My grandad was Sgt. "bay" Garrison. He won 2 bronze stars & told me unbelievable horror stories about his time in Italy. He was with 88th,351st co.G for the entire campaign & lost 3 of his best "buddies". The history of the 88th that he related to us was different from what this author claims is history. The language in this book is that of an academic & is totally unlike the language used by the men who fought & died in Italy. The author turned one of the most horrible & incredible campaigns of WW2 into a dry, technical list of facts. Some of the most ridiculous inclusions: 2 mathematically equations design to prove that the 88th wasn't inferior to the Germans, several pictures of generals, extensive discussion & misleadingly detailed charts about about equipment(Granddad said he would grab weapons from dead GIs & sometimes German & what good are all the trucks if they are bogged down in mud & mules were, literally, a life saver). Rather than focusing on the men who died & what history they were experiencing, the author mistakenly focused on the generals & then he had the audacity/stupidity to declare how he took every measure to be accurate...well, he was far from accurate & seems to have totally missed the history of the 88th, for it was not with the men who sat well behind lines in warm beds/food. The history of the 88th occured in the foxholes where the men fought under unbelievable circumstance. All of this is lost on the author of this book. My granddad said many times how 15 minutes of combat is more than enough(he logged over 180 days on the front lines). This author needs that 15 minutes. His view of the 88th would do an about face. Worse, his facts aren't correct. p51"rationing never proved a serious problem...." Grandad said many times how he would go without food/water for days while on patrol or mission. The author seems to be in denial about the men whose lives ended & whose families were destroyed since he doesn't document any of that history. My advice to the author: read Stephen Ambrose, study his philosophy/literary style, & imitate it & maybe then you can claim to have produced an accurate history

Why so good? First of all, the author points out that leadership was a prime factor in the success of the 88th Infantry division. The first men came primarily from the New England area and after a very successful participation in Louisiana Manuevers the ranks were filled with Texans mostly the Tex/Mex. The men from the Northeast were as a rule well educated, many with college degrees, While the Texans at that time had not had the same educational opportunities. As Brown points out the comination of the jelled and when the 88th went into action it was recognized immediately as as the leading division in the breakthrough of the Gustav Line and the leaders of the First 5th Army troops to enter Rome. Brown continually points out the leadership of the Jr. Officers and the fighting ability of the Texans. The outfit went overseas as the Cloverleaf division which was changed quickly by Axis Sally to "BLUE DEVILS" a name that has never been relinquished. The 88th continued its march all the way to the Brenner pass where it joined up with the 7th Army, HERO an Historical Organization of evaluations of Infantry Divisions rated it fifth amongst the Infantry Divisions in the EAME Theater only ranking behind 4 German Divisions and well above any other American Division. Again Brown continues emphasizing leader ship. The book has many technical aspects and is not always easy reading but at the same time he brings the officers and men into an unbeatable team

While most US division where pre-war regular Army, or National Guard formations the 88th was formed from manpower pool the draft produced. The author has a personal connection to the division (his father commanded it), and tells its story with a great level of detail. While the story is not as colorful as some of the Guard formations (books on the 29th, 45th and 30th have more of a regional flavor) it still covered some new ground about these unique formations. If the reader is familiar with the Army's WWII manpower and unit/personnel formation policies, some parts of the begining of the book can be skipped.

I was thrilled when I first came across this book, someone finally did a price guide for the kind of LP's I was collecting. Unfortunately the book didn't turn out to be all I was hoping for when I bought it. It is useful as a discography for the artists listed and seems very complete in that respect but I wish it contained more and better examples of classic LP cover art and more biographical information on the artists. I suppose this may be asking too much from a price guide type book. But even as a price guide this book seems a bit off. Although there are exceptions, almost all of the records are listed as being worth $3-5 or $7-10. Now as a collector I think it would be great if record dealers would adopt this as their official pricing guideline, but if you are buying these type albums anywhere besides your local thrift shops you are probably forced to pay more than that for these records, sometimes a LOT more ( at least that has been my experience). In fairness, I guess it wasn't too long ago that you could pick most of these records up for under a buck almost anywhere, but original LP's of lounge and space age bachelor pad music seem to be going for premium dollars these days and a recent price guide should more accurately reflect that. BOTTOM LINE on this book...Should you buy a copy if you are into this type of music? Yes! by all means. While this book does miss the mark a bit (in my opinion) there is precious little information published about this type of music and this book is one of very few available on the subject. While I was initially somewhat dissappointed when I first read the book I have gone back to it on numerous occasions to look something up and I am glad to have it on my shelf. The discography type information alone is worth the price of the book and there is a bunch of other pertinent information included which is also useful (websites, etc.).Most of the book is taken up by the price listings but I did enjoy reading the text that is there and found it informative as well. Now if I could just convince my local record dealers to sell me those Esquivel and Three Suns albums at this book's prices.

