Klee Wyck

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Spirit of Place

Beautifully written and visualized

Klee Wyck
Emily Carr
Manufacturer: Douglas & McIntyre
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Book Description

The title of artist, writer, and rebel Emily Carr's first book means "Laughing One," the nickname given her by the Native people of Canada's west coast. She returned the favor with Klee Wyck, a collection of 21 "word portraits" of their lives and ways. The memoir describes in witty, vivid detail Carr's visits and travels as she painted their totem poles and villages and got to know a people whose "quiet strength healed my heart." The book is reissued here with restored text and features the original introduction by Ira Dilworth and a new introduction by Carr scholar Kathryn Bridge.

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Spirit of Place.......2001-02-17

If you are interested in the environment which generated the powerful West Coast Native art, the artist, Emily Carr, conjures it up in this original book. Her travels to their coastal villages are translated into these atmospheric essays.

Beautifully written and visualized.......1999-06-15

this book by Emily Carr gives a very wonderful and descriptive account of the Pacific Northwest along British Columbia's shores. Emily Carr was a very unique woman who defied her times in her interactions with Native Peoples and her adventurous independance. This book details her explorations among the Queen Charlotte Islands. It is so descriptive it makes one feel that they are actually on the west coast.

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Klee Wyck

Manufacturer: Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0772001944

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KLEE WYCK
EMILY CARR
Manufacturer: CLARKE
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Klee Wyck
Emily Carr
Manufacturer: Irwin
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Klee Wyck
Emily; Foreword by Dilworth, Ira; Introduction by Bridge, Kathryn Carr
Manufacturer: Clarke, Irwin & Co.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WEOMM6

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Klee Wyck [by] Emily Carr,
Emily Carr
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Klee Wyck's Magic Quest
Sonia Birch-Jones
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Klee Wyck: The Eye of the Other
Hilda L. Thomas
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Emily Carr
klee wyck
Manufacturer: Penguin
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Binding: Hardcover

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klee wyck
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Good grief! The Complete Peanuts is the most ambitious and most important project in the comics and cartooning genre: over a period of 12 years, Fantagraphics Books will release every daily and Sunday strip of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts," the best-known and best-loved series in the world.

1950-52
Most everyone with an interest in its history has seen the very first strip ("Good ol' Charlie Brown... How I hate him!"), but this first volume follows it up with 287 pages (three daily strips or one Sunday per page) of vintage material in chronological order. "Peanuts" was unique at the time for portraying kids who seemed like real kids, but they also had a wisdom beyond their years, embodied especially by the lovable loser, Charlie Brown, who even in these early years has lost 4000 checker games in a row. We see him don his familiar jagged-stripe shirt for the first time (December 1950) and, at the age of 4, at his peak as a babe magnet. Shermy is the other significant boy, and the girls in their lives are Patty (not to be confused with Peppermint Patty) and Violet. Schroeder is an infant who has learned to sit up in order to play Beethoven on his toy piano. Snoopy is an anthropomorphic dog who plays baseball (April 1952) and has his own thoughts (October 1952). In March 1952 we meet a bug-eyed Lucy, who by November has been designated "Miss Fuss-Budget of 1952" and is pulling the football away from Charlie Brown (Violet had done it a year earlier). Her baby brother Linus arrives in July 1952. The book itself is beautifully packaged, the strips printed large and clear on high-quality paper and accompanied by an in-depth essay by David Michaelis, a 1987 interview with Schulz, an introduction by Garrison Keillor, and even an index of characters and subjects.

