My World War II Experience Revisited
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    		My World War II Experience Revisited
    Lyle D. Green
    Manufacturer: First Page Publications
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    ASIN: 1882792211

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    Vivid experiences recounted of actual army life as a Sergeant radar operator in the South Pacific, 1942-1945.

    Identity's Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Mutual Admiration Societies
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    • A superb biography and introduction to Erik H. Erikson
    • More than an excellent biography
    • A knockout biography from Lawrence J. Friedman
    		 Identity's Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson
    Lawrence J. Friedman
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    One of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century, Erik H. Erikson was the architect of the "identity crisis" and the "life cycle" -- concepts that are now a familiar part of today's culture. Identity's Architect is the first comprehensive and authorized biography of Erikson, postwar America's most influential psychoanalyst, who acutely reshaped our views of human development.

    Drawing on private materials and extensive interviews with Erikson's family, students, and closest colleagues around the world, award-winning historian Lawrence J. Friedman illuminates the relationship between Erikson's personal life and his groundbreaking ideas. This book lays bare the identity crisis that was at the root of this remarkable man's lifelong quest to discover who his father was.

    Friedman insightfully shows how Erikson's famous eight-stage model of the human life cycle grew from the birth of his third son, who was born developmentally handicapped. Even Erikson's acclaimed studies of Luther, Gandhi, Jefferson, and Jesus were inseparable from his life circumstances.

    The writing and ideas of Erik Erikson have had a remarkably lasting influence on our culture. Erikson's fascination with India and with Gandhi earned him the Pulitzer Prize for his book Gandhi's Truth and foreshadowed the contemporary West's growing interest in Eastern thought. His students at Harvard in the 1960s have gone on to great prominence -- Carol Gilligan, Robert Coles, Mary Catherine Bateson, and Howard Gardner to name a few. Trained in Vienna by Sigmund and Anna Freud, Erikson came to depart from psychoanalytic orthodoxy in deeply innovative ways -- insisting that social circumstances were no less important than the inner psyche in determining human personality.

    This exhaustively researched, compelling biography, which has been ten years in the making, is indispensable for anyone who hopes to fully understand one of the most significant intellectual figures of our time.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Mutual Admiration Societies.......2005-02-05

    Mediocre, ladder climbing academics, as opposed to real scholars, sometimes manage to learn over the years how to appear significant. Friedman appears to have mastered the ropes. Get the right publisher, see to it the publisher sends your book to friends for reviews. Arrange for dual hardback and paper back printing. If you read "Identity's Architect" be sure to read the introduction, preface, acknowledgement and such, and jot down the names mentioned. You will have recorded a mediocre mutual admiration society.

    Graduate students who truly want to become educated need to learn about mutual admiration societies, campus fads, academic career climbers, mediocre professors who take an early retirement from a lower university and manage to get a paying position at a more significant university by jumping on a new external funding opportunity. I advise too that you read book reviews and keep a keen eye on the names you find mentioned together, reviewers who criticize the book that was not written and who trash a book they did not read. Long is The list of shils. Buy and study a copy of Daniel Boorstin, "The Image" and you too will be pepared for designing your academic career. If you want to become educated and a real scholar, you may want to limit formal schooling to foreign language mastery and train yourself beginning with Mortimer J. Adler's classic "How to Read a Book."

    Are you one of those who thinks government corrupt? Our Campus populations consist of plenty who will stab friends in the back over a small grant or accept a large tax payer funded research grant for research they already did with a series of small grants from their university. Then, there are the professors who fake respect for a professor they despise simply because that professor is skilled at the grant writing game. A book should be written, at least one song recorded about the American campus hustle. As one swell put it several years ago: 'government funding may make academics richer but it doesn't make them smarter'

    It is a contest who will be forgotten first, Erikson or his official biographer, who got the opportunity to compile the official biography, as no one else more prominent was interested. None of the major biographers saw Erikson important enough to waste several years of work on. Oh, a note about allusions to "book awards." When an academic has real book awards such as a Pulitzer or some other award significant enough to be listed in a World Almanac, they name the award. When they had a few insignificant local awards, they use vague language like "book awards." There should be a book on the hype publishers use to sell books. Authors nearly always write the jacket blurbs, unless they really are significant. Then, major figures or accomplished Editors write them.

