Daniel Rabel: Cent fleurs et insectes : collection Bibliotheque nationale, Paris

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Philippines guide, 2.......2001-05-05

We were being assigned to the Philippines and I browsed through all the travel books available on the country. I chose this (the first edition) because i liked the way it was written and that the writers live in the Philippines. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed! In fact i found both the information provided and the personalized descriptions of places to stay and eat very helpful. When the second edition came out i bought it and passed on my old copy to a friend. The 2nd edition has new information (unlike others that i have found are almost completely re-writes of past editions) and continues to be a more personal travel guide. I will be sorry to leave the country and this book has helped my family enjoy our travels.

Extremely helpful, highly detailed and accurate information........1998-04-09

I am a traveller from Madrid and was given this book as a gift by a friend from Manila. It was full of everything a traveller who is unfamiliar with an exotic country like the Philippines. When I went there with several friends last year we found the book to be extremely helpful and so accurate in detail that we had an easy time moving around, finding hotels and site-seeing areas. To the authors: thank you for a very relaxing trip to the Philippines!

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Corporate finance and corporate strategy have long been seen as different sides of the same coin. Though both focus on the same broad problem, investment decision-making, the gap between the two sides--and between theory and practice--remains embarrassingly large. This book synthesizes cutting-edge developments in corporate finance and related fields--in particular, real options and game theory--to help bridge this gap. In clear, straightforward exposition and through numerous examples and applications from various industries, Han Smit and Lenos Trigeorgis set forth an extended valuation framework for competitive strategies.

The book follows a problem-solving approach that synthesizes ideas from game theory, real options, and strategy. Thinking in terms of options-games can help managers address questions such as: When is it best to invest early to preempt competitive entry, and when to wait? Should a firm compete in R&D or adopt an accommodating stance? How does one value growth options or infrastructure investments? The authors provide a wide range of valuation examples, such as acquisition strategies, R&D investment in high-tech sectors, joint research ventures, product introductions in consumer electronics, infrastructure, and oil exploration investment.

Representing a major step beyond standard real options or strategy analysis, and extending the power of real options and strategic thinking in a rigorous fashion, Strategic Investment will be an indispensable guide and resource for corporate managers, MBA students, and academics alike.

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Right book for executives.......2007-03-20

I develop practical Game Theory Simulation Models for strategy formulations, experiments, and selection. This book provided me with a practical guide how to use Game Theory and Real Options for strategic analysis.
The use of Real Option with Game Theory was new for me.
Well written this book it is a must for executives.
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Technology Investment: A Game Theoretic Real Options Approach (Theory and Decision Library C:)

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Technology Investment: A Game Theoretic Real Options Approach (Theory and Decision Library C:)
Kuno J.M. Huisman
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792374878

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The technology investment decision of an individual firm has become a very complex matter in recent years. One reason is the incredibly rapid progress of technological developments in the last decades. Another reason is the existence of and movement towards oligopolistic markets. In this book, several theoretical and technology investment models of the firm are developed and analyzed. To solve these models real options theory and game theory is used. The real options theory makes it possible to explicitly take into account (and value) the option value of waiting. Game theory is used to incorporate strategic interactions. Technology Investment extends the already existing real options models by the introduction of game theory. The game theory, or more specifically, the theory of timing games, is extended by the inclusion of stochastics.

Real options in strategic investment games between two asymmetric firms [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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Real options in strategic investment games between two asymmetric firms [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]
J.J. Kong , and Y.K. Kwok
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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ASIN: B000PDYHCO

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This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper examines strategic investment games between two firms that compete for optimal entry in a project that generates uncertain revenue flows. Under asymmetry on both the sunk cost of investment and revenue flows of the two competing firms, we investigate the value of real investment options and strategic interaction of investment decisions. Compared to earlier models that only allow for asymmetry on sunk cost, our model demonstrates a richer set of strategic interactions of entry decisions. We provide a complete characterization of pre-emptive, dominant and simultaneous equilibriums by analyzing the relative value of leader's and follower's optimal investment thresholds. In a duopoly market with negative externalities, a firm may reduce loss of real options value by selecting appropriate pre-emptive entry. When one firm has a dominant advantage over its competitor, both the dominant firm and dominated firm enter at their respective leader's and follower's optimal thresholds. When the pre-emptive thresholds of both firms happen to coincide, the two firms enter simultaneously. Under positive externalities, firms do not compete to lead.

