Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful reference.
Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
John Steer , and Antony White
Manufacturer: Facts on File
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Binding: Hardcover

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5 out of 5 stars Wonderful reference........1997-04-14

(Amazon's new format now forces the reviewer to choose a numerical rating, as above; an objectionable requirement.)

Starting with the Ancient Greeks, this splended production ties art to history and the physical world, explaining trends, contexts, and movements, clearly mapping important sites, artistic exchange routes, materials sources, and more.

The reader is able to trace the development of the Western art tradition not only across time, but now across space as well.

Beautifully produced; generously illustrated with 300 illustrations and 150 excellent maps, and an exemplary index, this will be a welcome addition to the permanent reference shelf of any art lover.
Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
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    Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
    John & White, Anthony Steer
    Manufacturer: Facts on File Publ.
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    Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
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      Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age
      John; White, Antony Steer
      Manufacturer: Facts on File
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      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000ONQ73C

      Indian Beauty: Bollywood Style (Memoires)
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        Indian Beauty: Bollywood Style (Memoires)
        Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter
        Manufacturer: Assouline
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        Death By Field Trip
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • All I Can Say is Har-de-har-har
        • Death By Field Trip. Foxtrot, All Great!
        • Foxtrot rocks!
        • Death By Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection
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        Death By Field Trip
        Bill Amend
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        It's indisputable at this point: FoxTrot is one of the most loved strips to ever hit the funny pages. Now in its thirteenth year, the strip is at its zenith of popularity. FoxTrot continues to be a perennial favorite in comic polls nationwide, and it appears in more than 1,000 newspapers. Nearly 1.8 million copies of its 21 book collections are now in print. And an amazing number of Internet surfers hit the FoxTrot Web site each month, totalling a whopping one-million-plus hits.Creator Bill Amend's latest FoxTrot collection, Nerds of the Rings, is sure to add to the strip's great legacy. This book follows the latest humorous and humbling perils of teenagers Peter and Paige and their imaginative little brother, Jason, as they amusingly balance the pressures of the modern world with the daily complexities and clashes of family life. Parents Roger and Andy round out the Fox family five and try to referee the sibling squabbling that never quite fully subsides. Long-time fans as well as those discovering the strip for the first time in Nerds of the Rings will gain a full appreciation for why readers have been raving about the strip for years. FoxTrot continues to inspire laughs and generate instant identification with the humorous side of family trials and tribulations like no other comic strip in America.

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        5 out of 5 stars All I Can Say is Har-de-har-har.......2007-02-17

        I have been a faithful FoxTrot reader for years. Roger, Andy and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason are always good for a reality check with a large dose of laughter. I've got two girls and let me tell you, I see a lot of my kids in Paige with, I believe, even a healthy dose of Jason thrown in. And they have Peter's bottomless stomach. Of course, they're faithful FoxTrot readers too. I used to read the strip to them, explain what was going on, but now they get it just fine and we three all laugh together. Then my girls try and explain the strip to their dad, who pretends he doesn't get it.

        The FoxTrot folks are a great family, one we sort of got used to checking up on every day, so we took the news that Mr. Amend was going to cease daily distribution of his wonderfully funny people and turn his strip to Sunday only, with a bit of sadness. Still, we have these terrific FoxTrot books to keep us going with our FoxTrot fix. Mr. Amend is to be commended for his great gift to our culture and his great gift to so many lives. I truly believe a laugh a day, helps keep the blues away and the FoxTrot gang are always good for a laugh. Heck there are a lot of laughs in the FoxTrot books. I know, I have them all and I am, along with my girls and my hubby dear, eagerly awaiting the next one.

        Oh yes, I forgot to mention, we don't have an iguana, but my girls do have a pet gecko and, you guessed it, his name is Quincy.

