The book was informative however the foward by Spike Lee was out of place. It breaks my heart that so many people profit from the life and death of Malcolm X other than his family. Although this is a good book do your self and Malcolm justice by getting this book from your public library!

Carson is a well-known Black scholar whose most important work has been organizing and opublishing from the Martin Luther King Papers. This book was an effort on his part to expose how the FBI followed Malcolm X from the time he wrote to a radical youth group for information, long before Malcolm X joined the Muslims until his death, a death Malcolm more and more expected would come from the FBI/CIA. Along the way the FBI has preserved speeches and letters and views of Malcolm as they evolved throughout his life. Anyone who treats Malcolm X as some sort of prefabricated god, and not a man whose views developed over time, over experience, and particularly after his exposure to the struggles of the civil rights movement, and the anti-imperialist struggles ongoing in Cuba, Africa, and Vietnam at the time, is in for a rude shock as this book shows how his ideas changed and grew.
I recommend Pathfinder Press's series of books by Malcolm X. Malcolm selected Pathfinder to publish his speeches before he died. The first book Malcolm X speaks was selected while Malcolm was living, though published after he was murdered. Every book has been published in cooperation and with royalties to Malcolm's family. Pathfinder has gone as far as the jungles of Guyana to find every speech or interview available with Malcolm particularly in the last years of his life.

The left turn is the most dangerous for an automobile since it involves two different streams of traffic. This is JLS' humorous history in a very serious agency. The television series "The FBI" was phony; the only inspectors he knew were those who investigated FBI employees (p.8), Could the show have ended after J Edgar Hoover's death because Hoover could no longer pull strings?

After graduating with an MA in English, WW II veteran JLS applied for a job as clerk in Washington; jobs were scarce in Texas. He was accepted, and showed up late. (He had learned one thing in the Army: never admit a mistake or oversight.) His story of getting on the wrong bus worked! JLS attended college in the morning, then worked 1 to 10pm. Chapter 2 tells how he got promoted - by applying for another job! Most employees would report any word or deed that suggested disloyalty to the Director. (There are other places like this.) Page 42 tells of a farewell party for a SAC which ended his career. Was he set up by a rival?

Chapter 5 warns you to be careful in your compliments! Chapter 6 tells of the importance of being ignorant. Was there a scandal in your office? "I've been too busy doing my work to pay attention to office gossip." Chapter 7 tells of the Metropolitan Life Insurance weight tables and how they were applied to agents. One solution was to extend height or enlarge frames - on paper. One agent knew the difference between perception and reality. Were these tables ever scientifically validated? There were two items in the news recently: obesity is at an all time high, and so is life expectancy! Isn't science wonderful?

Chapter 13 tells of a visit by J Edgar Hoover to Senator Lyndon B Johnson in Texas. There was quite a lot of behind the scenes activity. This would not occur in other government agencies because of civil service regulations. Maybe high-level officers in some corporations could tell similar stories? I wonder if this will be repeated at Homeland Security in the future? Chapter 14 tells how the Bureau catered to every whim of the Director, from toilets to television sets. Does absolute power corrupt absolutely? After I read about J Edgar Hoover in the 1950s "Readers Digest", I was disappointed to discover the reality afterwards. Chapter 15 tells of the personal concerns of Hoover. Anyone who wanted a promotion had to see him for his personal approval. There were no guarantees; some whim could result in condemnation to the Field. When Clarence Kelley took over, one of his first actions was to send Administrators into the Field, and replace them with men from the Field. This gave knowledge and experience to all; the Administrators could live by their rules.

I guess any Police Chief must rule with an iron hand. Could it help if this ruler has a trusted, loyal friend or relative who could serve as a counselor to filter opinions for feedback? The one substantive fault in the lack of any mention of the events of November 1963.

Read it twenty years ago, thought it couldn't be true. I found out that unfortunately, it still is...

"OKB SUKHOI" is the first comprehensive volume on one of the most famous soviet design bureau. A large part of what was known was based on intelligence database released during the cold war; this work is the first definitive insight of this team: many details are revealed by gathering informations and photographs published in original russian papers; some snapshots are from personal collections of engineers actually involved in bureau development and testing work. In fact many of them are rare examples and they include prototypes and research vehicles, previously unpublished in the west.

The text is accurate and a detailed description of design features, structures and systems is covered by having access to soviet engineering data. In this regard is important to remark that the metric system is a standard russian practice; if the reader is looking for a precise figure in tabular data, she/he must take into account the significant digits while computing own conversions to british system.

Even if its style is different from the western standard in aviation pubblication, this is a much needed book, really helpful to get a clear picture of the hystory of this famous bureau; above all it is a fine tribute of its leader, one of the most gifted genius in soviet aviation industry.

Interesting book but not as throrough as Gordon & Gunston one on MiGs aircraft, especialy when it comes to detailling TOW, fuel load, Sfc and evolution history on the recent types (i.e. MiG-29 versus Su-27 family). Nevetheless a reference book that should be on everyone interested in aviation bookshelf. But who will come up with an update on the Su-24/32/35/37 family ?

