Corporate Financial Reporting: Theory and Practice
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    Corporate Financial Reporting: Theory and Practice
    Andrew W Higson
    Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd
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    ASIN: 0761971416

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    `This is a book which should be read by all students, whether undergraduate and postgraduate. It also provides a succinct guide for the manager who wishes to come to grips with this topic, or the accountant nostalgic to recollect the non too praiseworthy and indecisive history of this topic' - Managerial Auditing Journal

    Corporate Financial Reporting critically examines contemporary corporate financial reporting. The complexity of the reporting process and the myriad of issues facing the directors, accountants and auditors can only be successfully understood from a firm conceptual base. Recent financial scandals clearly highlight the interrelationships between all the themes explored in this book, from financial reporting to auditing, from management's motivations to fraud.

    Special features of this book include:

    - A critical examination of accounting 'theory'

    - Senior practitioners' insights on 'a true and fair view'

    - An exploration of 'the financial reporting expectations gap'

    - A discussion of the nature of 'corporate performance'

    - An examination of corporate fraud

    - An examination of the implications of 'real-time' reporting by companies

    - Discussion questions at the end of each chapter

    The book will be relevant to advanced undergraduate as well as postgraduate and MBA students.

    The Everything Resume Book: Great Resumes for Every Situation (Everything Series)
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      The Everything Resume Book: Great Resumes for Every Situation (Everything Series)
      Burton Jay Nadler
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      ASIN: 1580628079

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      In today's competitive job market, the resume has become more important than ever. With hundreds of applicants jockeying for the same position, your resume must stand out from the crowd in order for you to get your foot in the door.

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      The Principle of Proportionality in the Laws of Europe
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        The Principle of Proportionality in the Laws of Europe

        Manufacturer: Hart Publishing
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        ASIN: 1841130079

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        This book of essays examines the meaning of proportionality in a number of different contexts, including those of EC law, the domestic law of the Member States of the EU and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights.

        Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation
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          Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation
          Felix A. Aharonian
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          Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation
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            Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation
            F A Aharonian
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            Problems of Nonstoichiometry
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              J. S. Anderson
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              Problems of nonstoichiometry
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                Problems of Nonstoichiometry.
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                  A. (ed) Rabenau
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                    Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
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                      Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
                      Donald R. Prothero
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                      ASIN: 0691025428

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                      The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epochs was the most significant event in earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs. As the first Antarctic ice sheets appeared, major extinctions and faunal turnovers took place on the land and in the sea, eliminating forms adapted to a tropical world and replacing them with the ancestors of most of our modern animal and plant life. Through a detailed study of climatic conditions and of organisms buried in Eocene-Oligocene sediments, this volume shows that the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate. In this book forty-eight leading scientists examine the full range of Eocene and Oligocene phenomena. Their articles cover nearly every major group of organisms in the ocean and on land and include evidence from paleontology, stable isotopes, sedimentology, seismology, and computer climatic modeling. The volume concludes with an update of the geochronologic framework of the late Paleogene.
                      Eocene-Oligocene Climatic & Biotic Evolution (Princeton Series in Geologyand Paleontology Ser.)
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                        Donald R.; Berggren, William A. Prothero
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                        EOCENE-OLIGOCENE CLIMATIC AND BIOTIC EVOLUTION
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                          Diffusion in Solid Metals and Alloys / Diffusion in festen Metallen und Legierungen (Landolt-Bornstein Numerical Data & Functional Relationships in Science ... - Group III: Crystal & Solid State Physics)
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                            H. Bakker , H.P. Bonzel , C.M. Bruff , M.A. Dayananda , W. Gust , J. Horvath , I. Kaur , G.V. Kidson , A.D. LeClaire , H. Mehrer , Gaeme E. Murch , G. Neumann , N. Stolica , and N.A. Stolwijk
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                            ASIN: 3540508864

