Thanks so much for your insight on this subject. I am a black college student and I am at a college where the ratio of blacks to whites is probably 1/50. Our college is small and the population of students is estimated to be 2500. In this case most of the blacks are on one of the sports teams. Where are no cultural diverse classes here for anyone here to take. This year we got a new program called Cultural Anthropology. I feel that it is necessary for everyone not just African-Americans to take a cultural diverse class to learn more about someone of another race or creed. I feel that as far as we have come as a society there are still some things we have yet to accomplish. Being the only Black in most of my classes I feel it is necessary for everyone to understand and comprehend how someone else feels and understand there history and why they, if they do, feel the way they do about certain subjects. Students, I feel, would love to learn about their history and why not put those same feelngs into learning about someone elses.

By the author of the Sector General series, this book details the arrival of a mysterious alien starship that takes up a solar orbit near that of Mars. Two Apollo-class Earthships carrying a total of six astronauts are launched to begin an investigation - only to be mindlessly attacked again and again by the varied and strange beings aboard the vessel - until one man figures out what these beings are - and where the crew actually is.

Matters are not improved with Earth's "help", since the gov't is far more concerned with their managing the _perception_ of what is going on than they are in find out what _is_ going on.

Christopher Reed has made another wonderful contribution to the historical scholarship. The current book is a very well-researched, compellingly argued refutation of the claim made by some contemporaries of the World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893 that African American participation in the event was very limited. Reed has shown that many blacks--both well-known and anonymous--attended the world's fair in various capacities. The photographs reinforce this point also. Reed further contends that the very high stature of Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, Ferdinand Barnett, and I. Garland Penn, the authors of an 1893 booklet called The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not Present in the World's Columbian Exposition, and the attention which the work drew from historians has led many to erroneously believe that there was virtually no black participation in the aforementioned event.

Before reading this book the benign racist occlusions present in childhood favorites was just not a concern.Afterward, it was apparent that the opinions expressed in supposed innocent children's books lead towards prejudicial attitudes in the traditions these books perpetuate. ie.Babar,the elephant(colonialism; Afican elephant civilized in the custodial care of the French caregiver in the wake of the murder of his mother by the "hunter" in which he in turn civilizes his jungle kingdom and has a rival that is bestial and favors Egyptian (read;Arab,Coptic)culture. This book identifies prevaling opinions and attitudes about Afro/African Culture through the eyes of traditional opinions of non-Blacks which lead to a disrespect of contributions made by non-Whites unintentionally by well meaning people of all groups.

I am so glad I got this book. For years I had been in ethnic limbo. I had always played white on government forms. My sister has told people we were from Italy. For the first time in this book I read about and saw people who look like me. It got me interested in my culture. I now refuse to be called white.
How many books can change a persons life in that way?I do not feel so lost or alone. Anyone who looks in the mirror and sees an almost white face should read this book.

this is an excellent book, which would be a worthwhile addition to one's personal library and should be available to others involved in anesthesia care in the ambulatory area. At the very least, the book should be in the library of every ambulatory unit, where it can be readily available. The book will be frequently used. It is well written, with some novel approaches to the presentation of the material. There is something for everyone with an interest in this expanding field of patient care.

Anyone who has been hiking the White Mountains of New England since the 1970s, is likely to have kept their orange hardcover AMC "White Mounain Guide," like a family heirloom. Since its inception, the Guide has provided detailed, largely editorial-free, descriptions of all the many trails of the white mountains. For novice hikers, it is absoulutely indispensable for its advice on practical hiking pleasures and perils - it should not leave the pack. For experienced hikers, the Guide provides all information needed to plan White Mountain excursions ranging from half-day beginner hikes to multi-day backpacks. The trail descriptions should be viewed as overviews, not all-telling. At times, a trail seemingly modest from the book description, will be rocky and arduously steep. Other times, an innocuous-sounding trial will provide breathtaking views. Some curse this as a short-coming, while others, this reviewer included, appreciate the fact that reading the book does not diminish the surprises of the trail. The directions to the trailheads are remarkably accurate, as are the essential descriptions of major trail junctions, as well as trails and peaks on which extra care should be taken. The maps, while not minute topographical maps, are extremely useful, more so with compass skills, but quite practical even without them. The organization is improved over the 26th version - especially the recommended easy and moderate hikes at the end of each mountain region's trail descriptions. Worthwhile to complete one's White Mountain hiking library, are the AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide and AMC Maine Mountain Guide.

