Retiring Right: Planning for a Successful Retirement/2001 Edition

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Very Good.......2002-06-14

An interesting and well written biography of a key and often overlooked Civil War participant.

The role of the Federal and Confederate Navies in the War Between the States has been neglected by almost all historians. Why? Most of the more colorful, decisive actions, the events that sell books, were fought on land.

This is a different type of story from a refreshingly different point of view. It is exciting and enlightening. The Federals could not have won without their excellent Navy, whose role was every bit as crucial as their Army's. This is as good an account of the U.S. Navy's role in the Union's Civil War victory as there is. Viewed through the life of David Dixon Porter, it is a fine testament to the Navy and the man

A great Civil war read.......2000-05-03

I was fastenated by the story of one of America's fightingAdmrials. Porter's success on the Mississpi river prevented the southfrom using it to transport goods and men anywhere. He effectively cutthe West out of the war by maintianing control of this river.

The book reads as well as any by Bruce Catton. If you think that the Civil war was fought only on the ground, this book is for you.

Chester Hearn Scores Again with D.D. Porter's Bio.......1999-03-16

Chester G. Hearn has proven once again that he's among the top rank of Civil War naval historians writing today. His bio of one of the war's most colorful naval officers is thorough and very readable, and provides great insight into the motivations of a most difficult and controversial officer.

Chester Hearn Scores Again with D.D. Porter's Bio.......1999-03-16

Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years

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Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years
Chester G Hearn
Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press c1996
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ONNRN0

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Wondering if your governance structure is out of date? Want to review and revise your founding documents? This Resource Pack has more than 20 sample foundation documents for museum governance collected from a wide variety of private, nonprofit museums - including articles of incorporation, management agreements, and organizational charts. Each document is accompanied by a basic overview of its features and best practices. The introduction provides an overview of the history and importance of nonprofit governance, and is recommended reading for members of a museum's governing authority. Print and electronic resources also are included.

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Features: Breathe, Time, Breathe (Reprise), Great Gig In the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Breathe (Second Reprise),Brain Damage, and Eclipse, plus great photos.

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Good book.......2006-08-09

Its a good book and all the notes are accurate. My only compliant is the the tabs are a little bit hard to read. The way the lettering is done makes it difficult to see the letters while ur trying to play along with the song.

Besides that its awesome, and a must have for Floyd loving musicians.

-King

Definitive Dark Side of the Moon for guitar...........2002-11-04

Attractive book design with perfect guitar tablature of the Pink Floyd classic album 'Dark Side of the Moon'.

Book comes complete with rare photos and a 1973 interview with the band's Road Manager, Peter Watts. Watts gives a very informative and detailed description of what the band did to achieve their live sound in the early 70's.

Tablature is perfect and true to the album note for note.

Good As The Original Music.......2001-05-17

If you are a guitarist like me, and enjoy Pink Floyd, this is a great book for you. Internet TABS are unpredictiable and inaccurate. This book clears up the confusion by giving the proper TABS to the songs of one of the best selling records of all time. This book is strong in its accuracy from the first note of Speak to me to the haunting melodies of Eclipse. I suggest this book as a gift to any fan of Pink Floyd that has wanted to play there songs.

The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece

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Fans of the album must have this, too!
OK for the diehard Fan, but this Band and this Complex Concept Album Deserves Better
Read it for yourself
Clever, Slightly Above Average, Slacker, Fluff
Best Floyd book to date

The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece
John Harris
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0306813424

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A behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces and most commercially successful albums of all time

Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) is one of the most beloved albums of all time. A sonically stunning exploration into dark themes of madness, death, anxiety, and alienation, it has sold a staggering 30 million copies worldwide, and continues to sell 250,000 copies a year. Besides being perhaps the most fully realized and elegant concept album ever recorded, The Dark Side of the Moon was also one of the most technically advanced LPs of its day. It has aged remarkably well and still sounds as contemporary and cutting edge as it did on the day it was released. A perfect blend of studio wizardry and fearless innovation, The Dark Side of the Moon is illuminated by John Harris's exploration of the band's fractured history, his narrative skill, and his deft exploration of the album's legacy, such as its massive influence on bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails.

