The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones

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John Paul Jones, like other distinguished men of his day, kept copies of his correspondence, preserving many of the letters he received and autograph drafts of his own private and official letters. An exhaustive examination of all the documents in the Government archives of the United States, England, France, and Russia, and of all those existing in a variety of private archives and public libraries, has brought to light an astonishing amount of new material. Unknown incidents in Jones's life have been discovered, and several persons mysteriously referred to in his correspondence and importantly connected with his career have been identified.

The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones in a two volume set

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The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones in a two volume set
Mrs. Reginald De Koven
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K9QX52

The Life And Letters Of John Paul Jones V1

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The Life And Letters Of John Paul Jones V1
Mrs. Reginald De Koven
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0548095671

The Life And Letters Of John Paul Jones V2

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The Life And Letters Of John Paul Jones V2
Mrs. Reginald De Koven
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0548095663

The Life of John Paul Jones - Written from Original Letters and Manuscripts in Possession of His Relatives...

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The Life of John Paul Jones - Written from Original Letters and Manuscripts in Possession of His Relatives...
James Otis
Manufacturer: A. L. Burt Company, New York
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H3T6FK

The Life of John Paul Jones: Written from original letters and manuscripts in possession of his relatives, and from the collection prepared by John Henry ... own account of the campaign of the Liman

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The Life of John Paul Jones: Written from original letters and manuscripts in possession of his relatives, and from the collection prepared by John Henry ... own account of the campaign of the Liman
James Otis
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones Volume I

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The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones Volume I
Mrs. Reginald; Jones, John Paul De Koven
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TYOJL8

The life and letters of John Paul Jones: Illustrated

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The life and letters of John Paul Jones: Illustrated
Anna De Koven
Manufacturer: C. Scribner's sons
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00089F3Y6

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Rainforests in Peril.......2006-10-20

Bruce Calhoun's book chronicles the genisis of an environmental movement in a unique manner by allowing the reader a chance to look at his personal life along side his professional. Few books allow a glimpse into both worlds. Close Calls and Foolhardy Romances : The Maturation of an Environmentalist is a great read for anyone interested in rainforests and what can be done to preserve them. Mr. Calhoun relies on his personal experience to explain the perils rainforests are in. He has spent years working with large environmental groups in various countries and bringing that information and action plans to the educators in the United States. Read what he has to say, you'll be glad you did.

Growing into Green.......2000-03-06

Close Calls and Foolhardy Romances: The Maturation of an Environmentalist -- a somewhat complex title for a somewhat complex story. Although this book is, basically, an autobiography (and an interesting one at that), it also contains an important message. The world's rainforests are still in trouble, despite the fact that they are no longer the most "fashionable" cause of either the public or the media. I thoroughly enjoyed both the story of Bruce Calhoun's life and the hard scientific data which he slips, painlessly, into the reading. The author is not the least bit afraid to share his own past foolishness (one outstanding example: his first experience at getting drunk and his first attempt to drive a dogsled occured simultaneously). Neither is he reluctant to call attention to both the many good things his organization (Save the Rainforest, Inc.)has accomplished, and the large amount of work that remains to be done. I recommend this book as both a fine example of natural history writing and a very entertaining reminiscence.

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What a shock!! I'm that SMALL % with NO improvement

Personal review of "Improve Your Eyesight" by James Bellevue

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Contains just 3 useless exercises

Never read the book

Improve Your Eyesight : Vision Therapy Eye Exercises--Updates Bates Method (1 Hour & 30 Minute Video and Eye Chart Included)
James Bellevue
Manufacturer: Avid Reader Press
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Improve Your Eyesight teaches you how to use your eyes more efficiently to see better. In many cases, you can improve so much that glasses are no longer necessary. You retrain your eyes to work better using skill building techniques. It works if you are: nearsighted, farsighted, astigmatism, lazy eye, double vision, decreasing vision with age, and more! INCLUDES 1 HOUR & 30 MINUTE VIDEO with 16 easy to follow eye exercises, plus an eye chart to plot your progress. It updates the Bates Method with the most recent research techniques. Almost all seeing is self taught. Learn how to see better by developing visual skills.

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What a shock!! I'm that SMALL % with NO improvement.......2004-08-30

I was doing the 10 week program. After 9 weeks of doing the program, I gave up.. I have not seen any improvement. I would notice something because I can't see anything clear past 7 inches from my face. So forgive me for not doing the 10th week but I don't believe the 10 week is the magical number where everything changes suddenly.

Personal review of "Improve Your Eyesight" by James Bellevue.......2004-03-25

I purchased this book and tape ten years ago and have not yet had to purchase new glasses. The book is very easy to understand and the video is easy to follow with very simple and clear to understand directions. I highly recommend this book to anyone for eye vision improvement.

