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The word no has figured prominently in our popular culture in the past two decades. "Just say no." "What part of 'no' didn't you understand?" The idea is that no is easily understandable and always definite, as if all social interactions were as simple as that of a parent laying down the law for a child. But as any child quickly figures out, the word no usually means there was a flaw in negotiating strategies, and is only a temporary setback.
That's where Stephen Pollan steps in. As a financial and legal consultant, he coaches clients into favorable resolutions to their problems, whether they've been turned down for business loans, offered great jobs they have reservations about, or been fired from jobs they knew they were good at. In Turning No into Yes, he argues that the path from no to yes involves six steps: figure out the real problem; deal with just one problem at a time (often there are clusters of problems contributing to a rejection); focus on facts and put aside emotions; become an expert on the situation (in others words, know what people in your field make; why your superiors may have turned down your proposal; and who is really undermining your efforts behind the scenes); make sure the people you're dealing with really know and trust you; and, if it's still an issue after you've gone through those steps, get them to reverse their decision and tell you yes.
The beauty of Turning No into Yes is that Pollan and his cowriter, Mark Levine, use real-world examples to demonstrate every point they're making. We see partners in an art gallery work out a sticky ownership issue; an NBA basketball player learn to become a true businessman; an editor at a magazine get the raise he deserves. Somewhere in this book you'll recognize yourself as well as a situation you've found yourself in--or will soon find yourself in. And once you've read it, you'll want to keep it on your shelf for the day when the situation you never anticipated comes to pass. --Lou Schuler
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At last, a single audio that really explains how to solve your money problems and end worries about your business and career - better yet, an audio that explains how to actually turn adversity into success, and how to get your own way even in "hopeless" situations. Your guide will be Stephen Pollan, America's most trusted financial advisor, whose unique approach to financial problem solving is sought out by high profile clients from every walk of American life.
Stephen Pollan has shown literally thousands of his clients how to look beyond their money worries, and how to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of their desired goals. Now, in Turning No Into Yes, his method is available to the public for the first time. Underlying his technique is the unconventional belief that behind every money problem is a "no" - an obstacle, obvious or hidden. You'll find out how to locate the hidden problem, every unspoken "no" behind every sort of money worry, and turn it into a "yes".
Turning No Into Yes is like having a coach, strategist, and motivator at your beck and call, 24 hours a day!
Customer Reviews:
Good collection of chronic NO situations and techniques to handle them.......2007-10-14
Were you turned down for a loan, a salary hike, or a promotion? Don't worry. This book has lots of simple techniques to be adopted to turn a NO situation into a YES situation. Most of the examples/content was fettered to career and financial situations. However, some of the techniques can be applied to other situations as well.
If you are a gobbler, it would be hard to make most out of the book. Most of the concepts were conveyed through real life stories. If you miss the stories, you may miss important concepts.
In essence, you can use the simple checklist proposed by the authors to approach all problems - determine the problem, handle one problem at a time, focus on the facts, become an expert, create an environment of trust & turn NO into YES.
The size of the font in this text could have been bigger. Overall, I liked this book very much. I am now exhilarated to read "Die Broke" also :)
How To Turn Adversity Into Success!.......2002-03-16
Turning No into Yes : Six Steps to Solving Your Financial Problems (So You Can Stop Worrying)
by Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine
This book demonstrates to the reader how you can look beyond your cash flow problem to the underlying issues, and then gives sound advice and principles in how to deal with those underlying issues.
In every case the path from no to yes is similar:
1. Determine your problem. Is the loan delayed because the banker doesn't like you, or because your income statement doesn't show enough in the asset column?
2. Make sure your dealing with one problem at a time. Don't try to rework your marketing at the same time that you trim your staff.
3. Focus on facts, Make sure that your own fears and worries aren't blinding you to the way things really are.
4. Become an expert. Immerse yourself in your problem; assemble all of the information you need to understand your needs and wants, as well as those of your opposite number.
5. Create an environment of trust; and, if you need to, Turn NO Into YES.
Now that you know the secrets to the authors principle, you should invest in this book and read hundreds of scenarios , ahowing how this technique can be applied in your life, and eventually become a piece of your self-worth fabric.
This book is like having a motivator, coach, and strategist at your home all of the time.
Highly recommend this book, and suggest you put it in your financial literacy library today!
