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Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "Leon", sorted by average review score:
Writings of Leon Trotsky, 1930-31
Published in Hardcover by Pathfinder Press (March, 1974)
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A revolutionary at workThis volume in the series of Trotsky's writings actually doesn't deal with a number of the major developments in 1930 and 1931. Since they are so extensive, his writings on events in Spain and Germany are to be found in separate compilations. This book is one to buy and browse thru' simply because it helps complete the picture of Trotsky's work in that period of history, the incredible scope of his collaboration and attention -- everything from patient letters to Chinese revolutionists encouraging them to abandon flights of scholarly abstraction and get a grip, to good concrete explanations of why workers in the USSR cannot be simply cheerled to socialism. A single scathing page chastises Stalin's apparatus for the imminent death of an old Bochevik leader hemorraging from tuberculosis and denied a transfer to better climes. The lack of respect for a lifelong fighter and cynical disregard for someone who has never bowed his head could only be practised by those who had no interest in fighting themselves. Trotsky makes you think about the big picture even when he writes about smaller things.
Does this sound like today's world ?In 1930-31 the last Great Depression (as opposed to the one we just
entered) gripped the capitalist world. Fascism was becoming a real and
recognizable threat in Germany. Spain was in the throes of a
pre-Revolutionary situation. In the Soviet Union the Stalinist (not socialist,
not communist) bureaucracy was squandering the prestige of the world's
first workers state (at the bottom of the Depression, the USSR was
virtually free of unemployment) in one disastrous lurch in economic
policy after another - the years of forced "collectivization." Leon Trotsky,
co-leader with V.I. Lenin of the Russian Revolution, exiled by Stalin to
Turkey, strove with might and main to build a worldwide revolutionary
leadership of worker cadres organized in revolutionary parties. The record
of his efforts is here in part. The rest of his efforts in 1930-31 are
recorded "... The relevance of this work should be
clear: in a world gripped by the beginning of the Second Great world
Depression marked by the collapse of Stalinism-- the opposite of
communism -- a seemingly unending series of imperialist wars, and the
survival of the beacon of light for the world's toilers that is the Cuban
Revolution-if you are a young rebel of any age who wants to fight for a
truly human world, then this book belongs on your shelf to be STUDIED.
entered) gripped the capitalist world. Fascism was becoming a real and
recognizable threat in Germany. Spain was in the throes of a
pre-Revolutionary situation. In the Soviet Union the Stalinist (not socialist,
not communist) bureaucracy was squandering the prestige of the world's
first workers state (at the bottom of the Depression, the USSR was
virtually free of unemployment) in one disastrous lurch in economic
policy after another - the years of forced "collectivization." Leon Trotsky,
co-leader with V.I. Lenin of the Russian Revolution, exiled by Stalin to
Turkey, strove with might and main to build a worldwide revolutionary
leadership of worker cadres organized in revolutionary parties. The record
of his efforts is here in part. The rest of his efforts in 1930-31 are
recorded "... The relevance of this work should be
clear: in a world gripped by the beginning of the Second Great world
Depression marked by the collapse of Stalinism-- the opposite of
communism -- a seemingly unending series of imperialist wars, and the
survival of the beacon of light for the world's toilers that is the Cuban
Revolution-if you are a young rebel of any age who wants to fight for a
truly human world, then this book belongs on your shelf to be STUDIED.
Addicting Books the past and our futureThe Trotsky Writings books are addicting. The short pithy, wise articles, interviews, polemics, the illuminating and interesting notes, and the drama of Trotsky's struggle in exile are available on a week to week, month to month, year to year basis across from 1929 until 1940. You end up reading the next article, and the next article, and you have to discipline yourself to put it down if you can. A constant feature is the continued interviews by newspapers, magazines, international press services from the US, Britain, and around the world, because even in exile, even these bourgeois forces knew that Trotsky was one man who could put together the trends in the world. As much as they teach us about history,these books teach us revolutionary answers to questions we need to answer today: how to go from small revolutionary movements to a revolution like Trotsky and Lenin led in 1917, how to fight the middle class bureaucrats in the former Soviet Union and China, how to win workers, farmers, women and oppressed women.
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Assassin's Knot (L2)
Published in Paperback by Random House Trade Paperbacks (July, 1983)
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Great Refrence GuideIf You play ADND you need to buy this book. It is an awesome refrence guide. The information from this book helped me build many cool npcs and and great adventures for my heros. Iloved It!
One of the first and best mystery adventuresIn the continuing Greyhawk saga of the Lendore Isles, this adventure takes your PCs (levels 2-5) into the mysterious intrigues of Restenford. The Baron himself has been murdered - and only three miniscule clues point the way to the realm's salvation! Invisible zombies, living statues, and many ingenious pitfalls await you in this fun, intense puzzle solving adventure. If you can beat this one, you've proven yourself worthy of anything!
