Much Ado About Something: My Life and Times

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Letters and Miscellanies of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. XIII: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin / Records of a Family of Engineers
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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ASIN: B000MRJI68

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MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN
Robert Louis STEVENSON
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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
Robert Louis Stevenson
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1905. This volume contains two sketches. The first is a delightful character portrait of Fleeming Jenkin and the second is a record of the notable Stevenson family who were known engineers and builders of lighthouses.

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BUT it is now time to see Jenkin at his life's work. I have before me certain imperfect series of letters written, as he says, 'at hazard, for one does not know at the time what is important and what is not': the earlier addressed to Miss Austin, after the betrothal; the later to Mrs. Jenkin the young wife.

The Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin and Records of a Family of Engineers

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The Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin and Records of a Family of Engineers
Robert Louis Stevenson
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From the writer of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, comes another classic adventure. Fleeming Jenkin was a delightful character, more remarkable than anything he ever did. He attracted Stevenson by his sterling quality of friendship and his brave attitude toward life, his outstanding moral value, and his untiring intellectual effort. It was good fortune to Fleeming Jenkin that Stevenson should have left us his portrait; it was to the credit of Stevenson that he knew so well the worth of the man. Stevenson came of a family of engineers, builders of lighthouses. In the Records he has left a fascinating record of a notable family, pursuing their romantic and heroic careers. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin;: And, A family of engineers; ([His Works])

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Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin;: And, A family of engineers; ([His Works])
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Memories and portraits ;: "Virginibus puerisque" and other papers ; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The works of Robert Louis Stevenson)

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Memories and portraits ;: "Virginibus puerisque" and other papers ; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The works of Robert Louis Stevenson)
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Memories and Portraits; "Vinginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

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Memories and Portraits; "Vinginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Charles C. Bigelow, New York
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Memories and Portraits; "Vinginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume VI)

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Memories and Portraits; "Vinginibus Puerisque" and Other Papers; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume VI)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Charles C. Bigelow, New York
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The Merry Men and Other Tales, Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Valima Edition - Volume 11)

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The Merry Men and Other Tales, Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Valima Edition - Volume 11)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Classic Publishers
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THE NOVELS AND TALES OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS

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THE NOVELS AND TALES OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS
Robert Louis Stevenson
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000INQ1N4

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Teach Health Occupations.......2006-09-12

I teach Health Occupations and this book has been a lifesaver for me!! Love the book!!!!!

Not for 7-12!.......2006-08-31

Much too young for middle school students. Great for elementary. I was disappointed that the book implies it's good for 4-12!! It's definately NOT!! I can't use it for my students.

Good material for younger students.......2006-03-20

I thought the book had a lot of good ideas if you are teaching a younger age group--elementary or middle school. Most of the activities were too basic for my high school students. I have juniors and seniors who are enrolled in a youth apprentice program so they have had classes like anatomy and physiology that make them much more advanced than most of the activities in the book.

"How To Survive Health".......2005-09-03

This is a great book for any health science or health teacher. We are also using the lower level lessons for some of our students who have lower learning abilities, but still need to know important health information. I would highly recommend this book.....RS,RN...South Carolina

A Truly Helpful Resource.......2000-12-12

This book covers a variety of health topics providing excellent activities and worksheets for students. These activities are presented in an interesting and fun manner, thus increasing learning. The book is also a wonderful resource for beginning teachers (or even experienced teachers) who may need a little extra help finding lessons (or want lessons) that are creative, fun, and beneficial to promoting learning.

How to Survive Teaching Health: Games, Activities, and Worksheets for Grades 4-12

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How to Survive Teaching Health: Games, Activities, and Worksheets for Grades 4-12
Kenneth G. Tillman
Manufacturer: Parker Publishing Company
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ASIN: B000OI82R6

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Good news for adventursome vegetarians.......2007-08-04

A very well thought out and intriguing set of options for vegetarians who are tired of steamed vegetables and tofu. My only criticism is that the book is too short!