An excellent tool to solve financial problems.......2000-09-16
I bought this book because I was familiar with the authors (I had read their books Die Broke and Live Rich which helped me very much). In the first part of the book, They explain the six step-approach to solve financial problems.I was really looking for a book like this one. We face many kinds of money problems every day. In the past I bought books about logical decision making and none is more useful and well thought than this one. Parts 2,3,4,and 5 give examples on how to use the method. I recommend to read these parts; they can be consulted in the future if are not needed at this time. Also by reading them, the whole concept is better understood and practically the six steps are memorized. Please do not think that you need to behave robot-like and use the entire six steps every time you face a problem. In my opinion,this book teaches that We need to approach every financial problem as much rationally as We can.And The more We try to do it the better We are going to become at it.
Super Advice.......2000-02-02
The book gives you straight answers on how to face challenges, financial and otherwise, that come your way in life: on the job and at home. I liked the examples the authors used; they were vivid and real. Bottom line is solve the problems you face and take responsibility for your actions.
Recommend this book in conjunction with another book on self direction and leadership I use called: "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."
Customer Reviews:
Show Me The Money!.......2000-07-21
This is an excellent resource for libraries seeking big bucks for large projects. The indexing and state by state information provides for easy searching for local grant giving organizations. Future publications of this resource may wish to add company information in state by state format instead of alphabetical so one doesn't wind up going back and forth. Though the information is absolutely marvelous the cost is overpriced, especially for libraries seeking funds! Smart librarians should resource share in order to fully reap the benefits without wiping out the budget.
Good resource, but not sure it's worth the cost.......2000-05-19
This guide is chock-a-block full of great info, but it's all to typical of trade books for fundraisers -- if you can afford these overpriced guides, maybe you don't need to be raising money after all. How many libraries have the resources for this?
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Murdering Mr. Lincoln: A New Detection of the 19th Century's Most Famous Crime
Charles Higham
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hardly worth your time > . . . .......2006-02-12
The editorial review says it all:
Conspiracy theorists and Civil War buffs may want to take a gander, but overall this book adds little to our understanding of the assassination.
Tantalizing but too much.......2004-07-19
Those interested in the politics behind the war will find Higham's work at times fascinating and horrific. The book really brings home what happened apart from the battlefront. As revered as President Lincoln is today, he made some decisions that would make 21st century citizens of a democracy cringe. Alternatively, Lincoln's detractors and political opponents did the same. It seems unfathomable to me now that Lincoln could have been hated by so many, and this book really pierces the veil of the myth surrounding his presidency and the unity of all those in the Union.
When one really ponders what Lincoln did - suspending the writ of habeas corpus, prosecuting publishers printing unfavorable information, trading with South, etc. - one realizes that Lincoln - just like everyone - is neither complete hero nor complete villain - but a convoluted mix of gray areas.
But a reflection on Lincoln is not an intended objective of this book. Nor does it foster an argument that Lincoln deserved death. The focus here is the plot to de-throne Lincoln and make peace with the South, hatched by shadowy Confederate sympathizers, fringe Confederate spies, the European aristocracy, and some out-and-out crazies, like the chief villain George Sanders and assassian John Wilkes Booth. This objective is fulfilled in excruciating detail.
Also deeply disturbing was the revelation of the "Young Americans" Hitler-youth-type organization, the assertion that Stephen Douglas planned for a military coup d'etat over Lincoln, and the whole affair between Confederate exiles conspiring with British/Canadians to incite war with England.
A fascinating story is marred by the author's continuous barrage of trivial details. He throws so many names, places, and things at the reader that even the most astute Civil War scholar would be overwhelmed.
The book reads like a novel and while that is good for easy reading, one has to wonder how the author dug up so much granular information 150 years later. The source notes - a paltry half-dozen pages at the end - do nothing to convince me that the author did in fact thoroughly validate the accuracy of his assertions. Personally, while I think the book does contain many facts, I have to consider it more a historical novel, like Gore Vidal's "Lincoln", than a history. "Dark Union", another recent and similar book on Lincoln during the war, is much better annotated.
