I tink this is a real good book that shows you alot about the Jewish Imiggrants. I am Arthur's grandaughter and I really enjoyed reading the book.

"The Politics of Upheaval" ranks as one of the finest narrative historical works in American annals. Arthur Mr. Schlesinger Jr., a former John F. Kennedy presidential aide and speechwriter to Democratic presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson, has crafted in highly readable fashion one of the premier studies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's groundbreaking first term.

Schlesinger creates an enduring portrait of America's Depression president by presenting the challenges he faced during a tumultuous period and revealing how he surmounted them. Schlesinger cites Roosevelt's great triumphs such as passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 and the Rural Electrification Act, which brought badly needed power to farm communities leveled by the Great Depression. Schlesinger also provides a fascinating segment on the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In order to continue in his battle against the ravages of economic hardship, Roosevelt needed to be reelected. Despite the fact that perilous conditions continued, which Roosevelt fought to surmount, his progressive agenda enabled him to triumph over forces ranging from Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, the Union for Social Justice on the right with Congressman William Lemke, Father Coughlin, and Gerald L.K. Smith, Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party, and on the far left Earl Browder, perpetual presidential nominee of the American Communist Party. FDR boldly challenged Americans to overcome doubt, develop confidence, and work toward a better future by pulling together during a time of great adversity.

Roosevelt took his message to the voters in November. He received the most tumultuous landslide victory in history by winning every state but Maine and Vermont while accumulating better than 61% of the vote in defeating the Republican nominee, Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas.

Avast mates! Never has a finer tale of the sea to be had. Meet Long John, Captain Flint, Ben Gunn, and some of the other scurvy crew from 'Treasure Island'. Learn where the treasure came from. Fights at sea and ashore aplenty.

Ruth Arthur has written a series of novels for young adults that are all a joy to read as kids and even more so as grownups. all the people i know who are familiar with her work say they read them as kids and loved them enough to buy them out of print later. In this one, the protagonist is young meg who finds out suddenly that both her parents have been killed, she has a cousin she has never met for a guardian, and she has to cope with this upheaval alone. cousin francis turns out better than expected, meg loves her new home, friends and life, but finds that secrets of hers and her new family follow her and must be answered. read all of ruth arthur's books and pass them on to your kids!

If you want to find out how you can never have to go to the gym again, read this book. It's a great "how-to" about incorporating what you do anyway all day long into activities that burn calories! You will feel stronger almost right away. Stop being a slave to the treadmill and step classes. Read this book with its useful tools for improving your overall well-being.

When I read Russell's autobiography his genius
combined with such a humble and loveable manner
attracted me undescribably, so I got to this book.

"In the course of this book I shall be concerned to prove that the fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics Like energy power has many forms, such as wealth, armaments, civil authority, influence on opinion" (P.9)
He starts his study by showing "The Impulse to Power",
and here one immediately recognizes how
power determines human action in every scale, whether
the household or the world, and at every time.
human affairs, being the development, love and hate

In Chapters 4 and 5 he differentiates Kingly Power,
and Priestly Power, identifying repating processes
in history, through which power is acquired, and lost
again. He describes various forms of power, at different
times:

Naked power over human bodies, (Ch. 6)
Revolutionary Power, (Ch. 7)
Economic Power of the Controllers of Industry (Ch. 8) and
Power over Opinion Ch 9)

"The Biology of Organisations" explains
the internal forces which press an organisation's
actions, may it be a party, a church or a chess club.

"Organisations and the Individual" shows how government
is a requirement for civilization, and how various factors
contribute to the worst people having the biggest desire
to get most power, place them into positions from which
they oppress the majority.

He concludes with the chapters "Competition", "Power and Moral
Codes", "Power Philosophies", "The Ethics of Power" and
"The Taming of Power", with the last two chapters being
of invaluable ideas for the development towards a mankind
living in cooperation instead of war; What makes his
ideas realistic, are their complete lack of dogmatism, with
the acknowledgement, that the development of live
must not be constrained in the limits of a system, and
with the primary objective, of basing most on the individual,
and only what is necessary for civilization, on the community or
the state. What's important is the human live, not an
abstract construct, a creed or an ideology, excusing the
power hungry rulers with discussions about some abstruse
goal which lies in totality and not in the individual.

I was deeply shocked when I read George Orwell's 1984, as
his insight into human minds was so overwhelmingly convincing,
and his fears so often proved right. "If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- for ever". Seeing
the world's people becoming a raging crowd, crying to a manic leader,
after last Tuesday's insane attack on the World Trade Center, a indiscribable
fear mounted in my mind again, leaving me only left to hope for the
war cries to silence again, and reason to revive, but as this is not likely,
I was at least pleased to be able to read an answer to 1984 now, which
was written 12 years before the question. With "Power", Russell gave
the world a present of his intellect; explaining the free and liberal
education of children, guiding them to a critical and reasonable
thinking, instead of making them brutal fanatics, screaming like
animals and marching behind leaders, who don't regard human
beings as the most precious and exulting part of live, but as means to power.

Most urban planning books are expensive disappointments. They overintellectualize the subject and are poorly written. Most serve mainly as portfolio pieces highlighting the writer's successes. The Powers of Preservation is the rare exception. It's entertaining to read and the author avoids posing easy solutions. It argues for the widespread adaptive reuse of everyday buildings instead of concentrating on a few isolated "showpieces." It tells the stories behind the author's successes and failures. The Powers of Preservation leaves readers empowered that, in their own towns, they can make a difference. It's the best I've encountered in reading numerous books on the subject.Excellent photos and layout, too.

This book is an excellent introduction to optics; from basic ray tracing, f-stops, color correction, etc. It has information on binocular, telescopes, mirrors and other items of daily interest. Highly recommended.

Apte and Monier-Williams are the most frequently used Sanskrit-English Dictionary, but Macdonnell has a number of advantages. Apte is a bit scruffy, MW is too big. Macdonnell's vocabulary is very comprehensive - it is rare that one has to go to Monier-Williams for a word not in Macdonnell, and unlike MW, it is strictly alphabetical, which make it very much easier to use. It is a handsome and easy-to-read production, unlike Apte. One tip for users - a whole page was omitted from the original 1923 edition as exists as an Addendum at the front of the book - if you can't find a word beginning with prac-, that is where it will be!

Arthur Shriberg's writing style makes it easy for any student of leadership to read!