        5 out of 5 stars Death By Field Trip. Foxtrot, All Great!.......2007-01-19

        I've been a Foxtrot reader for a long time and personally I think there is something suspiciously wrong with people who don't find Bill Amend's characters funny as all get out. If you want a good laugh, check out Bill in your local newspaper, or better yet, get one of the Foxtrot books. They are all great, really, they are.

        Like many of Mr. Amend's fans I'm a bit disappointed he's switching his strip to Sunday-only, but fortunately I can still read him daily in the Foxtrot books. Get them one and all and you can keep right on a laughing.

        5 out of 5 stars Foxtrot rocks!.......2005-08-08

        This is a great foxtrot book.It draws the name from a twelve strip long story, where Jason needs a Charizard pokemon card for his collection. Eileen, his rival/crush, has one, and she'll give it to him if he goes on the field trip to the science museum with her. There is also a storyline where Jason writes a 'new christmas special' detailing how evil Mrs. Grinch(Jason's mom) hates spending money on big presents, buying instead socks and books of poems. Other storylines include when Andy(the mom)'s mother comes for a Thanksgiving visit and when Jason has a dream where he transforms into a mini Paige.There's also the time where Jason tricks his dad into playing 'i want to be a millionaire', a game show where if you lose, you must give jason money. Another storyline is where Roger and Andy speculate on what would happen if Jason starred in the lord of the rings movie. Overall it was very entertaining and i liked it. Hope you do too.

        5 out of 5 stars Death By Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection.......2002-11-05

        Death by field trip is so cool, I even liked it when Jason Fox had to go on a field trip with Elieen to get a Fis Edition, Holographic, Charizard Pokemon card!

        5 out of 5 stars Foxtrot we know and love.......2002-08-02

        This is a wonderful collection of foxtrot comics fans will love. It is as great and amusing as previous Foxtrot comics and is a must have for all fans and people who are just starting to read. The comics are engaging and tons of fun to read.
        Geology of the Death Valley Region : Annual Field Trip Guidebook #16
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          Geology of the Death Valley Region : Annual Field Trip Guidebook #16

          Manufacturer: South Coast Geological Society, Inc.
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          ASIN: B000UFW9WC
          Road log, Death Valley to San Fernando,: Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Death Valley Field trip, December 7, 8, 9, 1951
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            Road log, Death Valley to San Fernando,: Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Death Valley Field trip, December 7, 8, 9, 1951
            Thomas Clements
            Manufacturer: S.E.P.M., Pacific Section
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            ASIN: B0007F855K

            The Little Book of Stupid Questions: 300 Hilarious, Bold, Embarrassing, Personal, and Basically Pointless Queries
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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            The Little Book of Stupid Questions: 300 Hilarious, Bold, Embarrassing, Personal, and Basically Pointless Queries
            David Borgenicht
            Manufacturer: Hysteria Publications
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            5 out of 5 stars Worth much more than you imagine!.......2007-09-19

            David Borgenicht's book is actually not as stupid as it seems. Sometimes, those "embarrassing, personal and basically pointless questions" can start some seriously entertaining conversations.

            For example, one of my favorites is, "Do you think that the first time corn ever popped it scared the hell out of the Indians?"

            And then, just think about the following question would tell you about your friends and family. "What would you say as your "last words" if you wre about to be executed?"

            The Little Book of Stupid Questions is one of the great ones. Don't pass it by as a joke book.

            4 out of 5 stars Stupid people don't ask stupid questions. Smart people do........2003-06-14

            Don't remember who once said something like this: "A smart person is not who knows smart answers, but one who knows how to ask smart questions." Asking questions is an art that can ultimately bring prosperity and fun to our lives. This little book ain't stupid to ask normal 'stupid' questions. Instead, it asked some seemly stupid, but thought provocative questions. I enjoy most part of it.