Manure from Hack!.......2004-06-13
Charles Higham has long seen conspiracy theories under his bed. For most of us, going to bed means counting sheep and drifting off into a restful sleep, but for Higham it must be an entirely different experience. Perhaps his sheep all wear swastika armbands on their legs, baaing in syncopation with goose-stepping spies on their way to conspire with their Hollywood friends. Now, after a long and fruitless career hacking out spy laden fiction about Hollywood's brightest stars, he turns his attention to Abraham Lincoln. The switch from Hollywood figures to political icons is consistent with Higham's long rumored belief that every celebrity was not only a Nazi spy, but a closet homosexual intent on destroying the pillars of democracy. No matter - Higham's book is without merit. This book is no more than a long supposition bracketed by historical gobbledygook and pounds of manure shoveled up from Higham's seemingly endless supply of self-created excrement. Surely, he needs some fiber in his diet, and a backbone to go with it. A soul would help, too. But we need to keep in mind a fundamental truth when considering Charles Higham's long and lucrative career - he has the right to publish what he wants. Freedom is everything, and we need to accept that, even if it means that any deranged fool raised in a leper colony by a homosexual Franciscan monk from Mars can bellow about the conspiracy that occupies his dreams. Yes, they shoot horses and diseased cattle, but not people, and so the diseased are allowed their bellowing. Such people have the strength of their beliefs, and no dialogue from the rest of us will convince them that they are wrong. We should pity them. In any event, it appears obvious that Higham has reached the end of his career. He will still publish, of course, but he is much reviled. His "lack of journalistic integrity" (as historian Tony Thomas so aptly stated) is well known. At best, we should all pray that one day such illnesses are defeated and that one day Charles Higham will finally rest in peace.
charles higham and trading with the enemy.......2004-05-29
Charles Higham's research connects various Copperhead merchants to the Confederate Secret Service, but fails to convincingly tie any of them to John Wilkes Booth. The book is worth reading primarily for its exploration of a new angle to Lincoln's assassination: Copperhead commerce with the South, reluctantly approved by Lincoln as necessary to the Union to finance the war, provided a cloak for an assassination conspiracy.
Mr. Higham almost certainly has several things wrong. He assumes the plot to kidnap Lincoln was always phony and a cover for murder. But why would Booth write in his diary, "...we sought to capture (and changed to murder at the end)"? Why would Arnold and Surratt, years after they were safe from the law, provide details of Booth's planned abduction? It's also a huge stretch to say Surratt traveled 24 hours from Elmira, N.Y. to Washington on April 13-14 and spent only 5 hours in the city, most of which was devoted to getting his hair cut and watching a transvestite show.
Finally, as with every single historian to have written on the case since 1865, Mr. Higham is willing to assume that Booth entered Lincoln's box without having determined in advance that Parker, the guard, would be absent. This, despite his precise timing of the gunshot to coincide with a laugh line in "Our American Cousin" and with Paine's assault on Seward. Booth acted according to a presumption to which he was not entitled, i.e. Parker would not be guarding Lincoln. He had to have known this.
Reinvestigating the Assassination.......2004-04-10
Abraham Lincoln was one of the most revered Presidents, and the one most threatened with death. Higham reminds the reader why Lincoln was both loved and hated (p.xv-xvi). There was a lucrative trade in contraband that benefited Lincoln's circle of friends until 1865 when a Congressional investigation changed policy (p.xvii). The failure of Ulric Dahlgren's raid "compelled" the Confederates to start raids and sabotage in northern states. Higham questions the policy of burning cotton to prevent its capture by Union forces (p.8)! England and France hated Lincoln because the Morrill tariff restricted imports. Higham claims Confederate diplomats paid to be captured (p.9)! The Confederate attack from Canada was to provoke a war with England and gain support for the Confederacy (p.10). Page 27 tells how two millionaires bought a magazine to publish their propaganda in 1852. [This still happens and is hidden by corporate fronts.] Higham describes the Young America movement and the Pierce presidency as a group out to foment revolution in other countries (pp.30-31)! The "radical" Nathaniel Hawthorne was appointed consul in Liverpool to spread subversion! Page 38 notes how the wealth of New York bankers and merchants depended on slavery. Higham claims an attempt was made to plant a bomb on Lincoln's railroad car (p.41), based on one uncorroborated report! Why did General Sherman regard reporters as spies? Because they reported Union troop movements (pp.68-69). Lincoln regularly read intercepted telegraphs from subversives.
