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Jerome Bonaparte: The War Years, 1800-1815 (Contributions in Military Studies)
Glenn J. Lamar
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Napoleon's youngest brother, Jerome, has over the centuries been portrayed as a military commander who was completely incompetent and unimportant to his famous sibling. This first biography of Jerome by an American author utilizes many firsthand accounts of Jerome's abilities that have never before been available to readers in English, as well as archival material that has never been published in any language, to challenge this view. Focussing on the lesser-known theaters of operation from 1800 to the Russian campaign in 1812, this study completes the gaps in the military history of the Napoleonic Wars. As Lamar demonstrates, Jerome was not responsible for the failure of Napoleon's early maneuvers during the invasion of Russia, nor did he lose the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Jerome's relationship with Napoleon was affected by his position as the youngest member of the Bonaparte family. Much of Emperor Napoleon I's true nature can be seen through his dealings with Jerome and his naval career. After discussing Jerome's experiences as the only Bonaparte to serve in the navy, Lamar details Jerome's involvement in land campaigns, in such varied places as Silesia, Russia, and Waterloo. Another important aspect of Jerome's career was his leadership role as King of Westphalia. This objective account sheds new light on the life and accomplishments of one of the most maligned figures of the Napoleonic era.
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A Family Affair.......2000-09-24
Professor Glenn Lamar has provided a fast-pace, scholarly, yet interesting account of the career, experiences, and loves of Napoleon Bonaparte's youngest brother, Jerome. Professor Lamar sets the record straight regarding many controversies that surround the young Bonaparte, such as his role at the infamous battle of Waterloo in June of 1815, which brought his great brother to his knees. Lamar's research is impecable; he has drawn information from all of the major French archives, including the French military archives: the Archives de la guerre, and the French state archives: the Archives Nationales. Lamar, a graduate of the prestigious Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University, has published numerous essays on French history, as well as specific aspects of the career of Jerome Bonaparte. This book, Lamar's inaugural work, not only provides a model for historical scholarship, but is highly entertaining for the scholar, novice, and buff. Readers learn how the young Jerome, laboring in the shadow of his famous brother, strove to make a name for himself in the French navy; how he became stranded in Baltimore and not only won over that city's high society, but also took Elizabeth Patterson as his American wife. Read the sad story of this ill-fated marriage as Napoleon--Jerome's only father figure--had political plans for his young ward and thus destroyed the marriage before Elizabeth ever stepped foot on French soil. Like the rest of his siblings, Jerome received his reward for doing as his brother wished when Napoleon appointed him to be King of the German state of Westphalia. Other chapters include Jerome's controversial role in the disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia in which Napoleon lost almost 500,000 men. One of the real merits of Lamar's book, however, is to illustrate the inner workings of the Bonaparte family. Napoleon awarded his siblings crowns all over Europe; Joseph became King of Spain, Louis was King of Holland, Jerome, the flamboyant playboy King of Westphalia, and Caroline took the throne of Naples. He demanded strict obedience from his siblings, and Lamar's book offers a fresh insight into Napoleon's relations with his family. This book will be highly satisfying to a broad array of readers.
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If you view the Philosophy professor as a stodgy old curmudgeon wrapped up in theories, and forever spouting eminently sensible nonsense, Paul Feyerabend's autobiography may change your view. Then again, it may not, because he held the same view himself. Iconoclast, non-conformist and brilliant philosopher, Feyerabend reveals his roots through unadorned, journalist-style prose -- his childhood in Vienna, his aspirations to sing opera, his stint in World War II as a German soldier, his time with Popper in London, his love affairs, marriage and even a little philosophy for good measure.
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Killing Time is the story of Paul Feyerabend's life. Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, it is the self-portrait of one of this century's most original and influential intellectuals.
Trained in physics and astronomy, Feyerabend was best known as a philosopher of science. But he emphatically was not a builder of theories or a writer of rules. Rather, his fame was in powerful, plain-spoken critiques of "big" science and "big" philosophy. Feyerabend gave voice to a radically democratic "epistemological anarchism:" he argued forcefully that there is not one way to knowledge, but many principled paths; not one truth or one rationality but different, competing pictures of the workings of the world. "Anything goes," he said about the ways of science in his most famous book, Against Method. And he meant it.
