Introduction to College Accounting, Chapters 1-14

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Introduction to College Accounting, Chapters 1-14
Gregory W. Bischoff
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Study guide and working papers to accompany Woltz and Arlen College accounting, an introduction, secord edition: As well as College accounting, a comprehensive approach, chapters 1 to 14
Phebe M Woltz
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Introduction to College Accounting (Chapters 1-14)
Gregory W. Bischoff
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Introduction to College Accounting, Chapters 1-14
Gregory W. Bischoff
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Working Papers to Accompany Introduction to College Accounting Chapters 1-14
Gregory W. Bischoff
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The Truth About Supervision: Coaching, Teamwork, Interviewing, Appraisals, 360 Degree Assessments, and Recognition
Anne O'Brien Carelli
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From birth and adolescence through maturity and old age, our lives are punctuated by sudden medical emergencies and by chronic illnesses, and by encounters with doctors, nurses, and other care-givers. Physicians and patients, operations and cures, suffering and compassion--all are part of the
reality of human existence. Now, in a beautifully illustrated volume, R.S. Downie offers a vibrant, kaleidoscopic look at the healing arts, bringing together eclectic and engaging excerpts from fiction, poetry, drama, and letters, and by writers as diverse as Paraclesus, Francis Bacon, and Joseph
Heller.
Here are celebrations and laments, such as in Sylvia Plath's "Morning Song" ("Love set you going like a fat gold watch, / The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry / Took its place among the elements"); in Hippocrates' From Epidemics; in Franz Schubert's eloquent last letter to Franz
von Schober, telling of his illness; in Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor discussing TB and cancer as "diseases of passion"; or in Philip Larkin's acerbic verses on birth, aging, and mourning. Caretakers and caregivers share their thoughts, as in Walt Whitman's "From the Wound-Dresser," Florence
Nightingale's Notes on Nursing, and William Carlos Williams's "Tract." And of course there is great need for humor and a lighter touch in healing, which Downie reflects in many offbeat and witty entries, ranging from Stephen Sondheim's "Gee, Officer Krupke," to Richard Asher's "Why are Medical
Journals so Dull?" ("Many of the titles are unattractive.... Titles such as 'A Trial of 4.4-Diethyl-hydro-balderdashic Acid in Acute Coryzal Infections' are far better changed to 'A New Treatment for Colds'). And the anthology is rounded out by paintings and drawings.
The arts can be entertaining, moving, disturbing, consoling, and rich in insight, comments Downie in his preface. And as he demonstrates in this rich anthology, the arts can be healing as well. Indeed, not only will these selections entertain and enrich the perceptions of doctors and nurses (as
well as anyone who enjoys fine writing), but as they give pleasure, they will also stretch the imagination and deepen the sympathies of all those who care for--or who one day will be--patients.

THE HEALING ARTS AN OXFORD ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY

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THE HEALING ARTS AN OXFORD ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY
R. S. (edited) Downie
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THE HEALING ARTS AN OXFORD ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY
R. S. (edited) Downie
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One of the greatest challenges that theoretical physics faces at the end of the century is to blend together the two revolutions of the beginning of the century, namely general relativity and quantum mechanics. One message that has become clear from the start and is common to both revolutions is that there is no limit to the level of sophistication of mathematics that will become essential to physics.

This book comprises the lecture notes of the 1995 Les Houches Summer School. The aim of the school was to cover a wide range of areas, from theoretical physics to abstract mathematics, that are relevant in the search of a quantum theory of gravity. The lectures provide a systematic introduction to topological and conformal field theories, supersymmetry and super Yang-Mills theories, string theory and superstring dualities, integrable lattice models and quantum groups, non commutative geometry and the theory of diffeomorphism groups.

It is directed at graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics and mathematics.

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A presentation of screening techniques, modern technologies, and high-capacity instrumentation for increased productivity in the development and discovery of new drugs, chemical compounds, and targeted delivery of pharmaceuticals. It contains practical applications and examples of strategies in cell-based and cell-free screens as well as homogeneous, fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and radioactive-based technologies.