While much has been written on admiralty law in this century, virtually none of it has been written for seamen. The last book that I know of written expressly for seamen about their rights was called, I think, "A SEAMAN'S FRIEND" by Richard Henry Dana, the guy who wrote "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST". That last book was written in the 1870s. This one explains your rights in modern times in simple language. It also explains how to work with a contingency lawyer and some serious thoughts about when and when not to go to law over your rights. While the average seaman may not be interested in citations to statutes and discussions of cases, these are provided in a separate section labeled "For the Seaman's Lawyer". The finincial and personal costs of litigation are frankly discussed. With fewer and fewer American seamen being represented by unions this is a vital reference that every American seaman should have. There is only one vital right that is not discussed and that is the right to organize. Perhaps a union could approach the AAB with a special edition for distribution by unions with their own chapter on the right to organize. I checked with the distributor Marine Education Textbooks and the book is still very much in print. Ask Amazon.com for a special order rather than an out of print order.

This compact reference provides the exact restatement of both the Inland Navigational Rules Act and the "Colregs" (International Rules) without the bother of line by line comparison. Where the text is identical the reference simply tells you so, no laborious comparisons. Where the texts differ the difference is presented for comparison. No need to refer elsewhere for citation to statutes. Each rule is numbered as in the Coast Guard's version, but the precise cite to the United States Code is also presented. Leading American cases on the rules are presented with each case. Additional helps include a citation guide, and a guide to authoritative literature. The reference is updated by pocket part annually until the next edition is published. The ISBN NO. is 1-879778-17-3. The publisher ("Marine Education Textbooks") is not well known outside of maritime circles, but the book has been widely quoted in the 5th Federal Circuit and was recently acquired by the U.S. Supreme Court Law Library . While not as widely known as Farwell's, the annual pocket parts keep it more timely. The pocket parts are little trouble as each year the information in all previous pocket parts is reprinted with the new additional information so you just pull out the old pocket part and throw it away. With its record of citation and recent U.S. Supreme Court aquisition its status as authoritative literature is assured. For admiralty litigators working in collision law and personal injury this is the best source of nav rules information. Originally developed as a continuing legal education text book for courses taught in Texas and Louisiana; it is exceptionally helpful to the litigator, and economical, being soft bound and under $50 including shipping, from most vendors. As you can imagine for a book with so limited an audience it is not found on many bookshelves but is worth the wait for a mail order. Only a couple of typos, one resulting in a slight miscite, the growing volume of the annual pocket part, and a lack of illustrations keeps me from rating this the 5 star reference of navigational rules. The second edition , whenever it comes out should be the premier navigational rules reference for the start of the next century. The Bureau reported in its last pocket part that they had just completed an extensive review of the leading cases from the 1993 edition ,some cases have been modified or commented on but none overturned. It is likely this review indicates the start of work on a planned second edition . It is widely reported in admiralty circles around the 5Th Federal Circuit that the American Admiralty Bureau plans a second edition to be published sometime in the year 2000. This is the only soft bound continiously updated reference on the subject that contains leading case descriptions and citations. A sure jump starter on nav rules legal research.

Jeffreys has compiled a comprehensive and seemingly accurate file on today's FBI. With a mix of reporting, stories and analysis, he gives an enthralling overview of the Bureau. A good read for the inquiring mind.

The plans are described and drawn well. The style tends to lean more towards country or crafts, but the designs are well done. You could easily change the wood from pine to cherry, maple, oak or mahogany and get a different look. The important thing is that the furniture in this book is designed well.

This book discusses the FBI's program of targeting authors as possibly subversive to the USA-- authors such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, EB White (Charlotte's Web) and others. It also discusses how the FBI tried pressuring the American Library Assn into maintaining reading lists of its patrons but the Assn refused. Some universities do this and have been doing it. This book a frightening account of an agency with broad police powers and the capability of labelling anyone as an enemy of the state for expressing ideas.

Cyrus Byington was a missionary who lived among the Choctaw of Oklahoma in the mid 19th century. He set out to construct a lexicon of the Choctaw language in order to translate many Christian prayers, hymns, and bible passages into Choctaw. What resulted was one of the most complete lexicons for a Native American language that exists today. Dictionary is not complete however, and many of the words do indeed date the work. However the work itself has two parts; an English-Choctaw, and a Choctaw-English component. A must have for anyone interested in languages.

This dictionary was compiled by the Omaha Francis LaFlesche, a BAE ethnographer and student of Osage ritual texts. It was published postumously. The orthography is influenced by Omaha-Ponca phonetics (b d ds g bth gth for p t ts k br l, i ~ u ~ iu for u, etc.) and by LaFlesche's Omaha orthography, which uses c-cedilla for s and z (theta in LaFlesche's Omaha dialect), x for the voiced and voiceless velar fricatives, o for all back nasal vowels, etc. In addition, the verb paradigms are mostly after the Omaha-Ponca pattern, which is especially noticeable with th-stems. The definitions are written in an elevated style with old-fashioned usages that sometimes confuse modern readers. There are some typographical errors, and verb paradigms are sometimes mixed. However, the headwords, if adjusted in spelling, are good, somewhat archaic Osage, and overall this work is an impressive feat of scholarship. Check both the Osage and English sides, as they are not always equivalent. An essential reference on Osage (and Omaha-Ponca!), and one of the best dictionaries of a Siouan language, praise in no way muted by there being so few!