TIME ON TARGET, THE WORLD WAR II MEMOIR OF WILLIAM R. BUSTER

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"Time on Target" Hits Mark.......2001-11-08

Most biographies about World War II participants have focused on two distinct groups of persons: those that served as high ranking military or political leaders or those who served as ordinary soldiers in the field. This follows the well-established practice of studying history from either above or below. While both of these types of studies are important and useful, those in the middle strata of a conflict can enlighten and inform on a much broader range of topics. General William R. Buster's memoir "Time on Target" is a first-rate example of this type of scholarship.
Buster recounts his personal and professional experiences from his graduation from the West Point class of 1940 to his command of a battalion as a Lieutenant Colonel. Buster was one of the first officers in the US Army to begin training with armor and mechanized artillery, and was instrumental in development of tactics and theories for use by these forces. Buster was assigned to the Second Armored Division, and served throughout North Africa, Normandy, and central Europe with this organization. With his unique positions witin the military higherarchy, Buster recounts wonderful episodes involving general officers to privates.
Buster also observes non-military functions and activities, which makes this a unique World War II narrative. He gives colorful accounts of travelling the country in his newly purchased Pontiac convertable, courting his wife-to-be Mildred, and army-base life. Buster also tells of the death of close friends and interaction with refugees and homeless families in Europe. The Postdam Conference and refugee-assistance mission are also documented by Buster.
This book is a useful tool for anyone interested in World War II. Buster relates military, social, and technical information from one of the most unique perspectives during the war. While other works may give more details or a better overall coverage of the war, few can match Buster in the description of his personal wartime actions and impressions.

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Piero Sraffa's work has given rise to a deep and lasting controversy in economic thought, yet we know surprisingly little about the man behind the theory. A friend of Gramsci, a colleague of Keynes and a correspondent of Wittgenstein, Piero Sraffa made important contributions to economics, politics and philosophy for over sixty years.

Piero Sraffa, Unorthodox Economist (1898-1983) details the rich and varied intellectual and political life of this key figure in economic theory. Jean-Pierre Potier traces the evolution of Sraffa from his student days, to his extended period as a librarian at Cambridge, to his political development in Italy where he was forced to flee Mussolini's regime. The book gives particular emphasis to Sraffa's relationship with Gramsci, detailing both their protracted and wide-ranging philosophical discussions and his central role in preserving The Prison Notebooks.

It is for his work in Cambridge that Sraffa is most widely known. The Cambridge he found was on the threshold of the Keynesian revolution, but the contributions he made transcended economics and were to influence Ramsey and Wittgenstein, among others. The book concludes with a discussion of Sraffa's masterworks, the edition of Ricardo's Collected Works, and Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities.

Piero Sraffa - Unorthodox Economist, 1898-1983: A Biographical Essay. (book reviews): An article from: Southern Economic Journal

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Piero Sraffa - Unorthodox Economist, 1898-1983: A Biographical Essay. (book reviews): An article from: Southern Economic Journal
Philippe Fontaine
Manufacturer: Southern Economic Association
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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Title: Piero Sraffa - Unorthodox Economist, 1898-1983: A Biographical Essay. (book reviews)
Author: Philippe Fontaine
Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1993
Publisher: Southern Economic Association
Volume: v60 Issue: n1 Page: p254(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Teach Yourself Hand Reflexology
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Teach Yourself Hand Reflexology is a complete, step-by-step guide to the therapeutic approach of restoring and sustaining good health through the manipulation of pressure points in the hands. You will learn about the anatomy of the hands and how hands relate to common problems arising throughout the body. With the help of more than 70 illustrations, the book walks you through the full range of established techniques and sequences for addressing an array of conditions, including headaches, digestive problems, back problems, depression and more.

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Denise Whichello Brown
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Low-carb living just got a lot more fun! Thanks to Marlene and Chuck Koch low-carb cocktails have arrived. These trendsetting drinks, spotlighted at topnotch hotel chains and restaurants can be make right at home. 50 luscious recipes and these drinks look as good as they taste.

