Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The essence of our constitutional system of liberty.
Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
Robert K., Jr. Wright
Manufacturer: United States Government Printing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0160019559

Book Description

This book was written to explore the contribution of Revolutionary War veterans to the founding of the American republic. By veterans, we mean all those who served in the Continental and state forces, on land or sea. Twenty three of those veterans were among the men who signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on 17 September 1787. That document, as the eminent American historian Samuel Eliot Morison put it, is "a work of genius, since it set up what every earlier political scientist had thought impossible, a sovereign union of sovereign states. This reconciling of unity with diversity, this practical application of the federal principle, is undoubtedly the most original contribution of the United States to the history and technique of human liberty."

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The essence of our constitutional system of liberty........2005-02-27

Political commentary, inside and outside the United States, marvels at the ingenuity of federalism, Supreme Court case-law, the congressional system of "checks and balances", "separation of powers". These are important techniques essential for the political culture our country invented from 1790 onward.

However, none of these techniques would have taken hold had the character and moral (in the original Latin language and Scottish political economy senses of "custom, habit, usage, practice") understanding of the Founding Fathers not been forged among them, who were leading veterans from the War of Independence.

This excellent book was written in 1987 by their descendants in the US Armed Forces who, with much restraint, wrote about those "Revolutionary War" veterans in celebration of the Bicentenary of the United States Constitution.
Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
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    Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
    Wright, Robert K., Jr. and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
    Manufacturer: Center of Military History
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover
    ASIN: B000OG0BT0
    Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
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      Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
      Robert K. Jr. & Morris J. MacGregor Jr. Wright
      Manufacturer: Center of Military History
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000LTM2MO
      Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
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        Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
        Robert K. Wright Jr.
        Manufacturer: United States Government Printing Office
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover
        ASIN: B000OVAQZO
        Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
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          Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
          Jr. Wright Robert K.
          Manufacturer: United States Government Printing
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000OKB4II
          Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
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            Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
            Wright, Robert K. Jr. and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
            Manufacturer: Center of Military History
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Hardcover
            ASIN: B000OG61QM

            Clive McCay, Nutrition Pioneer: Biographical Memoirs by His Wife
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              Clive McCay, Nutrition Pioneer: Biographical Memoirs by His Wife
              Jeanette B. McCay
              Manufacturer: Tabby House Books
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover

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              ASIN: 1881539040

              Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Definitive Guide For Patients and Physicians
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Please Note!!!!
              • Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia
              Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Definitive Guide For Patients and Physicians
              Rodger H. Murphree
              Manufacturer: Harrison & Hampton Publishing
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

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              1. RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device
              2. Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3) Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3)

              ASIN: 0972893806

              Book Description

              You Can Feel Good Again! Dr. Murphree explains it all in concise, easy-to-understand terms: How FMS and CFS are diagnosed and the underlying conditions that contribute to them. Why traditional medicine alone isn't successful in treating FMS and CFS. Why you can't sleep and how to safely and consistently solve this problem with natural supplements. Why you're in pain and how to reduce or eliminate chronic muscle aches. What tests should be performed and how to interpret these tests. What dysautonomia is and how to effectively treat it. Why you have "fibro fog" and how to correct it. How to accurately and easily test your thyroid at home. And how to feel good again!

              About the Author: Dr. Murphree has been in private practice for 12 years, and he has been successfully treating fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome for the past seven years. He is the founder and past clinical director of a large integrated medical clinic staffed with medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and a nutritionist, who combine prescription and natural medicines to treat chronic illnesses. Dr. Murphree is a board-certified nutritional specialist, chiropractic physician, author, speaker and health consultant. He lives with his wife and daughter in Birmingham, Alabama.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Please Note!!!!.......2006-12-02

              The Treating and Beating book that's red and yellow is the SAME book as the green one. The green one is the 3rd edition and is much larger. I noticed that amazon's software tries to sell you both because the titles are slightly different - so please be advised. You can buy both but will be happier with the green one with the redwood trees on it.

