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An essential guide for people in all businesses.......2000-10-19

Whether you're in the corner office of a Fortune 500 company or chairing the local Girl Scout Council, this book will help you run more productive meetings. (I'm using it for the local Library Board!) Nancy Stevenson makes difficult concepts easy to understand and provides lots of quick tips. This is a real "must have" book!

It's quick, specific, and practical startegies to motivate.......1998-11-25

Whether you are a businessperson, an educator, or a parent, this book gives great ideas and strategies for motivating others. Chapters are broken into small chunks. I'm using this with teachers as a discussion book. I shared it with my friend who owns his own business, and he is using it with his managers.

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Do we live in a classless society? Is America the model of such a society? How does class influence our political beliefs or dictate our social identity? Social Class in America and Britain is the first introductory textbook to combine a clear, comparative study of social class with the latest research. Addressing all the current debates about the demise of social class in Britain and the US, it reflects topical concerns and demonstrates the continued importance of class in the shaping of people's lives, and their socio-political attitudes and behaviour.

Current Topics in Chinese Science, Section A: Physics, 1984 (Current Topics in Chinese Science)

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Current Topics in Chinese Science, Section A: Physics, 1984 (Current Topics in Chinese Science)
CURR TPCS CH SC
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Current Topics in Chinese Science, Section B: Chemistry (Current Topics in Chinese Science)

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Current Topics in Chinese Science, Section B: Chemistry (Current Topics in Chinese Science)

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Current Topics in Chinese Science, Section B: Chemistry (Current Topics in Chinese Science)

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This conference was attended by leading experts in the field of gamma-ray astronomy as well as students and postdocs from around the world. The symposium concerned the basic observational and theoretical topics and the objectives of the rapidly developing field of gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range above 10 GeV, with emphasis on the connections between physics at GeV and TeV energies by which the most violent processes in the universe manifest themselves. The topics ranged from particle acceleration in different astrophysical environments, the origin of cosmic rays, and the relativistic astrophysics of jets and winds from compact galactic objects and active galactic nuclei, to observational cosmology. They comprised almost all known and expected gamma-ray populations and their contributions to the non-thermal inventory of the Universe. The symposium was primarily concerned with the scientific aspects of the field and less with the development of instrumentation.

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Other Days Around Me
Richard Hough
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Other Days Around Me
F. McDowell
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Other Days Around Me
Robert E. Tangney
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Other Days Around Me: A Memoir
Richard Hough
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Other Days Around Me: A Memoir
Richard Hough
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An Insider's Perspective.......2006-02-03

What better perspective than an insider? A gritty first hand account. Could use a professional edit, but if you can get by the grammatical errors, you'll appreciate the straightforward honesty and get a rare first hand glimpse into the real life despair of a correctional institution. Nothing trite nor cliche' about that.

The Rise and Fall Of A Corrections Officer.......2004-12-28

Author Kevin L. Thomas chronicles his eight-year tenured service as a Corrections Officer at STATEVILLE, Illinois' infamous maximum security prison located 35 miles south west of Chicago. Difficult to read for its subject matter (the setting is bleak, stupidly bleak, and filled with dispicable people) and for Thomas' limited literay skills, "Isolated Incidents," is, nevertheless, jam packed with insights into the daily activities of gangs, chiefs, drug dealers, inept administrators, corrupt staff members and the author's own personal devils. How Thomas masters the wretched job and conquores the galleries as a CO is a clinic for anyone who finds himself in any high-powered occupation. Respected and feared by the inmates and staff, alike, Thomas became the invincible super-CO. He was brought to his knees, however, by his own hubris, and, in the last years of his career, went mad. It's amazing that he could pick up a pen to write about his experience, at all. Good luck, dear reader. Good luck.

I've worked with inmates who write better than this........2004-02-02

Book is poorly written with spelling and grammatical errors all over the place. This is a very trite and cliche account of what it's like to work in the corrections field. Skip it.

Isolated Incidents: Reflections of a Correctional Officer.......2001-08-14

I found this book intriging, informative, and very insightful. This book gives a shocking, truthful look at one of the nations Correctional Centers, and how corrupt the system can be. This is a must read!

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Franccedil;ois Mitterrand was a controversial politician with a contested strategy and a flawed character. In spite of being one of France's most detested political figures, he was also undoubtedly one of twentieth century Europe's most substantial, durable and statesmanlike leaders. From his much-disputed passages at Vichy during WWII through the major policies of his presidency, Mitterrand's career is a lens through which one can view the anxieties, fears, and instabilities, as well as achievements and successes of contemporary French political history. In this first major political biography since his death, Ronald Tiersky looks at the contradiction that was Mitterrand and the legacy he left to France and the world. This promises to be the standard book on this great world leader for years to come.

