Pain On Their Faces has recieved the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for 1999 because the authors of this book "contribute mightily to public understanding of the complexities of differance in North America."

The 1987-8 strike in Jay, Maine, was one of the most important labor struggles of the 1980s. As in other major strikes, a local union (with two others in AL and PA) tried to hold the line against the corporate offensive. Against extremely long odds, the strikers held their ground for what their values and their community. There simply are not many accounts of strikes that are written by workers themselves. The closest that most books come, like the Betrayal of Local 14--which is also quite good, rely on oral histories by sympathetic academics or journalists. If you want to know what it means to hold the line against corporate America for 16 months, and then get sold out by your own people, and still believe in unionism, this book is for you.

Truth in advertising: I helped work on the book (by getting it typed up and edited it for typos).

Find a comfortable and well worn leather chair, settle back with a warm cup of coffee and read Simply Whidbey. Nestled between the pages you'll find yourself captivated by the soft songs of Whidbey Island's history merging with the flavors of the Pacific Northwest. Simply Whidbey is more than just another cookbook, it's a collection of adventures in food shared by real Northwesterners.

I have made many of the recipies in this cookbook and have not come across a bad one yet. The seafood one are particularly good. I highly recommend making the Chocolate Lover's cake.

FIND THE CAT is probably the most memorable book that my children read when they were toddlers. Now 19, 17, and 14, they all recall that FIND THE CAT was their most favorite childhood book. Specifically, my oldest daughter Lindsay, still smiles when I remind her that every night my husband and I had to read the book to her before bedtime. This went on for years.

In attempting to examine what was so special about FIND THE CAT, I realized that it was the combination of a few special features. First and foremost, Elaine Livermore's ability to disguise the cat's whereabouts on each page, caused us to become involved in a game per page, as we read together. After my daughter read the book a few times, we discovered that she was quite "quick to the draw" in locating the cat. When my husband and I took our nightly turns reading the book, we found that it was quite the challenge to locate the cat as fast as she could. There was so much joy in Lindsay's giggle as she outsmarted us as each page was turned.

The environmental illustrations were wonderfully simple, yet extremely discrete when meshing the cat's physical appearance within the page. Our bedtime routine became an exciting time to look forward to, and eventually it became a race to turn each page in time. Lindsay's index finger was instinctively and stragically ready to pounce on the cat, the moment we read the last word on the previous page. The author well exemplified the crafty and cunning feline personality traits, with her meticulously hidden sketches.

It is now seventeen plus years later, and my job involves current educational research. It's interesting to me that FIND THE CAT portrays much of my personal philosophies on education, without intending to do so. We know so much today about the research on the multiple intelligences and learning styles. This book exemplified to us that our daughter was quick to process information, and a strong visual learner. She was able to comprehend the storyline of FIND THE CAT much more through the illustrations as opposed to the printed word. Since Lindsay was our first child, FIND THE CAT was a joyful introduction to the different ways that children can love to learn.

Unfortunately, FIND THE CAT was misplaced during a household move. Lindsay is now attending college, and when she came home for summer break, once more mentioned our childhood nightly routine. I understand that FIND THE CAT may no longer be available, but I will do my best to locate a copy to include with her childhood momentos, as this fond memory seems to be everlasting.

Background Info: I majored in Anthropology at college.

This book has 2 main problems. 1) It is horribly boring. Yes, there are some interesting field works here. But too often the narrative is bogged down with explanations of anthropological or postmdern or Focaultian theories, which add absolutely nothing to it. I wanted an ethnography, not a text book.

2) The author did not one observe employees at work. Although this is understandable, it makes it hard to write a believeably ethnography. Obseving the employees at work is fundamental to research. Without that, this is just psychology, and not really true anthropology.

While I enjoyed this book and all it's talk about nuclear weapons, I had to add a side note that I love the way it really does capture this small town.

I have been working across the street from Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) as an intern at Sandia National Labs, and picked this book up in Sandia's library to get a better sense for the community around me.

The culture in a nuclear weapons lab is utterly unique. Coming from a background where most of my friends are against nuclear weapons, it is interesting to work among people who believe with their heart that what they're doing is good for society.

Hugh Gusterson does a great job at documenting the culture of the LLNL and how it fits in with the culture of Livermore, CA, and how it clashes with the culture of anti-nuclear weapons activists. Gusterson's objectivity is refreshing, and the material is fascinating.

If you've worked at a national lab, want to get into the minds of a nuclear weapons scientist, or just want to learn a bit about one of the US's biggest national laboratories, I highly recommend this book.