Here, for the first time, Feyerabend traces the trajectory that led him from an isolated, lower-middle-class childhood in Vienna to the height of international academic success. He writes of his experience in the German army on the Russian front, where three bullets left him crippled, impotent, and in lifelong pain. He recalls his promising talent as an operatic tenor (a lifelong passion), his encounters with everyone from Martin Buber to Bertolt Brecht, innumerable love affairs, four marriages, and a career so rich he once held tenured positions at four universities at the same time.
Although not written as an intellectual autobiography, Killing Time sketches the people, ideas, and conflicts of sixty years. Feyerabend writes frankly of complicated relationships with his mentor Karl Popper and his friend and frequent opponent Imre Lakatos, and his reactions to a growing reputation as the "worst enemy of science."
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Scènes de la vie de bohème.......2007-07-27
In his book `Reason and Culture', Ernest Gellner points his finger at certain philosophers of science for undermining reason. One of the culprits is Paul Feyerabend.
This autobiography is very revealing indeed. It gives an in depth view of Feyerabend's eventful life, his difficult character, his fierce philosophical battles, his profound (physical and intellectual) loves and his (self-) inflicted deceptions.
As young soldier, he was physically heavily marked by World War II, but astonishingly his fighting spirit was enhanced. On the other hand, was this experience not a main reason for his deep pessimism: `Me? A family? Children? Not on this planet!' He called himself an `icy egotist'. All his life he had violent outburst of inner rage: `We shall act in a barbaric way. We shall punish, kill, meet violence with violence.'
During the war, he was lived, as Nietzsche said: `the aims of Nazism - I hardly knew what they were.' Already then for him, `a clean moral vision implies simplifications and acts of cruelty and injustice.'
After the war, he had to choose between a career as a professional singer (he had a beautiful voice and loved opera) or as a scientist. He became a philosopher of science.
But now the intellectual caste became the target of his violent attacks: `intellectuals prepare a New Age of ignorance, darkness and slavery.' His main foe was the man he saw as the new POP(p)E(r) of philosophy.
Overreactions and exaggerations made him even return to animism: `two types of tumors to be removed - philosophy of science and general philosophy (ethics, epistemology etc.) ... Nor is there one way of knowing, science. There are many such ways, and before they were ruined by Western civilization, they were effective in the sense that they kept people alive and made their existence comprehensible.'??
His anger culminated in his best known book `Against Method', called by his caste `anything goes'. Already the title is a provocation. It provoked an avalanche of devastating reviews which traumatized him deeply. He defends himself: `I never denigrated reason, only some petrified and tyrannical versions of it.'
After meeting the love of his life, the rebel (sometimes without a cause) became less caustic, and even wanted children.
All in all, this book is a fascinating read.
moving.......2005-02-07
One of the most moving, insightful, and honest autobiographies I've ever read. Unduly influenced by the standard ignorant rap on Against Method, I was also very surprised. Get it, especially if you have a background in math, physics, philosophy, or even music.
An awesome spiritual odyssee.......2001-11-04
This is a slim volume, barely 200 pages, but it charts an awesome spiritual odyssee. Paul Feyerabend - enfant terrible of late 20th century philosophy - looked ruthlessly in the mirror and painted an unadorned picture of himself. At the end of his life, he painfully recognised that its course had been shaped by absences, rather than by specific events or, for that matter, ideas: absence of purpose, of content, of a focused interest, absence of moral character, absence of warmth and of social relationships.
Only when Feyerabend approached the final fifteen years of his life and settled as a professor in the philosophy of science in Zürich - after having lectured four decades at Anglo-American universities - he started to relax. And eventually, a woman came and set things right. In 1983 he met the Italian physicist Grazia Borrini for the first time. Five years later they married. His relationship with Mrs. Borrini must have been the single most important event in Feyerabend's life. Reading his autobiography is an experience akin to listening to Sibelius' tone-poem 'Nightride and Sunrise': after 1983 the colours change dramatically and his prose is infused with warmth and immense gratefulness. It is a delight to read his rapt eulogies on the companion of the last decade of his life, on his most fortunate discovery of true love and friendship. Indeed, although Feyerabend is not interested in 'spoiling' his autobiography with an extensive reiteration of his philosophical positions, there are a few messages he clearly wants to drive home. The central role in life of love and friendship is one of them. Without these "even the noblest achievements and the most fundamental principles remain pale, empty and dangerous" (p. 173). Yet, Feyerabend clearly wants us to see that this love "is a gift, not an achievement" (p. 173). It is something which is subjected neither to the intellect, nor to the will, but is the result of a fortunate constellation of circumstances.
