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James B. Hunt: A North Carolina Progressive
Wayne Grimsley
Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
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ASIN: 0786416076 |
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Democrat James B. Hunt had a long career in politics, serving as governor of North Carolina from 1977 through 1985 and then again from 1993 through 2001. He not only exemplified the progressive tradition of earlier North Carolina governors, but transformed the tradition to embrace a concern for minorities, women's rights and consumer issues.
This biography of James B. Hunt begins with a discussion of the influence of his father, a hard-driving federal official who demanded much from his oldest son, his mother, a college-educated teacher who encouraged him to study and work hard, and his hometown of Rocky Ridge, where he developed his strong community ethic but had to deal with the town's support for racial segregation and tobacco. It chronicles his years at North Carolina State College, where he was student president for two terms, his transformation from a campaign volunteer for Terry Sanford to a political insider at both the state and national levels, and his close relationships with Sanford and his key adviser Bert Bennett. The author then discusses how Hunt, still unknown to most of the public, defeated candidates with more campaign money to become lieutenant governor of the state in 1972, and describes his first two successful campaigns for the governorship, and the actions he took and programs he implemented in his first term as governor.
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Fascinating!.......2004-12-08
Whether you are a history buff, a political junkie, or just have an interest in North Carolina, you will love this book. Tracing the life and career of Jim Hunt through turbulent times in this Bible Belt state, A North Carolina Progressive will give you hope and inspiration. This book reminds us that not everyone in NC was eatin' moon pies, burnin' crosses, and votin' for Jessie Helms. And, that taking the high road in politics does not have to mean losing the race. Careful readers will see a blueprint for the kind of candidate that will take back the White House in '08.
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Nothing on earth communicates the truth of God's promise to see us through unspeakable places of darkness and mdash;or of his promise to sustain us through our stuttering steps of faith and mdash;like the testimonies of the faithful.
From Battle Scars to Beauty Marks is a collection of gripping testimonies by seven faithful women. These are women whose life journeys have taken them through the valley of shadows, through the trials of transformation, and who have been found faithful, hopeful, and yes and mdash;even joyful.
Delicately capturing the stories on the page and skillfully weaving them together, author and speaker Ellie Lofaro brings the gentle perspective of a wise counselor and the reassuring humor of a best friend. Ellie will guide you through the depths of a life-transforming expeirence and mdash;from the painful realities of suffering to the moments of profound clarity, divine irony, and at last, hope rising from the ashes.
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Even the most tragic of circumstances can produce grace and beauty into our lives.......2006-08-10
Author and evangelical Christian Ellie Lofaro employs her skills and expertise as a Bible teacher to instruct women how they can eventually triumph over even the most heart-wrenching of circumstances in "From Battle Scars To Beauty Marks: Portraits Of Women Who Turned Trials Into Triumphs". This compendium of inspired and inspiring real life stories of women who turned their vicissitudes into victories with the help of God and their faith wonderfully illustrate how all things work for the good of them that love God, and through God's help, even the most tragic of circumstances can produce grace and beauty into our lives. Also very highly recommended reading for Christian women are two other titles from Cook Communication Ministries: Leslie Montgomery's "Engaging The Enemy: A Woman's Guide To Spiritual Warfare" (Victor Books, 0830735186,$12.99) and Cheryl Kirking's "Crayon's In The Dryer: Misadventures And Unexpected Blessings Of Motherhood" (Life Journey, 0781441765, $12.99).
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Over a decade ago, the publication of Divided Houses ushered in a new field of scholarship on gender and the Civil War. Following in its wake, Battle Scars showcases insights from award-winning historians as well as emerging scholars. This volume depicts the ways in which gender, race, nationalism, religion, literary culture, sexual mores, and even epidemiology underwent radical transformations from when Americans went to war in 1861 through Reconstruction. Examining the interplay among such phenomena as racial stereotypes, sexual violence, trauma, and notions of masculinity, Battle Scars represents the best new scholarship on men and women in the North and South and highlights how lives were transformed by this era of tumultuous change.