Drug and alcohol pre-employment screening handbook: A model for the transit industry

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Drug and alcohol pre-employment screening handbook: A model for the transit industry
Richard A Press
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Medication usage evaluation: A screening criteria manual

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Medication usage evaluation: A screening criteria manual
Edwin L Gutshall
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The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction,the period during which dinousaurs disappeared from Earth,from the perspective of the fossil record.

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A good book with some flaws.......1999-10-18

If enthusiasm is any measure this book should be a great success. Archibald brings a sense of immediacy to the subject of dinosaur extinction that transcends the academic nature of much of the material he presents. Anyone interested in the extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous will find a wealth of material regarding the fossil evidence here. The book serves as a counterbalance to the popular vision of the dinosaurs vanishing in a meteorite-induced cataclysm, and gives us an entirely different view of the lethal events that these giants might have faced. Unfortunately, the book also has some serious flaws. Despite his zeal for the subject, Archibald is not a good storyteller, and his attention meanders erratically, making for a difficult read. More serious for this reader was a persistent impression that in trying to slay the dragons of meteorite-impact extinction theories Archibald has lost objectivity and bends interpretations to support his ideas even if the evidence is tenuous. He has an irritating habit of building up an argument (usually against some line supporting extinction caused by meteorite impact) and then adding a few lines describing serious contrary evidence at the end, and admitting that maybe his original argument was not correct. The information he offers seems to suggest that extinction of the dinosaurs was gradual, but there are enough examples of bias and typical persuasive sales techniques in the book to prevent me from trusting the author. He is too much a partisan, and it shows in the exaggerated statements that are found throughout the book. His assessment that meteorite impact effects would be equally devastating for all terrestrial forms of life is far to simplistic for serious consideration, and his assertion that the mobile dinosaurs would suffer preferentially from habitat segmentation is unconvincing. I would recommend this book for the information and the ideas it presents and as a good survey of current thought among paleontologists concerning Cretaceous extinctions.

What the Fossils Say - And Don't Say . . ........1999-03-13

The best book on the market concerning the fossil record at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) Boundary! In this excellently written book, Archibald clearly points out the misconceptions, myths and truths concerning the K/T extinction, and though the book is technical in nature, it is the technical aspects of the fossil record that are typically overlooked by other books and articles promoting the asteroid that "killed the dinosaurs." The fossil record needs to be looked at - critically. And Archibald excels in that. Moreover, he approaches the subject with an open mind. If conclusions can't be made from the evidence, he doesn't make them. That cannot be said of others who support the impact theory without considering what the fossil record actually "says" about the extinction. If one seriously considers Archibald's arguments, one has no choice but to question the validity of the impact as a "selective" killer at the end of the Cretaceous. This book is a must read for those who think the riddle has been solved. It hasn't.

An important review of the fossil record of K-T extinction........1999-02-09

I think that this book is important to any discussion of dinosaur extinction and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, because of the breadth of fossil information the author uses to evaluate the possible causes of the extinctions that mark this era. An important feature is the discussion of the limits of the data available from the fossil record.

While I enjoyed reading this book, I did not find it a particularly easy read. This is probably due to the author trying to present a complex picture while maintaining scientific rigour and without injecting unstated opinion. Robert Bakker or Steven Jay Gould may be easier to read, but they are trying to sell a particular view in each of thier writings. Dr. Archibald states his opinions clearly, but bends over backwards to fairly present alternative theories.

I give it high ratings for content, but the dry, technical style may put off some readers.

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This complete and unabridged edition contains every word that Shakespeare wrote — all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets. You’ll find such classics as The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew. This Library of Literary Classics edition is bound in padded leather with luxurious gold-stamping on the front and spine, satin ribbon marker and gilded edges. Other titles in this series include: Charlotte & Emily Bronte: The Complete Novels; Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Works; Mark Twain: Selected Works; Charles Dickens: Four Complete Novels; Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works; and Jane Austen: The Complete Novels.

