The History of the German Public Accounting Profession (Routledge New Works in Accounting History)

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Goals provide a sense of purpose as well as a reason to strive for meaningful results. This book helps you define goals and set measurable objectives to achieve them, whether the goal is one you have set for yourself or one that is assigned to you. Discover how to handle obstacles that may stand in your way and how visualizing your goals can turn your mind into your biggest motivational tool.

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Gives an introduction to goal setting for employees.......1998-10-18

This book gives an introduction to goal setting for employees who wish to improve their effectiveness and efficiency.

From Pawnee Bill to the moon by way of Halleys comet: About people who settled the West
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From Pawnee Bill to the moon by way of Halleys comet: About people who settled the West
Russell Sage Carter
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Halley's Comet in History
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Halley's Comet in History

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Halley's Comet, 1910: Fire in the Sky
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Jerred Metz
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Historic stars & comets;: An outline in pictures of the story of the heavens from the earliest records to the predicted return of Halley's comet
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Historic stars & comets;: An outline in pictures of the story of the heavens from the earliest records to the predicted return of Halley's comet
Beatrice Fox Griffith
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Comet Fever a Popular History of Halley's Comet PLUS the Latest Scientific Findings and the History of Comet Science
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Gropman Donald
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Comet lore: Halley's comet in history and astronomy
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Edwin Emerson
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Halley's comet ; its past history and 1910 return: A short bibliography with notes (Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington, 1907. 25 cm)
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Halley's comet ; its past history and 1910 return: A short bibliography with notes (Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington, 1907. 25 cm)
Eugene Fairfield McPike
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A history of Halley's comet,: With an account of its return in 1835, and a chart showing its situation in the heavens
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G. de Pontécoulant
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
William I McLaughlin
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Adventures with Atoms and Molecules book 1

Adventures with Atome & Molecules

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Adventures With Atoms and Molecules: Chemistry Experiments for Young People (Adventures With Science , No 1)
Robert C. Mebane , and Thomas R. Rybolt
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Adventures with Atoms and Molecules book 1.......2007-09-26

We are loving this book it has easy to do experiments that are fun yet simple enough to do without a lot of planning time. I would definetly recommend this book to others who are seeking a first glimpse into chemistry with young kids. I am currently using this book with my 5yr., 6 yr. and 8 yr. olds and they all are excited to do more experiments.

Adventures with Atome & Molecules.......2007-03-14

This book is amazing and so easy to use. The items needed for the experiments are common to every household. I learned more teaching my students form this book than I did on high school chemistry. I highly recommend it!

Great, Great, Great!.......2002-04-23

This book is a great science book! It has some experiments that lots of kids will like! I rate this book four stars only because the pictures in the book aren't really good.

science experiments for kids.......2001-01-20

An outstanding collection of simple experiments for children of all ages. Can be used from elementary school on up using simple materials available at home to illustrate chemistry basics.

science experiments for kids.......2001-01-20

An outstanding collection of simple experiments for children of all ages. Can be used from elementary school on up using simple materials available at home to illustrate chemistry basics.

Adventures With Atoms and Molecules: Chemistry Experiments for Young People, Book IV (Adventures With Science.)

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Adventures With Atoms and Molecules: Chemistry Experiments for Young People, Book IV (Adventures With Science.)
Robert C. Mebane , and Thomas R. Rybolt
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Adventures With Atoms and Molecules Chemistry Experiments for Young People

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Computational and Evolutionary Analysis of HIV Molecular Sequences is for all researchers interested in HIV research, even those who only have a nodding acquaintance with computational biology (or those who are familiar with some, but not all, aspects of the field). HIV research is unusual in that it brings together scientists from a wide range of disciplines: clinicians, pathologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, virologists, computational biologists, structural biologists, evolutionary biologists, statisticians and mathematicians. This book seeks to bridge the gap between these groups, in both subject matter and terminology. Focused largely on HIV genetic variation, Computational and Evolutionary Analysis of HIV Molecular Sequences covers such issues as sampling and processing sequences, population genetics, phylogenetics and drug targets.

