This book is writen by my great uncle, this book contains very good poetry, My family lives in Michigan so there are poems that are michigan oriented.

Stalking Crimes and Victim Protection by Dr. Davis is a welcomed and much needed resource in the field for ANYONE who is currently investigating or managing stalker/stalking cases or providing consultation, threat assessments or mental health counseling services to the workplace and the targeted victim(s) of this crime. Dr. Davis has assembled an outstanding list of nationally recognized experts who approach this crime from a multidisciplinary perspective. In addition, the book not only meticously examines "stalking crimes and victim issues" from a theoretical viewpoint, but also evaluates this crime from both a practical and applied standpoints. As a bonus, the book also provides multiple case studies for clinical comparison. Finally, the editor and contributing authors provide insight into the stalker and provide practical suggestions for investigation, interviewing, threat assessment, and case management. Furthermore, the editor and authors also provide suggestions for safety planning and risk managment. Overall, this book is an excellent resource and handbook for any agency or professional who is actively working cases and providing direct services to targeted victims of this crime.

Casper writes with great passion and originality. A truly gifted writer.

Ever since the legal cases against the Census Bureau in 1980, statisticians have played a much more visible role testifying and providing depositions in legal cases. Due to the adversarial role lawyers play in trials we are seeing each side pit their expert statistician against the other. Many times the statistical evidence is confusing to the jury and/or the judges and the testimony tends to cancel out with verdicts being decided by other means. It is important to keep things simple. In the case about undercount adjustment for the Census in 1980, eminent statisticians argued on both sides. There was no right or wrong answer. Everything hinged on what statistical models you are willing to believe. Unfortunately, such cases revive the old adages that make statisticians kringe, "you can prove anything with statistics" and "lies, damn lies and statistics".

With the advent of DNA evidence, statisticians are asked to compute matching probablities to determine the likelihood that a suspect is the person whose DNA was found at the crime scene. The results can be overwhelming but even a statistician with expertise in DNA matching can be tripped up by clever high priced lawyers. Such was the case when Bruce Weir testified on national television in the O. J. Simpson case.

Joe Gastwirth has contributed to the statistical research applied to legal problems over the past 20 years at least and he has published a book on the subject. In this volume, he compiles a number of case stories and statistical issues in legal cases told by many very capable statisticians including Alan Izenman, Jay Kadane, Bruce Weir, Seymour Geisser, Don Rubin, Joe Gastwirth himself,David Pollard and Scott Zeger. These are all fascinating tales that will especially be appreciated by lawyers and statisticians. But this is also worthwhile reading for the general public. Read the preface, where Gastwirth gives you a synopsis of these articles.

One of my favorites is the article by Seymour Geisser who tells a sad tale about how statistical issues relating to problems in the analysis of DNA evidence is covered up by the FBI. This is taken to the extent of influencing the refereeing process for journal publications, a shocking tale!

Unfortunately even though DNA evidence can be as conclusive as a fingerprint, human error in processing the evidence can create doubt about the matching process or even pursuade a jury that evidence was planted or a defendant frame. Such things are possible and defense lawyers now exist who are up to the task of creating such doubt as was done masterfully by Johnny Cochran and Barry Scheck in the O.J. trial.

Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Barbara Tuchman may be the pre-eminent historian of our age. What makes her so good isn't just superior scholarship, but superior presentation - she's eminently readable. She has an eye for anecdote and a lively sense of humor that frequently has the reader laughing. My intent here is both to discuss General Joe Stilwell and to provide a taste of Tuchman for the uninitiated.

General George Marshall, who directed America's war effort, considered Stilwell his best corps commander before the war. But Stilwell never commanded US formations in Europe, where he would have excelled. Reading of his personal habits and professional preparation, one is reminded of Erwin Rommel. Had Stilwell been at Kasserine Pass, things might have turned out very differently than they did.

Stilwell never got to WWII Europe because he was also the US Army's best Orientalist at a time when his skills were needed to train the Chinese Army to fight the murderous Japanese invaders. Stilwell had a high regard for the Chinese soldier as fighting material; but his fate was to work at the highest levels, with Chiang Kai-shek and Company, and his impatience and refusal to accept the second-rate made for tough sledding during the Kuomintang era of corruption, ineptitude, and clashing cultures (Chinese and other powers') that set the stage for the Communist takeover following WWII. At every turn, Stilwell's attempts to get the Chinese Army on its feet were frustrated by Chiang's double-dealing. There were cultural reasons for this-the identical problem would later frustrate US efforts in Vietnam-but it seems an unusually cruel fate for one of Stilwell's disposition to have to deal with it.

Just as devilish, for other reasons, were his allies. Stilwell detested the British, and Tuchman seems unimpressed by them, also. "No nation has ever produced a military history of such verbal nobility as the British. Retreat or advance, win or lose, blunder or bravery, murderous folly or unyielding resolution, all emerge clothed in dignity and touched with glory. Every engagement is gallant, every battle a decisive action, every campaign produces generalship hailed as the most brilliant of the war. Other nations attempt but never quite achieve the same self-esteem. It was not by might but by the power of her self-image that Britain in her century dominated the world."

