Memphis-Nam-Sweden: The Story of a Black Deserter

Customer Reviews:

A Work of Fiction by a Coward.......2005-03-22

I served with Mr. Whitmore in Viet Nam. He was only in the field a month and tried to "slide" and get out of duty. He is simply a coward and made up a fictious life to justify his desertion and collaboration with the enemy. You would be better served by donating the money you might spend on this book to your favorite charity.

A classic story about the American experience in Vietnam.......2004-11-17

This is a very well written and engrossing story of a man who was wounded in action in Vietnam and after recuperating in a hospital in Japan decided to opt out before he was sent back into combat. He found his way from Japan through Russia to Sweden where he received asylum. The story is about what it was like to be a black soldier from the south caught up in the war, and what it was like to end up in a country which was as passionately against the war as any place in the west. It is a worthy addition to the literature about the American experience in Vietnam.

Why is this book so expensive?.......2003-10-30

I found this book too expensive. How is it possible that average book could be worth so much? Any explanation?

Same As It Ever Was.......2003-01-28

Why was this thing resurrected? "Memphis, Nam , Sweden" was fraudulent when it was first published many years ago and it hasn't gotten any more true in the intervening decades. Terry Whitmore's assertion that he participated in a planned atrocity-the killing of upwards of 400 Vietnamese non-combatant villagers was and still is a total fabrication. Mr. Whitmore first peddled this bilge to Mark Lane for Lane's book "Conversations With Americans", published by Simon and Schuster in 1970. Neil Sheehan-of Pentagon Papers fame-shredded this tale for a review of Mr. Lane's book by interviewing men who had served with Mr. Whitmore and by examining Mr. Whitmore's service records, records which showed that Mr. Whitmore's battalion operated in an unpopulated area near the DMZ. Mr. Whitmore could not have helped kill 400 people who never existed; the next person who comes forward to corroborate Mr. Whitmore's fantasy will be the first.

Mr. Whitmore was wounded in combat and deserted rather than return to his unit after his recuperation in Japan. He was spirited from Japan by the Soviet Navy, and lived for a time in the Soviet Union before settling in Sweden. His tale not worth telling is told in a writing style that alternates between comic book adventure and low pornography. Crude racial and gender stereotypes abound; Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are "...hot-headed and always ready to fight"; women are "broads", and "...they're all alike". Mr. Whitmore also advocates the violent overthrow of the American government. This is a truly awful book.

Traitor.......2001-11-04

That man is a traitor and should have been shot.

Book Description

In Remind Me Who I Am, Again, Linda Grant tells the story of her mother's gradual but devastating mental deterioration, her diagnosis as a victim of Alzheimer's disease, and her family's struggle to come to terms with the catastrophic impact of the disease.

Remind Me Who I Am, Again, is immensely moving, at times darkly comic, and searingly honest. It combines biography and memoir in a unique examination of the profound questions of identity, memory and autonomy that dementia raises.

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I read the hardcover book (with a different cover than what appears on this page--the cover looked like the paperback edition.........2007-08-30

I thought this was a thoughtful, touching memoir written by a daughter about her Mother. I wish she would have written more about the two of them.

A memoir of individual memory and family history.......2005-01-17

Linda Grant, a feature writer for the Guardian [UK], has written a memoir about memory, focusing both on the loss of her family's history as the older generations die off and the deterioration of her mother's mind due to Multi-Infarct Dementia [MID], which stifles short-term memory and gradually scrambles older recollections. The book is also a intensely personal struggle against the guilt and helplessness one feels when making the necessary decision to commit a loved one to an institution.

Grant is descended from Jewish immigrants who arrived from Russian and Poland and settled in Britain and America before the Second World War. (Many of her family's relatives who remained behind were, of course, killed by the Nazis.) A somewhat rebellious daughter during the heady and reckless Sixties, she soon realizes that all those stories that used to bore her as a child will soon be lost forever: "My mother, the last of her generation, was losing her memory," she mourns. "In a hundred years there will no one left alive who remembers her, who can tell you who she was.... Without the past we're nothing, we belong to nobody." All that remain are a few scattered photographs and letters lacking any basic context and the occasional recollection that her mother summons up out of the blue and whose authenticity Grant can no longer verify.