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Battle Scars
John Wilson
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This sequel to The Flags of War continues the adventures of two cousins, Walt and Nate McGregor, and of Sunday, the former slave on Nate's father's plantation. They have survived the carnage at Shiloh. But the war rages on. Nate returns to the family plantation to find it in ruins. In despair he turns back to the only life he knows -- the army. Meanwhile, Walt and Sunday re-enlist to fight for their beliefs, no matter how great the danger. The three young men meet again at the notorious Libby prison in Virginia: Nate as a guard, Sunday a slave and Walt a prisoner. Their grim reunion at Libby -- where prison walls divide them -- highlights the complexity of a war that tore a nation apart. In such a terrible place, can the three battle-scarred soldiers hope for anything more than survival?
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Battle Scars
Timothy A. Hutchinson , and
Mylinda Butterworth
Manufacturer: Riverstone Publishing
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The TRUE Story Of How One Teen Nearly Became The Biggest Mass Murderer Ever
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An uplifting and motivational true tale .......2004-08-10
Battle Scars is the autobiography of a man who, as a teenager, lived on the wrong side of the law, overwhelmed by his hatred to the extent that he nearly became a mass murderer, yet was stopped on the way to attacking his high school with an assault rifle. His success in turning around his life into something positive - he became an EMT credited with saving two lives, an expert on teen violence, and a husband a father - makes for an uplifting and motivational true tale that readers of all backgrounds can understand and learn from. Highly recommended.
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Battle Scars
Cynthia Blair
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Battle Scars Fade: But Never Heal
Sgt. Jerry R. Gandy
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The American public was totally unaware of the real events that took place during the Vietnam War. The media sometimes exaggerated the facts about the battles and missions. I feel sure that most of the fighting soldiers in Vietnam did not write home and give all the details about their daily lives in combat. Fear and guilt are two things that most people would not want to share with friends and loved ones. The names used in this book are fictional, and the dates and places may not be totally accurate. The events of the missions and battles have been preserved through memories and battle-scarred flashbacks. I pray that this book will open the eyes to the American people about the real Vietnam War and what the combat soldiers endured for them. Maybe today's children will look at the American flag with pride and appreciate its past warriors.
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Battle Scars: Some Wounds Aren't Seen
Mark Irvin Kirkmeyer
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Release Date: 2006-10-09 |
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Battle Scars: Some Wounds Aren't Seen is a collection of poems written by a veteran as he struggles through post-war life. He deals with the daily conflict of receiving care from the Veteran's Administration and breaking through the plausible deniability of the Government, including the Department of Defense. The poems flow with the emotions of the poet—sometimes dark and morbid, light and enthusiastic, realistic, mythic. Writing these poems has granted therapy that the Veteran's Administration, in their confrontational perspective, was unable to grant. This therapy begins by putting pen to paper or flesh to keyboard and allowing the emotions to flow constructively into poetry. At this point it does not matter whether the poetry is “good” or not, it's purpose is to allow release. If others enjoy or find insight in your poetry, it is a bonus.
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This digital document is an article from Environmental Health Perspectives, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 4199 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Battle scars: global conflicts and environmental health.(Environews / Focus)
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on March 29, 2007. The length of the article is 723 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Local folk group has battle scars; Harry Potter fight a Wyrd tale.(Music - Articles)
Author: Gale Reference Team
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on February 2, 2007. The length of the article is 1182 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Stick out your panel and say ahhh; The dent doctor is in, working his magic on assorted battle scars.(Autos - Articles)
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Layman's Primer on Stock Investment
Hannsan El Shamsy , and
Hassan El Shamsy
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Auditor's Risk Management Guide 2003: Integrating Auditing and Erm
Paul Sobel
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Fusing the expertise of seven of the best knifemakers in the world BLADE's Guide to Making Knives is an unrivaled how-to for blade enthusiasts! In the rapidly evolving world of knifemaking, expert blade fashioning advice is essential for any serious collector or knifemaker.
Knife enthusiasts gain professional tips about grinding blades, crafting hunting knives, forging pattern-welded steel into intricate designs, making folding knives, forging swords, creating a tomahawk and fashioning the important bolster between knife and blade, in detailed instructions and 250 striking color illustrations. Whether knifemaker or collector, expert guidance from the likes of Walter Brend, Joe Szilaski and others, in one outstanding resource, is a must-have.
