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Ancestor Research in South Santee.......2007-05-12

I purchased this book because it references several of my husband's ancestors. It is very fascinating to have an insight to how they lived and what other people thought of them as it is a compilation of letters written by real people. I recommend this book to anyone interested in real history and real life in those times.

A World Turned Upside Down: The Palmers of South Santee, 1818-1881. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly

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A World Turned Upside Down: The Palmers of South Santee, 1818-1881. (book reviews): An article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
James Everett Kibler
Manufacturer: Mississippi State University
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Title: A World Turned Upside Down: The Palmers of South Santee, 1818-1881. (book reviews)
Author: James Everett Kibler
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1998
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: v51 Issue: n2 Page: p346(4)

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This issue provides background on the development and the current state of various approaches to accountability. Authors outline the legal powers of donors to charities and and consider choices in structuring gifts to increase leverage as well as examine the scope of federal laws affecting nonprofits. They also review tools to improve performance analysis and discuss the National Center for Charitable Statistics' role in accountability and examine how to create more effective government oversight of charitable activities.

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The subject of this volume is whether there are sufficient grounds to consider philanthropic fundraising a profession with--as they say at commencements--all the rights and priveleges pertaining thereto. Topics include: federal and state regulation of the nonprofit world, fundraising and the courts, the education, licensure, and credentialing of fundraisers, the role of associations in the professionalizing process, and more. This is the 15th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising.

Fundraising and Accountability (New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising)

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Along with losing your job and getting divorced, buying a house is right up there on the stress and anxiety scale. It's a happy kind of stress, but it's scary and overwhelming all the same. R. Dodge Woodson's guide helps you figure just how much you can afford, the realities of fixer-uppers, brokers, offers, financing, termites, and all the details that can terrify the stuffing out of you. Then, with relief from some of the anxiety and pressure, all you need to do is find the house.

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He's that regular guy from Astoria, Queens, who left his heart in San Francisco. He's the postwar heartthrob who inspired hundreds of young girls to wear black outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on his wedding day. He's the darling of the MTV generation who made music history when, at the age of 68, he won the coveted Grammy Award® for Album of the Year. He's the consummate artist known worldwide for his paintings. He's Tony Bennett, whose star shines brighter than ever as he enters his fifth decade of performing. Now, for the first time, this legend shares his amazing life story -- in a voice that's pure Tony Bennett: warm, resonant, and unforgettable.

"Tony Bennett has not just bridged the generation gap, he has demolished it," praised The New York Times. Since his appearance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers of the 1993 MTV Video Awards, and the addition of his seminal video, "Steppin' Out," to the MTV playlist, Bennett has become the hottest -- and coolest -- pop-culture icon for today's younger listeners, while remaining beloved by their parents and grandparents. An astonishing four generations have experienced the Tony Bennett magic -- the mesmerizing spell of a singer in love with singing, who embraces his audience with a soulful serenity communicated by both the man and his music.

Honored with countless awards, including eight Grammys, and with more than ninety albums to his credit (more than thirty million sold for the Columbia label alone), no other recording artist has attained Bennett's stature -- or garnered the half-century of memories shared in The Good Life. From Sinatra, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald, to k.d. lang and Elvis Costello, Bennett shares his unique takes on the most fascinating talents of our time. Here is the story of his lifelong love affair with art, music, and performing -- from his childhood in Depression-era Queens, where opera and Billie Holiday flowed freely; to his stint as a singing waiter; to soaking up the New York jazz scene in the 1940s. With crisp wit and firmly grounded emotion, Bennett captures the people and places that shaped his sublime performances. The dozens of hits he introduced to the great American songbook, including "Because of You," "Rags to Riches," "Cold, Cold Heart," and his signature song, "I Left My Heart in Son Francisco," remain a legacy of truth and beauty for the classic art of intimate singing.

