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The biography of the man known as the "Machiavelli of the 19th century." Heinrich von Treitschke was born in 1834 at Dresden, the son of a Saxon general of Bohemian origin. From 1858 to 1866 he was Professor at Freiburg. After a short period of activity at Kiel, he was in Heidelberg till 1874,when he went to Berlin, where he remained till his death in 1896.
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The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck
Baron Trenck
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The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck
Baron Trenck
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The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck - Complete
Baron Trenck
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The extraordinary adventures of a larger-than-life Prussian
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Translated by Thomas Holcroft
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There were two cousins Von der Trenck, who were barons descended from an ancient house in East Prussia, and were adventurous soldiers, to whom, as to the adventurous, there were adventures that lost nothing in the telling, for they were told by the authors' most admiring friends - themselves. Franz, the elder, was born in 1711, the son of an Austrian general; and Frederick, whose adventures are here told, was the son of a Prussian major-general.
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Translated by Thomas Holcroft
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Thomas Holcroft, the translator of these Memoirs of Baron Trenck, was the author of about thirty plays, among which one, The Road to Ruin, produced in 1792, has kept its place upon the stage. He was born in December, 1745, the son of a shoemaker who did also a little business in horse-dealing. After early struggles, during which he contrived to learn French, German, and Italian, Holcroft contributed to a newspaper, turned actor, and wrote plays, which appeared between the years 1791 and 1806.
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During Ten Years Imprisonment At The Fortress Of Magdeburgh By The Command Of The Late King Of Prussia.
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Each reflective sentence extraordinarily at the character and their time.......2006-12-28
Gentleman, faithful a tyrant's servant, gallant columnist of a century of honor. I recommend their reading. Trenck was a loser that made everything to win. However was happy.
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Multistate Corporate Tax Guide, 2002
John Healy
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Miller Not-For-Profit Organization Audits With Single Audits: 2003-2004
Warren Ruppel
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A Must Have Guide Book for Anyone Interested in Double Eagle Gold Coins.......2006-09-10
Dave Bowers has shown us all once again his superb writing skills and in-depth Numismatic knowledge with this fairly new release on what just may be the worlds most popular gold coin, the US Double Eagle. All that is missing from this superb date by date analysis of the US double eagle gold coins guidebook is up to date pricing information, which of course has seen many changes ( most to the upside) since the release of this book.
Whether you are investing in these coins or collecting them , this is one of the guidebooks you need to study this facinating and important series of US gold coins. As a professional coin dealer and specialist in double eagles, I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in these coins. Buy the book before you buy the coins!
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The Quilter's Companion is a pocket-sized hardcover notebook for anyone who loves needlework. It offers 180 lined pages divided by 6 colorful, subject-specific tabs; Planning, Design, Patterns, Collecting, Care and Projects. This notebook also features a brief description of the Gees Bend quilts that are pictured, nameplate and zippered pocket for easy storage of color swatches, dye lot labels or receipts.
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POCKET SIZE QUILTERS COMPANION.......2005-08-03
OF NO USE TO ME .......A WASTE OF MONEY...LOVE THE QUILTS ... CAMPANIAN BOOK OF NO USE TO ME.....THANK YOU JOAN
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The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the 21st century are complex and extensive. Taking a distinctively rigorous theoretical approach, this book considers these issues from a number of perspectives, broadening current debate to a wider multidisciplinary audience. These collected essays from the leading experts in the field focus on theory, education and practice in this essential sector of architecture, and help to formulate solutions to the environmental, disaster management and housing challenges facing the global community today.
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an A-Z jargon-free primer for parents about school.......1999-06-04
Here's everything a parent wants to know when his child enters school: What should you look for in the classroom? How do you teach science to a kindergartner? What is a "whole language program" and why are there so many different ways to teach reading?
The book includes an entire section of fun conversation starters and easy-to-do activities. A parent can use these to support her child's school learning and demonstrate a high regard for education.
Beyond formal classroom learning and casual at-home learning, the author strongly encourages school-home partnerships. What kindergartner or first-grader could ask for a better ambiance for learning?
I only wish the book would be up-dated soon.