    Friedman and the remains of the Erikson fan club need to ask themelves a serious question. Did Friedman do more for the forgotten Erikson by writing a biography of him, than Erikson actually did for American thought? Most likely the benefit was mutual; Each man benefited from the other. The biographer elevated his image and the Professor written biography exaggerates the importance of the forgotten "thinker." Daniel Boorstin would call this scenario a "pseudo-event" and its pseudo-event creation (the law of pseudo-events. 'a pseudo-event creates other pseudo-events').

    What was Erikson? He was not a scientist. He was not a grand theorist. He wasn't a leading intellectual. In study after study, psychoanalysis is found to be ineffective. In fact, there is no evidence Freud himself helped a single one of his "patients" - according to the patients Franz Boas students located and interviewed. Under careful rational analysis, Erikson was probably a secular high priest, a sort of theologian, a modern shaman. His work had no factual basis, no rational footing. He will not be remembered.

    How many of you readers have any idea who he was or why you should invest money and a few hours reading a thick book about him? It is well written but still academic and consequently boring to most people. The last truly well-written book Friedman wrote is a book he would like to forget, "Inventors of the Promised Land." He invested over 15 years on "Gregarious Saints". Track down the brief history of that tome before deciding to buy a copy of "Identity's Architect." It is not a brilliant book. It is competent, if you ignore the psychological parts.

    A lot of humanities professors who still waste time turning their "scholarship" over to psychoanalytic formulas. Once a scholar falls in love with any formula, they condemn their work to mediocrity. It is revolting what happens when a "scholar" or artist ploughs a loose theory to any investigation of human kind. Most revolting of all is when an alledged "scientific" theory is already proven wrong. The search for truth stops at the starting gate when any simple theoretical formula is applied to research and analysis. The end result is no more englightening than formula, unsigned romance novels.

    This biography could have been a lot shorter. An educated editor would have insisted on more sticking to the facts and less "shrinking Erik Erikson." Some publishers puzzle me to no end. They will not financially break even on any book they publish written by professors like Friedman. Yet, they repeatedly publish them and in doing so, add weight to university library basement storage.

    My advice is not to waste good time on this book, unless you are a leisure reader who would waste good time reading books like a novel by George Washington Cable.

    5 out of 5 stars If You Want to Understand Erikson's Works, Read This First........2001-06-18

    I had been introduced to the theories of Erik H. Erikson in a grad. course in Educational Psychology. The course introduced just enough of Erikson to whet my appetite to learn more about the man; I am glad I did because after reading this book, I feel I have gained a richer understanding of his 8 Stage Life Cycle Theory, and the concept of Identity.

    Professor Friedman's book is compassionate, but not fawning. He gives as complete a picture of a very complex man; as complete as one would hope to have, and he does so in a non-judgemental way.

    There are many unattractive aspects of Erikson the man; why did this sensitive man, this lover of children who was estranged from his own step-father, virtually disown his own son, who had Down's Syndrome, and have him institutionalized? What made him so ambivalent about his Jewish identity? Friedman explores these issues in a very thorough, yet compassionate way. Erikson himself had a difficult time reconciling the dark side of Gandi while writing his biography; lovers of Erikson, like myself, may have that same struggle while reading this book, but Mr. Friedman does a superb job of bringing out, and sythesizing the "dark Erik" with the Erikson whose works have inspired many a generation of people like myself who are advocates for the welfare of children.

    I read this book first before reading "Childhood and Society" and "Identity Youth and Crisis" and I am glad I did, for Eriksons paradigm was born from his own identity crisis he suffered, which Friedman does a masterful job of portraying.

    If you really want to understand Erikson's Works, read this book first. You too will be glad you did.

    5 out of 5 stars A superb biography and introduction to Erik H. Erikson.......2000-07-11

    This is a superb biography of one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of the American postwar period. Erikson's writings profoundly influenced not only clinical psychological work, but also the general tenor of social and cultural thinking in this country. Yet his insights were not immediately embraced, and his personal life was not without turmoil and profound heartache. Lawrence Friedman has done a wonderful job of presenting a fully dimensioned, meticulously researched and empathic portrait of this remarkable clinician and thinker who, perhaps more than any other individual writer, shaped the way that we think about ourselves and our society.