The second aspect of the book is the most moving--and the most laudable. Grant recounts the frustrations and the episodes that led her and her sister to intercede and commit their mother to a care center, and she describes the legal and bureaucratic obstacles that nearly prevented them from making this step. What makes this decision particularly difficult--and, to some strangers, hardhearted--is that her mother is capable of periods of perfect lucidity and social grace. Grant describes how, while her mother's domestic conditions and intellectual capacity deteriorated to the point where she became a danger to herself, she retained an acute awareness of how she appeared to others as well as "the basest, most acquisitive part of ourselves"--the urge to go shopping: "So we shop together, outside time, mother and daughter united each in our own purposeful quest to do what we have always done, and which to her goes on making sense."

What keeps this book from surrendering to guilt and self-pity is Grant's admirable sense of humor--some of her sketches are heart-achingly funny--as well as the research that lends its framework an aura of objectivity. "Remind Me Who I Am, Again" certainly provides comfort and advice to relatives of those with aging family members, but it is also a valuable read to anyone who cares about individual memory and family history.

Fascinating and honest memoir.......2000-06-14

I bought this book after hearing the NPR interview with the author, because a close friend was coping with a similar situation (mother slipping into dementia, angry outbursts, fighting to get out of nursing home). This book is a fascinating portrait of the author's parents, their good points and bad. Very readable. I didn't want to put it down.

WHAT ABOUT HER NEW BOOK?.......2000-06-09

Linda Grant has just won the British Orange Prize 2000 for her new book "When I Lived in Modern Times". As with her first well-received novel "The Cast Iron Shore" (out of print), this is a skilful combination of the personal and the political. In the Orange winner book, we follow the fortunes of Evelyn Sert who leaves postwar UK after her mother's death for a new life in Palestine. Evelyn never knew her father and grew up in what she describes as a 'shadow family', her mother the mistress of a married Jewish businessman. Arriving in British-ruled Palestine, Evelyn is like a blank canvas, in search of an identity for herself. An admirer of all things modern and with no interest in the past, she finds herself in a country with its face turned firmly towards the future. Evelyn settles in the modern city of Tel Aviv and soon becomes involved with the struggle for Jewish independence. Assuming the identity of hairdresser enables her to pass information about the policemen husbands of her British clients to her lover in the Jewish underground movement. Tel Aviv is home to the Jewish refugees of the world and Evelyn soon discovers that it is one thing to survive, but another to survive intact. Grant produces strong visual imagery and dynamic characters with memorable voices that resonate throughout this enticing and satisfying novel. A deserved prize, then.

beautiful and sad.......2000-05-26

If you've ever had a relative or loved one slip away into dementia, this book will strike home. And if you've had a friend going through this experience, this book will help you to understand what they are going through. This book, like the experience of living with dementia, is at times funny, at times tearful. It's an honest picture of what it's like to be with someone who is rapidly losing who they were.

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Remind Me Who I Am, Again
Linda Grant
Manufacturer: Granta
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J332Y4

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Remind Me Who I Am, Again
Linda Grant
Manufacturer: Granta Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K39ZYE

Customer Reviews:

Not very helpful.......2007-10-01

My son and I read this book together shortly after he was diagnosed with ADHD and it wasn't very helpful for either of us. I thought it was a waste of money and time.

Exceeded my expectations.......2007-03-09

I purchased this book for my 9 year old grandson who has ADD. When he received it one afternoon after school, he read it completely before putting it down. His Dad said he laughed about a number of the entries and kept saying, "That's me! I do things like that." This book eases some of the stress of dealing with ADD by putting it in a humourous light and helping its ADD readers understand that there are others in the world who experience the same frustration they do. I highly recommend this book if you have a child with ADD and it is helpful for the parents as well.

GREAT BOOK.......2006-09-05

Of all of the books that I Baught for my classroom about ADHD and kids with it, this one has to be the best...although school has not started yet I know this will be one of the first books that I read to them. I wish there were more books out there like this one.

8 year old loved it!.......2003-05-29

My son was recently diagnosed with ADHD and I wanted to get him some books so that he realized he wasn't one in the world with ADHD. He loved it. He has started writing a journal -- red pencil and all.