1953-54
The second volume covers 1953-54, and the visual style and character development is closer to the kids we know and love, as they try to exist in a grown-up world. Charlie Brown is no longer the object of Patty and Violet's affection--derision, more like--and his pattern of losing continues. His misery at checkers hits 5000 (June 1953), 6000 (August), 7000 (November), 8000 (still November), and 10,000 (December) consecutive games, he gets shut out on Valentine's Day (February '53), he wears his first bad Halloween costume (October '54), and he gets a form rejection slip from Santa (December '54). On the baseball diamond, though, he actually has the lead in a game (April '53, but we don't see the final score) and briefly plays catcher. By now Lucy has become the main girl in the strip, and in addition to beating Charlie Brown at checkers, she begins her romantic pursuit of Schroeder (January '53), joins the baseball team (August '54), and wins her third consecutive Miss Fussbudget of the Year title (November '54). Her younger brother, Linus, starts what will become a longstanding feud with Snoopy in the first Sunday strip of '53, shows he's a prodigy in jump rope, blocks, houses of cards, and balloon blowing, and cuddles his security blanket (May '54). Schroeder continues his obsession with Beethoven and reveals the secret to playing great literature on a plastic piano with painted-on black keys (practice and "getting the breaks"). We meet two new characters, the perpetually dirty Pig-Pen (July '54) and the loudmouthed Charlotte Braun, whose funny name wasn't enough to keep her around for long. Charles M. Schulz, whose own insecurity manifested itself in Charlie Brown (who not coincidentally draws his own cartoons), came up with his first multiple-strip storyline (starting with a four-Sunday series of Lucy joining a golf tournament coached by Charlie Brown, May '54) in this period, and provides us with a glimpse of the 1950s--deco furniture ("What in the world is a 'rocking chair'? asks CB), 3-D movies, H-bomb testing, and even what in hindsight looks like a prediction of the troubles in Vietnam (May '54). The second volume maintains the high quality of the first volume; even if it doesn't have the same extent of extra materials, it has an introduction by Walter Cronkite, a note on one strip that had to be partially reconstructed, and that handy index of characters and topics. --David Horiuchi

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A boxed set of the first two volumes, just in time for the holidays, designed by the Award-winning graphic novelist, Seth! Ships shrinkwrapped.

The first volume, The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952, covers the first two and a quarter years of the strip (October 1950 through December 1952), and will be of particular fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from the series' first two or three years have never been collected before—in large part because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new strip and include some characterizations and designs that are quite different from the cast we're all familiar with (Among other things, three major cast members—Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus—initially show up as infants and only "grow" into their final "mature" selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy!).

The second volume, The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954, begins with Peanuts' third full year and a cast of eight: Charlie Brown, Shermy, Patty, Violet, Schroeder, Lucy, the recently born Linus, and Snoopy. By the end of 1954, this will have expanded to nine. Linus still doesn't speak (except, on a few occasions, to himself, à la Snoopy), but Schulz begins laying the foundation for his emergence as the most complex and arguably most endearing character in the strip: garrulous and inquisitive, yet gentle and tolerant. And he evens acquires his "security blanket" in this volume! Meanwhile, Lucy, an infant just a year ago, has forcefully elbowed herself to the front of the cast, proudly wearing her banner as a troublemaker or, in Schulz's memorable phrase, "fuss-budget." The strong, specific relationships she sets up with each character further contributes to making her central to the strip. (She has earned her cover status on this volume.) This period's significant new character is Pig-Pen, who would remain one of the main cast members throughout the decade. And then there's Snoopy. To readers unfamiliar with the early days of the strip, Snoopy's appearances here will no doubt come as the biggest surprise. Although Snoopy has started talking/thinking to himself, he does no imitations (except for one brief shark impression), he doesn't sleep atop his doghouse (much less type or fly a Sopwith Camel), and has no fantasy life—in fact, he doesn't even walk upright! But as we know, he is merely biding his time, and his evolution continues its fascinating course within these pages.

Peanuts is the most successful comic strip in the history of the medium as well as one of the most acclaimed strips ever published. (In 1999, a jury of comics scholars and critics voted it the 2nd greatest comic strip of the 20th century—second only to George Herriman's Krazy Kat, a verdict Schulz himself cheerfully endorsed.) Charles Schulz's characters—Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, and so many more—have become American icons. A United Media poll in 2002 found Peanuts to be one of the most recognizable cartoon properties in the world, recognized by 94 percent of the total U.S. consumer market and a close second only to Mickey Mouse (96 percent), and higher than other familiar cartoon properties like Spider-Man (75 percent) or the Simpsons (87 percent). In TV Guide's "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All-Time" list, Charlie Brown and Snoopy ranked #8.

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Visit to My Childhood Friends.......2007-09-10

When I first heard that "The Complete Peanuts" was going to be published, I could not wait for the first one. The wait was very rewarding; not only could I read the comics and see the characters as they grew in the strip, but I could also see the flow of the strip with the Sunday comics in the proper order. Schulz would often continue a story line in the Sunday comics, which many strip writers do not. As a child I had over 150 of the small paperbacks, watched all the specials, and loved the lessons in the story lines. As an adult, I watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with my family every year and still read the comics to start my day off right. If you have a love for Peanuts and want to rediscover the characters, buy a few sets or the whole series and connect with them again.