    5 out of 5 stars More than an excellent biography.......1999-05-27

    All too often when reading a biography, the author fails to ask the questions that often spring to my mind. Most of these questions are about about the subjects motivation...the why questions. Lawrence Friedman dares to try and answer the hard and complex questions about a life, in this case, Erik Erikson's life. Even if Erikson is only a vaguely familiar name, this biography is worth reading because its a study of a very human life. In addition to being a well-written life study, Identity's Architect helps us to ask the difficult question about the origins of our own identity. In tracing the reoccuring themes in Erikson's life, Friedman makes transparent the very human activity of identity construction. We know none of us springs whole from Zeus'head, but we rarely question how we came to be the individuals we are. In asking the questions of Erikson's life, Friedman challenges us to question the construction of our own identities.

    5 out of 5 stars A knockout biography from Lawrence J. Friedman.......1999-05-26

    For many these days, the name, Erik Erikson, may seem a distant memory. Yet unbeknownst to many of us, we often rely upon Erikson's insights into stages of development, the life cycle, and identity crisis for a just a glimpse or understanding of who we are and where we are heading in life.

    In this penetrating biography of Erik Erikson, Lawrence Friedman sucessfully explores the inner conflicts and struggles of Erikson's own identity issues for insights into Erikson and his theories. What emerges from Friedman's book is the sense that both Erikson's legacy and insights are vital to our own struggles to know ourselves. In this reviewer's humble opinion, Friedman brilliantly shows how Erikson's relevance and impact today is no less than it was decades ago.

    A jewel of biography!

    Ways to Better Breathing
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    Carola Speads
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    5 out of 5 stars A WONDERFUL BOOK .......2005-09-15

    Relatively few works are likely to concretely impact the quality of our everyday life. According to my opinion, and based on the experiment which I made of the practical tools described in this book, this one is one of them.
    Do not mislead you there, this work has nothing to do with the majority of the "doubtful" works devoted to breathing.
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    4 out of 5 stars Something even I could comprehend.......2000-05-17

    I find the thought of doing breathing exercises based on readings from a book a bit daunting. I am the type that would much rather prefer a class or one on one instruction on how to properly do a breathing exercise. But... you don't need that with this book. It's so clearly written that you feel like the author is right there giving you instructions. Granted from time to time I would have to stop what I was doing and read it again but I always looked at the first couple of tries as a practice session and then I would do the full blown exercise once I thought I understood what it was I was to do. It's clear, concise and to the point....

    5 out of 5 stars The authoritatative guide for improving breathing.......1999-07-02

    This excellent book provides you with the essence of how to gain skill and confidence in better breathing. Since breathing is a part of all that we do, it is a key to mastering life for everybody no matter what their situation is, and the author does an excellent job of conveying this. Thus an olympic level athlete or a person recouperating from a serious injury will find guidance and improvement in learning these experiments.they are extremely effective, yet taught by Carola in a way that is gentle, and adapts to everyone's varied situations. Just as learning the alphabet gives us access to create and also read many words, learning these breathing experiments is a key that will open us up to a much fuller potential in all our life situations. Once these experiments are learned, they can be applied, even with just a few seconds of time to improve our breathing.Carola Speads is a master teacher, who lived for 98 years and taught this work for 83 years of her life. We are fortunate that she shared her brilliant ideas in a do it yourself format so that we can all benefit from her expertise. I recommend this book to all my friends, colleagues and patients, since it is so basic and effective to improving their lives, no matter what challenges they face or aspirations they are reaching for.

    5 out of 5 stars The most complete down to earth guide to working with your b.......1998-08-22

    This is the most complete, down to earth guide to working with your breathing. Carola Speads is a profound and generous teacher and both of those qualities come through in "Ways to Better Breathing". Read this book and, more importantly, do this book. It will be a friend to you for life. A true classic.

    5 out of 5 stars Carola has been teaching her breathing work for 79 years ........1998-06-06

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    50 Natural Ways to Better Breathing (50 Natural Ways)
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      No-Cost Way to Stay Sharp and Energized!(Nutritio Detective)(benefits of breathing better) : An article from: Women's Health Letter
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        		No-Cost Way to Stay Sharp and Energized!(Nutritio Detective)(benefits of breathing better) : An article from: Women's Health Letter

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        Culinarytherapy: The Girl's Guide to Food for Every Mood
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        • Food = Happiness
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        From the author of the cult sensation Cinematherapy (over 270,000 copies of the series in print) comes a cookbook for women celebrating the therapeutic power of food.