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Nice for the price.......2007-07-29

Let's face it, there are better editions of Shakespeare out there. You get what you pay for. This is not a top of the line leather edition. For the price, though, you can't beat it. It is what it is, a reasonably priced leather edition of his complete works. No household should be without one.

Works of William Shakespeare.......2007-01-21

This was a gift for our son, who appreciated having all of Shakespeare's works in one attractive volume.

Excellent.......2007-01-09

This is a great compilation of Shakespeare's work. This beautifully bound tome has proven to be a great resource for me, a future English major.

Excellent Quality for the price.......2006-08-13

Very nice edition, highly quality finish and binding. The pages are standard re-production for Shakespeare issues - but overall it is excellent value for money and is attractively bound. For those who want 'notes' and 'critiques' - look elsewhere. It is as described - a leather bound edition of the complete works of Shakespeare. I love it! Thank you Amazon USA, you cant get this edition in the UK.

Excelent.......2006-07-10

What can I say? Shakespeare is the man. For any of you who love shakespeare, or just need a good reference for class; this book is amazing... not only that but you will look really intelligent if you have a thick leather bound shakespeare book on your bookshelf haha

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First in a Series of Mysteries?

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A Great Mystery

Great twist to this story

loved the title

Fingering The Family Jewels
Greg Lilly
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Derek Mason arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina for the funeral of his Aunt Walterene. He encounters the family who sent him away because he revealed he was gay. His mother and Uncle Vernon want him out of town because of Vernon's senate campaign. His sister and Aunt Ruby urge him to stay. His cousin Mark denies their past relationship. Derek uncovers mysteries in the death of a family gardener, possibly at the hands of a young Vernon. Secrets and lies unravel as Derek digs into the family history with the help of hunky reporter Daniel.

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First in a Series of Mysteries?.......2007-09-20

Execellent first book in a series, at least, I HOPE it is the first in a series of mysteries. Lilly created some lovely characters (though I wish he hadn't had to kill off Walterene to have an excuse for Derek to go back to North Carolina). The plot line wandered all over the place, seeming to incriminate first this one then that one. Derek got his eyes opened about his family, including his cousin Mark, and his new boyfriend. One thing we did not learn much about was his "family" back in California, which he so easily gave up at the end of this book. Since we know so little about Derek's life there, we don't know whether or not to miss it on his behalf or be surprised that he could give it up so cavalierly. Enjoy the read for the fun characters and interesting plot twists and because there may (if we're lucky) be some sequels.

A 2 a.m. review.......2007-04-25

After years of reading 'hetero' fiction, I decided that I damned well wanted to read some good gay fiction, something that was closer to my own life. This year I've read a lot of gay fiction and discovered -- not unlike many gay films -- that the quality isn't what one hopes for. It's seemed that to find well-written, well-constructed fiction that dealt with being gay as part of its story is an uphill battle.

It's two in the morning, and I've just blown my 9am alarm by staying up half the night to finish the wonderful 'Fingering the Family Jewels'. I haven't done that in ages! This is very well-written, from any point of view: mystery, characters, humor, plot, structure. It has gay characters and situations without being pornographic (in fact, it's far, FAR sexier than many of those male bodice-ripping ones); and it's genuinely funny and a great read.

This is among the best gay fiction I've ever read -- and in fact, labeling it 'gay' fiction might sadly cut it off from all readers. Five stars and worth every one of them (ignore the awful cover!). Great characters, great story, funny, touching, and wildly absorbing. Buy it.

A Great Mystery.......2007-02-06

Lilly, Greg. "Fingering the Family Jewels", Regal Crest Enterprises, 2004.

