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A vain and lazy barnyard cat makes a coat of mouse skins to protect his fur while chasing mice. The mice consider him their god and trust him to send them to heaven. ... Read more

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Volume I: An Odyssey of Childhood & Early Youth is a fictional account, together with personal, dramatic license, of the era of the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II. It focuses on the joys and fears of children and families in desperate times. The novel portrays the character of several families and develops the search for identity among the children. Through this generates a rather intriguing triangle among the three principal, maturing characters. The sense of time and place beyond description is by actions and perceptions of an assortment of characters at school, play and work while coping with a difficult economy, underlying questions of death, further triggered by the approaching war. The reality of war comes to the forefront of the children’s awareness when an English girl, who experienced the Blitz, joins their ninth grade class. Later this awareness becomes deeply implanted in the consciousness of most characters when the protagonist joins the Marines. ... Read more

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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A critical re-evaluation of Australian social policy and welfare both past and present. The author synthesizes the "old" disciplines of history and sociology into a new discipline, historical sociology, which aims to put an end to atheoretical history and ahistorical sociology, using the modes of comparison, interpretation and advocacy. The social criticism is directed against three ultimate targets: against failures in the Australian welfare state; against the contradictions in the world capitalist economy; and against the doctrines of economic rationalism echoed by the Australian government. Above all the writers ask: what is the social research for, and whom does it benefit? They project an alternative vision of Australian's potential future as a just and compassionate society. ... Read more

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A sixteen-year-old boy on a journey of self-discovery meets up with a hobo, claiming to be an Arab, who tells him of his own search for the center of the universe. ... Read more

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Imaginative and Fun
I read this book at a time when I really felt I need to be wacky...and tobe honest, this book is wacky, but in a really wacky way that just makes mywackiness look wacky.If you think there is something wrong with thisreview, then you probably haven't read the book. ... Read more

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A romantic love story full of rhyming verse and the unique art--delicate bright paintings framed in blue borders--by an award-winning illustrator. ... Read more

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Little Love Song Expresses Love Beautifully!
Little Love Song is a wonderful book to give to anyone you care about, regardless of gender, age, or relationship.Through beautiful and vividimagery and lyrics, it shows the simple nature of love.Most wonderful isthe ending. ... Read more

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This book explores the changes that are leading to a new century of natural resources management. It places the current situation in historical perspective, analyzes the forces that are propelling change, and describes and examines the specific changes in goals, policy, and practice that are transforming all aspects of natural resources management.

A New Century for Natural Resources Management is an important overview for wildlife biologists, foresters, and others working for public land agencies; professors and students of natural resources; and all those whose livelihood depends on the use of public natural resources. ... Read more

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amazing, but ...
in the ten years since this was published, there still hasn't been a book (that I know of) published that is better than this one at putting public lands management in an historic-then-contemporary context. it's also nice that it's an edited collection, b/c readers (i.e, students!) don't get lulled into complacent reading by single sytle or approach. highly recommended, though of course, needs to be supplemented with newer readings, particularly dealing with collaborative conservation and political ecology. ... Read more

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The last defining years of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

At thirty-four, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was still a man in search of his destiny. In 1995, all that changed when Kennedy launched George, a bold and irreverent magazine about American politics. Over the next four years, Kennedy's passionate commitment to the magazine-- and to the ideals it stood for-- transformed him. One witness to this transformation was Richard Blow, an editor and writer who joined George several months before the release of its first issue. During their four years together, Blow observed his boss rise to enormous challenges-- starting a risky new business, managing the pressures that attend a high public profile, and beginning life as a married man.

In American Son, with Blow as our guide, we see the many sides of Kennedy's personality: the rebel who fearlessly takes on politicians and pundits; the gentleman who sends gracious thank-you notes to his colleagues for their wedding gifts; the vulnerable son struggling under the weight of a mythic family legacy. Simply and sympathetically, Richard Blow offers an affecting portrait of a complicated man at last coming into his own-- sometimes gracefully, sometimes under siege, never without the burden of great expectations.