        Every woman knows that food is more than than just fuel-it's self-medication that, when administered properly, with just the right amount of fat, salt, sugar, and chocolate, can cure everything from a bad break up to a full-fledged identity crisis. Whether a gal is feeling starved for attention and ready to bask in her own limelight (Diva Dishes), or looking to add a little kick to her romance (Nude Food), Culinarytherapy features recipes to feed her every need.

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        5 out of 5 stars Food = Happiness.......2006-10-21

        It says in big print on the back cover "Food = Happiness" and it sure does, if it's tasty, that is, and if you don't overdo it. I was a big girl in school, not big boned, fat, because I over did it. Now I'm thin, because I watch my weight, but I still love to eat, so instead of stuffing myself, I eat in moderation, but I don't moderate the taste. For me, food does equal happiness. It is possible to eat, love it, be happy about it and be thin.

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          Over 500 classic copyright-free motifs reproduced from finest Victorian source, classified according to type. Wide variety of flowers, greenery, sprays, plus butterflies, owls, insects, more. Large and small motifs as well as numerous borders. Over 500 illustrations.

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          4 out of 5 stars Designs for stitchers.......2007-08-12

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                Diagnosis Cancer: Your Guide Through the First Few Months
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                • Wonderful book with practical advice
                • Perfect for the very scary time when you first find out!
                		 Diagnosis Cancer: Your Guide Through the First Few Months
                Wendy Schlessel Harpham
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                ASIN: 0393316912

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                Diagnosis: Cancer has established itself as the book every newly diagnosed cancer patient needs to have. In a question-and-answer format, Wendy Harpham--a doctor and cancer survivor--imparts all the learning she has gained, both medically and emotionally, to get a patient through the first few confusing and often scary months in the way that is best for them personally. In this revised and updated edition, Harpham discusses all the new developments in diagnosis and treatment, particularly new medications and formerly experimental methods that are now being used. Because of the growing number of people in managed care, she addresses how to work through the system to get full medical care, including when not to accept the limitations of one's health-care plan. Now a long-term cancer survivor, Harpham has an even deeper understanding of how to navigate the emotional and psychological roller coaster of being a newly diagnosed cancer patient. She incorporates her knowledge in this edition to help people become what she calls healthy survivors--cancer patients who get the best medical care possible and who minimize the pain, debility, and loss resulting from cancer.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Realistic & Practical Cancer Battle Plan.......2006-08-07

                This book is very helpful in navigating the minefield of cancer. I wish I had seen it earlier. The advice and insight
                of a knowledgable physician in the same predicament was clear,
                relevant, sensitive, and practical. The dominant format is question and answer so you can quickly access and address personal concerns first. It is also extremely helpful in knowing what to ask the oncologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment process. I would highly recommend this book to any new cancer patient, but it is also very appropriate for cancer survivors and care givers.

                5 out of 5 stars If You Only Get One Book About Cancer, Make It This One.......2001-08-31

                This book is excellent! It is for anyone who has just received a cancer diagnosis, as well as for those around them who care.
                It covers everything that you need to understand during those first few months, and it does so in an easy to understand, straight forward manner. It is written with wisdom, experience, and kindness. This book helped me immensely when my Mother was
                diagnosed with cancer in March 2001 - having no prior experience or knowledge of what cancer was about. This is the book to get to arm you with enough information that you can help yourself.

                5 out of 5 stars "How can I help?".......2000-01-07

                When I was diagnosed with cancer, many friends confided that they felt helpless and didn't know how to help. Well, here's something you CAN do for a friend who's just learned that he or she has cancer: Buy this book! It's got the most important, practical information that a new cancer patient needs first. Also, it's hopeful and encouraging yet absolutely reliable, medically speaking -- a rare combination among "popular" cancer literature.

                5 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with practical advice.......1999-11-07

                I have bought this book over and over and given it to friends and relatives of newly diagnosed patients in addition to patients. Dr. Harpham has a way of writing that makes even medical information easy to get through. Her advice is accurate and helpful. A must for everyone whose life has recently been touched by newly diagnosed cancer.