Just Wonderful For Everyone Involved With An ADD Child!!.......2002-01-04

I bought this book along with several others when my 8 year old son was diagnosed with ADD. Along with the ADD came depression and anxiety, due, of course, to a high IQ and stresses in school. I wanted to buy some books for children about ADD to donate to his classroom, to better help my son's peers understand why he acted "goofy" sometimes. This book is absolutely fabulous. I read it first, and I had to laugh. My son read it next and he laughed and laughed. He was delighted to see his own personal thoughts and feelings, expressed by another kid (Sparky), written about in a journal format. He was joyous!! He thought Sparky was awesome! He couldn't wait to bring it to school! I can promise you that your ADD child will be so happy to read this book, as will you. I even gained alot of knowledge and insight into my son's FEELINGS and thoughts! YOU NEED THIS BOOK!! You absolutely will not regret it!!

Book Description

Spice up your soups and add some zest to the rest! Mexican Cooking For Dummies can inspire your cooking, improve your Spanish, and give you that south-of-the-border soul. Chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken have attempted to reign in their vast knowledge of Mexican food and present it in that familiar ...For Dummies® style that you've come to appreciate. Discover their wide array of standard Mexican ingredients. From avocados to epazote, they give you the hints and friendly advice you'll need in order to select the best ingredients for your meals.

Packed with more than 100 recipes, Mexican Cooking For Dummies covers a wide array of dishes, drinks, and appetizers. Master the simple dishes, such as tortas and tacos, while washing them down with horchata or sangria. Soon, you'll be hosting your own fiestas, starting your guests off with salsas and ceviches before moving on to the main dish. Will it be the cumin-and-chile-marinated skirt steak or the baked salmon in salsa verde? Either way, you're sure to impress!

The authors cover the staples (such as rice, beans, tortillas, and vegetables) and then guide you on a discovery tour that includes traditional moles and menudos. Save some room for the wide selection of desert recipes. Pick up Mexican Cooking For Dummies, and in no time, you'll be swinging spicy cilantro-covered dishes out of your kitchen and making your guests shout "Ole!"

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Not Enough Recipes.......2006-06-18

This book is somewhat disappointing. There are not enough recipes. There is too much commentary.

Disappointed.......2000-04-03

Having read numerous Mexican cookbooks and numerous "forDummies" books, I expected more.

Specifically:

o An emphasison the basics: kitchen equipment, herbs and spices, preparation methods, cooking techniques. And with adaquate illustrations;

o Some semblence of recipe organization. Recipes seem like a hodge-podge collection, with a less-than-effective 'theme/chapter' organization. END

Cooking in Los Angeles, CA.......2000-03-25

Not a Dummie anymore! I love this style of book; it is simple, informative & concise. Especially helpful to the novice cook!

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What a disapointment
not complete
Love This Book!
where's the salsa?

Mexican Cooking Essentials for Dummies
Susan Feniger , Mary Sue Milliken , and Helene Siegel
Manufacturer: Courage Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0762413999

Book Description

Make mouthwatering Mexican meals in your own kitchen! With tips, techniques and color photos acclaimed chefs Feniger and Milliken show you how to serve up more than 100 recipes from Smoky Chicken Quesadillas to Green Corn Tamales and Mexican Bread Pudding.

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What a disapointment.......2006-06-18

I just recieved this book this morning and what a waste of money. At first it started real good expaining the different mexican ingredients then I started looking at the recipes and couldn't believe it. This beginer book doesn't even have a recipe for SALSA!! I kept looking and there are many of my favorite mexican recipes missing. No salsa verde, no red salsa, no guacamoli, no ceviche, no mole sauces, or any stews. I go to a latin market in my town all the time and I love so much of the food and drinks. No recipe for any of the drinks like horchata, jicama?, and this fresca stawberry drink I had the other day. sooo good! None of the bakery recipes from the panderia. Heck, there wasn't even a basic burrito recipe. no discussion of the different type of mexican meat and their terminology for the cuts. The other reviewers mentioned that some recipes were missing but then still gave the book 4/5 stars. no way. zero stars if that was an option. Maybe the other recipes are good as I just got the book today, but a dummy book missing the basics- big problem. Also the back of the book mentions smoky chicken quesadillas and mex bread pudding. RECIPES NOT IN THE BOOK!!!!. I noticed amazon shows you other books that customers bought. The book "mexico one plate at a time" has excellent reviews. I'm considering buying that on instead. I suggest checking out. Also don't confuse mexican cooking essentials for dummies with mexican cooking for dummies. The later appears much better even though it's the same author. go figure

not complete.......2005-05-26

This book is gorgeous. But I was disappointed that the recipes weren't complete. Many of them tell you to use a certain type of salsa, but there are no salsa recipes in the book. I can think of at least three salsas, offhand, that are used in the recipes. Because I don't know salsas very well, I don't know what to use for what they call for in the recipe. I was hoping to learn how to make fresh and cooked salsas; because of this, I wouldn't recommend this book to my friends.