The same applies to the acquisition of 'moral character'. This too "cannot be created by argument, 'education' or an act of will." (p.174). Yet, it is only in the context of a moral character - something which Feyerabend confesses to having only acquired a trace of after a long life and the good fortune of having met Grazia - that ethical categories such as guilt, responsibility and obligation acquire a meaning. "They are empty words, even obstacles, when it is lacking." (p.174) (Consequently, he did not think himself responsible for his behavior during the Nazi period).
Contrary to someone like Karl Kraus, Feyerabend seems to think that men, at least as long as they have not acquired moral character, are morally neutral, whilst ideas are not. A question which remains, of course, is who is to be held responsible for intellectual aberrations and intentional obfuscation if this character is only to be acquired by an act of grace, an accidental constellation of circumstances.
There is an enigmatic passage in the autobiography which may shed light on this important problem. After having seen a performance of Shakespeare's Richard II, in which the protagonist undoes himself of all his royal insigna, thereby relinquishing not just "a social role but his very individuality, those features of his character that separated him from other", Feyerabend notes that the "dark, unwieldy, clumsy, helpless creature that appeared seemed freer and safer, despite prison and death, than what he had left behind." (p. 172) It prompts him to the insight that "the sum of our works and/or deeds does not constitute a life. These . . . are like debris on an ocean . . . They may even form a solid platform, thus creating an illusion of universality, security, and permanence. Yet the security and the permanence can be swept away by the powers that permitted them to arise." (p. 172) These ideas do not exactly solve the question about moral responsibility, but they do suggest a tragic 'Lebensgefühl' - an acknowledgment of the fact that the spheres of reason, order and justice are terribly limited and that no progress in our science and technical resources will change their relevance - which seems to underpin Feyerabends very earthbound philosophy.
The impotent Don Juan cared more for opera than philosophy.......2001-09-30
Typical Feyerabend arrogance, spiced with unbearable charm. Brimming with intimate details of his sexual experiences, fighting with the Nazi Army on the Western Front, his lifelong (almost) apathy toward academic philosophy, and his real passion: opera singing. Philosophy, it turns out, was "just a job." I had *no* idea that Paul Feyerabend once possessed a "world voice" for opera. It was opera he loved. About 1/3 of the story is about operas he'd seen worldwide, who sang the roles, his critical opinion of the singing!
Also includes his bookish, only-child upbringing; his horribly depressed mother and her suicide in his teens; his adult depressions; his affairs and marriages; and finally, his mature love for the beautiful Graziana, which allowed him some actual truth in this life. It ends with Graziana's reminder that most of Feyerabend's life was spent in chronic pain, the result of a gunshot to his groin during the Nazi retreat from Russia. That was the injury which rendered him sexually impotent at 20 - a recurring theme in the story.
By the last page, I was in tears. Imagine tears of compassion after reading the words of that anarchist maniac who wrote "Against Method"!! But tears there were. It's a very good book.
Killing Time.......2000-09-09
This is one of the most touching autobiography I have read. Paul Feyerabend was not only an important thinker or philosopher, I was also an interesting human being. It is not, however, so much his story that is intriguing as it is the moral we can draw from his experiences that is illuminating. Perhaps the most valuable counsel he gives us in this book is the following:"If you want to achieve something, if you want to write a book, paint a picture, be sure that the center of your existence is somewhere else and that it's solidly grounded; only then will you be able to keep your cool and laugh at the attacks that are bound to come"(147). I think any student of philosophy, literature and the arts should take this advice to heart. Feyerabend is one of the rare philosophers who realized that, after all, a worthwile life is not one devoted to abstract thinking but one devoted to love. As he says," There are strong inclinations after all;...they are not about abstract things such as solitude or intellectual achievements but about a live human being"(169). I cannot but recommend you to read this very enlightening autobiography. Vladimir Pintro, student of philosophy at S.U.N.Y.