The Author Responds.......2004-03-19

I was a little perplexed by the following two reviews. I do not understand how Mr. Hwang claims the video contains only 3 exercises. There are 16 different exercises on the video tape, some are demonstrated and others are animated graphics which are watched. Maybe Mr. Hwang received a defective video tape, in which case I would request that he return it for a replacement. I assume he didn't watch only the first 5 minutes of the 90 minute video to make his evalution.

To the Optometrist who admits he "never read the book", I would suggest he read the information published by the American Optometric Association. The article titled "The Efficacy of Optometric Vision Therapy" (Journal of American Optometric Association, V 59, No. 2) references over 100 research studies supporting vision therapy. The article "Position statement on vision therapy" (Journal of American Optometric Association, V 56, No. 10) supports the use of vision therapy.

Vision therapy is not a cure-all for all vision problems. It will not cure eye diseases. But I have received many many letters from people who have been helped by this vision therapy program. James Bellevue, author, Improve Your Eyesight

Contains just 3 useless exercises.......2004-02-22

In the video, you will find just 3 exercises.

1) Rotating eyeball
2) Rotating neck
3) Tracking an object with your eyes

You can do the exercises (1) and (2) without watching the video. You just rotate your eyeball and neck. That's it.

The video is also useless for the exercise (3). It just displays a small dot moving on the TV screen and you track it with your eyes. Nothing more. Moreover, since it is a video on TV screen, the displays are very flickering so the exercise (3) will only give you eye strain.

Never read the book.......2004-02-09

For what it's worth, I'm an optometrist and the optics in the eye can't be altered by muscles (unless we're talking about accommodation). If my camera is out of focus it's the optics. That's why glasses and contact lenses are used...to correct the optics. I'd be leery of anyone who rates this book at five stars. They probably have a vested interest or they are into mind games because the laws of light are not altered by muscles.

Now, if a person who removes their correction (glasses/contacts) they may be able to squint and see better. That is done by limiting off axis rays and only allowing a narrow band of light to enter through the pupil. Again, muscles in the eye didn't affect the optics, only the beam of light was limited. Please....educate yourself on science if you want to know the truth.

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Disappointing.

Good Introduction to Palestinian cooking

Secrets exposed

Classic, healthy meals for the modern age

Classic Palestinian Cookery
Christiane Dabdoub Nasser
Manufacturer: Saqi Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Lebanese Cuisine: More Than 250 Authentic Recipes From The Most Elegant Middle Eastern Cuisine

ASIN: 0863565484

Book Description

Here is a rich variety of dishes from kitchens of the Eastern Mediterranean. This collection of over 100 mouth-watering recipes include soups, salads, one-dish meals, and desserts, ranging from traditional cuisine to more daring and innovative modern counterparts. The recipes are brought to life by a vivid collection of anecdotes and illustrations scattered throughout the book, giving a sense of the culture that still today takes such pleasure in inventing these wonderful flavors.

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Disappointing........2006-11-23

Both my friend and I purchased this book. We agreed that the foods in the cook book remind us of home and make us homesick reading her introductions to the recipes...however, making the actual recipe was disappointing. Alot of the measurements and ingrediants were wrong in some of the recipes. I was truely disappointed. For me it did not come together.

Good Introduction to Palestinian cooking.......2005-10-01

I loved the book. My other cookbooks contain Palestinian recipes but not to this depth. The recipes were amazing and I can finally cook all the Palestinian dishes that I've always wanted to make. The recipe for mulukhia is especially good as for the one of musakhan. The only problem that I have with this book is that the book contains only foods from the west bank and gaza which means that all the wonderful Palestinian seafood dishes are not included since the West Bank and Gaza is surrounded by land. Palestinian dishes are similar to many Lebanese and Syrian dishes so if your interested in Levintine cooking in general, this book is good to have, especially since it also contains recipes that are generally not found in other cookbooks.

Secrets exposed.......2002-04-07

Ms Nasser has done a wonderful job of marrying descriptions of authentic Palestinian cooking with regional history. Not shy to attribute foreign influence to "typcial" Palestinian dishes, she has enhanced the value of these recipes and added extra spice with her own personal nostalgias. I lived in the Gaza Strip for two years and have been in Beirut now for four and it's obvious to me that the author's understanding of Western and Eastern culture has enabled her to produce a cookbook that appeals in both domaines. Thank you, Ms Nasser, especially for the excellent sfiha tips! I have been "after" some of these recipes for years, but I've found that many women prefer to keep their recipes "secret."

Classic, healthy meals for the modern age.......2001-06-12

A fantastic combination of recipes ranging from every day meals to full-scale hosted dinners!

