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When all-time pitching great Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 45, it touched off a wave of national mourning that remains without precedent for an American athlete. The World Series was underway, and the game the day after Mathewson's death took on the trappings of
a state funeral: officials slowly lowered the flag to half-mast, each ballplayer wore a black armband, and fans joined together in a chorus of "Nearer My God to Thee." Newspaper editorials recalled Mathewson's glorious career with the New York Giants, but also emphasized his unstinting good
sportsmanship and voluntary service in World War I. The pitcher known to one and all as "Matty" or "Big Six" was as beloved for the strength of character he brought to the national pastime, as for his stunning 373 career victories. "I do not expect to see his like again," said his best friend and
former manager, John McGraw. "But I do know that the example he set and the imprint he left on the sport that he loved and honored will remain long after I am gone."
In Matty, Ray Robinson tells the story of a man who became America's first authentic sports hero. Until Mathewson, Robinson reveals, Americans loved baseball, but looked down on ballplayers and other athletes as hard-drinking, skirt-chasing ne'er-do-wells. Deprived of real-life role models,
millions of readers followed the serialized exploits of Frank Merriwell, a fictional hero who excelled at sports from baseball to billiards and never drank, smoke, or swore. Robinson shows how an eager public greeted Mathewson as a flesh-and-blood version of Merriwell from his first year at
Bucknell University, where he shone as star pitcher, premier field-goal kicker, and class president. Lured into the big leagues before he could graduate, the tall, handsome pitcher soon won over men, women and children with his sense of fair play and his arsenal of blazing fastballs, sweeping
curves, and infamously deceptive fadeaway pitches. Robinson skillfully details the highlights of Mathewson's career, including his showdowns against the great batters of his day and his encounters with the young Brooklyn, Chicago, Pittsburgh and St. Louis teams. Here are the six remarkable days in
October, 1905 when Mathewson became the only pitcher ever to hurl three straight shutouts in a World Series, and the afternoon at West Point when he won $50 in a bet that he could throw 20 of his best pitches to exactly the same spot. Robinson does not underplay Mathewson'soccasional failings, but
the most surprising aspect of this fascinating portrait is just how close America's first Hall of Fame pitcher came to living up to his image.
Drawing on rare interviews, press clips, and long overlooked eyewitness accounts, Matty brings baseball's golden age to life--not only the great teams and the early superstars, but the long train trips between games,with cramped berths and no air conditioning; the small town ballplayers let loose
amidst big city vice; and the two-bit gambling that eventually led to the infamous Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 Series (a scandal that might have escaped detection if the sportswriters in the press box with Mathewson had not been able to rely on his experienced eye for clues to how ballplayers
might throw games). Offering rare insight into the making of an early twentieth century American hero, Matty is must reading for anyone who loves baseball.

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The life of Christy Mathewson, a man who did a great deal to change public perceptions of baseball players.......2007-09-25

It is a historical anomaly that at the end of the nineteenth century the violent game of football was a sport for the privileged gentleman yet baseball was the game of the uneducated, profane and in essence the masses. Football was confined to the college campuses, which at that time, meant it was restricted to the wealthy. Baseball was a popular sport, yet the players were often little more than thugs. Nearly all of the players were from the lower classes, which meant they came from working class backgrounds such as the steel mills or coal mines. Professional baseball players were generally denigrated in society, at that time it was not an occupation that was looked upon as a stellar career.
Christy Mathewson entered the major leagues from college, one of the first players who attended college before playing. He was one of the most intelligent men ever to play the game; he was capable of playing championship caliber checkers against several players simultaneously. Mathewson was also an excellent card player; he regularly accepted challenges from others as he moved from place to place. In his role as a gentleman baseball player, he did a great deal to transform the image of the baseball player from that of an uneducated brute to someone to be emulated. He served as a positive role model for children interested in pursuing a sports career and was idolized by the sports media of the time. Mathewson was also a very good and durable pitcher, his 373 career wins ranks him second all time behind Cy Young and Walter Johnson.
In this book, Robinson captures Mathewson as he was, considered standoffish by some, yet a consummate professional on the mound. His relationship with his manager, the volatile John McGraw, was an unusual one as Mathewson, McGraw and their wives once shared an apartment. Given McGraw's temperament, this would truly be another example of "The Odd Couple." Robinson never apologizes for some of the negative comments made about Mathewson, merely pointing out that many of those instances can be explained by the context of the times. In general the country was uneducated with racial and personal slurs being part of daily speech. Babe and Rube were common nicknames of professional baseball players, being synonyms for naïve and ignorant. A deaf man was given the nickname "Dummy" and a Native American was usually called "Chief."
Mathewson's time was also one of great transition in major league baseball, the American league was formed and considered inferior by the older National league. Players were very poorly paid, a consequence of the reserve clause which bound a player to a team and which allowed him to be traded against his will. Robinson points out that one of the reasons why the World Series was continued is because it was a significant financial windfall for the players. Groups of players also regularly barnstormed around the country and even overseas, in many cases to earn enough money to live.
Mathewson was a charter member of baseball's hall of fame and it is unfortunate that he did not live long enough to be there in person. His health failed him very quickly after he retired from baseball, there is some evidence that the tuberculosis that took his life was brought on by his being gassed during World War I. While he had his faults, compared to those around him, they were few and far between. It has been said that Base Ruth did the most to help make modern baseball what it is today. I agree with that, but also firmly believe that Christy Mathewson occupies second place on that list. His approach to the game and the example he set in life did a great deal to elevate professional baseball players in the mind of the public. His life was an interesting and productive one, you can honor his memory be reading this book and learning all about him.

