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Handbook of Geriatric Assessment
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (April, 1995)
Authors: Gallo. Joseph J., William Reichel, Joseph J. Gallo, and Lillian Andersen
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Very helpful for concrete objective documentation
We have begun using the tools in this handbook to move us from subjective observations in our documentation regarding our clients to a more concrete and objective format. The explanations of the tools, how they should be used and reliability factors have been very useful in the justification for use and the education of proper administration and use.


Handbook of package engineering
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Author: Joseph F. Hanlon
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VERY COMPLETE BOOK,INCLUDING TRANSFORMATION AND PACKAGES
THIS BOOK HAS A VERY COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSFORMATION PROCESS AND A GOOD DESIGN LITERATURA ABOUT EACH TYPE OF PACKAGE.


Happily Ever After
Published in Hardcover by School Source (15 December, 1999)
Author: George W. Seevers
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Intriguing and thought provoking
George W. Seevers writes a historical, thought provoking account of the Pearl Harbor scandal, where one is faced with the real possibility, that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was orchestrated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.


Heaven's Flame: A Guide to Solar Cookers
Published in Paperback by Home Power Publishing (15 March, 1998)
Authors: Joseph M. Radabaugh and Ben Root
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Heavens Flame
This is a book about the heavens flame solar cooker. It tells how to make the cooker in great detail. It also has a wealth of great information on many aspects of solar cooking such as the history of solar cooking, solar cooking tips, and ideas on how to make your own solar cooker design. I greatly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in cooking with the sun.


The Heidegger Case: On Philosophy and Politics
Published in Hardcover by Temple Univ Press (May, 1992)
Authors: Tom Rockmore and Joseph Margolis
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A large topic, considered in small doses
These 18 selections, by 17 professors and one Research Director (in the Hegel Archives at the University of Bochum, Germany), while within the realm of thoughts "On Philosophy and Politics," offer an education in Heidegger far broader than how his unique place in philosophy and support for the NSDAP (you should know who I really mean) are now topics subject to debate. I have read far more on Nietzsche than about Heidegger, and tend to be disappointed that the thought of Nietzsche looms like an already settled metaphysics of will to power in some of these selections, but the evaluation of either individual thinker seems to require an openness to how other philosophers are making their interpretations. Since this book was published in 1992, the overwhelmingly negative consensus about Heidegger's embrace of what is German, as an inner truth about some level of greatness in his esteem, has been the major objection to anything which he thought.

As a consideration of alternatives, philosophy offers thinkers the opportunity to discuss ideas in a manner which does not commit the speaker to an absolute commitment, one way or the other. I find this particularly true of the use which this book makes of the comments of Rudolf Bultmann, who was about five years older than Heidegger, studied and taught at Marburg, and who gets mentioned in this book more often than the listings in the index:

31, 106, 128, 317, 265; Heidegger's correspondence with, 15-16.

The correspondence had not been published when this book was written. The first page listed, 31, mentions a conversation between Bultmann and Heidegger after World War II, not a time when Heidegger was open to suggestions about what other people thought he ought to do. The source of this information was a biography of Martin Heidegger by Hugo Ott, published in 1988. This book, THE HEIDEGGER CASE, also contains an article by Hugo Ott, "Biographical Bases for Heidegger's `Mentality of Disunity,' " which starts with a description by Heidegger of an inquisition, "in December 1945, when I was brought before the faculty in the inquisition's cross-examination to answer the twenty-three questions and I broke down completely, Dean Beringer of the Medical School (who had seen through the whole charade and the intentions of the accusers) came to me and simply took me away . . ." (p. 93). Ott explains that "Martin Heidegger was in need of very intensive medical care" (p. 95), which I tend to see as politically motivated, but "the medical care came from Professor Beringer himself, who was then the director of the University Psychiatric Clinic: Heidegger was placed in the sanatorium Schloss Hausbaden . . . from February to the end of May 1946. After that time, the psychotherapeutic treatment continued with Gebsattel." (p. 95). Even Archbishop Conrad Groeber was interested in his care, and sent a report to a priest in Rome. Ott is interested in the religious connection, even including a few lines in latin of famous Bible verses. "We should bear in mind the Twenty-third Psalm in discussing Heidegger." (p. 96). But Heidegger found more salvation in Luther than in the system which he considered "the essence of Catholic faith." (p. 106). Having seen the choice that Luther made, "After this, Heidegger came to be considered the Protestant who had come from Catholicism, . . . as Rudolf Bultmann wrote at the end of 1923 after participating in the St. Paul seminar that Heidegger offered following his call to Marburg." (p. 106).