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                            The interest in diffusion in solids is as old as physical metallurgy or materials science. It stems from application-oriented as well as from scientific reasons. First, a knowledge of diffusion is basic to an understanding of many microstructural changes that occur in solid matter at elevated temperatures. For processes like phase transformations, precipitation or dissolution of a second phase, recrystallization, oxidation, creep, annealing etc., solid state diffusion is fundamental and ubiquitous. The second reason for studying diffusion is to learn more about how atoms move in solid matter. Volume III/26 presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of diffusion data for solid metals and alloys. The critical compilation of data has resulted in tables and series of diagrams which show in 13 chapters data for the following properties: Self- and impurity-diffusion in metallic elements, self-diffusion in homogeneous binary alloys, chemical diffusion in binary and ternary alloys, diffusion in amorphous alloys, diffusion of interstitial foreign atoms like hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen in metallic elements, mass and pressure dependence of diffusion, diffusion along dislocations, grain and interphase boundary diffusion, and diffusion on surfaces.
                            Electronic Structure of Solids: Photoemission Spectra and Related Data (Landolt-Bornstein, Group III : Solid State Physics : Supplement to Vol B Vol)
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                              Electronic Structure of Solids: Photoemission Spectra and Related Data (Landolt-Bornstein, Group III : Solid State Physics : Supplement to Vol B Vol)
                              T. Ishii , R. Manzke , J. Naegele , and M. Skibowski
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                              ASIN: 3540537058

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                              The collection of tables and diagrams given in this volume is a contribution to a larger programme aiming at a critical, and as comprehensive as possible, tabulation of electronic structure information obtained by electron and photon spectroscopy. No such collection of photoelectron spectra and related data exists at present, and the editors hope to fill a need of both experimentalists and theoreticians in various fields of solid state research. Besides the photoelectron results, also a limited set of other data (like lattice constants and work functions) useful in the context of band structure information are offered.
                              Interaction of Charged Particles and Atoms with Surfaces (Landolt-Bornstein, Group III : Solid State Physics, Vol 24)
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                                Interaction of Charged Particles and Atoms with Surfaces (Landolt-Bornstein, Group III : Solid State Physics, Vol 24)

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                                ASIN: 3540560718

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                                Surface physics has experienced in the last decades an explosive expansion caused by the development and/or substantial improvement of surface sensitive techniques and UHV apparatuses. It has grown into a mature field of research, with data of the highest accuracy and reproducibility. Surface physics is of great importance for technological applications like field effect devices, molecular beam epitaxy, chemisorption and catalysis, corrosion, surface hardening etc. The present volume III/24 is restricted to the so-called "clean" surfaces, i.e. to surfaces atomically clean and well characterized, leaving the more complex field of the contaminated surfaces and overlayers to a later occasion.
                                Landolt-Bornstein Group III: Condensed Matter (Volume 17,Subvolume F Semiconductors : Physics of Non-Tetrahedrally Bonded Binary Compounds II)
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                                  Landolt-Bornstein Group III: Condensed Matter (Volume 17,Subvolume F Semiconductors : Physics of Non-Tetrahedrally Bonded Binary Compounds II)
                                  Otfried Madelung , M. Schulz , and H. Weiss
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                                  Landolt-Bornstein: Group III: Crystal and Solid State Physics (Numerical Data & Functional Relationships in Science & Technology: New Series)
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                                    Landolt-Bornstein: Group III: Crystal and Solid State Physics (Numerical Data & Functional Relationships in Science & Technology: New Series)
                                    J.J.M. Franse , R. Gersdorf , W. Suski , and R. Troc
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                                    ASIN: 3540521275

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                                    Volume 19 of Group III (Crystal and Solid State Physics) deals with the magnetic properties of metals, alloys and metallic compounds. The amount of information available in this field is so substantial that volume III/19 had to be split into several subvolumes. Subvolumes III/19a through III/19f treat the intrinsic magnetic properties, i.e. those properties which depend only on the chemical composition and the crystal structure. So far, subvolumes III/19a, III/19b, III/19c, III/19d2, III/19e1, and III/19e2 have appeared; III/19d1 will follow shortly. Subvolume III/19f covers the magnetic properties of actinide elements and their compounds. The present part 1 is concerned with the actinide elements and their compounds with 3d, 4d and 5d-elements. Part 2 (compounds with main group elements), which is due in the near future, also contains a comprehensive index of substances for volumes III/19a ... III/19f. Data on the properties that depend on the preparation of the samples measured, as for instance, thin films, amorphous alloys or the magnetic alloys used in technical applications, are compiled in the last subvolumes of III/19, viz. III/19g, III/19h and III/19i, of which III/19g and III/19h have already been published.
                                    Magnetic Properties of Non-Metallic Inorganic Compounds Based on Transition Elements Subvolume J2: Halides (Landolt-Bornstein, Vol 27, Group III : S)
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                                      Magnetic Properties of Non-Metallic Inorganic Compounds Based on Transition Elements Subvolume J2: Halides (Landolt-Bornstein, Vol 27, Group III : S)

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                                      ASIN: 3540566554