Jesse Livermore's book, in my opinion, is the single all time best book ever written on trading stocks.

I have read many books on trading, 7 out of 10 ordinary books are written by people who are good at writing textbooks. They are good at talking theory, but when it comes to combat in the trading battlefield, they come short and leaves you unsatisfied.

Jesse walks you through important trading principles which he learned through mistakes himself. He walks you through the emotions, the struggles, the mistakes, together with the success. This is no textbook, but you will learn important principles from a man who has been through the trenches himself.

THis book is not for ordinary investors, but for traders with a bit of experience. For those who are full time traders, this book is a must read. It leaves the ordinary trading textbooks in the dust.

The only draw back is Richard Smitten bought the copyright to the original book (from what I know), and he removed 3 chapters at the end of the original book, and he replaced it with his own materials. I went through great troubles to get hold of the orignal book with the final 3 chapters intact(the juicy stuff).

Overall, a must read for traders. If you can find the original edition, buy it and forget the new edition by Smitten.

In this book, Livermore shows some of his experiences and the lessons he learned from them. From these experiences and his compilation of data he was continuously saving throughout his trading career, he developed a "Livermore Key" system that you enter the prices on a piece of paper, or, perhaps a computer to spot intermediate trend changes or an actual trend changes. Most of his theory is set on breakouts or breakdowns. Currently, as of 1/07/00, most stocks that make good money never go through a consolidation before large movements that Livermore describes. Winning stocks just keep going up without going down dramatically ever. Sometimes if you use Livermore's methods you would be selling at short-term lows. I tried his method on some leading stocks and you would have done better by just holding them. But then, there are stocks going up 500%+ a year right now, some as much as 3,000% in a year so it would be hard to beat that.

When the market loses some of it's momentum and leading stocks begin to go back and forth out of trading ranges, and there are less false breakouts, this book may be helpful.

But currently, using this method would put you in laggard stocks and/or sell during short-term corrections.

Aside from the Livermore Key, I found the book enjoyable and there were some good rules and points made that are still applicable today.

As many people know, Jesse Livermore was the most successful trader early this century. Unfortunately, even the master couldn't hold on to his success. "JL" reportedly made $10 million during the beginning of the 1929 crash, only to lose EVERYTHING in the early 1930s. How did he lose his fortune? Unfortunately, his book does not say. Nevertheless, Jesse does reveal his system that served him well for many years. And even if it went kaput in the early 1930s, I think one can profit from his experiences. The book shows that Jesse often used "pivot points" to time his trades. Basically, "JL" was a mental technician. What has worked in the past may not work in the future. As George Soros had said, "The rules change." That phrase is especially important as we come ever closer to the end of the greatest bull market of this century, the type which wiped out JL himself. So, don't blindly follow JL's methods. Despite JL's subsequent failure, he did write a good book. I recommend it.

This book goes beyond fiction, it's pure fantasy. If you like fiction, there are many other authors who do a much better job. Just make up your own fantasy about Livermore and save yourself the cost of the book. I hope to find a good use for it before I die, but I'm not optimistic. This book will in no way help you in your trading endeavors. Honestly, look someplace else...or donate the money you would spend on this book to charity.

This book is perfect except I feel that the author is using Jesse Livermores original book to make money. How can you use someone like that. Stupid to me. Though it is informative and the first 7 chapters are of Jesse Livermores words, I can not feel proper hearing someone else who is not even part of being a financial wizard try to interpret a famouse traders technique. You can read the inexperience words from Smitten when re iterating Jesse's teachings. Even the charts are not explained properly unless you know what your looking for. Jesse never needed charts. I just feel like Smitten offers his side of what he feels Jesse is teaching and it sounds redundant and useless. It sounds like Smitten trys to offer some of his ideas as well and I feel it is a stumbling block of knowledge. It would of been great if Smitten just wrote an introduction, maybe a forward or some personal words and leave the book untouched with Jesse's own words. But he sounds like he wanted ride on Jesse's success and sound like a perfessional himself. I didn't buy it.

In the last chapters of the book Smitten just re-writes the book and trys to explain in "now a-day" terms what Jesse use to do years ago. And I would of preferred to just hear Jesse's own words of then, because everything he has done applies now.

Get the book because the original is no where to be found any more, but be very deserning of what you read after the 7th Chapter.

NOT ON THE TREND LINE. I DID learn something of value to me in one chapter in your own words. Because of this I am very grad I bought your book.

