A really great book full of really detailed pictures. The story of a first class kid and a third class kid both abord the Titanic. Shows the time of things that happened. A really great book for kids of all ages.

As always, Ken Marshall's depictions of the liner are as true to life as he can make them, making this book an invaluable reference in my model bulding and serves as an excellent link to remind people that behind that steel skin was a huge floating place of temporary residence, containing all the opulence of the finest european hotels inside a giant steel structure. Definitely worth having in an ocean liner book collection, especially if you like Titanic and her sisters.

Many other people have said what the book is lacking in factualdetail. The book is meant for children who usually aren't interestedin water tight bulkheads and how a steam engine works. The paintings are superbly executed by ken marshal, the leading authority on how the titanic looks. If you want to see more of his work, he has a book with many of his paintings in it called ken marshal's art of titanic. It is a great book also.

This thin book is excellent at detailing the aspects of successful political campaigns.

It is a very good "how-to" primer. Really an expanded to-do list for organizing and executing a campaign for local office, this book is a fine aid for those new to the process. All the topics are coverd -- from organizing and planning to ordering yard signs, doing brochures and how to get out the vote on Election Day.

As a local candidate myself (six runs for the State House - successful), I can attest to the depth of coverage provided by this book.

It is stripped down, with few words wasted. There is not much background information provided nor framework for the lists of things to do. This will perhaps leave skeptics wanting more information. However, it is a good primer and would be an excellent aid to first time local candidates and campaign managers.

I'm teaching a course in elective politics at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Center of Government. This is one of the required reading books for the course and is also used by some other teachers in the field at colleges and universities around the country.

The advice I found in this book was fantastic! It showed me several ways to save a lot of money in a campaign for public office. I really liked the advice in the first two chapters about what to expect when you get into politics. It was a real eye-opener for me. With all that I have learned from this book, I know that my first campaign will be ten times more effective, and I'll save money at the same time! I would recommend this book to anyone who even thinks they might someday run for office!

Running for an elected office can be one of the most emotional experiences a person can have. In fact, it is a lot like getting married. It's easy to propose and it's easy to declare a candidacy. The days leading to the altar or the polling booth can be filled with all kinds of ups and downs.

This book provides a road map for success on the highway to public office. In a campaign it is easy to get distracted, and this book directly addresses many of the key skills that every candidate or campaign staff member should know.

This book is a great gift item and I will be using it in a future class on campaign management.

EVERYONE HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO A JOKE LIST ONLINE, YOU KNOW THE JOKES YOU READ AND SEND WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING. THE TROUBLE IS,MOST OF THESE JOKES ARE EITHR LAME, OR SO OLD, YOUR GRANDFATHER KNEW THEM. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT THE LAME AND SENSELESS ONES ARE ELIMINATED AND THE GOOD ONES ARE CATAGORIZED. ALOT OF THEM ARE TIMELY, SUBJECTS THAT WE CAN ALL RELATE TO. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK, AND IT IS GREAT TOILET READING MATERIAL.

I was surprised to find I really *was* laughing out loud reading this collection. I've been on the Internet from its early days, and on BBSes (Bulletin Boards) before that. I thought I'd read every joke possible to be e-mailed. But many of these were new even to me. Steve and Patty obviously have a real knack for ferreting out great humor. I can't wait for volume 2!

I just got this book and will be sending one to my son for Christmas. I know he will laugh as much as I did! Laughter is the best medicine and all of us need a bit of this medicine everyday. This book is a treasure trove of laughing matter. I hope Steve and Patty collect enough new jokes to publish another. They certainly did a good job on this one. It's gets 5 stars in my book!

McLuhan reads the tea leaves of modern society circa 1965, and predicts that the Baby Boomers will lead the charge into the new age. Quoting Dylan: "Because something is happening/And you don't know what it is/Do you Mr. Jones?" He does not anticipate the Boomers becoming Mr. Jones; but he does predict a constant return to the past with each leap forward in technology; hence the return to the late Sixties of the Boomers children.

The book is a distillation of all his major ideas, and presented in WEB style format created by Quentin Fiore in 1965. Several pages are printed so that they can only be read by holding them up to a mirror, thereby illustrating his idea about the limited ability of print to offer multiple points of view effectively. He chides Jules Vern for predicting television only in the 29th century; but he, on the other hand, may have predicted the changes too soon. Nonetheless, he reads as current as last months Wired, and offers a means of contracting the effects of the media bombardment we Boomers suffer each day of our electronic lives ... awareness.

I get goosebumps just thinking about reviewing this book wherein McLuhan coins the term "the global village." On the internet, 33 years after this book was published, McLuhan had the insight and perspicacity to see just how electronics will be changing us. He's more of an electronical anthropologist here.