The stories even immmerse you in this cooking culture.

All ingerdients are carefully selected and measurements are in both metric and british units. The emphasis on fresh ingredients really makes a difference when preparing all healthy meals.

Dabdoub-Nasser provides the recipe for the best lemonade!

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Not a very complete or authoritative guide at all!

Caring for Green Iguanas: A Complete Authoritative Guide
Micky Murgon
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0793802458

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Not a very complete or authoritative guide at all!.......1999-07-19

This book really isn't that bad, but not very complete as the title suggests. There isn't a whole lot of detail with the dietary needs of iguanas...and it suggested occasional pinky mice and crickets. Animal protein kills iguanas. Iguanas fed animal protein average life span is around 8 years, while iguanas fed no animal protein live well past 12 years in upwards of 20 years! If you want a "comlete and authoritative guide" by James Hatfield's Green Iguana: The Ultimate Owner's Manual and research iguana care on the internet.

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Unclear...Very UNhelpful

Don't waste your money

Wonderfully Helpful!

Great for Beginners

Good beginner's book

Complete Idiot's Guide to Sewing
Lydia Wills
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Complete Idiot's Guide To Sewing covers everything from sewing on a button and hemming to making pillows and drapes to designing and making a whole wardrobe. This book is the perfect resource for beginners or more experienced seamstresses and tailors who need a refresher course before tackling new projects. You'll find tips and shortcuts on using patterns and fabrics, supplies and tools, sewing machines, and more.

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Unclear...Very UNhelpful.......2006-09-30

I'd have to agree with most of the negative reviews here. I have just acquired a sewing machine and am trying to teach myself to sew. I knew absolutely nothing about sewing and thought the idiot's guide would be for me. Most of the instructions are unclear, even the diagrams need help! I think better illustrations or pictures would help immensely. If you are a beginner like me, I would not recommend this book.

Don't waste your money.......2004-05-29

I thought I'd get this book to help me (beginner sewer) - I found this book to be completely frustrating as it doesn't seem to go into enough detail and there are just not enough pictures. I plan to return it and buy something that goes more into depth.

Wonderfully Helpful!.......2004-04-02

I am an absolute beginner, and I am so glad I found this book. I mean it, I can't say enough good things about it. First of all, the author writes with a sense of humor; it's like having a buddy sitting next to you, giving you great advice and laughing with (not at) you for your mistakes, and sharing her own early sewing disasters. Each chapter starts with a list of what will be included, and ends with a follow-up that hits all the important points. Then there are little boxes throughout, that remind the reader of definitions, recommend items to buy for a particular project, or warn of common mistakes. Ms. Wills assumes you know absolutely NOTHING about sewing, which is so great, because she explains EVERYTHING! For the beginner, this book absolutely takes the fear out of sewing! I've been keeping it right next to my new sewing machine as I tackle my first project, checking it often, and I highly, highly recommend it.

Follow up: I made a shirt!! This is so cool!

Great for Beginners.......2004-02-02

Very thorough book for those of us who know absolutely nothing about sewing. The style is the traditional lighthearted Idiot's Guide format, making it a fun and easy, yet very informative, read.

Good beginner's book.......2003-12-07

Don't be put off by the negative comments in other reviews. This book is totally in keeping with the Idiots book format, which is what total neophytes like myself need. Having read many idiots books in the computer field, I found it to be very consistent with the way they are written. I've never bought an Idiots book I was disappointed in. This book is perfect for giving you the overview of sewing that you need to be able to ask intelligent questions and decide for yourself what steps to take next and how to educate yourself further for those steps.

Thank you Lydia.

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Lacking

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sewing Illustrated (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Carole Ann Camp
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592571549

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COMPLETELY ILLUSTRATED … Sew easy!

With hundreds of black-and-white photos and line drawings and step-by-step instructions, readers will be sewing in no time. Features everything from hand-sew and “no sew” projects without patterns to easy home decorating projects such as pillows and table runners, placemats and simple drapes, to a basic wardrobe consisting of tops, skirts, pants, and a three-hour dress.

• Illustrated format will turn novices into seamstresses in no time
• A home economics class in a book—just what beginners and re-learners need
• Features no-pattern projects to give readers the feel of hand and machine sewing
• Includes a sewing machine trouble-shooting chart, tear-out table sizes, window measurements pages, and more.
• Great tips and information on stitches, seams, hems, and zippers

Customer Reviews:

Lacking.......2005-12-23

This book is really not the beginners guide I was looking for. It is probably better designed for someone who already knows something about sewing. It covers much material quickly but not throughly.