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Evolutionary Biology of Viruses

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This volume provides researchers with a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolutionary biology of viruses--a subject of crucial importance to scientists investigating emerging viruses, viral transmission, and geographic variations in viral epidemics. The book defines key concepts concerning the origins and relatedness of viruses, the processes producing genetic variation among viruses, and the role of virus-host interactions and natural selection in governing viral evolution. Special emphasis is on the relationship between genetic variation and natural selection and on the evolutionary constraints imposed by the interaction of the virus with its host.

Cheating viruses and game theory: the theory of games can explain how viruses evolve when they compete against one another in a test of evolutionary fitness. : An article from: American Scientist

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Cheating viruses and game theory: the theory of games can explain how viruses evolve when they compete against one another in a test of evolutionary fitness. : An article from: American Scientist

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Comparative Analysis of Amino-Acid Sequences of Key Enzymes of Replication and Expression of Positive-strand RNA Viruses: Validity of Approach and Functional and Evolutionary Implications (Soviet Scientific Reviews Series, Section D)

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Comparative Analysis of Amino-Acid Sequences of Key Enzymes of Replication and Expression of Positive-strand RNA Viruses: Validity of Approach and Functional and Evolutionary Implications (Soviet Scientific Reviews Series, Section D)
A. Gorbalenya , and E. Koonin
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The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity was hailed as a major scientific breakthrough, inducing an unprecedented wave of excitement and expectation among the scientific community and in the international press. This book sets this research breakthrough in context, and reconstructs the history of the discovery. The authors analyze the emergence of this new research field and the way its development was shaped by scientists and science policy makers. They also examine the various institutional and national settings in which the research was undertaken as well as considering the scientific backgrounds and motivations of researchers who entered the field following the original discovery.

I CHOSE FREEDOM; The Personal and Political Life of a Soviet Official
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I CHOSE FREEDOM; The Personal and Political Life of a Soviet Official
VICTOR KRAVCHENKO
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I Chose Freedom - The Personal And Political Life Of A Soviet Official
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To ever know Lenin and Stalin's USSR, this is must read.

Great book, must read to understand the era and communism

Phenomenal

An Absolute for Politican Science Students!