-Features instructions from seven of the world's leading knifemakers for a truly expert resource
-250 color illustrations demonstrate expert techniques
-Techniques for everything from forging steel to making a tomahawk are covered for the diverse population of knifemakers
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A good book for the novice to intermediate knifemaker.......2007-01-11
If you are new to knife making and want to make your first knife you are better off buying either the $50 Knife Shop by Wayne Goddard or Custom Knifemaking - 10 Projects from a master craftsman by Tim McCreight (both of which I own) or, if you can get an edition with clear photos How to Make Knives by Richard Barney and Bob Loveless.
If you have some experience you will find some useful tips that may help you.
In 6 of the 7 sections of Blades Guide the editor has assumed a fairly high degree of knowledge, skill and expensive equipment for the projects that it overviews. I say overviews as I do not think a novice could use any of the sections except one (and I will come to that one later) as a manual to successfully complete the projects descibed. The projects are the construction of a tactical folder, the construction of a simple hunting knife, creation of pattern welded damascus, elementary sword smithing, installation of fancy screw fixed bolsters, forging a damascus tomahawk and blade grinding on a belt grinder.
While the sections are well illustrated with colour photos and the text is easy to follow, the only section that a novice could use is Wayne Goddard's section on the creation of a simple hunting knife and even then large bits of this text and photos are lifted straight from the $50 Knife Shop. The book does not have any real commentary on knife format and design, steel descriptions, classification and choosing the best steel for the job or sheathmaking or sharpening.
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Learn how to diagnose and repair a broad selection of popular hunting firearms including rifles, shotguns, and handguns in the convenience of the home, safely and inexpensively. Also included is a special section covering disassembly, repair, and reassembly of seven of the most popular firearms: 700, Remington 1100, Remington 870, Winchester 94, Savage 110, Marlin 336, and Marlin 70. The instructions are fully illustrated with photos and drawings as well as exploded views and parts lists, and much of this information can be applied to other guns with similar actions.
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Mac McGrew is a Certified Nurseryman who has taught classes on herb gardening and serves as Garden Consultant for the Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano, TX. He shares his knowledge of heirloom gardening in this pleasant book.
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The Prairie Kitchen Garden
Lyn Kublick
Manufacturer: Red Deer Press
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Savor the rich flavor of basil and oregano in a favorite pasta sauce. Enjoy the aesthetic delights of tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers in small garden plots. Turn salads into works of art with nasturtiums. Add beauty while cultivating tasty treats with strawberry plants, red currant bushes, grapes, or raspberry bushes.
The Prairie Kitchen Garden is a comprehensive guide to the vegetables, herbs, edible flowers and small fruits that can be attractively grown in small gardens. It is for those who wish for a bit of fresh-from-the-garden goodness to share with family and friends.
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Simplify Your Life with Kids, first published in 1997, has sold over 250,000 copies. Here is the paperback edition of Elaine St. James's best-selling guide to making life with children easier, simpler, and happier.Everyone with children has experienced the frustrations of trying to juggle softball practice, PTA meetings, meals, laundry, and comforting a crying child with marriage, a hectic career, and what used to be a social life. It's a familiar challenge in many of today's harried households. In fact, in nearly three-quarters of American homes with children under eighteen both parents are employed full-time. Life can quickly get complicated.Simplicity expert Elaine St. James now has solutions for beleaguered parents everywhere. Simplify Your Life with Kids offers practical, down-to-earth advice for the vital, time-demanding, perplexing issues that all parents face; it promises to be an easy read for busy parents whose lives are so hectic they don't have the time or energy to wade through a heavy tome.Like St. James's previous simplicity books, Simplify Your Life with Kids will become the classic gift choice for anyone with kids, for anyone who's expecting kids, for older "boomer" parents, for parents of the currently developing "baby boomlet," and for everyone who knows anyone with kids.
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Best Organizational Book I've found for people with kids!.......2006-08-07
Organizing our lives are difficult enough, but adding kids to the equation makes it almost impossible! This book offers practical solutions and advice on how to get organized so you've got more time to do what's really important - spend with your kids! The chapters are short and the language is easy to read which is great for those of us who are sleep deprived or just short on time. I highly recommend this book!