Great vegetarian mexican recipes--easy to follow and afforda.......1999-10-20

This is an attractive, comb-bound book featuring vegetarian Mexican recipes. Favorites include salsa verde, black bean dip, veggie quesadillas, huevos rancheros, tortilla soup, tofu taco salad, frijoles, chile hominy, mexican pizza, mushroom enchiladas, bean tacos, green corn tamales, flan sangria and Mexican mocha. At $6.95 this book makes a great gift.

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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

A Photographic Guide to Buying & Selling Horses: All the Information You Will Need to Ensure That You Buy and Sell Successfully, and How to Spot the Potential Risks and Pitfalls

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A Photographic Guide to Buying & Selling Horses: All the Information You Will Need to Ensure That You Buy and Sell Successfully, and How to Spot the Potential Risks and Pitfalls
Vanessa Britton
Manufacturer: David & Charles
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Breakthrough Success Secrets For Selling Horse Supplements Online

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Breakthrough Success Secrets For Selling Horse Supplements Online
Jassen Bowman and James Orr
Manufacturer: LearnToBeRich.com, Inc
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Breakthrough Success Secrets For Selling Rocking Horses Online

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Breakthrough Success Secrets For Selling Rocking Horses Online
Jassen Bowman and James Orr
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Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Horse Blankets On-line

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Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Horse Blankets On-line
James Orr and Jassen Bowman
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Have you ever considered turning a personal interest or hobby into a profitable business to help make extra money? While you won't get rich quick with an online business, you can generate a nice side income that will help pay bills or increase your standard of living, and do it from the comfort of your own home, on your own hours. We'll help you cut the learning curve that holds back so many people from launching their own business. Discover how to take care of business licensing, accounting, marketing, fulfillment, and all the other tasks associated with running your business in this simple, straightforward guide and accompanying resources. Secure your financial future by ordering your copy of this powerfull online business guide today, and enjoy the time freedom and lifestyle that can come from business ownership.Have you ever considered turning a personal interest or hobby into a profitable business to help make extra money? While you won't get rich quick with an online business, you can generate a nice side income that will help pay bills or increase your standard of living, and do it from the comfort of your own home, on your own hours. We'll help you cut the learning curve that holds back so many people from launching their own business. Discover how to take care of business licensing, accounting, marketing, fulfillment, and all the other tasks associated with running your business in this simple, straightforward guide and accompanying resources. Secure your financial future by ordering your copy of this powerfull online business guide today, and enjoy the time freedom and lifestyle that can come from business ownership.

Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Horse Saddles On-line

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Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Horse Saddles On-line
Jassen Bowman and James Orr
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Modern technology, including the Internet, has leveled the playing field for small business owners, and now you can get into the action. The emergence of the Internet as a leading sales channel for merchandise of all types has broken down barriers to entry that now allow anybody, including you, to become a successful business owner. Now, you can learn how to painlessly set up your online business in this step by step action guide. You don't need an MBA to start a company, and we'll show you the simple steps required to set up your business entity, put together your marketing, find suppliers, and profit from the get go. You owe it to yourself to learn all that you can about building your own business and creating the financial future you desire, so order your business startup guide today.

Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Rocking Horses On-line

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Earn Extra Money In Your Spare Time Selling Rocking Horses On-line
James Orr and Jassen Bowman
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Every day, ordinary people like you start their own online businesses in their spare time, right out of their own homes. While you won't get rich quick with an online business, you can generate a nice side income that will help pay bills or increase your standard of living, and do it from the comfort of your own home, on your own hours. You can generate a decent monthly side income selling items online in your spare time, and this CD and accompanying resources will show you how, step by step. You don't need an MBA to start a company, and we'll show you the simple steps required to set up your business entity, put together your marketing, find suppliers, and profit from the get go. Order today, and within literally a couple weeks you could be up and selling online.

The Horse: Judging, Breeding, Feeding, Management, Selling

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The Horse: Judging, Breeding, Feeding, Management, Selling
Donald J. Kays
Manufacturer: Arco Pub
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The Horse: Judging--Breeding--Feeding--Management--Selling
D.J. Kays
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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ASIN: B000PR21DM

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An informative, practical, balanced discussion of the many problems connected with horse production.