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David Merrick is the most astonishing showman of our time, and perhaps of all time. No other producer, not even Florenz Ziegfeld nor the combined lights of the Shubert brothers, has equalled his percentage of hits or his demonic flair for publicity. In this first-ever biography, Howard Kissel from his decade-long investigation reveals the man, the mask, and the myth of David Merrick. The charismatic and reclusive mogul emerges as a Broadway version of Howard Hughes, with his own panoply of eccentricities, genius and neuroses. Merrick's much publicized and oftentimes staged battles and feuds are re-ignited here full force with such major personalities as Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Ethel Merman, Lena Horne, Woody Allen, Peter Ustinov, Andy Griffith, Anthony Newley, Peter Brook, and Carol Channing. Over a hundred interviews with the major players in Merrick's drama - from his pre-Merrick St. Louis childhood as David Margoulies to his latest divorce - has yielded the first serious interrogation of a life that until now has been the sole creation of Merrick's own invention and press wizardry.
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- A Benchmark for the Genre
- Home Is Where The Heart Is!
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Deja Views of an Aging Orphan
Sam George Arcus
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DEJA VIEWS OF AN AGING ORPHAN is distinctive, if not unique, in its views and experiences of still alive HNOH alumni and its use of a variety of literary styles including the memoir, the essay, news articles, poems, history, short story and letters. Many provide first-person accounts of growing up in an orphanage in the 1920s and 30s and it is this first-person recounting that breaks new ground and casts new light on the subject of child-care --of such importance to society and its social policy-making.
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A Benchmark for the Genre.......2001-02-18
*Professor Roy Lachman reviews Deja Views of an Aging Orphan; Growing Up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home (Xlibris, Philadelphia) by Sam George Arcus.
For the first time in over 50 years, there is a resurgence of interest in a "faith-based" approach to social services, driven by the current administration in the White House. Sam George Arcus' book, a retrospective on his childhood and youth in a pre-WWII Hebrew orphan home, provides invaluable data and insights into the efficiency and effectiveness of the faith-based services delivered by these homes.
During the first half of the twentieth century, institutions dealt with several constituencies: orphans, criminals, and what were then called the "insane". The care of criminals and the insane was the province of government, except for a few private clinics serving the well to do mentally ill. The care of orphans, on the other hand, was almost exclusively the province of faith-based institutions such as the Hebrew National Orphan Home (chronicled by Arcus), Academies of the Sacred Heart, institutions sponsored by other denominations and the well-known Boys Town located in Nebraska.
Today, these roles are very different. The mentally ill are treated by private, for profit institutions providing they have insurance. Government handles the criminally insane. There are relatively few asylums for the uninsured mentally ill; these people make up a disproportionate number of what are now called "the homeless," who are served largely by faith-based, not-for-profit organizations. There are virtually no orphan homes any more; instead, orphaned children without family are usually assigned to foster homes under the auspices of the state. Criminals are still the province of government, with a prison population that has expanded beyond the wildest predictions that could have been made, say, in 1950. Into this milieu President Bush has declared his intention to invite faith-based institutions once again to deal with contemporary social problems. So how can a book like Deja Views of an Aging Orphan enlighten our approach to the social issues of today? Although the data presented are anecdotal, they are very rare. No controlled studies exist comparing the effectiveness of orphanages with that of foster care - there was limited temporal overlap, and the social contexts of the different historical periods in which they occurred rendered comparison futile. However, the anecdotal evidence, as well as some of the reflections offered by Arcus, suggests that group homes may well work better than foster care in terms of protecting the children from the type of abuse that contributes to the burgeoning prison population. If government funds are to be funneled to faith-based programs while foster care is still the primary method of serving orphaned or dependent children, and if some of these programs return to traditional group homes, a golden opportunity exists to equate many of the variables that affect outcomes, thus permitting a principled evaluation of foster care as opposed to congregate group care. Arcus' book provides a rich source of hypotheses for such work. In fact, it can be perceived as a benchmark for the genre labeled "Orphanology" by Dr. Stanley Friedland, co-author of an earlier work An Orphan Has Many parents (KTAV Publishers, NY) to which Arcus also contributed. Besides its value in support of research, Deja Views is an entertaining and often touching account of one man's journey to adulthood through a non-traditional path. Arcus has captured the flavor of the orphan homes in which he was placed, as well as their lasting influence on him as a person and the definition of himself as an "aging orphan." It is well worth reading.