Anticipating a great catalogue and price guide for lounge music, I was somewhat disappointed in this publication. Too much page space is given to the discography and price listing and too little to a beautiful presentation of the covers which are so essential to this style of music. All the good stuff(photos and text) inhabits verticle strips on the edge of the pages. The covers are poorly printed with a dull look. The pricing seems pedestrian and not detailed enough. Too bad because the list of artists is large and largely accurate. Sort of a 70% effort.

This volume is cleverly as composed as the best of lounge entertainment

For a longer and more plausible theory, be sure to read Oh, No.....Jackie_O! by January JOnes published in May, 1998, (available through amazon.com) which realistically implicates Jackie with Onassis right from the very beginning rather than after the fact. No one, not even Onassis, would order a hit on the President of the United States without knowing that his reward would be the Widow Kennedy. This was a murder for a marriage without a doubt.

This well-researched book offers an answer to 'Who killed JFK?' that must be the right one. I've never cared for assassination theories, nor followed them, until reading this book. Ms. Brown seems to have uncovered the truth after all of this time. The book is well written and a fascinating read. And the 'whodunnit?' answer is so simple.

PassionGate is a fresh new look at the Kennedy assassination from a whole new perspective. What if is was a crime of passion? Why have women been excluded from previous theories? These questions are answered in a provacative way and you'll never think of Camelot the same again.

Racist and anti-abolitionist diatribes ruin what could have been an excellent story. The writing is quick-paced, and reads like Tom Clancy,(for good or ill) particularly with his ability to weave several plot threads together and build them towards the inevitable climax at Harper's Ferry. I'm trying to learn more about the secret six, but all this book did was point out how history has been rewritten by the losers - the confederates. Slavery was the fault of John Brown and the people of Boston? I don't think so.

The book shows the kind of men that financed John Brown's Abolitionist movement. They had no regard for the laws and Constitution of this country when it came to their fanatical obsession of the way our government should be governed. After reading this book, one knows that the Abolitionist movement is alive and well, media and all! The American people do not know their history. This book exposes a lot of truth as to what the movement really was: Power to overthrow the government by using the slavery issue to gain power over the states. It was a movement that caused the bloodiest war of our history. The loss of lives was more than any other war the Americans have fought. The Abolitionists were very prominent in their society: Preachers, teachers, and physicians. Because of their staus, they were able to influence the people. The slavery issue could have been solved the same way England solved their slave issue, by compromising and relocating the slaves. The real sad part is John Brown as being hailed as a hero while he should have been tried and hung for the murder of so many inncoent people. This book helps to put to rest the myth of John Brown as being a hero. It shows the fanatacism and cowardice of the Abolitionist movement by their use of others to do their dirty work. In this book, Otto does not take sides. He takes the historical happenings of both sides and allows the reader to draw up the conclusions themselves. He has the book well-indexed so that further study can be made. The excellent thing about this book is that you cannot find many books about the Abolitionist movement. Their movement has been well hidden from public view. (Too bad you only go up to 5 stars. It should have been given 5 and then some. Possibly 10 stars.) If you are interested in another book about the same issue, I recommend Samuel A Aslie's "A Southern View of the Invasion of the Southern States and War of 1861-1865."

