Physiology Of Tree Crops: Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At Long Ashton Research Station, University Of Bristol, 25-28 March 1969

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Physiology Of Tree Crops: Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At Long Ashton Research Station, University Of Bristol, 25-28 March 1969
L.C.; Cutting, C.V. Whitford
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For this smart, cheerful little book, Fodor's parent-experts have hand-picked 68 terrific things to do around Philadelphia with a child in tow from the tried-and-true Liberty Bell to the American Helicopter Museum. Written by parents who live in Philadelphia, this book is smart about what kids like and about what parents need. It includes all the details for planning (addresses, phone numbers, admission prices, and age-appropriateness); "Hey Kids!" info boxes filled with fun facts; ideas for places to grab a bite to eat nearby; and a cool "Games" section that will keep everyone happily occupied while waiting in line.

Designed to lure even the crankiest young tourists to sites of interest...with a nod toward grown-up sensibilities, too." -- Good Housekeeping

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Pretty good little book.......2006-08-12

This book is pretty good for the price. I like that it has the activity and the age range that would enjoy the activity. I also liked the idea of listing the restaurants in the area of the attraction.

Enjoying using this guide.......2006-01-03

The title of this book is AROUND Philadelphia with Kids, so, as one should expect not everything is in the city. This is fine with me as a resident of the Western Suburbs. The font size is comparable with any other Fodor's guide and the book is small enough to fit into your purse.

I have already gone to one of the sites recommended in the book (which I had never heard of) and we very much enjoyed it. I like that the book tells you the best days to visit, places where to take kids to eat and optimal age ranges. I am only giving 4 stars because this is a 2001 edition. At a minimum, things like prices and the exit numbers on 476 are out of date.

Find something else.......2004-07-09

I would not recommend this book to anyone. The first thing I saw was that the type is red! It appears to be set in 6 or 8 point fonts and is very difficult to read. There are 68 recommended things to do and/or places to visit. Of these, 23 are not anywhere near the city and 12 are near but not not in the city. That is 35 recommended places that would certainly require a car to visit. Less than half of the list are actually city of Phila. sites. I grew up in Philadelphia and live within 1/2 hour drive to any location within its boundaries. I bought this book because I wanted to show the city to my grandchildren as a tourist would do. I cannot believe that in a city this large in area with so many places to visit, this is the best that they could come up with. I find this a disgraceful list for one of the top ten cities in the USA. I guess I'll make my own itinerary and forget buying any more books that will probably be a major disappointment. Maybe someone who is familiar with Philadelphia should write a guide.

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Dawn Kotapish's Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Baghdad.......2004-02-09

An excellent book with an informative text and colorful illustrations, but it contains a number of errors that can be rectified in an updated edition. Among the glaring errors:

(p.4) Kotapish states that "the Republic of Iraq was founded in 1932 ..." whereas the Republic of Iraq was founded in 1958. The Monarchical State of Iraq was founded in 1932 upon its independence from Great Britain.

(p.7) "... to a tiny Persian village named Baghdad." Prior to Islam, the region in which the village of Baghdad was located was ruled by the Persians, but the indegenous inhabitants were not Persian.

(p.32) Kotapish mistakenly reverses the people in the civil war. The Persians sided with al-Ma'mun while the Arabs sided with al-Amin--- and not the other way around.

(p 51) Replace "Abdul Karim Qassam" with the correct Abdul Karim Qasim for the name of the prime minister in 1958-1963.

(pages 19 and 30)Sections are negative on role and rights of women in ancient Islam. While much is made of social frivolity, there is no mention made of the considerable charitable works of early Muslim women in Baghdad. For example, Zubaydah, cousin-wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, herself commissioned the construction of wells for Hajj pilgrims along the 900-mile road between Baghdad and Makkah (Mecca) that today still bears her name.
And were there women who achieved distinction in the arts, music, literary wit, religion and even as warrior maidens commanding troops.

Attention to rectifying these errors and omissions would greatly enhance the value of this timely subject.

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Roger Caras has gathered an anthology of short fiction in celebration of man's best friend. In "Yellow Journalism," Dave Barry shows us the hilarious side of dog training. In "Josephine Has Her Day," James Thurber tells of a couple who search desperately for a new owner for their puppy. In "Kerfol," Edith Wharton weaves the tale of a medieval castle haunted by dogs.