In this wonderfully revealing self-portrait, we get to know Tony Bennett as he really is: an unpretentious and thoughtful human being. His key to success is consistency: His constant dedication in his pursuit of excellence has never wavered, despite the trials and tribulations one can encounter when placing integrity above all else. Through all of his personal and artistic challenges, he has remained, in his own words, "a humanist" whose Zen-like philosophy of life is an inspiration for all ages. Like the fascinating story he shares in The Good Life, Tony Bennett is one of a kind, an American treasure, an enduring artist seasoned with experience and self-knowledge, and a true class act.

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It's As If We Were Having A Conversation.......2007-10-04

I received this book as a gift from a friend after see Tony Bennett live here in San Francisco. I decided to take a little time and thought I'd read a couple of paragraphs then go on with my day. Well, from the introduction on I found that I could not put the book down. I read it from cover to cover in one sitting which I normally do not do unless the book is of real interest.

The writing style was conversational and had me thinking to myself I feel as though he's right here sitting and talking with me. The book begins with accounts of his parents and family immigrating to the US from Italy. His stories of his early childhood with his Mother working so hard to make ends meet along with cherished memories of family get togethers etc... had me remembering and relating in so many ways to my Italian/Greek upbringing. The pictures he paints with words are vivid as are his real life paintings of which some are showcased within the pages of the book. I never knew he was also a painter and was pleasantly surprised.

His accounts of his time in World War II with all the racism and horrible treatment, specifically the "grave registration" incident, you'll have to read the book, I won't go into it here, was an eye opener and a learning process. Though my Father never spoke of his time in the war I now can understand how it affected his life and as a result gives me a better understanding of what he went through & why he was the person he turned out to be. It was somewhat of an awakening for me that I never would have known had I not read the accounts in this book.

Tony's stories of the entertainment world and his constant fight not wanting to comprimise his work is fascinating, entertaining and shows the reader exactly what a cut throat business the music industry can be. His struggles balancing the day to day life of his family against his work was very difficult and portrayed in hearfelt sentiment throughout the book. His struggles with drugs, money and near death are chilling and allows the reader to see inside the singer's life in an intimate way.

This living legend worked hard for every penny he made, without comprimise. This book is a wonderful read and whether a fan or not The Good Life makes for a great lesson on the ups and downs in life and how to overcome all the odds.

A surprisingly good read, in many ways . . ........2001-12-18

There's a Bennett anecdote I remember hearing reported on local (San Francisco) radio back in the early '60s: A local woman, gardening in her backyard one Saturday afternoon, was listening to Bennett's then-new "I Left My Heart In San Francisco;" suddenly, she realized, the singing had become somehow stereophonic. Looking up, she found Tony Bennett grinning at her over her backyard fence. In town for an appearance at the Fairmont Hotel, Bennett had been out for a walk; hearing her phonograph, he'd been unable to resist . . .

This is the Tony Bennett you get to meet in the pages of "The Good Life." If you're a fan, nothing in this book will change your mind. If you're not, well then, despite the fact that there does appear a certain sense of "glossiness" in his account of his life, loves, marriages, etc., you may well find yourself coming to nonetheless admire the man.

A word about that "glossiness": It may well arise from nothing more than a yearning towards fairness (and not only to himself). He discusses failed marriage, for example, as well as his work-induced absences as a parent, taking responsibility for his actions without -- on the one hand -- pointing out that it "takes two to tangle," or -- on the other -- seeking to overly justify his absences as the price of building a successful career. He also talks of his marijuana use (as first disclosed by his exwife, years after they'd split) in an explanatory tone, with regret, and without seeking to justify that use. Again, there is a sense of fairness about him, even as he talks of a fairly prevalent drug use among musicians of the era. In his desire to explain the musician's life and its pressures and demands, there is what some may (wrongfully)interpret as an impulse to self-expiate. This is wrong, as evidenced, not only by his own mea culpa approach, but by his account of a conversation with longtime friend -- and onetime collaborator -- Bill Evans, shortly before the latter's death.

This fairness carries over in his account of his early disputes with then-Columbia Records A&R head, Mitch Miller (best remembered today, probably, for his subsequent "Sing Along With Mitch" records and TV series of the late '50s). By all accounts, Miller was -- to say the least -- dictatorial and patriarchial in his belief that he knew what was best for the artists under his control. Bennett could have savaged the man in this account (and justifiably); after all, Miller's long gone from the scene, others have already reminisced about his iron-handed control; so what stops Bennett . . . save for a humanistic impulse toward fairness?