Best internal view of communist horrors on its own people

I Chose Freedom - The Personal And Political Life Of A Soviet Official
Victor Kravchenko
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I CHOSE FREEDOM The Personal and Political Life of a Soviet Official by VICTOR KRAVCHENKO Jfevr Yorfc CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS 1048 , 1946, mr VICTOR jPrfaxted IA tfe United States of tJkr fMi jinPn CJUrlc CONTENTS PACK I. Flight in the Night I II. A Russian Childhood 6 III. Glory and Hunger 19 IV. Youth in the Red 34 V. Break with the Past 50 VI. A Student in Kharkov 59 VII. Triumph of the Machine 74 VIII. Horror in the Village 91 IX. Harvest in Hell IIO X. My First Purge 132 XI. Elienas Secret 148 XII. Engineer at Nikopol 167 XIII. Faster, Faster 187 XIV. Super-Purge 206 XV. My Ordeal Begins 221 xvi. AScan f OT jftllPER YJUN 1949 33 8 XVII. Torture After Midnight 256 XVIII. Labor Free and Slave 278 ft XIX. While History Is Edited 298 MOB XX SStertotfaftoaV. 316 XXI W Europe Fights 332 . XXII. The Unexpected War 352 XXIIL Panic in Moscow 372 XXIV. The Kremlin in Wartime 393 XXV. The Two Truths 412 XXVL Prelude to America 436 XXV1L Stalins Subjects Abroad 455 XXVIIL Fugitive from Injustice 473 Postscript 480 Index 483 I CHOSE FREEDOM CHAPTER t PL1GBT IN THE NIGHT EVKBY MINUTE of the taxi ride between my rented roam and Union Station that Saturday night seemed loaded with danger and witbf destiny. The very streets and darkened buildings seemed frowning and hostile. In my seven months in the capital I had traveled that route dozens of times, light-heartedly, scarcely noticing my surroundings. But this time everything was different tkh time I was running away. The American family with whom I lived in Washington had been friendly and generous to the stranger under their roof. When I fell ill they had watched over me with an easy unaffected solicitude. What had begun as a mere financial arrangement had grown into a warm human relationship to which the barrier of language added a fillip of excitement. 1 sensed that in being kind to one homesick Russian these good Americans were ex pressing their gratitude to all Russians to the brave allies who were then rolling back the tide of German conquest on a thousand-mile front. They gave me full personal credit for every Soviet victory. My rent was mid for a week ahead. Yet I left the house that night without a word of final farewell. I merely said that if my trip should keep me out of town beyond Tuesday, they had my permission to let the room. I wanted my hosts to be honestly ignorant of my whereabouts and of my intention not to return, should there be any inquiries from the Soviet Pur chasing Commission. For several days, at the Commission offices, I had simulated headaches and general indisposition. Casually 1 had remarked that morning to a few colleagues that I had better remain home for a rest that I might iiot come in on Monday. I was playing hard for an extra day of grace before my absence would be discovered. After collecting my March salary-I insisted on straightening out my expense vouchers for the last trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the trip to Chicago before that. It appeared that about thirty dollars were still due to me. The idea was to erase the slightest excuse for any charges of financial irregularity to explain my flight. I also made sure that all my papers were in perfect order, so that others could take up the work where I had left off. Later, when the news of my getaway was on the front pages of the Washington and New York papers, some of the men and women at the Commission must have recalled a peculiar warmth in my talks with them thai Saturday, a special pressure in my handclasp when I said So long. They must have realtied that I was bidding them a final and wordless fare-, well. Never again, not even here in free America, would any of them dare to meet me. In the months of working together some of these people had 2 CHOSE FREEDOM come close to me without saying much we had understood one another Had I been able to part with them openly, emotionally, Russianly, some of the weight that pressed on my spirits would assuredly have been lifted...

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To ever know Lenin and Stalin's USSR, this is must read........2006-05-07

"I Chose Freedom" by Victor A. Kravchenko is a must read for anyone who hopes to come close/er to knowing Stalin's Capitalist Company. Please forget all of that "Communist" stuff; that was just the name of Stalin's own personal company. And what a Capitalist he was! He owned every fatory, he owned all the roads, he owned all of the utilities, he owned the Army, he owned the entire Justice (sic) system, HE OWNED THE PEOPLE!
People like to talk of John D. Rockefeller - CAPITALISTS! HA! John D. Rockefeller, punk when compared to the real thing, STALIN.
Read "I Choose Freedom" and get the inside dope by Victor A. Kravchenko. By my reckoning, Victor rose to about the 4th tier under Stalin, and Stalin truated him so much Victor was sent to Washington, D.C., to work on the wartime "Lend Lease" program. The KGB couldn't guess they had just given Victor his passport to freedom, and constant fear because there was never a more wanted man than Victor. Also, let me suggest, "Operation SOLO, our man in the Kremlin"

Great book, must read to understand the era and communism.......2005-08-08

I had been looking forward to reading this book for sometime since it has been out of print. This was a seminal book in the process of deglamorizing Joe Stalin and the Soviet Union. The brutality of the Soviets as manifested by the genocidal famines, purges, persecution of religion, and overt aggression and occupation of neighboring countries was known to the West. However, due to the outright denials and other obfuscations by leftists of all sorts, and FDR's administration, presumably to get Stalin to side with them against Hitler, this knowledge was suppressed and did not influence public opinion.

