The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

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This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler—poised on the edge of absolute victory—and Churchill—threatened by imminent invasion and defeat.

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An impressive analysis of the two men who shaped the Battle of Britain and the war in Europe.......2007-08-05

I've always had great interest in World War II, and specifically the Battle of Britain, so this book seemed like a great fit, especially considering the author's strong reputation. Interestingly, this book is not so much about the pivotal Battle of Britain -- it spans May 10, 1940 to July 31, 1940, right before the Battle began in earnest -- as it is about how the personalities and ideas of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler shaped the impending Battle of Britain and the bloody war that would follow. While the book at times moves at a glacial path and it can take time to fully digest given the author's prose, it is a fascinating analysis of Churchill and Hitler the men.

Coming away from "The Duel", I was struck by how much more impressed I was with Prime Minister Churchill than before -- if that's possible. Clearly, the author is a fan of Churchill, but his language is never gushing or over-the-top; rather, he takes great pains to show the incredible pressure Churchill faced every day as France collapsed and it seemed the Britain was next in path of the Nazi war machine. While I knew Churchill had many enemies not only in Parliament but in his own cabinet, I never knew how many of his peers -- including Lord Halifax, US Ambassador Joe Kennedy, and General Weygand in France, among many others -- doubted Britain's chances and wanted Churchill to negotiate with Hitler, even at the expense of the Empire's freedom and autonomy. The author draws this theme out, focusing on Churchill's relentless refusal to never negotiate with Hitler regardless of the consequences.

"The Duel" does a tremendous job in demonstrating not only Churchill's resolute leadership, but more how he held off Germany by the sheer force of his will. Indeed, as France was crushed, and it appeared that England had no chance to fight off a similar fate, Churchill -- often by himself -- worked tirelessly to convince French and American leaders of Britain's viability and the importance of fighting Hitler to the bitter end. It is very difficult to not feel even greater pride and respect for Churchill after finishing this book.

The author's deep analysis of Hitler's goals and motives is equally interesting. While it is easy -- and quite justifiable -- to refer to Hitler as a manical brute, the book does not take that route and, for the most part, looks at Hitler dispassionately, even acknowledging his military and rhetorical talents. In doing so, the author argues that Hitler was not obsessed with conquering the entire world or even every inch of Europe, as is often believed, and as a result was not hell-bent on physically conquering England in the same way he had done to France and other nations. Rather, Hitler did not want to force Britain to surrender through the use of invasion, in part because that was not entirely necessary in his view and also because he realized how difficult it would be to cross the channel -- thus, Hitler's multiple postponments of Operation Sea Lion. I found these areas very interesting, as it was my impression that upon France's surrender -- and even before -- Hitler was determined to crush Englad militarily. Indeed, as the author shows, Hitler held on to the hope of making peace -- obviously, a peace very slanted to Germany's advantage -- with Churchill up until July and August 1940 when he pondered Sea Lion and began the bombings. To further make the argument that Hitler was determined to force a deal upon Churchill, the author makes the bold assertion that Hitler's ill-fated decision to invade Russia in 1941 -- which he first began to forumlate around this time in 1940 -- was made by Hilter to force Churchill's hand. In other words, because Russia (along with the US) was Churchill's last great hope to help defeat the Nazis, Hitler believed that defeating the Russians would truly make Churchill alone, and thus force him to make a deal with Germnay to avoid Britain's destruction.

So, the book is full not only of tremendous personal analysis of Churchill and Hitler, but also of some arguments not generally made in World War II scholarship. One note of caution. While the book is not terribly long -- just over 200 pages -- it can be difficult to get through in parts because the author can tend to be very wordy (ex: "There survives a photograph of that event: the officers in a circle, leaning forward in their long greatcoats, listening earnestly to the general of their democratic citizen-army, who spoke to them without notes and without a microphone, in a quiet tone of determination, on that grassy cliff above a silent lake on a cool and gray day."), and also delves into very great detail throughout. In the end though, the writing -- which appeal to many anyway -- does not really take away from the book. It is a great book about the Second World War, and any one with an interest in Churchill, Hitler, or the Battle of Britain should check it out.