A must have household guide for anyone with kids.......2006-05-29
This is a wonderful book. It has very short, 3-4 page "chapters" on differt topics. The book is broken into sensible sections on topics that anyone with kids struggles with (the workload, discipline strategies, etc.). It is very simple to read and you can skip to the section that applies or appeals to you that day. Plus, it's a really cute little book.
Terribly Disappointing.......2004-01-26
I guess this book falls into the category of "never take parenting advice from someone who never had children". I bought this book because I LOVED "Simplify your life" by this author. I found it very helpful. This book, however, was mostly confounding and fairly depressing. While St. James *did* seek out advice from her friends who had children, these friends apparently take a very 'hands off' approach to their kids.
The book opens with a scenario in which a mother has forgotten to pick up her child and the child is stranded somewhere late in the evening while she tries to figure out a way to get someone else to go pick him up now that she's home and needs to make dinner. This did not bode well for the rest of the book [for those of us who don't routinely completely forget about our children and leave them alone in public places late at night....]
Much of the advice in this book falls into the category of "simplify your life with children by paying someone else to deal with the little brats". There is much about how parents should put their children in day care all day [and don't EVER let your child think they have the ability to cause you to delay your departure because of their pathetic tears, etc, etc, etc] and then get a sitter to care for the children in the evenings so mom can have "Me" time and parents can have "Us" time. Apparently, if you schedule 2 hours of "quality time" on Sunday afternoon with your kids, that's really all they need.
There was also a big push to teach the kids "self sufficiency" - as in, your 5 year old really can get his own breakfast so he doesn't "bother" you. I'm all for self sufficient kids and encouraging my children to be strong and independant, but too much of this book was geared towards forcing your kids to basically survive without any parental assistance or interaction - yeah... I guess that would be simplier than actually caring for your kids yourself. At least until they turn 13 and get put in jail for shooting up the school or something.
There were a few good ideas in this book, but not nearly enough to warrant wading through all the bad parenting advice and depressing disregard for children's well being. "Shelter for the Spirit" by Victoria Moran includes some great chapters on re-prioritizing and simplifying that are very child-friendly and would lead to strong parent-child relationships. In my opinion, parents would do better to read what Moran has to say and skip this particular book by St. James.
Skim.......2003-11-07
It is probably most effective to read the first twenty pages or so and skim the rest. Not up to par with "Simplify Your Life", but the early parts still have some very good advice. The rest is also good, but can easily be condensed by skimming and reading paragraphs of interest.
Annoying and Out-Of-Touch.......2002-06-16
I won't restate what has been said by other amazon reviewers of this book - this book was a waste of my time and money. I had so enjoyed St. James' original Simplify Your Life book and was looking forward to reading this book. However, page after page proved to be annoying and genearlly useless. This book IS NOT about simplifying your life. If I had know I was going to be reading a How To Raise Your Kids book, I would have picked one by someone who knew something about it.
On top of the other reviewers' comments that St. James' suggestions are too simplistic and sometimes even harmful, I would add that if I had the money to implement all of her "simple" suggestions, I would move out of the country and greatly simplify my life. Her suggestions to single parents to "buy used" and steer cleer of impulse purchases are patronizing and sorely out of touch. Further, her assumptions about "male" and "female" traits and roles are not relevant to the lives of anyone I know.
St. James should stick with material she knows.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charlestown were the first major battles of the American Revolution. Brendan Morrissey describes how the sparks at Lexington and Concord ignited the smouldering resentment of the Colonists into the flame of a rebellion. Colonist militia were pitted against British Redcoats in a series of struggles which led the British to evacuate Boston and to George Washington taking command of the fledgling American army. He looks at the forces involved: the regulars of the British Army, the Royal Navy and the American militia and 'minutemen'. The opposing commanders are also examined and the book is laid out in order to clearly show each of the phases in this early part of the American War of Independence: Lexington and Concord, Bunker/Breed's Hill and the American siege of British held Boston. Finally, the author investigates the reaction in Great Britain, Europe and America to the rebel success.