#1 New York Times Bestseller; includes a new introduction
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A very personal report
I bought the book when it first came out - 2002, but it lay around unread until 2010. Now retired I have time to read. This book captured what I hope was the real John F Kennedy, Jr. I too felt like I saw him grow up. On TV, I watched him crawl under the desk in the oval office and salute the casket of his father the day he did it. I remember hearing about the magazine GEORGE; I never read it. Even if I had not recognized the characters in this book, I would have enjoyed reading it. Not a page turner, AMERICAN SON is interesting with natural humor. It is a history book written while the memories were fresh.

a book more about the author than john john
Richard Blow is a good writer (see Harvard Rules, Greatest Game).This is a very strange book in which the author waxes more about him and his place in JFK Jr's world, than the Man himself. Blow comes across as an educated posse; he thanks Bernard Bailyn in the acknowledgment section. But unfortunately, the author is no Kennedy.He is a Blow (now Bradley).(At one point, the author waxes poetically about how he wanted his own wedding to be as good as John's, a wedding which Blow was never invited to).In the end, Blow writes as if nothing would make him happier than being John John's full time jock strap sniffer.

As for George Magazine, the advertisers fled in droves for a reason.

This book will entertain you for the three hours it takes for you to read.
If you buy this book for a $1 (plus $3.99 shipping), the book is worth your investment.

On the other hand, I highly recommend Harvard Rules and the Greatest Game.

Another Friend Cashes In
Excellent book. I like reading about the Kennedy's too, I admit and I liked this book, because it did not trash his wife. Poor Carolyn, her so-called friends (Rob Little,Bill Noonan)all wrote about what a shrew she was. oh they sugar-coated it so if you are truly a nit-wit you would not see it (Rob claims his wife adored Carolyn,Billy claims she was "magnificent") but still you get th idea she ruined friendships, could not stop using drugs. Disgusting. Have they thought about the impact of her family? Never mind his they are used to it, but hers, like Carolyn, I do not think they wished to be in the spotlight. This book really captures Carolyn like Carol Raziwell's book did.Richard Blow does them justice and Rob Littel has the nerve to talk about Richard Blow's book. Why because Blow didn't trash them as he did. If you would like to read a book from someone who DID know them without Carolyn being bad-mouthed, this is the book.

While interesting is seemingly irrelevant
Richard Blow is a former coworker of Joh F. Kennedy Jr.who seems to be attempting to make a couple of bucks off of a respected celebrity who has passed on with this book.While Richard obviously knew John, after reading this book it is apparent that he barely knew him outside of work.Judging by the cover and name of this book one would suspect that it is about JFK Jr.In reality this book is about George magazine and Richard's experience working there, with tales of dinner with John placed randomly about.If you are looking for a book that will give you an idea of what type of person JFK Jr. was, I would recommend "The Men We Became" by Robert Littel.He was John's best friend and knows far more about John than nearly anyone else ever did.

Better than most
After reading the sleeper by Robert Littell"The Men We Became", this book wins hands down. First "Littell" criticized "Blow", because he (Blow) signed a confidentiality clause when he signed on for George Magazine. First Littell was a friend of JFK Jr.'s, and he NEVER should have written about him.(He should have had his GOOD friends sign waivers too I guess)As I stated in my review of his book, his REAL friends would never write about his personal life and I do not think that John every alluded to him (Littell) that he wanted him to write about him, he threw that line in to cover himself. However, Mr. Littell is the reason I read the book by Mr. Blow.He trashed his book, so I had to read it. This book I bought, the book by Littell I borrowed. Richard Blow does not hold himself up to be John's best friend, but rather a friendship developed through work.( He was not one of the people invited to the wedding, but certain relatives were not invited because of the small place where it was held.) Mr. Blow does not delve to much into the private life of John, or his marriage to Carolyn Bessette. What is written about Carolyn and John's marriage to her, I think were positives in the book. He painted Carolyn as a nice woman, taken off guard by the complete fasination of her. She seemed to be a helpmate in the beginning of the magazine, but is not portrayed as an overbearing instigator,( again Littell makes her out to be a shrew, weeding out friends, calling people freaks etc..) nor does she come off as cold and indifferent again, the way I felt that Mr. Littell had portrayed her. He showed that the world of journalism is a tough nut for anyone to crack, even with the Kennedy name behind it.After awhile it seemed that even the staff of George were coming to terms with their "celebrity boss". Would the magazine went on if John had lived? No one can ever answer that....but all that were involved really tried to make it work, everyone, not just JFK... ... Read more