For me, one of the most telling portions of this autobiography occur in Bennett's recounting of his World War II experiences as a G.I. in the European theatre. Without self-aggrandizement, he talks -- movingly so -- of what he saw, and how those horrors turned him against war for all time; strikingly, it is this same absence of 'been-there-done-that' self-absorption that colors (and which underplays) the reminiscences of his considerable involvement in the early-60s civil rights movement down in Mississipi-Alabama. If he avoids the urge to expiate himself, he likewise eschews the temptation towards self-canonization.

From his August 3, 1926 birth (one day too late, by the way, to be my twenty-years-older "birthday twin"), through the intervening years including his "renaissance" for yet future generations via MTV, Bennett presents himself in this autobiography as a man who caught more than his share of lucky breaks (and who, inferentially, made a few more of his own, although you won't get him to admit it, at least in this book) on his way to (as in the title of one his best-known songs) "The Good Life."

Is there all that is?.......2001-08-22

Considering talents of both Tony Bennett and Will Friewald,I was very disapointed with such a feather-light collection of show-biz anecdotes.Bennett is a classy singer whom I really appreciate,with both taste and style,while Friewald already stunned me with his books about Jazz singers and Frank Sinatra.... its a little,tiny,short book that strangely lacks any personal comments and views - not different from Duke Ellington's famous autobiography in which he mostly lists his "dear friends and colleagues" with short anecdotes about how he met them,but no opinions whatsoever.Bennett goes into detailed count of every piano player in his long career,but some important points of his life (wife,children,divorce,drug addiction) are mentioned briefly and in one sentence.While counting backing musicians perhaps shows good nature and warm personality,both Ellington and Bennetts books are too breezy considering they are coming from music giants - just another proof that not every talented musician/singer/actor is capable of writting a interesting book.

Kudos To Tony.......1999-11-15

Thank you Tony - for your great story! Well written & well told, never a dull moment. What a warm, wonderful & multitalented man! I agree with the reviewer from NY, Tony's story would make an excellent movie. God Bless you, Tony, & keep those glorious albums coming.

Wish It Could Have Been Longer.......1999-03-24

Tony Bennett's story would make a great movie, and while this book tells alot about the man I really wish it was a longer story. Guess I hated to see it end so fast, but it did give insight on things I did not know about Tony. He was in the Army and saw action in Europe during WW2, even if only for about 4-5 months, he saw alot and came very close to becoming a statistic himself. Most enjoyable, though, was Tony recalling the days when he first started out professionally and how he fought to make records that were important to him, not what the pop charts dictated. The mutual admiration between Tony & Frank(no last name needed)is also mentioned quite a few times, making it clear there was great affection between these two superstars. Highly recommended for all Tony Bennett fans, and please, how about a movie version starring that kid on Happy Days(Eddie Mekka-who portrayed the Big Ragu)who sings just like Tony? Oh well, just a suggestion...

The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett Uk Edition

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The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett Uk Edition
Bennett
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on February 24, 2007. The length of the article is 554 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: Sitting Bull buried here? Remains said to be in Turtle Mountains; Remains said to be in Turtle Mountains.(Canada Wire)
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Sitting Bull The Years In Canada
Grant MacEwan
Manufacturer: Hurtig
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Sitting Bull The Years in Canada
MacEwan Grant
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This is a comprehensive summary of veterans benefits, 2004, for United States military personnel

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents, 2000 (051-000-00220-2)

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Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents, 2000 (051-000-00220-2)
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Informs veterans and dependents of the variety of federal benefits available.