Awesome Books!!!.......2007-05-11

I am so glad I purchased these books. I love Peanuts and it is wonderful to have a collection in chronological order. I have really enjoyed seeing the early stages of Peanuts as they were evolving into the familiar characters. As my finances are slim, I cannot get all the books at once, but I will be getting the subsequent years as soon as I can afford them. The packaging of the books is also very attractive and of good quality. They will last for many years and many readings.

Good Grief.......2007-05-10

Who doesn't like "Peanuts"? Well Charles Schultz hated the name "Peanuts" but that's another story altogether. Collected here are the entire daily strips and Sunday strips for the first four years of the comic. Most of them have been complied over the decades but more than most are seeing the light of day for the first time since they originally ran. Here we saw the genesis of Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the introduction of Lucy Van Pelt and Schroeder as infants. Things were very embryonic at this stage and Schultz was still finding his footing with his characters behaviors and future neuroses but still manages to make you laugh.

If you a fan and your looking to start a collection here is your chance. Enjoy.

An Amazing Start To The Greatest Comic Strip of All Time.......2007-05-03

As a child, I only knew the Peanuts existed in the form of cartoons I would watch on TV. As I grew older though, I discovered for myself that those funny little cartoons I had seen actually came from comic strips. I also never knew that Schulz's style of these characters in the early stages of the strip were incredibly different than the standard version of what is now commonly known as Peanuts. These first two books of the first four years of the strip are absolute genius. Even from the beginning, Schulz was an instant phenom. The evolution of the strip and its style is easily visible and so intricately done by Schulz, its just beautiful. Highly recommended if you are to embark, like most of us fans of this treasured strip, on the epic 12 year + journey to collect every strip of Peanuts ever made.

The first set of a masterpiece.......2007-03-16

This is the first box set of this great "The Complete Peanuts". It's much better than I had expected: great paper, perfect enclosure, very collectible. I'm looking forward to get the next releases of this series.

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This hilarious book confronts every aspect of a flight attendants absurd worldfrom the endless array of passenger demands, to the secret language of flight attendants, and a unique version of the Safety Demo Shuffle. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself for a side-splitting perspective on the trials and tribulations of air travel.

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Fun book.......2007-07-23

I laughed a lot reading this book. I travel a lot and appreciated learning of "I'll be right back". This is a book that I would highly recommend to others, especially frequent travelers.

And Back to The Store It Goes..........2007-07-06

Thank God I kept my receipt. I was, like a lot of other reviewers here, expecting something more of a humorous, David Sedaris-type book of memoirs or short stories. What I got was a headache.

I didn't laugh once at anything this whiner had to say. The overly sarcastic, frustrating tone and tired use of exclamation points made me what to rip the book to shreds. The girl can not write a shopping list. If she can get a book deal, I guess just about anybody can. I can only imagine how annoying and grating she is in person.

I returned it, hoping to vent to the disinterested customer service agent at Barnes and Noble, but she took the book back as if she'd accepted a few of these books back already.

On the advice of some of these reviews, I picked up Plane Insanity. Much, much funnier. The guy is a creative, witty genious and actually has stories to tell, instead of a bunch of whining half-hearted crybaby stories that go nowhere.

Absolutly hilarious from start to finish!!.......2006-03-14

I have read this book at least 10x! And everytime it cracks me up. I recommend it to every FA I meet. I can so relate! Whenever I am having a rough day and forget why I chose this career to begin with, I read it again and it brightens my mood!

Loved it.......2005-10-27

On my way to flight attendant training I bought this book and realized why I wanted to be a flight attendnat after all. The stories are real and funny. True and ridiculous. Loved it.

Now I'm a flight attendant and I still reread this book - she reminds me that all of us have gone through the things she describes.

Has it's moments.......2005-09-27

This is a funny book. However, if you are thinking of becoming a Flight Attendant, I wouldn't read this book. Ms. Ross put together a funny book of her observations. Although, she seems to talk about all of the negative aspects of her job. In fact, there is only one chapter where she talks about what she likes about her job. She never admits to loving her job, yet she has ben doing it for 16 years. It did make me laugh......if you have a long layover you might want to check it out and give it a read. It does make you appreciate Flight Attendants. All in all, an average book.