                5 out of 5 stars Perfect for the very scary time when you first find out!.......1997-04-21

                This book is written in short sections which do not have to be read in order. You read the section that has the info you need NOW. The writing is simple and easy to understand. The author is very understanding and gives GREAT SUGGESTIONS on how to cope. Good also for family and friends of the cancer pt

                Maria Callas: A Musical Biography
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                • Nearly three hours of landmark performances
                • Good CDs, shoddy editing of the text
                • Maria Callas, a biography
                • Like many Callas performances, it could have been better!
                • Getting to know the diva intimately
                		 Maria Callas: A Musical Biography
                Robert Levine
                Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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                ASIN: 1579122833

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                They called her "La Divina." Indeed Maria Callas transcended ordinary human limitations. A supreme singer and actress with a style all her own, she dominated the vocal and operatic world, exerting a deeply lasting influence on it, especially by single-handedly reviving the art and repertoire of bel canto. Volatile, iconoclastic, fearless, obstinately determined, extreme in both life and art, she stirred up endless controversy. The story of her tumultuous public and private life has aroused unceasing fascination, but Robert Levine's new book approaches it from a totally different perspective. This is no ordinary biography, though it includes an account of the major events of her tragically brief life and career. Though he leaves no doubt where his sympathy lies, Levine recounts all this with admirable--sometimes ironic--objectivity, skillfully interpolating hints of future events. Numerous quotes of Callas' judgment of herself and others, as well as their judgments of her, add depth and sharpness to the portrait. The heart of the book, however, is Levine's analytical evaluation of Callas' unique vocal, musical, and theatrical artistry, not merely by description, but by flesh-and-blood demonstration. Included with the book are two CDs of some of her best performances, as well as the texts (with translations) of the arias: an inspired idea, allowing Levine to dissect the performances word by word and note by note, within seconds of each track. Here, too, he preserves remarkable objectivity: despite his clearly boundless admiration, he is not oblivious to her vocal shortcomings. Along the way, he offers insights into the tradition that nurtured her gifts and displays an extraordinarily broad knowledge of opera, the art of singing, and singers past and present. The CDs are stunning, illustrating Callas' incredible vocal and stylistic versatility, her ability to literally inhabit the roles she portrayed, changing and adapting her voice with infinite gradations of color, nuance, and expression to project character and emotion. Her range was enormous, her coloratura impeccable; her best top notes were glorious, and she could break the heart with a downward slide or a carefully placed fermata. All this is amply documented on these records and meticulously analyzed in the text. Listeners must decide whether to read Levine's comments before or after hearing the records; they provide helpful guidance, but their very persuasiveness makes it difficult to preserve the spontaneous immediacy of one's own reactions. Copiously illustrated with wonderful photographs of Callas (and others) in private and on stage, the book is a feast for eye, ear, mind and heart. --Edith Eisler

                Book Description

                This unique, photo-filled musical biography includes two CDs with nearly three hours of landmark performances by the great diva, accompanied by expert commentary.

                Here is a true artistic biography, focusing on Maria Callas's musical development, her influence, her critical reception--and the specific qualities that have made her a legend for our time. The book features scores of photographs from throughout Callas's life and career, including many rare production photos. The CDs, featuring key recordings from throughout her career, are keyed to detailed discussions of the performances, making Callas's work accessible and enjoyable to beginners as well as die-hard opera afficionados. Selections include Bellini's "Casta Diva" (Norma), Rossini's "Una voce poco fa" (II barbiere di Siviglia), Puccini's "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca), Gounod's "Ah! Je veux vivre" (Romeo et Juliette), Verdi's "Caro nome" (Rigoletto), Massenet's "Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon), Bizet's "Pres de remparts de Seville" (Carmen), Spontini's "O Nume tutelar" (La vestale) and many more.

                A discography, a chronology, a complete performance history, and more make this the ultimate book for learning about and loving opera and one of its greatest stars.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Nearly three hours of landmark performances.......2006-09-12

                Now this is what I call a biography. Not only has a plethora of monochrome pictured of Maria in chronological order, but sound performances that thrill your imagination.

                The second half of the book actually tells something of the music it's self and is laid out to follow the two included CD's.

                Now it is time to visit the Black Dog Opera Library Series.