The Horse: Judging--Breeding--Feeding--Management--Selling by D. J. Kays

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The Horse: Judging--Breeding--Feeding--Management--Selling by D. J. Kays
D. J. Kays
Manufacturer: A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc.
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Not good at all

Same dog coat, over and over again

The Gift Knitter: Knitting Chunky for Babies with Four Legs and Two
Tara Jon Manning
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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ASIN: 0425198103
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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For little ones with four legs or two, here is a wonderful new collection of playful patterns-both classic and modern-that are fun, simple, and quick to knit. These adorable little creations, designed by Tara Jon Manning, all use chunky, luscious yarns so that even the most basic pattern looks great-in no time. With easy-to-follow instructions, a detailed glossary of knitting tips and supply sources, this book has everything to make these designs as easy as knit one, purl two.

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Not good at all.......2006-05-17

As the previous reviewer stated, it is the same dog coat over and over and it is not even that good of a design. The same can be said for the baby clothes too. I'm glad I got it used and cheap. The toys are cute, but the rest of the book isn't good at all.

Same dog coat, over and over again.......2004-12-13

The patterns are cute and very simple for a beginning to mid-level knitter attempting to move beyond scarves and hats, but there are basically 3 or 4 basic patterns reproduced with different frills over and over again. Especially true for the dog patterns - there are no sweaters, just the same coat pattern made in different gauges and with different trim. Still a nice book and I will use it, especially for baby patterns, but a few more unique styles for the 4 leggers would have been nice.

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THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: Vol.84 No.2 (F&SF) February (Feb) 1993 (Naming the Flowers, Sophie's Spyglass)
Michael Coney) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF); Kristine Kathryn Rusch (editor) (Kate Wilhelm
Manufacturer: Cornwall, CT: Mercury Press
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The Naming of Flowers
Anne Halpin
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THE NAMING OF WILD FLOWERS.
Gareth H. Browning
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Naming the Flowers
Kate Wilhelm
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Naming the Flowers
Kate Wilhelm
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Naming the Flowers
Kate Wilhelm
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NAMING THE FLOWERS - Signed
Kate Wilhelm
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The naming of wild-flowers,
George Henry Browning
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Tax credits, childcare benefits, school vouchers, flextime for parents, parental leaves--all have spawned what journalist Elinor Burkett calls a "culture of parental privilege." The Baby Boon charts the backlash against this movement and asks for a reevaluation of social policy. Burkett's cause isn't served by her sarcasm, which leads so easily to exaggeration and strained humor. She proposes, for example, that there exists an unwritten but widely understood "Ten Commandments of workplace etiquette in family-friendly America," which includes items such as "Thou shalt volunteer to work late so that mothers can leave at 2:00 p.m. to watch their sons play soccer" and "Thou shalt never ask for a long leave to write a book, travel, or fulfill thy heart's desire because no desire other than children could possibly be worth thy company's inconvenience." Burkett is more convincing when citing real-life examples, such as a legal secretary who applied for flextime and was told that benefit was available only to parents, or the case of Sarah, a childless travel agent in Seattle who invented a fake daughter, put her picture on her desk at work, and proceeded to take long lunches ("trips to the pediatrician") and leave work early for "family emergencies." Ironically, as Burkett describes, it was the search for equity that inspired the various pro-parent benefits of the "family-friendly workplace." A new attention to childless workers does seem to be in order--permitting them to substitute some benefits for others, for instance, or to receive bonuses instead, and to work in environments that support their choices not to have children. --Regina Marler

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Who stays late at the office when Mom leaves for a soccer match? Whose dollars pay for the tax credits, childcare benefits, and school vouchers that only parents can utilize? Who is forced to take those undesirable weekend business trips that Dad refuses? The answer: Adults without children -- most of them women -- have shouldered more than their share of the cost of family-friendly America. Until now.

"Equal Pay for Equal Work" is one of the foundations of modern American work life. But workers without children do not reap the same rewards as do their colleagues who are parents. Instead, as veteran journalist Elinor Burkett reveals, the past decade has seen the most massive redistribution of wealth since the War on Poverty -- this time not from rich to poor but from nonparents, no matter how modest their means, to parents, no matter how affluent. Parents today want their child and their Lexus, too -- which accounts for the new culture of parental privilege that Burkett aptly calls "the baby boon."

