feelings of loss and regret that a mother who had given up a child must feel, he sought not only to find answers to his own questions but to answer those of his biological mother a woman who somewhere, sometimes, must have thought of the son she could not keep. Bolstered by the love and support of his adoptive parents, Tim embarked on an odyssey to discover the woman who had given him his life and then left him before she could become a part of it.

A Man and His Mother is the extraordinary story of one man's courageous search for the mother he never knew. Expertly written and filled with brilliant insights and heart-wrenching remembrances, as well as gentle humor, it is more than just a compelling look at what it means to be adopted. From Tim's life as a gangly youngster to competing in the grueling National Football League to having children of his own, this is an impassioned exploration of the special relationship between and a man and his mother, and how deeply this relationship affects everything we do in our lives.

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Helps Readers See a Male Adoptee's Perspective.......2006-07-07

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and believe it provides a rare and intimate look into the heart of a male adoptee. Not much is written for male adoptees, or those who love them. Therefore, I applaud Tim's courage and admire his journey. It would be a great resource for an all-adoptee male support group!

A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search.......2006-06-06

Tim Green is a wonderful writer who details, with earnest passion, the search for his birth mother. This book is a must read for all birth mothers and all adopted children.

Thanks to Mr. Green people may obtain a better understanding.......2005-09-17

It's a tragedy that when an adopted person speaks, so many people insist he is wrong - even when he is recounting his own experiences.

Thanks to Mr. Green people may now obtain a better understanding of what it is like for a human being to be separated from mother in infancy and grow up in an environment devoid of any true family members. This is very timely information with all the infertility businesses pushing sperm "donation", embryo donation, egg "donation" and surrogacy. And sadly, there is a continued push to get newborn babies for adoption customers, babies from naive and pressured parents and families that have never been proven to be unfit in any way.

So off!!!! Real parents? GET REAL!.......2005-05-21

Real parents? A parent is the person who raises you and influences the person you are today. You are not a Real parent b/c you conceived the child...that person has significant value as a birth parent. I was adopted and have also adopted children and the real parent is the one who has been there, invested...

Partially Truthful.......2005-03-07

When is someone going to say, "The folks who raised me are wonderful, but they are not my real parents." What a shame--even Tim is caught up in the lies. Everyone has only two real parents. To lose them, especially so soon after birth, is devastating. Ask any mother who has list her child.

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