The mother of all "what if's"........2007-01-12

More than the new fad of "what if's". What one man and those that stood by him in those days did for us all. The younger generation should, or rather must, realize how much they owe to WSC to be able to read these lines !
jan breman

Agian will change your view of history.......2005-05-16

This book fills in the gaps one might have about the years 1939 to 1940 about the British-German front. Beautifully written, informative, the author succeeds in dramatizing the foregone conclusions that history students assume when looking at the world from the perspective of hindsight.

The Race is Not to the Swift, Nor the Battle to the Strong........2005-04-19

John Lukacs' book "The Duel" calls to mind the classic hypothetical paradox that asks what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object. In this instance the irresistible force was Adolf Hitler and his armed forces and the immovable object was Winston Churchill.

The duel that is the subject of this book takes place in the tumultuous 80-day period between May 10, 1940 and July 30, 1940. Lukacs surrounds the recitation of this 80-day period with two coincidences. On May 10, 1940 Churchill became Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. At the same time the battle for Western Europe began in earnest when Hitler launched land and air attacks on Holland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. On July 31, 1940 Hitler began making formal plans for the invasion of the USSR. On that same day U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt decided to go forward with a lend-lease program that would provide the British navy with 50 aging, but much needed destroyers.

Events in May and early June provided evidence that Hitler and his advancing armies were something of an irresistible force. The German army and air force made quick work of Holland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. France and its forces were defeated in short order as well. At the same time, in these dark early days, Churchill's hold on power was tenuous at best. As Lukacs is quick to point out, the ousted Chamberlain was more popular amongst Conservative party loyalists. Churchill's only real popular support according to surveys cited by Lukacs came from working class (labour) voters. Hitler and the U.S. Ambassador to Britain Joseph Kennedy both seemed to think that, if anything, Churchill was an easily removable force. Facts, as Lukacs points, proved both Hitler and Joseph Kennedy wrong.

The Duel is set out in a point-counterpoint fashion. It alternates between examining the war from the German and then British viewpoint. Although Lukacs is a long-time admirer of Churchill (and with good reason) his analysis of events and of the character and judgments of both Churchill and Hitler seems both astute and objective. Lukacs avoids the easy picture of Hitler as madman and is quite prepared to give him credit for the efficacy of his military plans and his ability to think rationally (and often brilliantly) about military and political developments in Western Europe. Similarly, Lukacs is not above criticizing some of Churchill's decisions or pointing out many of the mis-steps that occurred during this period.

The critical events of the 80 days covered by Lukacs'seem to me to be the successful evacuation of 350,000 British and French troops from Dunkerque in early June, Hitler's subsequent decision to not proceed with plans for the invasion of Britain, and his eventual decision at the end of July to invade Russia. Lukacs makes it clear that the German armies could have been a bit more aggressive and could have taken most of those evacuated from Dunkerque prisoner. Yet Hitler grew unusually cautious at this critical juncture. There is some evidence to suggest that Hitler thought the British would seek peace in short order but Lukacs suggests that this evidence may not be totally persuasive. Lukacs does suggest however, that if those troops had not been evacuated successfully the forces in Britain seeking reconciliation or negotiation with Hitler may have won the day.

The `duel' ends in a stalemate. Five gruesome years of war would follow. However, in terms of the classic irresistible force/immovable object paradox the stalemate clearly benefited the immovable object. Churchill, as a rational thinker, could not have entertained the belief that he could have won any major battles during this period. However, the commodity most precious to him and for the future of parliamentary democracy in Britain, was not victory but time. Britain needed time to gather strength and, most importantly, time to seek assistance from the United States. That assistance was very slow in coming. Roosevelt was in the middle of an election campaign and the forces of isolation were still very strong in the United States. By doing enough to forestall invasion, and aided by Hitler's decision to divert attention to the Soviet Union, Churchill gained the time he needed. The British armed forces were not particularly swift nor strong but in time they would be. Churchill's desparate struggle to 'buy' that time may in fact represent his finest hours.

The Duel is a very readable popular history of a very critical time in Europe's (and the world's history). His portrayal of both Hitler and Churchill seems balanced and objective. This is a very well written book that can be enjoyed equally by casual or serious students of this period. It is a good book and it is well worth reading.

Memorably Good.......2003-06-14

Whenever I discuss the Second World War with anyone, I wind up referring to this book. The pages devoted to the Nazi assault on Oslo harbor, the quick thinking of one Norwegian navy officer, and the possible impact of that officer's actions on the outcome of the war, provide a model for understanding history and the nature of man. A masterwork by an incomparably fine historian.

