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The Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide (University California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium Series in Marine conservaTion)
Published in Paperback by University of California Press (1999)
Authors: Jerry Emory and Frank Balthis
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PERFECT FOR EXPLORING MONTEREY BAY
I thought I knew the Monterey region fairly well until I was given this book as a present! It is packed with great "bites" of information: natural history, human history, and how to get to all the beaches and parks. The writing is easy to understand, friendly in a way, and even fun. The maps are very helpful, and the book even has resource sections with phone numbers, website urls, and directions. AND, the photographs are stunning. A great gift for visitors, home libraries, or the glove compartment of your car.

The definative guide of the Monterey
I received this book as a gift and was immediately taken by the depth and breadth of this book. If you are traveling from Ano Nuevo to Monterey get this book! The author and photograper bring this spectacular shoreline alive with great descriptive copy and super photos(you've got to see page 136). Hidden beaches and other great spots that I would never have known existed. Great information about how to get there, what to do and how it got there. Get the family together, pack a lunch and bring this book. Guaranteed great day!

A reader from Davenport, California
I have lived in Santa Cruz County for 15 years and thought I knew the Monterey Bay coastal zone very well--that is, until I read Jerry Emory's Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide. This Guide is the best--it covers both familiar territory and less well-known aspects of the Monterey Bay and its coastal towns. I've found myself consulting it whenever I make any kind of shoreline jaunt, from discovering where one can walk one's dog on a beach in Carmel to locating the best on-shore whalewatching sites. The photos are beautiful as well as informative. The organization of the book, which includes sidebar articles on specific topics, lends itself to easy access for both the casual and serious reader.

Conglomerates and the Media
Published in Hardcover by New Press (1997)
Authors: Patricia Aufderheide, Erik Barnouw, Richard M. Cohen, Thomas Frank, Todd Gitlin, David Lieberman, Mark Crispin Miller, Gene Roberts, and Thomas Schatz
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How To Create A Media Conglomerate From Scratch!
Many have watched with dismay as conglomerates have gobbled up an increasing number of media companies. This collaborative effort between the New Press and New York University's (NYU) Departments of Culture and Communications, Education, and Journalism addresses that concern. Experts ranging from practitioners to academics were invited to participate in a lecture series hosted by NYU in 1996. Edited versions of their talks appear in this volume. An introduction by media scholar Todd Gitlin is followed by nine individually authored chapters covering media activities from radio and television to newspapers and book publishing. Surveying changes in telecommunications, Aufderheide (communication, American Univ.) calls for public vigilance and a middle ground between the apocalyptic doomsayers and those who believe the new age of communication has dawned. This book will be of value to media scholars as well as to citizens following this issue.

How To Create A Media Conglomerate From Scratch

This book is quite insightful, especially for a Southeast Asian media professional like myself. I recommend this book to everyone, even to those who work in the upper regions of the power sturcture of the media conglomerates critiqued in the collection.

For starters, it is a wonderful overview of how the media economy is shifting all over the world. The US market is saturated, as the book said, and the rest of the world is ripe for picking, especially my country, the Philippines.

This book is a tool to launch our own media analysis of what's happenning in our own countries. And from an analysis, we launch a critique, and from a critique, we launch steps to face the situation.

This book, published by New Media, is invaluable. I first read about it in an issue of Utne Reader. I took down the title and hunted it down in Amazon. I found it, bought it, and consumed it. I loved it because it gave me useful insights to work with.

This is a book I will dog-ear in my attempts to understand what to do in my field, and how to start my own media conglomerate from scratch. I already have my ideas, which I hope aren't just soundbites in my head.

Essays providing insight into a growing area of concern.
It is difficult to read Conglomerates and not be alarmed at the growing media control by a few major companies. The book begins with an insightful introduction by noted scholar Todd Gitlin and includes essays from Mark Crispin Miller (Johns Hopkins scholar and author of Boxed In) and David Leiberman (USA Today), among other prominent writers. One discrepency occurs with Lieberman's piece: it is listed in the table of contents as "Conglomerates, News, and Children", but in the chapter it is referred to as "Conglomerates, News, and the Media," leaving the reader to decide the correct version. This book is a must have if you want to gain an understanding of what's happening with media monopolies; Bagdikian fans rejoice! However, it is not chalk full o' references, so students looking for cites to follow may be disappointed. In the introduction, Gitlin echos an earlier statement by Niel Postman (author of Amusing Ourselves to Death): "Big Brother isn't looming, Brave New World is."

Between Troy & Florence (New Poets Series, No. 4)
Published in Paperback by Black Swan Books (1991)
Author: Frank Salvidio
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Between Better and Best
I read the review of Salvidio's Vita Nuova by another reader and agree implicitly: Salvidio takes himself out of the work and puts the original author in. With that said, I would like to comment on my recent reading of "Between Troy and Florence." I read the first section, "The Death of Achilleus," and was hooked instantly. Salvidio makes it his business to have the words flow effortlessly off the page and into the mind of the reader. "The Death..." was truly moving. The rest of the book works in the same manner (although that 1st part is my favorite). Even if one is not familiar with Dante or Homer, the book and the poetry can still be enjoyed. Salvidio does not show off (as some translators do). He simply gives the reader the best of his predecessors. I thank him for that and I am sure they would, too.

