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Father, Soldier, Son: Memoir of a Platoon Leader in Vietnam
Nathaniel Tripp
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Richard M. Ketchum
A beautifully written book and a stunning achievement. Thanks to Nathaniel Tripp's extraordinary depiction of war in Vietnam, based on his own experiences, I finally understand what it was like to fight there. Here is the savagery, the terrible anxiety, the sheer unreality of the conflict, and above all the appalling innocence and unpreparedness of the young Americans who were sent into that incomprehensible war.
Skillfully interwoven with the war story is how the author comes to terms with his own terror, with his failed father and their failed relationship, and how he makes up for the lost love of a parent by becoming something like a father to the men in his platoon. I can't recommend
Father, Soldier, Son highly enough.
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The best prose this side of Tim O'Brien or Tobias Wolff.--Military History Quarterly
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Stellar Memoir.......2005-06-22
I'm just finishing up a second reading of this book, after having read it five years ago. I also was in the Big Red One, in B/2-16, the year after Tripp was there. Tripp writes with great insight and the humility of a man who experienced and understood the reality (the reality for one American infantryman, it must be granted) of the Vietnam War. This book also tells you how many of us were changed by this war.
A great, artistic read.......2002-02-06
I can't make any claims to the validity or non-validity of the book's subject matter, but I found the whole book engrossing from beginning to end. The man's private motivations and trials may not belong to everyone, but I think they are deep and true enough so that anyone can understand them. They are mixed in with commentary about the war from the author's viewpoint then as a young man and at the time of writing, and is also filled with the nerve wracking, often spooky action of that period in that place, which creates its own atmosphere along the lines of Dispatches by Herr. This book is not to be missed.
Good Read, But Be Aware............2001-12-19
Like most historical events and first person accounts of that history, there is more than one perspective that must be considered. Mr. Tripp's book although excellent and compelling, gives the reader 'his' experience. Sometimes this effort comes at the expense of objectivity. So, in reading this book be aware of other realities that share his Vietnam world.
I was with the 9th Infantry Division approximately the same time. In fact, I know many of the same places Mr. Tripp refers to in his book. Who knows, maybe he and I shared C-rations at some point. I also know that Mr. Tripp's description of the 9th Division and the Division Snipers in particular, although written from his perspective and with literary license, and meant to be compelling, is also unfair and plays into the hands of those who called us 'baby killers' and 'killing machines'.
We were young men, 18 years old and in combat for the first time. For most of us, it was not about proving one's self, or fighting the internal war with families and other bagage. It was about getting through the day without getting killed. Mr. Tripp has provided us with some gutsy descriptions of that emotion, I only wish it was not at the expense of other GI's who shared the same battleground, we were not all automatons nor were we without our own feelings of guilt, regardless of origin.
Good Read, But Be Aware............2001-12-19
Like most historical events and first person accounts of that history, there is more than one perspective that must be considered. Mr. Tripp's book although excellent and compelling, gives the reader 'his' experience. Sometimes this effort comes at the expense of objectivity. So, in reading this book be aware of other realities that share his Vietnam world.
I was with the 9th Infantry Division approximately the same time. In fact, I know many of the same places Mr. Tripp refers to in his book. Who knows, maybe he and I shared C-rations at some point. I also know that Mr. Tripp's description of the 9th Division and the Division Snipers in particular, although written from his perspective and with literary license, and meant to be compelling, is also unfair and plays into the hands of those who called us 'baby killers' and 'killing machines'.
We were young men, 18 years old and in combat for the first time. For most of us, it was not about proving one's self, or fighting the internal war with families and other bagage. It was about getting through the day without getting killed. Mr. Tripp has provided us with some gutsy descriptions of that emotion, I only wish it was not at the expense of other GI's who shared the same battleground, we were not all automatons nor were we without our own feelings of guilt, regardless of origin.
Reporting facts.......1999-07-06
Trivial bone-picking: the author states the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division was the only general officer killed in the Viet Nam war. However I recall the great sense of loss everyone in the Cav felt when General Casey, CG, 1st Cavalry Division(AM), was killed when his UH-1 went down. But on the whole the book rings true.
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Welcome to The Dish, where new nutrition aptitude meets stylish lifestyle attitude! Serving up heaping helpings of nutrition know-how designed to fit a busy schedule and a sense of taste, The Dish is here to proclaim that you can have your chocolate torte and eat it, too!
