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This illustrated book accompanies a small, scholarly exhibition that includes paintings culled from the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Art and borrowed from institutions and galleries across the country, created by American artists as a result of their mid-19th-century Italian travels within a "Grand Tour." Thomas Cole, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and other American painters created a body of work featuring Italian landscapes, people, buildings, and life. Classic Ground situates American paintings with Italian subject matter, in the context of antebellum and Reconstruction era politics, gender, ideology, religion, and popular culture.
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Since its debut in April 1999, The Boondocks has found a home in more than 250 newspapers, making its launch the strongest since Calvin and Hobbes and For Better or For Worse. The rich, multilayered comic strip offers a frank yet often funny look at race in America. It starts with a simple premise: Two young boys, Riley and Huey, move from innercity Chicago to live with their grandfather. The tension increases, however, because the two boys are African-Americans now compelled to adapt to a white suburban world. They must take all they've learned in the 'hood and apply it to life in the 'burbs. Aaron McGruder has created a strip unlike any other. Superbly illustrated, The Boondocks has stirred controversy, attracted widespread media coverage, and won readers who've applauded McGruder's unapologetic and humorous approach to race. This second collection includes some of the year's most compelling story lines.The Boondocks is a groundbreaking strip of enormous proportions. It's certain to only increase in popularity.
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The Best Comic Strip Today.......2006-03-23
From reading this collection of "The Boondocks", I have to say that it is one of the funniest comic strips that I have read in a long time. When I read it, I was laughing out loud at a lot of the jokes that Aaron McGruder have put in about a myriad of subjects. The fact that it's also controversial because of some of the politcial views that are expressed I think is also good since there are a lot that should be said surrounding these issues.
With all these put into context, I think that this collection should be read and I do recommend it to everyone.
drop the B&add a C&that is what Mcgruder presents.......2006-01-11
I once kinda thought that Mcgruder had a interesting take on things,but over time it has become extra buffonary just like that mess that Chris Rock&that overblown&Vastly Overrated Dave Chappelle presented.usually that kind of garbage gets kicked to the curb&Hopefully this mess will get taken off the air.the show&what it represents is mindless buffonary&Another form of stereotyping.
1 star for the hypocrisy and racism of the creator and his supporters.......2005-12-29
Aaron McGruder once called Rush Limbaugh a "racist" for his comments about the "NFL wanting a black quarterback to succeed."
It is only fair to apply the same R-word reference to Mr. Gruder as he uses his characters to make similar racial comments.
He gets a one star for his hypocrisy, not for what he says.
My questions are: Would you purchase material from a (conservative) white person who regularly involves race in his or her material, yet condemns a (liberal) black like Aaron McGruder as a racist for regularly involving race in boondocks?
Would you purchase material if the white person in question acted like he or she had a chip on his shoulder towards blacks?
If so, then purchasing Boondocks would not make you a hypocrite like Aaron (chip on his shoulder toward whites) McGruder, who has no problems regularly using race in his comic strip, yet condemns others, like Rush Limbaugh, as racists for doing the same thing.
Judging by the negative comments to this review, it appears McGruder's supporters believe it is ok for a black person to use race, but not ok for a white person. The term racist would be applied if someone was to say it was ok for a white person, but not ok for a black person.
Judging by the reviews, their most-likely university education taught them ways to justify their hypocrisy. It never taught them reading comprehension as the review is not critique of the strip, but the character of who is writing it and who supports the writer. Their education never taught them fairness based on action. Instead, in this case, they use race and ideology to judge what is right or wrong. These reviews truely reflect how the extreme "educated", "progressive" left is just as bad as the extreme "ignornant", "knuckle-dragging" right wing"
Amazon.com is not guilty of hypocrisy as it retails the Amos and Andy TV series.
The white equivalent of this would be written by someone with a chip on his or her shoulder towards blacks. Today, such a strip would never be allowed to be shown in most of the mainstream media newspapers.
As there were "Uncle Tom" or "Step-in Fetchit" blacks who would condone and excuse racism from whites, there are equally "politically correct" whites who condone and excuse hypocritical racism by Mr. Gruder.
Thus, one star allocated to the hypocrisy of McGruder's supporters for condoning something they would not allow the white equivalent to be shown in any of the mainstream media.
By the way, why does Amazon include a 'NO' in 'was this review helpful to you?' People are only human and don't like opinions that differ from themselves. With some who are less mature, this 'NO' makes it too easy express such displeasure.