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In line with the aims and scope of the series, the 2001 three volume set of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology consists of one research annual and two topical, archival volumes. In addition to two sets of multiple reviews plus thirteen single reviews, the " Research Annual" (Volume 19-A) includes three articles on the history of economic thought and one on methodology. Volume 19-B, entitled " Edward Everett Hale: The Writings of an Economic Maverick", consists of a collection of material on Edward Everett Hale, unpublished writings by him, and sets of lecture notes from his courses. The third volume in this set, Volume 19-C; " Edwin Seligman's Lectures on Public Finance, 1927-1928", publishes a set of student notes taken in his famous course on public finance at Columbia University.

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This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on December 22, 1995. The length of the article is 5234 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: A Remembrance of Eden: Harriet Bailey Bullock Daniel's Memories of a Frontier Plantation in Arkansas, 1849-1872. (book reviews)
Author: Steven E. Kagle
Publication: The Mississippi Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1995
Publisher: Mississippi State University
Volume: v49 Issue: n1 Page: p143(12)

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Houses to Go: How to Buy a Good Home Cheap
Robert L. Williams
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It will probably be news to many readers, particularly those trying to buy or build a first home, but there are incredible bargains to be found in homes that are slated for demolition, homes that are perfectly solid, sometimes spectacular that can be purchased for extremely low prices and moved to a new site. In Houses to Go, Robert L. Williams covers all the details--how to find these houses, how much you should pay, how to prepare the new site, how to arrange the move, how to build a proper foundation for particular structures, even how to do basic plumbing hook-ups and kitchen-cabinet hanging once the home has been moved. You'll even find instructions on how to salvage and clean bricks and concrete blocks for reuse. The story of the author's own home--appraised at well over $100,000, purchased initially for 73 cents (!) and moved and finished for less than $15,000--is illustrative of the kinds of bargains available to a savvy home buyer armed with the information in this eye-opening book.

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In this biography of Sharon Tate, Greg King recreates the story of Tate's career, her marriage to Polanski, and her relationships with Hollywood's most famous names. King also brings to vivid life the complete account of the tate murders, describes the lengthy search for the killers. and includes previousl unpublished police and detective reports, trail transcripts and letters from Charles Manson to "squeaky Fromme." More importantly, this is the first book to focus on the victims of the Manson murders. As such, it brings a fresh perspective to the murder story that created a media frenzy foreshadowing what occurs with alarming regularity today.

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A good place to start.......2007-06-06

The first part of this book focuses on Sharon Tate, her growing up, beginnings, romances, and marriage to Roman Polanski. The rest is about the Manson family and, of course, the murders. If you are deeply interested in additional information about Sharon Tate and especially her mother and sister's on-going fight to keep her murderers in prison, this might be the book for you. If you are more interested in the motivations and behavior of the Manson family, be aware that a good portion of this book relies on secondary sources: you would be better to read Bugliosi, Sanders, Emmons, and other books by authors who had direct contact with the murderers and events, or view for yourself the documentaries cited. The photographs are not particularly enlightening (except maybe for the crime scene, which is extremely graphic), and I found myself referring to Bugliosi & Gentry's "Helter Skelter" photos and maps much of the time instead.

Probably the best part of this book are the final chapters, in which author King updates us with how the Manson murderers have adjusted and lived their lives in prison since that fateful weekend in 1969. Especially absorbing and heartbreaking are the very personal conversations and letters from Doris and Patti Tate, Alice LaBianca (Leno's ex-wife), and the parents of Steve Parent.

The mislabeling of the source notes are a larger problem: they do not match the chapters. There is also no bibliography, which makes connecting an individual endnote with its actual source problematic. This book also does not have an index either, which is frustrating. However, the book is very readable and more evenhanded than some of the original sources cited, and King generally points out where various original sources disagree and why he is inclined to believe one or the other. It is more than a "true crime" novel, but does not approach Bugliosi & Gentry's "Helter Skelter" in either gripping readability or as a really definitive resource. It is useful, however, if one desires to track down the various sources for a direct look at the many pieces of the evidence for this uniquely complicated case.

Nothing new really, for beginners only.......2007-03-19

Though a book on Sharon Tate herself is long overdue, I found this book very disappointing. I felt like I was reading a hodge-podge of warmed over data from every other book or magazine article on the case already published. Those looking for more personal info. on Miss Tate will have to continue to read biographies on other performers who knew her. Amateur sleuths interested in the Manson Family can do better by merely browsing the internet or reading the updated versions of The Family or Helter Skelter.