            Question such as "If you had a third eye, where would you put it?". This is a question that can trigger an intensive discussions with so many possible answers. This is not only where you want `the eye' to grow out/in on your body, it is also about how you are going to use it. And, this eye is not necessarily part of your body. It can be in Bill Gates' or Michelle Pfeiffer's head. Can the eye be portable or have a wing of its own to be wherever and whenever I want it to be? This one question is a piece of work on its own!

            The only reason I gave this book four star instead of five because many questions from the book are not universal. You have to grow up in certain part of the world at certain period to appreciate the questions. For example, a question like "Who is the better boyfriend, Kramer..." You have to see the TV show (I am not going to advertise for it) to know what the author is talking about. These questions are the real `stupid' ones I suppose.

            This book has more values than faults. It can make a great gift for friends, family, or yourself. It can be a perfect `kill-time' toy, or a primer for a `Philosophical moment'. Either way, you will be smarter every time you read it. Remember, stupid people don't ask stupid questions. They just give you stupid answers without thinking. Only smart people ask stupid questions, such as "Why apples fell from the tree?" and "Why men have two legs instead of six."

            4 out of 5 stars A great way to get to know someone!.......2003-02-14

            My fiance (now husband) and I found this book to be a great way to get to know eachother. We found the questions to be somewhat silly, but thought-provoking. I'd really recommend this book to anyone who wanted to learn more about their partner, or to just start conversations in general. It is a lot of fun to go through.

            4 out of 5 stars Review of The Little Book of Stupid Questions.......2000-04-02

            I thought this book was very good. Some of the questions were very funny, but I thought that a few didn't make sense. Overall the book was very interesting and funny.

            The Complete Films Of Audrey Hepburn (Citadel Film)
            Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
            • The only book that compiles her filmography in detail
            • Audrey betrayed by another man putting her in her place.
            The Complete Films Of Audrey Hepburn (Citadel Film)
            Jerry Vermilye
            Manufacturer: Citadel
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

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            ASIN: 0806515988

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            4 out of 5 stars The only book that compiles her filmography in detail.......1999-09-07

            I would like to give the author credit for a good job at compiling all her films with descriptive categories and contemporaneous critical reviews, both favorable and not so favorable. Just for that effort this book is worthwile to buy. It has a biography of her which may be too long for an introduction or too short for a full biography. I get the impression that the author wanted to portray to the reader a summary of her life through the films compiled here, as obectively as possible. There are other books if one is interest in a complete biography. This is a good compilation of her work.

            There are some pictures not seen in other publications. Especially I would like to mention pictures from "How to steal a million" and "Two for the Road". They are the best of her Mod-ish look. Especially, the one on pp. 188 that shows her face half in the dark is a superb piece of art. Also, it includes beautiful images of her with a dark coat and a beret from the last scenes of the much overlooked film "The Children's Hour."

            One complaint about this book is the poor quality of its binding. Already pages are coming loose. It should have been hard-bound. But still this is the ony compilation of her films.

            2 out of 5 stars Audrey betrayed by another man putting her in her place........1999-08-16

            One expected the text to be trite. Vermalye is obviously oneof those professional hacks with no feeling, love or understanding fortheir subjects beyond spouting received truisms.

            It begins with a brief overview of her career, offering no insight into why Audrey was perhaps the most wonderful actress of them all. We're so consistently reminded of her 'grace' and 'kindness' that we forget that she was an actual human being, and that her particular genius lay in the disparity between her ineffable chic and mischievous charm on the surface, and the profound sadness and disillusion (which ironised her so-called vulnerability)hidden in her eyes.

            He fails to put her persona into any kind of meaningful cultural context - he doesn't define her persona at all; her modernity, her status as an almost abstract icon (in films like Charade and Funny Face, her very chiselled beauty becomes enmeshed with the sharp formality of the film's mise-en-scene to create a complex, anti-naturalistic evocation of desire, last seen in the Dietrich/Von Sternberg films) are all ignored in favour of fluffy Victoriana.