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                                      Volume III/27 covers the magnetic properties of non-metallic inorganic compounds based on transition elements. It can therefore be considered as a supplement to volumes III/4 (1970) and III/12 (1978-82) and as a counterpart to volume III/19, in which the magnetic properties of metals, alloys and metallic compounds are compiled. III/27j deals with halides. The present subvolume III/27j2 covers the halides composed out of three types of elements, A, M, and X, where generally A represents an alkali element, M a 3d element and X a halogen element.
                                      Landolt-Bornstein Group III: Crystal and Solid State Physics, Volume 28: Ferroelectrics and Related Substances: Subvolume B: Non-oxides (Numerical Data ... Relationships in Science and Technology)
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                                        Landolt-Bornstein Group III: Crystal and Solid State Physics, Volume 28: Ferroelectrics and Related Substances: Subvolume B: Non-oxides (Numerical Data ... Relationships in Science and Technology)
                                        T. Mitsui , and E. Nakamura
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                                        Blind Men and Elephants: Perspectives on Humor (Classics in Communication and Mass Culture)
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                                          Arthur Berger
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                                          The Art of Warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages from the Eighth Century (Warfare in History)
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                                          The Art of Warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages from the Eighth Century (Warfare in History)
                                          J.F. Verbruggen
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                                          ASIN: 0851155707

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                                          For medieval strategy and tactics there is nothing better than this book. MILITARY HISTORY (US) La traduction integrale en anglais...est la consecration internationale, bien tardive, d'un grand classique du genre. MOYEN AGE Warfare is a major feature of the history of the middle ages, but its study has often been the province of amateurs; only recently have the technical details of warfare and its organisation been subject to proper scholarly investigation. Professor Verbruggen's major work, outstanding in its field, applies rigorous standards in analysing often very obscure surviving evidence, and reaches conclusions very different from earlier generations of military historians. He begins by analysing the sources for our knowledge of the military history of the period, assessing their reliability: some chroniclers exaggerate, others are careful observers or have access to official records. There follows an examination of the constituent parts of the medieval army, knights and footsoldiers, equipment and terms of service, behaviour on the field, and psychology, before the problematic question of medieval tactics is addressed through analysis of accounts of a series of major battles. Strategy is discussed in the context of these battles: whether to seek battle, fight a defensive war, or attempt a war of conquest.Originally published in Dutch in 1954, now translated and updated.J.F. VERBRUGGENis a distinguished Belgian military historian of wide experience. Prisoner of war, student, and a member of the resistance movement during the second world war, he subsequently obtained his Ph.D., with greatest distinction, for research into warfare in the middle ages, and remained in the army as a lecturer at the Royal Military School in Brussels until in 1956 he went to the Belgian Congo. He spent twenty years teaching in Africa, retiring as Professor of History, University of Congo, and University of Bujumbura (Burundi) in 1976.

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                                          5 out of 5 stars Leaves no subject untouched !.......2004-07-31

                                          This book covers such a wide period of time and stretches across a great area of land and battlefields, that I was doubtful that a complete understanding of the period could emerge from this single work. I was very wrong. Although a bit hard to read at some points the writing is relevant, conclusive and leaves no "open-ended" ideas.
                                          One thing missing though is a map of Europe with the place names of that time. besides this, a great work on medieval warfare. If you only plan to read a single book on the subject, this is the one !

                                          3 out of 5 stars Lots of Information, Tough Read.......2004-06-29

                                          This book is a thorough study of the warfare of this age. It includes good information on the psychological state of the combatants and the development of different tactics throughout the time period. Much effort is spent dissecting the different uses of knights and foot troops with descriptions of battles as support. I read a lot of military history, but this book is a tough read. It is more like a reference work than anything else and the organzition within the chapters could be better. I recommend this only to the most ardent history buffs.

                                          5 out of 5 stars Best book on subject I've read.......2002-01-10

                                          Granted, the scope of this work doesn't allow for much detail, but Verbruggen's explaination of events that revolutionized warfare are thorough and well-reasoned. Also, Verbruggen debunks the myth that warfare in this period was near total anarchy with little rhyme or reason. Make time for this one!