Burkett reports from the front lines of the workplace: from the hallowed newsroom of The New York Times to the floor of a textile factory in North Carolina to a hospital in Boston. She exposes a simmering backlash against perks for parents, from workers who are losing their tempers and fighting for their rights. She spells out how tax breaks for families with six-figure incomes are not available to childless people earning half as much. And she tells the dramatic story of how pro-family conservatives and feminists became strange bedfellows on the issue of pro-family rights, leading to an increase in workplace and government entitlements for parents -- at the same time as the childless poor lost their public benefits.

Americans are on a demographic collision course between the growing numbers of mothers in the workforce and the swelling ranks of a new interest group: childless adults. Armed with hard data and grassroots reporting, Elinor Burkett points the way to a more equitable future. With an inside look at what some companies are already doing to redress the grievances of childless workers and a hard assessment of what the truly needy -- children and adults -- require in order to survive, Burkett fires the first shot in the battle to come.

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Brilliant, But With An Achilles' Heel.......2007-09-26

Elinor Burkett is my favorite "issues" writer. She maps the connections between policy, ideology and activism like nobody else. She can be likable and funny and even respectful while debunking the pretensions and prejudices that stand in the way of social justice. And it almost goes without saying that she is pretty fearless: she's a grand, politically incorrect narrative-buster in an age when more and more of the media seems to be resorting to tired pieties of all stripes. All of which makes it doubly disappointing when her message seems to stray into the same emotional, impossible-to-defend territory that she punctures in others.

The dual premise of this book is that "middle-class" mothers are greedily taking resources that should be used for poor mothers and children, AND that the people they are receiving these resources from are childless middle-class women and men who would be willing to offer these resources to the poor, but not to other middle-class mothers.

The idea that poor women and children are somehow not only deprived of financial support but specifically deprived by middle-class mommies is just wrongheaded. Those reliant on social services -- welfare recipients -- are a burden on society primarily because they don't form two-parent households. Having worked in social services for twenty years, I can't think of many welfare recipients I've met who don't maintain relationships with their childrens' fathers but also don't formalize those relationships -- by choice -- so they can continue living off tax dollars instead. If you're going to write an entire book about the needs of poor families, it's willfully blind to ignore this reality, unpleasant as it may be. And if you blame somebody else in these parents' steads, that's just scapegoating.

As a childless person, I certainly do resent having to pay more than my share. I'm not denying that childless people get short shrift. But it's the social, and medical, and crime-related problems created by the underclass that actually impacts my community, my quality of life, and my assets. Furthermore, I don't know many so-called middle-class people today who have health insurance they can count on, or afford -- yet the families on welfare I see have excellent and more-accessible healthcare than I do. We've created a system that benefits only the wealthy and those who won't support themselves: anyone in-between is getting screwed. Why blame this on middle-class mothers? I gave the book high marks anyway because the discussion is compelling. But its foundational economic argument simply doesn't ring true.

It's Growing On Me!.......2007-05-16

I very much have a love/hate relationship with The Baby Boon as in I loved the second half and hated the first. Burkett explores an immense list of how the childless are "cheated" and if nothing else it's great food for thought. The politics in the book are definitely slanted and in more than 200 pages of how the government misaddresses these family issues she only mentions the Christian right three times (the same amount of time she happens to mention father's raping daughters). Overall, the book targets how family progressive taxes, fundings, and institutions target the middle class (who for the most part parent by choice) who really don't need the help compared to the poor. And that a good chunk of the support for the taxes, fundings, and institutions come from the childfree - a hugely growing part of the American population. I do confess that my relationship with this book really began to flounder 50-pages in when I saw the ever lovely Ann Coulter featured on the back for "advance praise."