Well, the book is an expose of communism written by a communist. The author makes it clear that he realizes that he dedicated his life to a system that was essentially terroristic, and no effort on his part to instill or elicit decency from the rulers and their underlings was going to work inside the system. That is why he comes to the conviction that the only way to save his people is to write this expose, hoping that outside world could influence the Kremlin, so that they would finally feel some fear for what they were doing. The author was correct, and subsequantly other exposes influenced forces, both externally and internally, and brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, the author did pay a terrible price for his actions, as I am sure he knew he would, his family and freinds in the Soviet Union were severely persecuted.

I dissagree with a earlier reviewer's point that the author was not a confirmed advocate of Western style democracy. Considering the time that the author had after he entered the country, defected and wrote the book, it is unlikely that he could do a reasonable comparative analysis of political systems. The author was convinced that the Soviet system was evil, and that it was much worse than Czarist Russia. Also consider how devastating it must have been to him to abandon this ideology to which he had devoted his life to. I am curious about what his further convictions were.

Overall, this is a very well written book, a credit to the author's ability and his translators. I just wish that the publisher had included a little on the author's biography post the release of the book.

Phenomenal.......2005-05-25

This is one of the best books I've read in a very long time, a fact which caught me completely by surprise as I purchased it on a whim after seeing it referenced in a 20th century social history of Russia textbook I was assigned in college. I was hoping to get a personal account of life under Stalin; Kravchenko certainly delivers, not only from the perspective of an ordinary citizen who began his career with deep hopefulness about the Soviet system, but also later as a profoundly disillusioned, high-ranking official who miraculously manages to survive every major calamity of the period -- collectivization, purges, the Nazi invasion, etc. Kravchenko's writing (or at least the English translation) is a delight, his narrative riveting, and the implication of what the Russian people went through in this period is absolutely mind-boggling. As an insider's account it is first rate.

While this edition of the book (purchased through Amazon) appears to have been republished by a conservative group as a means to promote "conservatism," Kravchenko's own motivations were quite different: his commitment was to seeing the totalitarian regime replaced with a democratic one, whatever form that democracy might eventually take. Even in his defection to the US, he does not endorse any particular ideology, choosing intead to acknowledge injustice where he sees it (the US and Britain included).

An Absolute for Politican Science Students!.......2003-10-14

A great historical book on the Russian Communist Revolution and how it was viewed from the point of view of an ardent Communist. By reading this book, a good comparison can be made with other famous revolutions in history.

Best internal view of communist horrors on its own people.......1999-11-16

This book is the most important description of the soviet terror that stroke the whole society in communist countries much before Soljenistin. When published, all communist parties in Europe, continued to refuse to see the horrible reality for decades, showing that communism equal nazism. This book should be reprinted and advertised as a piece of XX century History

I Chose Freedom - The Personal and Political Life Of A Soviet Official

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I Chose Freedom - The Personal and Political Life Of A Soviet Official
Victor Kravchanko
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I Chose Freedom - the Personal and Political Life of a Soviet Official
Victor Kravchenko
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Tears in my eyes.......2006-11-17

I remember and you will remember the Naples of long ago. Just looking at the pictures in this wonderful book brought tears to my eyes. A real treasure of a book for anyone who lived in and loved Naples in it's early days. My father, Ted Brack, was also a native coming to Naples in 1923. A treasure too for those who want to know the early beginnings of a fabulous city today.

Papaw.......2004-11-26

I am thrilled to see this book so readily available. Rob Storter was my Great Grandfather and was a wonderful man. His experiences and stories were remarkable. Although most know him as Rob Storter, we all refered to him as Papaw. As a family member I received a paperback copy of the original release and enjoyed reading it repeatedly. Not only because it is regarding my heritage, but because it was educational and entertaining. I highly recommend this to everyone!

they lived here before the park.......2003-12-04

capt. rob storter never owned a camera, so when he wasn't fishing or working on a boat he drew or painted pictures and wrote a note netx to it telling about the scene. this book was compiled with those photo's and drawings by my friend betty briggs savage, the granddaughter of capt. rob. it is a testament to hardships of the mullet fishermen, local hunters and the women that lived in a time before manatee and wake zones fishing & hunting permits and the park put an end to a much better way of life. is a look at south florida before it was all gone and told by a man that lived it. thank's robert

