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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Reggie Walker, Marcello Fiasconaro, Bevil Rudd, Marjorie Clark, Lee Roy Newton, Johannes Viljoen, Thuso Mpuang, Arnaud Malherbe, Barbara Burke, Leigh Julius, Philip Rabinowitz, Edward Duffy, Tom Lavery, Denis Shore, Willie Walters, Ishmael Kumbane, Willie Legg, Marthinus Theunissen, Henry Dafel, Mathew Quinn, Hannes Dreyer, Marcus La Grange, Willie Botha, Herbert Phillips, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Morné Nagel, Paul Gorries, Ofentse Mogawane, Geraldine Pillay, Howard Davies, Daphne Hasenjager, Werner Gerhardt, Corne Du Plessis, Jack Oosterlaak, Clarence Oldfield, Malcolm Clive Spence, Jopie Van Oudtshoorn, John Chandler, Sherwin Vries, Isabel le Roux, Bobang Phiri, Jan Van Der Merwe, Adriaan Botha, Paul Nash. Excerpt:Adriaan Botha (born 8 March 1977) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.14 seconds, achieved in March 2001 in Roodepoort . Together with Jopie van Oudtshoorn , Hendrick Mokganyetsi and Arnaud Malherbe he holds the South African record in 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:00.20 minutes, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville where South Africa finished fourth. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Arnaud Malherbe (born 20 November 1972) is a South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in March 1999 in Roodepoort . It is also the current South African Record. He has the distinction of being the first South African to break 45 seconds in the 400m and was national champion four consecutive times between 1996 and 1999. Together with Jopie van Oudtshoorn , Hendrik Mokganyetsi and Adriaan Botha he also holds the South African record in the 4 x 400 metres relay with 3:00.20 minutes, achieved at the 1999 World Championships i... ... Read more

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Chapters: Jack Ruby, John Wesley Hardin, Cameron Todd Willingham, Henry Lee Lucas, James Lee Clark, Darlie Routier, Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Kenneth Mcduff, Texas Seven, Ruben Cantu, William P. Longley, Karla Faye Tucker, Diane Zamora, Benny Binion, Shaka Sankofa, José Medellín, Patrick Knight, Derrick O'brien, Dennis Bagwell, Yolanda Saldívar, Napoleon Beazley, Odell Barnes, Frances Newton, Charles Thacker, Shannon Charles Thomas, Rodney Reed, Raymond Hamilton, Charles Albright, Brittany Holberg, Ronald Ray Howard, Richard Cartwright, Jermaine Herron, Robert Dale Rowell, Charles Brooks, Jr., Betty Lou Beets, Melvin White, Michael Wayne Richard, Luis L. Ramirez, Farley Matchett, Alger "Texas" Alexander, Hank Skinner, Chante Jawan Mallard, Ponchai Wilkerson, Bobby Wayne Woods, Efren Saldivar, Kevin Christopher Kincy, Celeste Beard, Marvin Lee Wilson, Jesse Washington Lynching, Marion Dudley, Lamont Reese, Kelsey Patterson, Robert Elmer Kleason, Chipita Rodriguez, Genaro Ruiz Camacho, Jeff Wood, George Hassell, Tommy Lynn Sells, Ronald Clark O'bryan, James Autry, James Allridge, Johnny Paul Penry, Tommie Hughes, Jason Massey, Robert Anderson, Genene Jones, Robert Alan Shields, Jr., Clyde Smith Jr., Johnny Garrett, Stephen Morin, Derrick Wayne Frazier, Kenneth Foster, Joseph Paul Jernigan, Clinton Lee Young, Stanley Faulder, Joseph Johnson, Charles Victor Thompson, Jerry Walter Mcfadden, Gerardo Flores, Nathan Lee, George Rivas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 342. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mother: Elizabeth Brother: Joe HardinJohn Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853August 19, 1895) was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. When Hardin went to prison in 1878, he claimed to have killed 42 men. Hardin's criminal career resulted n...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=464670 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, published by Western Michigan University, School of Social Work on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 522 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and Jack W. Wilson, A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States.(Book Review)
Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work
Volume: 32Issue: 1Page: 155(2)