              5 out of 5 stars Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia.......2005-09-24

              This is a terrific book, it gives valid and interesting information as well as tips for improving your life, great info about vitamins, minerals and other supplements to try if you're tired of prescription drugs. And includes ways to integrate both Eastern and Western medicine, tips for a more healthy lifestyle, tests to ask for to determine if you have associated health problems. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is frustrated about being tired, and aching all the time- tips are great to help cope with this. I would really like to see the author, Dr. Murphree, in Birmingham, Alabama. In fact this my new goal.

              Cucina Piemontese: Cooking from Italy's Piedmont
              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
              • Cucina Piemontese: Cooking from Italy's Piedmont
              • It's not a Barbaresco, but ...
              • Foods from a Lessor Know Region
              Cucina Piemontese: Cooking from Italy's Piedmont
              Maria Grazia Asselle , and Brian Yarvin
              Manufacturer: Hippocrene Books
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover

              GeneralGeneral | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books
              ItalianItalian | European | Regional & International | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books
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              ASIN: 0781811236

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Cucina Piemontese: Cooking from Italy's Piedmont.......2007-07-18

              More often than not, when reviewing cookbooks, I flip through the pages and see three or four recipes that I know my family will enjoy and two or three more experiments that they'd be willing to try. I usually get two or three recipes that become ingrained into our regular family meals.

              Cucina Piemontese was a bit of a deviation from this normal routine. As I looked through this cookbook, I found over a dozen recipes that I knew that I'd try to cook. So far all of the meals and deserts I have prepared seem destined to become regulars on my dinner table. I still have a few more dishes and a couple of desserts that I can't wait to make.

              The easy to do instructions make these gourmet looking (and tasting) dishes to prepare. Moreover, I had all but a few of the ingredients right in my kitchen which is extremely rare with most good cookbooks. With a couple of the recipes, I also tried some substitutions and my own variations which turned out really well. I really like that these recipes fit me and my schedule rather than me having to take special time out of my life to create a great meal that everyone would enjoy.

              3 out of 5 stars It's not a Barbaresco, but ..........2006-05-06


              It's always been puzzling to me why the region I think produces Italy's best wines -- the Piedmont -- was so ordinary (at least by Italy's high standards) when it came to its food. The region does give the world the wonderful gift of delicate and precious white truffles, but aside from that it seemed to be an exercise in heavy beef and stew dishes, unexceptional pastas with butter-based sauces, loads of melted cheese, and a dependence on potatoes and other root vegetables.

              I picked up Cucina Piemontese on a recent trip to the Piedmont and while I doubt it will ever make me favor the ristoranti of Turin over the unforgettable osterie of Naples for eating well, it did give me a new appreciation for the cuisine of the Piedmont.

              The weak point of the book is that it is short on seductive images for the regions rolling landscape. It could also be cross referenced better, meaning it should be easier to find specific recipes in more different ways -- by the course, by the matching with wine, by the main ingredients, etc. Also, there appears to be a flaw in the binding of the edition I have, though this may be a one-off problem.

              In its favor, the recipes seem to be well thought out for preparation at home, and the translation from Italian is not flawless but it appears better than most. The book's real strong point is the context it gives to the region's maligned cuisine. It won't change the way the food tastes, but knowing that a recipe dates back to the royal House of Savoy, or that the cooks in Garibaldi's army favored it does create a new level of appreciation.

              5 out of 5 stars Foods from a Lessor Know Region.......2006-03-04

              It used to be that Italian cooking came in two modes -- pasta with tomato sauce, and pizza (which of course isn't really Italian at all). On my first visit to Milan, I was astounded to find a wide variety of foods that didn't include pasta and tomato sauce. And these new foods were wonderful.

              Only in the past twenty years or so have I started to notice that nearly every Italian restaurant has been branching out into the foods of other regions. First, there was just a choice of northern or southern Italian cooking. Now we are beginning to see foods from lesser known regions of Italy coming to the fore.

              A good summary of this book comes from the recipie for Sugo di Carne or Meat Sauce. The book says 'If your idea of 'meat sauce' is lots of tomatoes with a little meat, you're not thinking of the Piedmontese version. This sauce has tomato, but it's really about meat.'

              This is just one of the ninety five or so recipies included in this little book. They feature more beef, eggs, butter and cream than the more common (in America) Italian foods. This book brings a whole new range of Italian foods to your kitchen.

