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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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"This is not your usual account of a young man's death of cancer, but a lively and exceptional story of John Baker's determination to leave students with newfound skills and self-confidence. . . . a remarkable, uplifting story of hope and determination which shouldn't be missed."--Bookwatch ... Read more

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Hi,
This is an amazing story.He was a man of great passion
for teaching.He died much to young,but his legacy lives on.
And as always,it was a pleasure buying from you.
Thanks again

motivational reading
I read this book shortly after it was published, while I was still in high school and a non-athlete. Then I read it again about 15 years later, amazed that I remembered it so clearly. The story is raw and honest and emotional.
John's story motivated me to get off my butt and start moving as a young adult. Then, when I was older and opportunity presented itself, I became a coach. When my kids call me, "Coach," I feel proud to carry on in John's memory. And I love helping kids achieve more not just on the track but also in life.
For me, this is one of those books that was worth picking up and reading all the way through.

Coach Baker's Shining Life that has lead him to "be a star" in heaven
This book needs to be read by everyone especially by all those over 13. I read it frequently and every time I am more amazed by John's incredible greatness, sacrifice, courage and love of children. I am also very thankful that his family, friends, professional co-workers et.all were there to help him. Even Dr. Johnson contacted medical assistance all over the country to help him.It is more tragic that his form of cancer is now much more treatable. The last line says that Coach Baker turned tragedy into an enduring legacy. Amen! The Duke City Dashers and the children of Aspen were so so blessed by their "Coach Baker." My paperback from 1982 has been replaced by a hardcover. Aspen, by his children was named "John Baker Elementary" in tribute to this great man and their "teacher" Words really can't describe him. I am so thankful that Mr. Buchanan has told all of us the life of one of the greatest people that I have ever known and heard about.Truly, Coach has received in heaven all of the crowns, trophies, medals that the Lord provides to His good and faithful servants!!Five stars all around to everyone involved in John Baker's legacy and William J. Buchanan. Coach Baker's story needs to be told even 38 years later!!

This book saved my life....
I originally read this book about John Baker's life and impact on young people when I was in grade school.I still had it on my bookshelf when I was in college in 1988.I felt a lump on my testicle and immediately saw a doctor.The diagnosis was malignant testicular cancer, but thanks to God and the fact that I had re-read John Baker's story so many times, I caught it early and am completely cured.John's life continues to have an impact on many people long after his tragic death.

A Shining Season: The True Story of John Baker
I was 8 years old when John Baker passed away but, I do remember when they changed the name of the school to honor this hero.This book is chicken soup for the human soul.This book belongs in everyone's personal library and it should be read at least once a year to remind us that every little thing counts. ... Read more

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One of golf's more outsized characters, Norman is a truesporting enigma: an athlete whose enormous defeats are far moredramatic--and interesting--than his considerable victories. Despitetwo British Open titles and more than 50 tournament wins worldwide,his legend--built on a go-for-broke playing style--has been cementedby his painfully unforgettable collapses in the three majors played onAmerican soil. St. John, the golf correspondent for the LondonSunday Times, works hard to get a grip on Norman's charismaticpersonality and how his inability to check that personality defineshis game. ... Read more

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Interesting, but not an in-depth analysis
Greg Norman is a great golfer. He has an incredible fascination for many golfers and his fans. I haven't found in this book in-depth analysis of his character, his passion for the golf, his competitive drive, and why he isso charismatic for many of us.A detailed biography is yet to come.

Interesting book & a man who's never boring
Ms St. John's book is a fascinating look at a man who is extremely complex.Much like his approach to the green, Greg Norman is bold, aggressive, and sometimes to his detriment, brutally honest.I foundinteresting the people who do and do not like him.I for one, find him to be refreshing and never boring as so many PGA players are today.Keep breaking the mold, Greg!We need to be kept on our toes!

great for shark fans
You'll now understand the arrogant, egotistical man you watch on television - and have confirmed the attitude he portrays.It's no wonder he never looks happy despite his wealth, Greg has put himself first at all costs to arrive at where he is.I can see now why he has no real friends, and you will see too. A complex individual, and must reading for Norman fans. ... Read more

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Hunters of Gor: Good Book
I remember reading this book when I was a teen! I loved it and I recommend it to anyone interested. ... Read more