A Great Mystery

Amos Lassen and Literary Pride

If you like mysteries, this is a great one. Greg Lilly's "Fingering the Family Jewels" with its tongue in cheek title is an enjoyable read.
It is a tale of secrets and lies which come to fore as Derek Mason, a detective, and a good looking reported named Daniel uncover family secrets when he comes to North Carolina to bury his aunt.
Derek Mason's family wanted him away from the family when they found out he was gay. Eight years later he comes home to bury his aunt Walterine. Knowing what he would find upon his return, he was surprised when he met his first cousin mark again. Mark had been his first sexual experience even though he claimed to be a family man and he still could not stop lusting after Derek. When Derek met Daniel and had a drink with him, he discovered that he was a reporter who had published material that could hurt Derek's family. From here things get really interesting as things come to light that the family would have preferred to keep secret. Derek found out by reading his aunt's diary was that a gardener who had once worked for the family had been lynched and Derek is determined to find out why and who was involved.
I have to hand it to Greg Lilly. He is masterful in creating characters that it is easy to love. The family that he created here is one we all know, directly or indirectly. As he pokes fun at the Southern way of life, he also creates a wonderful mystery with twists and turns so characteristic of Southern literature. The ending is so unexpected that you are almost tempted to reread the book to see if you missed any of the clues. This is one ending you cannot guess.
Greg Lilly, I predict, is an author to watch although it will be hard for him to follow up this novel with one better. Having known many Southern writers and being aware f the gothic tricks they use, I have to say, that Lilly came close to, if not having reached, the Southern style of writing. I loved this book and I am not a mystery fan. But there is more than mystery here. It is a good story with great characterization and a very satisfying read.

Great twist to this story.......2006-11-10

I have to say I never expected the turn out that happened at the end of this book. I was completely taken by surprise but totally loved the twist since I am usually the type that can figure out endings way in advance.

loved the title.......2006-10-16

I bought the book because I liked the tongue in cheek title. I was glad I did. I am from the south and beside being a great mystery it nailed the south.

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Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth explores the shifting reputation of our most controversial founding father. Since the day Aaron Burr fired his fatal shot, Americans have tried to come to grips with Alexander Hamilton's legacy. Stephen Knott surveys the Hamilton image in the minds of American statesmen, scholars, literary figures, and the media, explaining why Americans are content to live in a Hamiltonian nation but reluctant to embrace the man himself.

Knott observes that Thomas Jefferson and his followers, and, later, Andrew Jackson and his adherents, tended to view Hamilton and his principles as "un-American." While his policies generated mistrust in the South and the West, where he is still seen as the founding "plutocrat," Hamilton was revered in New England and parts of the Mid-Atlantic states. Hamilton's image as a champion of American nationalism caused his reputation to soar during the Civil War, at least in the North. However, in the wake of Gilded Age excesses, progressive and populist political leaders branded Hamilton as the patron saint of Wall Street, and his reputation began to disintegrate.

Hamilton's status reached its nadir during the New Deal, Knott argues, when Franklin Roosevelt portrayed him as the personification of Dickensian cold-heartedness. When FDR erected the beautiful Tidal Basin monument to Thomas Jefferson and thereby elevated the Sage of Monticello into the American Pantheon, Hamilton, as Jefferson's nemesis, fell into disrepute. He came to epitomize the forces of reaction contemptuous of the "great beast"--the American people. In showing how the prevailing negative assessment misrepresents the man and his deeds, Knott argues for reconsideration of Hamiltonianism, which, rightly understood, has much to offer the American polity of the twenty-first century.

Remarkably, at the dawn of the new millennium, the nation began to see Hamilton in a different light. Hamilton's story was now the embodiment of the American dream--an impoverished immigrant who came to the United States and laid the economic and political foundation that paved the way for America's superpower status. Here in Stephen Knott's insightful study, Hamilton finally gets his due as a highly contested but powerful and positive presence in American national life.

This book is part of the American Political Thought series.

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Different Approach to Alexander Hamilton.......2005-12-12

When one looks at American political history, we tend to analyze the issues at the surface without realizing the ideology that influenced policies over the last 200 years. Stephen Knott developed a unique method at extracting the driving force behind American history. His thesis is that Alexander Hamilton was so influential in the development of the American government and economic system that his ideology has loomed in the background of every major period in U.S. history.