Drawing on original, new interviews with every member of the band-bassist and chief songwriter Roger Waters, guitarist Dave Gilmour, keyboardist Rick Wright, and drummer Nick Mason-The Dark Side of the Moon is a must-have for the millions of devoted fans who desire to know more about one of the most timeless, compelling, commercially successful, and mysterious albums ever made.

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Fans of the album must have this, too!.......2006-04-13

John Harris' THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: THE MAKING OF THE PINK FLOYD MASTERPIECE is a must for any Pink Floyd fan; even those already well aware of the power of the album. The album remained on the Billboard charts for over seven hundred weeks and has sold some thirty million copies around the world - and continues to sell thousands yearly. Here journalist John Harris reveals the album's underlying foundations, the band's stormy history, and uses original interviews with band bassist and lyricist Roger Waters, guitarist Nick Mason and more to add authoritative insights. Just as you wouldn't be without DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - you shouldn't be without this survey of the making of the masterpiece itself.

OK for the diehard Fan, but this Band and this Complex Concept Album Deserves Better.......2005-12-31

Like most kids of the latter 1960s and early 1970s I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and others when I wanted to be "cool." That was more often than I like to admit now, however; and I also went to the concerts, got stoned there (if only from the second-hand smoke wafting through the halls), and tried to act like I understood what the bands were trying to communicate. On the other hand, I was never as much of a fan of these groups and their style of music as some of my friends, but I had all of their albums and listened to them regularly, including "The Dark Side of the Moon." This book tells about the making of this extraordinary album and a little about its significance since its release more than three decades ago. Of course, the remarkable thing about "The Dark Side of the Moon" is its popularity over such a long time, since it is a complex concept album dealing with greed and insanity and very much anchored to its time and place. I haven't listened to it in years, but had to do so after reading this book. That may be the greatest compliment I can pay to this book, for John Harris's work, unfortunately, is very much once over lightly and both Pink Floyd as a band and their classic album deserve better. There are some fascinating interviews that interlace the book, a good biographical appendix of what happened to the people associated with the album, and a set of photos that are interesting, but as a whole this is a book for fans of the album. As such it is worthwhile. For those seeking a serious consideration of the place of "The Dark Side of the Moon" in American culture they will want to wait for publication of "Speak To Me: The Legacy Of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon," edited by Russell Reising, set for release in March 2006 from Ashgate Publishing.

Read it for yourself.......2005-12-08

I never write reviews, but the current ones for this book as of this writing are so insulting to me that I feel compeled.

One reviewer gives one star because it relates nothing new. But, as another review stated, this book contains exlusive interviews from '03 as well as unpublished photos. In any case, if you know the story so well why are you reading a book about it?

Another review has felt it necessary to write an huge tome of words describing his feelings. Like anyone will read it after taking a glance at its towering size. Paragraphs anyone?

And then there is Mr. Carlberg. I suspect a man who reviewed the book Crimes Against Logic would have more sense (but then again he did also give The Wall a 1 star rating). He scoffes "Yeah, right" at the statement that DSoM is "one of the most beloved albums of all time," even though it spent 741 weeks on Billboard.

Carlberg seems to refute the book for the author's opinion by claiming his own is more correct. There is no doubt the difference between objective analysis and subjective personal views is a mystery to him, but when you are busy writing nearly 400 reviews who has time for that nonsense?

Less a review and more a rant, I hope this compels you read the book and make your own judgements.