            As I said, one expected the text to be trite: after all, one buys these books for the photographs. And these are magnificent, detailing Audrey from every point of her career, and her early life, some I've never seen before. They reveal her at work, in wonderfully disarming, relaxed attitudes. There are stunning stills from all her pictures, not all of them flattering, but always redolent of a real woman, not some angelic waif, and certainly making you yearn to watch those amazing films again.

            The Music of George Gershwin: Clarinet (Plus One)
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              The Music of George Gershwin: Clarinet (Plus One)

              Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company
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                Star Trek Roleplaying Game Aliens
                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                • Expanding your Universe
                • Fun for fans of Star Trek's aliens... and for RPGers
                Star Trek Roleplaying Game Aliens

                Manufacturer: Decipher Inc.
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                5 out of 5 stars Expanding your Universe.......2004-01-11

                The previous review of this book was pretty solid, but there are a few points that I think need to be made. First of all, the missing races such as the Regulans/Kaitians and the Grazerites were made available in the previous volume by the same company, book 3 Starfleet Operations Manual along with the Bolians, Centaurans, Tellarites, Tiburonese and Zaldans. I am leaning to the thought they opted to not duplicate all of the offerings in the alien book so that there would still be value to buying the Starfleet Operations Manual for expanded racial offerings; after all, the Andorians and Romulans were included in the Narrators Guide already as well.

                Regarding the Efrosians change of name; I'm inclined to think that was a choice of Paramont, not Decipher, just as the previous game under LUG was required to call the previously established Kaitians to Regulans.

                Anyway, back to the book. I loved it. The Betazoid section finally includes specific tenants of the Betazoid Code of Sentience (this was lacking in previous write ups); the section on the Q provided really fine ideas on how to use the Q in your on stories; the Klingon section included bits about thier societal structure that allows you to remember why they used to be the bad guys and wouldn't be accepted into the Federation even if they were inclined to join. Other TOS era offerings include the ever popular Gorn and Capellans, to name a few more; but almost *every* species included has a Use in Era blurb telling you what they might have been up for each major era (Enterprise / TOS-Movie/ TNG+).

                I think you will find it interesting even if you are not a fan of the Decipher system; those of you still playing LUG can easily reverse engineer them over, those playing Prime Directive powered by GURPS can likewise do the same; and if you don't game at all... well heck, it's still a pretty sweet source book; after all, the gaming supplements of today have to be gone over with a finer tooth comb than the Pocket Books as far as canon adherance and such go -- and frankly, the DS9 relaunch Andorians are painfully poor in comparison to the Andorians in the Decipher book which build off of the fabulous treatment in the LUG Among the Clans: Andorian Sourcebook of a few years back.

                3 out of 5 stars Fun for fans of Star Trek's aliens... and for RPGers.......2003-06-29

                Decipher's latest RPG guide, "Aliens", is another attractive volume in the familiar style, well worth picking up even if you never play the roleplaying game itself. There are 58 alien races here, lots of non-canonical elaboration about Star Trek aliens' planet names and (rather overly stereotypical) physical and emotional traits from all live-action incarnations of Star Trek. Most entries come with at least one colour photo.

                As with Last Unicorn Games (LUG), the previous RPG licensee's efforts, "ST: The Motion Picture " is represented by Betelgeuseans and Zaranites, but this time there are no photos for these guys. Ilia represents the Deltans.

                Some other ST races are conspicuous by their absence; I guess Decipher's authors have been cautious about expanding some races we know little about, but even races covered in earlier Decipher volumes aren't in this one (ie, no Regulans/Caitians of ST's old Animated Series this time).

                No Grazerites. No Zaldans. There's an Elasian (of TOS), but no Troyians. No "Nemesis" Remans. The Suliban of "Enterprise" are included, but no Denobulans, even though Dr. Phlox is mentioned in the Introduction. Several major Delta Quadrant aliens are included for gamers wanting to keep the USS Voyager lost in space.