Those who have a good background in the history of the Civil War can best judge this book. It does remind us of the many conspiracies and secret societies long forgotten. In other areas, an investigator who find secret clues overlooked by others often has created them. Lincoln remains the first President killed by a "lone gunman", but with a complete investigation into the conspiracy. Forty years after JFK's assassination we still have the cover-up and hidden secrets. Was this due to our Imperial Presidency and a weakened Congress and people?
Page 83 tells how Lincoln suppressed attempts to expose assassination conspiracies, since it would also discourage Unionists. It is so typical to portray a population as a "silent majority". McClellan's popularity is explained by putting his men's safety ahead of any victory (p.87). Or maybe he didn't want to risk defeat of the Union after a lost battle? The Union Army was more experienced and equipped afterwards. The harsh prison Camp Douglas is described (pp.88-89). Was there an attempt to kill Lincoln in February 1864 (pp.118-9)? The raid on St. Albans Vermont is described ([pp.128-132), the aftermath on pages 133-5 (money talks). Next we read that Copperheads were planning an assassination, with J. Wilkes Booth present. But this was an anonymous report filed after the fact (p.137)! Can you believe it? Chapter 6 tells of the attempts to burn New York city in 1864; it failed. Page 163 tells how the B&O railroad was used by both sides. Another curious and previously unreported incident of Booth is on pages 186-7. From improved memory? Chapter 7 shows a surprising amount of travel in those horse & buggy days. Higham acts shocked over the trading between the lines, with Lincoln's friends profiting from cotton etc. Doesn't he know that war is about loot, not ideals? Higham ends his book by claiming wealthy Copperheads were behind the murder of President Lincoln (p.244). Given the bulk of evidence showing Booth as a Confederate agent, and killing Lincoln on his own initiative, the historians in academia should treat this book in their journals. Blaming Lincoln for his own death (p.247) seems to deliberately insulting.
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A few years back, escaping the sound and fury of New York, Richard Goodman moved to a small southern French farming town he calls by the alias St. Sebastian de Caisson, everything about which "suggests the uneventful, and the eternal." There Goodman found a tiny plot of streamside land and set about raising a copious vegetable garden, about as uneventful an event as a seasoned New Yorker is likely to experience. He writes lovingly of tilling the soil and watching his lettuce, tomatoes, and leeks spring from the ground, but at heart his book is about the generous people he met during his stay and what they have to say about life on the land. Armchair travelers, gardeners, and small-scale farmers alike will enjoy his charming memoir.
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A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to oneself to till.
Richard Goodman saw the ad in the paper: "SOUTHERN FRANCE: Stone house in Village near Nimes/Avignon/Uzes. 4 BR, 2 baths, fireplace, books, desk, bikes. Perfect for writing, painting, exploring & experiencing la France profonde. $450 mo. plus utilities." And, with his girlfriend, he left New York City to spend a year in Southern France.
The village was small--no shops, no gas station, no post office, only a café and a school. St. Sebastien de Caisson was home to farmers and vintners. Every evening Goodman watched the villagers congregate and longed to be a part of their camaraderie. But they weren't interested in him: he was just another American, come to visit and soon to leave. So Goodman laced up his work boots and ventured out into the vineyards to work among them. He met them first as a hired worker, and then as a farmer of his own small plot of land.
French Dirt is a love story between a man and his garden. It's about plowing, planting, watering, and tending. It's about cabbage, tomatoes, parsley, and eggplant. Most of all, it's about the growing friendship between an American outsider and a close-knit community of French farmers.
"There's a genuine sweetness about the way the cucumbers and tomatoes bridge the divide of nationality."--The New York Times Book Review
"One of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American."--San Francisco Chronicle
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"French Dirt".......2007-10-06
As May came to Wellsboro, I longed for the smell of fresh air and the feel of my hands in the dirt. Reading Richard Goodman's "French Dirt" satisfied me when my garden efforts were stymied. An account of an American who eventually gets to know his new neighbors in a small village in France, I think "French Dirt" is better than the more well-known books by Peter Mayle.
Editor,"Of A Predatory Heart"
A fantastic travel/garden/social/cultural book!.......2007-07-19
Beautiful writing, and a delight to read. You will go back to it over and over again!
French Dirt - inspiring.......2006-04-25
I really loved this book. It made me laugh out loud. It made me tear up. It made me want to get my hands dirty.