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A clear and readable account of the development of the European economy and its infrastructure from the second century to 1500. Professor Pounds provides a balanced view of the many controversies within the subject, and he has a particular gift for bringing a human dimension to its technicalities. He deals with continental Europe as a whole, including an unusually rich treatment of Eastern Europe. For this welcome new edition -- the first in twenty years -- text and bibliography have been reworked and updated throughout, and the book redesigned and reset. ... Read more

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Comprehensive and wonderful
Norman Pounds has put together the comprehensive book for understanding medieval Europe through the study of economic systems.The book is designed for the medieval specialist, but a non-specialist would easily understand the material.The first three chapters, which are a chronological introduction to the topic, are absolutely spectacular and could easily stand on their own.The next five chapters deal with the topic thematically.There are chapters on population, agriculture, manufacturing, trade, and towns.Each chapter treats the subject chronologically, and are packed with insight.The final two chapters discuss the economic changes taking place in the Late Medieval period.

Pounds has really mastered the material, including the most comprehensive bibliography ever assembled.Much space is devoted to discussing the evidence and the historiographical debate surrounding each sub-topic.Perhaps the only downfall to Pounds' wonderful work is that it is really limited to the periods from which there is substantial evidence.Outside of Chapter Two, the Early Medieval period is hardly discussed.This is, however, made up for with spectacular analysis in the later periods.

Finally, the graphics alone make this book worth the hunt.There are amazing maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations all over this book, all of which are quite usefull.

A new perspective on history
This book discusses the period between the end of Roman empire and the Renaissance both as a chronological process and as a series of foci on topics as commerce, manufacturing and population. My reason for warmlyrecommending this book is that it gives an insight into importantdevelopments in the middle ages, for example the role of the monasteries asa kind of early multinationals was an eye opener for me. An other reason isthat it explains patterns you can see in present day Europe. The way townswere founded in the 12th and 13th century explains a lot of the spacing ofthe cities you see today. The development of the plough gives insight inwhy what parts of the countryside were populated.etc. The list isendless.For me it meant the opening up of a whole new field of interest;economic history.Recommended, also for Americans visiting Europe, whoreally want to understand what they see in Italy, France and Flanders tomention a few countries. Walking through Troyes is a different experienceif you have read this book. For the English centred there is a drawback,for an English book England is relatively sparcely mentioned. The book iswell written and has a pleasant style. ... Read more

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A description of every aspect of the country house both upstairs and downstairs from kitchen to carriage house and lamp room to carpentry shop. ... Read more

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In their contentions with Priest-Kings, Kurii, savage denizens of the Steel Worlds, concealed within the asteroid belt, have frequently had recourse to human allies, and subversion. In accord with such projects, Kurii have occasionally sought to place and support congenial administrations in key cities. One such city is Corcyrus. Corcyrus is ruled by a beautiful woman, the cruel, arrogant, much-hated Sheila, an agent of Kurii. It is thought advisable to find a double for Sheila, who, in case of military or political disaster, may serve as her proxy, or substitute. For this role an unwitting young Earth girl, Tiffany Collins, is chosen and brought to Gor. She is introduced into her role and led to believe that she, somehow, she unaware of the true Sheila, is the Tatrix, or female administrator, of Corcyrus. Defeat in war, and revolution, occur, and the blood of Sheila is sought by the victors. Tiffany, fleeing for her life, finds herself alone, frightened, and unbefriended, a vulnerable Earth female, no more than a lovely, defenseless barbarian, on the beautiful, perilous world of Gor. She is a girl without a Home Stone, and such may be taken in hand, and claimed, as might be any stray animal, to be collared and owned, to be put to the pleasure of masters. The expression 'Kajira' is the most common expression in Gorean for a female slave. Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the first book of the Gorean Saga, TARNSMAN OF GOR, E-Reads is proud to release the very first complete publication of all Gor books by John Norman, in both print and ebook editions, including the long-awaited 26th novel in the saga, WITNESS OF GOR. Many of the original Gor books have been out of print for years, but their popularity has endured. Each book of this release has been specially edited by the author and is a definitive text. ... Read more

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Deeper than you think...
I read this series when it first came out, and I'menjoying it again now.

Everybody knows the basics---but I don't always see this series of books reviewed in a way that I would consider to be accurate, or even appropriate.

John Norman is constantly berated as a misogynist gender-bashing sexist---and, if the trappings and settings of the books are to be taken in a very superficial way, then I suppose there is some merit to these claims. But I can attest to a much greater depth in these works than often meets the eye (or the psychology) of the average page-eater.