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Research? Well....

Another brilliant book by David Hughes

How Hollywood keeps on failing to make a good Sci - Fi movie

This isn't a bad book, but...

The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made
David Hughes
Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1556524498

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Steven Spielberg's sci-fi horror movie Night Skies. David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket. Terry Gilliam's Watchmen. Philip Kaufman's Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Ridley Scott's I Am Legend. Tim Burton's Superman Lives. These are just some of the legendary unmade films covered by this groundbreaking book. Drawing on dozens of exclusive new interviews with the writers, designers, and directors involved, David Hughes charts the tortuous stories of these films and reveals the fascinating details of what might have been.

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Research? Well...........2006-06-02

After reading Chris Gore's disappointing and disheveled The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made (see CdC #10), I had nothing but high hopes that David Hughes would be able to overcome the hurdles which tripped up Gore's earlier work, especially by limiting his scope to one genre rather than all of cinema. Alas, while Hughes's work is head and shoulders above Gore's, it remains lacking.

Fans of Cashiers du Cinemart's articles such as "The Metamorphoses of ALIEN III" (CdC #12), or "They Tried and Failed" (CdC #13), might be tempted to pick up a copy of Hughes's book as he covers similar ground in two of his nineteen chapters. Too often, however, I found myself consternated by Hughes's muddled writing. Additionally, the more I read, the more I doubted the validity of Hughes's research.

Several devilish details stuck in my craw and wouldn't let me appreciate Hughes's work. In the first chapter Hughes states that the protagonist of Richard Stark's novels is Walker, not Parker, mixing up the Stark novels with the Boorman film, POINT BLANK. An innocent mistake, yes, but an easily avoidable one. Meanwhile, I'm no expert at science fiction but even I know that the title for the unproduced WATCH THE SKIES is a nod to Howard Howard Hawks's THE THING rather than Don Siegel's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.

Oddly, several of the films that Hughes covers have been made, albeit not in their original form. Perhaps the originals may have ranked among the "greatest" sci-fi films never made, I remain unconvinced. Too often Hughes merely reports on the back story to the production of films such as ALIEN III, ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, SUPERNOVA, et cetera rather than demonstrating how great their initial incarnations might have been.

Here's hoping that the next project someone does about unmade movies will either focus on truly great works or that they'll rethink their title!

Another brilliant book by David Hughes.......2004-01-15

Well, Hughes has done it again. He has written a book that appeals to students of science fiction (of all types, not just films), movies, history, economics, you name it - and has made it completely entertaining and utterly un-putdownable at the same time. Fans of his earlier book on David Lynch will appreciate the chapter on Lynch's two "lost" movies, Ronnie Rocket and One Saliva Bubble.
Also, even though this book is only a couple of years old, it is interesting to see what has happened with some of these projects. For instance, Spider Man and Terminator 3 have already been released, Thunderbirds and Alien vs Predator are being filmed right now (Jan 2004), and apparently I Am Legend and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy are being cast and actually being made (for sure this time!). I think this proves how fascinating this book is - with any other writing the fact that you are reading about Terminator 3 as a "dead" or "possible future" product would ruin the reading experience. With this book, though, it is still just as fascinating to see why the projects took so long to come to fruition.
So if you have any interest in films, art history, behind the scenes Hollywood gossip, or just a fascinating read, pick up this book NOW. Then go on to read his David Lynch bio, and everything else this man has written. I GUARANTEE you won't be disappointed.

How Hollywood keeps on failing to make a good Sci - Fi movie.......2002-09-19

A must for all Sci-Fi and film fans (like myself!). I'd always wondered why some of the greatest Sci-Fi stories had never made it to the silver screen and why the one that had were often very disappointing; after reading this book, I now know why!!!

Not only due to you get all the facts and figure regarding the featured "never made" movies, this book lets inside the hearts and mind of the people that tried their hardest to make these movies happen and the studio management idiots that stopped them!

Like movies? Like Sci-Fi books? Want to know why your favourite stories never made it to celluloid? Read this book and find out!

This isn't a bad book, but..........2002-09-10

This isn't a bad book, but it's namesake _The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made_ does a far better job at similar material. There is almost no overlap between the two books, despite the fact that the former book does cover a good deal of science fiction.