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Fascinating.......2003-02-05

This is a fascinating account of a fascinating life. Tiersky's own interactions with Mitterand over his decades-long career provide insight and color without exaggerating the author's importance or insider status. Tiersky examines all the key chapters of Mitterand's career: his Vichy past, his Resistance involvement, the Observatory Affair, Mitterand's triumph over the Far Left, his anti-Soviet geopolitical maneuverings, and his curious extramarital affairs. Mitterand's contradictions and humanity make for great material, and Tiersky delivers a gripping read. This biography is nearly flawless with only minimal repetition near the end.

Required reading on the "Machiavellian Republican".......2001-02-26

Five years after his death, François Mitterrand has few defenders in France. The corruption scandals and personal revelations overshadowing his final years still tarnish his 14-year presidency. Amhearst College professor Ronald Tiersky has stepped into this void with an excellent biography that takes a fuller view of the paradoxical man known as "the Sphinx." His book François Mitterrand: The Last French President presents a fascinating account of the opportunistic twists and inspired turns of his long political career. Much of this manoeuvering was Machiavellian, but he had several long-term goals that were positive for France. Mitterrand's success in sidelining the Communist Party, reconciling the Left with market economics and promoting European integration -- all clearly explained in Tiersky's highly readable account -- were major achievements.

François Mitterrand: The Last French President is required reading for anyone wanting to understand Mitterrand and contemporary France. It is very usefully split into three sections dealing with Mitterrand's pre-1981 career, his record as president and (the longest section, and rightfully so) his complex "Machiavellian republican" personality and its legacy. The personal insights the author brings thanks to his many interviews with Mitterrand over the years contribute to the authority and depth of this lively book. That unique access can also be a weakness. Understanding him so well, Tiersky tends to excuse Mitterrand's duplicity more than a democratic leader deserves. But this is a small point compared to the book's overwhelming strengths. Even French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine admits, in his back-cover endorsement, that Tiersky's book has "some new insights, even for the French."

The best on Mitterand in english.......2000-07-09

This is the best and most comprehensive biography of Mitterand written in english. Neither condenatory or adulatory, is a most for the study of modern political leadership.

Dying Without God: Francois Mitterand's Meditations On Living and Dying

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A book for the soul

Dying Without God: Francois Mitterand's Meditations On Living and Dying
Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Manufacturer: Arcade Publishing
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A book for the soul.......1998-08-25

Although many people find dying a truly upsetting and unescapable practice, Franz-Oliver Giesbert sheds light on the final outcome, death. If it was a black and white picture there would be no need to go beyond teh capabilities of the human mind. Since there are many shades of grey we as beings and creatures of this planet must identify them as well. This novel takes great steps towards the ultimate goal in life, which is dying content and tranquil. If I had to live my life as someone else or after someone else; that somebody would be Francois Mitterrand. I highly recommend this book if you are into soul searching and finding answers.

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Francois Mitterand
Denis Macshane
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ICI Et Maintenant
Mitterand
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Le Noir Et Le Rouge (Biography of Francois Mitterand)

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Le Noir Et Le Rouge (Biography of Francois Mitterand)
Nay
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Le Paris De F. Mitterand (Collection Folio/actuel)

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Le Paris De F. Mitterand (Collection Folio/actuel)
F. Chaslin
Manufacturer: Editions Flammarion
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Les oreilles du president: Suivi de la liste des 2000 personnes "ecoutees" par Francois Mitterand

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Les oreilles du president: Suivi de la liste des 2000 personnes "ecoutees" par Francois Mitterand
Jean Marie Pontaut
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Mémoires interrompus
François Mitterand
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Pensées : répliques et anecdotes
François Mitterand
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Seven Years in France: Francois Mitterand and the Unintended Revolution, 1981-1988

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Seven Years in France: Francois Mitterand and the Unintended Revolution, 1981-1988
Julius Weis Friend
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A Book That Inspired Me to Do My part to Help the Environment

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Julia Butterfly Hill: A Woman Literally Up a Tree

Good book - Inspiring - Short on details

The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Julia Hill
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The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over California's Ancient Redwoods