Are they trying to discourage negative reviews, hence not purchase the CD? Such reviews only help a person in not being dissatisfied a product that received positive reviews
The Boondocks...Best comic around.......2005-10-18
This book by Aaron McGruder is great. I'm working to get his whole collection and I read the comics in the newspaper. With me being a Black American I find some of the racial things funny because i'm reading from a different point of view. But yeah I can see that some things are rasist in a way. Anyway, this book is something I would say people between the age of 11-100 would like.
AN EXCELLENT FOLLOW-UP COLLECTION.......2004-04-06
This collection is an excellent follow-up to 2000's Because I Know You Don't Read The Newspaper. It's good to see another strong, interesting character like Caesar join Huey, Riley (...I mean Esco), their granddad, the DuBois family (Jazmine, Tom, and Sarah) and the clueles Cindy in whitebread Woodcrest. This comic is a breath of fresh (no pun intended) air in my daily paper. It's a shame that I only get one new strip a day though. Still, one Boondocks makes up for the void that fills the rest of the page. Thank you Aaron.
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PLEASE-give Erma to future generations!.......2003-09-07
Erma Bombeck will always be one of my heroes. I still have her picture from the cover of Time magazine hanging on my "Wall of Fame" in my laundry room, along with my college diploma, a picture of the first woman to run for Vice-President, and various cards with special significance from family and friends. When I was a young mom, her writing always reminded me that laughter is better than tears. Whenever I thought that I could not possibly survive this child-rearing thing, I would pick up one of Erma's books and find out that she already survived the same hair-raising incidents and still had brain power. I still treasure many quotes I have picked up from her books. She wrote an article once about children becoming the parents to their own parents. She stated that she knew that was happening the time she hit the brake on her car and instinctively put out her arm in front of her mother who was riding in the passenger seat. How that image tugged at my heartstrings when it happened with my own mother. She wrote about everyday life, common to most of us with humor, poignancy, and great love. I will be giving her books to young parents as long as I live. Her words should be treasured by every generation.
Great collection.......2000-05-23
Truly the best of Bombeck! A great addition to your bookshelf if you are a Bombeck fan!
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Debates on the authenticity of the Star Wars franchise and the hero-or-villain status of George Lucas are at the heart of these essays by bestselling science-fiction authors. The incredible popularity of the movies has led to the formation of strong emotions within the science fiction community on the strengths and flaws of the films, exemplified here by David Brin's attacks and Matthew Woodring Stover's defense of the movies. This intense examination of the epic works addresses a broad range of issues—from politics, religion, and the saga's overall logic to the impact of the series on bookshelf space as well as science-fiction film. The question Is George Lucas a hero for bringing science fiction to a mass audience or a villain who doesn't understand the genre he's working for? is discussed before a final "Judge's Verdict" on the greatness—or weakness—of the franchise is reached.
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Wicked piece of work.......2007-07-03
If you like the SW universe and think it's fine as-is, don't get this. If you dislike the SW universe and share the opinions Dr. Brin expressed in his salon.com article - take a pass here.
If you like the SW universe, but ever found yourself feeling a little disturbed by the implications of certain scenes or events in the movies, GET THIS. Brin gets WAY too caught up in delivering his panegyric about American society and humanist values, but that doesn't mean the man can't make a few valid shots.
The grousing about whether SW belongs on the fantasy or SF shelf is ridiculous. It's like trying to argue if Firefly belongs on the SF or Western shelf. Ditto with the usual "death of the midlist" argument and "dumbing down SF" arguments that also undercut their argument they're populists who trust the common man (after all, the common man isn't paying attention to the REAL story. Furthermore, they read THOSE books, and not the ones who will Uplift - pun intentional - them). The upside is that Karen Traviss's essay is one of several hilarious rebuttals.
Many of these arguments are like really good fanfic - they stretch the limits of that universe and make may out of the holes and bugs they find there. Some get really creative in explaining certain things - I'm thinking Brin's take on Yoda and Metzger's idea of the Jedi as more or less like Neo from the Matrix - exploiters of the universe's programming bugs.
These guys don't go far into the Expanded U, so don't expect any debate on the Vong or the Ruusan events. If you wanted to pass this along to your fellow SW fans, though, I'm sure they'd love to expand it to those.
A total delight!.......2007-06-16
Before you read the review, I do give some things away, so be warned!
Star Wars On Trial was fun to read and even made a few points that I had not thought of before. Oh, they had the normal stuff - weak or bad science, plot holes, stupid characters. Some of it was new - never thought of the Jedi as being just as bad as the Sith. Not Evil, as much as overbearing, too powerful, too smug. The idea that bringing balance back to the Force meant destroying both the Jedi and the Sith was a new idea that hit me like a train from behind.
