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Salmon Nation : People and Fish at the Edge
Published in Paperback by Ecotrust (2003)
Authors: Elizabeth Woody, Seth Zuckerman, Edward C. Wolf, and Richard Manning
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Great Book
Salmon Nation is a fascinating look at how the people, and salmon, of the Pacific Northwest have lived together for so long, and how they are now both threatened. Very informative, evocative read.


Victorian Crocheted Christmas Ornaments: 33 Quick-And-Easy Projects (Dover Needlework)
Published in Paperback by Dover Pubns (1993)
Author: Barbara Christopher
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An excellent first hand account of the Pearl Harbor attack
I really enjoyed this book.There is sure to be a massive wave of new found interest in the suprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the events surrounding it due to the upcoming movie, and anyone who wants to get a feel for what it was really like to be there on the deck of a battleship dodging bullets and bombs, this book is unequaled anywhere. What really makes this an outstanding book is not just the gripping account of the attack itself, but also of the time period just beforehand. Mr Mason does an excellent job of relaying the false sense of security and invincibility that we as Americans held before we were thrown headlong into the most savage and trying war in the history of mankind. Mr Mason's portrait of the life of a sailor in the days of the pre-war "Old Navy" is something to be treasured and preserved especially now that our population of veterans from that period is inexorably fading. I thought that the author could ease off on some of the "50-cent" words, as constantly having to consult your dictionary can interfere with your enjoyment of this book. Overall, a great read, and a must have for anyone interested in Pearl Harbor or naval history.

My Dad was a shipmate at Pearl
My Dad was assigned to the USS California from 1936 until she was sunk on December 7th. The book reads just like the stories he would tell. My Dad past away Nov 2002. He spent 30 years in the Navy and most of the stories he told were when he was on the "Prune Barge". He played football and baseball on the ships team. I always wondered if the sailor Mr. Mason spoke to when he was touring the ship when first assigned was my Dad - he was a MM3 - "snipe" - worked in the engine room. It sure did sound like a response my Dad would give. One of the sailors awarded the Medal of Honor, Robert Scott (Zeke) was my fathers best friend on the California. They were "Battleship Sailors".

A real sailor of the blue water Navy
I couldn't lay this book down, once started. Ted Mason put me back in Hawaii during those dark days of 1940/41. He vividly describes how it was to be a sailor in the rigid "pecking order" of the "Old Navy." As a Pearl Harbor Survivor myself, he made that day come alive. More important, he reminded me of the days of the fleet at San Pedro in 1939. Read it if you have any interest in how it was to be a young bluejacket in the pre-war Navy.


Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology
Published in Spiral-bound by Wadsworth Publishing (04 August, 1999)
Authors: Rita L. Atkinson, Richard C. Atkinson, Edward E. Smith, Daryl J. Bem, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Carolyn D. Smith, and Harcourt Brace College Publishers
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A good book of Psychology
I can learn the basic of the psychology from this book since this is the textbook of my college!

Excellent content and depth
We used this textbook for my AP Psychology class, and it served its purpose well. The book does an excellent job at covering everything and giving an introduction to the field. Plenty of good examples, as well as diagrams and such to help explain, are given. My only complaint is that the text is often incredibly dry, making reading difficult; but if you can look past that, it provides a very good "introduction to psychology", as the title says it will.

The Most Respectable Introductory Text
Just as the authors said, 'The Tradition Continues', this work explains every aspects and perspective of Psychology to me in depth. I think this is a 'must-have' for all beginning Psychology students.


Top Heavy: The Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done About It
Published in Paperback by New Press (1996)
Authors: Edward N. Wolff and Richard C. Leone
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Very Nice Survey of Wealth Inequality
Ed Wolff's book--a review of his earlier work on wealth, with some new additional material added--documents that the United States today is a more unequal society than at any time since the Great Depression.

According to his numbers--which are lousy, but are nevertheless the best we have or are likely to acquire-- in 1929 the richest one percent of households had about 41 percent of the economy's total wealth. But the leveling associated with the Depression and World War II had reduced the richest one percent's share to about 22 percent by 1945. Thereafter, the leveling trend continued. By the mid-1970s, the richest one percent's share--including the implicit value of rights and claims on the Social Security system. of total wealth was down to 13-16 percent of the economy's total wealth. But by the late 1980s, the richest one percent's' wealth was back up to 21 percent of the economy's total wealth. And scattered pieces of information suggest that the trend toward increasing inequality has continued into the 1990s.

Increasing inequality is not due to a surge in entrepreneurial activity: economic growth was unusually low in the 1980s (in substantial part because of the drain on investment resulting from the Reagan deficits). The fortunes made were, for the most part, not to any unusual extent the by-product of especially rapid economic growth.

Rising inequality is cause for alarm for two reasons: First, in a time of high inequality politics becomes nasty and democracy becomes less secure and stable. Second, an unequal economy--an economy in which the chances of striking it rich are larger and the chances of failing to maintain middle-class incomes are larger--fails to provide adequate social insurance. Risk-averse people would, if given a choice when young, overwhelmingly prefer to live in an equally rich overall but more equally distributed society.


What Is Art For?
Published in Paperback by University of Washington Press (1990)
Author: Ellen Dissanayake
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Splendid example of American Philosophy
Have you ever wondered what makes America? What is patriotism? What is right and wrong within YOUR society? Peirce helps in your discovery of who you are among your people. He preaches, but as any good philosopher, expects his readers to think hard. Not for beginners, but entertaining.


The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
Published in Paperback by Touchstone Books (04 February, 2003)
Author: M. Peck
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St Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950
Published in Paperback by University Press of Florida (T) (1999)
Author: Raymond Arsenault
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Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity
Published in Paperback by Univ of North Carolina Pr (1987)
Authors: Stephen Botein, Edward C. Carter, and Richard R. Beeman
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Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction
Published in Hardcover by W B Saunders (15 January, 1996)
Authors: Edward C. Feldman and Richard W. Nelson
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The Capitalist System
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall (1986)
Authors: Richard C. Edwards, Michael Reich, and Thomas E. Weisskopf
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