Where I think this book fails most is its approach. It's spends a lot of time dealing with production notes on the movies that were made instead (for example, Alien3), instead of the movie that wasn't made (Aliens vs. Predator). Furthermore, it never gets to the key issue -- why would this particular unmade movie have been great?

So, I'd recommend this book only as a follow-on if you've already read the "original".

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Features the history of Pink Floyd as seen through press reports of the major music papers from 1966 to 1983.

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Excellent indeed.......2007-05-19

This book is a timeline of the Floyds history as probably no Pink Floyd as probably no Pink Floyd Fan has ever had access to. Would you have to be a hardcore fan to really enjoy it?, probably, I am one and I really enjoyed this book, it contains the press reports of almost every single Pink Floyd activity since they started playing, it gives the reader the chance to relive a history they never lived (unless you've been a fan since 1966 and have been keeping track of it all since then), with reviews of their album and shows as they were happening or being released, interviews with band members, managers, technicians , and also very good explanations of what happened to Syd. And you'll find everything in here, good and bad reviews, critics praising them or ripping them, like the guy who reviewed "Wish You Were Here" days after it was released and said that he didn't like it, that it was as bad as DSOTM. I've seen recent interviews of Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and very often, on a particular topic, I've heard them say they don't remember exactly happened on this or that, well maybe they should also read this book to try refreshing their memories.

The Name Says It All.......2001-08-03

Pink Floyd The Press Reports 1966-83 by Vernon Fitch is a must-have for fans of the band and classic rock in general. This book delivers the best manner of telling the stories that make up the history of the band. Why? Because this book gives you chronological press reports and numerous interviews with the band members as they were happening. Many authors have written excellent books on Pink Floyd but who is more qualified to tell the Pink Floyd story better than Pink Floyd themselves? Vernon Fitch has compiled this book from an incredible list of resources. Most impressively, the book begins with press reports about Pink Floyd that were published in 1966. Even then, the press took notice that the band was an important force in the London Underground and seemed destined to become one of rock's most innovative recording and touring acts. The reports follow through the band's first album and Syd Barrett's subsequent departure to their experimentation to forge an identity for themselves as they built towards the pinnacle of their success, "The Dark Side Of The Moon" which stayed on the American Billboard Top 200 album charts for an unprecedented 741 weeks. The book continues and explores the band members' feelings about the pressures of the record business that followed the success "Dark Side" through the mid-70's to their landmark double album release, "The Wall," which would become a multimillion selling album, elaborate stage show and full length feature film. The book ends in 1983 when Roger Waters, the conceptual force behind the band, made his final album with Pink Floyd, "The Final Cut." The history of Pink Floyd, since Waters' departure, has been well publicized. Thanks to Vernon Fitch, we now have an insight into the publicized press reports that preceded Waters' departure.

Great for the Hard-Core Floyd fans!.......2001-07-20

I thought the book was great for a harder based floyd fan, which I am. I can possibly see where a more casual fan would find some of the information tedious. If you are looking for a true biography you should check out "A Saucerful of Secrets" by Nicholas Schaffner. That was phenomenal, but if you've read that and were still compelled for more Floyd info, I highly recommend giving this one a try!

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A lot of Information in this book!.......2005-10-09

The book was well written with a lot of info. Highly recommended.

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An astute, longtime observer of the business world, the founder and former CEO of Vanguard mutual funds explains the failures of the American financial system and the abuses that have plagued it in recent years. More important, John C. Bogle offers a host of practical reforms to restore integrity to corporate and investment America and to protect small investors' interests.

"If you read no other book the rest of the year, you must read The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism."—Mike Clowes, Investment News

"When the writer is John C. Bogle, ignore the bombast and pay attention. . . . Emboldened by the flood of scandals since the bubble burst, Bogle has written his broadest broadside yet."—Peter Lattman, Forbes

"Mr. Bogle tells it like it is, like it was and, most important, tells what needs to be done to restore the values of faith, integrity, and trust that were once hallmarks of corporate America and the financial sectors."—Wall Street Journal (Recommended Reading)

"John Bogle has been making Wall Street a better place for decades. His book is yet another important contribution in an illustrious career."—Jeff Madrick, New York Times Book Review

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This book should be mandatory to everyone in the investment industry.......2007-03-30

John Bogle clearly points the most important faults capitalism incurs in now days, we owe it to our selves to fight the shamefull practices that have taken over this industry.