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Sewing
Lydia Wills
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O93PRW

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* A practical guide to the protection and management of ecosystems against invasions by non-indigenous plant species
* Includes extensive case studies and an invaluable list of invasive species with their countries of origin and regions of introduction
* Published in association with WWF, UNESCO and Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew

This useful handbook comes at a time when the problem of invasive species is becoming ever more pressing. Cronk and Fuller give an accessible and authoritative account of the subject and how to protect natural habitats. The majority of countries suffer from 'invasives' and this book covers case studies from North America, Europe, Australia, South and South East Asia and the Pacific and Atlantic islands.
It will have a wide appeal not only for academics and students but also for those concerned with the practical conservation of plants and ecosystems and land management.

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It's life-changing!

Really, how pathetic are we supposed to be?

Pleased consumer

I was thinking ""Stepford Wives" too... until...

This is a sweet book - RELEVANT TO TODAY!

You Can Be The Wife Of A Happy Husband: Discovering The Key To Marital Success
Darien B. Cooper
Manufacturer: Life Journey
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Binding: Paperback

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If the husband isn't happy, then the wife can't be happy. This book helps married women recognize areas of dissatisfation with life and marriage so that they can do their part to enhance the marriage relationship. Author Darien Cooper firmly believes that God intends for the joy of marriage to last forever, and that biblical principles can lead to a lasting, happy marriage. Countless marriages have been strengthened as wives have learned to apply these biblical truths.

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It's life-changing!.......2006-09-07

I was on the verge of getting a divorce several years ago when the ladies of our church used an earlier verson of this book as a Bible study tool. What I learned and applied changed my life, made me happier and helped my husband and me restore and strengthen our marriage. We've been married 21 years now, and are looking for many more happy years together. I still have my career and love what I do, but I'm so thankful I gave the ideas in the book a try. At first I kept thinking "yeah, right, like that's gonna happen!" but God opened my heart and my eyes and it does work! Now we share Date Nights and he gives me gifts, flowers and jewelry because he was thinking of me, not because of a day on the calendar. He does more to make me the wife of a happy husband than I believe I do to make him a happy husband.

Really, how pathetic are we supposed to be?.......2006-04-01

What can I say? Cooper is a woman who has hit the bottom of the barrel. I honestly feel pity rather than anger for her; it's clear that she's surrendered her identity as a human to her husband in the naive belief that this will win her a happy marriage. First of all, unlike many, I do NOT believe that the wife is supposed to submit more than the husband is. If you read the Bible closely enough, you'll see that submission and sacrifice are required from BOTH spouses, not just the wife. If the wife alone were required to serve her husband and get nothing in return, every self-respecting woman in the world would be single. Second of all, even if you do believe that submission is the wife's duty, this is NOT the book to get! Please pay attention to the other negative reviews before reading this travesty of a book; even "submissive" wives hated it! I firmly believe that a wife is required to love, respect, and support her husband, but this book goes WAY beyond that. Do whatever your husband wants in bed, even if you're not comfortable with it? I thought sex was supposed to be enjoyable for both spouses, and women are supposed to consent to sex, not submit to it. And what kind of woman tolerates a husband who cheats on her and asks her to go to lewd night clubs? Even Elizabeth George never tells women to do that; gee, maybe that's because the Bible says it's wrong! I truly feel sorry for Cooper and the other women who believe they should be doormats, particularly the poor soul who gushed about the book and said that women are placed under men for a reason. Actually, that's not what God had in mind; note that He placed Eve BESIDE Adam, not beneath him. If you don't learn to think for yourself, honey, you're not going to get anywhere in life. Ladies, please do NOT be fooled by this book. Remember that it was written by a woman who still thinks she's in the 50's (check out her ridiculous hairdo on the back of the book if you don't believe me) and don't confuse it with the Christian doctrine, which isn't anything like it. I wish you a husband far worthier than the type described in this book. To the man who said this book is correct on the male perspective: If that's true, that's pretty darn sad, buddy. I don't know if you noticed, but Cooper described men as emotional infants and most men don't want that description. Also, just because lots of us women don't buy this garbage doesn't mean we don't want happy husbands. A real man doesn't want a robot; I suggest you keep that in mind.

Pleased consumer.......2006-03-13

This book is a must have for every woman. This book is not only for wives it is for single people also. I think it teaches you how to love the unlovable just by doing things as unto God.

I was thinking ""Stepford Wives" too... until..........2005-04-25

My marriage was in big trouble and I went to the libaray in our church and asked God to help me find guidance. He led me to this book and several others, but his book is where I found my answers. Like other readers, I was horrified at first. I spent my career breaking glass ceilings and fighting for the rights of women. Until recently was the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. Although I am feminine, I also enjoy working on my own car, building things in the garage and all manner of other things this book might not approve of.