                One surprise is that the Efrosian UFP President of "ST VI: The Undiscovered Country" is given yet another overhaul. (The name "Efrosian" was supposedly given to the alien race introduced in "ST IV: The Voyage Home" by the Makeup Dept. and named for Paramount's Mel Efros. The term was then popularised by "Cinefantastique" magazine and the old FASA RPG materials - and most recently by the Pocket Books novel "In the Name of Honor". Other Pocket novels and novelizations have called the race "Deltan".) However, in Decipher's "Aliens" volume, the ST VI UFP President's pic represents the Atreonids of Atreos IV. Sigh...

                Anyway, this book is beautifully presented and well worth checking out! Green cover this time.

                From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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                Lee Kuan Yew
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                In this memoir, the man most responsible for Singapore's astonishing transformation from colonial backwater to economic powerhouse describes how he did it over the last four decades. It's a dramatic story, and Lee Kuan Yew has much to brag about. To take a single example: Singapore had a per-capita GDP of just $400 when he became prime minister in 1959. When he left office in 1990, it was $12,200 and rising. (At the time of this book's writing, it was $22,000.) Much of this was accomplished through a unique mix of economic freedom and social control. Lee encouraged entrepreneurship, but also cracked down on liberties that most people in the West take for granted--chewing gum, for instance. It's banned in Singapore because of "the problems caused by spent chewing gum inserted into keyholes and mailboxes and on elevator buttons." If American politicians were to propose such a thing, they'd undoubtedly be run out of office. Lee, however, defends this and similar moves, such as strong antismoking laws and antispitting campaigns: "We would have been a grosser, ruder, cruder society had we not made these efforts to persuade people to change their ways.... It has made Singapore a more pleasant place to live in. If this is a 'nanny state,' I am proud to have fostered one."

                Lee also describes one of his most controversial proposals: tax breaks and schooling incentives to encourage educated men and women to marry each other and have children. "Our best women were not reproducing themselves because men who were their educational equals did not want to marry them.... This lopsided marriage and procreation pattern could not be allowed to remain unmentioned and unchecked," writes Lee. Most of the book, however, is a chronicle of how Lee helped create so much material prosperity. Anticommunism is a strong theme throughout, and Lee comments broadly on international politics. He is cautiously friendly toward the United States, chastising it for a "dogmatic and evangelical" foreign policy that scolds other countries for human-rights violations, except when they interfere with American interests, "as in the oil-rich Arabian peninsula." Even so, he writes, "the United States is still the most benign of all the great powers.... [and] all noncommunist countries in East Asia prefer America to be the dominant weight in the power balance of the region." From Third World to First is not the most gripping book imaginable, but it is a vital document about a fascinating place in a time of profound transition. --John J. Miller

                Book Description

                Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth–highest per capita real income?

                The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This miraculous history is dramatically recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who fearlessly forged ahead and brought about most of these changes.

                Delving deep into his own meticulous notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city–state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time.

                Lee explains how he and his cabinet colleagues finished off the communist threat to the fledgling state's security and began the arduous process of nation building: forging basic infrastructural roads through a land that still consisted primarily of swamps, creating an army from a hitherto racially and ideologically divided population, stamping out the last vestiges of colonial–era corruption, providing mass public housing, and establishing a national airline and airport.

                In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his trenchant approach to political opponents and his often unorthodox views on human rights, democracy, and inherited intelligence, aiming always "to be correct, not politically correct." Nothing in Singapore escaped his watchful eye: whether choosing shrubs for the greening of the country, restoring the romance of the historic Raffles Hotel, or openly, unabashedly persuading young men to marry women as well educated as themselves. Today's safe, tidy Singapore bears Lee's unmistakable stamp, for which he is unapologetic: "If this is a nanny state, I am proud to have fostered one."