Love This Book!.......2004-02-04

With respect to the other reviewer of this book, I've made both the bread pudding and the quesadillas - maybe there's a new edition of the book and these recipes were omitted? I've had my copy for a few years. Every recipe I've made from this book has been wonderful and has gotten rave reviews. My only complaint is that sometimes it's hard to find the ingredients. I live in a fairly small town in Indiana, and I have to make special trips whenever I make something from this book. It's worth it, though - everything's been fantastic! Fresh Mexican food is sooo good!

where's the salsa?.......2003-07-25

I guess I'm a dummy...I assumed that a Mexican ESSENTIALS cookbook would include salsa, guacamole, and mole recipes. The recipes they DO have sound wonderful, but frequent references are made to "Red Roasted Tomato Salsa" and "Fresh Salsa" and the flyleaf even promises I will learn how to make green tomatillo salsa and guacamole "in simple steps"; the back cover mentions Smoky Chicken Quesadillas and Mexican Bread Pudding. My dumb brain can't find those recipes anywhere in the book...and my mouth is ready to eat. Check your book before you buy.

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Combine two great traditions—sashiko and Japanese family crests—in beautiful quilts. Learn new techniques for making perfectly spaced stitches in wonderfully intricate patterns. · Stitch 10 projects including a sampler, a wall hanging, and a table runner · Quilt as you go; then join blocks the reversible-quilt way for stunning, stress-free results · Gorgeous machine-stitched appliqué designs add new dimension to sashiko quilts

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ANOTHER WONDERFUL SASHIKO BOOK.......2006-03-24

GREAT PICTURES AND IDEAS FOR NEW PROJECTS.
COLORFUL PICTURES AND NEW PATTERNS FOR ASIAN PROJECTS

12 sample projects to explore two traditions - sashiko and Japanese family crests.......2006-01-09

Sharon Pederson's Sensational Sashiko: Japanese Applique And Quilting By Machine uses 12 sample projects to explore two traditions - sashiko and Japanese family crests. Here are not just patterns and ideas but the author's own new techniques for making perfectly spaced stitches suitable for quick sashiko-style quilts. Applique and quilting blend with machine stitches for quick and polished results, while projects address problems such as binding and how to solve them with reversible binding, and couching heavyweight threads.

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It comes as no surprise to anyone that human society has had a pernicious effect on native plant life. What is surprising is that plants fall prey not only to the mechanical effects of suburban expansion, but also to such seemingly harmless processes as the introduction of nonnative rivals to their eco-regions. Oddly, in the case of the seabeach amaranth, it was the well-meaning efforts of various New Jersey and Long Island waterfront communities to curtail beach erosion that fragmented this normally hardy plant's habitat, leaving it unable to propagate. It is now, for all practical purposes, extinct. Throughout North America, approximately one-third of native plant species are considered endangered.

Janet Marinelli's compelling history of the American landscape examines everything from the popular obsession with lawns to the sex life of plants. For example, much of the decline in plant diversity can be traced to the rise of asexual clones--one ubiquitous example is the Delicious apple--exacerbated by the American fondness for the neatly clipped garden, which discourages open pollination of the few remaining native plants. But Marinelli goes much deeper than mere statements of fact, using garden design as a metaphor that reveals changing social philosophies, from rationalist to romantic and back again, and sweeping Darwin, Einstein, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Gaia hypothesis into the mix. The latter half of the book concentrates on the past few decades of gardening and what changes in techniques and style have brought to the larger ecological communities. Never have the possible implications of the simple act of planting been made quite so entertaining.

Book Description

An important horticultural memoir articulating a new landscape art that's both environmentally sensitive and rich in creativity.