I find the book problematic because much of the research is simply lousy. For example, in the first half of the book she visits a textile factory in North Carolina that had one one of the best child/daycares available for parents. To display how unwanted this is and what a burden some workers find this to be (as without the daycare everyone would roughly make a $1 more per hour, and Burkett insists that the poor and people of color don't ever use the day care) she goes to an unnamed grocery store and speaks with four unnamed women. In the world of research, I'm not really buying into this and couldn't get over why couldn't she have found four people willing to give their names or at least be able to back up the claim through attending some form of union or auxiliary meeting. At times like this the research really seemed to lack substance.

After the research, a point she belabors through the book is how parental tax breaks targets the middle class and doesn't help those who most need it (i.e. the poor). While a good point she never provides any examples or goes into it more than this. Instead, she discusses how childfree professor are cheated because those professors with children can enroll their children for free. The question: why can't childfree professors utilize this free enrollment as well for nieces and nephews, or even to give away as a scholarship? Certainly an interesting question but what percentage of childfree people does this effect and unless these scholarships would specifically go to the poor - what about them?

Because of the research and choice of examples it was difficult reading but half way in I increasingly found myself pleasantly surprised. Burkett started to provide more substance and cultivated her argument within the second half. She begins to explore the social stigma of being childfree, certain workplace activities that are clearly biased, as well as a list of companies that have remedied certain politics to be more considered of the childfree. One idea throughout the whole book was the concept of family and what exactly it means. A problem she discusses is that the nuclear family is still privileged in comparison to any non-traditional family. At times I was concerned the book was taking on an anti-family edge but it was salvaged by the end. Not a bad read, but a lot of technical and statistical information that I honestly don't trust to be 100% accurate simply based on some of her research.

Baby Boon book.......2007-04-11

Book in very good condition, priced nice and low. Used for a book club. I enjoyed viewpoint of author but not everyone in our book club did even though none of us have or plan to have children!

Missing Pages!.......2007-01-17

This is an excellently crafted book, but there are two places in which the printer left out pages, for instance I see page 54 after reading page 51. This amounts to four missing pages. When I complained to Amazon about the missing pages, they just sent me another copy -- with the same error. I'm keeping it to pass on to someone else, even though they will be charging me for it.

Well-crafted, well-researched and fair-minded........2006-05-11

Ms. Burkett's main issue is with handouts based solely on procreation, without regard to income. Even if you beleive in the socialist ideal of giving according to one's need, and therefore handing money and higher benefits packages to parents, Ms. Burkett makes you think twice about how our current structure gives those perks to the wealthy, at the expense of the childless of all income levels. Even socialism cannot justify that.

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Camillo Camilli (Printed Sources of Western Art Series)
Camillo Camilli
Manufacturer: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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Rudolph Hoess (Auschwitz Kommandant) and the Clarification of Some Holocaust Misconceptions.......2007-05-31

I give this book five stars because of its historical value. This work not only gives insight into the mind of the leader of perhaps the greatest death factory ever built, but also allows a clearing-up of some errors that have accreted in the decades since that horrible time.

Hoess rejected God and the Church (p. 52-53, 57, 59, 72, 192), having rebelled against his father's wish that he become a priest. Like Himmler, he became an Artaman (pp. 202-203; a communal movement resembling the 1960's US communes, albeit Teutonic-centered) before switching to Nazism for his substitute religion.

Hoess wrote: "Until the beginning of 1942 the main body of prisoners was Polish." (p. 128). Many Poles were murdered secretly (the cause of death listed as natural), "...because of political and security reasons..." (p. 224).

During the Auschwitz Carmelite convent controversy, attempts were made to belittle the victimhood of Auschwitz Poles through the premise that they, unlike most Jews, were not generally killed upon arrival at Auschwitz. Hoess, in contrast, rejected any such dichotomy (if anything, praising the slow-death genocidal methods--as perfected by the Communists): "The Gestapo delivered the prisoners to the camps to be exterminated. It made no difference to them whether it happened by firing squad, gas, or by the horrible conditions in the camps. It was part of their plan not to improve conditions in the camps...Thus, the concentration camps were changed deliberately, and sometimes unintentionally, into large-scale extermination centers. The Kommandants received extensive composite reports from the Gestapo about the Soviet concentration camps. Escaped prisoners had made reports about the conditions and organization of these camps down to the smallest detail. They emphasized that by using forced labor methods the Soviets were annihilating entire nationalities." (pp. 168-169).