                                          5 out of 5 stars Superb book.......1998-03-17

                                          This second edition of Verbruggen, with the footnotes restored, is the best single book on medieval warfare.
                                          Art of Warfare In Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340
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                                            Art of Warfare In Western Europe During the Middle Ages: From the Eighth Century to 1340
                                            J.F. Verbruggen
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                                            The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization, Volume II: The Modern World Through the Twentieth Century (Human Perspective)
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                                              Lynn H. Nelson , and Steven K. Drummond
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                                              Bin Laden Behind The Mask of the Terrorist
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                                              1. Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America

                                              ASIN: 184018597X
                                              Release Date: 2001-11-12

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                                              Osama bin Laden pretends to be a selfless freedom fighter seeking to rid the Islamic world of Western dominance+and the de facto leader of the Muslim faithful. This biography tells the story of a different man, one whose troubled childhood and adolescent excesses in sex, money, and alcohol, fractures his assumed moral superiority, and renders him more human than icon. Based on information provided by the bin Laden family, extensive independent research, and an insider+s view developed during his current and longtime residence in the Middle East, the author brings a thorough knowledge of the region+s politics and society to the story, and underscores the contradictions that make up the real Osama bin Laden.

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                                              Osama bin Laden has presented himself to the world as a zealous freedom fighter and a deeply pious man, a de facto paragon for Muslims everywhere. Telling a far different story, this authoritative new biography lifts bin Laden?s mask of moral purity as it recounts his transformation from dissolute rich kid into terrorist mastermind and delineates his long campaign to bring jihad to the United States.

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                                              5 out of 5 stars Review.......2006-04-18

                                              This book chronicles the son of a great Saudi-Arabian self made millionaire who uses his connections in the Arab world, as well as around the globe, to establish the most feared terror organization in the history of mankind. This book looks at the person Osama Bin Laden and not just the image that is portrayed of him. From his early years, through the beginnings of his Islamic fundamentalist beginnings, through his current state of refugee, Adam Robinson looks at the life struggles of Osama, the current struggles of Islam, as well as the all the related historical and current events relating to Bin Laden.
                                              Although he is in no way sympathetic to Osama Bin Laden, Adam Robinson does exactly what he intended to do in this book, he shows the reader the man behind the mask. While providing a great deal factual information concerning the early stages of the Saudi state, and chronicling the past eighty years of Middle East history, Adam Robinson is able to show the reader how this man behind the mask fits in to, and has effected the course of world history. When finished with the book the reader is left with knowledge of a person and his surroundings, not just the image that is portrayed of Osama and the Arab world by the media.
                                              The concepts and the amount of information is undergraduate level or above. Some basic knowledge of Middle Eastern history and geography is necessary to fully absorb the book's contents however.

                                              3 out of 5 stars Too much sensationalism.......2006-02-20

                                              Although this is the first book devoted to bin Laden's life I have read, I can't believe that there are not better out there bidding for our attention.

                                              Robinson seems to have in his mind that we need to see the master terrorist through his prism, so he overlays useful facts and chronologies of periods of bin Laden's life with his own sensationalism and interpretation, including claims of homoeroticism in the al-Qaeda leader's relationship with two of his male counterparts.

                                              A severe drawback of this book is also a complete lack of sources, either published or named people.

                                              When he does manage to stay away from innuendo and assumption, Robinson's book does have quite a bit to offer. For me, however, these times do not come often enough.

                                              1 out of 5 stars "The Man, The Myth, The Devil !".......2002-11-22

                                              I cannot believe some of these journalist! Using monsters like Bin Laden to claim their fifteen minutes of fame! As well, I cannot not believe there are...like us out there buying trash like this to help them achieve it! What a sad lot of humans we have all become!

                                              5 out of 5 stars A lively, intriguing coverage.......2002-09-07

                                              Osma Bin Laden presented himself as a freedom fighter taking on the giant power of the U.S., and representing the causes of Muslims everywhere; but this new biography of Osma Bin Laden charts his infamous progress from a rich kid into a terrorist determined to bring jihad to the U.S. Members of his family contributed information and rounded out Robinson's independent research, resulting an a biography which examines the making of the man and his network. A lively, intriguing coverage.

                                              5 out of 5 stars Gives you a complete portrait of the terrorist mastermind..........2002-06-09

                                              This biography of Bin Laden gives more detail into his life than any other book that I have read on the subject. Particular attention is given to Osama's childhood and upbringing and how these years may have led him to become the terrorist mastermind that he his today.

                                              Hopefully, this book will not be the final word on this evil man. If we are lucky, a revised edition will one day have to be issued to include chapters on his capture and prosecution, but, until that time, this book gives the most complete portrait of Osama Bin Laden.