However, I DID find in this book the answer to my problem... humility and submission. My pride is choking our marriage.

I am married to a Christian man who would never ask of me the things cited in the book and objected to in the reviews below, so I won't address those issues. However, that doesn't mean I haven't been robbing my husband of the things he needs to feel valued, loved and honored. The way I read this book, I don't have to STOP doing any of the things I love to do. It isn't fixing the car that robs my husband of his esteem, it's fixing the car on the last evening we have together before his next business trip, or refusing his help when he offers, or having a wrong attitude about his needs of any kind.

Yes, it's 2005 and a few of her 1977 attitudes (including her hairdo on the back of the book) stuck in my craw, but I know that when I asked for help, God asked me to read and consider the message IN THIS BOOK. After reading it, I feel VERY convicted to honor my husband in much healthier ways. I am intelligent enough to know what applies to me, and God has shown me that humility and submission are part of my role as a wife - and that they are appropriate. God has given me a wise husband. I can submit to him with confidence.

I came online to Amazon to buy my own copy and am excited to see a new edition beging published next month. I suspect we'll see some more "contemporary" approaches in the new edition.

This is a sweet book - RELEVANT TO TODAY!.......2005-04-21

Oh this book is SO GOOD! It is so dear and so sweet. Don't you *want* your husband to be happy? God has placed us under them for our protection- it is a joy to be under the umbrella of a Christian husband's protection. Please ignore the other women who did not like this book- it is truly sweet and wonderful. Did you know the Word of God is "old-fashioned"? (HELLO! The Bible was written before 1977!) This book may have been written a few years ago, but it is right on target. I also recommend the books: "The Excellent Wife" and "Love and Respect"
How do you win your husband? By respecting him (he is willing to die for you! He provides for you! He gave you that huge ring on your finger! He is your blessing from God.) ---Remember, you married him, if you did not marry a godly man that was your choice... you said yes to God and to him at the altar, forever. Be wise before you marry. Be respectful to the man God has placed as your head and leader. Submit to God! As Christians we are put others before ourselves...have you ever read the WHOLE BIBLE? Do so starting today! READ YOUR BIBLE! :)

You can be the wife of a happy husband: By discovering the key to marital success (A Berkley medallion book)

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You can be the wife of a happy husband: By discovering the key to marital success (A Berkley medallion book)
Darien B Cooper
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Binding: Unknown Binding

You Can Be the Wife of a Happy Husband ((By Discovering the Key to Marital Success))

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You Can Be the Wife of a Happy Husband ((By Discovering the Key to Marital Success))
DARIEN B. COOPER
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You Can Be The Wife Of A Happy Husband: Discovering The Key To Marital Success

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You Can Be The Wife Of A Happy Husband: Discovering The Key To Marital Success
Darien B. Cooper
Manufacturer: Victor Books
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ASIN: B000NXW8RW

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You Can Be the Wife of a Happy Husband:By discovering the key to Marital Success
Darien Cooper
Manufacturer: Victor Books
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Pursued by a dullard.

Weakest of the three volumes

Docta Docta

Greene still interesting, book a disappointment

The Life of Graham Greene, Volume 3: 1956-1991
Norman Sherry
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0670031429
Release Date: 2004-10-07

Book Description

October 2, 2004, marks the centenary of one of the twentieth century's most important literary figures: Graham Greene. In volume three, Norman Sherry brings this magisterial biography—twenty-seven years in the making—to a close. Following Greene, still an agent for the British government, from prerevolutionary Cuba and the Belgian Congo to adulterous interludes in Capri and Antibes, Sherry shows Greene at the height of his fame, in the company of other literary luminaries such as T. S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, Ian Fleming, and Noël Coward.

Through unparalleled access to letters, to diaries, and to Greene himself, Sherry reveals with insight and eloquence Greene's obsessions, his complicated religious feelings, and most significantly, his art. This volume, with its wealth of new and shocking details, brings to a close what Margaret Atwood called “the definitive biography.”

Customer Reviews:

Pursued by a dullard........2006-05-17

This guy Sherry is a terrible writer. It's a good job Greene had a full and event -filled life.
Sherry (see dustjacket photo-bouffant hairdo,dodgy moustache and awful "leisure wear" ) is an anorak about facts, thinks Shirley Hazzard is a wonderful writer, gets his facts wrong and goes off at tangents utterly irrelevant to the story he tells.
A typical American professor of English I would think.You can see why Evelyn Waugh refused to meet one.
He even manages to link Saddam Hussein with Stalin and Hitler ( so wanky and post 9/.11).
There's a bit where he says Greene was canny about money and a few pages earlier he'd been describing how some cad had deceived Greene and stolen all his money.