A Serviceable, Readable Biography, at Best.......2005-06-19

Ray Robinson is a sports journalist and editor, and this book is very much in the genre of many other conventional sports biographies. It is a good, serviceable biography; but it is far from great. In it, we learn about one of the earliest stars of major league baseball. Christy Mathewson had been born in 1880, attended Bucknell University and gained fame there as both a football and baseball player. He signed with the New York Giants and played sixteen seasons with them; arguably the most dominant pitcher in major league baseball during his time in the Majors. While with the Giants, Mathewson won 20 games thirteen times and 30 games four times. During that same period, he won at least 20 games twelve consecutive years (1903-1914). A power pitcher, Mathewson had the most wins in Giant franchise history (372), and had more than 2,500 strikeouts. Perhaps his most dominant performance came in the 1905 World Series when he pitched a record three shutouts in six days against the Philadelphia Athletics, leading the Giants to the championship.

Robinson does a credible job telling the story of Mathewson's remarkable career. He expends considerable effort narrating the dramatic events of his various pitching performances. He also delves into the story of Mathewson's close relationship with his Giants manager, the legendary John McGraw, who is credited with working effectively with a sensitive and talented player to make him more dominant than he might have been otherwise. Robinson also explores the role Mathewson plays in helping to remake the image of major league baseball from one of rowdy hooliganism into one of the "national pastime." Mathewson served as a model of clean living when the sport was known for its hard-living, hard-drinking players. He became a role model for young boys, and MLB exploited his lifestyle to remake its image. He enthusiastically aided this process, and even wrote a series of boy's books advocating a moral, strenuous lifestyle.

Of course, Mathewson served as the perfect example of "clean living" for MLB because of his dominance on the mound. Accordingly, in 1936 he joined four other MLB legends--Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, and Walter Johnson, none of whom exemplified "clean living"--as the first class of baseball players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It was a posthumous induction because Mathewson had died in 1925, at age 45, of tuberculosis.

Ray Robinson has written a solid, readable biography of Matty. I give it three stars because it fails to go beyond the basics of what we already know about him, and has no references or even a bibliography with other works to read on the subject.

Wonderful but not memorable.......1998-07-19

Ray Robinson does a fine job depicting one of baseball's greatest pitchers from Christy's grand beginnings to his unfortunate plight in the end. The book gives a fair amount of detail about the game's first national idol but lacks punch because of the mostly serene nature of "BIG 6's" life. To the extent that the book is kind of fluffy for its depiction of a man who is nearly perfect-save for incidences like his punching a vendor during a melee-it is almost Rockyesque in that one cannot help but wish they were a personal friend of Christy.It is currently the best I've read on the perfector of the fadeaway.