Janet Marinelli left her comfortable city garden to join a botanist colleague in search of the rare Seabeach Amaranth--one of our many native species that is in danger of extinction. The result of the ensuing seven-year odyssey, Stalking the Wild Amaranth is a work of science and a work of art. Marinelli tells the story of her discovery that contemporary gardening is out of sync with theories evolving on the frontiers of science and philosophy. She also tells of her quest for a new garden art that nurtures a greater richness and variety of earthly life. Inspired by the legacy of Henry David Thoreau, Marinelli bls history, horticulture, erudition, and personal insight into a narrative that ponders the relationship between humankind and nature. She fleshes out a vision for a new, ecologically wise landscape art, disagreeing ultimately with those who insist that growing native plants is the only way to recover our environmental equilibrium. Gardeners, she writes, should be free to experiment, to let our imaginations run wild, to learn how to be the creators of biodiversity as well as the preservers and restorers.

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Get into organic gardening..........2000-05-07

I love this book. The author works for the wonderful Brooklyn Botanic Garden in NYC and if you haven't been--go. Ms Marinelli writes well, and I find her style pleasing. She is not preachy, but she does raise some hard questions. Unlike most writers warning us of our bad behaviour and it's affect on the future, she does not attempt to scare the reader, but rather she puts forth a reasonable discussion of the alternatives.

Each of us must make some sacrifice for the greater good. And although that word has a negative connotation, until one gets the hang of delayed gratification one cannot realize the payoff is usually 5 times better than the result of immediate gratification.

Think of the grassy lawn. Grassy lawns are not native to the U.S. They are bad, bad things. And although giving them up is hard to do, the alternative can be very pleasing. I have entirely replaced my grass lawn with ground covers and they look better most of the year than the grass ever did. Did you know there is a Creeping Thyme that looks like grass, grows in the hot hot sun, and needs no additional watering during the long hot summer. It looks fabulous next to a walk (especially white marble chips).

The message of Ms. Marinelli's book is that there are alternaives ways of attaining gratification, and we will all be better off if we seek them.

very good.......1999-05-21

I found the book by chance, & the title tells one very little of what to expect. The author covers all the different vougues of gardening up to the present, and their impact on the environment.

I especially enjoyed the critique of the insane amount of effort Americans, put into their lawn care, along with a few other toxic chemicals..and their negative effects on our water,air, local ecology & health. The author makes a good argument against herbicides, since they destroy the biodiversity possible in your garden, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. When will the media take this up as a viable topic for disscussion? She advocates returning to planting mostly native plants. She defines what this has meant historically & ecologically. Also, she mentions the historical racist overtones of this philosophy, and how it was used in Nazi Germany.

Over all a very easy & fun read. Some excellent references and good summaries. This book could be the Silent Spring for the 90's, she knows what she is talking about!

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The Mother Load

group study

A refreshing look at being a mom and loving it

Wow!

Thank you, Mary, for writing this book!

The Mother Load: How to Meet Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family (Hearts at Home)
Mary M. Byers
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Motherhood | Family Relationships | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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My Heart's at Home: Becoming the Intentional Mom Your Family Needs (Hearts at Home Books)

ASIN: 0736915028

Book Description

Motherhood is an intense, â€™roundâ€“theâ€“clock job. To stay healthy and happy, moms need friends, laughter, solitude, balance, and an intimate relationship with the Lord. But exactly how do moms meet these needs while juggling family responsibilities? Mary Byers, the mother of two lively young kids, shares how moms can find small pockets of time toâ€”

rest and refuel
create personal space
make time for friendship, exercise, and intimacy
identify and prevent â€œbalance bustersâ€ that create chaos
creatively stay sane in the midst of mothering

The Mother Load offers downâ€“toâ€“earth suggestions, spiritual truths, and realâ€“life advice from moms to help women survive and thrive in todayâ€™s active families. Includes questions for group discussion and personal reflection.

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The Mother Load.......2007-04-10

We are using this book for our "mommy's" bible study! It is perfect for an every other week study like we are doing. The ONLY draw back is that the group discussion questions are VERY general. So, we are having to come up with our own questions and "extra" scripture in order to make the study more in depth.

group study.......2007-01-03

I initially bought this book for myself (after liking my library copy). I then suggested to my bible study that we use this book in our group. Like any book there are things you like/dislike. For the most part I really like all the things in this book. The writer doesn't get very deep. However, the topics she has chosen and the questions lead to a deeper discussion, which is better anyway. Overall, my bible study group does like this book. As with anything, it is what you make of it.