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As featured in Time, on Good Morning America, National Public Radio, and Dateline, life lessons based on the landmark Harvard Medical School New England Centenarian Study. There are currently more than 50,000 centenarians in the U.S., almost three times the number there were in 1980. By the year 2030, the over-65 population will have grown at more than twice the rate of the general population growth. Through their research and study of "the oldest old" through the New England Centenarian Study (NECS), Drs. Perls and Silver see todays centenarians as forerunners of the most significant social trend of the new millennium: a greatly extended life span for millions of people; ninth and tenth decades of life filled with opportunity, lucidity, mobility, and good health. Drawing on the cutting-edge results of the NECS, Living to Be 100 sets forth the latest findings on aging, debunks popular myths, and portrays the lives of centenarians in an array of surprising richness and diversity: 101-year-old Alfred Benedetti bowls twice a week; Mrs. Strandel still runs her household at 100, and cooks for her 70-year-old son and daughter; 101-year-old former MIT professor Dirk Struik has just published an article on mathematics; Anna Morgan, 100, gives her daughter marital advice.
Filled with personal profiles, informational sidebars, and quizzes, Living to Be 100 presents a groundbreaking, and hopeful vision of longevity -- soon to be a reality for more of us than ever before-- based on the only current medical and psychological study of the oldest old.
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Pssst! Hey Buddy - Want to Live to be 100?.......2004-05-31
Actually, the idea of living to 100 never seemed appealing to me -- until I read about these active, vital centenarians. Like the nun's study (Aging with Grace), this is a hopeful, optimistic book. Some make it to 100 -- others don't. But following the advice in this book will give you the best possible chance of making it with a sound mind and sound body.
A fun read, a "feel-good" book.
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Fascinating.......2003-08-03
This book is fascinating due, in part, to the many anecdotes about actual centenarians. The sub-title, Living to your maximum potential at any age, is exactly what this book is about. While genes, lifestyle choices, diet, activity, etc, certainly can contribute to living to 100, the author shows that there is no sure-fire way to become a centenarian, but we all can take a lesson from those who have made it that far--live life and live it well. A very informative and fun read.
Inspiring, educational, instructional........2001-07-12
This book taught me that living long is a function of many factors, namely one's physical, social, mental, and spiritual health. Some of the factors are totally out of our control such as the genes we are born with and the time period and location we are born into. Also, I learned that longevity and quality of life go hand in hand. For example, a person who smokes heavily all their life not only will die sooner but suffer less enjoyable health in the mean time. This book provides a profound understanding of the factors that determine our well-being and makes a great guide to improving our well-being. I also found it engaging to read. Few of us can make it to 100 or beyond, but by emulating those who have, we can live longer, better lives. It must be nice to live to see your great-grandchildren graduate college and get married and everything.
Also recommended: "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Dr. Stephen Covey, also a great guidebook for improvement.
Fantastic stuff.......2000-06-21
This was easily one of the best books I've ever read. The best part was this: there are no magic cures, no miracle herbs, no eternal elixers to living to a "ripe old age." This book paints a realistic picture of aging, namely: how old you lives will depend mostly on genetics, and the best we can do is maximize our genetic potential by doing a few smart, common-sense things. And then the authors give us those things. I have changed my life to incorporate what I can to maximize my potential, and I'll go from there. What else could you ask for?
The previous review by Jason Taylor couldn't be more wrong.......1999-07-13
Jason Taylor is looking for some miracle diet to get him to 100 and it sounds like 150. If he read more than 10 pages of Living to 100 he would realize that there is no miracle diet (SURPRISE!). He proposes that they must have had an amazing diet of some sort to get to 100... when in fact what these authors/real scientists indicate is that genes play a very important role in getting to 100. Diet plays a key role for the majority of us who don't have the genes and therefore can't indulge. For us then some common sense guidelines and suggestions about antioxidant vitamins, exercise etc are outlined in the book.
I thought the book was incredibly well written, full of thought-provoking new ideas about aging and extremely credible.
Jason Taylor seems to work for NASA... he's out in space on this one to!
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Spoonfuls of Germany goes beyond the sauerkraut and knackwurst stereotype to unveil the often overlooked diversity of German cuisine. 170 regional recipes range from classic dishes, such as spaetzle with cheese and sauerbraten to forgotten delicacies like Westfalian pumpernickel pudding. Numerous profiles, anecdotes, and food lore complete the book.
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German cookbook.......2007-06-08
The cookbook has most of the favorite German recipes, but misses many of the best. It is a good start.
Good, basic, authentic recipes........2005-12-02
I own just about every German cookbook I can get my hands on, including a couple of them written in German. Spoonfuls of Germany has become among my favorites.