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Odd Recipe?.......2005-03-01

"...holiday treats such as 4-carp Eggnog."

Are carps even necessary?

A recipe book of more than sixty low carbohydrate cocktails .......2005-01-06

Low-carb Cocktails is a pocket-sized recipe book of more than sixty low carbohydrate cocktails for those who enjoy drinks but are mindful of their waistlines. Including party favorites such as 4-carb Pina Colada and 7-carb Margarita, holiday treats such as 4-carp Eggnog and 6-carb Champagne Cocktail, and also featuring ultra-low carb or non-alcoholic versions of many recipes, Low-Carb Cocktails is easy-to-follow, quick-mix book especially needed in an era oversaturated with excessively fattening foods. All listed recipies are a snap to prepare, and include a calorie count as well as a net carb listing.

persnickety.......2004-11-05

I'm not sure why negative feedback was posted on 10/30/04 against Markham's book...when his book was released on 11/02/04. Sounds like someone needs to get on with their life!

Great for Anyone Looking to Have Fun with Less Sugar.......2004-11-02

My Mom has diabetes and although her doctors told her she could have a "glass of wine", now and then, she wasn't sure about all the other fun drinks out there. Now she is - Marlene and Chuck Koch not only do a great job of explaining the in's and out's of carbs and alcohol - but also have created a huge assortment of wonderful concoctions my Mom (and of course I) can enjoy - guilt-free! With both carbs and calories listed, there are so many to enjoy. I immediately made some of the Mock Kahlua over the weekend and was amazed. With only 2 grams of carb (and no sugar), instead of the usual 14 grams per ounce, it tastes even better than the real stuff. Sipping on a White Russian (only 3 grams of carb) was all it took to convince us both what a fun and great book this is. Last, if you know anyone cutting carbs, sugar (or even calories) this would make a terrific little gift!

Another great book by the author!.......2004-10-30

Highly recommended book by writers who actually know about food and cooking! Much better than the book by Markham who seems to miss the whole point.

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Leave sponge painting and other well-worn techniques behind. This as-a-glance directory offers step-by-step instruction and more than 200 new ideas for crafters working in paper, fabric, ceramic, and wood. Recipes for such unusual embellishments as bubble-marbling for paper, printing fabrics with fresh flowers and foliage, and etching patterns on glass and ceramic, plus variations on each recipe for added inspiration.

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Fabulous resource for the experienced crafter/artist!.......2001-09-24

I love this book. It is very concise and densely filled with idea after idea of creating different kinds of textures and surfaces and small constructions and patterns and subtle image tranformations using a variety of (mostly) easy to locate or purchase materials in extremely creative, rich ways. It is wonderful fodder for the imagination of art teachers, set decorators, designers, artists in a variety of media, and crafters looking to add spice and variety to their creations. However the reader is assumed to bring a certain amount of vision to the table and this book would be frustrating for a paint by the numbers type. The book is a compendium of ideas with enough instruction to achieve the desired results, but how you use it is up to you, and it helps to have some artistic background to fully utilize the ideas herein.

Wonderful array of projects, great for rubber stampers.......2001-04-30

This is wonderful book for crafters of all types. With 200 different projects, you're sure to find something to perk your interest. It is amazing how simple many of the techniques are and the stunning results that can be achieved with them.

There are tons of fresh ideas here for fabric, paper and other materials. Each technique has a color example of the product and a materials list. While the instructions are brief, usually taking only a few lines, they are for the most part easy to follow. Basic instructions for sewing and knitting as well as stencils and patterns are also included in the back.

Some techniques taught include carving paper, crayon batik, ice marbling, smocking paper, faux stained glass, inlaid felt designs, branding fabric, photo emulsion transfer and sand painting, knitting wire and icing with plaster. Mini galleries showing experiments in things like paste paper, tea dyeing and fabric stippling in additional to numerous other variations and combinations throughout the book are there to help guide and inspire you.