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From humble beginnings in the late 1800s, the popularity of cigarettes grew into the twentieth century, until they became far and away the favorite way to enjoy the pleasures of tobacco. To capitalize on the rising demand, new brands were introduced around the world, and every one had a distinctive, attractive pack. Most were executed in rich colors and with graphics designed to catch the eye and capture the imagination of the potential consumer. Today these miniature works of advertising art have attracted a large, international audience of admirers and collectors. This new book presents hundreds of cigarette packs from every corner of the globe, in full color, with vital information about manufacture and price that will be invaluable to the collector. The images themselves represent a fascinating visual history of more than one hundred years of cigarette manufacture.

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This new addition to the Book of Lists series lists plants that complement architecture, can withstand drought and bloom for weeks, and much more, plus features and lists on vegetable gardening, perennials for water gardens, and trees for urban areas. Illustrations.

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Right Plant, Right Place.......2002-01-03

Finally a book that's not professorial and gets to the point!

McClure not only compiles lists from several regional experts, she includes down-to-earth quotes from them that lends a lot of authenticity to their recommendations.

She's upfront about what grows well in our alkaline clay soil and what plants can honestly handle the extremes of heat, humidity, drought, rain, cold and wind charactistic of this area.

Another excellent reference for those of us in zones 5 & 6 is Ezra Haggard's Perennials for the Lower Midwest. It's more conversational than a list book, but the accessible text is packed with advice and never rambles. The format gives each plant a page of text with a full-color photo on the facing page.

Excellent reference for the experienced gardener.......1999-02-16

Saves oodles of time for the gardener who knows "I know there's a plant that works there, but I can't remember its name." Great for taking to the plant store, and for designing the new (or refurbishing the existing) garden. And you know the plants will reliably grow in your zone, which is nice for the novice.

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Kyoko Mori spent a largely unhappy childhood chafing at social restrictions in Japan before migrating to the American Midwest. In 12 beautifully turned essays she shuttles between these two cultures, observing local customs with a wondering eye. Too bold to be emotionally fluent in either land, Mori scrutinizes--and sometimes ridicules--the sound of a woman's voice raised in a childish squeak; the differences between Americans who marry for love (and divorce the day it dissolves) and traditional Japanese women, who may be more likely to find happiness in an honorable widowhood; and the navigation of uncomfortable truths and painful emotions. "Having a conversation in Japanese is like driving in the dark without a headlight," she says. "Every moment, I am on the verge of hitting something and hurting myself or someone else, but I have no way of guessing where the dangers are." Despite frustration and puzzlement, Mori rarely swerves even to make her own limitations more palatable.

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In this powerful, exquisitely crafted book, Kyoko Mori delves into her dual heritage with a rare honesty that is both graceful and stirring. From her unhappy childhood in Japan, weighted by a troubled family and a constricting culture, to the American Midwest, where she found herself free to speak as a strong-minded independent woman, though still an outsider, Mori explores the different codes of silence, deference, and expression that govern Japanese and American women's lives: the ties that bind us to family and the lies that keep us apart; the rituals of mourning that give us the courage to accept death; the images of the body that make sex seem foreign to Japanese women and second nature to Americans. In the sensitive hands of this compelling writer, one woman's life becomes the mirror of two profoundly different societies.

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Japan exposed.......2007-06-21

As a half-Japanese raised in the Midwest by an old-fashioned Japanese mother born and raised near Tokyo, I could really relate to much of this book. Mori's personal story and her eye-opening revelations of traditional Japanese culture vs general American culture are fascinating, however she did lose me a bit in her comparisons with the Midwest which I did not fully buy into. Others may argue that Mori discloses the "old" Japan, but there are plenty of books out there trying to teach Americans how to negotiate the Japanese social terrain which is extremely complex and still quite traditional and conservative. Mori is an unusually independent and practical woman, so much so that she discovers marriage even to a good man who gives her space is too constricting. It seems her own childhood experiences have thrust her into the extreme. I hope she finds happiness.

Vivid memoir Social Commentary Japan & US.......2007-03-12

I loved this book. I am not surprised that there are bad reviews. Some Japanese and japanophile readers could be offended by the revelations about Japanese culture. But, Kyoko is giving the reader tremendous insight into the social structure of Japan. She points out quite a few similarities to American Midwest culture. Best of all, her stories draw the reader in and keep reader wanting more.

