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The men behind Brown & Root.......2001-06-03

This is the story of Herman and George Brown and the engineering and construction firm, Brown & Root, they founded. From humble origins in Central Texas building roads with a team of mules to much larger projects such as damns, military installations, ship building, offshore platforms and industrial plants. The book is not about the history of Brown and Root, but rather focuses on the lives of both brothers and their political and philanthropic activities. The book shows the relationship between the brothers and an up and coming Congressman from Texas in the 1930's, Lyndon Johnson. The book chronciles the parallel rise of both the Brown brothers' company and Lyndon Johnson in the national and international scene. The book shows the Brown brothers as movers and shakers in Houston politics and how they helped shape the growing city in the 1940's and 50's. A good book for anyone interested in construction as well as the history and poltics of Texas.

Builders: Herman and George R. Brown.(Book Review): An article from: The Oral History Review

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Builders: Herman and George R. Brown.(Book Review): An article from: The Oral History Review
JoAnn Pospisil
Manufacturer: Oral History Association
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FN6TY
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from The Oral History Review, published by Oral History Association on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 1278 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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Title: Builders: Herman and George R. Brown.(Book Review)
Author: JoAnn Pospisil
Publication: The Oral History Review (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Oral History Association
Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Page: 167(4)

Article Type: Book Review

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I saw these at KITSON in LA!.......2006-07-10

I was checking out, and sure enough saw them there! These cards are pretty cool, great design and idea.

Bubbles And Ballast, Being A Description Of Life In Paris During The Brilliant Days Of Empire: A Tour Through Belgium And Holland And A Sojourn In London

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Bubbles And Ballast, Being A Description Of Life In Paris During The Brilliant Days Of Empire: A Tour Through Belgium And Holland And A Sojourn In London
Mary E. Parker Bouligny
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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A Chronological Account and Brief History of the Events of the French Revolution, from the Taking of the Bastile, in 1789, to the Conquest of Holland, in 1795, including a period of nearly six years, by J. Talma, a native of Paris, and now a dentist in C

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A Chronological Account and Brief History of the Events of the French Revolution, from the Taking of the Bastile, in 1789, to the Conquest of Holland, in 1795, including a period of nearly six years, by J. Talma, a native of Paris, and now a dentist in C
J. Talma
Manufacturer: London: Printed for the author,
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IUXJQY

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A Chronological Account and Brief History of the Events of the French Revolution, from the Taking of the Bastile, in 1789, to the Conquest of Holland, in 1795, Including a Period of Nearly Sixty Years, by J. Talma, a Native of Paris, and Now a Dentist in
Julie. Talma
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Living and Dining in Medieval Paris: The Household of a Fourteenth-Century Knight

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Living and Dining in Medieval Paris: The Household of a Fourteenth-Century Knight
Nicole Crossley-Holland
Manufacturer: University of Wales Press
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Metropolis: Paris, London, Ranstad Holland, Rhein-Ruhr-Gebiet, New York, Atlanta

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Metropolis: Paris, London, Ranstad Holland, Rhein-Ruhr-Gebiet, New York, Atlanta
H Rottier
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Norman Holland Y La Articulacion Literaria/ Psicoanalisis/ Norman Holland and the Articulate Literature/ Psychoanalyst (Intelectuales)

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Norman Holland Y La Articulacion Literaria/ Psicoanalisis/ Norman Holland and the Articulate Literature/ Psychoanalyst (Intelectuales)
Diana Paris
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Paris And Holland
Jacques Casanova
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At these words I rose and went to the window, where I stayed for more than a quarter of an hour reflecting on her infatuation. When I returned to the table where she was seated she scanned my features attentively, and said, with much emotion, "Can it be done, my dear friend? I see that you have been weeping."

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Paris and Holland (Large Print)
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Release Date: 2007-05-04

Paris and Holland [EasyRead Comfort Edition]

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Paris and Holland [EasyRead Comfort Edition]
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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Tri-state Gardener's Guide New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Ralph Snodsmith
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
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Release Date: 2001-09-03

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Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value.

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What a great book!!

I agree...our teens are crazy...but it is explainable!

Must-Read for all parents of teens!

Just plain useful

Pabulum for Grownups

Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Michael J. Bradley
Manufacturer: Harbor Press, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated

Why Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent

Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying

ASIN: 0936197447

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Now in paperback! Here is the book that updates the rulebook, giving parents the training and skills they need to transform their teenage children into strong, confident, productive adults.