A refreshing look at being a mom and loving it.......2006-04-01

This book is like the friend you wish was there when you sat on the steps crying because your two year old is out of control, and you feel like you have failed. There are a lot of books about taking care of babies and kids, but this one talks to Moms - about the joys and sorrows of mothering, about our relationships with our spouses, our friends, our children and ourselves. I have bought this book for lots of my special mom friends. It just really nurtures you and lets you see that we are in this together, and it's really going to be okay!

Wow!.......2006-04-01

I read Mary's book in just a couple of days. It was filled with practical advice and heartfelt wisdom for mothers everywhere. She spoke to my heart, made me laugh out loud,and challenged me in my faith walk. I found it to be very well researched. Mothers everywhere need to be blessed by this wonderful book as we're negotiating the road of raising children. Mary made sense of the most confusing dilemmas that all moms face.

Thank you, Mary, for writing this book!.......2006-04-01

I just finished reading an inspiring, beyond-my-expectations book about how to handle motherhood. The Mother Load by Mary Byers is all about how to meet your own needs while caring for your family. Mary shares valuable Christian insight on the importance of solitude, friendship, balance, health, order, intimacy, spiritual and personal growth, self-forgiveness, laughter, and getting help.

For those of us who struggle with feelings of selfishness and guilt when we take time for ourselves, Mary offers encouraging advice on refreshing ourselves so that we can be more effective moms. She also emphasizes the significance of modeling positive self-care and teaching responsibility to your children. Mary combines personal stories, scripture, research, and practical ideas (I love that-give me the how-to's and I'm happy) to create a resource book to which I will refer often.

At the end of each chapter, Mary includes a chapter summary along with group discussion questions, personal reflection questions, and quotes from real moms. I just sent Mary an e-mail, telling her how much I wished she lived on my block! I hope to meet her in person some day and give her a big "thank- you" hug.

Mother Load: When Your Lifeªs on Spin Cycle and You Just Canªt Get the Lid Up

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Mother Load: When Your Lifeªs on Spin Cycle and You Just Canªt Get the Lid Up
Caryl Kristensen , and Marilyn Kentz
Manufacturer: Diane Pub Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 078819531X

Sunset Discovery Book: Gold Rush Country: Revised Edition: Unique Foldout Map: Guide to California's Mother Load and Northern Mines [pictorial, Travelers Guide, Biography of the area

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Sunset Discovery Book: Gold Rush Country: Revised Edition: Unique Foldout Map: Guide to California's Mother Load and Northern Mines [pictorial, Travelers Guide, Biography of the area
Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine Editors
Manufacturer: Lane Publishing Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LRN6K8

The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load

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Terrific MADness

The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load

Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0760763453

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The MAD Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load contains the entire contents of "The MAD Bathroom Companion", "The MAD Bathroom Companion: Number Two", and "The MAD Bathroom Companion: Turd in a Series". If you bring only one book with you to the bathroom, take the plunge with The MAD Bathroom Companion. Flush full of classic material selected by a careful process of elimination, each article was chosen by -retentive "Ususal Gang of Incontinents" and satirized for you protection. Featuring the best short pieces from MAD Magazine, each one of these pungent pieces of turgid tomfoolery is guaranteed to be read in one sitting.

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Terrific MADness.......2007-06-25

I've been a big fan of MAD magazine ever since I was a teenager, which was mumbledy-mumble years ago. Over the years I've read quite many of their magazines and books, and am so glad I stumbled across this one at a book store recently. Being a combination of volumes 1 through 3 of MAD Bathroom Companions, it's a huge collection of great stuff from MAD's heyday, mainly from the 1960s through 1990s. The pages aren't numbered, but it's got to be around 800 pages. All the MAD greats are here, including Sergio Aragones' pantomime comics, Dave Berg's "Lighter Side Of" funnies, Don Martin's wacky humor, lots of writings by Frank Jacobs and Dick DeBartolo, along with super drawings by such talents as Paul Coker, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, George Woodbridge, and lots more. Also, the introductions to each volume by Gilbert Gottfried, Gene Shalit, and Trey Parker are both humorous and inspiring. There are not any movie spoofs in here, however, if you're a big fan of those. My only carp is that the page size has been reduced substantially from the original magazine, which usually is OK, but some of it gets unreasonably small. You may have to use a magnifying glass to see Sergio Aragones' margin drawings. (No cracks about me getting older - I can still see fine!) Aside from that, this is a really great collection, probably my favorite of those books spanning most of MAD's history and variety of crazy humor.

Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49-Sierran Gold Belt. The Mother Load County (Centenial Edition)

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Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49-Sierran Gold Belt. The Mother Load County (Centenial Edition)
Olaf P, dir Jenkins
Manufacturer: State of California
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UQ61OS

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The Mother Load
Cindy Packard
Manufacturer: Atheneum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Mother Load
Kristensen And Kentz
Manufacturer: Cliff Street Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JGLE0A

The Mother Load Country (Centennial Edition)

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The Mother Load Country (Centennial Edition)

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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NI9I0W

The Mother Load: What Moms Consider Profound... Kids Turn Around

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Loads of Laughs
Great laughs for anyone with a mother
A "must laugh" read for anyone that's ever been a child.
A Good fun read

The Mother Load: What Moms Consider Profound... Kids Turn Around
V. Penn
Manufacturer: Great Quotations
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1562453564

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Loads of Laughs.......2000-08-07

Mr. Penn keeps you laughing the whole way through. I could literally recall times when my mother said some of the things in the book. It's really good for a quick laugh, and lots of fun. Vinnie is great on the radio, and a great comic writer - his warped mind keeps you laughing.

Great laughs for anyone with a mother.......1999-07-27

A great quote/anecdote book for those who forgot how tough it is to be an adolescent. V. Penn hits all the ridiculous things mothers say to their children and what we think of them. It shows how funny and unprofound are mothers actually are. Penn is a local radio personality in New Haven, CT with just the funniest sense of humor. I would definately recommend this to anyone who was once 15 and had a mother.

A "must laugh" read for anyone that's ever been a child........1999-04-19

If you've ever been lucky enough to meet or talk to the author, Vinnie Penn, you would understand that he has a unique style of humor, and it comes across in his book. Every inane quote that your mother ever said to you is in this book, but like a dictionary, Vinnie has a definition for them all, 20 years later you finally know what "MOM" was really saying.

A Good fun read.......1999-04-18

This book was a lot of fun to read. The author is a morning show host on CT radio, so he is very comfortable at thinking of off-the-wall things to keep you listening, or in this case, reading.

DDT and HCH residue load in mother's breast milk: A survey of lactating mother's from remote villages in Agra region [An article from: Environment International]

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DDT and HCH residue load in mother's breast milk: A survey of lactating mother's from remote villages in Agra region [An article from: Environment International]
A. Kumar , P. Dayal , G. Shukla , G. Singh , and P Joseph
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000RR6D16

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This digital document is a journal article from Environment International, published by Elsevier in . 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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Breast milk is the natural and optimal food for the infants. In addition to meeting the nutritional needs, breast milk provides numerous immunological, developmental, psychological, ecological and practical advantages. The levels of the DDT and HCH residues in human milk collected from remote rural part of Agra were analysed. @b and @c isomers of HCH accounts for the major residue of total HCH excreted in breast milk. @d-HCH was not detected in the samples. 95% of the samples were found to be contaminated with DDT and its metabolites. DDD was found in 88% of the samples analyzed. The total concentration of DDT and HCH were found lower than the previous studies carried out in India. The study shows the decreasing levels of these organochlorine pesticides from the environment. Total concentration of total DDT is higher than total HCH.

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when I was decided to continually follwed Lin's path...............2004-02-16

Wilma Fairbank catched my nurves of impression this time,when I found out there is a book described Liang and Lin's acheivement in English,the only one,an expensive one,but it worthes it.I decided to continually followed Lin's way,to do some research of classical Chinese architecture.I'd never said no to those difficulties since the obstancles always mislead my mind.There is one thing I hopefully didn't lost,a resoluted heart,nothing can move it.I don't care make more money or not,at least I mostly convinced myself to be a person have a pursuit of dreams.You could call me a freak,and I am still on the way to success.Lin and liang are the partners worked together to reach a goal.Unfortunatelly,I am an indepandent loner also emerged in the amazement of exploring a lost world.Thanks for Wilma's book,I could come trough the tunnel of history again.