Forget starve-yourself regimens and diet gimmicks that just don't work; instead join Carolyn O'Neil and Densie Webb as they invite you to wine and dine, entertain and travel, and feel fabulous. As registered dietitians, they know their stuff, but call them the Dish Divas as they put the fun into eating right and feeling great.
In these pages they dish out smart tips on how to fit nutrition into hectic days, how to make healthy eating stylish, and how to be trim by eating more, not less (yes, it can be done!). There are no food police on patrol here, just some real-life advice from two nutrition experts, who talk you through food challenges with wit and wisdom.
Eating out? The dish is here, from four-star tables to the fast-food lane. What about a bit of the bubbly? The Dish Divas offer the lowdown on the liquid portion of portion control. Need to get your rear in gear? From power walking to karate kicks, they'll help you find the moves that appeal to you. They've even dished up plenty of fresh advice on beauty and fashion.
To show you how to maximize flavor with flare, there are loads of easy-to-cook recipes from top chefs, dubbed Gourmet Gurus. And to answer that oft asked question, how do stylish women stay fit and still live the high life, Carolyn and Densie gather the secrets that work for their Hip & Healthy Heroines.
A marvelous mix of nutrition advice, culinary wisdom, and chic insight, The Dish is here to help you create your own hip and healthy lifestyle.
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Eat Great and Look Great.......2006-05-11
The Dish helped me...finally...learn what nutrition was really about. NOT about all the foods I can't eat, but what I should be adding to my diet. The recipes are easy and tasty and really pretty to make. There's even a chapter on what to drink and what to eat at airports and restaurants. The Dish helps me even when I leave my home kitchen...and truthfully, away from home is where I make the most food choices. It's The Dish on real life nutrition.
Yuck.......2006-03-27
I didn't enjoy this book. It was written in a very simple manner and I never quite understood what the author's were trying to say. Is it a cookbook? A guide to choosing "smart" food? Still not sure.
Fluff.......2005-10-31
Entertaining but barely touches the surface. Good general book if you aren't looking for a lot of details and don't know anything about nutrition, exercise, etc.
Much More Than a "Diet" Book.......2005-04-15
The Dish is so much more than a typical diet book. It's not only fun to read, but it has solid advice with scientific data to back it up. There are many tips about what to eat, of course, but also about food preparation, kitchen tools, exercise, and even make-up! An excellent addition to any woman's library.
Style with substance!.......2005-04-07
The dish is the most fantastic book to come along for anyone interested in living a fantastically hip and healthy lifestyle. Carolyn and Densie show readers how to eat healthy and be healthy without feeling deprived or having to isolate yourself from social situations that seem to be unhealthy pitfalls for so many women.
I have shared this book with so many of my girlfriends over the past year as birthday and Christmas gifts. Everyone thinks it's fantastic and I have become everyone's favorite gift giver this year. Not only is The Dish informative, helpful and entertaining to read but it also looks so hip and healthy sitting on your coffee table or peaking out of your purse or gym bag!
Thank you so much for providing a book that has the right attitude and spirit of living a healthy lifestyle that is fun and enjoyable!
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- Touring the Whole of the Mediterranean: The Countries, the History, the Foods
- Healthy, Tasty Food from the Mediterranean region.
- Mediterranean The Beautiful Cookbook
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Mediterranean the Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Mediterranean Lands
Joyce Goldstein ,
Ayla Algar , and
Peter Johnson
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Touring the Whole of the Mediterranean: The Countries, the History, the Foods.......2005-12-21
'Mediterranean the Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Mediterranean Lands' is one of those special books written by Joyce Goldstein that is so extensive in its survey of the various countries and the qualities that make them unique that it serves as a fine travelogue as well as offering some of the most tempting samplings of cuisines from this region ever assembled: and remember this 'region includes Italian, Provencal France and coastal Spain, Turkey, the Middle East and northern Africa, Greece and the Balkans!
As each country is visited there are extensive notes about the countries, their relationship and influences, and the flora and fauna that inform the cuisines from food scholar Ayla Aygar. The photography is as superb, both of the landscapes and cities and the people AND of course the foods.
The recipes offered here are unique in that they are geared toward healthy eating - something not all cookbooks from other countries include! Here are recipes easily carried out in the standard American kitchen with information on how to find ingredients locally. The writing is casually refined and the recipes are easy to follow.