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What a great book!!.......2007-10-01

I was at my wits end with my 17 year-old daughter. She was acting up quite a bit and my normal reaction was anger which resulted in nothing but a lot of yelling,hurt feelings, and sleepless nights. Out of desperation, I searched for something, ANYTHING, that would help me get back on track with my daughter. This book was a God-send! I couldn't put it down. Dr. Bradley's philosophies and advice were right on target. I felt that he wrote it just for me. I applied his suggestions and what a difference it has made in my relationship with my daughter. Instead of yelling, we talk calmly. I listen, she listens. She still acts up once in awhile (after all, she's still a teenager) but I handle my reactions differently which makes her more comfortable coming to me with her problems. I sleep much better at night now. Dr. Bradley has given me so much hope that my sweet little girl is still there and we will get through these very trying times. I wish that all parents of teenagers could read this book. It is THE best.

I agree...our teens are crazy...but it is explainable!.......2007-09-23

This is one of the best books I have found to help parents understand not only what their teens are going through, but tips on responding and hope that this is only a "stage" of development...this too shall pass! As a Marriage & Family therapist, I work with many teens and their parents...I all but insist that the parents buy this book! I tell them that it is the "handbook" for parenting a teen! So many have thanked me...it becomes their guidebook through adolescence! I should receive royalties...or at least some kind of commission, don't you think?

Thanks so much for writing this book and in such an easy to read format! My only wish is that it had been available when my son was a teen!

Must-Read for all parents of teens!.......2007-08-30

I've read many parenting books, and most of them have offered excellent advice; but if you only read one parenting book in all your parenting years, this is the book to read. My husband is a youth pastor and I meet regularly with mothers of teens (we call ourselves MOTs). Together we've recommended this book more times than I can count and have purchased several copies to ensure that we always have one on hand to lend to a parents in need.

Just plain useful.......2007-06-10

I don't know if the last reviewer actually read this book. I didn't see a place in the book where parents were not held accountable for their own behavior or teens were "blamed" for much of anything. It is not a textbook on how families can function when any member is psychotic, or criminally insane, or violent, or sexually abusive. But for the vast majority of us imperfect parents who have good but imperfect kids in transition from childhood to adulthood, this book offers quite a bit of advice, that I for one, have found very helpful. I've given it to quite a few friends too, all of whom have enjoyed it.

The author calls teens "crazy" because that has been the hue and cry of many a parent. What he is saying is hyperbole, a tongue-in-cheek overstatement regarding what is known about adolescent brain development: only that it is incomplete in the teen-age years.

Pabulum for Grownups.......2007-04-12

If you're an insecure enough parent that you need Michael Bradley to tell you the whole
family problem is that just that "your teen is crazy" so that you can evade facing your own
issues, this book is for you. I worked with children, teens, and parents for 10 years
(directly in their homes on a daily basis; not, like Bradley, by seeing them in my office
once in a while), and I can tell you there are a lot more crazy grownups out there than
crazy teens. In fact, teenagers get along with their parents a lot better than parents get
along with EACH OTHER (proof: our 60% divorce rate). Last year, California law
enforcement offices responded to nearly 200,000 domestic violence cases, the vast
majority involving adults over age 30.

If Bradley can't summon empathy for the several hundred thousand children and youths
who are confirmed as violently or sexually abused by the parents every year, the several
million who live with alcoholic or addicted parents, and the tens of millions who suffer
severe family conflicts before and after their parents' separation and divorce, he needs to
get out of his comfortable office, toss his arrogant theories in the trash, and take a hard
look at the real world.

I looked up the terrifying teen statistics Bradley presents, and EVERY ONE OF THEM
IS OUTRAGEOUSLY WRONG. He (or whoever he copied) just multiplied numbers of
gun deaths, drunken driving wrecks, suicides, etc. shown by the National Center for
Health Statistics by 400% or 500% and stuck them in his book. The rest is no more
accurate. In particular, Bradley fails to mention the real statistics: ages 35-54 (the parents)
now have soaring violent death rates far above those of high schoolers. A teenager is
twice as likely to have a parent get into a drunken accident, three times more likely to
suffer a parent who commits suicide, 10 times more likely to have a parent die from an
illicit-drug overdose than the other way around. Bradley can't seem to see this--and he
incessantly trashes teens as "crazy"?