First of all, the 170 recipes really do reflect the cuisine from all over the country. (In the U.S., most of our knowledge of German food is Bavarian; my theory is that it's because most American servicemen were stationed in the southeast.) The author breaks down her regions into northern lights; eastern roots; western crossroads; and southern peaks. This sometimes is a little confusing (where would you look for recipes from the Rhine?), and it means you have to look in four places if you're in search of, say, salads, but it works out okay.
What makes it all worthwhile is that these recipes are _good_. They're simple enough for you to make for a weeknight dinner, too. Plus, they're decidedly German: her recipe for Rote Grütze (red berry pudding) tasted exactly the way I remembered from my travels. These are all very comfortable on an American table, however; her beet salad with horseradish vinaigrette got rave reviews on my Thanksgiving table. No leftovers whatsoever.
While you'll find recipes for all the traditional heavy German dishes, such as saurbraten or stuffed potato dumplings, you'll also learn that a lot of German food is delicate -- you won't always need a nap after lunch. From shrimp soup with white asparagus to sauteed sole with remoulade, you'll find something delicious to try for dinner.
Great book. Recommended.
Showcases the breadth and diversity of German cooking .......2005-02-12
There is more to authentic German cuisine than sauerkraut and knackwust! Spoonfuls Of Germany: Culinary Delights Of The German Regions In 170 Recipes, showcases the breadth and diversity of German cooking from the shores of the North and Baltic Seas to the Alps. There are regional recipes for appetizers, main course, side dishes, desserts, sweets, and drinks. Encompassing a wide variety of vegetables, as well as showcasing savory dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, diary products, and more, the regional specialities combine under one cover to present the full spectrum of fine German dining. Of special note is the "Sources for German Mail-Order Food" and a bibliography for further study of authentic German cuisine. From Blueberry Soup with Caramelized Croutons; Bratwurst with Curry Ketchup; Pickled Pumpkin; and Potato Pancakes with Applesauce; to Chicken in Riesling with White Grapes; Pork Roast with Beer Glaze; German Ravioli with Meat or Spinach Filling; and Bavarian Cream with Raspberry Coulis, Spoonfuls Of Germany would make an impressive and welcome addition to any kitchen cookbook collection.
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Wildlife Odyssey a Photographers Travelo
Edward Mendell
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Wildlife photographer Edward Mendell traveled the world in search of the rarest species of life. Focusing on nine locales, he has captured 84 animals in spectacular color photos that show the rich diversity of the animal kingdom. All profits are donated to the World Wildlife Fund. Published by the author and distributed to libraries exclusively by Neal-Schuman.
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quality.......2004-07-29
Wildlife Odyssey is a really nice book. It has great print quality and a terrific layout. You can tell this book is a product of love and devotion. Wildlife odyssey is a beutiful book to come by, its qualities are: It is a project and idea of one man(retired), Fullof beutiful images of animals most of us will never see, a unique collection of earths variety of animals from select regions, the images are bound in such a nice package, and all the profits go to World Wide Fund for Nature.
By far the most amazing photographic exploration!.......2000-07-10
The photographs in this book kept me staring, at the finite and minute details, the author/photographer has certainly acheived a terrific understanding of the absolute beauty of God's creatures. I have read many a book on endangered species, however, never before has one so intrigued me as this!!!
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With Scrapbooking Your Wedding, readers will find hundreds of ways to create pages as beautiful their special day. This creative guide provides brides-to-be with:
* A spectrum of ways to capture the events leading up to the day and the day itself, from courtship to the honeymoon
* Innovative techniques and step-by-step illustrations, allowing readers to create the featured looks on their own
* A wide range of styles, from simple to ornate, allowing scrapbookers to find ideas that speak to their tastes
With must-keep memorabilia and must-take photo lists, as well as tips for taking wedding pictures, brides-to-be will find this scrapbooking guide to be the perfect match.
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wedding memories.......2007-07-13
just what i needed to kick start me into getting my sons wedding photos into an album,the ideas flow when someone gives you the excitment to begin both books gave me that i had been trying since early april to get the books from local store always to be told they are on there way but never getting here so will start with amazon next time and into the future thanks
full of inspiration and ideas.......2004-12-15
A Wedding Photo Album is wonderful, but creating a personalized wedding photo scrapbook is a showy way to capture the true feelings of a most special day. Scrapbooking Your Wedding by Memory Makers lends inspiration and ideas for building such an album. Page after page, will bring pleasure to those you share it with. Sample pages from couples own scrapbooks are shown along with details on how the look was achieved. Basic scrapbook tools and supplied are introduced. Sources also include website addresses. So why not get ready, get set, and start scrapbooking to hold cherished memories for years to come?