                                              Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life In and Out of Major League Baseball
                                              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                                              • Billy Bean
                                              • Thanks, Billy, For Speaking Out! Thanks For Your Courage and Honesty! You've Made More Friends Than You'll Ever Know!
                                              • Fascinating glimpse into the closeted world of major league baseball
                                              • Show's yet another reason for needing gay marriage
                                              • A solid base hit!
                                              Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life In and Out of Major League Baseball
                                              Billy Bean , and Chris Bull
                                              Manufacturer: Marlowe & Company
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                                              Binding: Paperback

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                                              Last spring Billy Bean, the only living openly gay former major leaguer, gained national attention with his breakthrough memoir, Going the Other Way—an unprecedented chronicle of America’s national pastime that went on to sell more than 25,000 copies. Bean brings us inside the clubhouse and onto the playing field, offering dead-on insight into the game and the physical and emotional demands it makes on players. Bean faced an agonizing choice, in secrecy and solitude, between continuing to play the game he loved and the honesty of a loving relationship. By turns heartbreaking and farcical, ruminative and uncensored, the book culminates in a respectful, deeply felt appeal to Major League Baseball and other professional team sports to live up to their promise of equality and opportunity. A testament to the power of the single voice, Going the Other Way is an exemplary American tale that points the way toward a more perfect game, one in which all men and women can pursue their athletic dreams free of prejudice and discrimination. An eight-page photo insert is featured in this New York Times bestseller.

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                                              5 out of 5 stars Billy Bean.......2007-04-01

                                              Great story by a guy that wasted a lot of years not being himself to balance his high profile job. he went through lots of the same tribulation I did.

                                              5 out of 5 stars Thanks, Billy, For Speaking Out! Thanks For Your Courage and Honesty! You've Made More Friends Than You'll Ever Know!.......2007-01-11

                                              Billy Bean hit indeed pitched a shut-out and hit a grand slammer with his autobiography.

                                              Thanks Billy, for speaking out about a universal truth that society dare not speak out about. Traditionally men (all men) have paid a severe price for daring to reveal their affectional feelings for one another, which I believe to be an underlying cause of a great deal of violence and human misery.

                                              I am sure you already had a lot of friends, prior to writing the book. By writing the book you proved to be a true friend of mine, as well as of ALL other men.

                                              Best Wishes.

                                              4 out of 5 stars Fascinating glimpse into the closeted world of major league baseball.......2006-11-10

                                              This is a heartfelt story that has not been told before -- a glimpse inside the world of major league baseball from the perspective of a perceptive and sensitive gay man. Billy writes with real passion about the sport he loves, the incredible pressure to excel, and the high personal price a gay man pays for remaining in the closet. He has a lot to say about the culture of professional sports, how players relate to each other both on and off the field, and what it takes to excel in a very demanding job. And for those who are not baseball fans, a useful glossary of baseball terms and slang is included at the back of the book.

                                              5 out of 5 stars Show's yet another reason for needing gay marriage.......2006-08-21

                                              GREAT story. I am not a sports fan, but couldn't put the book down once I started to read it.

                                              I think Billy helps to prove that the stereotype that gay men are vain is wrong. Here is a man that could have any gay guy he wants and is more interested in love.

                                              Having to miss his partner's funeral almost brought tears to my eyes. This story right there provides yet another reason as to why we need gya marriage in the US>

                                              4 out of 5 stars A solid base hit!.......2006-02-04

                                              Billy Bean played for 3 major league baseball teams (the Dodgers, Tigers and Padres). He was never a star in the majors, but he had a decent career. Would Bean have a story to tell if he was not gay? Maybe, because it seems everyone writes an autobiography these days. This isn't just the story of a gay man. This is the story of a man struggling to discover who he really is.
                                              Bean discusses his childhood, his high school playing days and his years in the minor leagues. While he progressed through life, he always seemed to feel as if something was missing or not quite right. Still he got married and thought he was living the 'right' life.
                                              Eventually and painfully, Bean realized what he was and decided to act upon it, even though he was not ready to go public with everything. Tragically and much too quickly, his first meaningful gay relationship ended with his partner's death due to AIDS.
                                              Bean's story of coping with this loss, while coming to terms with his sexuality is an engrossing story. You can feel Bean's pain. Gay or not, we all go through our own identity struggles. I guess that is one thing that makes Bean's book good. We can all relate to his struggles. Yet, on the other hand, I have no idea what he must have endured, but Bean paints a vivid and often painful picture of his journey. This makes the book a good read for all people.
                                              I won't totally kill the ending, but I will say that it is uplifting and positive.

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