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Chapters: Sting, Albert Stubbins, Michael Carrick, Brian Laws, Neil Mcdonald, Richard Gaddes, Lee Clark, Paul Stephenson, Colin West, T. Dan Smith, Barry Richardson, Danny Graham, Chris Thorman, Derrick Parker, Frank Matthews, Paul Kennedy, Kevin Mcdine, Gordon Nisbet, Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside, Fred Turnbull, George Bell Chicken, Tony Lowery, Steve Carney, Lawrie Pearson, Joan Ure, George Heslop, Dave Ferguson, Russell Irving, David Lawson, George Rochester, Micky Ward, Tom Tuohy, Ray Henderson, Phil Ray, Scott Sloan, Steve Cuggy, Colin Mcnaughton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sting, CBE (born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner; 2 October 1951) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock music band The Police. As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, and receiving an Oscar nomination for best song. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Sumner was born in Wallsend, England, near Newcastle upon Tyne, the eldest of four children born to Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer. His parents had three more children: Philip, Angela and Anita. Young Gordon would often assist his father with the early-morning milk-delivery rounds and his "best friend" was an old Spanish guitar with five rusty strings which had been left behind by an uncle who had emigrated to Canada. He attended St. Cuthbert's High School in Newcastle upon Tyne. He would often sneak into nightclubs like the C...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=83312 ... Read more

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Born around 1910 in Alabama, Onnie Lee Logan was in her 70s when she reluctantly slowed her lifework as a midwife. In this remarkable, electric oral history of a woman, a time, and a place, she passes on stories of the women whose babies she "caught," unnerving folk remedies for female troubles, and the faith and "motherwit" she drew on as babies made their way toward the world. What little bitterness she shows is aimed at the sorry ways that blacks were treated by whites during much of her life. "I don't remember a single doctor deliverin a black baby at home," she says. "...Cause if they sent for him the baby woulda been there and probably some of em walkin befo' he got there." Interviewer Katherine Clark stitches together the flow of words seamlessly without cleaning them up; Logan comes across as a garrulous old friend rocking on the porch, whiling away a hot afternoon in talk. ... Read more

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A Life in Review
This book reminded me of the question, "If someone wrote your life story, would anyone read it?"

Well, here is one person who lived a rather normal life and her story is no great Earth shaking drama, just her getting on with her life and doing what God wants her to do.From the book cover, ect., a lot of people want to read her story, so, in as much as we are all special and do special things in our lives, maybe not worthy of great notice, but worthy of note, yes, if someone wrote about any of us, people would want to read it.

Ms. Logan tells about her life growing up, becoming a midwife and how she learned to midwife the best.She had the great privilege and advantage of wonderful parents who taught her to live by God's word, be humble, giving and to not try to be 'white'.

There are some seriously sad parts in this story, but they are part and parcel of being black and human in this country.The most important part of her story is what she wanted to pass on to future generations on how to be a better midwife.She had learned a lot from God's directions (when she needed some, He gave her some directions) and from her own experiences.

All in all, she has had a wonderful life and is glad to have lived it.This book is a joy to read.

Trying to Decide the Way to Have My Baby
In 1996, while pregnant with my first child, I was researching the different options available to me for childbirth.I read book after book, borrowing them one after another from my local library.Only in my first trimester, I had already been told by my OBGyn that I had a 1 in 4 chance of C-Section "just because that's the way it is."There HAD to be another way, so I searched.Then I came upon THIS book.Far from being an argument for a method or an analytical textbook, Motherwit was an intensely tender, human story that made childbirth come alive for me.This book fed my soul as I laughed and cried my way through it.When I was done, I knew how I wanted my baby to come into this world: with a midwife.I've never forgotten it... and after all these years, 2 children later, I'm buying my own copy, so my daughter can read it too, when her time comes.I'd rather have a woman like Onnie there with me, than any Ph.D.Both of my children were born peacefully.Both came with the help of midwives like Onnie Lee.

A MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING BOOK
AS AN ASPIRING MIDWIFE AND FELLOW CHRISTIAN I WAS AMAZED AT THE CANDOR AND EASE WITH WHICH LOGAN LED US THROUGH 70 YEARS OF HER LIFE.HER STORIES TAUGHT WAYS TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS THAT ARISE OCCASIONALLY DURING NORMALHOME BIRTH. HER CONSTANT DEVOTION TO GOD WAS VERY UPLIFTING!

A Gem
I loved reading about the life of this fascinating woman

Excellent reading for both midwives and African-Americans
Motherwit is a fascinating glimpse into the life of Onnie Lee Logan, Alabama's last "granny midwife".She is a wise and skillful midwife, meeting the needs of Merengo County, one of the poorest in Alabama.Her service to the black population is at first appreciated, because the doctors weren't interested in treating them. As midwifery and homebirth grows more popular, many well-off white couples hire her to deliver their babies at home, and soon she and her fellow midwives are no longer granted liscences to practice midwifery.The midwife will enjoy Onnie Lee's wisdom and compassion in caring for her clients; the African-American will appreciate her struggles to claim her place of service to her community.Christians will appreciate Onnie's frank faith in God, Who called her to midwifery and designed to process of birthing babies. ... Read more

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This collection of poems opens with a stumble: 'It was not there / until I tripped over it.' But this is fitting because John Lee Clark bounces back, as he always does, artfully and unexpectedly, to make an astonishing statement. Snowballs, his long white cane, pears, Braille, bedsheets, sign language, and even morning light come alive in this deaf-blind poet's hands like they have never before. Thanks to his sparkling language, his intellectual playfulness, and his capacity for wonder, together with his unique perceptions of life, his poems add a much-needed new wrinkle to the lexicon of imagination. What he reflects on, others cannot see in the same way again, and that includes the poet himself: We understand that he is like the rest of humankind in all the most important ways. ... Read more

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Decent Regency, no more no less
I agree with the first reviewer that the heroine, Vanessa was just a little too self-absorbed and sure of herself. She seemed to be missing the depth that separates a truly great character from a mediocre one.

Lord Chance was also very slow to perceive the realities around him and the couple themselves didn't seem to have much spark.

There are interesting side stories going on in the book that do push me to recommend it. Maybe because of the side stories, Ms. Clark was sidetracked into allowing the main story to under develop.

When a young Lady Courted Scandal, What Lord would court her
Miss Vanessa Pymbroke was bewitchingly lovely, sparklingly witty, and thoroughly unrestrained. What she wanted to do, she did-no matter how she shocked and troubled society. The she met Peter, Viscount Chance, possessor of one of England's greatest fortunes. Clearly a gentleman in his position could take only the most proper person as his wife, no matter how enchanting he found Vanessa. Vanessa's devilish dilemma was this: should she change her ways to win the one man who had eve captured her carefree heart? Or should she simply try to change him. I gave this book three stars because I didn't care to much for Vanessa. To willful for my liking. ... Read more

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A solid,commonly unheard voice in American poetry
What is the world like, completely devoid of sound? "Deaf American Poetry" is a collection of poetic work from over two hundred years of deaf American poets, with nearly one hundred pieces from thirty-five renowned poets across that period. Offering a perspective for readers that they do not commonly see and to help them empathize with the deaf throughout history, there is much for readers to enjoy and understand. "Deaf American Poetry" is a solid, commonly unheard voice in American poetry. "On My Deafness" by Howard L. Terry: "All things go well until they feel his wrath./O silence, there are marvels in thy state!/Flora may bud and bloom despite the drouth,/Impelled of God, and I, despite my fate,/Believing, yet may bloom in fairer fields./If listening inwardly to unheard sound/Is reaping all that's best, what silence yields,/Then sound deceives; truth is in silence found. ... Read more

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Drawing on their substantial experience as researchers, scientist-practitioners, and teachers, the authors have created a comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date book. The authors convey a sense of the excitement inherent in discovering deeper understandings of the nature and treatment of psychopathologies. ... Read more

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one of Jong's best books
Definitely one of Jong's best books.she takes you on an indepth journey throu english history from the eyes of a woman. ... Read more