Knowing Captain Rob.......2000-04-28

I have not had the opportunity to meet Peter Mathiessen, but I could relate to his mention of sitting and listening to Captain Rob's tales, because I, too, have had that privilege. The book, Cracker in the Glade, is a collection of his ledger and it is written in his conversational tone. It is a recount of how Captain Rob saw the evolution of the growth in population in south Florida and the consequential degredation of the environment as he knew it. He is not judgmental in his description, rather it is matter of fact. Just as he viewed the hardships of living in Florida in the early 1900's as matter of fact. The reader is left with the sense that he knows the history of the Collier County area, and the inhabitants that endured the hardships together. While they were separate families with their own trials, they were one as a family of pioneers in area that was as rife with dangers as it was beautiful in the pristene sense of the tropical paradise. Betty Briggs is to be complimented for her sharing of her grandfather with the rest of us, so that we, too can know the adventures and evolution of this part of the Everglades.

Journey to the Top: Life Stories and Insights from Fifty Governors
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An eye-opening look at our leaders

An eye-opening look at our leaders

Amazing look at leaders

What amazing interviews!

Journey to the Top: Life Stories and Insights from Fifty Governors
Jaci Jarrett Masztal , and Diane M. Salamon
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From personal interviews and other sources, Jaci Masztal and Diane Salamon have assembled the life stories and insights from fifty United States governors from varied backgrounds. This is a book about success and what it takes to achieve it.

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An eye-opening look at our leaders.......2003-06-10

One might think that our governors come from an elitist, "born with a silver spoon in their mouth" pedigree, but that presumption is nothing further from the truth. Based on one-on-one interviews with the governors, the authors explore the backgrounds, values and beliefs of 50 governors. Oddly, despite coming from all walks of life and political philosophies running the left-right gamut, most of the men and women have similar virtues.

Hard-learned lessons early in life and their hands-on practicality in dealing with problems helps to explain why most Presidents come from the governor ranks rather than the Senate or House (where pedigree counts for a lot).

Teens should enjoy the personal stories, some quite wrenching, and hopefully learn that their futures are more in their control than they realize.

An eye-opening look at our leaders.......2003-06-10

Teens should enjoy the personal stories, some quite wrenching, and hopefully learn that their futures are more in their control than they realize.

Amazing look at leaders.......2003-01-04

What a lot of work went into this volume, not only the individual interviews, but also compiling the data for meaningful generalizations about these people. And the individual stories are truly fascinating. Anyone who wants to know what it takes to be a successful person should read about these 50 governors.

What amazing interviews!.......2002-12-05

How did they do it? Have you ever tried to get a one on one with a governor? What determination and excellent interviewing techniques! Fun "government" reading.

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Who can forget the scene in Jaws when Quint, the weathered, steely-eyed captain scrapes his fingernails down the blackboard and announces to the quibbling town elders that they're dealing with a great white shahk? In all his hard-nosed glory, Quint might seem like a creation of Hollywood, but in fact he was based on a real fishing captain out of Montauk, Long Island--Frank Mundus, captain of the Cricket II. Mundus never got his due from the movie or from Peter Benchley, the author of the novel Jaws, and that irks him. Russell Drumm, a Montauk reporter, quickly learns this and a lot more during an adventure at sea with the famous shark hunter. Also aboard is the single charter, a big-game fisherman from Hawaii who has yet to grapple with the ultimate trophy: a great white shark. In the five days that follow, the three are tossed by storms during their pursuit of what has been called nature's perfect killing machine, and Mundus relives for the reporter his 40 years on the high seas. In the Slick of the Cricket is an engaging portrait of a driven man and his unusual occupation.