Holocaust-uniqueness advocates sometimes claim that the genocide of the Polish intelligentsia, unlike that of Jews, served a rational purpose--the elimination of resistance. Actually, the latter was, at most, a hoped-for byproduct of this nation-destroying act: "I want to add this, that the general opinion at SS headquarters was that the total annihilation of the Polish intelligentsia would also destroy the resistance movement. [SS Major] Thomsen was an ardent defender of this theory." (p. 322).

Initial plans to kill all Jews gave way to the sparing of some of them for forced labor (p. 34).

Hoess discussed the Jewish Sonderkommando in considerable detail. Those Jews temporarily got to save their lives by dutifully assisting in the deception, gassing, despoiling, and cremation of their fellow Jews. He also observed Jew-against-Jew behavior by some Jews who had no hope of postponing their own deaths. As they entered the gas chambers, they told Germans the addresses of fugitive Jews back home. Hoess commented: "I cannot explain what motivated them to reveal this information. Was it personal revenge, or were they jealous because they did not want the others to live on?" (p. 160).

In common with many Germans, Hoess attempts to rationalize his exterminatory conduct by equating it with the Allied bombings of German women and children. He estimates German civilian casualties in the several millions (p. 171), which is at least a 20-fold exaggeration.

As for lebensraum, Hoess belatedly concluded that Germany could have achieved it peacefully (p. 182).

Hoess suggested that crude propaganda such as Der Sturmer had hindered the development of scientific anti-Semitism (p. 140). He also came to believe that the extermination of Jews only brought hatred against Germany and increased Jewish power by discrediting anti-Semitism (p. 183).

This volume isn't limited to Hoess' memoirs. The entire Wannsee Protocol is printed in translation. It is obvious that the choice of Poland as the site of the German death camps was based solely on practical considerations (minimalized transportation) and had nothing to do with real or stereotyped Polish attitudes towards Jews: "State Secretary Dr. Buehler declared that the government of Occupied Poland would welcome it if the final solution to this question would be started in Occupied Poland. His reason: transport plays no important role here and the deployment of workers during the operation would not cause any problems." (p. 380).

A very good tranlation.......2007-01-06

My opinion is based on the comparison with the orginal publication in German, which I purchased in 1960 to provide essential information for the subsequent psychiatric evaluations of several thousand Holocaust survivors.

Rudolf Hoess' Mistress Interviewed.......2006-10-15

After Dachau was liberated, Army intelligence interviewed a woman at the camp who claimed to have been Rudolf Hoess' mistress while at Auschwitz. What details they could check were confirmed, and her interview became part of a Seventh Army report issued a few weeks later, a report that has been republished as Dachau Liberated: The Official Report (ISBN: 1587420031). For those who want to understand the infamous Hoess, that interview of "E.H." provides a much-needed check on his obviously self-serving autobiography. Here's a short passage from her interview:

"According to my recollection, on December 16, 1942, about 11 p.m. I was already asleep, suddenly the C.O. appeared before me. I hadn't heard the opening of my cell and was such frightened. It was dark in the cell. I believed at first it was an SS man or a prisoner and said, "What is this tomfoolery, I forbid you." Then I heard "Pst," and a pocket lamp was lighted and lit the face of the C.O. I broke out "Herr Kommandant."

Hoess didn't mention this clandestine affair in his autobiography, but details she gave fit with his account and with conditions at Auschwitz.

IT WAS NOT HOESS' FAULT.......2005-05-02

There is another autobiography of Hoess titled "Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess". I would be interested in reading that account but am curious how that could differ from "Death Dealer". Given the circumstances the man at the end of his life did not have a whole lot of time to write different autobiographies. My guess is the two books are essentially the same.

As for Death Dealer itself it is not often one reads an account of the concentration camps from the "other side". I had read other summaries that portrayed Hoess as a mid-level cold-hearted bureaucrat whose account of his SS career was pretty much emotionless and he treated his activities in the same manner an accountant or a department store manager or a mechanic or (pick a career) would describe their career. I thought before reading the book that whatever one may say about him he would at least not grovel for forgiveness and would defiantly flip his middle finger at the world before climbing the steps of the gallows. After all, when he wrote his memoirs in 1946 and 1947, there was little suspense over what his fate would be. So sugar coating his past was not going to change his future.