Beautifully Written but Flawed.......2006-05-27

I really enjoyed reading this book. Mori, as befits a writing instructor, writes beautifully. Her essays have a wonderful flow about them and are peppered with interesting details. I think they would serve as great instructional pieces on writing personal essays.

However, I found some un-evenness in the actual content of what Dr. Mori had to say. Her observations about what it's like to be a person caught between or maybe with one foot in each of two very different cultures struck me as very true and perceptive, as this is also my life story.

The problem is when Dr. Mori talks about Japan. She is one of a fairly typical group of adult-immigrants to the US, who moved here because they disliked their life in their home country. And since she has been here for 20 years and has been very successful and lived a full life, all her stories about Japan are going to have a goal of saying 'I am so glad I left Japan.' In addition, as the other reviewers have said, Dr. Mori had an extremely unhappy childhod in Japan, which probably colors all of her perceptions of that country. I found her descriptions of her feelings in flying closer to Japan on a rare visit there very revealing -- to her, Japan is not a home, not even a happy place, but instead a place full of terrible memories that she is only too happy to have escaped from.

Nonetheless, I think this book is worth reading both for its writing and its observations about being a person who is bicultural by choice.

Recommended if you have lived in Japan.......2006-04-06

Having lived in Japan 4 separate times, I loved returning because things worked somehow and at the same time confused me as to how they worked. Mori by sharing her personal experiences -- through her mother's suicide, her stepmother's evil intent, her transition to life in Green Bay, her divorce to her husband, and more -- offers a lot of insight into the thinking that makes Japan's culture such a magnetic source of confusion for me. Although this represents more the author's insights from her personal experiences more than whatever "average" there may be to Japanese life, the reader can still learn from her unique experience of being "Japanese."

Also, coming from the Chicago area, I learn from Mori's comparison of her understanding of Midwestern Green Bay culture and Kansai Japanese culture. It's a comparison that other sociological books and more quantative readings fail at. In terms of writing quality, maybe I'd give it 3 stars, but the way Kyoko Mori shares so much personally, this open honestness encouraged me to give it 4 stars. This book might also be useful for couples with a Japanese or Japanese-American partner.

just terrible and offending!!!!!.......2005-12-04

Someone wrote, "She is writing about a Japanese society that she is no longer part of. She makes statments that assume that Japan has remained frozen in time since she left. She is comparing apples still on the tree to 20 year old rotten oranges." I really agree with this person!!! Does she really think that Japan is stii the same country which she had belonged to? Ridiculous! Don't believe anything in the book as well as her other books. I am a really Japanese and was truly offended by her description of Japan in her books. Her books just cause misunderstanding of Japan and Japanese people. To the author, don't write about Japan anymore. Because you already had left Japan many years ago and you are not Japanese who is able to describe Japan accurately. You ARE an Urashima Taro.

Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Two Cultures

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Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Two Cultures
Kyoko Mori
Manufacturer: Fawcett Books
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ASIN: B000K1DP7O

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Nineteenth century London produced a fine flowering of eccentrics and individualists. Chief among them was Harriette Wilson, whose patrons included most of the distinguished men of the day, from the Duke of Wellington to Lord Byron. She held court in a box at the opera, attended by statesmen, poets, national heroes, aristocrats, members of the beau monde, and students who hoped to be immortalised by her glance. She wrote these memoirs in middle age, when she had fallen out of favour. She advised her former lovers that for 200 she would edit them out. 'Publish and be damned!' retorted the Duke of Wellington. The result is an elegant, zestful, unrepentant memoir, which offers intimately detailed portraits of the Regency demimonde. First published in 1957.

The game of hearts;: Harriette Wilson's memoirs, interspersed with excerpts from the Confessions of Julia Johnstone, her rival

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The game of hearts;: Harriette Wilson's memoirs, interspersed with excerpts from the Confessions of Julia Johnstone, her rival
Harriette Wilson
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THE GAME OF HEARTS: HARRIETTE WILSON AND HER MEMOIRS.

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THE GAME OF HEARTS: HARRIETTE WILSON AND HER MEMOIRS.