                Selections include major pieces form:
                Vincenzo Bellini 1801-1835
                Alfredo Catalani 1854-1893
                Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924
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                Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1910
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                Camille Saint-saëns 1835-1921
                Jules Massenet 1842-1912

                3 out of 5 stars Good CDs, shoddy editing of the text.......2005-11-26

                This book 'could have been a contender' but for shoddy editing. The poor grammar is distracting and could have been so easily avoided! The packaging is excellent and the extracts of Madame Callas's arias are among the best. However, one does not know the dates of the recording--some are obviously of the EMI family and a few live performances probably pirated versions. I have a new appreciation of the French composers (Gounod, Saint Saëns, Massenet) thanks to these CDs. The first two chapters (about 2/3s of the book) are worthless as they provide no new information and appear to be copy/pasted from extant biographies. The last and third chapter is a good idea not fully developed. It provides a guide on listening to the arias which may be useful to the untrained ear. The text gives the impression is was hastily written and then well-packaged. Too bad...with a little love and care, it could have been grand!

                5 out of 5 stars Maria Callas, a biography.......2005-07-05

                The author has combined in recording and words the magnificence of this great artist. This is a book all Callas fans must have. The text is well translated and Mr. Levine describes to perfection why this woman is so great in her intereperative skills. Thank you Mr. Levine from a Callas fan. All young aspiring opera singers male or female should have this book to learn what is the stuff that makes a great singer.
                Thank you,
                Victor Zolezzi

                3 out of 5 stars Like many Callas performances, it could have been better!.......2004-03-03

                This is a difficult book to comment on: having 2 CD's with Callas performances and commentary from a respected critic is marvelous, but.... One of the Big Issues in Callas' career was the way she let her voice go to pot, yet the CD tracks are not sequential, the listings do not give dates of the performances, and not all the performance notes do either. The biographical section is frequently padded, and the photographs often do not correspond with the time (or events) being described. As with most books nowadays, the publisher ran SpellCheck on the text, but no one edited it, so there are misspelled words and mis-written sentences. The CD's, though, are very much worth the price of the book, and the musical commentary is helpful. The biographical section offers no new information, but is a concise and readable summary.

                5 out of 5 stars Getting to know the diva intimately.......2004-02-18

                If you are pretty much unacquainted with the art and life of Maria Callas, I highly recommend this book by Robert Levine, an widely-known music writer and Senior Editor of ClassicsToday.com.

                I knew Maria Callas only by reputation and publicity and by my old LP of Norma, recorded in 1960, a riveting dramatic portrait, although the vocal problems that shortened her career were then very much evident. I very much wanted to know more, and to hear her sing when her voice was a little fresher, and, like another reviewer here, didn't really know where to start. This book has been a godsend for me.

                The text covers Callas' life and career, and includes many photos and a discography. This book includes two CD's with arias from most of the roles Callas sang on stage and a number of ones she didn't.

                The text that accompanies each aria discusses when and how it was recorded, its place in Callas' career, and the real treasure for me is that it discusses, with notations of exact timings so that one can listen to each example, the nuances of drama, emotion and technique that characterize phrases, words, sometimes single notes. It is a fascinating way to get to know the work of a most remarkable artist. I have to say that I was blown away by the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermour and the lovely "La mamma morta" from Andrea Chenier, both recorded in 1955, when her voice was fresher than in my later Norma.
                Because of the discussion about the painstaking and creative way that Callas crafted her interpretations of the roles she sang, I have a new appreciation for her singing, and I think I finally begin to understand what was so special and moving about her art.

                I recommend this book to people well-acquainted with Callas' work as well as neophytes like myself. It really is a gift.
                Maria Callas: Una Biografia Intima/ An Intimate Biography
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                  Anne Edwards
                  Manufacturer: El Ateneo
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                  The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
                  Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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                  • provides insight into the government of Wilhelmine Germany
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                  		 The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
                  John C. G. Röhl
                  Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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                  ASIN: 0521565049

                  Book Description

                  Within a couple of decades Kaiser Wilhelm II had led the German Reich into World War and collapse. How did the Kaiser come to have so much power? Using new archival sources, this book analyzes the Kaiser and the nature of his rule. After an original character sketch of the Kaiser, the book then examines the Kaiser's friends and favorites, the neo-absolutist culture of the court and of Berlin society, and the nature of his relationship with the court and with the administrative corps in Prussia and the Reich. A final chapter reveals for the first time the extent of the exiled Kaiser's anti-Semitism.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  1 out of 5 stars Very academic.... very.... very.......2006-02-28

                  If you are a scholar and like lots and lots of references to peruse, you might like this book. However, if you are somebody who enjoys reading history in a non-academic form, you might find this book mind-numbingly boring. I could barely get through the first 100 pages and pretty much gave up after that. I love history and am always looking for great stories; this isn't one of them.