Though this is not a rubber stamp book, per se, I highly recommend it for rubber stamp, paper and fabric artists alike. The techniques taught here make great accents and backgrounds, adding spice to any project.

The title inspired me but the book did not.......2000-12-15

I was disappointed. After reading the glowing customer reviews, I was expecting a lot more inspiration. 143 pages of pictures with very little text, it would be better suited for a pamphlet.

Great Source For New Ideas.......2000-05-09

Have you ever hit a creative dry spell? Do you need new inspiration every once in awhile to get motivated again? If so, this is the book for you! The Crafter's Recipe Book is a compendium of ideas for you to try. While it provides examples and directions on how to achieve the pictured results, the idea is to help you generate new ideas for your art. It is not a step-by-step project guide; rather, it provides you with a resource of techniques to help you achieve new and exciting results.

The ideas are imaginative, beautiful and interesting. The recipes cover paper, fabric and "other" materials. It's definitely worth the money!

The Crafters Recipe Book.......2000-05-06

The book is a powerhouse that is just crammed full of methods and techniques that are useful to anyone who loves to "make stuff". Both paper artists and fabric artists can find some new ideas within this book's pages. This is a techniques book and not a "step-by-step" project book, so you get a lot more information for your money. I have tons of stamping/collage/mixed media books, and this one is one of my all time favorites. It covers a wide range of methods - ice marbling, shattering glass, wire sculpting, icing with plaster, all sorts of exotic ideas. Has a slew of fabric techniques as well. This book is a real winner!

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Create a complete garden from scratch with this interactive personal organizer. Beginning gardeners can assess their wants and needs and match them to the avail able garden plot, budget, and time constraints. Essential construction and planting techniques are covered and illustrated in fifteen step-by-step projects, tog ether with new and exciting ideas for garden features, decorative effects, and planting designs. A clear plastic cover and wiro binding make it sturdy and practical to use, while a plastic, zipped folder keeps tear sheets, pictures, and other reference material handy. Notebook sections throughout the book allow the reader to design his or her own garden on girds and story boards. It's a book you'll want to keep with you at all times - from the armchair to the nursery to the garden.

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The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not.To be able to understand what is happening when observing a defect is already to have an idea of how to correct it. Here problems of figure, posture and of pattern adjustment are clearly explained so that the dressmaker can, with the confidence that comes with practical experience, learn to identify a defect and choose the best method of dealing with it.

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A Trip Into the Past

My son teenage son even read this one..

Schools use Motherland To Teach About Moral Choices

Mother "can't go home again", daughter watches in perplexity

Vietnam Vet

Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
Fern Schumer Chapman
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In 1937, Edith Westerfeld's parents-before being killed by the Nazis-sent her from Germany to live with relatives in America. Fifty-four years later, Edith decided that it was time to, with her grown daughter Fern, revisit the town she had left so many years before. For Edith the trip was a chance to reconnect and reconcile with her past; for Fern it was a chance to learn what lay behind her mother's silent grief. On their journey, Fern and her mother shared many extraordinary encounters with the townspeople and-more importantly-with one another, closing the divide that had long stood between them.

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A Trip Into the Past.......2007-10-07

"Motherland" by Fern Schumer Chapman centers around an intriguing premise, that of a mother and daughter returning to Germany to discover what happened to the family left behind during the war, in an effort to let go of the war that plagues their relationship. The author's mother was sent as a refuge to America a year after her older sister, leaving her grandma and parents to endure the wrath of the Nazis. Feeling abandoned and unloved, the author's mother never returned until the early 1990s, still hesitant to encounter the past.

For Germans, it seems as if WWII and its legacy is always close to the surface; a feeling a guilt pervades their interactions with those from other places due to the constant association with evil they must endure. Mother and daughter certainly encounter that on their journey to the small town where her mother lived her first 12 years of life. The town, while greatly changed, is still home to many former classmates. Escorted around town by a man eager to make amends for his past actions, the two discover that the past is always present, no matter how hard one tries to forget.