*Dr. Roy Lachman, is Professor and Director of Graduate Training of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston TX,...
Home Is Where The Heart Is!.......2001-02-01
Growing up in a family consisting of two loving parents, a sister and doting grandparents, it is hard to fathom that there are others in this world not as fortunate as you are. But Sam George Arcus's book, Deja Views Of An Aging Orphan will prove to anyone who reads this most wonderful descriptive book, that there still can be love and devotion and a sense of family with children bonding together to form a "brotherhood" of long lasting and loving relationships. Intertwined with the trials and tribulations of being designated as "orphans" or "inmates", these children searching for love and acceptance do come to find their Home does have some heart.
To anyone not familiar with orphanage or institutional life, and most are not, one must first understand what is an orphan? Not all orphans had two deceased parents. Some have/had one and were called half-orphans, others might even have/had both, but abandoned because of ill health, poverty or other reasons. These children were placed in institutions through no fault of their own. Many carrying resentment of other relatives, i.e. aunts, uncles and cousins who refused to "save" them from this new and scary life. For those lucky few that still had some family, their Sunday and holiday visits meant the world to them. The caring women's auxiliaries and other organizations that went out of their way to donate their time and monies to make life as pleasant and normal as possible for these children were to be commended.
Throughout the pages of Deja Views Of An Aging Orphan, Sam Arcus brings to us 50 to 60 years of memories, stories, columns and thoughts of what life was like and how it was lived at the Hebrew National Orphan Home on Tuckahoe Road, in Yonkers, NY. Laughter and tears are contained in "all the parts" of this book that makes it "whole".
A wonderful read! "You Are There!"....just as Edward R. Murrow used to say.
"Orphanology" Has a New Gem!".......2001-01-25
In the genre of books by orphans about their respective orphanages, a new gem has just hit the market. "Deja Views" enables the reader to walk in the shoes of a fascinating man and re-live his development from an orphan in dire straits to that of an impact individual who has made strong contributions to our society. The author, Sam Arcus, details his childhood experiences of his life in the Hebrew National Orphans' Home and of its impact and influence on his entire life. His narrative is colorful, richly detailed and viewed from all sides. The reader is able to "feel" each experience, which gives rise to that enjoyable reading sensation of, "What's next?" The"Aging Orphan" in the title refers to the sequencing of the author's life. After leaving his own orphanage, he became a beloved supervisor in another one and then started a long and illustrious career in Jewish Community Centers where he developed a national reputation for creating some of the best Centers in the country. So, in a manner of speaking, he remained in related institutions all of his life and retained a good humored self concept as an "aging orphan." Given the width and breath of his total experiences, which are richly detailed in the book, the author is uniquely well qualified to add some new and valuable insights and observations to the emerging field of "orphanology".And he does so, eloquently, informatively and interestingly. Whether you are a scholar in this field, or just looking for a good read, I would recommend this book to you with great enthusiasm. It is, indeed, a gem!
Stan Friedland Syosset, N.Y.
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- A JOURNEY WORTH TAKING, A BOOK WORTH READING.
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Journeys: Sequel to Deja Views of an Aging Orphan
Sam George Arcus
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All the stories in this volume are "free-standing" short stories, but the first eight can be regarded as "sequels" to the author's prvious work, "DEJA VIEWS OF AN AGING ORPHAN" since they pick up on characters and themes first introduced in that book. The remaining stories are rooted in the United States, albeit in different cities as the author climbs the ladder of greater responsiblilties in his social work career.
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A JOURNEY WORTH TAKING, A BOOK WORTH READING........2002-08-18
I have reviewed many books in the past. This is, however, a new experience for me. I know the author; he was a beacon in my own bleak childhood. After fifty years of journeying in different directions, we are once again in touch. On every page I recognize the beam of hope that he has cast for all who entered his life. If this review appears as much a tribute as a critique, it is only fair to tell the reader where I am coming from.