Air Quality Permitting
Published in Hardcover by Lewis Publishers, Inc. (16 October, 1996)
Average review score:
Good OverviewThis book provides a good overview of air permitting and good explanations of many of the issues involved. I don't think it "...shows facility air quality managers, regulatory agency staff, and consultants how to prepare permit applications for Title V Federal Operating Permits or for New Source Review (NSR)or Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) perrmits for new or modified sources of air pollutant emissions, and how to comply with permits obtained." The differences between different facilities and states are too great for one book to do all that. Most books providing advice about air permitting imagine the reader is working for some "Mega-firm" with a team of eager co-workers. They might prove more useful if they focused on the poor guy locked alone in a room with six inches of forms and a bad calculator. Still, Leonard knows his material and provides many useful insights into the permit process.He writes clearly, has organized his material well and does a better job with a huge topic than any other book I have found.
This is a great book on Air Quality Permitting in the U.S.I used this book last year, as a text book in a class at UCLA that I teach. I am also using it this year. The book was very well received by the students. I found it very useful to teach from, and as a reference book. It is the only book of its kind, as far as I know. Thanks, Leon!
Antibiotic Crisis, Antibiotic Alternatives
Published in Hardcover by Thorsons Pub (October, 1998)
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GUIDE TO NATURAL ANTIBIOTICSChaitow discusses the current antibiotic crisis in terms of the damage done to friendly bacteria, the damage to our immune systems and the ecological damage caused by the overprescription of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistant bacteria (Superbugs) are proliferating, and it is time to consider alternative ways of fighting infection. These include herbs like Echinacea, vitamins and minerals, yoghurt and friendly bacteria, hydrotherapy, acupuncture, fasting, other ways of immune enhancement, lifestyle factors, detoxification and various mind-body factors. Stressors that have a damaging effect on friendly intestinal bacteria include medicines, drugs, stress, a high fat and high sugar diet, smoking, excess alcohol, environmental pollutants, radiation (including X-rays) and immune deficiencies. The book tells you what to do if you have to take antibiotics - this includes supplementing with the friendly bacteria like Bifidobacterium Bifidum, Lactobacillus Longum, Bifidobacterium Longum, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and Streptococcus Thermophilus. This is a practical and helpful guide to all who are concerned about maintaining optimal health. The book concludes with 12 pages of references and a thorough index.
A jewel in a haystack -- a rare and precious find!I've read only the first few chapters, but so far it's the best I've seen in alternative treatments for antibiotics. A must read for anyone who wants to get away from conventional medicine, has allergies or negative reactions to the current treatments like I have, or just wants to try something different.
The Atonement: It's Meaning and Significance
Published in Paperback by Intervarsity Press (April, 1984)
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trimming a complex concept down to essentialsI find the word very confusing, it's so long. But it's basically at-one ment, i.e. becoming one, and I hear further it's by means of substitution. This book is the best book I've seen to explain all the big words on the subject, even though I still find this book hard to follow sometimes. Hey, are we talking becoming whole and complete and so forth by integrating all of our emotions and so forth? I think so, and this RELIABLE scholar is dedicating a lot of his life to making it easier for the rest of us to comprehend this message.
The standard work on the atonementThere are some books that do such a wonderful job covering a single biblical concept that you wonder, why would anyone else want to write on the topic? I believe Bible scholar Leon Morris has accomplished such a fete with his book on atonement. Although not a skim-through kind of book that might appeal to all Christian laypeople, it is not difficult to read this book word by word and come away with a far greater appreciation of how God worked in both the Old and New Testaments when it comes to the atonement of God. (Trust me, he could have been much more technical and have lost many average readers, but thankfully he doesn't.) He fully describes the words associated with the atonement, including Passover, redemption, reconciliation, and justification. Salvation is such a rich idea, it's a shame many Christians go through life not fully understanding the gift that they've been given.
The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena's Life of Judah
Published in Hardcover by Princeton Univ Pr (December, 1988)
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<BR>A spectacular insight to Italian Jewry and gehtto lifeThe Autobiography Of A Seventeenth Century Venetian Rabbi is a unique and interesting book. It is unique in that it is one of the only autobiographies ever written by a rabbi of such stature. The book is very interesting due to the inside view it gives the reader into Jewish life in the Italian ghetto at that period in history. Not often do we find such a marvelous first hand account of history.
Aside from the holistic historic perspective it gives, the personal life of Leon De Modena is an amazing story of survival. His tragic life is reminiscent of the life of Job. The book also gives us a clue of Leon Modena's genius and talents as an author, scholar, playwright and poet.
The book contains two parts; one, the autobiography itself (which I highly recommend). The other part consists on various essays on the autobiography, the author and the historic outlook. In the essays Leon de Modena was portrayed as a typical product of the renaissance period. Leon de Modena was by no means "typical". Another flaw is the manner in which the essays portrayed his autobiography as a characterless perspective, when in fact the book is full of personal feelings and emotions. The lame attempt to define and describe Leon Modena's character which is found in the essays is an understatement of the largest scale, bordering the term 'insult'. Leon Modena's life was so colorful that no artist can paint the colors, no writer can read his limits, and no book can define his character.