Also, on a more serious note, the chapters dealing with sexism really did seem to make me think about many of the scenes in which the female characters seem to do nothing to help the plot, their fellow comrades or the Republic - Old or New. And they could have done so much.
A must for any fan of the movies but be prepared to laugh, cry and, yes, sometimes wonder if the people in the book are sometimes taking the whole thing too seriously.
Roger Corman's REVENGE OF THE FANBOY.......2006-12-30
Author/critic Hallie Ephron (Nora's sister) once said that a bad review is more about the reviewer than the work reviewed, and this essay collection reinforces it, albeit with humor. Admittedly both sides come from a position of bias--the prosecution is a retinue of wish-I'd-thought-of-it-first angry fanboys led by the guy who created the source material for the box office bomb known as THE POSTMAN; the defense a group of potential shills led by a Lucasfilm employee--the defense actually manages to prove its case better by being more grown-up about it all, while the prosecution tends to get more emotional and nitpicky. One example is the charge of media tie-ins choking original sci-fi out of the market, where defense "witness" Kristine Rusch actually produces sales figures showing a consistent downward trend in sci-fi sales over the years due to snobbery within the sci-fi community; on the charge that Star Wars is elitist, Brin doesn't even produce an expert witness at all. It ultimately boils down to a festival of how much people either love or hate the most successful independent filmmaker of all time, but it's entertaining.
Great Fun, Strong Contributors.......2006-11-22
There are some strong, thought-provoking "takes" on Star Wars' impact on pop culture and science fiction. The contributors do a great job of arguing their points.
Alternating fun vs. serious. Great for the ambivalent fan........2006-08-18
My two cents: Book = Good; Website = Disappointing.
Hidden benefit - introduction through these essays to the writing of around 20 authors!
I'm one of those people who both love Star Wars and hate it too. Okay, I don't hate Star Wars itself, but there are some things about it that just drive me batty. It's reassuring to know I'm not the only one.
This book is not a weighty philosophical treatise on the merits of Star Wars as art form, cultural phenomenon, etc. Instead it is a light but thoughtful exploration into some of the ideas floating through the SW fan community. I enjoyed it, but I think that, like the movies, if you take it too seriously, you are going to miss out.
This book is in the form of essays written on behalf of the prosecution and the defense, with some "cross-examinations" of witnesses in the "courtroom" conducted by Brin and Stover. Some of the essays are rather serious, and some entertaining. There is at least one that is just wacky. I read the table of contents at the bookstore, and had to buy it, and am glad I did.
Charge #1: The politics of Star Wars are anti-democratic and elitist.
Charge #2: While claiming mythic significance, Star Wars portrays no admirable religious or ethical beliefs.
Charge #3: Star Wars novels are poor substitutes for real science fiction and are driving real SF off the shelves.
Charge #4: Science fiction filmmaking has been reduced by Star Wars to poorly written special effects extravaganzas.
Charge #5: Star Wars has dumbed down the perception of science fiction in the popular imagination.
Charge #6: Star Wars pretends to be science fiction, but is really fantasy.
Charge #7: Women in Star Wars are portrayed as fundamentally weak.
Charge #8: The plot holes and logical gaps in Star Wars make it ill-suited for an intelligent viewer.
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I found myself reading the prosecution argument and saying, "yeah, that's right". Then I'd read the defense argument and say, "yeah, you tell him." And of course, I also disagreed at times. And as I mentioned this is NOT weighty philosophy, so at times you'll find some logic holes in the arguments on either side reminiscent of the logic and plot holes being pointed out in the subject matter. Why it works for me is that there is room for debate. Even though I ended up mostly agreeing with the Defense, there was a case to be made for both sides, which is what makes these questions worth asking. And this is what I have truly loved about SW fans. They ask these questions. They don't just sit back and accept whatever cockamamy junk is thrown at them. For instance, what percentage of SW fans accept the idea of Greedo shooting first? Okay what percentage born before 1997?
The only big beef I have is with the website. After you read the book, you are asked to perform the duty of the jury, and weigh in with your opinion at a website. The website is really a bit lame. There's an introductory page, and then an online forum. For those familiar w/forums, a section has been set up with an opening thread for each of the nine "charges". For a couple charges, forum registrants have created a voting "poll", but not for most, which just have discussion.