Oooo la la.......2006-04-15
What a lovely visit to France. I enjoyed Goodman's honest appraoch to this book. It was like having a conversation. As a fairly advid gardener myself, I especially enjoyed the discussion of his garden. The people he encounters seem quite genuine and true to nature. Sometimes, it's inspiring to live in a foreign land--- even if for just a handful of hours.
Skillfully written and heartfelt,..........2003-05-31
Skillfully written and heartfelt, I found Richard Goodman's
sundrenched first novel "French Dirt" a true feast on every
level. A must read - I literally could not put this novel down.
I was transported into Mr. Goodman's village, St. Sebastien de Caisson - where the earth, sun and love interweave with one another like a summer salad - filled with fresh tomatoes that burst in your mouth from the heat of the sun, and a love story that will stir your soul. You won't want to miss a word, or a moment, of this enchanting journey!
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The Nonprofit Problem Solver: A Management Guide
Richard Lord
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A practical, hands-on manual for managers and executives of nonprofit organizations, The Nonprofit Problem Solver provides comprehensive coverage of every aspect of the nonprofit management function. The author, who has direct management experience in a number of nonprofit settings as well as extensive consulting experience, explains in clear and practicable terms what is involved in each of the particular functions. What makes the book especially valuable is its unique focus on the kinds of typical and recurrent problems that tend to arise specifically in nonprofit organizations. Lord examines each of these problems in detail, telling the reader what to watch for, what to expect, and how to avoid the problems--or if unavoidable how to deal with them successfully. The Nonprofit Problem Solver takes a potentially intimidating field and brings it into direct relevance to the daily life of nonprofit managers. Written in an easy to read "how-to" style, the book begins with a chapter designed to help managers identify their own organizations' needs. Subsequent chapters address key issues that nonprofit managers must deal with on a day-to-day basis such as: how to generate a positive cash flow; surviving an audit; how to borrow and how to finance capital acquisitions; putting together an in-house accounting manual; establishing and writing personnel policies; accounting and budget controls; compensation and compensation policies; managing the physical plant. The emphasis throughout is on management methods that can be easily and effectively implemented to produce a professionally run, smoothly operating organization. Both current managers and students in nonprofit management programs will find The Nonprofit Problem Solver an indispensable and frequently consulted reference source.
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Fairly good read.......2002-03-13
I only read this because it was a required for a degree. There are other books out there that are much better than this one.
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Exactly What I was looking for...........2007-09-16
This mangement guide is exactly what I was looking for. A Realtor for 6 years I was looking for a mangement perspective to help me navigate and negotiate my future. I found it to be comprehensive and an easy read.
Is an index really that difficult?.......2006-02-21
While this book contains some useful information, it is choppy and disorganized, perhaps a result of being 30 years old and being re-issued 4 times. And to add to the confusion, the index is terrible. Since this is primarily a reference book, lack of a thorough index is inexcusable. Needs to be revamped and brought up to date.
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Real Estate Confronts the Future by Swanepoel and Dooley delivers keen insights to 20 critical trends that are directly and will dramatically affect changes in the real estate industry during the next 10 years! Like previous "best sellers," this sequel is sure to generate a buzz in the real estate industry with individual chapters from 20 well-known and highly-qualified experts in the real estate industry. Among the many timely topics to be covered are commissions and the commission structure, VOWs (Virtual Office Websites), tax laws, technology integration, telecommunications, online education, investment opportunities of tomorrow, and much more. Both Swanepoel and Dooley are recognized as leading visionaries in the U.S. real estate industry. Real Estate Confronts the Future is a "must have" crystal ball every real estate professional in this rapidly changing industry needs to know what the future holds for real estate.
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A Must for the Real Estate Industry.......2007-08-23
The authors provide foresight in their selection of the experts they interviewed as well as the questions they asked. The views provided by the real estate leaders are both interesting and thought provoking as they share their opinions about the future of the real estate industry and why it is important to remain current with change. Swanepoel Trends Report 2007; Top 10 Real Estate Trends
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Commercial or Investment courses at proprietary real estate schools, as well as 2 and 4 year schools. Not a main text for traditional real estate Investment course.
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Management and policies of real estate brokerage
Harry Grant Atkinson
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Fine-tuned for a clearer and more logical presentation, this timely, relevant and well-written guide concentrates on the management and organizational aspects of the real estate brokerage business.