Mr. Knott provides research on historians, authors, and politicians of the last 200 years who have provided favorable and/or critical analysis of Hamilton's influence on American government and policy. What Knott was successful in proving was the point that Hamilton has had an effect, for better or for worse, on nearly every presidential administration. He also demonstrated how these administrations tended to attribute their policies to either Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson. The rivalry that began while both worked in George Washington's administration has continued to this day.

While unique and informative, this particular book on Hamilton does have one major drawback. Knott eventually shows his admiration for Hamilton. However, although he wisely references the negative material against Hamilton made by politicians and historians over the years, he tends to dwell on one particular comment that has not even been completely proven: the supposed quote that was used to show Hamilton's preference for a monarchy when he called the general public 'the beast'. Knott concludes his book by saying that most of the negative comments made towards Hamilton are not warranted, especially that particular quote. He does not help his own position with his constant referral to that quote throughout his book. He uses it so often, it tends to become distracting and it takes away from the other good material he has provided.

This is not a biography on Hamilton. Therefore, before purchasing this book, it is recommended that a biography on Hamilton be read first. Knott assumes the reader already knows some of Hamilton's accomplishments, milestones, and thoughts on government. Recommended biographies on Hamilton would be the books by Ron Chernow or Forrest McDonald.

"THOSE WHO STAND FOR NOTHING..."-A. Hamilton.......2004-11-15

"fall for anything."

Construction on the myth began years before Alexander Hamilton died on July 12, 1804. It surely got its nurturing from the National Gazette started in 1791 by Philip Freneau, Madison's Princeton roommate, and Thomas Jefferson. And it surely had its fires flaming during the fallout from Hamilton's Reynolds Affair which tainted his career from then on. From the get go, Hamilton's image was tarnished. He didn't fall for anything however. The day he died is the same day as the battle of the Boyne where the catholic, Stuart King James II and his Jacobites were defeated by the protestant William III, of Orange. Another Hamilton had died in a duel on November 15, 1712 in Hyde Park in London. Although his birth was deemed illegit, Alexander Hamilton was of noble lineage; his father's family was derived from the Scottish, ducal line of Hamilton.

Stephen F. Knott's book is not a biography; it's more of a thoughtful, unbiased tracing of pundits' and politicians' interpretation/opinion of his work in American government through the years up to the present. It is a must read for anyone who attempts to judge Hamilton's person because the historical record is replete with misrepresentations of his life's work. Knott's analysis is thorough; you'll understand the bias behind any biographer who studies him. I believe one best understands Hamilton from his own writings and those scholars who studied them as Knott did. Knott shows that Hamilton has been labelled a fascist, a monarchist, a Napoleon, a dictator, a Caesar by mostly Jeffersonians who were content with superficial studies of his life. He also explains how Hamilton viewed popular opinion, how he saw government stood to represent the people, how government stood to protect the people from unwise, even lawless movements such as fascism and communism. Knott also feels that we have much to learn from his thought on how our government should function.

In Knott's Chapter 7, entitled Hail Columbia!, he quotes the historian Daniel J. Boorstin as writing, "we are either Jeffersonians or Hamiltonians. In no other country has the hagiography of politics been more important". However, where does Burr fit in? He was Jefferson's Vice President at the time, good friends of the New York governor Clinton who was vehemently opposed to the Constitution. Indeed, New York was the state most resistant to its ratification, very nearly succeeding in killing it altogether if it had not been for Alexander Hamilton and others. And, as Knott relates, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, and the other founding fathers saw Burr as unprincipalled and unfit to govern. As to labelling Jefferson's people as "the beast", Knott rightly traces it to a comment a Henry Adams made, years after Hamilton's death, from a comment he heard fourth hand. I believe, and noone has made the connection, if Hamilton made that comment, "the beast" that he referred to is none other than the symbolic beast of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 which opposes the saints and God and which exalts itself above God and above the law. Hamilton was christian to the core, fighting the good fight, not participating in evil deeds of darkness but exposing them just as Paul exhorted the Ephesian church to do in Ephesians 5:11. He publicly confessed his adultery. I believe he died a martyr and a saint.