For a book that will encourage the reader to extend that trip to one country to enjoy the kaleidoscopic magnificence of the entire Mediterranean this richly illustrated volume is on the top of the list. Buy it before it slips out of print! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, December 05
Healthy, Tasty Food from the Mediterranean region........2005-10-22
My neighbors Tom and Julia who know my passion for the Mediterranean region gave me this book yesterday as a surprise gift. I have traveled the world, tasted many different cuisines and I came to a conclusion that when it comes to La Dolce Vita, Joie de Vivre and Good Food, nothing compares to tasty, healthy Mediterranean diet and life style. I am telling you folks, it's the best in the world. This book is a good representation of the cuisines from the region and has many delicious recipes from Turkey to Italy, from Israel to Tunisia. Especially those mouthwatering Turkish recipes in this book are easy to make. The book also has wonderful colored photos of the region accompanied by articles on each country in the area.
The Turkish cuisine which has long been rated by European experts as one of the best in the world together with French and Chinese, is not all that known in this country. This is partly due to the small size of the Turkish American society and partly the lack of publicity on Turkish resort towns in North America. However with this book, you do not have to wait until you visit Istanbul to try those dishes. This is one book you'll use over and over again, even if you immigrate to Europe, because the recipes in this book contain measurements both in English and metric.
This is the third cookbook we have in our collection by Joyce Goldstein and I can tell you that, this experienced cookbook author together with co-author Ayla Algar have outdone themselves in this book.
Mediterranean The Beautiful Cookbook.......2002-02-20
I have never received this book because you cancelled my order. Although, I really would like the book, it is impossible for me to order again. Your computer tells me that I have odered it already and will not exept any additional orders for this item. I gave the 1 star rating because otherwise the computer will not send this message.
If you have this book again, please send me one; I am still interested.
Attractive.......2001-10-20
This large format softcover book has beautiful pictures of various locations in the Mediterranean, as well as great pictures of almost every dish for which there is a recipe. The recipes are easy to follow, measurements in English and metric, with a helpful notation about the recipe at the start of each one. More importantly, they are useful dishes that you can acutally cook, not one of those books with 20 different ways to cook octopus. Where a particular local indgrediant is probably not available stateside, a creditable alternative is given. The book looks tasty to the eye, and the recipes are tasty as well. I am particularly fond of Turkish food and this cuisine is well represented, just as the other Mediterranean countires are.
Wonderful, interesting, healthy food !!!.......1999-04-10
I loved this book, but it was one of many that was damaged in the floods of 1998. Many of the dishes were very easy to make too. I've been waiting for a reprint since !
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By utilizing proven scientific principles, David Weston has developed a method of dog training which is devoid of any form of punishment, correction, or the need for any handling or force. Perfect for both the novice dog owner and the more experienced trainer.
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The only training book you need! The Best!.......2000-06-06
I bought and read this book about 2 weeks before my Queensland Heeler came home. Within 2 days (he was 7 weeks old at the time) he was house trained and would "come" when we called him. Now at 8 weeks I began teaching him to "sit" and "drop". It literally only took about 5 minutes. I truly believe this is the best method of training a dog. I don't feel bad because I'm choking him or yelling or anything. He wants to do the exercises he's been trained to do. As a society we have been misinformed to think we have to train or dogs using archaic, somewhat violent means. I encourage everyone to at least try this method and if it works for you, pass it on to any pet owner you know. We can make happier, less aggressive dogs.
Very useful book, easy to understand.......2000-03-25
I highly recommend this book. It was very useful to me. Each exercise includes pictures to show exactly how it should look, including hand signals. There were several obedience areas where my dog was not responding to the way my obedience instructor was teaching the commands, and some areas that weren't covered. I tried using the methods in the book, and she responded very quickly and learned the exercises. This book is great for people who don't want to use harsh methods or who have sensitive dogs. This book is also very useful for training puppies, where only positive reinforcement should be used. The step-by-step directions make it good for beginners.
Very useful book, easy to understand.......2000-03-25
I highly recommend this book. It was very useful to me. Each exercise includes pictures to show exactly how it should look, including hand signals. There were several obedience areas where my dog was not responding to the way my obedience instructor was teaching the commands, and some areas that weren't covered. I tried using the methods in the book, and she responded very quickly and learned the exercises. This book is great for people who don't want to use harsh methods or who have sensitive dogs. This book is also very useful for training puppies, where only positive reinforcement should be used. The step-by-step directions make it good for beginners.