Americans and Brits of course had to work together in the CBI, and friction was continuous, as much because of personal pique as differing institutional approaches to leadership. "Mountbatten took an intense interest in publicity, especially his own. When he visited the troops he liked to give an impression of 'spontaneous vitality.' He would drive up in his jeep, vault nimbly, jump agilely onto a packing case carefully placed in advance, and deliver 'an absolutely first class and apparently impromptu speech-simple, direct and genuinely inspiring. The men loved it.'"

Stilwell did things differently. A direct, plainspoken man, spartan of personal habit and shunning many of the perquisites of position, he "liked to talk to the men unrecognized, which frequently occurred. Once riding in a jeep wearing his long-visored Chinese soldier's cap like a hunter's and holding a carbine across his knees, he passed a group of Merrill's Marauders, of whom on growled, 'Christ, a goddamn duck hunter.' A GI in an engineer unit was more sympathetic. 'Look at that poor old man. Some draft boards will do anything.'

From Stilwell's diaries Tuchman recreates the US Army of the period. On a trip to Washington, Stilwell wrote that he was surrounded "by clerks rushing in and out of swinging doors, people with papers rushing after other people with papers, groups in corners whispering in huddles, everybody jumping up just as you start to talk, buzzers ringing, telephones ringing, rooms crowded, clerks banging away at typewriters. 'Give me ten copies of this AT ONCE.' 'Get that secret file out of the safe.' Everybody furiously smoking cigarettes, everybody passing you on to someone else. Someone with a loud voice and a mean look out to appear and yell 'HALT! You crazy bastards. SILENCE! You imitation ants. Now half of you get out of town and the other half sit down and don't move for one hour.' Then they could burn up all the papers and start fresh."

There is plenty to admire in this man. He was decades ahead of his time in his approach to physical conditioning and preparation. His career largely represents a bright man with exemplary self-discipline and dedication. For all his excellence, he did have one major professional defect: he did not "play the game" in ratings and awards, so that his subordinates didn't get as good ratings or as many medals as their peers in other units. This cost them promotions and professional chances later on. Stilwell himself actually turned down medals and never sought promotion, but few ordinary mortals are made of such stern stuff. He owed it to his men to do right by them according to the system they all served.

But he was an extraordinary man during extraordinary times. It's our good fortune that his biographer was the extraordinary Barbara Tuchman. This book should be on the reading lists of professional historians and military men alike, and of anyone who wants to learn something of Chinese culture.

This book covers the theory of spatial point processes at a level that is perfect for the practical scientist who needs to solve real-world problems or analyze data -- without details of measure theory and other abstractions.

The author weaves words into images that are common to us all. He uses words that one would not have thought to connect to common experiences, and yet these words paint a mood and a picture so clear that the reader feels he is standing beside the author's thoughts, as if he were intruding on the author's most private feelings and memories. I recommend this book to stir your thoughts and memories like the rustling of fall leaves.

I found this to be the most interesting book I have ever read! Furnas has the most alluring style , and the use of words is utterly fantasic. I learned more from this book than just history ; Furnas paints a picture with the text , you can feel the emotion of the times . The Grapes of Wrath has now a new meaning to me. I feel that the completeness of this work allows me to feel as though I lived during the times. So many intering parts of history , that I have never before known .

The author begins with the formation of the United States and the constitutional principles that made this country different from all other countries in world history. He proceeds to cover the political developments in the North and South that led to irreconcilable differences between the different regions. Many of the facts in this account were new to me despite having read extensively about history and having taught courses at the University level in the World Civilization and US History. Plain facts and figures untainted by revisionist historians, i.e. who fought where with how many soldiers engaged on which side and the outcome of the battle. After reading this book it is absolutely amazing that the Southern armies resisted defeat for as long as they did with so little to keep them going. Whether you agree with the politics of secession or not, you cannot read this book without developing a deep and abiding respect for the southern soldiers from the rank of General to private who pressed on despite overwhelming hardship. It also points out to the astute reader the fatal flaws in the southern political, economic, diplomatic, and military approach to the conflict.

The collaborative effort of Joseph Homme and Cheryl Homme, Storybook Culture: The Art Of Popular Children's Books is a gorgeous coffee-table artwork filled from cover to cover with full-color photographs showcasing the cover art of a wide variety of classic and vintage children's books and magazines. Storybook Culture is enhanced with a few cogent essays about these classic and popular books (and their inspirational cover art), but the majority of this enchanting tome is dedicated to the cover illustrations themselves, each with an informative caption about the book's author, illustrator, and publisher. A treasure trove timeless art and visual memories, Storybook Culture is especially recommended as a school or community library Memorial Fund acquisition selection.