I personally think a no-registration-required poll should have been set up on a main page, separately from the forum, to track an overall reader consensus. While I once had more time to devote to my love of SW, currently it's all the time I can muster to read SW expanded universe novels, and maybe some supplemental material like "Star Wars on Trial". I do not have time to have a discussion about each charge. I do think that the small additional investment in the website I suggest is not too much to ask for those of us who can't benefit from a time-consuming forum interaction.
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Two works richly displaying use of the whole-tone scale and a continuously evolving melodic line without thematic reference.
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Thomason offers a revolutionary alternative to card counting -- a betting system that is easy to learn, impervious to casino harassment and, most importantly, more profitable than flat or so-called inspired betting. Thomason conducts live casino field tests joined by several gaming experts.
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Mostly research and results in this book........2007-03-23
The author presents many theories that are interesting and unique. My problem is that 90% of this book is research/results, and 10% is actual gambling advice. Who is the target audience? This book might be relevant to gambling theorists but is not helpful to your average gambler. I am a basic strategy player and felt let down by the lack of advice and tips. I still don't know how you could implement his quit point strategy in today's casinos with crowded tables and tight rules. I would give this book four or five stars if the book was 50% research and 50% advice.
EXCELLENT.......2006-05-26
o.k., here's the thing of it-i count cards and i also sometimes play using a positive progression. i have won and lost big using both systems,counting cards and positive progressions that is.
i very much enjoyed all of Walter Thomasons books.
Based on First Hand experience - IT WORKS!.......2005-04-19
Why they chose that first reviewer at top is a mystery. If you read the book, within the first few chapters you'll know his review is worthless.
First the author does something that very few other books do, he compares his system against flat betting and card counters on the exact same sequence of hands dealt from shoes and compares the final results so all you are seeing is the results of each betting system. And his system does not always come out on top, that's not his contention anyway. His contention is that compared to the flat better you will lose less and win more with his stategies.
Secondly, all his findings are backed up by very exhaustive research, there is no "trust me" statements, everything is backed up by real world data and testing.
The premise behind how it works is simple. Given any shoe, if you have a sequence of 5 wins and 5 losses, a flat better would come out even. However if you had a minimum bet on the losses and a maximum bet on the wins then overall you would be ahead. Mr Thomason's system helps to put you into this position to come out ahead.
Now as to real world experience, I have won 29 sessions against 5 losing sessions. I am very much ahead. Prior to this as a flat better I would say that I lost a little more than I won, a little below .500. What's more its a pleasure to play and see things happen as they are predicted in the book.
There is also something in here for card counters as well. Pay very close attention to his "Quit Points" section. It is probably the most effective defensive strategy anyone has come up with and it works.
There is no doubt a card counter will win more often and more money but I go to Vegas to relax and have fun, I already have a job and to me card counting is work. Instead of stressing and straining I now sit at the tables relaxed enjoying myself and still walking away a winner most of the time.
Thanks Mr. Thomason for helping me win a lot of money and at the same time allowing me to enjoy myself.
A players review.......2005-02-14
I've seen a lot of strategies, read a lot of books, looked at a lot of web pages. They all say the same thing, progressive betting systems don't work. Just look at the first reviewer who harangues the system. It didn't stand up to all of his umptybillion simulations. Well I don't live or play blackjack in a simulation. I've used this system over the last year and have yet to see it just break down and fail. Or on the same token do worse than flat betting. If you are a casual player that wants to win get this book. But be forewarned do not tell anyone how you are winning, because remember progressive betting doesn't work. On a more serious note, this book is extremely easy to read if a little longwinded. After seeing the size you may wonder what I mean. Well the strategy itself can be wrapped up in about 3 pages but you don't get to it until chapter 20 something. Not that I'm complaining I think the background is very important. My final word if your looking for a book that means you want to win. So try this strategy and find out for yourself. Don't let the "experts" fool you with their billion hand simulations, i've never played a billion hands , nor will you.
Very Valuable Progression Method.......2004-11-08
This is Thomason's best book to date. The Quit Points bring a wholly new dimension to the game. His progression are the most intelligent and an improvement on his previous ones.
I think he proves his case and makes no wild claims but is very fair and balanced.
Using his mehtods I am way up and what is more I can play higher limits on a smaller bankroll. This is the great value of his method. You get a shot at the House for little risk. Only the House can truly rely on the Law of Large Numbers to allow their built in advantages to play out. The rest of us have to make the most of winning streaks and limit our losses on losing shoes. This method allows one to do just that.
I use Mannorino's Gregorian Strategy NOT basic strategy as I believe this is a more powerful and advanced strategy against six and eight deck shoes.