The book shows the kind of men that financed John Brown's abolitionsit movment. They had no regard for the laws and Constitution of this country when it came to their fanatical obsession of the way our government should be governed. After reading this book, one knows that the Abolitionist movement is alive and well, media and all! The American people do not know their history. This book exposes a lot of truth as to what the movement really was: power to overthrow the government by using the slavery issue to gain power over the states. It was a movement that caused the bloodiest war of our history. The loss of lives was more than any other war the Americans have fought. The Abolitionists were very prominent in their society: preachers, teachers, physicians, that they were able to influence the people. The slavery issue could have been solved the same way England solved their slave issues, by compromising and relocating the slaves. The real sad part is John Brown was hailed as a hero while he should have been tried and hung for the murder of so many innocent people. This book helps to put to rest the myth of John Brown as being a hero. It shows the fanatacism and cowardice in the Abolitionist movement by using others to do their dirty work. In this book, Otto does not take sides. He takes the historical happenings of both sides and allows the reader to draw up the conclusions themselves. He has the book well-indexed so that futher study can be made. The excellent thing about this book is that you cannot find many books about the Abolitionist movement. Their movement has been well hidden from the public. We are left with the films, fables, poems, books, etc with the one-sided view. All of these are far from truthful. (TOO BAD YOU ONLY GO UP TO 5 STARS. IT SHOULD BE GIVEN 5 AND THEN SOME. POSSIBLY 10 STARS)

What we need is a great book about Burning Man that rather than try to be artistic, instead is simply fun and factual and shows the diversity of Burning Man and how it blends Woodstock with Silicon Valley, Goddess, Nerd, Earthlovers, Nudist, meet in the high desert of Neveda and everyone lives in harmony for a week.

The Burning Man website gives the needed info and all I can do is encourage others to produce a book that can really be called The Burning Man.

I've been to the event-- first as a citizen and later as part of the volunteer labor force, and I own this book. It's true (as other reviewers have stated) it is not "complete"-- in the sense that its focus is primarily visual. (There is so much more to Burning Man!) But it does a marvelous job with those visuals! Each page turned elicits one of the following thoughts: "Gad! I didn't see that! How could I possibly have missed that?" or something like "Ahhhh, I remember that evening on the Promenade-- and how mysterious the light was..."

The reader who found the images too "extreme," "surreal," and "fringe" has not been there-- or he/she forgot to look around, because this is what you will see if you venture out of your tent... It's easy to come up with remarkable images in this remarkable temporary city, and this book does a fine job of hinting at the world that is Black Rock City. Go ahead, whet your appetite...

When I saw this book in my school library, I thought wow--gotta go! This looks like my idea of summer camp. The photos of people covered in mud are so cool and so is the biker in a tutu. The mushroom cloud looks so real and the truck with fins really rocks. Is this another planet? I will have to find out...

A good reference book for anyone connected with a pension or profit sharing arrangement. It is not a guide to IRAs, Keogh plans, SEPs, rather it focuses on traditional defined contribution and defined benefit plans. While this book seems written for more for budding actuaries, those wishing to study design alternatives or asset management will find this book provides a good background. I find two flaws with the book.

First is the lack of examples. While the book discusses full funding limitations, it does not show you an example calculation. While it tells you how to calculate the minimum liability, it does not show you an example of how to present it in the financial statements. This book is not a text book, but it would be very helpful to see some real examples in practice rather than only discussions about the rationale behind the method.

Second, the single chapter on pension accounting is weak. Issues not mentioned include accounting for minimum liability, disclosures under FAS 132, understanding the relationship between funding and expense, curtailments and other plan amendments, the interrelationships between the conflicting limitations of ERISA/IRC/GAAP, the effect of pension assumptions on the financial statements and the impact of FAS 87 for an over funded plan on the financial statements of the sponsor. The perspective focuses more on the reasons the accounting standards exist, not the strategy or day-to-day issues of how the pension affects the financial statements of the sponsor. If accounting is what you need, buy a current intermediate accounting book.

Very coplete study, covering almost all imaginable subjects, from actuarial maths to investment management to organisation and HR aspects of pension provision. This is not a manual, though. Get a simpler and less in detail book to get a general view of the topic, and then use "Fundamentals..." as reference.

I can`t believe someone lose time to write a book like that. This book is boring from the first to the last page.And from all possible sides of the book,the story,the pics,etc...When you think about the Cleveland Browns the first thing who come to you is the fans and the Dawg pound ,the author miss that part too.He can`t make you feel what it is to be a Browns fan.The way he write the story of the team and the player can`t keep your attention on the book.You have to read two or three time the same paragraph cause your eyes close by themselve.I gave two stars for the effort the author put in this book.But if you really want to buy this book take the paperback version cause the hardcover are double price.Keep the rest of money to buy another book about the Browns maybe you`re gonna be more lucky with the other one.