The flash of the book has worn off some by now and the graphics, the photos and creative layout of the pages seems to be more of a period piece. Still, because this brief book portrays so many key concepts that currently fill us now. We do not notice the power of the media until we are someplace that does not have it. Like a fish out of the water, we take for granted the influence of the technology around us; we assume that they have been with us forever and we never slow down to challenge these concepts. So, thank God for McLuhan's book.

I've recommended this book to my students and it's fun to see how they read it (because it's so short) and open up to some of the concepts about the media's power. It's as if they had known it all along, but needed McLuhan's book to come along and draw it out of them.

Okay, so McLuhan is offbeat, a bit random in his organization, and has been dead for 16 years. This book, however, represents McLuhan's unique insight. It creates a text in the purest sense of the word. Pictures and words are used to drive home his point--one must read both the words and the images. In short, it is a good introduction to McLuhan's insight. Be forewarned: this will be the beginning of a relationship with this man's work

For close to a decade, many americans,and other races, have shunned the word "Skinhead" as being a foul and racist word. This book proves that theory wrong. Skinheads came about in 1969 in england. They were a youth cult. This book clearly describes all of the important facts of skinhead history. From Traditional skinheads, to S.H.A.R.P.S (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice), and lets not leave out the most stereotypical, Neo-Nazi (BONEHEADS) Skinheads. From the Mods to Rude Boys. From the music they listen to to the style of dress. It even describes the type of alcohol they like. Most of all it explains the truth about Skinheads that so many people don't know or don't want to know. This book must be read by all people. It could change so many peoples minds. But I'll warn everybody, the second chapter is kind of boring. Oi Oi And happy reading.

This is by far the best and most objective book that I've read about the skinhead culture. While Nazis and racist skins (boneheads) tend to be what the media focuses on, there is an even larger percentage of skins that are non-racial and/or anti-racist.

George Marshall cuts through the politics and gets down to the roots of the cult starting back in the late 60's and follows it up to the 90's (in the revisited version it goes to '94). This is not a "how to" book like others say, but an unbiased documentary of the culture. "Before you go waving flags, you better know what you stand for"...

This book is the definitive book on skinheads from across the world. Not only does it focus on the sterotypical skinheads or neo-nazi, but also on the S.H.A.R.P.S. (Skinheads against racial prejudice) and the ever fashionable Trads or Traditional skinheads...also the book speaks on style of dress, music, and lifestyle. Truly a must read for anyone interested in the skinhead way of life!! cheers

I've read this book several times, and am amazed each time. Utley is a terrific writer and historian, as he provides the reader with a complex and vivid "picture" of Sitting Bull and his times. Drawing on a variety of sources, both Indian and white, we come to understand Sitting Bull's struggle for his people through witnessing his childhood, relationships with his fellow Lakota (both Hunkpappa and other tribes), conflict with the whites, travels with Buffalo Bill (his sympathy for poor whites he encountered in the eastern cities is esp. telling), and his murder at the hands of Indian police and a paranoid Indian agent. One of the best biographies I've read.

One of the best written biographies I have ever read, and certainly one of the best ever written about any of the central figures of the Indian wars of the late 19th century. I plan on picking up a copy of Mr. Utley's biography of Custer, as well.

This book is a moving, and sympathetic portrait of a man who fought an impossible war against the forces of manifest destiny that were set against his people. I felt I really got to know Sitting Bull as a man, and as a leader. His spirit of resistance is unquestionably admirable. This is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand just how much was lost by the Lakota, and the Indian people, in the rush of white's towards the "frontier". The spirit of the Lakota leader is on par with any of the great "white" heroes of western european history. Sitting Bull is perhaps, along with Crazy Horse and Chief Joseph, one of the greatest leaders, and Americans, that this country ever produced. Mr. Utley's portrait of him paints his life's picture with pretty vivid colors, and textures. The tragic circumstances of his last years, and his death, are heartbreaking.

Definitely worth the read if you love the American West, and the American Indian people.

Robert Utley, a noted historian, has written an excellent biography on this famous Lakota titled The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull. Utley's monograph depicts Sitting Bull as an influential Lakota, true to his people and his culture. Before The Lance and the Shield, Stanley Vestal's book, Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux, was the premiere work. However, as Utley expresses, Vestal's work is often more literary than historical. Given today's trends in historiography, students needed a new text, one with thorough documentation and a more clear writing style. Utley has created an exceptional text that equals his previous writing successes.