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Too technical, from British point of View.......2007-06-07
This book had great visuals, but the writing just did not flow. I love learning about the Revolutionary War, but found myself bored with what was written. The book was quite brief so even though some points were tedious, it was a quick read.
Everything Anyone Needs to Know About the Opening Campaign of the American Revolutionary War!.......2007-03-13
How can anyone not love the Osprey series of books?
Whenever I'm researching a military campaign or would just like to know a more about what happened historically, I turn to the Osprey series of publications. They are well organized, written, and illustrated and provide the reader with state-of-the art maps and graphics.
This particular volume provides the essentials on the Battles of Concord/Lexington and Breed's (Bunker Hill). Author Brendan Morrissey covers the following:
- The Road to War (Colonial America and Colonial policies)
- The Seat of War (Boston in 1775)
- The Opposing Commanders
- The Opposing Armies
- Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775)
- Breed's Hill (17 June 1775)
- The Seige of Boston
- Aftermath
- The Battlefields Today
- Chronology
- A Guide to Further Reading
- Wargaming the Boston Campaign
In short, this neat book contains everything anyone needs to know about the opening campaign of the Revolutionary War that set the stage for a British defeat eight years latter.
Excellant coverage.......2006-05-22
Hard to believe a Brit can write a good book on the American revolution but here it is.
Well organized and nicely written and also very balanced. A fun read. Maps are very good.
Great stuff!.......2005-11-26
Great stuff! Great maps and information - based upon fact and not fiction.
Tory propaganda weakens an otherwise useful text.......2005-08-23
I bought this book at the Bunker Hill national monument recently, hoping it would fill in the gaps that David McCullough left out of his excellent 1776. Unfortunately, I finished the book only more desperate to find a book that not only solved my original dilemma but could also serve as an antidote to this one.
First, what the book is and what it is not. It is not a narrative of what took place in Boston in 1775. Instead, it is a sequential distillation of the military events of 1775 in and around Boston. To be fair, it is part of the Campaigns series so I should not fault it for not reaching for the same heights that McCullough did.
I would not have minded this approach, however, had the author been even remotely objective in his presentation of the known facts -- or perhaps even-handed, trading barbs against both sides. But, alas, Morrissey chooses to chide the colonists at every turn possible and to praise the redcoats for their forbearance and grace under pressure. It becomes laughable when page after page he continually defends the British taxes and the behavior of the British regulars while portraying the American leaders as having only profit motives for rebellion and the militia as misled rabble.
I am willing to hear of our own people's weaknesses: they are many. However, to fail to note that the other side was equally flawed in aspects of its approach grows wearisome after about page 10.
In sum, the book does have great maps and visuals -- the commentary on the etchings are first rate (except when they again accuse Americans of dealing unjustly with the British). I will keep the book on the shelf for reference, but will not recommend it.
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Morrissey Shot
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To Gaze at Morrissey.......2001-10-11
It's lovely to look at pictures of Morrissey online, but the experience is enhanced ten-fold when holding the photographs in your hands. Much credit to Sterling for capturing Morrissey's essence.
Morrissey Shot rules!!!!!.......1999-02-09
This book is really great if you are somebody who is really into Morrissey--or even if you have just a slight interest.You get to see the hard work of touring the world which is normally kept behind the hard-to-reach gates of backstage.A great book for anyone with ANY interest in the world of Moz.
Flawless.......1999-02-02
After gazing at countless photographs of Morrissey, I still get that magical mysterious feeling whenever I see pictures of him. This book is definitely a must have. The world still won't listen.
Great Black and White Photography.......1999-01-17
This is a great book for those who not only enjoy Morrissey's music and songwriting, but who also like to look at him ;) Linder Sterling is an excellent black and white photographer who chose the Kill Uncle Tour- a prime time indeed- to showcase her work with him.
This one is for the Morrissey fans. Great pictures........1998-10-14
Linder Sterling, long-time companion of Morrissey, has here collected all her photographs of the star in question, all ranging from the time with The Smiths to his solo career. The photographs display Morrissey in different moods, all ranging from his superficial superstar egocentrecity to his extremely introverted vunerable self. A great book for the fans, or just people studying photography.
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Harry Lieberman: A Journey of Remembrance
Stacy C. Hollander , and
Museum of American Folk Art
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