The Duel - The Eighty-Day (May 10 to July 31, 1940) Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

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The Duel - The Eighty-Day (May 10 to July 31, 1940) Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

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This is the story of the 80-day struggle between Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill. One was poised on the edge of victory; the other was threatened by invasion and defeat, with the freedom of the world hanging in the balance. A history of exceptional scholarship and power, The Duel reveals the truth about how close Englandand all democratic nationscame to losing the war. It is a classic account of a moment in the history of World War II and the 20th century.

The Duel: Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

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The Duel: Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler
John Lukacs
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Duel: The 8 Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

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Duel: The 8 Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler
John Lukacs , and John McDonough
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The Duel: The 80-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler (Unabridged)

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The Duel: The 80-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler (Unabridged)
John Lukacs
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The Duel (The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler)

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The Duel (The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler)
John Lukacs
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DUEL, THE, 10 May - 31 July 1940, The Eighty Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

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DUEL, THE, 10 May - 31 July 1940, The Eighty Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
John Lukacs
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The Duel: 10 May - 31 July 1940: The 80-Day Struggle between Churchill and Hitler

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The Duel: 10 May - 31 July 1940: The 80-Day Struggle between Churchill and Hitler
Lukacs John
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Caroline Zilboorg's Book "The Masks of Mary Renault".......2003-03-22

After reading this book I must say that Ms. Zilboorg certainly has included much speculation and an active would-be psychologists' imagination. Unfortunately there is not a clear grasp of her subject, and in fact there is much here that leads one astray from the real Mary Renault and her life. I cannot recommend this book to anyone who has a genuine appreciation for Ms. Renault, and urge those who do to persue the excellent and informative book "Mary Renault, A Biography",
by David Sweetman; someone who really 'knows' her.

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summary.......2007-09-24

This is the book i've been looking for, a complete review about jewelery history,with good pictures and confiable information.Best for those who want to have an overview since the ancient world up to the modern times.

Superlative short survey of the subject........2007-09-06

Clare Phillips's small volume is the best short history of jewelry I have ever seen. The text, though relatively slender, is packed with information, and the illustrations are lovely and educational. If you can only afford one book on the history of jewelry, this is the book to get.

Good introduction to the History of Jewellery.......2007-04-04

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it has done its job - leaving me wanting to know more. Clare Phillips covers the trends and machinations of each distinct period in jewellery making so I gained a good understanding of the styles of jewellery and their evolution and the historic influences of society and how this manifested in jewellery. It is well written and easy to follow with wonderful colour and black and white plates as the best examples of the period discussed. If you don't know the various styles of jewellery and their production period - this is an ideal book to start learning.

good for a beginner.......2006-08-19

I am a beginning collector, It gave me a big frame and lots of information. I am still looking for a good book that helps me in buying. This is more a history.As a history book it is great.

Glorious Jewels!!.......2004-12-14

Usually when I buy a book on jewelry, I merely gaze longingly at the pictures. Not so with this book! I read it from cover to cover. It help my interest and provided wonderful pictures along with the history of (mostly) Western jewelry. My only complaint is I wish that ALL the pictures had been in color!

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A Focused Treasury of History of Design
Beautiful Book
A True Delight for Antique Jewelry Collectors

Earrings: From Antiquity to the Present
Daniela Mascetti , and Amanda Triossi
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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ASIN: 0500281610

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There is an inexplicable magic about earrings, unmatched by any other kind of jewelry. Uniquely, they move with a life of their own, voluptuous yet pure, cold yet provocative. Earrings have been worn since prehistoric times; ancient civilizations offered earrings to their goddesses, and today they remain the most demanding and rewarding exercises of the jeweler's art. Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi, both experts from Sotheby's, are themselves under the spell of earrings, and their erudition does not disguise that this book is as much a romance as a fine piece of art-historical research. The authors relate how the fashion of wearing precious earrings spread from ancient Egypt to the Classical Greek and Roman worlds to Byzantium. Techniques in the cutting of gemstones and diamonds, perfected in the eighteenth century, allowed earring design to evolve towards its most stylish and glamorous, and the book covers every period and style up to the present. The great names among designers and international jewelry houses--Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, Bulgari--are represented in dazzling displays of precious and semi-precious earrings. Illustrations range from Rococo flowers and long, heavy girondoles thick with diamonds and emeralds to chaste Neoclassical disks and the delicate nodding sprays of the late nineteenth century. A wide-ranging study that will be a rich source of inspiration and delight for collectors, designers, and fashion lovers, this is a feast for the eye and a revelation of the wonders that artistry can create.