              Ecology and Behaviour of North American Black Bears: Home Ranges, Habitat and Social Organization (Chapman & Hall Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour Series, 4)
              Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
              • Technical...yet understandable
              • An absurdly overpriced pamphlet masquerading as a book.
              Ecology and Behaviour of North American Black Bears: Home Ranges, Habitat and Social Organization (Chapman & Hall Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour Series, 4)
              R.A. Powell , J.W. Zimmerman , D. Erran Seaman , and C. Powell
              Manufacturer: Springer
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

              BearsBears | Animals | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
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              ASIN: 0412788306

              Book Description

              What main factors affect mamalian home-range size and dynamics? To what extent do constraints on home range characteristics vary between the sexes? This book aims to address these issues by concentrating the authors' expertise and experience in studies of home ranges in general and focussing on their studies of the black bears of the Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in particular. The authors provide an overveiw of the black bears and methods for their study before discussing concepts of home range, developing predictive habitat quality models, addressing influences on food produstion on social organisation and exploring the mating behavior of male bears. The resulting volume, the fourth in Chapman & Hall's Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour Series, provides stimulating coverage of a topical issue making it not only of specific interest to behavioural ecologists but also a broad range of biologists. The superb illustrations and clarity of text also ensures that this book is of general appeal to those with a wider interest in bears and the theory and practice of scientific study.

              Customer Reviews:

              4 out of 5 stars Technical...yet understandable.......2002-01-10

              The authors did a wonderful job of compiling years of scientific research into a natural history book. This is definately a book for the more scientifically-oriented community. It is nice to see the technical aspects included, rather than oversimplifying the material into a "storybook." The missing star is for the price...but this is probably a matter related to the publisher rather than the authors.

              1 out of 5 stars An absurdly overpriced pamphlet masquerading as a book........1998-08-30

              A person who pays $60 for a paperback volume on natural history might naturally expect to receive a fairly hefty tome. This book, however, is a mere 200 quarto pages cobbled together mainly from a series of technical papers. The language and style are classically dull, dry sciencespeak. Although said by its editors to be designed to appeal to a broad audience, it's strictly for bear bionerds. The clothbound version is even more outrageouly overpriced at $120! This thing is obviously aimed at people who have government grant money to throw around. And disregard the star at the head of this review; the software won't allow less than a one-star rating.
              Ecology and Behaviour of North American Black Bears: Home Ranges, Habitat and Social Organization
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                Ecology and Behaviour of North American Black Bears: Home Ranges, Habitat and Social Organization
                Roger A. Powell
                Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: B000MBPSHC

                The Art of French Beaded Flowers: Creative Techniques for Making 30 Beautiful Blooms
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                • Pretty projects. Good instructions.
                • Beaded Flower Excellence
                • Elegant little book
                • Very nice beading book
                • Great for beginnners!
                The Art of French Beaded Flowers: Creative Techniques for Making 30 Beautiful Blooms
                Carol Benner Doelp
                Manufacturer: Lark Books
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback

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                ASIN: 1579907466

                Book Description

                New in Paper
                French beading is a simple yet lovely art, beautifully described here and illustrated in color with more than 70 close-up, how-to photos that show the intracacies of growing a garden of 30 flowers with delicate seed beads. Forty additional illustrations present the exact bead placement for each particular flower part. Just string the beads on wires and bend them into realistic, three-dimensional shapes; a helpful introductory section covers all the basics. You can indulge your creative passion almost anywhere--and the nicest thing is, they last forever. Construct a budding dogwood branch, frame a mirror with wisteria blooms, or make a holiday wreath of holly and gold-tipped pinecones. A gallery of vintage pieces illustrates the rich history of the craft.

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars Pretty projects. Good instructions........2007-02-14

                I bought this book because I saw some beaded flowers at a craft show and I thought I'd like to learn to do it myself. I had a little difficulty with the techniques in the beginning, but with practice and by frequently referring to the very nice, detailed pictures in the book, I finally got the hang of it and completed a fine looking poppy (if I do say so myself). I have since complete two other projects. I wouldn't go so far as to say the projects are easy or simple, but they are imminently doable. And last but not least, they provide the beader with a real sense of accomplishment.