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THE GAME OF HEARTS: Harriette Wilson's Memoirs

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THE GAME OF HEARTS: Harriette Wilson's Memoirs

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The Game of Hearts: Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
Leslie (ed) Blanch
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Game of Hearts: Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
Harriette Wilson
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Harriette Wilsn's Memoirs
Harriette) Blanch, Lesley ed Wilson
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Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
Lesley (ed) Blanch
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Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
Harriette) Blanch, Lesley ed Wilson
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Harriette Wilson's memoirs
Harriette Wilson
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ASIN: B0007CBPY6

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Soak up the midnight sun in the northernmost town in the United States, thread your kayak among the seals as glaciers calve in the distance, watch brown bears snack on live fish, or pitch a tent in Denali's back-country —Fodor's Alaska 2005 offers all these experiences and more! From Fairbanks to Juneau, our local writers have traveled throughout this picturesque state to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best —"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

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Visit www.fodors.com to find up-to-date travel bargains, mini-guides to worldwide destinations, information on local festivals, dazzling drives, maps, vacation planning tips and much more!

And, for more insider secrets, visit “Travel Talk” and “Rants and Raves” online at www.fodors.com/forums to get advice from other travelers like you.

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Fodor's Alaska 2005.......2005-09-13

A very helpful travel companion. We took advantage of their suggestions and had a wonderful time. A useful tool in a place where one may be lost without it.

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Wonderful Beginning Book for Women's History

Wonderful recounting of many important women

Every Woman should read this book!

What every woman should know

Applause to Ken Burns & Geoffrey Ward!

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Geoffrey C. Ward , and Ken Burns
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Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words

In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Not for Ourselves Alone - The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Stanton & Anthony

The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective

ASIN: 037570969X
Release Date: 2001-12-26

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In 1902, at the age of 83, Susan B. Anthony wrote a letter to her dearest friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton:

We little dreamed when we began this contest, optimistic with the hope and buoyancy of youth, that half a century later we would be compelled to leave the finish of the battle to another generation of women. But our hearts are filled with joy to know that they enter upon this task equipped with a college education, with business experience, with the fully admitted right to speak in public--all of which were denied to women fifty years ago. They have practically but one point to gain--the suffrage; we had all.

Anthony and Stanton had worked together for over half a century for women's rights and were instrumental in keeping the movement alive despite repeated defeats. Sadly, Anthony is best remembered as "the woman on that funny dollar" and Stanton has been largely forgotten. PBS favorites Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward have joined forces again to change all that, in their respectful dual biography of the great suffragettes, Not for Ourselves Alone. The authors trace Anthony and Stanton's very different lives--Anthony was a Quaker who remained single all her life; Stanton was born to a wealthy family and later married and raised several children--from girlhood on through their hard work, frequent disagreements on policy, and unflagging devotion to the cause of women's rights. In this era when fewer than half the eligible voters go to the polls, many have forgotten the struggles of Anthony and Stanton, the sacrifices they made, and the hardships they endured. Anthony, for one, was frequently vilified in the press, cruelly caricatured, and shouted down at lectures. What shines most brightly throughout the volume, however, is the love and respect these women felt for one another.

With contributions by noted historians Ann D. Gordon and Ellen Carol Dubois, and dozens of evocative contemporary photographs, Not for Ourselves Alone provides a view of the suffrage movement through the eyes of the women who fought hardest for it. "We are sowing winter wheat," Stanton confided to her diary, "which the coming spring will see sprout and which other hands than ours will reap and enjoy." Indeed, neither Stanton nor Anthony lived to be able to cast a ballot. But Burns and Ward have assured them of a larger place in the American memory--as is their right. --Sunny Delaney

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two heroic women who vastly bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens. For more than fifty years they led the public battle to secure for women the most basic civil rights and helped establish a movement that would revolutionize American society. Yet despite the importance of their work and they impact they made on our history, a century and a half later, they have been almost forgotten.

Stanton and Anthony were close friends, partners, and allies, but judging from their backgrounds they would seem an unlikely pair. Stanton was born into the prominent Livingston clan in New York, grew up wealthy, educated, and sociable, married and had a large family of her own. Anthony, raised in a devout Quaker environment, worked to support herself her whole life, elected to remain single, and devoted herself to progressive causes, initially Temperance, then Abolition. They were nearly total opposites in their personalities and attributes, yet complemented each other's strengths perfectly. Stanton was a gifted writer and radical thinker, full of fervor and radical ideas but pinned down by her reponsibilities as wife and mother, while Anthony, a tireless and single-minded tactician, was eager for action, undaunted by the terrible difficulties she faced. As Stanton put it, "I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them."