Weakest of the three volumes.......2005-08-26

While Volume 3 of the Graham Greene Biography is interesting it is not as riveting as the first two volumes by Sherry. In the first two volumes (and especially in volume 2 which reads almost like a fantastic novel) the author Norman Sherry points all his guns on Greene in excellent thorough and succinct reportage. It makes for an enthralling read and some of the best biography I have read. Unfortunately in Volume three Sherry inserts himself into the biography even going so far as to include a picture of him on a donkey in a place where Greene once was. Such puffery only distracts from the subject at hand. Sherry in volume three goes to great lengths to let you know he has talked to important people in Greene's life. Even so far as to include interview excerpts between himself and these people. This creates a very jarring affect and interferes with the story telling. It is downright annoying. Sherry also ends up in these long circular arcs repeating material already covered in other volumes and revealing little new in the process. It remains an intriguing read especially if you have read volumes one and two. It is a real let down to see the final volume does not have the same high standards as the first two either because Sherry is taking himself more seriously than his topic or because he is an egomaniac. Still there is enough interesting about Greene to keep you turning the pages in this overwritten 800 plus page tome that could have received a good editing job.

Docta Docta.......2004-11-18

Hey, this book rocks!
Buy it too, I know Dr. Sherry, my aunt works for him in San Antonio, and I have met this brilliant man on a several occasions. I have not read the book, I do not know where to buy but online, and I have no mney to buy it. But Dr. Sherry has put hours and years into his study and collections of Graham Greene, even a fourth volume.
Help this brother out and buy his book.
ME.

Greene still interesting, book a disappointment.......2004-11-11

Having read the first two volumes I eagerly awaited the third. It is a major disappointment for at least three reasons. The first is that Sherry seems to have merged his identity with that of Greene, making frequent references to himself (and name dropping in the process). He even includes a photo of himself on a donkey, making himself look a little ridiculous. Second, he is obsessed with Greene's sex life. While quite interesting, Greene's sexploits get a little tedious after a few hundred pages. Finally, Sherry takes up many pages with summaries and long quotes from Greene's books. I can read Greene's books for myself, thank you very much.

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Talk about "false memories"...

If Lippy likes it, you know it's garbage

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Memories of a Wartime Childhood

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Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood
Binjamin Wilkomirski
Manufacturer: Schocken
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0805241396
Release Date: 1996-10-01

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Binjamin Wilkomirski (the name the author believes to be his, though he will never know for sure) was held in a Nazi concentration camp in Poland as a young child. Fragments contains the powerful remnants of his memory, the piercing shards of a child's recollections of unadulterated terror and the confusing horror of the camps. The sheer power of the author's story would be sufficient to explain the force of his words; his steady confidence in his childlike voice and memory adds even greater authority to this memoir. Capable of standing up against Elie Wiesel's harrowing masterpiece Night, Fragments evokes an awesome power through the memory of a child and the words of a courageously honest man who has refused to substitute "understanding" for the inexplicable events he experienced.

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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

An extraordinary memoir of a small boy who spent his childhood in the Nazi death camps. Binjamin Wilkomirski was a child when the round-ups of Jews in Latvia began. His father was killed in front of him, he was separated from his family, and, perhaps three or four years old, he found himself in Majdanek death camp, surrounded by strangers. In piercingly simple scenes Wilkomirski gives us the "fragments" of his recollections, so that we too become small again and see this bewildering, horrifying world at child's eye-height. No adult interpretations intervene. From inside the mind of a little boy we too experience love and loss, terror and friendship, and the final arduous return to the "real" world. Beautifully written, with an indelible impact that makes this a book that is not read but experienced, Fragments is "a masterpiece" (Kirkus Reviews). Translated form the German by Carol Brown Janeway.

"This sunning and austerely written work is so profoundly moving, so morally important, and so free from literary artifice of any kind at all that I wonder if I even have the right to try to offer praise."--Jonathan Kozol, The Nation

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Talk about "false memories"..........2006-04-04

After some investigative reporting by the media, it was discovered that this alleged "true story" of a Holocaust survivor was anything but. The facts? Binjamin Wilkomirski is actually Swiss-born Bruno Grosjean Doessekker, and his experience was about as real as that of the supposed "fellow survivor" who corroborated his story, Laura Grabowski.

How did Grabowski play an indirect role in unmasking the author? She claimed to be an orphan who suffered torture at the hands of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele and was later adopted by an American couple, only to have these stories be exposed as equally untrue (her childhood photos show a happy, healthy American girl w/not even hints of the emaciated sate commonly associated w/those who spent time in concentration camps). Additionally, she was revealed to actually be Lauren Stratford, author of the equally fictitious-but-presented-as-a-true-story "Satan's Underground", which detailed her alleged involvement in Satanism and the sexual abuse she endured from the time she was a young girl (something she'd also had a history of lying about since her late teens); as it turns out, "Grabowski" was actually the surname of her maternal grandparents.