                5 out of 5 stars Beaded Flower Excellence.......2007-01-04

                The most beautiful & easy to understand beading book on this topic I've ever seen. I love it! Great pictures & information. Highly recommended.

                4 out of 5 stars Elegant little book.......2006-08-02

                Photography is excellent. Very clear instructions. Good for new crafters as well as those with experience. Variety of patterns is excellent.

                5 out of 5 stars Very nice beading book.......2005-12-29

                This was the first French beading book that I bought. As a beginner, it was a little hard to figure everything out at first, but with some practice and the detailed pictures in this book, I was able to come up with a nice finished product. The things I liked about this book, specifically, were how the first project illustrated the four basic techniques that would be used throughout the whole book. Once I fished the poppy, I almost couldn't believe it would be that simple! I also liked how each project was unique by demonstrating a new concept or some variation of the original four basic techniques (for example, striping the tiger lily and split loop for the dogwood).
                What I didn't like too much about this book was that some of the flowers occasionally use previous techniques or ones that are covered later, and so a bit of page turning had to be done.
                All in all, the concepts are explained really well, the designs are lovely and the book itself is quite pretty if you just want to admire the pictures, so I highly recommend this book.

                5 out of 5 stars Great for beginnners!.......2005-04-03

                This was the 4rd book on french beaded flowers that I picked up and I found it to be the best so far. The instructions are very detailed with photos of each step along the way. More detailed than other books I have tried to learn from. If you prefer photos showing the steps as opposed to just hand-drawn diagrams, then this is the book for you!

                The pictures of finished projects are gorgeous! Wonderfully inspiring, especially the "fantasy flowers" near the back of the book.

                The only minor quibble I have regards the order of introducing new techniques. Some of the advanced techniques are introduced in later chapters, yet are referenced in earlier flowers. The instructions with say "see page such-and-such for this technique", and you have to flip several pages later in the book to find out how to finish your flower. I think it would have been better to have each new technique introduced in order. But that is just a minor complaint based on my personal preferences.

                Overall, a stunning book, well worth the money!
                Beads in Bloom: The Art of Making French Beaded Flowers (Beadwork How-To series)
                Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                • An Excellent Place to Begin
                • Pretty but.....
                • POOR resource, Pretty Pictures
                • Nice to look through, but...
                • Glad I didn't buy
                Beads in Bloom: The Art of Making French Beaded Flowers (Beadwork How-To series)
                Arlene Baker
                Manufacturer: Interweave Press
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Paperback

                BeadworkBeadwork | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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                ASIN: 1931499063

                Book Description

                Providing all the information beaders need to know to make spectacular French beaded flowers and greenery with wire, this book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for fundamental and advanced techniques. Each step is illustrated with diagrams and photographs of vintage collectible beadwork. Also included are advice on tools and supplies, helpful creative tips and refinements, simple and complex projects with directions, a gallery of contemporary beaded pieces, and a brief history of the art of French beaded flower making.

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars An Excellent Place to Begin.......2007-04-28

                I have been creating French Beaded work for 4 years. This was my first book. It is true that there aren't a lot of projects layed out, but basic technique is thoroughly explained and illustrated which is an excellent place to begin. With the basic technique taught in this book it is quite easy to move forward into floral self expression. Advanced techniques may be found in other books and a number of project books are available on the market, but I have always held this first book in high regard for helping me master the fundamentals. Pictures of contemporary as well as vintage work provide inspiration. I feel that the combination of good sound basic technique and inspiring photos is a great launching pad for supporting a newbie to explore creating French beaded florals.

                3 out of 5 stars Pretty but............2006-12-30

                The instructions are sketchy. You can't really MAKE anything with this book...no projects...but the pictures of the finished pieces are pretty. I'd definitely go with a Dalene Kelly book before this one.

                1 out of 5 stars POOR resource, Pretty Pictures.......2005-09-18

                Arlene Baker has obviously been hitting eBay pretty hard, because this book seems to show the fruits of auctions won. It is at best a collection of photos of vintage French Beaded Flowers. She gives mediocre directions for learning the basic techniques and throws in a few patterns for making trite blossoms into brooches.