ASIN: 0062516590
Release Date: 2001-04-03

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A young woman named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 200-foot redwood in December 1997. She didn't come down for 738 days. The tree, dubbed Luna, grows in the coastal hills of Northern California, on land owned by the Maxxam Corporation. In 1985 Maxxam acquired the previous landlord, Pacific Lumber, then proceeded to "liquidate its assets" to pay off the debt--in other words, clear-cut the old-growth redwood forest. Environmentalists charged the company with harvesting timber at a nonsustainable level. Earth First! in particular devised tree sit-ins to protest the logging. When Hill arrived on the scene after traveling cross-country on a whim, loggers were preparing to clear-cut the hillside where Luna had been growing for 1,000 years. The Legacy of Luna, part diary, part treatise, and part New Age spiritual journey, is the story of Julia Butterfly Hill's two-year arboreal odyssey.

The daughter of an itinerant preacher, Hill writes of her chance meeting with California logging protesters, the blur of events leading to her ascent of the redwood, and the daily privations of living in the tallest treehouse on earth. She weathers everything from El Niño rainstorms to shock-jock media storms. More frightening are her interactions with the loggers below, who escalate the game of chicken by cutting dangerously close to Luna (eventually succeeding at killing another activist with such tactics). "'You'd better get ready for a bad hair day!'" one logger shouts up, grimly anticipating the illegal helicopter hazing she would soon get. Celebrity environmentalists like Joan Baez and Woody Harrelson stop by, too. The notoriety has, on balance, been good to Hill and her cause. George magazine named her one of the "Ten Most Fascinating People in Politics," Good Housekeeping readers nominated her one of the "Most Admired Women" in 1998, and she was featured in People's "Most Intriguing People of the Year" issue. As a result, more Americans know about controversial forestry practices; it remains to be seen, however, whether public outrage is enough to save California's unprotected and ever-shrinking groves of redwoods. While an agreement allowed Hill to descend from her aerie and Luna to escape the saw, most of the surrounding old-growth forest in the region has been felled or will fall shortly. Still, Hill is optimistic: "Luna is only one tree. We will save her, but we will lose others. The more we stand up and demand change, though, the more things will improve." --Langdon Cook

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On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California.

Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "tree-sit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive process of clear-cutting the ancient redwood and the trees around it. The area immediately next to Luna had already been stripped and, because, as many believed, nothing was left to hold the soil to the mountain, a huge part of the hill had slid into the town of Stafford, wiping out many homes.

Over the course of what turned into an historic civil action, Hill endured El Nino storms, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards, and the tremendous sorrow brought about by an old-growth forest's destruction. This story--written while she lived on a tiny platform eighteen stories off the ground--is one that only she can tell.

Twenty-five-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill never planned to become what some have called her--the Rosa Parks of the environmental movement. Shenever expected to be honored as one of Good Housekeeping's "Most Admired Women of 1998" and George magazine's "20 Most Interesting Women in Politics," to be featured in People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of the Year" issue, or to receive hundreds of letters weekly from young people around the world. Indeed, when she first climbed into Luna, she had no way of knowing the harrowing weather conditions and the attacks on her and her cause. She had no idea of the loneliness she would face or that her feet wouldn't touch ground for more than two years. She couldn't predict the pain of being an eyewitness to the attempted destruction of one of the last ancient redwood forests in the world, nor could she anticipate the immeasurable strength she would gain or the life lessons she would learn from Luna. Although her brave vigil and indomitable spirit have made her a heroine in the eyes of many, Julia's story is a simple, heartening tale of love, conviction, and the profound courage she has summoned to fight for our earth's legacy.

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A Book That Inspired Me to Do My part to Help the Environment.......2006-12-20

A wonderful book about environmental activism that left my inspired to do more to save our great forests and outraged by what the major timber companies are doing to our old growth forests and the environment. I particulary felt disgust and sadness for the disregard by Pacific Timber Corp for trees that were centuries old and using diesel fuel, napalm and other harmful chemicals/substances on pristine areas. Profit at any cost is unfortunatley what it is about. It was refreshing to learn of Julia's stand against all odds. A great book that everyone should read.

Interesting Read.......2006-08-21

I read this in one day, it's almost as if reading a letter from a friend. I had heard about the woman who sat in a Redwood Tree in California, and after seeing the documentary about it, I had to read the book. The writing isn't outstanding, but I got everything I'd hoped for: A detailed description of life in Luna, which is amazing to say the least, and a much better insight on the activism to preserve old growth forests. I couldn't put it down. Read it for another perspective on life, and to learn more about Julia Butterfly Hill: A truly amazing activist.