Very often, and in many ways, Mr. Norman illustrates that it is the women in this series of novels who are the deepest characters---the strongest---the most noble---the most complex---and, assuredly, the most interesting. Without giving away any of the plot elements of this book, if there is a theme that is being explored here, it is the same theme that is almost universally manifested in these stories---that the female of the species, whether they be of Earth or of Gor, is exceedingly superior to the male.

The guys in these books are grudgingly typical---boorish, power-hungry, easily led, and always adhering to a shallow "gimme gimme" philosophy that drags them through the plot as if they were the ones in chains---and not the women they so fatuously profess to "own."

But this is only a starting point for the gender-specific character development that Norman grants us. It goes much deeper than it looks on the surface.

I am not here to give my own views on these matters---but only to alert the on-the-fence prospective reader of the Gor series that these matters are here to be found and confronted and, ultimately, to be revealed in their fullest nature---which is done in ways that I, as an avid reader of these books, always find satisfying and rewarding.

As for that, it is difficult to find any living writer who has managed to delve so deeply into the dense and complicated phycho-sexual nature of today's woman. It's a tricky place to go---especially tricky to bring anything of literary value back from there---but Norman does it, time after time. And I, for one, respect and admire his work in that regard.

So don't be one of those readers who gets hung up on the flashy, trendy, superficial cinematic effects that accompany this literary journey. Look beneath it. You'll find much of value there.

Not my type of fiction.
This novel is seriously anti-woman. Every woman portrayed is either a slave or hateful. The author writes long tirades, supposedly the thoughts of the main character, about the superiority of Gorean men, and the natural inferiority of Gorean women. It is adult fiction. It would probably be good as a marital aid, as the sex scenes are long and sweaty.

Cream of the Gor Crop
This is one of the best of the Gor series, if you happen to like the kajira characters. Some think John Norman goes over the top with his descriptions and plot, but if you're into BDSM and particularly service-oriented play, you'll really enjoy this book.

a little overdone
At this point I am reading the rest of the Gor novels simply to be able to say that I finished the series.Don't get me wrong, the eroticism of submission has been well (and HEAVILY) illustrated, but if I see one more woman tricked into slavery, saying she was a slave all along masquerading as a free woman, another comment on how ALL women are slaves and not truely happy unless at the feet of a man, I would happily throw these books all out.Norman is certainly entitled to his philosophy, and I have much respect for the women who chose to model a lifestyle after him (with submissive tendencies myself), but isn't there a point where you are just beating the proverbial dead horse to an even bloodier pulp?

Also, please tell me how many people have actually read the portions of the story where he describes a game of Kaissa or the measurements of the war ships.I've been able to skip several sections of these books without losing out on any of the story.

Kajira of Gor
John Normans Counter-Earth of Gor is nearly as detailed, maybe more detailed, than Middle-Earth. But you can't really compare them, because they're not even quite in the same genre.

Like Middle-Earth, Gor is full of strange creatures and unique yet Earth-like landscape, but unlike Middle-Earth, it's not the animals that are interesting, it's the humans.

Kajira of Gor is told from the point of view of an Earth "Barbarian" named Tiffany Collins. An ordinary woman of unusual beauty ('Slave curves' is a term often used in the book) who finds herself first treated like a slave bu strangers in her oun appartment, and the next minute Tatrix of Corcius, or Queen of a city on Gor.

SPOILER ALERT! Don't read any further if you don't want me to spoil it!

Although she has authority over life and death in the city and even has a slavegirl under her oun direct command, she is treated like a slave by a han who I gather is like her Visere.
And Susan who serves her, herself a Barbarian, is actually ouned by that man, and has simply been told to serve the Tatrix and instruct her to be more Gorean.

But all this is just part of a conspiracy. courcius is at war with Ar, aparantly courcius is loseing the war and, if the true Tatrix were found, she would be taken to Ar like a slave and then impaled. so they found some stupid Earth purfume counder sales girl who looks a bit like the Tatrix and made her parade around the city without a veil (Freewomen on Gor wear veils, and for a Tyraness being recognizeable is particularly dangerous.)

tiffany only saw the true Tatrix momentarially, she was veiled but otherwize disguised as a slave, and Tiffany was basically left there as a decoy as Ar stormed the tower while the true Tatrix escapes as a slave.