Extraordinary.......2004-04-05

Knott provides us with a clear account of Hamilton's philosophical contributions and a compelling story about the uncertainty with which Americans approach his legacy. This book is masterful in detailing the competing political agendas and in framing how politicians, acamedicians, and pundits use the Founders and their rhetoric to push forward their own agendas. A wonderful book that helps us understand our American political culture, as much as one of our country's most important Founding Fathers.

Getting right with Hamilton.......2003-03-09

Finally! A compelling defense of the Founder second only to Washington in terms of indespensibility to the creation and greatness of this county. Professor Knott chronicles the roller-coaster ride of Hamilton's reputation, from his murder by the scoundral Burr to the present. He presents overwhelming evidence that General Hamilton has been abused by critics, historians and Jefferson-lovers alike. Knott's painstaking history of the apochryphal "great beast" comment provides a frightening lesson of how a single malicious report can turn even a great man's historical reputation upside down. The fact that Mr. Hamilton's solitary statue stands ignored at the back door of the Treasury Department while Mr. Jefferson is surrounded by marble and carved words perfectly illustrates how the myth of greatness trumps the reality of greatness. Professor Knott's conclusion that "a return to Hamiltonianism" could fix much of what ails American politics is right on the money. Fantastic book.

Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth.(Book Review): An article from: Independent Review

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Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth.(Book Review): An article from: Independent Review
Hans L. Eicholz
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Title: Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth.(Book Review)
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The Perils of Partisan History.(Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth by Stephen F. Knott)(Book Review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

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The Perils of Partisan History.(Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth by Stephen F. Knott)(Book Review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
Barry Shain
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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Institute on Religion and Public Life on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1771 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Barry Shain
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Refereed)
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Publisher: Institute on Religion and Public Life
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Jenna has the perfect life-until her dad leaves, and things get shaky with her bestfriend. To make matters worse, Jenna has to go read to Miss Caples, an elderly shut-in for the dumbest school assignment ever. But when Jenna runs out of boring stories to read, she starts telling Miss Caples about how her life is falling apart-and Jenna discovers that she has more in common with Miss Caples than she ever imagined.

"Involving dramas . . . make for juicy reading, and the stories are true to the ageless patterns of friendship and betrayal." (The Horn Book)

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very 80's.......2003-10-09

I think this book is very unreal. I am 13 (the same age as the main character). Everything in this book would never happen. Even how the two main characters (jen and liv) talk. This book was published in 2000, but it seems like a flashback to the 80's. Or the author tried to capture what teens are like today, but instead reflected on her own 80's youth. I couldn't relate to this book at all. The two main charaters are stuck up and I don't like those kind of people in real life so why would I read about them? This was one of the most unreal books I have ever read.

"Hello? It's Jenna from Fire Hill school. Anyone home?".......2002-02-21

Those are the first words that started a new friendship.
Jenna and her long time best friend,Liv, are working on a project for one of their classes. What they must do is go to a senior citizens house and read to them. Liv, one of the most popular girls in their school, isn't thrilled about this project, and wants to have it over with. Because of her snobby ways, thinking she is better then everyone. For example Liv is very rude to a girl in their science class because she is different. She humiliates this girl in front of the entire class but they all turn against Liv. This hoydenish girl instructs for Jenna to get back at her with a devilish prank that Jenna doesn't approve of.
When Jenna and Miss Caples met, she didn't talk to Jenna for about a week. But when she finally did talk to Jenna they found that they totally relate to each other. Jenna tells Miss Caples of all her problems with Liv, and how Liv and her are not as good of friends anymore because of the involvement of the prank she doesn't want to participate in.
This prank to me is about the crueliest I have ever heard. To me, Liv has a sick mind.You find in this book that "history is repeating itself". Why you ask? That is the same question I asked myself when I looked at the front cover.Don't judge this book by the cover, I almost did and I am sure glade I finished it. I would have been making a BIG mistake! I reccomend this book for teen girls and their mothers. You can relate to this book no matter what age.