After reading Reminiscences of a Stock Operator I was eager to learn more about Jesse Livermore's life. This book was a big disappointment. Don't be fooled by the relatively positive reviews. This book is poorly written. The factual information of Livermore's life was interesting but you'll have to wade through a lot to get at it. The recreated conversations and artistic details are particularly annoying.

I highly recommend Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. That one was hard to put down. Skip this book unless you must absolutely must know a few obscure details of Livermore's life and don't mind fluffy embellishment.

While Livermore started out with nothing and died more or less bankrupt, his career in-between was genuinely meteoric. The man could turn a few thousand into a million within months, then lose it all in a couple of hours. Shows how much you can succeed (and fail) if you really put your mind to it.

This book is a worthy companion to Edwin Lefevre's barely-fictional biographical novel REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR. The first 180 pages or so of this one closely mirror the story in REMINISCENCES, giving real-life names to people and places, and disgorging more details on Livermore's non-trading life. It goes on from there to discuss his staggering 100-million dollar win during the Great Crash of 1929 (when so many other investors and traders opted for suicide to curtail their losses) and the steady, tragic disintegration of his family life and trading instincts that followed thereafter.

Smitten has produced an entertaining, briskly-moving account of the great trader's life that doesn't require any prior knowledge of the stock market or investing ("speculating" is a better word, as Livermore would put it). Also included are a few chapters on Livermore's trading theories culled from his 1940 book HOW TO TRADE IN STOCKS.

In 1929 Jesse Livermore had the stock market all figured out. He made a fortune during the depression using simple strategies that can apply today. Although the editing is poor and some may not like Smitten's writing style you won't be disappointed. The information on how he succeeded while others failed is priceless and should give any contrarian Stock or Futures Trader the confidence to stick to his system.

This is a classic that belongs on any traders shelf, I have written three books on futures investing and this book stays right next to me.

The editing is pathetic as if it was slapped together and thrown out there in rough draft. The book repeats itself over and over as if to fill up pages, p.65 caption refers to charts of INTL and semi ind. with charts of LU and telecom ind. above it, and publisher ads, too. I got almost as much out of "Reminiscences of a stock operator" (about Livermore) as I did this. There are some good points from Livermore, I think, hard to tell his words from Smitten additions. Hate that. Livermore market key is worth it, but I'm steering clear of this publisher in the future.

Jessie!
First off the pictures are magnificent as far as seeing about Jessie's life. Jessie took many millions of dollars out of Wall Street but he played for the game. He was up and down so often, and so high, that there was nothing left after the thrill was gone.

The antidotes on Jesse's life are very entertaining but not much use to refining a traders technique. If he had died a few years sooner he would have been a hero. As it is people confuse this personal life with that of a great trader who just got tired.

The included "Livermore Secret Market Key," reprint contains a wealth of information from Livermore's own hand. If I did not already have it, Smitten's book might have been useful.

Cycles!
Jesse mentions market swings from 5 to 20 points that take from a week to a month. It seems like Jesse is talking about what we now call cycles when he refers to the time element. Trading into the future.

Trends!
He talks about this idea that the best trades are those that show a profit right from the start. Therefore, by definition if a trade dips into a loss and violates your definition of what a trailing trend is, Speculators lose no sleep jettising it off right away.

Never permit speculative ventures to turn into investments. Involuntary Investors ... make a bet, stay with it, and if it goes wrong, they lose it all, "they buy a stock that goes down, and they refuse to sell and take their loss."

Trends work automatically, and consistently along certain lines. If you recognize a trend and wait to get in at the precise time, drawdowns should be at a minimum. The drawdown itself should flash a danger signal.

Pyramiding!
When your security is acting right you can safely add to your line from then forward.

One of the unique ideas that I may have overlooked in Reminiscences is that entering a trade a little late is a bit of added insurance.

There is a psychological value in drawing money out of your winnings. Something I just love to do.

Pivot Point!
There is allot in here about his Pivotal Point entry. However, unless you can get it out of the "Livermore Secret Market Key," reprint contained in the book you will not find it in the "Smitten," part.

Anyone can see where pivot points were, the psychological entry point can be determined when groups of other securities confirm the change in trend.

Double bottoms!
Jessie gets into what we now call a double bottom. The first bottom is the primary pivotal point the second bottom (or top) is what he calls the "Continuation Pivotal Point."

CPR's!
Jesse did early work on what we now call CPR's. Closing Price Reversals. CPR's often occur at the Pivotal Point.