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The days of the great bull market are over-now it is more important than ever to understand the indicators that can signal a market up- or downturn.

The Complete Idiot's Guide' to Market Timing offers easy-to-understand coverage of the most simple and reliable tendencies of the financial markets.

The only book that gives a comprehensive overview of the trends, indicators, and history of market timing-more content and more up-to-date!

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AWESOME BOOK! A MUST-HAVE FOR EVERY TRADER!.......2005-11-07

This is an awesome book and every trader must get a copy. Scott is very thorough and leaves nothing to question. I've never read another author that leaves the necessary technical elements of trading up for guessing. I am very pleased with this book and recommend it to everyone!

Extremely Enlightening.......2004-12-29

This book is a gem, diamond in the rough! I found the authors words to be very wise. I actually bought it for a nephew who is interested in the Stock Market... thinking it had a bit more to do with day trading.

I read it on the airplane to visit him at school. I was surprised to find the book extremely enlightening, laying out several great cycles and ways to take advantage of the markets.

Being a professional in the investment industry working with institutions for over twenty years, I was surprised that such an awful title contained such great wisdom. I picked up a few things as well!

I would recommend this book to beginning investors and seasoned ones as well.

Actually Quite Good.......2003-12-25

I thought this book was actually quite good. It does not have the 'magic formula' that some people may be seeking-but then again, no other book does either. There is no magic formula.

Instead, what you have are practical and useful bits of knowledge that can help one understand the overall market cycles.

This book is not trying to sell a system, nor does it attempt to pinpoint entry and exit signals.

Yet, it gives one the background against which one can calculate when to get in and out. This is a guide for the 'forest'. I found it very useful-when trying to navigate between the 'trees'.

I think people that incorrectly anticipate it to be a textbook on mechanically generated entry/exit signals are barking up the wrong tree.
This is excellent basic stuff-I have an MBA and still found it very useful.

Actually Quite Good.......2003-12-25

I thought this book was actually quite good. It does not have the 'magic formula' that some people may be seeking-but then again, no other book does either. There is no magic formula.

Instead, what you have are practical and useful bits of knowledge that can help one understand the overall market cycles.

This book is not trying to sell a system, nor does it attempt to pinpoint entry and exit signals.

Yet, it gives one the tbackground against which one can calculate when to get in and out. This is a guide for the 'forest'. I found it very useful-when trying to navigate between the 'trees'.

I kept reading, hoping to be enlightened, but it never came.......2003-08-03

What a disappointment! I expected some discussion of market indicators and oscillators in timing the markets (see the promo), but instead got "invest in the last two years of a presidential cycle" and if you invest in the years when January is up, then you'll get an additional 0.5% return! While I admit that's timing the market, it's certainly not much to chew on, but I guess someone could make a case for these being indicators? Not me.
There apparently was no proofreader to catch missing verbs, misspellings, incorrect grammar, or to differentiate between "principle" and "principal". A few of the charts and tables bore little resemblance to the accompanying text and a couple end-of-chapter summaries contradicted the text being summarized. Also confusing were the filler chapters giving advice on selecting a financial advisor and how to manage your debt. I didn't see the connection to timing the markets. Nevertheless I did come away with a few choice tidbits, some interesting observations, and a generally better understanding of market behavior so the read was not a total loss, just not what I anticipated.

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Essential advice on how to attract birds to any yard is complemented by a photographic directory of 45 North American species and their behavior patterns. A final section covers bird survival and gives advice on how to care for an injured bird.

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Bobbles for little girls

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Great for Beginners, Boring for Intermediates

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The Yarn Girls' Guide to Kid Knits: Patterns for Babies and Toddlers
Julie Carles , and Jordana Jacobs
Manufacturer: Potter Craft
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Binding: Hardcover

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Junior Knits

ASIN: 1400051711
Release Date: 2004-09-14

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Hip designs and simple patterns are hallmarks of the Yarn Girls’ style—the very things that made their first book, The Yarn Girls’ Guide to Simple Knits, a smash hit with knitters of every stripe. Now Julie Carles and Jordana Jacobs return with a whole new collection of fast-knitting, colorful patterns, this time for the littlest members of the family.