. Shows repect and care for our four legged friends........1999-05-12
I really enjoyed this book as it shared my feelings of repect and care for animals. Especially our most domesticated friend the dog. I have used these methods offered in this book and know that they work.I would really love to know if there is an e-mail address for the auther of this book or his Kintala Club as I live in New Zealand and there is not a strong level of support offered here for this kind of practise. Particularly the socalising before tweleve weeks and immunisation. I would recommand this book to anyone considering a puppy or dog and to read it first so they know and understand their responsiblities as a dog owner and for the best they cangive their dog. Yours Helen from New Zealand.
A straightforward approach to an incorrect method.......1998-11-21
David Weston's method of dog training follows right along in the modern tradition of "operant conditioning," which I had not heard of before reading this book. Therefore it was not a previous bias which caused me to discount the method as completely inappropriate to dog training! A dog is not a lab rat, to be "shaped" unwittingly by the presence or absence of food. It is disrespectful to your dog to assume so. However, if all you want is the behavior and you don't care about the rapport, or if you have a particularly sensitive dog that doesn't respond well to "traditional" methods, this book is an easy to follow manual of how to make it at least appear obedient.
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In this book you will find out how to transform any home into a haven that reflects your personality, fits your family's lifestyle and wins rave reviews..room by beautiful room!
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Decorating with Style.......2007-04-04
If you miss watching Matt and Shari on HGTV, this book will fill the void. There are tips laymen will easily be able to implement.
matt and shari.......2007-02-12
I love Matt and Shari so I enjoyed this book. I miss seeing them on HGTV so it was a way to look at how they decorate. Their style is the type of decorating that I LIKE.
Matt & Shari: Real Decorating For Real People.......2005-09-29
Disappointing. Too much repetition. Not enough examples.
real decorating for real people.......2005-04-18
This is very easy to understand and follow book on decorating your home using layman terminology. Even a novice could follow it without any problem. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for redecorating tips and helpful hints.
"Real Decorating for Real People" is exactly what it says!!.......2005-04-17
I love watching Matt and Shari on Room By Room, and this book is a great extension of the show. I can almost hear the two of them kidding with each other while they did the decorating. I wasn't crazy about the fur pillow in the bedroom, but there are tons of ideas in the book that I can use to decorate my own home and you can too.
I've already recommended the book to my friends, and I recommend it to anyone looking for easy, attactive ways to perk up a tired room.
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While most fitness professionals recognize the benefits of exercise for individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities, many avoid prescribing exercise programs for such individuals because of a lack of practical, easy-to-apply information on the subject.
Now, thanks to ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities, clear and concise guidance is available for developing exercise programs for individuals with special health considerations. This one-of-a-kind book covers a wide range of chronic diseases and disabilities and for each condition provides the following information:
• Overview of the pathophysiology • Effects of the condition on the exercise response • Effects of exercise training on the condition • Management and medications • Recommendations for exercise testing • Recommendations for exercise programming • Suggested readings
Each chapter is written by a specialist who provides both theoretical and practical information on his or his field of expertise. And while it's not an all-encompassing reference on exercise testing and prescription, the book does provide clinical exercise personnel, health club personnel, personal trainers, and others with an excellent framework in which to guide individuals with disabilities, chronic diseases, or multiple conditions.
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Great Book for any Personal Trainer.......1999-04-19
This is one of the few books Ive found that contains such a vast array of information in one book. Its a must for any personal trainer or fitness professional. its very comprehensive, as is all of the ACSM's publications.
Book Description
Let the fitness experts at the American College of Sports Medicine help you maintain a healthy weight, increase strength and flexibility, invigorate your heart and lungs, and feel great. Highlights include
• a color-coded format and step-by-step instructions to customize your program, • 67 photos showing proper technique for strength and flexibility exercises,
• assessment tools to start your program at the right fitness level,
• an easy-to-use log for recording your progress, and
• guidelines for choosing fitness equipment, buying videotapes, and joining fitness facilities.
The exercise program presented in the ACSM Fitness Book (Second Edition) conforms to the Surgeon General's guidelines and will meet all your essential fitness needs.
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ACSM Fitness Book.......2005-07-04
This is a basic fitness book for people who have not been active, or who have been somewhat active but not consistently. It is definitely a "start where you are" book, with lots of good basic information about how to get started for those who are a little nervous about it. It would be a great book for health professionals to direct their patients who need to get moving to. There is a chapter on goal setting that is very realistic. The 6 week program starts at a very basic level, but there are more advanced levels for those who can take it. It is non-judgmental in tone. It is not for those who have been active for a while, but it serves it's intended purpose very well.