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Teaching My Daughter to Mulch: Gardening Meditations
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This guide teaches chronic pain sufferers how to control their pain on their own. Author Bruce Eimer demystifies hypnosis and explains how to use a variety of proven techniques, including deep relaxation, distorting pain sensations to deintensify them, and disconnecting from pain.
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The most helpful book I've read about chronic pain........2004-05-11
Three years ago I purchased this book to help with challenges from living with scoliosis and related leg pain. I half-heartedly read book. Of course, 3 years later my challenges increased so that the old maxim "When the student is ready, the teacher appears" became self evident. I revisited the book and have benefitted tremendously from the clear, concise, steps, that one can take to break down the cycle of pain. I also like the fact that there are a myriad of choices of relaxing or meditative exercises for you to chose from. This lets you pick and chose what works best for you. I only wish that there were a CD available as an accompaniment to the book. I am grateful to the author and hope to read more from him in the future
A Lasting Solution for Persistent Pain.......2002-10-18
As the author, I wrote this book for people who have tried everything to get their persistent pain to leave. I have compiled many techniques for helping people in pain regain control over their pain and diminish the suffering element.
Self hypnosis is the best non-drug remedy for relieving pain that won't go away. I use it myself because I have chronic pain (fibromylagia, chronic fatigue, spinal disease and arthritis).
The book clearly explains what HYPNOSIS is and what it is NOT. Readers are guided to choose the right self hypnosis method for them. Self-hypnotic pain coping methods covered (the "6 D's") include: Deep relaxation, De-catastrophizing, Direct behavior modification, Distraction, Distortion of pain sensations, and Dissociation from pain.
To my knowledge, this is the first self-help book devoted solely to self hypnosis for pain management. The goal is
NO MORE PAIN. The method is self-hypnosis. The result is less pain and less suffering. The bottom line is that if you have a chronic disease, "pain may be mandatory, but suffering is optional".
This book can be used with or without the help of a therapist.
Great Way to Minimize Pain Without Adding Meds.......2002-08-04
This book is a powerful tool to help people in pain gain some measure of control over that pain, and minimize the impact of pain on their function and quality of life. The writing is understandable and enjoyable. There are many options and styles of self-hypnosis offered. I recommend this book highly, and use it myself.
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Homenaje nacional, Jose Maria Velasco
Maria Elena Altamirano Piolle
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Jose Maria Velasco (1840-1912 : National Homage)
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ASIN: 0826316093 |
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This handsome two-volume boxed set celebrates the life and work of Mexico's most renowned landscape painter. Born in Temascalcingo in 1840, Velasco studied painting and drawing from an early age, and in 1877 was appointed landscape professor at the National School of Fine Arts.
Velasco's work was exhibited internationally during his lifetime: in Madrid in 1892 for the Historical Americana Exhibition, and in 1893 in Chicago at the Universal Columbian Exhibition. His paintings and drawings are now in major collections throughout the world.
This lavishly illustrated biography was awarded the 1993 George Wittenborn Memorial Award for publishing excellence from the Art Library Society of North America.
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The best that has been written of Velasco's excelent picture.......1999-03-17
The book has excellent photos of most of the work of the mexican academical painter Jose Maria Velasco, who made mainly landscapes of the Valley of Mexico, Oaxaca, and some other places. His history, his life and his works are described with great knoweldge by his descendant Ma. Elena Altamirano. The book is a must for everybody who likes to know the painting in Mexico at the end of XIX and the begining of XX century.
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Exhibition cataloge from 1944 - 1945 exhibits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.
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Jose Maria Velasco 1840-1912
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1432596896 |
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Exhibition Organized By The Philadelphia Museum Of Art And The Brooklyn Museum, With The Collaboration Of The Direccion General De Educacion Extra-Escolar Y Estetica, Mexico.
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Jose Maria Velasco: El paisajista
Xavier Moyssen L.
Manufacturer: Circulo de Arte
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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This is the fascinating true story of a Japanese boy's growing disillusionment with the conduct of a patriotic war.