Whether you're in the Dawg Pound or watching from home, John Keim has penned a great book that takes you back to the glory days of the Browns. I couldn't put it down. Great game stories and profiles of players. If the team is as good as the book, they're headed for the Super Bowl.

While the author has tons of documentation about panics and bear markets, he fails to draw conculsions and suggestions together. Advice is scattered hither and yon. It looks like a collection of short pieces stuck together. It would have been much more useful to summarize the findings and organize the evidence behind it. This book doesn't know if it is history or "how to" book. However, it is the best (maybe only) summary of past panics and bear markets so it is good to have in an investor's library.

It seems that whenever prices are "too high", I tend to go looking for bargains in the cheap stocks department (read "losers"). Then when the whole market takes a dive, and brings even the strongest stocks down with it, I'm too frightened (or too broke) to think about throwing more money into this "beast" that ate my dreams of early retirement. This book showed me how specific events throughout the 20th century both internal and external to the market have over and over again provided excellent buying opportunities for those quality stocks you wished you had bought way back when they were so much cheaper. In a test of real life application, it gave me the historical perspective and confidence to jump in and buy at a time when everyone else was bailing out. It was largely responsible for my purchase of the two leading Internet portal stocks near their Oct 98 market crash lows; and my ability to buy the leading online "bookseller" (starts with an "A", and ends with an "mzN") at its exact bottom (less than a point) during the Feb 99 technology selloff. When applied to high quality growth stocks, "Panic Profits" offers you a fast, safe, and very simple (I love that word) approach to making big money in the stock market. Some gems of wisdom contained in this book: * "It's never too late to sell on a rally". * "Reflex rallies in the most hammered stocks offer ultra quick reliable profits". * "Rewards come from contrary action, not from sophisticated or complex strategy or analysis". * "IPO's & new ideas require more time, money, management, etc. than early investors ever expect". * "Recognize rolling declines of a bear market. Bear markets will bleed you to death - SELL!". * "Panic selloffs tend to periodically cleanse the market of weak money, and sets up for the next big advance". In my experience, the market sells off once or twice a year. "Panic Profits" will help you be prepared for the next big "opportunity", to see through your fear, and to act wisely (and profitably). It's simple. It works. I love this book.

The collection of articles from 1991 to 1996 primarily focuses on differently seeing in manufacturing. They have missed a major discontinuity, and used the fatal strategy in a time of change - listening to the HRB customer's needs, the Hardware industries, with no prescience of E-commerce or Web as vehicles for innovation. Harvard B School, like Sears, had missed the change

John Seely Brown has done us a big favor: he weeded through the business literature, picked a few authors that really help us "see differently," found works that describe their ideas in tight little packages, and put it all in one book. JSB's own framing comments are also valuable.

Selected highlights: Brian Arthur on increasing returns, Gary Hamel's Strategy as Revolution, Morris and Ferguson on the power of platforms, Brandenburger and Nalebuff on Game Theory for strategy, sections on competitive advantage and managing innovation.

I'm having my interaction design students read this, to add to their palette of points of view.

I saw this book in the Spanish translation, a real encyclopedia full of graphics, alkaline paper, and hardback. Amazon sells this one ....
This version in English is austere, printed on newspaper bad quality paper- the ink stains fingers, the pages rip as you turn them.
This ... quality does a disservice to the authors, who have spent their lives compending this fabulous work.

This is a thinker's dictionary, not a guide to road signs and icons. The editors took the trouble to recruit symbol experts from many different professions, ranging from the paranormal to the skeptical academic. The result is a dictionary with entries that have more depth than the usual "quick hits" that other symbolism dictionaries give you. Chevalier is not afraid to give contradictory or contrasting meanings of icons. (He is not a universalist, but a relativist.) He is usually careful to identify the culture in which a particular meaning is given. I keep this in easy reach on my bookshelf, reminding myself, however, that no dictionary on this subject can possibly cover all the meanings a symbol may have. It is worth having around.

I have about a dozen symbol books... most of the classics. This one is the best for interpreting those strange symbols in your dreams, daydreams, etc. It is not the shallow stupid interpretations "you are going on a journey..." stuff, but true archetypical and esoteric interpretations.