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In his forty years of charter-boat fishing off the shores of Long Island, Frank Mundus, captain of the Cricket II, has hauled in more terrifying multiton, multifanged great white sharks than anyone around. Unwittingly playing Ishmael to the Cricket's Ahab, local newspaperman Russell Drumm set out to accompany Mundus on what would be the captain's final voyage into the deep before hanging up his reel and retiring to a beach in Hawaii. What starts out for Drumm as a short escape from the mundane world of obits and ads for seaside condos quickly turns into a storm-tossed odyssey in which Mundus joyfully relives his seafaring days. The cantankerous and thoroughly entertaining captain treats Drumm and the reader to weird and wonderful stories about his ingenious fishing methods, his collection of charter "idiots" and heroic first mates, and his lasting bitterness toward author Peter Benchley for never acknowledging him as the source of the Jaws story. Weaving his own extensive knowledge of the marine environment and the fishing industry with Mundus's peculiar blend of philosophy and seafaring lore, Drumm delivers a stunning portrait of a unique modern adventurer and a bleak, yet humorously portrayed, vision of the apocalypse.
Winner of the Pushcart Press Editor's Book Award

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Two stars for the plot........2005-05-20

Russell Drumm's In the Slick of the Cricket, is an introductory course to the legendary shark fisherman, Frank Mundus. Fishing in the waters near Montauk, Mundus is well known for bringing in record-breaking White sharks. According to Mundus, his straightforwardness and skillfulness in shark fishing inspired Peter Benchley to create the character Quint, in his most frightening and notorious novel-JAWS. We are given this information as well as several other humorous experiences as Drumm sails on what could very well be Mundus' last expedition on his indestructible ship, the Cricket II. I felt that the plot had the potential of becoming something much larger than what it actually is. Several of Mundus' experiences are thought provoking such as humankind's massive crave for the exploitation and genocide of all shark species after the film JAWS hit the movie screens. However, Drumm's writing style was often ambiguous; jumping from Mundus' stories to his present expedition without smooth transitions is confusing and mis-leading. Obviously, fishing jargon is commonly used and difficult to follow at times, but Drumm does a decent job in identifying and defining the terms through both his and Mundus' stories. Also, most of the chapters end with philosophical ranting about Drumm's personal views on a variety of the substance dealt with in the book, but the connections between his thoughts and Mundus' words were poor. If you're interested in fishing excursions and the exploitation of sharks, this book may be of interest to you. Either way, I recommend that the reader remains focused to follow the sketchy transitions between Robert Drumm and Frank Mundus.

Interesting yarn, but he ain't no Melville........2004-03-24

This is an interesting story from an author trying too hard. The previous reviewer was spot on. Wade through the metaphysics and introspection and you'll find the stories about the fishing and the fishing people interesting.

Quint Lives!.......2001-10-09

Taking place along the shores and outer reaches of Long Island, NY, Russell Drumm smartly lets the sea stories of Frank Mundus, purported to be Benchley's model for the shark hunter Quint,be the center of this short book. Joining Mundus on one of his last trips out before retirement, Drumm let's Mundus' voice do most of the talking and a fine story teller Mundus turns out to be. When sticking with Mundus and the journey at hand, the book is successful, but when Drumm explores the metaphysical with his take on the nature of fishing and the spiritual presence of a deck hand that committed suicide; the book veers off into places that just waste time and don't further the narrative. Read it for Mundus, and make your way through the rest.

Quint Lives!.......2001-10-09

Amazing.......2000-06-25

I loved this book. You don't find a lot of books about Sharkin around. I swear that I could almost taste the salt air of the Atlantic Ocean while reading this. Hats off to the author and thanks for the wonderful bio of Frank Mundus.

In The Slick Of The Cricket - A Shark Odyssey

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In The Slick Of The Cricket - A Shark Odyssey
Russell Drumm
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In the Slick of the Cricket: The True Story Behind the JAWS Epic

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In the Slick of the Cricket: The True Story Behind the JAWS Epic
Russell Drumm
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