Clever, Slightly Above Average, Slacker, Fluff.......2005-11-02

This book is a rush-job, slacker book, written by a clever, sometimes funny guy with an above average I.Q., who relies on a too few sources, gives us too much of his own worthless opinions, and really didn't ask any of the right questions when he interviewed Roger Waters or David G. First of all, if you're going to write a book about the Dark Side of the Moon, he should have specifically asked Roger Waters, what inspired him to write the lyrics for each song. (Where was Roger? What was he thinking about, reading about, looking at--when the song lyrics occurred to him. What movies was he watching?) This author doesn't. He should have had a list of the songs with the lyrics in front of him, when he interviewed Roger, and made Roger talk for at least twenty minutes on the original genisis of the lyrics for each song. You get it for one sentence or two in "Echoes," where Roger Waters tells us how inspiration hit him--but the book doesn't include much info that the proper follow up questions could have provided about some of the gorgeous lyrics in the song ("Coral caves..."). In the book you get stories about how the songs themselves evolved after they were written--basically the author gives you a bunch of useless descriptive verbiage of bootleg tapes he's heard--and you get a whole bunch of useless drivel about what 60ish Roger presently thinks they mean now, but you don't get the actual genesis of the song. Let me give you an example. I know that John Lennon wrote the first line of I am the Walrus on an acid trip. The second line one week later on another acid trip. I know that he had also watched Alice in Wonderland and thought of the Walrus as this big industrialist, etc... I know Paul wrote "Here There and Everywhere" while sitting poolside, on a warm sunny day, while John was smoking one, next to him, and Paul was feeling wonderful. I have no idea where the lyrics "Home, Home again..." comes from. What did Roger Waters do that day? What was he coming home from? What had made him tired? Was there an actual favorite couch and a fire and a cozy house and a churchbell in the neighborhood? I'd love to know. I don't. In this book, which is supposed to be about the Dark Side Album, and only sort of kind of is--it's actually a biography of the Floyd, the joker who wrote it tells me all kinds of theoretical crap about the songs on the album, that involve Marxism, socialism, everything else--stuff I don't care about. (I'm grateful he tells us a little--very little--about what Waters was thinking about when he wrote Time.) I want to know about the moment lightning struck. I don't want to know about what a 60 year old Roger Waters or Dave Gilmore think about a song--whether it's held up or not, whether they like it or not. I want to know what was in their twenty something year old heads when they wrote it. Gawd there is so much crap in this book. The author puts down songs by Richard Wright, like "It would be so nice"--he likens it to a Hollies piece of fluff and dismisses it with some brief, arrogant writing. He's friggen out of his mind. "It would be so nice!" is a fantastic song. I can't think of anyone I knew in my music listening heyday (who all had tons of floyd albums) that didn't LOVE that song. It's perfect to listen to when you are having some kind of peak experience. It's magic, it's ecstasy. It'll cheer you up if you feel blah. So what if it wasn't a hit? Hemingway's books often didn't make the top ten lists, and everyone is still reading them. There are going to be nineteen year olds listening to that song in a century from now, enjoying it. The author of this silly little book also does things like dismiss "Several Species grooving on a pict" as nothing but a failed little attempt at humor by Roger. The author is out of his mind. It IS funny and more importantly it's also an interesting journey into something very primeval. Something very dark and subconscious. I'd love to hear Roger tell us about the cave. Tell us the genesis of that song. Wouldn't it be great to hear Roger tell you about the "pict." To dismiss it as casually as the author does, makes me think he's got the MTV attention span of a gnat, and the depth of Brittany Spears. There are so many fun, early songs dismissed in this book, like "Point me at the sky" that you really learn nothing about. I don't know why the author feels the need to ultimately put down such good music. I don't understand why he thinks he knows something we don't? I'm not sure why he puts such weight on his own musical opinions. Who cares what he thinks? I'd love to know where David Gilmore was and what he was thinking about when he wrote Grantchester Meadows. Was he sitting in a meadow with an acoustic guitar, when the muse came to him? The author actually wasted time in this book on verbiage by the Floyd where they express why they think the album is so successful. What a waste of time! I can come up with better explanations than they do. I'd much rather the author had asked Nick Mason where he got the inspiration for the beautiful flutes in the "Grand Viziers Garden Party"--what the story behind the song is (which the author puts down in this book). Much of this book is another retelling of the Floyd story, and as with every other book on the floyd, it is completely devoid of detail. I can't tell you how many times I've read about the fabled UFO club. But I still don't know was it in an old building, a new building, did it seat 400 people? Did 1000 dance there? Who actually came and went there. Were there gargoyles on the outside of the building. Was it a warehouse? What did the people look like who went there? I can describe the Beatles Cavern club, the smell of it, down to the last detail--I've seen architectural drawings. Lordallmighty I'm really sick of these piddly little Floyd books. (This one gives you about two sentences of Beatle Paul McCartney unespectedly coming to see the Floyd. It tells you that Paul and Roger shared a joint. OK, so was Paul a Pink Floyd fan? Did he like Syd Barrett? Did Roger defecate in his pants when Paul walked up? Did they talk about songs? Did they pick up an acoustic guitar and sing together? What the heck happened?) Pink Floyd is one of the top five selling bands of all time and all we, the fans get, are these mini-slacker books, by authors who can't write their way out of a paper bag, judge songs by how much they sold, don't have any of the musical sensibilities to write about pre-1973 art-rock or progressive rock, and couldn't write a descriptive paragraph using concrete detail if you paid them one hundred dollars a word. Elvis gets book(s) that go well over 600 dense, single-spaced pages. So do the Beatles. With the Beatles you get a veritable hundred course gourmet feast of reading materials that you can heap on your plate. We Floyd fans get these plastic containers of ramen noodles.