He teaches us to only trade on pivot points. But then goes on to explain the benefits of Box-break outs, trading on new highs and new lows.

Livermore's system of Sister Stocks is clearly explained and is a welcomed addition to Reminiscences. I wonder why Smitten did not show these as a spread?

Money Management!
Your position is defined as the percentage of your portfolio you will invest in any single situation.

Find your Pivotal Points and trade in the direction of the momentum. It is the big swing that makes the big money for you.

Jessie suggests averaging up, "within the pivot point range," without defining what a "pivot point range," is. It may be the center reaction in the W of a double bottom.

The final time to pyramid is a break out (of the pivot point range?) on heavy volume. It is riskier to enter a pyramiding action when the stock is far from the base.

My take on this is that Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre is more helpful to a trader than "how to trade in Stocks."

The bottom line on Livermore's money management still remains something I learned from Stanley Kroll. To Quote Jessie Livermore in "How to Trade in Stocks."

Shoot the Works!
"The only area I may have differed from most speculators, was when I felt I was truly right, dead right, for-damn-sure right-then I would go all the way, shoot the works."

...I would come back from my grave to personally scalp the person who dared to illustrate my books with photos taken at all the low points of my live and dares to comment on these as Richard Smitten has done.

It is interesting to see at Amazon.de that there actually exists a German translation of a book in which the also famous Richard Wyckoff interviews Jesse Livermore.
Why not publish the English original also ???

Note: as most will know, Reminiscences of a stockoperator is also based on interviews with Jesse Livermore, first published in Saturday Evening Post of 1922-1923.

I bought this book before I spent a summer in Spain. When I got to Spain, I had to buy a different travel guide because so many things in this book were not correct. Many of the hours they listed for museums and other attractions were wrong, the prices they listed for restaurants, bars and clubs were wrong, and many of the places they suggested to go were absolutely terrible. I bought the book because I though it was geared for college students, but their attempts for this were way off and it feels like it was written by older people who do not know have fun traveling around Spain.

When I picked up Hanging Out in Spain, I hoped for an informative guide that would help me find my way around Spain. I went to Spain last year with several guides because I couldn't get the information I need from one guide. When I read Hanging Out in Spain, I realized this would be the only book I will be taking with me on my trip to Spain this year. Not only is it loaded with very useful information, it's written in a casual, comical style. The book addressed all the questions a hip 20- something traveler would need to know, from the coolest night spots, to a concise overview of the history and culture in every region of Spain. They tell you what the local crowds are like, what their interested in talking about, and where to get some edible food. I highly recommend any traveler with plans to go to Spain to pick up Hanging Out in Spain.

Just an example which proved that Sarnoff didn't know his topic a thing before he commented on it. Regarding "The Livermore Key" in Livermore's book "How to trade in stocks", the numbers in the price table, Sarnoff said "He (Livermore) used blue ink for the upward movements, and red ink for the downward". In fact, Livermore use BLACK ink for upward trend, and red ink for downward trend. Blue ink (pencil) was used for Rally or Reaction which can be upward or downward. I don't think Sarnoff understood the formula Livermore talked about.

Sarnoff's book is pure tripe. The anger & spite seethes throughout. It's hard to take the author serious when it's so appearant he has some ax to grind.

Sarnoff comes across as a Wall Street sucker who's swallowed alot of hooks. His anger & resentment towards Livermore seems more like a loser with a vendetta, than an author with a biography to tell.

Life's short - There's better books to read than this.

"Markets are never wrong; opinions are." ...Jesse L. Livermore.

Described as a 'Master Market Manipulator', 'Boy Plunger' and 'the Great Bear'.

Jesse L. Livermore's true story is re-created in this book by Paul Sarnoff, an excellent starting point for traders in their 'journey' to find the Truth.

Although lacking in technical analysis, or mathematical tools, this book provides a rare insight into the thoughts of a professional trader.

Have pencil ready to underline some classic ideas from Jesse Livermore, like one of his rules, "Don't make the same error twice." One of Aristotle's doctrines is that learning "comes from suffering"......Livermore was certainly Aristotelian.

Although not as informative as Edwin Lefevre's fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore, this book is still mandatory reading for traders starting out.

Livermore firmly espouses the maxim "If there is any easy money lying around in Wall Street, no one is going to put it into your pocket".

Included is a basic chart of a Livermore rally and trend with price levels of U.S.Steel and Bethlehem Steel from 1938, and some pictures in the back.

Worth a read. END