The relationship between these two extraordinary women and its effect on the development of the suffrage movement are richly depicted by Ward and Burns, and in the accompanying essays by Ellen Carol Dubois, Ann D. Gordon, and Martha Saxton. We also see Stanton and Anthony's interactions with major figures of the time, from Frederick Douglass and John Brown to Lucretia Mott and Victoria Woodhull. Enhanced by a wonderful array of black-and-white and color illustrations, Not For Ourselves Alone is a vivid and inspiring portrait of two of the most fascinating, and important, characters in American history.

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Wonderful Beginning Book for Women's History.......2004-06-26

This was a wonderful and engaging read. Not only were you given a clear picture of both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but the book cites numerous powerful men and women who were active in the suffrage movement. This book is like a small taste of women's history that leaves you yearning for more. However, I wouldn't overlook this book just because it is not extremely specific, it is very helpful in getting a feel for the suffrage movement as a whole.

Wonderful recounting of many important women.......2002-05-31

This book fills a glaring need in history books. Not many people know more about Susan B. Anthony than she was one the dollar coin. This book corrects that oversight, and then some. Not only does the book give a balanced and well thought out look at Anthony and Stanton, the reader is also introduced to many, many other women who worked so hard for women rights.
I especially liked that the book didn't shy away from some of these women's more controversial stands, such as taking on the black person's cause.
All in all, a very good book.

Every Woman should read this book!.......2001-11-23

This book provides insight and history on the struggle that women went through to get the right to vote. It includes all kinds of interesting background and perspectives. It was a real eye opener for me and I'm giving it as a gift to all the young women I know.

What every woman should know.......2001-08-11

This book was an eye opener for me. Every woman should read this book to understand the fight for our right to vote. These women devoted their lives to something they knew they would never even see in their live time! Its a story of courage and strength. It's makes one feel proud to be a woman.

Applause to Ken Burns & Geoffrey Ward!.......2000-04-30

This book is richly woven with details that dive into the true characters of these two beautiful souls. The book gives a truly amazing account of not only Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, but dives into their lives and characters. The reader obtains a true understanding of these women's motivations, techniques, skills, and contributions, in a brilliant biography with great quotes, accounts, photographs, and special archives directly from the time period of Susan & Elizabeth, relating to their work. Ken Burns & Geoffrey C. Ward have made quite an accomplishment with this extraordinary account.

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (Signed First Edition)

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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (Signed First Edition)
Ken; Geoffrey C. Ward; Paul Barnes (intro); Martha Saxton; Ann D. Gordon; Ellen Carol DuBois Burns
Manufacturer: Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000XDZDEM

Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

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Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Geoffrey C. Ward
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Fills in the gaps.......2003-09-10

This book is a political biography of Scott Nearing, focusing on his life before his homesteading experience in Vermont. The research and degree of detail that Saltmarsh presents are extensive. In order to allow understanding of the context of Nearing's times, Saltmarsh describes many of Nearing's contemporaries, and goes into great detail about many of the controversies that Nearing stirred up. Original sources are cited in the extensive end notes. The book also includes a few black and white photographs covering Nearing's entire life, a Nearing bibliography, and the list of sources that Saltmarsh used in preparing the book.

When I first read Nearing's Living the Good Life, I wondered long and hard about who this Nearing was, and what was his motivation for undertaking such a project. I wasn't sure how to relate to authors who had abandoned an undescribed life in New York City to live in rural Vermont, and when they mentioned that they wrote books for cash, I wondered what kinds of books they wrote- -travel books perhaps? After reading Saltmarsh's biography of Nearing, it made much more sense. Saltmarsh describes what a well known political figure Nearing was, how he was fired from university positions for preaching against child labor and being a peace activist in a time of war. Saltmarsh goes on to describe how Nearing ended up in the Communist party, and then was thrown out for being an independent thinker. This is one of the strongest themes that permeates the book- -how Nearing developed and followed through on his economic and political ideas independently, all with a deep religious basis. With these facts in mind, Nearing's later work becomes even more sensible.

One striking aspect of Nearing's early life as a radical was how much freedom of speech and academic freedom on campuses has changed since the time when he was dismissed, perhaps in part due to the battles that he lost. True, we still don't have perfect freedom of speech, but conditions are a lot better now than when Nearing became the American first university professor to lose his job because of his political activity. Looking back, would someone like Chomsky have been able to be so outspoken against the Vietnam War if Nearing hadn't fought his battles for free speech during the First World War?