That's only the first fiew chapters.

I would reccomend the works of John Norman to men and women.

it's a very erotic book about submission and arousal, and the connection thereof. on Gor, the 60's never happened. The American civil war never happened. Hell, the Industrial Revolution never happened. The result is that Gorean men are true men and Gorean women are true women (except for Freewomen, who are just cloaked bitches who treat slavegirls badly just because they're jealous.)

I think I could learn a thing or two from gorean men. I don't think I could be as rude as them, and I would hesitate to harm let alone whip a girl (unless she told me she was a masachist) but I could definitely be as strong as them and I could stand and walk like them, i liked the way Tiffany described the Visere, "Asif a lion had assumed human form".

I think women could learn a thing or two from Kajira, too. not so much just to submit to men. It's not just about pleaseing men, it's about fullfilling your oun desires.
slavegirls also tend to actually say exactly what they mean litterally "I beg for love" for example. Women are much better mind readers than men, but the one thing they can't read for themselves is that we aren't.
One point in the story personally struck home for me. at one point she figured out that there's two ways to please a man; one is to do stuff for him, the other is to simply let him do stuff to you. And I think she figured out, also, that her involuntary reaction to what he was doing was partly what pleased him the most. it's the latter that's more important, I think. Women could also learn from Gorean Slavegirls how to articulate their desires to their husbands/boyfreinds. If after reading a Gor book you still can't tell him what your turnons are, just hand him the book and let him read it. ... Read more

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A remarkable work, the Domesday Book contains detailed and comprehensive information on ownership, income, resources, and fiscal responsibilities for almost evey manor of Norman England in 1086.The bewildering and voluminous data of the Domesday Book has baffled economists in the past, but Snooks and McDonald have compiled an unequaled new interpretation of this ancient work now in its 900th anniversary.Using modern economic theory and statistical techniques, the authors reappraise the relationship between manorial revenue and resources to attain a new perspective on the English economy between 1066 and 1086. ... Read more

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`This is the autobiography of a prominent 19th century economist, which was miraculously saved from destruction by fire. It would be interesting simply as a personal account of the education of an upper class gentleman of the Victorian era. But Norman became a long-serving director of the Bank of England who entered into public debates on matters of public finance and international trade. The editors are well-known authorities in the history of economic thought and provide us with a 50-page introduction to the technicalities of Norman's contributions. This is an invaluable entrée into classical economics as it was experienced at the time.'
- Mark Blaug, University of London and University of Buckingham, UK

`This book has been a long time in the making but well worth the wait. It is a work of immense scholarship. The editors of George Warde Norman's autobiography have put a huge effort into the production. The volume has a splendid introduction and is then packed with fascinating detail revealing the world of an important nineteenth century figure - the grandfather of Montagu Norman no less - that lights up the working of the Bank and the City and much else besides.'
- Forrest H. Capie, Bank of England, UK

George Warde Norman, 1793-1882, a Director of the Bank of England 1821-72, was an important figure in both the development and the implementation of the theory of monetary control, embodied in the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Norman wrote an Autobiography covering his first 54 years, and this provides a remarkable portrait not only of Norman himself but of the social and intellectual network in which he lived. He was an intimate of the Utilitarians, especially George Grote with whom there was ultimately a quarrel which has never been made public before. He was a businessman, at first in the timber trade, in which connection he spent time in Norway, and made the acquaintance of Napoleon's Marshall, Bernadotte, by then King of Sweden and Norway, and then in fire insurance. He also wrote on economic matters, not only on monetary issues but also on trade theory and taxation. The Autobiography, which has survived fire and flood, was rediscovered in the 1960s by D.P. O'Brien who at that time prepared a typescript which has been used by scholars. With the release of this edition, the work is now available for the first time in a fully edited and corrected version. It should be of interest to historians of economic thought, economic historians, and students of nineteenth century intellectual history and society.

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Dr. Norman Bethune fought against injustice and suffering wherever he found it. He provided mobile blood transfusions to the wounded in the Spanish Civil War and saved countless lives with mobile medical units when the Japanese invaded China. He died a hero to the Chinese people. ... Read more

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This study presents a clarification and discussion of problematic concepts and arguments related to a pamphlet by John Ashton, who was executed for treason in 1690. The study aims at philosophical clarification of arguments about important political issues and historical events. ... Read more