Theodore H. White (1915-1986), who was once described by TIME magazine as the "godfather of modern political reporting", spent some twenty years (1960-1980) covering presidential politics. After each campaign White would publish a book on his adventures and observations among the candidates and events he covered. This series of books - the "Making of the President" series, earned White a Pulitzer Prize and national fame as a leading commentator on national politics. During these years White came to know, or at least meet, most of the great politicians of the era - from President Eisenhower to the Kennedy brothers (whom he idolized, to great criticism from younger journalists and historians) to big-city bosses and Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. During these years White gradually moved from being a committed liberal Democrat to a more conservative (although not necessarily pro-Reagan or pro-Republican) stance. In "America In Search of Itself" White attempts to sum up what he discovered during these years not only about our political system and the politicians who run it but about the American people as well. In some ways this is a pessimistic book about the decline of American power and economic strength from the golden fifties to the deep recessions and job layoffs of the late 1970's. White often mourns the passing of the stability and self-confidence that he thought existed in the Eisenhower Fifties and the Kennedy Presidency. Of course, White had no way of knowing that America would recover its power and economic strength in the eighties and nineties, so in this sense the book's pessimism may seem dated to some readers. However, White (as always) also offers a brilliant description of how television completely changed American politics, and of how the breakup of the big-city Democratic "machines" (however corrupt they may have been) paved the way for the eventual breakup of the Democratic Party in the late seventies and eighties, (until a guy named Bill Clinton pulled it together again). White writes eloquently of the long-ago 1956 presidential campaign, when our political system seemed much simpler and more exciting, if also less fair to women and racial minorities. White writes that from 1956 to 1980 the control of our political system was taken out of the hands of the "professional politicians" (the big-city mayors, Governors, and Congressmen) and placed in the hands of advertising executives who could make effective TV Commercials, and crusading idealists (feminists, environmentalists, pro-and-anti abortionists, etc.) who came to dominate the primaries which now choose the presidential candidates of both parties. The final section of the book is a description of the 1980 presidential campaign between Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Jimmy Carter. As always, White's observations about this campaign are usually on-target and eloquent, if also more harsh and negative than his earlier "Making of the President" books. The impression White gives is that our political system was on the wrong track in the early eighties, and that the "simpler" political system that existed in the 1950's was better. However, White offers no real solutions for how to reform the current system, and perhaps, given how things have turned out since this book was published in 1982, it's better that the system wasn't changed. Overall, this book is a "must" for anyone who's interested in recent American history and politics.

Theodore White's "Making of the President -- 1960" is obviously his best book and the one that put him on the map, but this book is his second best, and my personal favorite. It's hard to get, but if you can get a copy used, it's worth the read.

White spends the first half of the book detailing the major changes in the political landscape from 1956-1980. Much of it is nothing new to students of history, but it is interesting nonetheless because it is coming from an insider. Some major changes he identifies are the death of political conventions as anything meaningful, the breaking up of traditional ethnic political alliances, and the increasing role of media in chosing a President. A typical Cold War centrist liberal, White laments the rise of "radical" McGovern-type liberalism (especially affirmative action), as well as the anti-government conservatism of Ronald Reagan. He sees these forces as tearing the nation apart, and wishes that the 1950s and 1960s "liberal concensus" was still the dominant political ideology.

The second half of the book is the tale of the 1980 Reagan/Carter/Anderson election. It is the typical T.H. White narrative. He gets insider information from the major campaign players, and constructs a classic narrative of strong-willed men vying for the ultimate prize. In White's books, the hero is always the victor and the villian is always the loser, but the tale is always very exciting. If you enjoyed "MOTP -- 1960", you'll enjoy this one as well.

Now in an updated and expanded fifth edition, Michael Farr's America's Top White-Collar Jobs provides detailed, practical, "user friendly" information on 110 major office, management, sales, and professional jobs. All essential reference information is clearly laid out and presented for easy use by job seekers, students, counselors, teachers, employers, and those either changing careers or who are re-entering the work force after an absence. Of special note is "The Quick Job Search" feature for identifying one's own skills, discovering new job options, writing a resume, and reducing job search time. America's Top White-Collar Jobs is a highly recommended addition to personal and professional job guidance reference shelf materials.