Utley uses two metaphorical approaches to chronicle Sitting Bull's life--the Lance and the Shield and the Four Cardinal Virtues. Utley suggests that Sitting Bull's life can be easily viewed in two different roles, a defensive one (shield) and an offensive one (lance); careful and concise description shows how Sitting Bull continually sought to defend and protect his people, militarily and politically. The Lakotas value Four Cardinal Virtues above all others: bravery, fortitude, generosity, and wisdom. Sitting Bull personified these ideals through his dealings with family, friends, and even enemies. Because Sitting Bull lived such a virtuous life, he achieved great influential power among his people and even among other Plains nations.

Utley's bias clearly lies with the Lakota people. However, his writing style is clear and factual, so usually the reader does not get the impression of overwhelming bias toward the Native Americans, after all, we hear of their faults and shortcomings too. Utley says that this more realistic image of Sitting Bull reveals his greatness because of what he represented, the spirit of the Lakota people. (Rebecca McMurrin)

This is the best book I have ever read about how Homo sapiens lived in an ice-age world 20,000 years ago. Superbly written, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas describes in highly dramatic fashion the struggle of a young girl to stay alive in a land where death was always near and at a time when food and warmth were incredibly scarce. Life in a clan, life among the animals and life in a supernatural state are all described in entrancing detail.

Simply one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. Easily the best invocation of what life may well have been like for our hunting and gathering ancestors, and a stupendous illustration of animistic modes of experience, and of the reciprocity between human beings and the living land. Brilliant insights into the sensorial worlds of other animals -- wolves, mammoths, and others -- as well as into mysteriously beautiful styles of thought and awareness still common among many indigenous, oral peoples. An anthropological and deeply ecological classic -- and yet its a novel! Its not forthose who like their nature sentimental and sweet, but if you care about the wild otherness so rapidly dissappearing from our world, don't miss this astonishing book.

Hands down one of the best books I've read to date. I was assigned Reindeer Moon for an introductory Anthropology course a few years back, and what a treat it turned out to be! Wonderfully realistic and multidimensional characters as well as supurb attention to detail are what make this novel impossible to put down. I read Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel prior to this and was dissapointed that her main character was portrayed almost like an angel; she could do no wrong. But Thomas's Yanan is so real; complete with character flaws, impure thoughts, and feelings of uncertainty. A rich cast of characters and amazing attention to detail is what made this book soar to the top of my "favorite novels" list. Highly recommended.

If, like me, you were horrified by the events in The Hidden Lives of Dogs, you needn't worry about a repeat in this wonderful book. The author has embraced the joy of the human-dog bond, and in fact by allowing her dogs much more freedom than most dogs enjoy has come to understand that dogs DO chose us for their companions! Her insights show how wolf heritage combines with generations of human cohabitation to create a one-of-a-kind animal in our dogs.

Her opinion that dogs are slaves is only mildly off-putting, though her strong stance against euthanasia is sad to read. Hopefully she will continue to mature in her view of dogs and realize that it is not a betrayal to euthanize an animal whose body has so deteriorated that he spends every moment in agony. I feel that I know these dogs well, and the author a little better, and like to "revisit" them all from time to time.

For those who are already fans of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and her fine anthropologist's approach to studying animal culture, THE SOCIAL LIVES OF DOGS may be the finest jewel in her crown of works. This book chronicles an approximate fifteen-year study which included, in the order that they came to live in the Thomas household, Sundog, Misty, Pearl, Ruby, and Sheilah--dogs of varying breeds and mixes. Thomas tells, in her own beautiful and compassionate way, the story of each dog's incorporation into the lives of the other dogs, people, cats, and birds in her home. She succeeds beautifully in her sincere effort always to explain her animal observations and then to try to understand and interpret from the animal's point of view. What more could one ask of an anthropologist/ethologist?

For me, Thomas taps into something very deep and important--something that's difficult to find words for. But I know that it has to do with a message that says it's okay to feel deep emotions about your animals, to talk to them and hear their answers, and to sense and acknowledge their deep feelings. Even though many of us have known and felt this intuitively, it is neither the message that our Judeo/Christian tradition nor our Linnean scala natura science of classification has wanted to deliver to us.

In the introduction she poses the questions: "Can we understand the mind of an animal? . . .[do] animals have consciousness?" and then proceeds to say that for some scientists . . . "the view that animals are incapable of conscious thought, or even of emotion, has acquired an aura of scientific correctness, and at the moment is the prevailing dogma, as if some very compelling evidence to the contrary was not a problem." This reader is happy to say that her own experiences with animals have certainly provided "compelling evidence to the contrary."

On a final note, THE SOCIAL LIVES OF DOGS, even though written around the lives of the canines concerned, reads a little bit like Thomas's personal memoir. She puts a lot into perspective in the excellent epilogue, which I found to be the real icing on the cake. Even as Thomas finds "grace" in canine company, so does she tell their story with much grace. This book is a wonderful read!