                  4 out of 5 stars Good!!.......2003-03-12

                  Professor John Röhl of the University of Sussex has written extensively on Wilhelmine Germany, including his collection of essay entitled The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (1994). Röhl asserts that Wilhelm has for many years "been marginalized by professional German historians," who viewed the Kaiser as one "who played no part in shaping the policies of the Kaiserrreich." Other scholars have depicted him as "an aggressive autocrat who must bear a large degree of responsibility for plunging Old Europe into war and catastrophe." (xi) Regarding Wilhelm and the Great War, Röhl implies that his influence was negligible. The Kaiser was never a "full-scale" autocrat, and while he perhaps "dreamed of establishing absolute rule for himself...it remained no more than a dream." Röhl contends that this was particularly true in terms of military power, of which the emperor had very little. (3) However, Röhl shows that the Kaiser was not uninvolved in Germany's diplomatic and military decision-making process, notably at the start of the war. He cites Wilhelm's influence in the rejection of Britain's generous peace proposal in 1912, a move supported by his chancellor, Bethmann Hollweg, and one which might have forestalled war altogether. (6)
                  For Röhl, the Kaiser's involvement in the Great War was heavily influenced by his personality. Wilhelm "never matured," and was seen as a child-like figure at army headquarters. This trait was coupled with a "notorious overestimation of his own abilities, and a refusal to accept constructive criticism. To emphasize the emperor's requirement that he be at center stage at all times, Röhl repeats the apposite bon mot that Wilhelm "insisted on being the stag at every hunt, the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral." (11-13) These qualities did little to endear himself to senior military officers and worked to push the Kaiser to the sidelines of decision making as the war intensified. Röhl holds that Wilhelm's public and private antics brought much scorn down upon himself and the German monarchy as a whole. He opines that
                  the history of the last hundred years," he opines, "has shown that a monarchy in a modern state can only hope to survive if it restricts itself firmly to its purely representational functions and avoids making any political comment and exerting any influence. That Wilhelm II did precisely the opposite is a matter of embarrassing record. (104)

                  Röhl concludes that Wilhelm's role in the formation of Germany policies was not insignificant before the war, particularly with regard to the turn-of-the-century naval armaments race with Great Britain, and in the domestic arena-though he was "vulnerable to manipulation by his generals and his military entourage." (166) By late 1914, Röhl declares, Wilhelm's influence began to wane, though the awareness by military leaders of which plans, people or policies the emperor would and would not support acted as "a blocking mechanism," a fact which indicates that the Kaiser could not be completely ignored. (116) Indeed, Röhl reminds his readers that "not a single appointment to an official position, and no political measure, could be undertaken without the express consent of the Kaiser." (117)

                  3 out of 5 stars Misleading title.......2003-03-10

                  Do not expect to read much about Kaiser Wilhelm II in this book. The title is quite misleading---it is about the era of Wilhelm, but few details about him are included here, esp. his role in WWI.

                  4 out of 5 stars provides insight into the government of Wilhelmine Germany.......2000-11-11

                  This book is a very interesting look into the theory and practice of government under Wilhelm II - particularly in those years of "personal rule" after the dismissal of Bismarck from the chancellorship. The book is essentially a collection of essays devoted to various issues involving the Kaiser and his government. So while it is not structured like a conventional history of this era, or a biography of the Kaiser, an abundance of historical and biographical information is presented.

                  I enjoyed this book very much - it is very well-written and was a pleasure to read. I think anyone interested in this period of German/European history will find reading this book well worth the effort.

                  5 out of 5 stars Important Information.......2000-01-13

                  This book talks about Wilhem II, and his court in Germany. It also speaks about the hatred that he had toward Jewish People. The book is very interesting, and it sets the record straight on alot of things. This book is a must!
                  THE KAISER AND HIS COURT. Wilhelm II adn the Government of Germany
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                    		THE KAISER AND HIS COURT. Wilhelm II adn the Government of Germany

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                    The Kaiser and His Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
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