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A Focused Treasury of History of Design.......2007-01-07

As as jewelry designer, I am continuously researching the history of design. In building a library of references I have been very selective in my acquisitions for inspiration and research. This book is a wonderful history of design with exceptional photographs and bibliography. The section at the back with biographical annotations of designers of note is as precious, for me, as the photos and text of the book. I highly recommend this one!

Beautiful Book.......2005-01-12

Beautiful book with very pretty pictures! I was very pleased when I received it and I highly recommend it to antique jewelry fans!

A True Delight for Antique Jewelry Collectors.......2000-05-08

This book was recommended to me by my antique jewelry dealer. It is a treasure-trove of historical information with fabulous pictures and descriptions. Whether you are a collector or simply an admirer, you will not be disappointed in this well-researched book.

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Contemporary Quilts: Design, Surface and Stitch
Sandra Meech
Manufacturer: Batsford
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Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture & Stitch

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The Surface Designer's Handbook: Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric

ASIN: 0713488565

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Quilters yearning to extend their creativity and take their work to a higher level will find exactly what they're looking for in this unique guide. With more than 200 illustrations, plus the author's unique "Design Classes" and "Artist's Hints" in every chapter, it offers a fresh approach to the craft. The aim is to help those who know the basics to break away from the traditional block or prescribed pattern and build something original. A review of design and color principles shows how to find sources of inspiration and develop a theme, and quilters will also learn how to experiment on paper and cloth, use new stitching, and add embellishments. The templates and creative exercises will prove valuable again and again.

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Contemporary Quilts.......2007-04-05

Exceptional value for your money, this book is a beautiful and exciting read for artists of any media.

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Surface Textures
Anita Shackelford
Manufacturer: American Quilter's Society
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A practical guide to using surface applique to create vivid paintings, pillows, wall hangings, and decorations

Surface Applique for Quilting
Susan M. Cottrell
Manufacturer: Sterling/Chapelle
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ASIN: 1402720017

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Quilters already know that appliqué is one of the simplest yet most rewarding ways to decorate cloth. What they're about to learn is how to blend into their quilt projects just about anything from their collections of threads, yarns, cords, and wool, along with their beads, buttons, and trinkets of every shape and size. Among the 25 projects featured here: Four Seasons Wall Hanging, Ginko Leaf Table Runner, Fish Pillow, Quilt Block Tote Bag, Nine Patch Heart Panel, Bird Purse, Holiday Chair Cover, and Snuggly Fall Blanket. Patterns, instructions, illustrations of each step, and color photos of finished projects, cover both machine and hand sewing. Playful tips suggest ways to mix designs among all your projects.

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A practical guide to using surface applique to create vivid paintings, pillows, wall hangings, and decorations.......2006-09-09

Fabric artists Susan Cottrell presents Surface Applique For Quilting, a practical guide to using surface applique to create vivid paintings, pillows, wall hangings, and decorations. Black-and-white diagrams as well as full-color photographs on almost every page illustrate each step of the applique process. An introduction offers a brief refresher course in applique steps, and the individual projects listed range from decorations of birds to a quilt block tote, to a spooky wall hanging for Halloween, and much more. An excellent applique project guide and source of inspiration for intermediate to experienced level needlecraft enthusiasts.

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Make Your Own Dyes.......2007-08-02

Small in stature, but a chubby book at 288 pages, this contains a wealth of info for anyone wanting to use natural dyes. The first 31 pages tells the dying techniques and ideas for foraging and using plants. Each plant is then listed alphabetically with 2 pages for each. You get the common name, botanic name, a general description with other possible uses such as being edible, then the dye applications. It tells what colors you get when you mix the plant with alum, chrome, copper, tin, iron, and no mordant. It also gives the lightfastness of the dye (amount of fading to expect).
There are 126 plants, mostly wildflowers, but also some trees.
The second page shows a sketch of each plant drawn by the author's husband. These seem more decorative than practical for identification purposes. It has a cross-index at the back for the common and botanical names.