A stupid project turns into a life story.......2002-02-21

When Jenna is assined a project to do she gets Miss Caples. Miss Caples doesn't talk or move unless shes petting her cat. When magizines and books get boring Jenna starts to tell Miss Caples about her life problems. When Jenna's dad moves our and her best friend Liv get in a fight Miss Caples and Jenna start to see eye-to-eye on things. Miss Caples knows something about Jenna that Jenna doesn't know about. In this book you will start to see this story become a book. Little things in Jenna's world now seems to get more important everyday. Once you find out what this secret that Miss Caples has you will have to keep turning that page.

Great writing, but a little unbelievable........2000-07-07

I was enthralled with this book from page one. The action anddialogue are very crisp. However, I find the main characters, who aresupposed to be about 13 years old, to act and speak as if they were more like 16. Additionally, the portions of the book from Miss Caples point of view add quite a bit of characterization at the beginning, but then the author inexplicably stops using them until the very end. A little more of them throughout the book would have been nice.

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Miss Cody learned early to do without much money, but lack of love was another story. He tracked love relentlessly, shamelessly. Then, near the end, his capricious fate brings him a last chance to offer and receive the largesse of love he has sought in vain most of his life.

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Visiting Miss Caples
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Manufacturer: Puffin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJAV5Q

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VISITING MISS COPLES
CODY KIMMEL ELIZABETH
Manufacturer: DIAL BOOKS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PGT5EQ

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Â“A boy becomes a man of truly heroic dimensions in this stark story of escape across Russia in the dead of winter.Â”

Â—The Fresno Bee

Â“Riveting suspenseÂ…Once started I could not stop, once done could not forget it. Ever.Â”

Â—Lael Wertenbaker, The Berkshire Eagle

Â“Simply written, direct and extraordinarily movingÂ…a very old-fashioned, very personal story that, in this most negative of ages, is an unassuming statement of deep affirmation.Â”

Â—John Leonard, The New York Times Book Review

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perhaps the greatest escape story I've ever read.......2007-04-04

When I met Jacques Sandulescu, I was a pasty college kid whose idea of exertion involved a highlighter and a textbook. Jacques was twice my age, a giant, rock hard, with hands that swallowed pens whole. Romania was deep in his past, as was his career as a professional boxer; in l968, when we met, he was a Greenwich Village bar owner.

Like Big Daddy Lipscomb --- the legendary giant of a football player who used to help opponents up "so the children won't think Big Daddy's mean" --- Jacques was a calming force in every room he entered. You couldn't imagine trouble erupting with him around; he was that big and strong. And, at the same time, peaceful --- he had the kind of calm only people who have passed through fire seem to know.

It wasn't until I read his book that I understood the horror Jacques survived.

"I was arrested in Brasov on my way to school," his book begins. And right there your stomach sinks. Because you know what's coming: a terrible story, told in unadorned prose.

Well, brace yourself, you're about to be devastated.

As "Donbas" opens, Jacques is 16 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, 180 pounds. He's the youngest person in the box car filled with Romanians that the Russians are shipping east in January of 1945. But his youth vanishes fast when he watches guards execute some would-be escapees. On one hand, he envies their death: "no more cold, misery, hunger." On the other, he wants to live. Which means he'll have to escape.

This is a book about noticing everything, paying sharp attention, looking for an opening. His first conclusion: Don't try to escape in winter, don't think you can get out of Russia without knowing Russian.

But after a few days of working in the mines of Donbas (now considered part of the Ukraine), his thoughts turn from escape to survival. The work is wet and cold. A cave-in could come at any time. Exhaustion, exposure, hunger --- death comes in many forms here.

I have never read an account of work in a coal mine that made me so claustrophobic. I found myself reading faster, as if getting to the end of a particularly horrible shift would provide some relief. But it didn't --- above ground, there were sadistic guards and icy winds. "Many prisoners died," Jacques reports matter-of-factly. "Over half the camp. Four hundred and fifty weak and sick weren't suffering any more."