                Though Lee's domestic canvas in Singapore was small, his vigor and talent assured him a larger place in world affairs. With inimitable style, he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how, over the years, he navigated the shifting tides of relations among America, China, and Taiwan, acting as confidant, sounding board, and messenger for them. He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry–spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.

                Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children –– particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.

                For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics. From Third World to First offers readers a compelling glimpse into this visionary's heart, soul, and mind.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Great account of Singapore's development.......2007-08-23

                This book is a detailed account of Singapore's history beginning from its independence and its development to a first world country under Lee Kuan Yew's leadership, and the second part is Lee's diplomatic relationships with different nations and his dealings and views on their leaders.

                It is a very entertaining and insightful read, Lee goes deep into details in problems looming over Singapore in its infancy and in developing the nation to feed its population. How he tried to persuade the British to maintain its military base there to protect Singapore from its two dangerous neighbours and communism from China and in within, and when failed how he placed utmost importance in building a working army to defend itself.

                Lee realizes the importance of a clean and competent government, whereby he believes a good paycheck would help curb corruption and an anti-corruption agency with a high degree of power was formed to further prevent it. He was able to gather a group of honest and able people to form an efficient government, which was vital in building any nation.

                He created a safe and secure environment through the rule of law and honest public administration to attract foreign direct investment to build up factories in Singapore, this was essentially the main driver behind Singapore's phenomenal growth. Through this he created thousands of jobs and gave the Singaporeans adequate livings.

                He knows the importance of human resources given that's the only resource Singapore has, he stresses on education and the English language to effectively connect Singapore to the world. He had to close down the Chinese-speaking Nanyang University because most graduates had a hard time finding job.

                He also gave explanations on some of his rather controversial actions in suing newspapers and political opponents, which seem reasonable.

                Overall, he has done a remarkable job in creating an honest and efficient government, a sound legal system with the rule of law, excellent infrastructure and he was able to provide jobs and a good living to his people. All these are the factors to Singapore's miraculous transformation. And on top of that, he retired from his prime ministerial post and passed on the baton, albeit still holding a senior minister post.

                All in all, Lee has done a spectacular job in transforming Singapore to the only other first world country in Asia aside from Japan, heads off to him.

                5 out of 5 stars most impressive character.......2007-05-14

                great book. lee is the most impressive character i've ever read in history book.

                5 out of 5 stars A Taiwanese Perspective.......2007-04-08

                I loved this book. Lee is insightful and a great writer.

                His chapter on Taiwan, however, was mad hypocrisy. He critices Taiwan for "pulling away" by teaching in schools primarily the history/geography of the island instead of China, as before. Funny this is coming from a guy known for getting rid of all Chinese-language universities in Singapore. He spoke about ensuring he brought Malays along in his trip to China, and conducting meetings in English, to ensure China recognizes Singapore's unique identity.

                Also funny was Lee KY's attributing Lee Teng-hui's provocative behavior to Lee TH's Japanophilia and being "powered" by the spirit of the Bushido warrior." Yet throughout the book Lee KY talks about how British he is, e.g., his habit of drinking tea in the morning! Furthermore, he spoke of the great sentiments associated with attaining British knighthood, which according to him, was the greatest honor he had ever received. I couldn't help laugh when reading the British knight accuse the Bushido warrior of Japanophilia, when he himself is brimming with Anglophilia.

                5 out of 5 stars Illuminating what can be achieved by a superior intellect coupled with honesty........2006-09-26

                I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Lee Kuan Yew. Besides being a genious at governing the man is a gifted writer. The book is full of information for those, like me, that were curious about how this gentleman, along with his associates, pulled out the feat of transforming an underdeveloped society into a model society. He, almost singlehandedly, achieved what other countries and societies with far more resources only dream of. Pick this book if you wish to learn and, at the same time, be entertained.

                5 out of 5 stars Excellent insight!.......2006-06-12

                Gives Excellent insight to see how singapore found it's own way in this competitive world.
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                    Author: Manfred Wilhelmy
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