Decorations, Medals, Ribbons, Badges and Insignia of the United States Marine Corps: World War II to Present
Published in Paperback by Medals of America Press (1998)
Authors: James Thompson, Medals of America Press Staff, Frank Foster, and Jim Thompson
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Finally, a book dedicated to Marine decorations
DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS, BADGES AND INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS: World War II to Present. By James G. Thompson with Foreword by General Walter E. Boomer. USMC, Retired. Published by Medals of America Press. 123 pages. 16 color plates. Bibliog. Index. Available in both hard and soft cover. This new book is a complete visual history of the Marine Corps as told by its insignia, military medals, ribbons and badges. This is a complete easy to use guide on the subject and covers the period from World War II to the present. It features all the Marine decorations and service medals along with their history and award criteria. Each medal and ribbon is shown in full color and is identified and displayed in correct order with all attachments and devices. Included are special sections on badges as well as how to wear medals, ribbons and insignia; how to claim medals; how to display awards and detailed information on marksmanship and trophy badges. There is also information on the Young Marines of the Marine Corps League. This concise book puts it all together for you and is a must for all Marines, veterans and collectors. Jim Thompson has written a book that is destined to become an instant collector's item. James G. "Jim" Thompson served as a regular officer in the United States Marine Corps in the early 1960's. His service included time as a Platoon Commander and Assistant S-4 in the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, as well as Assistant S-4 for Embarkation on the staff of the 2nd Marines. He also served on sea duty as the Executive Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Randolph (CVS-15). He is a retired Sales Manager formerly with Procter & Gamble and lives in Dunwoody, Georgia.

Dollars, Distance, And Online Education: The New Economics Of College Teaching And Learning (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)
Published in Hardcover by Oryx Press (19 October, 2000)
Authors: Martin J. Finkelstein, Carol Frances, Frank I. Jewett, and Bernhard W. Scholz
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It's about time.
Leaders in higher education should stand up and applaud the efforts of these authors. This is an accurate appraisal of the IT landscape in higher education. Few have ever touched upon this 800 pound gorilla of a subject. These authors have challenged the misperceptions held by many about the real costs of technology. It's about time.

Duns Scotus, Metaphysician (Purdue University Press Series in the History of Philosophy)
Published in Hardcover by Purdue University Press (1995)
Authors: William A. Frank and Allan B. Wolter
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The Mind that Rivals Aquinas
This is not a book for the philosopher timid of heart. Blessed John Duns Scotus is one of the greatest minds that the Franciscan school of thought has produced. He has inspired so much of the work of the Franciscan philosophers and theologians; although it must be said that the Franciscans are very free thinkers. The book contains both selections from the metaphysical texts of Scotus and a commentary by William Frank and Allan Wolter, who have brilliantly unwoven the tightly knit thought of this logical mastermind. Scotus can prove a great challenge for the sheer depth of his work and also because of the modern mind's distance from the time, place, and style within which Scotus wrote. These two commentators provide the avid philosopher ample tools for the successful comprehension of the Scotistic vision of metaphysics, including his highly contraversial theory of univocity (Thomists, please read this with an open mind).

The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire
Published in Hardcover by Allen & Unwin (1999)
Authors: Bridget Griffen Foley and Bridget Griffen-Foley
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Media Studies Must-have
It is a truism that success rarely comes to three successive generations of a family. But Jamie Packer is the fourth generation success story in the media-owning family which never seems to strike failure.

"The House of Packer" goes back to Jamie's great-grandfather, R C Packer, newspaper and magazine proprietor in Sydney in the inter-war years, then on to R.C.'s son (later Sir) Frank Packer who started the Australian Women's Weekly and, later, TV Channel Nine.

It is a company history rather than a group biography, so there is information on union disputes, the introduction of new technology, Federal election campaign coverage, competition with other media companies and so on.

But it is the larger than life characters, so typical of journalism in the early to mid-twentieth century and so lacking today, which give the book its human interest. Along with the bold and vigorous writing.

The book concludes with Sir Frank's death and his son Kerry (Jamie's father) taking over the reins. It is an absolute must for people interested in media studies, economic history, political intrigue or just plain power.

Independent Bookstore Planning & Design
Published in Hardcover by St. Francis Press (1993)
Authors: Saint Francis Press, Frank White, and Ken White
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Excellent Reference guide for starting a bookstore
This book is an excellent source for information on starting a bookstore. It gives you the very basic tasks to consider in contemplating opening a bookstore. This is just the book I've been searching for. I have been able to use it to write my business plan, as well as to get ideas for designing and planning my bookstore.

Notes on Directing
Published in Hardcover by RCR Creative Press (15 February, 2003)
Authors: Frank Hauser, Russell Reich, and Rcr Creative Press
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Useful for theater directors at all levels of experience
Notes On Directing is a collection of wisdom gathered by Frank Hauser (Director of the Oxford Playhouse for sixteen years) and Russell Reich (Artistic Associate at the Circle Repertory Company, New York) over a lengthy directing careers. Hauser and Reich offer invaluable tips on how directors can help their actors better get into character, internalizing a script, performing their roles efficiently (without micromanaging), and a great deal more. Each individual tip is straightforwardly and usefully presented. Useful for theater directors at all levels of experience and expertise, Notes On Directing is especially recommended for the novice director in school and community productions as an easy-to-grasp supplementary instructional and reference resource.

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (1997)
Authors: Frank Kermode and Oxford University Press
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This is the one
I still have my incredibly beloved and beat-up copy from college days at Syracuse University; along with my "Complete Works of Shakespeare" (ed. Bevington)and Lumiansky's translation of "Canterbury Tales," this is one of those books I'll NEVER let go; if I had it with me on a desert island, I wouldn't mind being alone for a few years. It's got everything you could ask for from English lit., with excellent footnotes and introductory materials. A real treasure trove, and a must for anyone who really wants to start digging into the major Western writers -- yeah, those dead white guys; not so popular anymore -- just the ones who hold up the pillars of Western civilization!

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