Jacques is comparatively well off. He is strong and uncomplaining, a good worker. He gets privileges --- when he goes to nearby homes for dinner, it's a delight to read as he eats and eats and eats. But he's never fooled; there's always a power-mad guard around the corner. And one does beat him so badly he almost dies. Which makes it all the more satisfying when, with the permission of a senior officer, Jacques stomps that sadist mercilessly. "It was a good feeling while it lasted," he says. I think even a pacifist would agree.

After two and a half years, his luck runs out --- Jacques is trapped in a cave-in and rescued only by a friend's heroic efforts. He fears his legs will be amputated. He must escape. His legs are running with pus, he is a mass of sores, but he slips onto a train, hides in an open coal car and begins the slow, freezing ride to the West.

Books like this have a built-in handicap --- we know the author survived. Only the best of the breed make us forget that there's a happy ending. And this is the best; reading these pages, you will feel cold and hungry, raging with fever, wet and dispirited. But mostly, you will feel Jacques Sandulescu's spirit, his unyielding insistence on life, life in free air, life at all costs. And, after you put his book down, you will, literally, take a deep breath

Donbas: An escape........2007-03-20

Jacques Sandulescu

I really enjoyed reading this book. I read it in one evening. It's a real page turner! It's a great book for the teenager, as the hero, Jacques Sandulescu is just 16 when he is captured by Soviet troops and sent to work as a slave laborer in a mine camp. Donbas is his true story how he survived and escaped. The sequel Hunger's Rogues is currently out of print but I found a copy through Amazon.

the will to survive.......2005-06-07

I first read donbus in my sophmore year in high school. It was a 1st edition copy quite tattered and worn. I figured it looked easy enough to read to get my credit for the book report that would follow. In the week that followed, I became attached to the book. Every free moment was spent reading it. His story facinated me. I couldn't put it down. Needless to say, the book never made it back to the school library. I re-read it every year and enjoy it more and more. I contacted the author a few years ago and told him of my enjoyment of his work and how i had permanently borrowed the book. To my surprise, i recieved an autographed copy from him i treasure! This book is incredible. Read it and enjoy the story of one mans will to survive. You wont regret it!

Triumph.......2003-04-25

Amazing story. I'm glad it wasn't lost and is being republished. I bought two copies. This would be a great story for teenagers to read about endurance and survival (for all ages, but the story is easy to read and the guy is a teenager when he was captured by the Russians and sent to the slave camp). It is very remarkable story if even mostly true and now one of my favorite books.

Stranger than the truth.......2001-09-18

I had first heard about Jacques Sandulescu through my father, after he loaned me the book, "The Carpathian Caper", a novel by Sandulescu and Anne Gottleib. It was a Topkapi-esque adventure, about a man's return to his homeland behind the Iron Curtain after being kidnapped by Russian soldiers as a youth and shipped off to a Soviet slave labor camp, escaping after a mine cave-in crushed his legs, escaping to freedom, working his way West from black marketeer in the Middle East and Europe, to prize fighter in the midwest to nightclub owner in New York. It deals with his friend's plans to embarass the Russian Government by the very high profile heist of priceless religious icons right from under their noses.

The lead character, Jack, was one of those impossible men, like Indiana Jones, Dirk Pitt, Jack Ryan or James Bond. Who knew that he was for real?

Donbas is his story, the true tale of a 16 year old boy's decent into the hell of the mines in the Donbas region of the USSR. His torture, his survival, his escape and his life since then is the stuff great movies are made of. So why is Hollywood sitting on their hands on this one?

Read the adventure, then rent movies like "Moscow On The Hudson", "The Owl And The Pussycat" and "Trading Places". Watch for a big, burly man with a thick Russian accent and say hello to Jacques.

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Donbas A True Story of an Escape Across Russia
Jacques Sandulescu
Manufacturer: David McKay Co., Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VWE2V0

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