One sad aspect about Nearing's life that comes through in this book is his inability to listen to his own children. Years ago, I read the book Behind the Urals by John Scott, having no idea that John Scott was actually Nearing's son. In Behind the Urals, John Scott describes how he went off to the Soviet Union in the 1930's as an energetic idealist, and how he gradually came to view the Soviet Union in a much different light. In this book, Saltmarsh tells us that Nearing would never accept Scott's criticisms of the Soviet Union. Despite John Scott's 10 years of personal experience in the country, Scott Nearing always thought he knew better. Was this inability to listen to others a general characteristic of Nearing, or did it only apply to his children? Saltmarsh leaves this question respectfully open.

A Wonderful Inroduction To An Unknown Giant of A Man!.......2000-07-03

What does one say about a book that details the life and thoughts of a man who was one of the last of a breed of lions? That this is a wonderful biography, full of fresh impressions of a man who typified what the word "character" means. These days we have plenty of celebrities who are characters, but Scott Nearing had character. Scott Nearing was that rare and precious kind of man who actually stood by what he believed in, making his actions consistent with his beliefs, and doing so paid a terrible price for shouting against the insanity of the 20th century. Were we ever to look for good models to socialize our young with, Scott Nearing would be at the head of the line, standing shoulder to shoulder with other better known men like Gandhi, as wonderful models of what meaningful adulthood can look like.

I first learned about Scott and Helen Nearing in the late 1960s from a friend who was interested in learning more about the back-to-the-land movement of subsistence farming. Like many of the other baby boomers infatuated with anything different and unusual, I quickly steeped myself in the lore of the Nearings. What I found has long since fascinated and amazed me. Scott Nearing was an idealistic and outspoken reformer teaching at the University of Pennsylvania before the First World War who was suddenly removed from his position because of his strong and public opposition to the shames of child labor. His long and tortured personal odyssey from the moment of that removal seemed destined to cast him further and further from the center of the political firestorm raging in this country and closer and closer to nature and an alternative lifestyle. Finally by the early 1930s, in the midst of the Depression, he and his young wife Helen arrived in rural Vermont to buy a ramshackle old farm and attempt to live a more deliberative, purposeful, and balanced lifestyle that was consistent with their philosophy and social politics.

This is a well-written, accessible and eminently readable book by an academic who has done all of his homework. From interviews not only with Nearing late in his life, but also with many other contacts with everyone from his wife Helen to his sons from his first marriage to a staggering list of luminaries who knew Nearing and his work, Mr. Saltmarsh weaves a substantial and comforting country quilt of a portrait of a man who lived a life of principle with integrity, good humor, and compassion. Scott Nearing stands as a modern American icon from whom we can all learn a better and more satisfying way to approach our own lives and our won personal responsibilities to the wider community surrounding us. This is an absorbing and worthwhile boo, and one many of your friends would come to treasure after being introduced to this Spencer Tracy look-alike who so influenced a whole generation of younger Americans now living the 'good life'. Enjoy.

Best back-to-Nature bio.......1998-11-05

Reminds me of Scott's widows book which should be read first.It covers their life,even how he chose to die...a form of self-immolation.Saltmarsh has given some new front matter to his title,first published almost 10 years ago...with a quote from Alan Ginsberg..l line accurate portrayal of S.N.,I visited Forest farm after Woodstock.

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Birmingham-born Tommy Adderley was a working-class lad who started singing in New Zealand in the late 1950s when he was still in the Merchant Navy.

By the early 1970s he was one of the owners of Granpa's (entertainers' club) in Auckland. Overseas musicians considered him to be the main man in the parish and all the greats including Keith Richards and John Mayall visited the club when they were in town. Those were the halcyon days.

After a well-publicized drug bust and nineteen months in jail, Tommy devoted all his waking hours to music: as a jazz singer, event organiser and promoter. He performed to the end, and died, in abject poverty in February 1993 less than twenty-four hours after his last performance.

"A highly personal account of a thoroughly personable man. This work rightly acknowledges Tommy Adderley's broader contribution to the New Zealand entertainment industry.... Christine...provides angular glimpses into a life as filled with generosity as it was fraught with personal challenges." Richard Thorne, New Zealand Musician Magazine.

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