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is never a bad read. She has an original mind combined with a background in anthropology that gives all her books an added depth and piquancy. Although I didn't agree with all the conclusions she drew or all the opinions she expressed (for example, my household of two humans, four dogs, and five cats does not break down into distinct interspecies groups, as she claims hers does), as always, I marveled at her powers of observation. Thanks to her, I'll be watching my four dogs more closely from now on. (And I plan to give them the treat-under-towel so-called intelligence test)...

I enjoyed the last part of her book, where she unloaded her views on issues like leashing, neutering, breeding, and ESP in animals (and her introduction, where she neatly pricked the bubble of Stephen Budiansky without mentioning his name). I share her belief that breeders are a strange breed themselves; I see them as breed (as in "object") lovers rather than true dog (as in "creature") lovers. But, then, there really is no such thing as a purebred. All dogs are mixed breeds, because as descendants of wolves and jackals, they owe their distinct appearances to thousands of years of mongrelization. I also think she's right when she says that Americans are obsessed by safety issues and leashing. And hey, inter-species ESP is not a big mystical deal, but rather a pretty banal occurrence; my dogs and I read each other's minds all the time. There is also a gratuitous but important chapter on why you should think several times about adopting an exotic bird. (And personally, I think that keeping a winged creature whose raison d'etre is to fly as a caged pet is inhumane, period).

However, I would like to qualify her statement that dogs are our slaves by saying that I see it as a case of mutual enslavement. They may be in our "power", but in return we have to feed them, house them, clean up after them, train them, nurse them, take them for walks and to the vet, and sometimes stay home and not travel because of them. If that's not slavery, albeit willing slavery, what is?

As an avid spay/neuter advocate, I'm intrigued by her suggestion of vasectomy rather than castration for male dogs (although it's not clear whether she chose vasectomy for any of her dogs); but it would be more costly than castration because the surgery is more precise and not many veterinarians perform it. It would also be harder to sell to those dog guardians who have limited funds to begin with. A lot of the reasons we castrate male dogs are for human convenience--so they don't do as much marking, fighting, roaming, and attempting to mate (with both canines and humans)--all of which makes life harder for people, not dogs. The only valid and un-speciesist reason for taking away a dog's masculinity is to control the overpopulation problem and prevent the tragedies of homelessness and euthanasia. But there is no question that the option of vasectomy would be more humane.

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I remembered this book from my childhood, along with "Stop That Ball" by the same author and illustrator. I love all the movement in the illustrations in both books. I recently started reading both to our 3 year old son, who likes them very much -- he enjoys the rhymes and repetition. But, I was shocked the first time through this book that it has a "man with a gun" and a fox who wants to kill a baby cow. In "Stop That Ball" a hilltop is blasted with TNT and the boy is warned not to try to get his ball out of a cannon that it goes into because "that thing could blow your head off!" I tend to skip over some of the language for now, but it's a pity that these elements are a part of these otherwise fun books.

I am a first time reader of this book and found it quite good. I liked how all the animals were scared of something but it was really not what it seemed. The rhyming was a good part in the story. It made it flow better. I think children will like this book because its not too hard and not too easy to read. Also, the pictures had really nothing to them but they seemed more like how kids would draw and color them, so I think they might like that better anyway.

This is simply my favorite children's book. Even at 35 years old I'm touched by the ending. I recommend it to anyone, young or old, for the great story, flowing language and important lesson. I couldn't disagree more with the person who thought it was violent. It's true that the characters are all fearful at some point in the story, but we learn it's because they're missing some information that isn't revealed until the end, when all is well. This book is about not leaping to conclusions about others, and not fearing what we don't understand. Buy it for a child you love. They will read it again and again.

I don't try to read many self-improvement books or try to live by any of them...But,I have read a few various ones, out of personal interest and wonder of their popularity. I found this book while a friend was searching for one themselves...and I took it on a whim. Well, it is a great read and touchs on many issues, big and small. Sylver puts himself out there for you to feel as if he is speaking directly to you, I liked that. Passion, Profit, Power is absoltely worth the money and time...but I feel that each reader should take the things that apply to themselves personally, rather than trying to live by the book, and for all other self-help books. They give you insights and make you ask yourself questions...I don't believe anybody needs to lose themselves in adjusting according to any book.
Each self-help guru has their own strategies of helping people see themselves in positive lights...Sylver is personable and uses short chapters effectively, and has exercises that lead you to write out your desires and good qualities, etc. It was wonderful to read...I didn't want to get to the end! You will not see my book for sale! Enjoy it!

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