                But this book doesn't seem to know what it wants to be: basic guide, jewelry pattern book or Coffee Table Book? And It fails at all three. Better guides are available with the dover reprints (check out the Nathanson books.) Actually, any other beaded flower book seems to cover the basics better. There are Jewelry patterns out there for French Beaded Flowers, and anyone can take a pattern for a single bloom from any book and attach the flower to a barrette. Granted, had Baker given good clear directions on how to do this, I would give her credit for that. But alas, she fails to do so. And as a Coffee Table Book, well the photography is unremarkable, some of the actual flowers are pretty, especially the ones made by her friends who seem to be accomplished artists. But the majority of this book is a "show off". It is used to document a personal collection of vintage flowers. Great for insurance documentation. Unfortunately, there are no museum pieces here, no spectacular work. Nothing you can't find on eBay, that is if Arlene doesn't get to it first.

                I am serious, if you want to look at pretty pictures of French Beaded Flowers, do a Google search.

                2 out of 5 stars Nice to look through, but..........2005-04-03

                I thought that the structure of the book was very unbalanced. The instructions are nice, but they are all in the front part of the book, and are hand-drawn. Color photos of finished projects are in the second part of the book. I prefer a book that has step-by-step instructions included with each project. Also, not very many projects are included. I hate to say it, but I've seen better books on french beaded flowers. To be fair, there are some very nice arrangement that provide inspiration.

                Nice to look through, but I wouldn't recommend buying it to keep.

                2 out of 5 stars Glad I didn't buy.......2003-11-15

                Well I have looked into different books on beaded flowers and saw reviews of this book so I went to my local library and requested it. Well when I got it I sat and looked through it while I did like how the instructions were simple and clear I did find it was lacking in projects I got a few of the other books out there and feel they are much better. I did love the galeray of flowers in the middle of the book and would have rather had the patterns for some of those flowers instead. I will say if you really want this book find it at the library and copy the first few pages in techniques and return it. Don't buy it.

                High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants
                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                • I'm an agronomist
                High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants
                Paul F. Lurquin
                Manufacturer: Westview Press
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover

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                ASIN: 0813339464
                Release Date: 2002-05-28

                Book Description

                An on-the-ground research biologist tells a clear-eyed story of modern plant genetics, the human manipulation of biology, and the reality of genetically engineered plants worldwide.

                Genetically engineered plant products line the shelves of our grocery stores but we don't know which ones they are because no label identifies them. Should we be concerned? Biotech companies claim that engineered corn and canola are safe, but are they telling the truth? Should we, like the Europeans, be engaging in violent protests against biotechnology? In High Tech Harvest, Paul Lurquin answers these questions and more, believing that the public has a right to know and understand how its food is manipulated at the most basic level, that of the DNA itself. With the goal to inform, and a mission to reinforce the importance of the scientific method, Paul Lurquin writes a comprehensive and user-friendly description of the scientific origins, the development, and the applications of genetically modified plants throughout the world today.

                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars I'm an agronomist.......2007-08-11

                I'm a jobless agronomist.I read this good book, here in Brazil.This book is concise and easy to understand.It isn't only for agronomists or farmers.It is also for general public.Even the language is for the general public.
                Failures of this book are small.To example, on page 146, this book has this sentence:"For example, the once-powefull insecticide DDT lost its effectiveness a long time ago".In fact DDT didn't lost its effectiveness.The DDT's ban came , because DDT was saving "too much" lifes in Africa, Asia and other places with colored races.
                The small chapter about plastics from GMO, tells that they are too expensive compared to oil.Well, when this book was writen, oil had a price smaller than the half , compared to oil's price of today.Even with oil at so big price, plastics from transgenics costs too much; at least for general aplications.Agriculture can produce plastics without the use of GMO.If you have a biodigestor, you will have methan(CH4).Then almost all oil and natural gas plastics can be produced using this gas.

                Lifecoach Your Teens: Five Principles to Help Your Kids Thrive
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  Lifecoach Your Teens: Five Principles to Help Your Kids Thrive
                  Roger Cross
                  Manufacturer: InterVarsity Press
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Hardcover

                  GeneralGeneral | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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                  Parenting a teenager may be the toughest job you'll ever have, says Roger Cross. But it is also one of the most important. Research confirms that parents are still the biggest influence on their children. And the way you parent your teenager in turn influences how your teen handles issues like goals, balance, anger and failure.Drawing on more than twenty-five years of experience working with Youth For Christ and raising two teens of his own, Cross unpacks the essential characteristics of a good coach and introduces five principles that will transform your relationship with your teen.Cross shows you how to help your teenager develop goals, find balance in life, fail "forward" and cope with anger. Most importantly, he shows you how to come alongside your teenager to offer challenge, support and guidance in preparation for adult life.