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Texas Mortgage Brokerage
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Wiedemer has updated this new edition based on the latest Texas Mortgage Broker Licensing Act and its licensure law requirements. The book provides an overview of the mortgage industry and its market segments. Federal underwriting programs are discussed in detail along with thorough coverage of borrower and property analysis. Commercial loans and other financing practices are also included.
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Texas Real Estate Brokerage and Law of Agency
Charles J. Jacobus , and
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As in many states, Texas has seen a renewed focus on real estate agency. With this new focus comes an emphasis on key topics such as professionalism, the increased complexity of real estate transactions, litigation in real estate law, and role perceptions by customers. This popular text addresses these issues through a straightforward, step-by-step approach that provides individuals with immediate reinforcement.
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As in many states, Texas has seen a renewed focus on real estate agency. With this new focus comes an emphasis on key topics such as professionalism, the increased complexity of real estate transactions, litigation in real estate law and role perceptions by customers. This popular text addresses these issues through a straightforward, step-by-step approach that provides individuals with immediate reinforcement.
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This superb fingerpicking reference book features 101 authentic, traditional blues fingerstyle licks for guitar. The goldmine of licks is divided into the following categories: Four-beat licks; Eight-beat licks; Introductions and turnarounds. The licks are written in both standard notation and guitar tablature, and recorded at a moderate speed on the companion CD. This is not a method book for beginners, but a nice collection of licks for guitarists who have some fingerstyle ability and want to do some exploring. Another GREAT guitar book from Red Dog Music Books.
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Learn essential exercises and tips as they are presented in this compilation of tunes by the legendary Robert Johnson. As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book contain valuable lessons, but as an added bonus, the three accompanying CDs contain three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction to make the style and technique of Robert Johnson something that everyone can learn. Master instructor Woody Mann teaches you step-by-step to play these selections: Kokomo Blues; Blue Day Blues; Devil Got My Woman; My Black Mama; Roll and Tumble Blues; Scream' and Hollerin' the Blues; Life Saver Blues; and Georgia Bound. Written in standard notation and tablature.
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The Roots of Robert Johnson
Stefan Grossman , and
Woody Mann
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A woman's place in Minnesota (Roots)
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Book Description
Camilla Townsend's stunning new book differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to the invading British but to ourselves.
Neither naïve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, diplomacy, and violence. Indeed, Pocahontas's life is a testament to the subtle intelligence that Native Americans, always aware of their material disadvantages, brought against the military power of the colonizing English. Resistance, espionage, collaboration, deception: Pocahontas's life is here shown as a road map to Native American strategies of defiance exercised in the face of overwhelming odds and in the hope for a semblance of independence worth the name.
Townsend's Pocahontas emerges--as a young child on the banks of the Chesapeake, an influential noblewoman visiting a struggling Jamestown, an English gentlewoman in London--for the first time in three-dimensions; allowing us to see and sympathize with her people as never before.
Customer Reviews:
The Real Pocahontas and Powhatan finally revealed. Superb!.......2007-10-15
I have finally come to the end of this fine book and am delighted to share my views. Unlike the one other reviewer here at Amazon (Mohroy), I found the book to be richly rewarding on every possible level. Camilla Townsend's academic background is well known and she is highly respected in her field. Her ability to write a compelling narative is smartly coupled with a rich list of footnotes, so many of which come from original documents. In some cases highly academic books can be a bother when you are flipping back to the footnotes; not with this book. Each note was worth the attention and always added a deeper dimension. When you consider that Townsend was building a picture of these people that was not always the mainstream her reliance on her reseach more than convinced me of her perspective.
What is the overall impression of the story she paints? I'll tell you, that when I first discovered this story, through the lens of the very emotionally moving movie, "The New World", I had very little knowledge of the real story. In following up on my initial reactions to the movie I endeavored to read what modern historians have to say. I read one book which I can also highly recommend and then I found Townsend. The first was "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the birth of the American Dream" by Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler, November 2005, published by Wiley. This was a sensational revelation and spurred me on to know more. Townsend has filled in the missing pieces and is essential in my view for anyone who wants to know the story shed of all of it's mythology.