Genuine Chinese Architects.......2001-05-16

Lin & Liang are forrunners of contemporary Chinese architecture. Like most idealistic intellectuals of the period, they went out to learn from the west and returned back home to contribute what they had learned.

This is an important trend in modern Chinese history. The long list of intellectuals includes Sun Yat Sen, Liang Qi Chao(the father of Liang)Chao Yuan Ren, Zhou En Lai, Tang Xiao Ping,.... It was a traumatic period for modern China. It was a time of possibilities, opportunities and frustrations.

One could not imagine the archievement and contributions of modern China to the world without these intellectuals.

The stories as told by Madame Wilma Fairbank is descriptive, touching and informative at the same time. Mrs. Fairbank(wife of John Fairbank) is a poet and historian at the same time. The book (text and images)is western journalism at its best.

The most difficult period for Lin & Liang is not Sino-Japanese War period. Although physically, Lin suffered from fleeing around and illness, but their spirit were high and friends were always around.

The most difficult period was after the liberation. Lin & Liang were destined to work with Chairman Mao, the founder of PRC. Based on their fruitful research and intellectual mind, they come up with the conclusion and dedicated their lives to the preservation of Chinese artefacts, and in most cases, Chinese architectural heritage.

As detailed descripted and well put by Madame Fairbank in the book, Lin & Liang travelled all over China and had produced hundreds and thousands of research papers with surveyed plans and photos. Wilma should have known, she joined and lived with them more than once. The Liangs' ideal and proposals to preserve holistically the ancient city of Beijing must had been in conflict with Chairman Mao's ideas. As the founder of PRC, Mao of course, would have his own plans. He believes, to me wrongly, that "Man would defeat Nature". He would like to see factories and other new buildings rising on the horizons of Beijing, Nanjing and everywhere in China.

This should be a matter of opinion. But as we all know, for a long period of time in contemporary China, a different opinion with Mao would be interpreted as a revisionist liner against the Communist Party! That's why Liang suffered so much and Lin died too young to suffer with him.

This is an important historic lesson that we, as a human being should all learn and study. Through the process of modernization, how should we deal with our heritage and nature? Liang proposed to preserve Old Beijing holistically. Beijing, as observed by Liang rightly, is the most complete form of an ancient city in the world! He is not an old man keeping only the 'Olive Tree'. Lin and Liang are genuine Chinese Architects. They proposed to preserve the old city walls and towers so that they could become civi open spaces and landscapes. People can enjoy history and live in history walking through.

Liang's second wife, Madame Lin Zhu said recently,"In the civic society, Liang is respected by many." Well put Madame Lin. (Lin Zhu's piece is included in the book also very moving.)

The problem is, it takes a few thousand years to build a civi society and a civiization, only takes a few second to destroy them. Should we not give deep thoughts to it.

A great book written with life!.......2000-10-08

Anyone who want to know more about Liang Si-chen and Lin Hui-yin and their firends should read this book.

To be honest, I feel what make this book so interesting is the life story of Lin and Liang and their friendship with friends, especially the Fairbanks. The Architecture contents are good too, but the life stories of Lin and Liang, two most important pioneers in Ancent Chinese Architecture studies, make the book very charming and worth of reading.

You will know more about the history of 20th century China, before, during and after WWII. You will see how communists grab power in this used-to-be-great country and gradually turn these respectible scholars' life upside down. How they were changed from eager supporter of Chairman Mao's so called 'New China' into losing the minimal hope to live on. This is a great book, written by John F Fairbank's wife, to memorize their true friendship with Liang and Lin.

This is not just another book about architecture. This is a book written with life.

silent greatness.......2000-06-20

when two people decide to join hands and make something happen,that kind of unity becomes so powerful. i think that's what makes Liang and Lin memorable. and Mrs. Fairbank's close relationship with them made their life story vivid to the readers. a great book and great people in it.

Customer Reviews:

A ripping read.......2002-08-19

This is a truly amazing book. Kevin Myers' way with words and knowledge on such a wide variety of topics makes it a delight to read. It's funny, thought-provoking and literary by turns and makes a wonderful companion-piece to his Irish Times column.
It certainaly proves all of Myers' critics wrong. Brilliant man, brilliant book

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