Reading this book was like listening to stereotypical seventh-grade alphas ridiculing the
"retards." Bradley's name-calling is so obsessive--he berates teenagers as "crazy,"
"stupid," "nuts," and brain-damaged in frenzied repetition on nearly every page--that it's
pathological. He sounds confident and tough, but this book is ultra-permissive when it
comes to ignoring the rotten adult behaviors that underlie rotten teenage behaviors.

Having said this, I respect and admire good parents. Good parents know they're not the
blameless victims Bradley excuses and that conflicts with teens are nearly always a
two-way street. Parents who need help maturely seek it from therapists who will hold all
parties accountable, not just encourage them to dismiss every problem with their
teenagers as caused by their "large, brain-dysfunctioned children." It's no accident that
arrogant, tough-sounding books like this are popular in a time when grownup
misbehaviors and disarray are skyrocketing and kids are dealing with more troubled
families than ever. After reading authors like this, I wonder if the never-mentioned side of
"brain science"--the deterioration in key memory and learning genes and loss of cells that
accelerates after age 40--is causing the real craziness we should be worried about.

Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind

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Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!: Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind
Michael J. Bradley
Manufacturer: Harbor Press, Inc. Gig Harbor, WA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: B000MHN4CC

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Hailed by The New York Times as "America's Aristophanes," Will Rogers was one of this century's most astute and beloved humorists. If as he often remarked, he never met a man he didn't like, it is also true that Rogers never met a man he didn't like to make fun of. Everyone from congressmen and Presidents to Hollywood movie moguls and wealthy industrialists bore the brunt of his gently lacerating wit--and seemed, mostly, to be charmed in the process. So popular did Rogers become--through dozens of films, a daily column that ran for nine years in newspapers across the country, and countless lectures and stage performances--that he was often urged to run for Congress and even the Presidency. Upon receiving a mock appointment as Congressman-at-Large for the whole United States, Rogers protested, "I regret the disgrace that's been thrust upon me here tonight. I've tried to live my whole life so that I would never become a congressman." In American Original, Ray Robinson chronicles the trajectory of Will Rogers' remarkable life. Written with engaging immediacy and filled with a wealth of delightful anecdotes, this lively portrait follows Rogers from his childhood in the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma, to his first spellbinding lariat performances in the Wild West shows (where he would often lasso prominent audience members and drag them on stage), to his stardom in vaudeville and the Ziegfeld Follies, to his early silent movies and the later "talkies," and finally to his astonishing influence as a "cowboy philosopher" columnist read by over 40 million Americans. Far more than other biographers, Robinson excels at conveying Rogers' impact as a political commentator ("I belong to no organized political party. I am a Democrat.") and his great success as an actor in Hollywood, where he was the leading star of Fox Films. And along the way, Robinson paints a vibrant portrait of one of America's most colorful eras. We follow the early evolution of modern entertainment, enjoy vivid snapshots of W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Florenz Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor, Samuel Goldwyn, Shirley Temple, and John Ford, and, perhaps most important, witness the major political events of the era through Will Rogers' uniquely perceptive eyes. American Original succeeds most appealingly in bringing Will Rogers before us with all the spontaneity, intimacy, and honesty of a live performance. In it we are given front row seats to the life of a character unabashedly American and unforgettably original.

American Original: A Life of Will Rogers

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American Original: A Life of Will Rogers
Ray Robinson
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKEDGI

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Wilton Park is a unique phenomenon: part of the Britih Government but academically independent; well-known among policy makers, but with a low public profile; created to help foster democracy in post-war Germany, but now with global reach; a vehicle for international dialogue, never one for British propaganda.

Why did the British Government create such an institution in 1946? What impact did it have? How did it evolve from a training centre for German prisoners of war to today's international policy forum?

In Victory, Magnanimity, in Peace, Goodwill tells the story for the first time. It describes how it was Winston Churchill who proposed Wilton Park's post-war role. But its founding father was a German: Heinz Koeppler, a historian who had fled from Hitler to Magdalen College, Oxford, and had worked in Britain's wartime Political Intelligence Department. After the war, he fought as many battles as during it, to resisit Government cuts and to maintain Wilton Park's academic independence as a centre of frank, searching and off-the-record debate. Koeppler's legacy is today's thriving institution.

In Victory, Magnanimity, in Peace, Goodwill; A History of Wilton Park (Whitehall Histories. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Publications)

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In Victory, Magnanimity, in Peace, Goodwill; A History of Wilton Park (Whitehall Histories. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Publications)
RICHARD MAYNE
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MU70WO

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