                  Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This
                  Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                  • Excruitiatingly Repetitious
                  • Good bio - a little windy
                  • a great biography
                  • Wow... what a b*(#h
                  • Yes no maybe
                  Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This
                  Marion Meade
                  Manufacturer: Villard
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                  Binding: Hardcover

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                  ASIN: 0394544404
                  Release Date: 1987-12-12

                  Book Description

                  Dorothy Parker was known for her outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories, but there was another side to Dorothy Parker--a private life, set on a course of destruction. She suffered through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with alcohol, and several suicide attempts.

                  In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the dark side of Parker and her days of wicked wittiness at the Algonquin Round Table with the likes of Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, and Harold Ross, and in Hollywood with S.J. Perelman, William Faulkner, and Lilian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  1 out of 5 stars Excruitiatingly Repetitious.......2007-05-15

                  I had heard Dorothy Parker was a creative wit, but I found this bio to be about 200 pages too long, with little evidence of her writing. As Dorothy would say, "What Fresh Hell is This?!" As for Dorothy - didn't see much in the way of her 'talent', but as a person, she was a very negative, mean-spirited, self-absorbed, promiscuous drunk who sponged off anyone she could her entire life. What a pathetic existance. And poor Alan Campbell who was her devoted husband. It's a wonder all her excesses didn't do her in before her 77 years. I have 150 MORE pages to slug through. I will finish it but prefer to read about people who make positive contributions to humanity, not suck dry what they can from others.

                  4 out of 5 stars Good bio - a little windy.......2007-04-21

                  I am a big fan and was excited to read this book. It was a good read on some days and eye-burningly boring on others. I DO suggest the book but don't feel bad about skipping over parts - you won't miss anything. It could have been 50-80 pages shorter with the same info.

                  5 out of 5 stars a great biography.......2007-02-16

                  this book is a great read and very imformative. it helped me with my project immensely.

                  5 out of 5 stars Wow... what a b*(#h.......2006-06-28

                  I am nearly finished with this book - I haven't been this mesmerized by a book in forever! I would certainly recommend it.

                  3 out of 5 stars Yes no maybe.......2006-01-08

                  I admit I knew very little about Dorothy Parker's life before reading this bio, and a decent amount after. But I must say I found this a very clumsily written, and apparently utterly un-edited, piece of work.

                  Just two examples, light and dark: on the light side, I suspect that Dorothy Parker herself would have found it hugely amusing to know that "She could be witty on paper, but her forte was oral agility."

                  Oral? Really? Are you sure?

                  On the dark side, just who, exactly, is Ms. Meade concerned with when writing "of the tragedies that would be recognized by twentieth century women as peculiarly their own: the gut-searing loneliness of the women who have 'careers,' the women who don't marry, the women who do but divorce; the women deprived of maternal warmth and comfort who are condemned to seek love forever in the barren soil of husbands and children and even animals; women howling primitively for nourishment, flanked on one side by rejecting mothers and on the other by rejecting lovers."

                  Ah, the primitive howlings for barren animal love. Dorothy, we hardly knew ye.
                  Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
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                    Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
                    Dorothy] Meade, Marion [Parker
                    Manufacturer: Villard Books
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Hardcover
                    ASIN: B000KVE8PC
                    DOROTHY PARKER WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?
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                      Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? a Biography
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                        Marion Meade
                        Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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                        Birmingham's Rabbi: Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940
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                          Mark Cowett
                          Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
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                          Binding: Paperback

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                          ASIN: 0817350039
                          Birmingham's Rabbi, Morris Newfield & Alabama, 1895-1940
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                            Birmingham's Rabbi, Morris Newfield & Alabama, 1895-1940
                            Mark Cowett
                            Manufacturer: The University of Alabama Press, 1986
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                            ASIN: B000O3TC1G

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