Overall, "Motherland" is a quick-paced read, an accounting of the author's attempt to understand her mother. Yet at times the narrative reads as if the author is trying to hard; she was five months pregnant when the journey was made, and perhaps her emotional swings show through too much. The flow is often interrupted by liteary efforts at similes, comparisons which aren't necessary and do not add to the story. However, the story is one that the author needed to discover and one that she needed to tell. It is an interesting look at how someone who wouldn't necessarily qualify as a 'survivor' did survive, but still passed on that legacy of loss and war to her daughter.

My son teenage son even read this one.........2007-08-30

I had begun this book and put it down--to pick it up again was a very good idea. This author has a very readable style. A great book to read if you want
to know about the Holocaust and beyond--just like the title says--it says it all.

Schools use Motherland To Teach About Moral Choices.......2006-05-15

Edith Westerfield Schumer left Germany in 1938 as a twelve-year-old. She left alone. Her parents sent her to America, removing her from the threat of the Nazis in her German homeland. Her Jewish father mistakenly believed that Hitler would acknowledge his service to Germany in World War I. However, most of her family did not survive the persecution or the death camps. Edith never saw her parents again.

She rarely spoke of her childhood. Perhaps so much loss could not be expressed in words. Perhaps she didn't know how to convey to her family what was ripped apart in her past. Her daughter Fern knew little of her heritage.

"Motherland" tells their story through her daughter Fern's perspective. When her mother finally agrees to return to Germany, Fern accompanies her-hoping to learn about her grandparents, hoping to see aspects of her mother's childhood, hoping to better understand how the Holocaust stole her past when it stole her mother's.

Through their journey Fern and Edith learn much more about each other and about the quest to reconcile the past than they expected, significantly deepening their mother-daughter bond. Fern relates with poignancy how moments from her mother's childhood are revealed during their visit. For the first time she realizes that her mother's inability to speak German without an American accent parallels her inability to speak English without German pronunciations creeping in. Her speech identifies her as different from other Americans-and other Germans. Fern learns her mother's favorite German food only to realize that Edith never learned to cook it before she was sent away. For the first time she hears of her mother's insecurities about leaving her home.

They encounter people from Edith's childhood who through their silence aligned themselves with the Nazis. Their lives still echo with hidden guilt. The mother and daughter speak with others who have never overcome their anger at the Nazis and what they suffered when they tried to help and protect the Jews. The women are struck by how people's lives have never returned to normal.

Their story provides insight into mother-daughter relationships and the role of roots in those relationships. The memoir was named a finalist in 2000 in the National Jewish Book Awards by the Jewish Book Council and a number of schools use Motherland to teach about moral choices.

Edith and Fern acknowledge that the Holocaust has now affected three generations of their family. Somehow those who carry on must remember history and honor those cut down by cruelty, yet let go of the past moving ahead with the new generations into healing.

Mother "can't go home again", daughter watches in perplexity.......2005-07-02

This book covers the return of a Jewess, at 12 years old separated from her parents from the Rheinland on a Kindertransport, to her small hometown, Stockstadt-am-Rhein in 1990. Her daughter, pregnant, goes with her, although unable to speak German, and writes from her younger, American Jewish perspective on this whole process of reclaiming her mother's past, her Heimat (homeland), her Motherland so to speak.

As you can read, most reviewers rave about this book. It is well-written, if a bit too introspective at times (these parts a reader can skip, such as the daughter's thoughts dwelling on herself and her own children). I'd like to make these criticisms for the author, that she may rewrite it perhaps, or if it should be done in a film version, some negative feedback could also perhaps be useful in making a tighter story:

1. The mother's verbatim words should be used in the text, with footnotes underneath for translation into English. Many who read this book know German and do not want to read about the daughter's struggle to make out this or that trival word. Dare I say it, the daughter might have made a better effort to know her mother's language? How else to understand her own roots, her own mother's culture, her longing for her childhood?