Vegetable dyes from North American plants,

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Vegetable dyes from North American plants,
Douglas Leechman
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North American Dye Plants
Bliss Anne
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UDYW06

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In the five years following the passage of federal welfare reform law, the labor force participation of low-income, single mothers with young children climbed by more than 25 percent. With significantly more hours spent outside the home, single working mothers face a serious childcare crunch—how can they provide quality care for their children? In "Putting Children First," Ajay Chaudry follows 42 low-income families in New York City over three years to illuminate the plight of these mothers and the ways in which they respond to the difficult challenge of providing for their children's material and developmental needs with limited resources.

Using the words of the women themselves, Chaudry tells a startling story. Scarce subsidies, complicated bureaucracies, inflexible work schedules, and limited choices force families to piece together care arrangements that are often unstable, unreliable, inconvenient, and of limited quality. Because their wages are so low, these women are forced to rely on inexpensive caregivers who are often under-qualified to serve the developmental needs of their children. Even when these mothers find good, affordable care, it rarely lasts long because their volatile employment situations throw their needs into constant flux. The average woman in Chaudry's sample had to find five different primary caregivers in her child's first four years, while over a quarter of them needed seven or more in that time.

This book lets single, low-income mothers describe the childcare arrangements they desire and the ways that options available to them fail to meet even their most basic needs. As Chaudry tracks these women through erratic childcare spells, he reveals the strategies they employ, the tremendous costs they incur and the anxiety they face when trying to ensure that their children are given proper care.

Honest, powerful and alarming, "Putting Children First" gives a fresh perspective on work and family for the disadvantaged. It infuses a human voice into the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of welfare reform, showing the flaws of a social policy based solely on personal responsibility without concurrent societal responsibility, and suggesting a better path for the future.

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Wynton Marsalis's captivating text and Frank Stewart's stunning photographs give readers a year in the life of today's premier jazz musician and composer. Marsalis's account of his world of grueling travel, performances, and backstage encounters includes views on rap, the road, romance, creativity, politics, culture, and the role of the artist in American society. By turns lyrical, down to earth, exalted, and profane, the book itself is structured like the "sweet swing blues" of the title. 180 photos.

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Marsalis writes as good as he plays!.......2005-11-03

Combine Armstrong, Ellington, Twain and Leonard Bernstein and you get Wynton Marsalis. His musical genius is well-established but his prose writing is just as good. SWEET SWING is part travelogue, part history book, part opera, part day-in-the-life of a jazz band, part philosophy of celebration of existence. A total package of words that swing, baby, from sentence to sentence. There is enough in this book to delight anyone with eyes and ears!
You tap your feet and snap yr fingers to Marsalis' writing. If you weren't a jazz fan before reading this magnum opus, you will be now.
Frank Stewart's photography supplies a visual rhythm section spanning the entire keyboard of jazz and American existence!

Treat for Eye and Ear........2001-01-02

The book "Sweet Swing Blues on the Road" is a fantastic view into the life of American jazz darling Wynton Marsalis.

It professes and appears at first glance to be about life touring on the road, but instead reveals itself as a collection of essays about subjects as diverse as bandmates, romance, and of course music.

The tone Marsalis takes is very reminiscent of his good friend, Stanley Crouch, who wrote most of the liner notes for Marsalis' albums. However, while Crouch can come off as losing a ferocious battle against the English language, Marsalis seems earthy, clever, and insightful.

Marsalis writes like a musician or every black preacher worth a drive. He has a cadence. A strong cadence. A cadence that finds resonation in the soul. He developes writing themes like any good improviser should.

It is clear that Marsalis has spent time with noted writer Albert Murray, whose book "Stomping the Blues" finds a kindred heart in "Swing Sweet . . ."

Readers receive a sneak peak at Marsalis' Pulitzer-prize winning epic "Blood on the Fields" as some of the sights of this book reappear in that work. Readers also find themselves agreeing with Marsalis' view of rap ("Rappers have funny haircuts") and misunderstandings of jazz.

Photographer Frank Stewart provides visual compliments to the text in fine black and white fashion. Perhaps the belle of this ball is the out of fucus shot of the late Dizzy Gillespie with an in-focus sillouette of Marsalis in the foreground.

"Swing Sweet home blues" is a great book that people who like jazz would love and those who don't understand jazz owe to themselves to check out.