Good for complete fitness novices.......2000-05-13
If you want to get in shape, but have no idea how to do so and are too embarrassed to go to a gym, then this book is for you.
The book begins by having the reader take a self-assessment test wich is composed of a 1-mile walk/run, push-ups, and toe touch. Don't feel bad if you can't do any of the above, the book covers that situation. From there, in a user-friendly, color-coded format, the book helps you design a program that fits your needs.
I bought the book thinking it would help me design a weight-training program for myself. It isn't that advanced. All of the resistance training it contains can be performed sith just your body weight and some common household items (such as water bottles).
For a complete novice, this is where to begin. If, like me, you're a little more advanced, but want help in setting up a weight-lifting program, then I recommend Weight Training Steps to Success by Baechle and Groves.
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Excellent review for HFI exam - written portion only........2005-05-01
ACSM's Health & Fitness Certification Review is a mostly excellent preparation for the written portion of the ACSM HFI (Health/Fitness Instructor) exam. I'm also finding it a valuable for portions of the NSCA-PT certification exam (National Strength and Conditioning Association personal trainer), which has a great deal of overlap in material.
Chapters 1 - 10 contain a generally excellent "Cliff's notes" type outline of the highlights of their 10 KSA topics found on the written exam: (1) Anatomy and Biomechanics, (2) Exercise Physiology, (3) Human Development and Aging, (4) Pathophysiology/Risk Factors, (5) Human Behavior and Psychology, (6) Health Appraisal and Fitness Testing, (7) Safety, Injury Prevention, and Emergency Care, (8) Exercise Programming, (9) Nutrition and Weight Management, (10) Program Administration/Management. Each chapter was written by one or two experts in that area. The chapters on anatomy, physiology, and pathology (1, 2, and 4) contain helpful, skillfully done, black and white illustrations. For the most part, I'm impressed with the quality of these outlines: thorough and easy to understand. Chapter 10, however on Program Administration/Management is very bare-bones and could stand a little more detail. At the end of the book is a list of sources of more information on each chapter.
Following each outline is a multiple choice quiz, typically 25 questions with four choices. To inventory my knowledge and areas that needed more study, I took all the review quizzes before reading the outlines. Having taught college, I was impressed with the questions: they were straightforward, usually with plausible distractor choices. There are about a dozen errors in quizzes, and a few in the outlines, so be sure to go to the certification section of ACSM's website to obtain their corrections.
Although overall, I find this study guide impressive and helpful, here's why I've deducted a star:
* Although the book bills itself as a certification review, it does not state on the front cover or anywhere else that this review is for the written portion of the HFI exam only. But as HFI candidates know, this exam has a practical lab portion where candidates have to take skinfolds, conduct a bicycle ergometer exercise test, and demonstrate exercise techniques. This book is of very little use for the lab portion. For example, the outline on skinfold measurement says "(1) Locate the sites to be measured. (2) Measure the skinfold thickness. (3) Use the measurements of skinfold thickness in the appropriate equation to predict body composition." The bicycle ergometer test is barely mentioned. For detailed information on these tests, I highly recommend ACSM's Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual.
* I found chapter 11 on Metabolic Calculations to be extremely confusing. For me, the only value of the chapter was in the discussion of what to expect on the exam: from 6 to 10 met calc questions and which formulas are provided, and the 23-question review exam. The technique on how to perform met calcs was virtually useless to me. It left out the system of multiplying by conversion factors with the units left on until you can cancel them out. That system is well explained in the book, "Practical Math for Health Professionals" by Dennis K. Flood, which I highly recommend for learning met calcs. Without the checks and balances of the proper use of conversion factors, doing problems involves much more memorization, greater difficulty, and there are many more places for errors.
* Although I didn't deduct a star for this, as of April 2005, the food pyramid data presented in the Nutrition and Weight Management chapter is now out of date.
Overall, I highly recommend ACSM's Health & Fitness Certification Review to HFI candidates. Just be sure to get the corrections off ACSM's website, and if you want excellent resources on the lab portion and metabolic calculations, to supplement with additional resources. ACSM does not intend for this book to be a primary study resource. Best of luck on the HFI exam! :-)
Must buy, very good study guide.......2003-05-28
This book was quite helpful for the certification test. It prepared me well for physiology and anatomy. The questions helped me to freshen up on the ones I didn't know. The book was also well-written, easy to comprehend and a must buy to anyone needing to become certified. I also used the following which I found to help me also on the anatomy and physiology portions of the test.
Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations by Patrick Leonardi Volume 1 (isbn: 0971999619)
Volume 2 (isbn: 0971999627)
Spinal Anatomy Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers
isbn: 0971999600
These four study guides helped me to pass the national certification with ease. I highly recommend these books.
A Concise Guide for Preparing for HFI Certification.......2002-03-26
The text provides a wealth of information that helps the candidate focus on the concepts necessary to pass the written portion of the HFI certification exam. The chapters were brief, but to the point, and ended in an important test over the covered material.
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ACSM Fitness Book. (book reviews): An article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
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JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 1993
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ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. (book reviews): An article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
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ASIN: B00091LLLW
Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on February 1, 1993. The length of the article is 840 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: ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. (book reviews)
Author: Marc A. Rabinoff
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JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 1993
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v64
Issue: n2
Page: p82(3)
Article Type: Book Review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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Zigzag : A Life on the Move
James Houston
Manufacturer: McClelland & Stewart
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0771042116 |
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In April 1962, clutching a surprise parting gift from his Inuit friends and hunting companions, James Houston flew south to a new life. A few days later (after the unfortunate Montreal incident with the U.S. Immigration officer in the Ladies’ Room), he was living and working in the heart of Manhattan.
His passage there was eased by his powerful patron Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., the head of Steuben Glass, and by Houghton’s wife, his secretary, his butler, and his driver. But it was a huge and difficult life-style change, shrewdly captured here in the series of short vignettes that James Houston has used to tell his tale. Punctuated by his own black-and-white sketches, they follow not only his blundering attempts to take Manhattan, but also the incredible zigzags that his life has taken ever since, including twenty-six trips back to his beloved Arctic.
In the following pages you’ll meet a Master Designer with over one hundred valuable glass sculptures to his credit, a New England sheep farmer, a bestselling novelist, a Harlem art teacher, a Pacific salmon fisherman, a Hollywood scriptwriter, a prizewinning author of seventeen children’s books, an Arctic film producer, a man who designed National Geographic Magazine’s 100th anniversary Award (not to mention the flags of two Canadian territories), and the owner of Whistler’s Mother’s house.
James Houston, of course, is all of those people.
True to the book’s title you’ll also meet him as a world traveller who found himself skulking among leopards in equatorial Africa at night; drinking toasts in the Russian Arctic with a Kommissar who stripped to his pink underwear; slipping out of his own underwear on a snowy night in Japan under the eyes of many curious Japanese ladies; cruising the Mediterranean on a luxury yacht while kings came aboard; wrestling with a flustered walrus about to drown him in the Bronx Zoo; improving his sketching in Paris while drunks wandered in to check out the nude models; or tarpon fishing among sharks in Florida with a group so well connected that President Johnson dropped in by helicopter to join them, accompanied by his favourite Scotch.
James Houston is such a modest man that fear of name-dropping made him reluctant to tell some of his best stories. But it is clear that in the range of his experiences and of his achievements (although, significantly, none of his honorary degrees, and few of his many prizes and awards, are mentioned in these pages) he has led a life more interesting than almost any other Canadian who springs to mind.
Clearly, this is a man who never said no to a new experience, whether it was singing duets in the shower with an unknown Manhattan neighbour (a soprano); or rounding up Inuit friends to act the role of their great-grandparents in the film The White Dawn (all did not go well – hence the line “What do you mean he’s gone hunting?”); or helping Nelson Rockefeller’s wife over a lull in the dinner party conversation; or agreeing to design the central seventy-foot sculpture in the main hall of Calgary’s new Glenbow Museum, then driving the one thousand delicate prisms of his “Aurora Borealis” piece across the country; or acting at a Sotheby’s auction bidding for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, armed with invaluable bidding tips; or working at the Corning Glass Works, side by side with the gaffers who wrestle with molten glass at “the glory hole” to give shape to the designer’s blueprint creations (a process well illustrated in Fire Into Ice); or helping an Arctic ship’s mate to remove a seal to whom the captain had grown attached; or wooing and winning the courageous Alice, the Yale professor’s daughter who now shares his life. Or rather, lives.
This memorable book by an engaging storyteller with a dozen lives behind him will set you reading his Arctic memoirs Confessions of an Igloo Dweller, and eagerly seek out his book about his life among the Haida on the Queen Charlotte Islands, Hideaway.
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The Jimmy Ingle Story
Jimmy Ingle
Manufacturer: Brandon Books
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0863220738 |
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