Boy H's father was a tailor, his mother a tambourine-banging Christian in a country of very few Christians. His childhood unfolded in the 1930s, when militarism was steadily strengthening its grip on Japan; it ended when the nation lay in ruins. What set H apart from other kids, despite the shared
preoccupation with schoolmates, movies, and sex, was an unusually sharp eye and a precociously skeptical attitude that made him a bit of a loner in a conformist society.
Though at times dark, his anecdotes are arranged with the lightest of touches and a sharp sense of humor. The total effect is of a rich, varied, and intensely readable novel, but one that involves real lives, actual events.
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Fictionalized, but educational.......2007-06-03
"A Boy Called H" may just be fiction based on author Senoh's life, but it carries a revealing look at what was going on in Japan during WWII. It is an engaging story of an adventurous, curious and intelligent young boy doing his best to survive, and it is much more enjoyable to read than a dry scholarly publication. It is best read knowingly, understanding that there are truths within the fiction - truths that I would venture many people are unaware of. Even today it is important for all of us to understand how a government can take its people into a war that they never voted for and persuade them to believe it is for a just cause.
Yes, this book was proven a sort of forgery in Japan.......2004-02-02
I warrant the quality of Hitoshi Noguchi,MD's Review. It is also good summary of the criticisms in Japan.
In Japan, this book was proven a forgery.......2003-06-01
I am very sorry to rain on the parade, but this book, a one time best seller in Japan, was almost immediately proven to be a forgery. A young boy comments on Japanese wartime policy and deplomatic decisions that were not known to the public at the time. The events were taken out of an almanac in chronological order and fictionalised without any consideration as to when the Japanese public learned about it or what information they had at the time to base their opinions on. In reality, a boy like H could not have existed simply because he could not have known, and consequently could not have felt, the things he did. This is a beautified account by a leftist who would like to believe - and would like the reader to believe - that he had been a pacifist from the very begining.
Even if you've never been to Kobe, Japan..........2001-08-31
you should still read this book. John Bester did a fantastic job of preserving the nuances of the original story and translating the Japanese into easily-readable English.
The story is of H, the son of a tailor of Western-style suits and his bible-thumping, God-loving wife. Right away you know, that this isn't the story of an ordinary 1940's Japanese family. The author weaves some marvelous threads in creating this story so that we see the many sides of H. We find a character who is aloof but entirely likeable. The reader can immediately relate to his individuality. This story is not meant to be an historical account of the atrocities of war. It is merely an exploration into the life of a young boy during an extremely difficult time. Enjoy it for what it is. The author speaks very kindly of the Americans and the anecdotes are hilarious.
The quality of the storytelling is so good, that you forget that this is the debut novel of a 65 year old man who paints screens plays. The book reads as if a ten-year old H is standing there reading it aloud next to you. Senoh has an amazing memory to be able to recall all of the anecdotes.
I hope other foreign residents of Japan enjoy this as much as I did.
A beautiful insight into life in wartime Japan.......2000-12-21
I enjoyed this book so much that after reading a public library copy I ordered a copy for my personal library. (Although the book is self-described as autobiographical fiction, the library had it housed in the biography section.) The 50 chapters are very short, perfect for pre-bedtime reading, and the writing is simply enough that I would imagine that many young teens could enjoy it as well. H is not always a likeable character - he can be obnoxious and quite selfish at times. But he is also bright, perceptive, and frequently winds up doing the right thing in spite of himself.
Written from the viewpoint of a young boy growing up in wartime Japan, criticism that the book doesn't address the atrocities committed by the Japanese military throughout Asia doesn't make much sense as the Japanese government hid these events (as well as its military defeats and appalling casualty rates) from its people even more than it tried to hide them from the world. The book is obviously critical of the leadership that persisted in pursuing a war that could have resulted in the virtual annihilation of the Japanese people and amazingly forgiving of an enemy that intentionally killed, at a minimum, hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians through strafings, fire-bombings and, of course, the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"A Boy Called H" is an entertaining companion piece to Kiyoshi Kiyosawa's "A Diary of Darkness" and Haruko Taya Cook and Theodore F. Cook's "Japan At War: An Oral History." (I would also recommend Yukio Mishima's classic "Confessions of a Mask" - a superb novel about a schoolage boy in wartime Japan.) Books like these help us to remember to put a human face on our enemies, past and present. When we bomb civilian centers we are not killing a faceless entity called "the enemy" - we are killing men, women and children, most of whom are just going about their daily lives trying to survive.
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