A Window On Wynton.......2000-12-22

There's more to Mr. Marsalis than his stewardship of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. There's even more to him than his relationship with Albert Murray and Stanley Crouch. This book is--in addition to being a polemic on self-worth, love, and swing--the diary of one of the greatest working jazz bands of all time (well, since Buddy Bolden, anyway): The Wynton Marsalis Septet. Wynton gives you a seat on the bus, and it's an illuminating look at the life of a working band. My only quibble is that too many pictures go without captions: It's up to you to figure out that Wynton is hugging Clark Terry somewhere in Greenwich Village.

Travelogue of a Legend.......2000-07-04

Wynton Marsalis is commonly referred to as the leader of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in New York. His fame was established through years of touring with his brilliant Wynton Marsalis Septet. It is from that period in his creative life that this memory album comes. Frank Stewart's genius snapshots are complimented by Marsalis' commentary on a multitude of topics. Some excerpts are just recollections, others read like sermons. If nothing else, one is given a chance to observe Wynton in all of his elements - intellectually, musically, and socialy as well. His band is also introduced throughout the episodes. A highly intimate journey through the life of a jazz legend in our time.

Wynton swings sweet to eye as well as ear........1998-05-05

The book "Sweet Swing Blues on the Road" is a fantastic view into the life of American jazz darling Wynton Marsalis.

It is clear that Marsalis has spent time with noted writer Albert Murray, whose book "Stomping the Blues" finds a kindred heart in "Swing Sweet . . ."

"Swing Sweet home blues" is a great book that people who like jazz would love and those who don't understand jazz owe to themselves to check out. END

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Sweet Swing Blues On The Road -
Wynton Marsalis -
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Sweet Swing Blues on the Road
Wynton and Frank Stewart MARSALIS
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Sweet Swing Blues on the Road
Wynton Marsalis
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dangers of psychedelic psychotherapy.......2007-05-05

Yehiel Dinur, Ka-Tzetnik 135633 survived the horrors of the Holocaust only to discover that survival alone would not end his torment. Hunted by distressing symptoms of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) he underwents a supervised LSD treatment program. Unfortunately after many sessions his situation deteriorates and he decides to leave the program. He writes near the end of the book: "I can't stop thinking that maybe I shouldn't have provoked fate by trying to rewrite my life script. Maybe I should never have made that trip to En-Dor, should never have used LSD to conjure up the secret that a Hand, keeping its own counsel, had cared enough to hide from me."

Short, honest and heart-wrenching book highly recommended to all transpersonal psychotherapists, underground psychedelic therapists, Holotropic Breathwork practitioners and everyone else interested in the depths of human psyche.

a witness to the greatest atrocity in history.......2003-01-04

This book is a great insight into the personality of the author Yehiel Dinur a.k.a Katzetik. The book stands on its own as a powerful recording of the events that took place in the life of the author during the holocaust. As with all of Katzetnik's books the events are heart wrentching. Particulary worth recalling in this book is when he for the first time goes to a beach in Europe during his medical treatment of the 1970s and exposes his arm that was tatooed in Aushwitz with his inmate number 135633. The scene is chilling and unforgetable. The premise of the use of LSD to come to terms with his lifelong nighmares about his experiences of the holocaust is secondary except for the fact that it is through this means that the author comes to terms with his pain caused by the cruel germans and their helpers. Overall, this book is an important read and is even more stunning if you read Katzetnik's other books. Katzetmik is one of the most powerful and important authors on the subject of the holocaust and his books are a must read for everyone lest the world forget what happened.

haunting good book.......1999-06-28

This book is not for the faint hearted or for the person whio is interested in history. The premise of the book is that the author relives his Aschiwitz experence through LSD treatment by a psychogist. Some things he remembers are likley to have happened to him, and some are a nightmare of things he cannot escape. If you want to read any of this authors books you need to have a strong stomach, It is a very rewarding and powerfull book if you are up for it

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Shivitti : una visión
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Manufacturer: Ediciones La Llave
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8492393351

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Shivitti : a vision
Ka-tzetnik 135633
Manufacturer: HarperSanFrancisco
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEWCIK

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Shivitti: A Vision
Eliyah Nike; Herman, Lisa Ka-tzetnik 135633; Translated By: De-nur
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KOYGGK

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Shivitti: a Vision

Manufacturer: Harper & Row
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GPLF2Q

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