Forget about baby-weight yarn and fussy patterns for sweaters that are quickly outgrown. Created in the Yarn Girls’ signature style, with fabulous yarns and big needles, these projects are perfect for new knitters who want to see their creations shape up quickly. And for experienced knitters, more advanced patterns explore changes in color and texture and allow for plenty of experimentation on a manageable, kid-sized scale. Patterns include a variety of pullovers and cardigans, plus hats, dresses, blankets, and even ponchos, all perfectly suited to babies and toddlers. Best of all, the sweater patterns are great for boys and girls, making this collection versatile enough to use again and again.

Many of the projects take just days to complete, and all are presented with easy-to-follow steps accompanied by beautiful photography. With straightforward, jargon-free instructions, plenty of personal knitting stories, and old-fashioned encouragement, success is a foregone conclusion. Never will kids look more adorable, or more comfortable, than in these smart, easy-to-make knits.

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easy and useful projects.......2007-10-10

love the book!
knit a cute dress for my little girl, and she loves it!

Bobbles for little girls.......2007-05-16

I have started the sweater for little girls and boys which includes bobbles for the girls sweater. The directions for the bobbles were very detailed and were very easy to follow. I am using pink and purple for the girls sweaters and blues and greens for the boys sweaters. I have decided having a couple of cute babies gifts ready for deliver is the way to go.

I have been knitting for almost five years and have become addicted to all the wonderful yarns that are out there. My stash certainly has some wonderful things to make including many patterns in this wonderful book.

So So Book.......2007-04-30

This is my first knitting book and I was pretty excited to make a sweater for my daughter. Some of the suggested yarns are not practical for children, expensive and not machine washable. I also felt that the instructions could have included a bit more detail, especially for the variations. The patterns in the book are very cute.

Great for Beginners, Boring for Intermediates.......2007-04-25

I had high hopes for such a well-reviewd book, but I was uninspired when reading through this book. The patterns are rather dull. Some of the yarns are so bulky they look downright silly. And the sweaters are all very square-shaped with dull drop-sleeves. I just hoped there would be a bit more variety and challenge.

But I'll give it four starts because for a beginner, I'm sure it's nice to find easy patterns that won't intimidate. And they DO advertise that these are bulkier-knit sweaters. I just wish you could see more pictures before ordering, because they are TOO bulky for my taste.

Great Explanations.......2007-02-25

This book explains techniques like Buttonhole/Button placement, I-cords, and others that my Knitting For Dummies book didn't really go into. And the patterns are adorable!
I admit I have not yet knit any patterns from this book because most of the patterns (if not all of them) are knitted in chunky yarns or two-strands of yarn together with large needles. In my experience larger yarns and needles make bigger holes for the wind to rip through, and here in the mountains that is not a good thing. So I've been sticking to closer-knit fabrics.
BUT!!! Now that I am into "springtime" fashions in cottons and looser, lacier or hole-ier fabric I look forward to using this book as more than a reference.

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A practical habitat guide to the birds of Yellowstone National Park, and where to find them.

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Wow, super valuable information and detail.......2007-07-27

I got just what a birder needs when going to an unfamiliar location: where to go to have the best chance of seeing specific birds. There is a wealth of information crammed into this little book, hot spots, check lists, habitat descriptions, some nice photos and tiny, detailed maps. I hope the information is not out of date, it is nearly 20 years old. I will find out next month.

Useless.......2002-05-17

Only an expert bird watcher would benefit from this book. It is useless for the occassional watcher

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How to Raise a Gentleman is an invaluable resource for parents who hope their little boys will grow up to be the kind of men who know which fork to use, how to treat others, and will generally make their parents proud.

How to Raise a Gentleman focuses on real-life topics such as: being a good sport, play dates, and - especially for boys - "personal habits: farting, belching, boogers, and scratching." The book includes:

Personal stories pertaining to each topic
Suggestions for the age at which a parent should introduce a child to certain rules
Helpful ideas in easy-to-remember phrases
And suggestions that parents can follow to "teach by example"