The following selection, "Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Politics" by Otto Poeggeler, includes a portion of the letter from Bultmann, dated December 23, 1923, about his seminar on the ethics of St. Paul. "This time the seminar is especially instructive for me, due to the participation of our new philosopher, Heidegger, a student of Husserl. He comes from Catholicism, but is entirely Protestant. . . . The older generation is unable to participate, as its members no longer even understand the problem to which we are lending our efforts." (p. 122). Though the title for this subsection is "Decline and Destruction," the scientific advances of the century "which vastly lengthened the time of the origin of the universe," (p. 122) seemed to bring philosophy to a new consideration of time.

As an example of reading philosophy, the tenth selection, "A Comment on Heidegger's Comment on Nietzsche's Alleged Comment on Hegel's Comment on the Power of Negativity" by Leszek Kolakowski, checks out a comment in "Der Siegel" just after Heidegger's death, in which "Heidegger asserted that whoever had ears to hear knew that he had criticized the Nazi regime in his Nietzsche lectures." (p. 255). On the contrary, this selection is intended "to suggest, on one small point, that Heidegger employed his peculiar reading of Nietzsche to express--obliquely but clearly--his commitment to German imperialism." (p. 255). At this point, people who have been hearing anything about the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, might not be surprised that Leszek Kolakowski is listed in this book as a Professor there. The questions that are considered tend to be murky, even before Heidegger, and the philosophical attempt to come up with something positive, in spite of it all, ends with the conclusion that Heidegger "was not the only thinker whose work could have been employed for evil purposes without distortion, while at the same time it actually advanced in a seminal way the work of civilization." (p. 262).


Hercules
Published in School & Library Binding by William Morrow & Company (April, 1984)
Authors: Bernard Evslin and Joseph A. Smith
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Hercules in Bernard Evslin's way
I like this book. It has a lot of suspense and action. It is very exciting and if you like mythology, you should read this book. It has many exciting adventures with Hercules.
It starts off in Thebes. Amphitryon and Alcmene had a baby who was going to be the heir to the throne. It turns out that they're going to have two babies. This is a problem because if there is two prince babies, there will be a problem of succession. One baby was Hercules. He was twice the size of his twin brother Iphicles. Hercules was so big that people started to think he was a son of a god. Hera, who is the queen of gods, thought that Hercules was Zeus's son. So she sent two serpents to kill him. The two came and started to choke Hercules and his brother. His brother became unconsious, but Hercules just started to squeeze the life out of the snake choking him. He also took the other snake and tied them together. Iphicles had some broken ribs, but Hercules had bruises but no broken bones. Hera was very angry. Hercules grew and learned from a centaur Chiron. He taught Hercules many things. Hera forgot about Hercules for a while. Then she remembered him and she thought of a way to trick him. She gave him a vision. In the vision, she put a tall, grown man. He had a wife and kids. The man was angry and he struck his wife with his club and killed her. His two children screamed and tried to run away but he grabbed both of them and smashed their heads together. Seeing this, Hercules got scared. He was going to kill himself to prevent this from happening, but Hera said that if Hercules served the King Eurystheus in Mycenae for 12 years, he would be freed of this curse. Hercules went there at once. His first task was to kill the Nemean Lion and bring its hide to the king. The Nemean Lion was bigger than an elephant with teeth like daggers, claws like brass hooks, and a hide that no weapon can pierce. Hercules went the the Nemean Lion's territory. He killed it after using most of his weapons and finally stabbing its eye running at full speed with a spear. He cut the hide by using the lion's own claws. There were more tasks as dangerous as these. He was told to kill the Hydra, clean the Augean Stables in one day which was impossible without help, stealing red bulls from a a triple-bodied monster with 3 bodies and six legs and six arms all connected at the waist, and a few more near-impossible tasks. Hercules probably finishes them but thats for me to know and for you to find out by reading this book. I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys reading mythology books.