The combination of these two methods is deadly. Ignore the dimwits who whine about Thomason's methods and proofs. Clearly they have not read the book or are merely jealous competitors. Perhaps they enjoy losing.
Blackjack is now fun again!
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Enron was a $100-billion-a-year company in October 2001--America's seventh-largest. The Houston-based energy firm enjoyed warm ties with newly installed President George W. Bush. Earnings were up 26 percent from the previous quarter, while Fortune magazine had named Enron the country's most innovative company six years in a row. Less than two months later, Enron filed for bankruptcy in the biggest corporate failure in history. Enron became synonymous with the greed and fraud of the go-go high-tech stock bubble of the late 1990s--the worst of a series of spectacular corporate collapses that also took down WorldCom, Tyco, and Global Crossing.
What went wrong? Veteran New York Times financial journalist Kurt Eichenwald does an epic job of telling Enron's story in his 742-page tome Conspiracy of Fools. Eichenwald, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, also authored The Informant, an acclaimed account of a vast international price-fixing scandal at Archer Daniels Midland. Conspiracy of Fools tells the Enron tale with a cinematic narrative style, relying almost exclusively on scene and dialogue to bring his account to vivid life. We see how federal regulators opened the doors for the Enron fraud early on when they let the company loosen up its accounting rules and essentially cook its books. We read how Enron bullied Wall Street firms into issuing favorable reports about its share price by threatening to take away lucrative banking fees. Eichenwald also reveals how Enron manipulated electricity prices during the California energy crisis of 2000. Eichenwald's book is less successful in situating the Enron debacle in its wider context--the cycle of market speculation that reached a historic summit in the dot-com bubble. Was Enron just a cautionary sign of the greed and lack of ethics of a few bad apples, or was it more symptomatic of an entire market system? That may be a debate for another book. --Alex Roslin
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From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . .
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In 2000, when The Informant was published, few would’ve imagined that a story about price fixing at Archer Daniels Midland could be as un–put–downable as the best crime fiction. Yet critics—and consumers—agreed: The New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald had taken the stuff of dry business reporting and turned it into an unparalleled page–turner. With Conspiracy of Fools, Eichenwald has done it again.
Say the name “Enron” and most people believe they’ve heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely new—and entirely gripping—material. The cast includes but is not limited to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul O’Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner. Providing a you–are–there glimpse behind closed doors in the executive suites of the Enron Corporation, the Texas governor’s mansion, the Justice Department, and even the Oval Office, Conspiracy of Fools is an all–true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions.
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Comprehensive Character List and Complex Issues.......2007-08-04
Without going in to great detail about the book - I am sure we all know it dealt with the collapse of one of corporate Americas' big swingers. The book contained quite a deal of information about events from inside Enron. I guess the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because the author had a way of really annoying me by trying to write the book as a novel (in places). I look forward to the movie - hopefully the ending is better for the investors.
How easily the "system" failed........2007-07-28
You will be amazed at how Enron was able to frustrate every check and balance in place in American Finance. The SEC, individual and institutional investors, auditors, lawyers, accountants, rating agencies, banks, creditors, peers, and even insiders were blindsided by a couple of smart but foolhardy executives who were willing to exploit every loophole in the name of manufacturing *profits* (and not products).
All in all a very readable and addictive book.
Couldn't put it down!.......2007-06-24
I do *not* have a high degree of financial acumen, but this book laid out what was really wrong with Enron in a thoroughly engaging manner. I couldn't put it down, and I finally understand the financial reasons for the collapse, not just managerial incompetence...which was EPIC, by the way.
This review is for the audio cds.......2007-06-16
I borrowed these cds from the library because I'm interested in corporate governance and case studies. I'm not an expert on Enron, but this felt like fiction from the first couple of minutes. When the narrator speaks for Ken Lay, he uses a deep, fatherly voice. Andy Fastow's voice is whiny and child-like. Its content is obviously biased and selective. So from a factual standpoint, I'm not learning a heck of a lot.
As fiction, it's way too long at 25 cds; should be abridged by about 2/3. There's just not that much content, and it's often painful to listen to. If I didn't have a one-hour commute to fill, I'd have given up on it hours ago.
I highly recommend The Smartest Guys in the Room instead.
A fun read.......2007-05-14
Although the book was near 700 pages, it was easy to read. However, there were times when I was really pissed at the stupidity displayed by the excutives at Enron. How could they let one guy run the show and not know anything about it? What's worse was that none of the top executives know the fundamentals of finance. Nevertheless, "Conspiracy of Fools" was a compelling story that build up well and cause you to want to read to the end to find out how everything is solved.
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