"The New World" is a fine movie and entertainment and I will always treausre it. But, it is about 50% fiction, which is a shame, because Malick had all of this material available just about the time he wrote the script. Oh well. The real people, the real story is so very much more tragic, depressing, sad and dark. The first successful European settlers to the East Coast of the USA signalled the beginning of the destruction of much of Native America. Those that did not die of disease brought by Europeans that they had no immunity to, died as a result of wars with the Europeans. Townsend's insight into this is interesting to consider. The much longer development of farming among Indo/Europeans had better prepared them on a technological level to successfully take America away from Natives. She attributes this line of thought to the book "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond. It is worth consideration; the Powhatan natives took too long to realize that the founders of Jamestown had outgunned and out-equipped them by many factors. When Uttamatomakkin came back from his trip to London with Pocahontas and he reported that it was hopeless to fight the white man he was scorned and ignored by his fellows. This resistance to reality lasted far too long before they were finally demolished in several devastating wars.
The real Pocahontas? Much younger at her introduction to Smith than all films or other books portray. Probably had not reached puberty yet. She was so young that when in the Jamestown fort would do hand cartwheels revealing her naked torso for all to see. When she had reached puberty that would have stopped completely. Did she have a romantic relationship with Smith? Not a chance, it would seem. Even more, she had already been married off to a native from another village; nothing much is known of his demise and it is assumed that he died after only a few years of marriage. It is also not known if she had born a child by him, though Townsend thinks it less likely. Pocahontas was no fool and knew that she was being used by her father in a delicate series of political chess, some of which were with the English, some with other native communities. She learned rudimentary English and carried herself with the dignity she felt the English were expecting of her; they viewed her as the daughter of a King and she accepted the role as princess. Townend scores an important point by showing us clearly how little we really know of this woman; someone who did not leave a word of her own in any manner. We imply and infer and guess based on so little. She cautions us throughout the book about this tendency.
What of her father, Powhatan? Already experienced with other white men from Europe before John Smith lands, he already knows that they are dangerous but makes one tragic blunder: he underestimates their resolve to make a permanent place in America until it is too late. He sees the colonies start up and then watch as the ill equipped Europeans fall sick and die, time after time. He sees Smith and company as just another botched attempt at racial transplanting and is not too worried. He is wrong and his people eventually pay the price. What could he have done instead? The hot heads among his people urged him to kill all the white people in Smith's group before they turned against them. He refused. From the native perspective it was a mistake. From the European perspective it would only have bought time and would have enraged them more. In due course, white Europeans were going to come and that was that.
John Smith is both given his proper respectful acknowledgment and is also taken to task as a teller of tall tales. Smith embelleshed for his English audience and without a live Pocahontas to ask whether this or that fact was true, Smith got away with the story he painted. Were the main facts of his being saved by a nubile Pocahontas beliveable? Probably not, given the place of young girls in the presence of adults in her society. It is not impossible but much more improbable than Smith tells us.
This is a book that strips away layer after layer of myth, poor or incomplete research and hasty or prejudiced conclusions. Her work is constantly referred back to urtext sources and where she does not know something she says so right up front. If the real story of Pocahontas is so much fuller, complicated and sadder, it is a story that is entirely integral at the dawn of white society in America. It is also integral to the beginning of the end of native people across the same landscape. A tremendous scholarly achievement, not to be missed.
Not the worst biography of Pocahontas, but..........2007-09-29
A brief history of Jamestown and a very sketchy and alomst contentless discussion of Powhatan and the Powhatan Confederacy from the "perspective" (scare quotes intentional) of Pocahontas.
I learned a couple of new facts from this but on the whole I can't reccomed this book. The author tries to get in the head of the legendary Indian Princess but the authors very poitically correct assumptions of what Pocahontas would feel are far from convincing, interestingly enough I had never previously believed in the John Smith-Pocahontas love story at all until I read this, but her disavowal of it was so unconvincing I am now not nearly so sure... The same can be said of several of her other psychological insights which have a very shallow basis, that seem to reflect the author's own feelings without any appearance of critical reflection.
On the positive side it is nice to see such a sympathetic view of John Rolfe, who the author seems quite taken with, but by this point I was rather weary of the whole thing. Luckily it was very short, and even though I actually spent a fair amount of time checking endnotes and even checking a couple of sources, reading the book took only a few hours. I bought it at lunch and went out to dinner that night having finished it.
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