Best Floyd book to date.......2005-11-01

I'm very baffled by the negative reviews below. One fellow seems irritated that Harris doesn't like certain albums as much as he does, and another mistakedly states that there's nothing new in this book, which couldn't be further from the truth. John Harris' "Dark Side.." is bursting with previously unpublished photos, and the bulk of the quotes from the band are exclusive to the book, from interviews conducted in 2003. Further, it's the most clear and succinct account of the creation of this album I've ever read, and I've read every book about Floyd. Harris places the album in context with the band's orgins expertly, and I left with an even clearer understanding of how it all fits together. Any Floydian will dig this.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Guitar Recorded Versions)

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An excellent play along, but something is missing...
Thanks for telling me it's BASS tablature
Superb Lessons and Print Quality!

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Guitar Recorded Versions)
Pink Floyd
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0634018949

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Features transcriptions of all the songs from Pink Floyd's 1973 landmark release that spent an incredible 741 weeks on the Billboard album chart: Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Breathe Eclipse The Great Gig in the Sky Money On the Run Speak to Me Time Us and Them.

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An excellent play along, but something is missing..........2007-07-29

Please look at the dates of the other reviews of this book. If a review is dated before June 2007 it is a review of different book.
When making a book and CD package like this editors must make compromises in order for it to be useful for the lone guitarist. Many songs on this album contain multiple guitars overdubbed, this tab is supposed to be compromise that blends all the guitar parts together so the lone guitarist can play along. Unfortunately the editors chose not to transcribe the dominate riff in, "Money" instead the rhythm guitar is notated, a BIG MISTAKE. Other than that the tabulate is incredibly accurate and will replace the other DSOTM tab books you may own.
Now here are the specifics: "Speak to Me" and "Breath" are both transcribed under the title, "Breath." The transcription of, "Time" includes the breath reprise. "On the Run" and "TGGITS" are not transcribed, as there is no guitar on these tracks. The CD contains a demonstration of each track with guitar and then a backing track with the guitar removed. The CD track order is listed incorrectly in the table of contents. There is no information about music theory, scales, or equipment.
This play along would have received 5 stars if the main riff for, "Money" had been transcribed.

Thanks for telling me it's BASS tablature.......2006-06-08

I purchased this book thinking it was for guitar, only the whole book is bass tab. You would think it would say so SOMEWHERE on the page...

Superb Lessons and Print Quality!.......2003-12-14

Discover the world of a Masterpiece: The Dark Side of the Moon. This edition is a must have for those who want to play and learn Pink Floyd's music from one of their all-time classics. Chords, chord progressions, and scales are applied to songs of the album that was released 30 years ago in 1973. Each song includes a one-page explanation on the lesson. Great format! Standard music notation and guitar tab, lyrics and notation legend, it's all there to make it easy. Print quality is one of the best I have ever seen. Many guitar tabs have really sloppy prints. The other edition of The dark side is one of them. This one on the contrary is absolutely immaculate. I simply love it!

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Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Manufacturer: Capitol Records
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KXMS7K

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The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece
John Harris
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSVMVY

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The Dark Side of the Moon: the Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece
John Harris
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O1DBOM

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I'll sing 'til the day I die: conversations with Tyendinaga elders.: An article from: Wind Speaker

Manufacturer: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096QWGQ
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Wind Speaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on September 1, 1996. The length of the article is 804 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: I'll sing 'til the day I die: conversations with Tyendinaga elders.
Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
Date: September 1, 1996
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 14 Issue: 5 Page: 12

Article Type: Book Review

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