Saving our environment.......2006-03-04

I had seen the documentary and was interested to read the book. It was enjoyable, well written and an interesting report of a woman's total belief in what she was doing, along with her lessons in dealing with the very personal issues and fears that arose in her. An easy read and worthwhile.

Julia Butterfly Hill: A Woman Literally Up a Tree.......2005-12-16

Julia Butterfly Hill's father taught her a good lesson early in her life. The lesson was to stand up for what you believe in and not to give up. Julia obviously took this to heart. In her mid twenties she was looking for a meaning in her life. So she sold many of her valuables, "hit the road", and came into contact with an organization that was involved in the fight to save the redwoods. One of their main actions against the chopping of these trees is to put people up in a tree on a small platform for about a week.
Soon after meeting people in the "Earth First" organization, Julia managed to sign up and sit in a tree. After a week she was more than willing to come down, but she was back up not too long after. But she became very sick and needed a long time to recover after her trip back down. When she found out that the association was having a hard time finding people to stay in the tree, she saw a solution: she would stay up in Luna (the tree she had spent time in before and was going to spend a lot more time in) for an extended period. The longer she stayed in Luna the harder it got: the weather worsened, the Pacific Lumber corporation which was targeting cutting down Luna started pressing harder and harder for her to come down, and even the corporation she supposedly was signed up with started to turn their back on her and beg her to come down. But with the lesson from her dad, her faith, and the friends she had made inside the corporation, she stayed up for longer, and longer, and longer.
After her one hundred day mark in Luna, she started to become a very popular news target. Pretty much all day and night she was part of interviews, meetings and the growing struggle to save the redwoods. The people of Pacific Lumber really started to get ticked and did all they could to get her down. There were bills and pressure so they could finally have Luna in their own hands. But then an employee of this company started to treat her as a person and give her respect. John Campbell was the person who finally started to negotiate with Julia and respected her. They finally came to an agreement about a year and a half into her sit, but when she was supposed to come down, things got messed up with the agreement, so she still had to wait and sit and interview. But then came the fateful day about sixth months later in which she got a call that informed her that Luna and a buffer zone around her were safe. After two years in the tree, she had done her job, Luna was safe. So on December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill descended Luna and touched ground in the first time in two years.
The Legacy of Luna was an enjoyable read with a good message, but I did have mixed feelings about it. While reading this book, you see that Julia is a unique person. She has a very broad faith and is very extreme in her love for Luna. At some times she would pray to Luna, and I found that to be a little weird, but then again I wasn't with this tree for 24/4 for 730 days. Also the book does get a little confusing when it starts to talk about the political essence of the tree sit. I don't know if it was just me, a high school student with little experience in this area, or if it was poorly explained, but I did get lost easily. I would recommend this book to someone who was excited in the environment and in the saving of the forest, but probably not for a Sunday afternoon read.

Good book - Inspiring - Short on details.......2005-05-01

First the book was inspiring having been out of the "Environmental Movement" for 15 years, it was a breath of fresh air on a personal level. This is motivation to do more, to put action to the rhetoric. It brought into focus the simple fact that we are all connected to this living planet via creation.

As I read I was left wanting more details. More information about the people in the book. I would like to see a daily journal. It was a little disjointed in places... jumping from one thought to the next with out clear transitions.

It still is a great book and worth the money and time to read. I read it in 2 days... quick read.

The Legacy Of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods

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The Legacy Of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Julia Butterfly Hill
Manufacturer: HarperSanFrancisco
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ASIN: B000OF3EKE

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The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Julia Butterfly Hill
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ASIN: B000NY67FU

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In her thirteen years as special agent for the FBI, Rosemary Dew worked undercover against criminals, spies, and terrorists, earning eight commendations for her service. Despite her achievements, for her entire tenure she remained the subject of severe discrimination and even sexual harassment that the bureau seemed to condone rather than condemn. In elegant and deeply felt prose, Dew argues that this climate of corruption and duplicity not only taints the experience of the FBI’s few female agents but also leads directly to some of the bureau’s most harmful failures, such as the remarkable intelligence breakdown that allowed spy Robert Hanssen to operate undetected for more than two decades. Narrated by one of the most successful— and one of the only—women in the bureau’s history, No Backup is a startling look at the destructive and discriminatory culture that dominates one of America’s most powerful agencies, as well as an impassioned plea to an organization that must reform itself.

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