Journeys is a combination of autobiography and history of the authorâs family. The autobiography has a âdeep structureâ dealing with the perennial struggle of conscience over expediency, and between principle and self-interest. In this connection, the book describes the bureaucracies that the author has battled, interspersed with stories of the many troubled individuals that the author befriended and to whom he provided non-intrusive and invaluable guidance. This is all done without self-congratulation; in fact, he gives himself various pseudonyms as he relates these stories.
My own relationship to the author is not described in the book, but those that are reported are highly representative of it. Here it is impossible not to interpose a personal account of what Sam meant to me. I too was an orphan. My mother was institutionalized when I was ten. My father was unable to care for a grieving and desperately unhappy pre-adolescent. After family members gave up on me, I was deposited on the doorstep of the Pride of Judea Childrenâs home, where Sam Arcus was a counselor. Sam, a caring and dedicated mentor, taught us all that âa journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,â and he encouraged us to get all the education we could for that journey. He shared what he was learning as a part-time college student, and although I believed it to be far beyond my capacity to achieve, he gave me the longing for knowledge that ultimately would lead me to a Ph.D. and a deeply satisfying academic career. At twelve years old, I felt I had only one true friend, and that friend was Sam.
At age sixteen, in early 1944, I joined the wartime merchant marine. Sam and I had many conversations about the wisdom of that decision prior to its implementation. I hear echoes of those discussions in several chapters of the book. For instance, one chapter deals with a family contemplating and pursuing conversion from Catholicism to Judaism, and another is about a frightened, lonely and bewildered youngster who had been through them all -- counselors, social workers, parole officers, cops â" without relief. Among the many reasons the author is able to help where others fail is that he never forgot the loneliness, bewilderment and fright from his own childhood and adolescence.
The earlier book, Deja Views, told of Samâs own experiences as an orphan at the Hebrew National Orphan Home, and as a counselor at the Pride of Judea. Journeys contains historical accounts of Samâs family in Russia, explaining how he came to HNOH, and autobiographical accounts of his career as a social worker and administrator of various Jewish Community Centers in the United States. (Never mind the pseudonyms; all the characters are Sam.) The family history is fascinating, giving the reader a glimpse into the true meaning of the phrase, âThe best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray.â As the son of a relatively prosperous Jewish horse breeder in Russia, Samâs father Nochem came to the United States with plans to bring his wife Basha and two young children along as soon as he had the means to do so. However, his younger sister was involved with a non-Jewish Army officer, and the scandalized family agreed that he should bring her to the New World first, using the papers he had obtained for his wife. His children would not leave Russia without their mother, and so Nathanâs sister came alone.
Then came World War I. Nathanâs wife and children fled a pogrom and, believing they were dead, Nathan married Samâs mother Mollie. They had two children together before they learned that Basha and Nathanâs children had in fact survived. The financial burden of supporting Nathanâs two families, and the unfortunate accidental death of Nathan and Mollieâs first-born, plunged Mollie into a depression from which she never recovered. She died in a fall from a building that may or may not have been suicide, and that is how Sam came to be a ward of the HNOH.
These stories are told with warmth, sensitivity and an occasional dash of humor. Even those who were the villains in young Samâs life are given a voice to tell their version of the truth. The story of a family torn asunder by its cultural placement, its own values (even if self-destructive), and the inexorable march of history is rich and textured.
Next is an account of Samâs journey from 1940 to today. Samâs goodness has never tarnished. He has consistently maintained the values he shared with his orphaned charges as a youth, and has never sacrificed integrity for expediency. No human institution is perfect; all serve the needs of the people who staff them whether or not these needs are congruent with the institutional mission. Sam always tried to do what he believed he had been hired to do, and not surprisingly, this resulted in an employment history that did not progress on a smooth and straight line. He encountered men whose wealth and power substituted for learning and talent. He ran up on the political rocks of organizations whose rifts were there long before he arrived. But through it all, Sam never lost his belief that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, he never stopped working to improve social institutions and he never stopped counseling troubled young people to take that first step. His relatively newly-minted career as an author show that his own Journey is far from over.
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