Hermann Hesse: Life and Art
Published in Paperback by University of California Press (March, 1981)
Authors: Joseph Milek and Joseph Mileck
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Know your teacher
If you liked such masterpieces as 'Demian' 'Steppenwolf' and 'Siddhartha',you must know who is the one who stands behind those marvelous works.Those books have influenced my life a lot, and I think of Hesse as my teacher and my friend. That`s why I wanted to know more about this Nobel prize winner,and this book gave me all the informations I wanted to know.


Heroes of Civilization,
Published in Hardcover by Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) (June, 1969)
Author: Joseph, Cottler
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Out of date, but good
_Heroes of Civilization_ is Cottler and Jaffe's attempt to give brief biographical sketches of some of the most important scientists of the last few centuries. Their stories are of course somewhat dated now, but they still capture the thrill and charm of scientific discovery. PAsteur and Robert Koch are among those profiled. Appropriate for children.


Historic Homes of the Oakleigh Garden District
Published in Paperback by Live Oak (07 July, 1999)
Author: Joseph Sackett
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Interesting reading
A geat book for anyone who grew up in the Oakleigh part of time - especially back in the 20's and 30's. I purchased this book for my Dad for Christmas - he' 84 and grew up in the Garden District. I came to know the history of some of the homes I had long admired in the area.


The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams: And, an Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Oxford World's Classics)
Published in Paperback by Oxford University Press (September, 1999)
Authors: Henry Fielding, Douglas Brooks-Davies, Tom Keymer, and Thomas Keymer
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unreservedly recommended
So I was getting ready to reread Don Quijote (1605)(Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616) in the excellent Burton Raffel translation and as I was looking for information about the book and author, saw repeated references to Fielding's Joseph Andrews. I'd read his Tom Jones a couple of years ago and found it kind of tough sledding, but when I stumbled upon this one at a library book sale for a quarter, it seemed a stroke of destiny.

The parallels with Don Quijote are readily apparent. First of all, the book consists of a series of humorous travel adventures; second, the travellers involved seem too innocent to survive in the harsh world that confronts them. When Joseph Andrews, the naive footman of Lady Booby, deflects the amorous advances of both her Ladyship and Slipslop, the Lady's servant, he is sent packing. Upon his dismissal, Joseph, along with his friend and mentor Parson Adams, an idealistic and good-hearted rural clergyman, who essentially takes the physical role of Sancho Panza but the moral role of Quijote, sets out to find his beloved but chaste enamorata, Fanny Goodwill, who had earlier been dismissed from Lady Booby's service as a result of Slipslop's jealousy. In their travels they are set upon repeatedly by robbers, continually run out of funds and Adams gets in numerous arguments, theological and otherwise. Meanwhile, Fanny, whom they meet up with along the way, is nearly raped any number of times and is eventually discovered to be Joseph's sister, or maybe not.. The whole thing concludes with a farcical night of musical beds, mistaken identities and astonishing revelations.

I've seen this referred to as the first modern novel; I'm not sure why, in light of it's obvious debt to Cervantes. But it does combine those quixotic elements with a seemingly accurate portrayal of 18th Century English manners and the central concern with identity and status do place it squarely in the modern tradition.

At any rate, it is very funny and, for whatever reason, seemed a much easier read than Tom Jones. I recommend it unreservedly.

GRADE: B+


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