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Mystified.......2006-06-21

My 60s something father gave me this book. I am a 45-year-old middle-class man with a 6-year-old son using my wife's account. I don't understand for whom this book is written. It is full of painfully obvious advice such as "Don't play with your food" or "Do not throw golf clubs... in anger." Anyone raised in America (presuming that is the author's intended audience) who doesn't already understand these things and take them to heart isn't going to be interested in reading about them in a book, if they can even read. Chapter 15 deals with Staring and differences where the author admonishes: "Do not repeat racist, sexist or ethnic jokes or tolerate them in your presence." If you were not a racist you would obviously already understand and agree with this. If you are, this book isn't going to change your attitude and you would probably want to burn it. I found this book useless for any reasonably sophisticated person unless you happen to be from a third world country or another planet. If the book was intended to teach good manners to the unsophisticated, dream on! I think the author has a Professor Henry Higgins Jones. I am also concerned about my father's opinion of me, I mean "Do not expect a child to endure a lengthy shopping trip unless it is to a toy or candy store." Duh!

good guideline.......2003-07-30

It is an easy read with practical advise. This book basically uses examples to illustrate real life situation. For example, when kids are in the car and someone releases gas, come up with a code word (hers was safety) that alerts other of this uncomfortable situation. This book also talks about basic etiquette and how and when to illustrate it for your kids such as introduction or not correcting other peoples manners, etc. Buy either this or How to Raise A Lady. Don't buy them both, THEY ARE THE SAME BOOKS. One just uses her son for the example, the other her daughter.

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The originality, richness and seductiveness of Benton's sculpture reflects the American contructivist tradition originating with Alexander Calder and David Smith.

Fletcher Benton: The Language of Sculpture

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Fletcher Benton: The Language of Sculpture
David Finn
Manufacturer: Ruder Finn Press, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1932646175

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Fletcher Benton os well known for his large metal sculptures, many of which seem to defy gravity in their precariously balanced forms. David Finn's detail photographs of these works reveal the distinct personality of each. They unfold, curve, create angles and spaces to create dynamic sculptural forms.

Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient (Two Volumes)

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Carthage and Tunis: The Old and New Gates of the Orient (Two Volumes)
Douglas (Fletcher, Benton, Illustrator) Sladen
Manufacturer: Hutchinson & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUVWWW

Early Keyboard Instruments: Benton Fletcher Collection at Fenton House

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Early Keyboard Instruments: Benton Fletcher Collection at Fenton House
Mimi S. Waitzman , and Terence R. Charlston
Manufacturer: National Trust
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Early Keyboard Instruments: The Benton Fletcher Collection at Fenton House

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Early Keyboard Instruments: The Benton Fletcher Collection at Fenton House
Mimi Waitzman
Manufacturer: Anova Books
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Fletcher Benton
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Manufacturer: Tasende Gallery
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0965531961

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Fletcher Benton in Southern California
J.M. Tasende
Manufacturer: Tasende Gallery
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JWBNQE

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Large format book filled with beautiful color images of the artist's works

Fletcher Benton Recent Sculpture Sept. 16 - Oct. 17, 1981. [Exhibit Catalogue] John Berggruen Gallery

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Fletcher Benton Recent Sculpture Sept. 16 - Oct. 17, 1981. [Exhibit Catalogue] John Berggruen Gallery

Manufacturer: John Berggruen Gallery
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ASIN: B000B45AVO

Fletcher Benton Sculpture and Watercolors 1980-1986

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Fletcher Benton Sculpture and Watercolors 1980-1986
Jan Butterfield-Introduction
Manufacturer: John Berggruen Gallery. Book Cond
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ASIN: B000WW2S1A

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Remembering Ahanagran, a story about the author's mother, born in the early part of the 20th century in rural Ireland and sent to Chicago at age 16, arrives into the memoir-glutted marketplace at a fitting moment. Highly praised personal accounts, such as Mary Karr's The Liars' Club or Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, itself about the Irish migration, have become mired in a truth-versus-fact debate. Richard White is a historian, most widely recognized in academic circles for his book "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West, a retelling of the American narrative that says America wasn't discovered but rather, invaded. Now come personal histories that underscore the history as much as the personal. Luc Sante's The Factory of Facts, for one, and Rembering Ahanagran, in which White deliberately sets out to record his mother's life, using her memories and his historian's approach to research.