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An inside look into the life of a great Italian Jewish RabbiThe Autobiography Of A Seventeenth Century Venetian Rabbi is a unique and interesting book. It is unique in that it is one of the only autobiographies ever written by a rabbi of such stature. The book is very interesting due to the inside view it gives the reader into Jewish life in the Italian ghetto at that period in history. Not often do we find such a marvelous first hand account of history.
Aside from the holistic historic perspective it gives, the personal life of Leon De Modena is an amazing story of survival. His tragic life is reminiscent of the life of Job. The book also gives us a clue of Leon Modena's genius and talents as an author, scholar, playwright and poet.
The book contains two parts; one, the autobiography itself (highly recommended). The other part consists of various essays on the autobiography, the author and the historic outlook.
In the essays Leon de Modena was portrayed as a typical product of the renaissance period. Leon de Modena was by no means "typical".
The essays also describe his autobiography as a characterless, objective perspective. In fact the book is full of personal feelings and emotions.
The lame attempt in the essays to define and describe Leon Modena's character is an understatement of the largest scale, bordering the term 'insult'. Leon Modena's life was so colorful that no artist can paint the colors, no writer can read his limits, and no book can define his character.
Collector's Guide to Candy Containers, Identification & Value: Identification & Values
Published in Paperback by Collector Books (December, 1997)
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A Beauty of a Book for Candy Containers Collectors !A super, 200 page book complete with more than 500 large, sharp, full color photos. Plenty of background information is included. Major topics run from: Candy Container Descriptions, Animals, Cars, Characters and Fire Engines, to Motorcycles, Musical, Racers and Windmills. Collectors will surely enjoy looking at these great photos. Item descriptions are very complete. Values are provided. A very useful and enjoyable reference.
THE single BEST source for Info. on this GROWING collectableThis book is packed with photos of both common and scarce pieces. The information on these beautiful items is unmatched and worth owning for the pictures alone. My personal collection has more than tripled in size with the new found knowledge contained within the pages. You'll be thrilled as a collector and "armed" as a dealer. Don't go antiquing without it!
Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World
Published in Hardcover by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt) (September, 1992)
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A good book that adds depth to the history of the Aztecs.Miguel Leon-Portilla once more brings the ancient Mexica past to life. First he paints the scenery that was Aztec life. He then goes on to illuminate each distinctive poet. The most prominent of the poets was of course the poet king Nezahualcoyotl. From his flight into the wilderness to escape his enemies, to his murder of a rival strangely recreating the story of Bathsheba, and David, many of this poet-king's trials are recreated in the poetry. Mr. Leon-Portilla places all of the prince's poems in the proper context. Nezahualpilli was another interesting poet. Only one work is attributed to him by Mr. Leon-Portilla but it is a gem. This poem deals with the horrors of war. Reading it one can almost step back into the battle line of the Aztecs as darts fly back and forth. Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World is a fine addition to the ever increasing corpus of Nahuatl writings. It is accessible to novice, student, and scholar alike and without hesitation I recommend it to anyone wishing to add depth to the unfortunatelly shallow image that the Aztec Empire has acquired.
Good book for studentsThis book is very neat and understable. It is very helpful for people who are interested in both literature and Aztec life. It was very useful for me, and help me to apreciate and understand the aztec meanings and ways of thinking. I learned a little about Netzahualcoytl and others on elementary school, but this selection was much much broader than all the official selections we get on the text books in Mexico. The main ideas, topics are there: cult of the death, temporarity of life, war, and canto, duality, and of course a strong humanism. I wish there were more aztec original text traslations to read. But, the difficulty to find original nahualt texts acccesible to the general public gives even more importance to works like this. So, I recomend the reading of this book.
The Learned King: The Reign of Alfonso X of Castile (Middle Ages)
Published in Hardcover by University of Pennsylvania Press (October, 1993)
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great literary prose of a great S.O.B.Alfonso X is greatly depicted as a man of much intelligence and prose while leading his country to great European power. O' Callaghan has a wealth of knowledge of the subject matter, and I recommend this book to anybody interested in medieveal literary and political figuers of Europe.
A great readProvides a nice overview of this many-faceted ruler
Oh My Aching Back
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Signet Book (September, 1985)
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Great Book for Running/Sports Related Back ProblemsI had a lower back injury that stopped my running. I was a miler running high school track in the 4:teens, lots of long hard interval workouts. Lower back pain put me on crutches.
This book states that most back injuries are muscle imbalances, for distance runners - strong abdomen muscles over power weaker back muscles. Following the exercises in book I was running again in 30 days.
Started running again after 20 years, and back pain returned. Purchased book used hoping for same results.
first class book about back painleon root is an excellent clinician and his book toucheson the most important aspects of back care. I have reccomended this book to many patients. to date, none have been disappointed