Don't the Wilkomirskis and Grabowskis of this world realize that their exploitation of one of the most despicable events in history is not only self-indulgent and unbelievably selfish, but giving credibility to those misguided Holocaust-denying racist groups? Such lies will allow these scumbags to convince the lesser-informed folk out there that the attempted extermination of an entire race was also nothing but lies, which I'm sure never occured to these self-indulgent storytellers as they proceeded to betray countless REAL survivors, who have already suffered enough as it is.

If Lippy likes it, you know it's garbage.......2006-01-24

Just follow the money trail, the political bantering and incessant self-victimization (which always seems to lead into getting paid one way or another) and you'll see why the most powerful of the jewish lobby (yeah, I'm not afraid to say it) will still ENDORSE IT after it has been proven to be a complete fabrication.

And they wonder why the "extremists" have so much credibility even before people look at all the facts. I've read this book and got a great laugh out of the rediculous claims, and the writings of a man obviously an older version of someone whom would be on the Jerry Springer show today if faced with a different self-victimization issue.

I was already well informed this book was a fabrication in advance, so I can't say "I'm smarter than you all whom were fooled"...heck, even Elie "Weasel" fooled me the first two times around. Looks like his credibility is crap as well. I'mglad I have relatives that were on both sides of WW2; as camp munitions auditor, fitness/activity trainer (A Sergeant's job! He was denied citizenship in US but later came from Canada in about '80), a Luftwaffe infantryman whom both stayed at the conc camps, and himself taken POW when wounded in Belgium (yes many Luft Inf exist so stop emailing me, you don't know history) and a US liberator of Buchenwald...I'm glad REALITY doesnt match the whining stories of crybaby rich jews exiled after the war...so many millions of survivors all rubber-stamping eachothers stories about human soap and lampshades, all proven false by MAINSTREAM science. Like I said, follow the money trail...

Zero stars.......2005-01-15

When I read this book several years ago, I did not understand how anyone could have believed it. Having known several true Holocaust survivors, and heard their stories, I certainly didn't.

Now, there have now been several clear and thorough exposes of the fraud perpetrated by Bruno Grosjean Dossekker, who falsely claimed here to be one Binjamin Wilkomirski, a child survivor of the Holocaust. Stefan Maechler, The New Yorker, 60 Minutes and several other publications prove beyond any doubt that Wilkomirski is no such person and that Fragments is a fiction.

Every possible lead has now been followed; each detail in Dossekker's narration of "events" has been compared with historical records from such leading Holocaust scholars as Raul Hilberg and Lawrence Langer, accounts of other child survivors, interviews with members of the Dossekker and Grosjean families and more.

The strongest evidence, unearthed by Stephan Maechler, is the fact that in 1981, Dossekker/Wilkomirski contested the will of Yvonne Grosjean, whom, in a letter to officials in Bern Switzerland, he called "my birth mother." Dossekker/Wilkomirski received a third of her estate.

Other evidence includes Dossekker/Wilkomirski's use of Laura Grabowski to "corroborate" his story. Grabowski claims to have known him in a children's home in Krakow. In fact, Grabowski is an American citizen of Christian faith who has since her youth fabricated stories about her victimhood, the most well-publicized being a book called Satan's Underground.

The Social Security number of said Lauren Stratford is the same as that of Grabowski, who subsequently used it to make a false survivor's claim. Furthermore, Satan's Underground and this volume contain startling similarities.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

Memories of a Wartime Childhood.......2003-04-24

It is in Fragments now, a total hoax.

A Holocaust survivor memoir that has received prestigious literary awards and lavish praise has been exposed as a hoax.

In Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood, Binjamin Wilkomirski describes his ordeal as an infant in the Jewish ghetto of Riga (Latvia), where his earliest memory is of seeing his father being killed. Wilkomirski also tells how he survived the terrible rigors of wartime internment, at the age of three or four, in the German-run concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz.

First published in German in 1995, Fragments has been translated into twelve languages. In Switzerland, the country where Wilkomirski lives, the book has been a major best-seller. Two documentary films and numerous personal appearances by the author in schools throughout the country have helped promote the memoir.

The American edition was published by Schocken, an imprint of Random House, which heavily promoted the book with teachers' study guides and other supplementary materials.