Although there may have been some shred of decency in the man one could not escape the feeling that he recognized himself as a war criminal only because his captors called him a war criminal. In other words his "mea culpa" would probably not score high on the sincerity scale. The victorious Allies were the new authorities over his life and if they considered him guilty and a war criminal then he was guilty and a war criminal. Whether he personally thought so or not was not relevant. And that was pretty much how he conducted his life. Whoever his authority was pretty much controlled his life. He was the commandant of the most notorious of all Nazi death camps because his superiors made him the commandant. He killed because he was told to kill -- just as he was to die because he was told he had to die.

He admitted the horrible conditions of Auschwitz -- and other camps. It was not Hoess' fault. His superiors -- starting with Hitler and Himmler -- put impossible demands on him and did not provide adequate resources. The conditions were horrible and only got worse as the war progressed due to the lack of resources due to the stranglehold the Allies put on Germany. It was not Hoess' fault. The inadequate resources included inadequate officers, staff, and guards who committed many atrocities for which he had little or no control. It was not Hoess' fault. The inadequate resources included inadequate building material, latrines, barrack space, food, water, sanitation system, and medical supplies. It was not Hoess' fault. The concentration camp administration reflected the ideals of Thomas Eicke, the founder of the concentration camp system. It was not Hoess' fault.

Although the man blamed others for the nightmarish hell of Auschwitz and other concentration camps he accepted responsibility because it was engrained into him that the commandant is responsible for all activities within the concentration camp.

This may be as close as one may come to reading an account of the "other side". Although one's opinion of the Holocaust may not be altered by Rudolf Hoess he does share insight that one normally does not see about this dark chapter of the history of humanity. Most people know what it is like to be over tasked and under resourced. But most people do not know what it is like to be over tasked and under resourced in his particular career field.

The Final Solution: An Inside View.......2005-04-21

On April 16, 1947, Rudolph Hoess, the infamous Kommandant of Auschwitz was hanged in his former concentration camp for, "crimes against the Polish people." While awaiting trial, Hoess, who knew he would pay for his crimes with his life, sought to renew the spiritual connection he had eschewed as a youth. Accordingly, he recounted his time in the SS for his captors. His story is also that of the darkest side of the Third Reich.

The book begins with a discussion of the, "final solution," of the Jewish Question. He tells how he was ordered to establish a camp at Auschwitz for the purpose of eliminating, "enemies of the state." Details of camp construction and experiments to find the appropriate gas he describes without emotion. Yet he relates questions asked by young SS soldiers and inmates as to how small children could be an "enemy." His "party line" response fooled some, but never himself.

Hoess also describes the victims he tried to destroy. Jews had "strong family ties;" gypsies were, "childlike;" the Jehovah's Witnesses were worthy of emulation. The SS was challenged to have the same devotion to the Fuhrer as they had to Jehovah. In chapter 22 he describes the gassing process as only he could do. His primary concern was to dispatch his victims quickly and efficiently without displaying emotion that would affect young guards. Here, he admits, he hid behind an iron mask. Particularly interesting is the story of a young, extremely attractive, Jewish girl who fought back even as she was undressing for the gas chamber. Resistance was rare but in this case, effective, very effective!

The book describes his early life and the events that caused him and many others to blindly follow the SS motto: "Fuhrer, you order. We obey!" Hoess gives a detailed description of the hierarchy of the SS. Men, who had been portrayed as super-human, are shown to have been far short of that ideal. Alcoholism and suicide rates were high; competence was low! Still, operations continued despite all difficulties because, "Orders were orders!"

Death Dealer is a first person account of the operations of the most infamous death camp in history. After sending an estimated 2.5 million people to their deaths, the Kommandant, ended his life by doing one decent thing: he left his memoirs so no one could deny this ever happened. For that, the world owes Rudoph Hoess, the Kommandant of Auschwitz, a debt of gratitude.

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