Sara Walsh was born in 1919 in County Kerry, a part of western Ireland steeped in "the Troubles," recent accounts of fairy mischief, and poor folk paying rent to farm reclaimed bog land. Hope for financial salvation glistened from faraway America, where money could be made and sent home to the family in Ireland. In this, Sara's story is typical of the Irish migration. First her father, then older sister, and then Sara went to Chicago, transplanted to another small Irish world on the South Side. In fragmented scenes, Sara remembers vividly her arrival at New York harbor. But when White unearths the immigration document that records his mother's answers to standard questions, contradictions arise. Had she been cheated out of her last pound even before leaving Ireland, or did she have $50 in her pocket, as she told the immigration officer. Remembering Anahanagran is full of such discrepancies, and at times White overemphasizes the schism between memory and facts, but in the end, the book transcends the historian to become a moving memoir about an Irish beauty who lives out one particular American Dream.

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Fails to engross, but straightforward account of immigration.......2006-01-08

I did not find White's actual content all that engrossing. His historian's determination to separate fact from his mother's "storytelling" embellishments or lacunae follow the usual patterns of such explorations into the clash of contrasts. The Irish mom-meets-Jewish American dad that gave birth to White appealed to me, but reading the pages of life in Chicago in the 30s vs. his father's military stint made this book little different than a self-penned history of one's family by the designated genealogist in the clan. White does write considerably better than such amateurs, but what he writes about does not rise above the mundane or the all-too-familiar tales of peasant agitation, the old IRA, and the leaving of the village for the big city.

His eye occasionally gleans the telling detail, regardless. A petition for citizenship reveals that the husband does not know his wife's birthday, and his guess is off three years. His mother is asked as a 16-year-old at entrance to the country if she was a polygamist. The legend of St Rita, patron of the Chicago parish his family lived in tells in its own moral that God shapes you up only then to kill you off. Jack Benny and Father Coughlan were the radio shows one never missed on Sunday.

One detail shows an error on White's part: on pg. 23 he claims that his relatives had their baptismal names "Gaelicized" by the priest as Helen-Hellena and William-Guilielmo, but surely this is the customary Latinization found on many Catholic documents rather than a return to the Irish which would make Eileen and Liam?

This book reminds me of a few others that have recently delved into the Irish-meets-American immigrant encounter. Thomas Lynch's "Booking Passage," also looking at North Kerry, would complement White's book. His style in its spareness yet its eloquence reminds me of Henry Glassie, the folklorist who compiled "Irish Folktales" and chronicled a Fermanagh community in "Passing the Time at Ballymenone." Finally, books like David Monagan's "Jaywalking with the Irish" and Steve Fallon's "Home with Alice" similarly compare Irish American memories with extended Irish residences.

Between memory and history..........2005-12-28

This is a fascinating memoir, alternating between memory and historical records. The remembrances of the author's mother of her early life in western Ireland and her later immigration to the United States are set against his searches for the actual historical documents and records of these events.
This is not a sentimental or saccharine biography, but an unflinching look at the lives of the respected-historian author's relatives and neighbors, both in Ireland and in America.
I read it over several days, and would have finished it sooner had I not found myself lost in thought so many times over what records might support-- or contradict--the stories of my own mother and grandmother. I am telling all my friends about this book.

A first rate work by an engaged historian looking at his fam.......1999-01-06

Too often the well written and engaging memoir is disengaged from the careful checking of facts and ordering relationships that is the mark of the historian. Richard White tells the story of his Mother's family in Ireland and Chicago, draws on the family stories that he was told, and then relates them to the historical facts and records. The result is a book that is better than it would have been had he relied on a single methodology, and the story is more engrossing than it would be otherwise. While other reviewers would have critisized this methodology, I find that his ability to show where and why discrepancies arise between memory and fact is extraordinarily illuminating.

Insight to Irish genealogy.......1998-12-04

In tracing the "representative" story of his mother's life, the author provides an insight into the motivation and experience of the Irish immigrant. There is also an interesting lesson on the difference between memory and history. Both of these items are of particular interest to the genealogist.

An uninteresting history of the writers mother.......1998-05-07

The writing is adequate, but this story is not very interesting to anyone other than the writer, and his family.The character, the writer's mother, left Ireland at age 16, a 4th grade drop out, who matures, in her new-found home town of Chicago, goes to work at a variety of jobs, and eventually meets and marries her husband during the years of WWII. I was hoping that this would be a "Michner" like story, integrating the lives of the "characters" with real historical events taking place in a real time line. I did NOT enjoy this story, nor did I find it very interesting...a "ho hum" kind of tale!

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