Jewish groups and major American newspapers have warmly praised Fragments. The New York Times called it "stunning," and the Los Angeles Times lauded it as a "classic first-hand account of the Holocaust." It received the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography and Memoir, while in Britain it was awarded the Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize, and in France the Prix Memoire de la Shoah.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC -- a federal government agency -- was so impressed that it sent Wilkomirski on a six-city United States fund-raising tour last fall.

This past summer, though, compelling evidence came to light exposing Wilkomirski's memoir as an literary hoax.

Although he claims to have been born in Latvia in 1939, and to have arrived in Switzerland in 1947 or 1948, Swiss legal records show that he was actually born in Switzerland in February 1941, the son of an unwed woman, Yvette Grosjean. The infant was then adopted and raised by the Doessekkers, a middle-class Zurich couple. Jewish author Daniel Ganzfried, writing in the Swiss weekly Weltwoche, also reports that he has found a 1946 photo of the young Bruno Doessekker (Wilkomirski) in the garden of his adoptive parents.

Comparisons have been drawn between Wilkomirski's Fragments and The Painted Bird, the supposedly autobiographical "Holocaust memoir" by prominent literary figure Jerzy Kosinksi that turned out to be fraudulent.

Reaction by Jewish Holocaust scholars to the new revelations has been instructive, because they seem more concerned about propagandistic impact than about historical truth. Their primary regret seems merely to be that the fraud has been detected, not that it was perpetrated.

In an essay published in a major Canadian newspaper (Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 18, 1998), Jewish writer Judith Shulevitz arrogantly argued that it doesn't really matter much if Fragments is authentic. Her main misgiving, apparently, is that the deceit was not more adroit: "I can't help wishing Wilkomirksi-Doesseker [sic] had been more subtle in his efforts at deception, and produced the magnificent fraud world literature deserves."

Deborah Dwork, director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at Clark University (Worcester, Mass.), and co-author of Auschwitz: 1270 to the Present (Yale Univ. Press, 1996), agrees that Fragments now appears to be fraudulent. At the same time, though, she expressed sympathy for Wilkomirski, saying that when she met him he appeared "to be a deeply scarred man." Amazingly, Dwork does not blame him for the imposture, "because she believes in his identity." Instead, she takes the publishers to task for having "exploited" Wilkomirski. (New York Times, Nov. 3, 1998).

Deborah Lipstadt, author of the anti-revisionist polemic Denying the Holocaust, has assigned Fragments in her Emory University class on Holocaust memoirs. When confronted with evidence that it is a fraud, she commented that the new revelations "might complicate matters somewhat, but [the work] is still powerful."

Daniel Ganzfried reports that Jews have complained to him that even if Fragments is a fraud, his exposé is dangerously aiding "those who deny the Holocaust."

American Jewish writer Howard Weiss makes a similar point in an essay published in the Chicago Jewish Star (Oct. 9-29, 1998):

Presenting a fictional account of the Holocaust as factual only provides ammunition to those who already deny that the horrors of Nazism and the death camps ever even happened. If one account is untrue, the deniers' reasoning goes, how can we be sure any survivors accounts are true ... Perhaps no one was ready to question the authenticity of the [Wilkomirski] account because just about anything concerning the Holocaust becomes sacrosanct.

Wilkomirski himself has responded to the new revelations by going into hiding, although he did issue a defiant statement describing the climate of discussion about his memoir as a "poisonous" atmosphere of "totalitarian judgment and criticism."

pass over the scramble to "fix" this into nonexistence.......2002-11-03

read this book before reading the spew about its "authenticity". don't concern yourself with where the pieces go in what you know, they don't belong to your understanding. to frame the story in history, geography, society, is to try and correct the narrative -- for whose benefit? "fragments" captures the essence of "screen memory" like no textbook on the subject possibly could; attempts to convey it by those who've come to terms with it for what it is rarely get past the attempt.
regardless of why the book was written, or how the authour came to possess these images; real, imagined, conjured, who knows, maybe not even the writer, the story of this binjamin doesn't unfold, it simply carries the ground of its own consciousness, in recollections of a childhood unmitigated by whatever closure of comprehension comes in adulthood. memories stored and recalled in items of the senses, intense and unfiltered perceptions with minimal coherent external context in which early cognative development makes distinctions, signifies, aligns, scales -- makes sense and story of memory.
the allegory is there in the book itself, plain as day, at least twice; in the beginning with the "big picture" abstraction in binjamin's persistent nightmare, and near the end, where the abstracted "big picture" manifests in a shared experience of total "incomprehension" of situation. what you know or can surmise is irrelevant, there are only these fragments.

Fragments Reading Group Guide: Memories of a Wartime Childhood

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Fragments Reading Group Guide: Memories of a Wartime Childhood
Binjamin Wilkomirski
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