Finance.......2007-02-19

If you ever want to get an idea of why Mr. Bogle founded Vanguard, you need to read this book. To him, fees and taxes really do matter to the sucess of a mutual fund. He is straight forward in showing that he feels mutual funds and their managers plus senior corporate management are making too much money or as he say taking too much of your profit. Plus he goes on to show that most mutual funds do not beat the market. Thus they are not worth their fees and their managers do not deserve large salaries, stock options, or bonuses. He will take you back and explain how, in his opinion, the American Capitalism went wrong and offers suggestions to fix this process. He offers lots of supporting articles and reports to back his opinions. If you want to get a history lesson on how capitalism developed in American and the people who made it happen, you will find this in his book. One might think Mr. Bogle is a liberal or very,very far left in his political views as he is out raged over the lack of ethics and money shifts of the corporate world but I believe he is a more to the far right side of the political world and he is truely out raged by corporate America. There is a lot we as individual fund owners can do to make change happen but it will take a lot of effort on our part to change the system.

Not an investment book.......2007-01-10

This book is a call to arms. It will not help an individual investor form a strategy for profiting amongst the corporate looters.

That said, it is an excellent call to arms. Maybe its effect will be motivating more individuals to shun the more egregious parts of the finance industry and to quit being passive owners. That might have an effect.

As for myself, if I'd read this book earlier, I might have recognized, and avoided, a few bad investments (boston chicken, dhb, etc) where the insiders were basically looting from the owners. So, after reading this book, folks should be fired up enough to try identifying greedy corporate management, weak boards of directors, and passive ownership. The book points the way but does not supply the tools.

recent cases in point (as of 1/9/07):

Goldman sachs gives huge bonuses instead of distributing because management rode some bubbles to yield massive paper returns. Will they take money back in a bad year? Good year management gets big bonus, bad year owners eat loss.
Lesson: greedy management, avoid goldman sachs.

Home depot gives a few hundreds of millions severance to the CEO.
Lesson: weak board, avoid home depot

Come to think of it, my S&P index fund holdings are feeding the frenzy. I should pull out and put the money where I can vote my shares.

Practical guide to our future.......2006-11-05

But do we have the guts and discipline to pull it off?

Time for Capitalists to form a Union?.......2006-07-27

"Owners of the World, Unite" (page 67) -- what a great slogan. But this book goes beyond slogans. It is full of ideas on how the investing class could cast off the chains. If even a fraction of the reforms suggested by Mr. Bogle were implemented capitalists big and small would benefit at the bottom line and enjoy seeing managers work harder for less and act more like employees who are thankful for the job.

The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: How the Financial System Underminded Social Ideals, Damaged Trust in the Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions - and What to Do About It

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The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: How the Financial System Underminded Social Ideals, Damaged Trust in the Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions - and What to Do About It
John C Bogle
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The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.(Book review) : An article from: Directors & Boards

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The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.(Book review) : An article from: Directors & Boards
Thomas J., Jr. Mackell
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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Title: The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.(Book review)
Author: Thomas J., Jr. Mackell
Publication: Directors & Boards (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
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The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.(Book review): An article from: Business Economics
Francis H. Schott
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This digital document is an article from Business Economics, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1022 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: The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.(Book review)
Author: Francis H. Schott
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Date: April 1, 2006
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Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Page: 68(2)

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John Bogle's views on executive compensation.(COMMENT): An article from: Business Economics

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John Bogle's views on executive compensation.(COMMENT): An article from: Business Economics
Gerald L. Musgrave
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000HWYC6E
Release Date: 2006-08-21

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Title: John Bogle's views on executive compensation.(COMMENT)
Author: Gerald L. Musgrave
Publication: Business Economics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Page: 71(1)

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Whose capital is it? Putting owners back in control.(FORUM ON EMERGING ISSUES): An article from: Business Economics

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Whose capital is it? Putting owners back in control.(FORUM ON EMERGING ISSUES): An article from: Business Economics
John Bogle
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000HWYC4Q
Release Date: 2006-08-21

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This digital document is an article from Business Economics, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 5044 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: Whose capital is it? Putting owners back in control.(FORUM ON EMERGING ISSUES)
Author: John Bogle
Publication: Business Economics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Page: 47(6)

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Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
John C. Bogle
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSN6GS

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