2. Don't introduce side issues that remain unresolved. For example, a very intriguing juicy bit is thrown in, that her older sister was sent a year ahead of her to America, adopted by another set of relatives, and now that the two sisters (her mother and her aunt) are now in their late 60's, they still don't get along. This isn't worth delving into, or at least explaining a little bit? WHy leave it hanging? Why bring it up if not to grab the reader's attention? WHy not go and interview the aunt, find out her own bitter memories or reasons for spurning her younger sister an entire lifetime?

2. Why no mention of this author's father? Who was he? How did he influence the family with his own traditions, career or job, attitudes and hobbies, personality? Reading this book, one could think that there was no father in the author's life. If we are to understand her pain as a daughter in not grasping her parents' lives, then surely some mention should be made.

3. Why not explain her mother's cowardice in not giving her own daughter Jewish names? She says she is named Fern (for a relative, Frieda) and Brenda (for another one, Brondl). This is strange to me, for the names "Fern Brenda" certainly don't indicate the great Jewish heritage that the mother wants kept.
Meanwhile, we hear that the German families are naming their kids Joshua and Sara, with no shame or hiding. Strange indeed.

4. Why not look at Germans more as people? Her impression of a silly clerk called the immigrations controller is that of a nasty Nazi, simply because he is German with blue eyes and blonde hair, and stamps their documents with authority. Don't ALL immigration people behave this way in every airport of the world? They're SUPPOSED to be abrupt, to give people unease. Does she call the ones down in Israel with their "brown eyes and dark hair" typical Mossad types? Nasty because they're Jews? I should think not, it's lame stereotyping at best.

Overall, this book needs editting by a non-Jewish, non-German hating professional editor, who can guide Fern into a more balanced presentation of her mother's beloved homeland. Otherwise, the hatred comes through with the stereotypical slights, and weakens the story's validity.

The best angle, if a movie were to be made - hopefully in Germany's Babelsberg and not here in Hollywood, God forbid - the theme of Mini, her childhood friend. Now there's a morality play full of contradictions! Wilhelmine (Mini for short), a child six years older from a dreadfully poor family of seven kids, is sent to be a servant/maid to the well-off Jews, and becomes best friends with the daughter she is meant to serve. Then her friend is sent to America, making Mini 18 and Tiddy 12 when they separate. Mini is so enraged to have lost her adopted sister and family that she spends the rest of her life documenting the Nazis, and whether they're all prosecuted. Her own grown son, nearing 50, feels himself deprived of a proper childhood or mothering because Mini devotes herself to fighting the evils of the past rather than living in the present. She is a living testament to the folly of grudges, which the author's own mother avoiding doing - she purposefully shunned nostalgia for her lost homeland and family, until her 60's.

In many respects, this daughter and her emotions, this author, is the problem in the story. She should rewrite it from the participants' point of view, either her mother's or Mini's, in the third person, and take her own petulant self out of it.

Now THAT would be a mature and interesting novel.

Hey, also, put in some of these pictures that she dwells on!

Vietnam Vet.......2004-10-25

I recently purchased your book and happened to glance at the back cover. From that point on I could not put your book down until I had read it from cover to cover. I was memorized! I AM YOUR MOTHER!
I'm a Vietnam combat veteran and used the same ploy as your mother - denial and never talk about it. My wife and three sons bore the brunt of my walled memories. And, unfortunately, in order to bury Vietnam I also buried most of my youth.
I recently retired and the unexpected free time has caused my walls to crumble and my nights are filled with nightmares. Part of my counseling is to write about my trauma. You have inspired me to take these outpourings, organize them and get them published. I intend to "look fear in the face" and share my burden with others who may face the same hardships I do. Like your mom, I want to "be here now."

Motherland : Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past

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Motherland : Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
Fern Schumer Chapman
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Motherland : Beyond the Holocaust; A Daughters Journey to Reclaim the Past

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Fern Schumer Chapman
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