Several years back, I overheard a Green Bay Packer aficionado's disdain for 49ers fans. His dislike for them spanned mainly from their relative lack of knowledge of Niner history compared to fans of other legendary NFL teams. Being a fairly well-read 'Frisco aficionado, I thought of challenging his assumption, but I came to a realization that, in a general sense, he was correct. Aside from a few old-timer sports nuts, I've never really known a bay-area resident Niner fan who had a good running knowledge of his/her team's past achievements, heartbreaks, and rosters before their breakout 1981 season. Fortunately, this book is just the thing that's needed to get the quasi-clueless red-and-gold die-hard a leg up on his/her Niner know-how!

Each of the teams' first fifty seasons are briefly profiled, along with the win-loss record from each year. From their post-WWII creation as part of a new football league, to their heartbreaking playoff loss to the Lions in '57, to their frustrating early-seventies playoff defeats to the Cowboys, to their amazing Cinderella 1981 season, to the Super Bowl years in the 80s and mid-90s, this book covers a lot of the bases when it comes to the teams' past highs & lows.

And let's not forget some of their greatest moments, like overcoming a 28-point halftime deficit to beat the New Orleans Saints in what was at one time the greatest comeback in pro football history. Or Dwight Clark's "Catch" against Dallas, and the amazing third-quarter goal-line stand against Cincinnati that helped turned the tide in their first Super Bowl victory. There's Joe Montana's famous drive to beat the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. And who could forget Steve Young finally escaping from Montana's shadow with his amazing MVP performance in Super Bowl XXIX? Oops, I almost failed to mention Jerry Rice's career-spanning, single-handed rewriting of almost all of the NFL's significant receiving records!

Also included are profiles of the 49ers' most notable players and coaches. Frankie Albert, Dick Nolan, RC Owens, John Brodie, Y.A. Tittle, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Bill Walsh, Dwight Clark, Hugh McElhenny, Leo Nomellini, Jerry Rice, and many more are each given a page or two about their amazing achievements and contributions as a Niner player, coach, or exec.

Then of course there's the great Niner stories and legends. You'll find out how linebacker Jack Reynolds earned the moniker "Hacksaw", and read about his penchant for driving himself to the home games already suited-up and ready to go. You'll discover who Len Eshmont was, and learn of the annual team award named in his honor. Then there's coach Bill Walsh dressing up as a bellhop to welcome his players to their hotel in Pontiac, Michigan before their first Super Bowl victory. Oops, let's not forget about Joe Montana's bike-pilfering practical jokes. And did you know that 'Frisco is credited with being the first team to use the shotgun formation in pro football? These little tidbits and more await you in this celebration of one of the NFL's most successful franchises!

So, if you're a less-than-knowledgeable 'Frisco aficionado, this book is just the primer you need to bone up on your 49er knowledge!

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No review. Fouche, a distant relative on my mother's side. He headed Napoleon's secret police, and before that headed every major French political party. Although he condemned the French King to the guillotine, he recanted and came back into favor with the rethroned king, who got rid of him by giving him a dukedom, and sending him off to be an ambassador to some tiny European country. I have the Stefan Zwieg biography, but am looking for books that deal with his family life. He had three children, two of them sons. I am tracing my ancestry and am one step away from linkage to Fouche. Who knows. there may be a country estate dukedom awaiting me?

The general reader, even one with experience with calculus and computer programming, will find the mathematical language of many references in artificial intelligence and cognitive science filled with a uncommon mathematics. This reference is derived from the lecture notes of a sophomore-level mathematics course intended to provide computer science students with the mathematics they will need for their studies. Useful for readers who want to try to understand the mathematics of many cog sci and AI works.

This is book that was originally written in Russian in 1924. It was first published in English in 1953 from the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Moscow. However, following the eclipsing of the legacy of Joseph Stalin during the Khruschev era the publication was allowed to lapse. The Enlish translation was only taken up again by the People' Publication House in Peking in 1964.

A collection of lectures delivered at Sverdlov Univeristy by Joseph Stalin in 1924, this book is important in the present day as a early presentation of the problems facing the young Soviet Union. The book outlines the first tenets of the theory of "socialism in one counrty" which aould have the Soviet people save their nation from world-wide forces of reaction by building a strong independent socialist state. This was a break from the previous Soviet dogma of world-wide revolution which alleged that the Soviet Union could only save itself by encouraging proletatrian revolutions in other countries. Because Leon Trotsky adhered closely to the world-wide revolution theory, this book can be seen as the opening shot in the epic battle within the Communist party of the Soviet Union between the Trotsky and Stalin wings of the party.

This book contains the four "best" comedies of Shakespeare, along with an excellent foreword by Joseph Papp. For each play, it contains a very well written introduction (one that is not only on the play, but links each of them together), Shakespeare's original source material (example: "A Merry Jest of a Shrewd and Curst Wife Lapped in Morel's Skin" for "the Taming of the Shrew"), and well commented textual notes. I found this collection particularly useful for an "upper-level" look at these four plays.

The Talmud tells of four great sages who entered paradise,Rabbi Akiva, Ben Zoma, Ben Azzai and Elisha ben Abuyah. Of the four, one died, one went insane, and one "cut the shoots". Only of Rabbi Akiva is it said that "he ascended in peace and descended in peace." The Talmud gives very little further explanation of this legendary visit to paradise. Howard Schwartz has researched this legend and created a mythical travelogue of the journey. His novella takes into account Talmudic and other scholarly literature regarding this legend and interweaves other common themes of Jewish mysticism. I enjoyed the story immensely, especially the way it brought together numerous pieces of Jewish lore and legend, some of which were already familiar to me, but among which I had never seen a connection. The story is accompanied by an introduction and detailed "Thematic Commentary".

Since I have not read this book ,I can not draw a conclusion.If this book can help me to solve some design problem ,then I'll regard it usefull.

I have had the game for a while, and only recently purchased the book to get some pointers. Without reading any one section in its entirity, I am now able to get much farther in the game and have found information I had not previously discovered. The book is very readable, and designed so that you do not have to get a complete solution to the game if you wish only for help on a sticking point. I highly recommend this book be kept on hand if you have the game. I can honestly say that this book has raised my enjoyment of the game 100%.

Once again Joseph Altsheler comes out with a masterpiece on how the Revolutionary War affected the settlers in the west. The five woodsmen, Henry Ware, Solomon Hyde, Paul Cotter, Tom Ross, and Jim Hart, jorney down the Mississippi to New Orleans, to interview the Spanish Governor-General, who they hear is being urged to join the Indians in an attack on Kentucky.

This is a comprehensive work on the First Amendment. It is a must for anyone interested in Free Speech. I especially liked the chapters on the multicultural history of free expression...really something for everyone.