Sharon Tate: The Life and Career of one of Hollywoods most beautiful Starlets.......2006-11-12

Excellent Book. Has one of her most stunning photos on the cover. The first book to really explore Sharons' life only linking it to Charles Manson in part..The only downfall is very little new information for the
true Sharon Tate fan to know...If Charles Manson is to be mentioned the
mysteries about the murders were not explained..Such AS..Sharon Tates
and Jay Sebrings blood was found in large amounts on the front porch.yet they were supposedly never there...her
body had abrasions that looked as though she had been moved around after
she died..Susan Atkins said she threw a Martex towel from the doorway
and landed on Jay Sebrings head..How could that be looking at the photo
the towel is tucked under the rope making that impossibe.

For true Sharon fans...........2006-05-19

I have been a huge fan of Sharon Tate for awhile now and when I found out that their was going to be a biography about her I was excited! I'm happy to read about her life and experiences but I think its really sad that they cannot write her name without Manson Murders behind it. I want to remember her movies her personlaities and style, not her grusome death. I have heard of the Manson murders and the horrific and morbid way that Sharon, Jay, and their friends were killed but I do not want to read about it. This page has a picture of the crime scence which I ripped out immediatly. I think thats its disgusting and disrespectful to Sharon. Also, there were many chapters that I did not bother to read simply because they were so in detail about the deaths. To me the first half of this book was great because its simply Sharon but later on it dpent over half the book decribing the Manson cult and her death. I just think we should spend more time celebrating her life then analyzing her death. If you are a true Sharon fan and want to read this simply for Sharon then you may be quite dissaponted in this book as I was.

Entertaining ReHash.......2006-05-05

You've got to give King credit for taking the focus off manson & co and giving Tate and friends the attention they finally deserve. King's patient and sensitive recreation of the days leading up the murders is clearly the highlight here; the small ordinary details of Tate's last days giving the reader a sense of impending dread.

The problem with this book though is that it feels like a patchwork. Its as though King just pasted together this book from the same sources that I and many others have read. There are some new bits of info for sure (Michelle Phillips has some interesting observations) but there is not enough for it to be considered groundbreaking or illuminating. An entertaining read, but doesn't have nearly the impact of Helter Skelter.

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Robert Colby
Manufacturer: Pyramid Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Must read true crime stories.......2006-06-07

Some of the most well-known murder cases in history are in this book: the Black Dahlia, The Tate-LaBianca Murders by the Manson family, and the yet unsolved Zodiac killings. A must for anyone interested in true crime stories! 17 cases in all!

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Stefan Heym was Hitler's youngest literary exile. This book, the first full-length study of Heym to appear in English, outlines his exciting career, which culminated in his becoming the major dissident of the German Democratic Republic. It focuses primarily on his journalism and his novels, some of which have been translated into over twenty languages, but also discusses his earliest, almost unknown, poetry and drama. Peter Hutchinson pays special attention to the way in which Heym's defiance of a repressive regime inspired others and paved the way for the new Eastern European literature.

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About an eternal dissenter.......2000-06-14

This book comes along rather cautiously and quite drily. It is a work of scholarship, not one for the huge audiences. For me, having read most of Stefan Heym's novels and essays in German, (not really realizing that he wrote all of his books in English first) it was a surprise to me to learn that a book about him should be published in English.

Well, now it is, and it is a work well worth mentioning. The author, Peter Hutchinson, covers all the aspects worth knowing about Stefan Heym, connects Heym's life to his writings, adds reality to Heym's relations to democracy, the Nazis (and the pre-Nazis), the workers' movement, Communism, Stalinism, the US military, the two Germanies.

Heym was not the one to compromize. He had his ideals, and he followed them. Even after the re-unification of Germany in 1889 he asked his questions.

Peter Hutchinson managed to describe Heym's life, always connecting it to Heym's works, making his book a source of information about German-German relationship.

Well worth reading. For scholars of Heym: the bibliography is a real treasure.

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