Please don't just fadeaway..........1997-07-23

This is the best effort by Ray Robinson to date. The book starts off slowly but eventually picks up steam. Robinson effectively captures the era but really does not give you an awful lot more. Christy Mathewson was one of the best pitchers ever in my opinion (based on my research). I just wish that Ray Robinson could have confirmed it with the decisiveness one would come to expect from a seasoned author. Instead, I was left to wonder why certain facts were omitted and why he did not do more to make Matty an American Hero. A few more efforts like this and Christy Mathewson and others of his era will emulate his trademark pitch...Fadeaway! Anthony DeMedeiros, Toronto, Ontario

MATTY AN AMERICAN HERO Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants

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MATTY AN AMERICAN HERO Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
Ray Robinson
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Presenting the history of a film genre as complex as horror is a formidable task. In Legendary Horror Films, Peter Guttmacher gives us a coffee-table treatment of the subject that does the job quite creditably in just 120-odd pages. Like any coffee-table book, this one boasts abundant illustrations, including many unusual, often stunning posters, lobby cards, stills, and portraits, beautifully reproduced. Guttmacher also sprinkles his text liberally with sidebars (e.g., makeup techniques used by Lon Chaney and Jack Pierce) and some amusing quizzes.

The point of this book is the artwork, not the uneven text. Yet, the text has its strong points: an interesting account of the earliest days of film horror, including Chaney's groundbreaking work; background information on the making of many classic films; and the author's enthusiasm. Unfortunately, Guttmacher goes somewhat overboard in his attempts to be both breezy and literate, frequently producing comma-spattered, rambling sentences stuffed with parenthetical phrases, as well as the occasional malapropism or mangled metaphor. ("A bedraggled Bette Davis tackled one of the trickiest roles a fading star ever grabbed to rise and shine with.")

More distressing than Guttmacher's stylistic lapses, however, are the errors of fact. Incorrect movie titles, credits, and spellings abound; even the well-known rhyme about Lizzie Borden is misquoted. But for the neophyte or casual horror fan, Legendary Horror Films provides an entertaining overview of the genre. --M.V. Burke

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Witty and entertaining look at the horror genre.......2004-03-12

This colorful volume investigates the horror movie genre, including its history and the early pioneers like Lou Chaney and Peter Lorre. It covers all aspects of interest, including themes like the evil genius, the mad scientist, aliens and beasts, animals gone wild, insect attacks, killer plants, cults, etc.

Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photographs, the amusing and informative text contains a feast of fascinating facts, trivia, revealing quotes and quizzes plus a look at special effects.

The chapter titled Old Masters Of Mayhem looks at inter alia the movies Der Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu and the Phantom Of The Opera, whilst the Frankenstein and Dracula movies are discussed in the chapter Universal's Golden Age, which also contains a Dracula family tree listing the original movie and all its offshoots.

King Kong, Godzilla, The Fly, Altered States, the Thing, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Aliens are amongst many film discussed under the title Science Has Its Pitfalls, while in Unnatural Nature movies like The Birds, The Swarm, The Stepford Wives, Demon Seed and others are investigated.

The other chapters are Human Monsters (Halloween, Night Of The Hunter, Psycho, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, etc.) and Dark Roads Are Better Left Untraveled (The Shining, Poltergeist, Exorcist, Omen, Rosemary's Baby, etc.)

This witty and entertaining look at horror films as a popular cinematic form concludes with a bibliography and an index. The book is a great read and an indispensable reference guide to casual fans of this genre.

Terrifyingly Amazing.......2002-04-18

The book was excellent. It explained to me everything about tons of horror films of the past. It was extremely informational and I loved reading the book. I have watched almost all the horror films mentioned in the book and everything in the book matched the movies. Anyone who insults the book is wrong because it was an amazing book. I loved every page.

Filled with errors and lack of knowledge.......1998-07-03

I was shocked to find this booked riddled with simple errors and basically a lack of knowledge about the horror genre. There are plenty of comments and remarks made by the author which really shows that he doesn't know squat about the horror genre. So if you want book that gives you lots of wrong info, here you go.

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It's magical: Bewitched is Nickelodeon's most popular series in the network's ten year history. Pilato has chronicled the classic witchuation comedy in BEWITCHED FOREVER, an enchanting television companion that mixes more than 150 photos, behind the scene facts, and twitch-bits, as well as exclusive cast interviews, including one up close and personal one about when Herbie met Elizabeth and their ongoing friendship. Everything you ever wanted to know about the series and the people is here. The book includes episode summaries, anecdotes, and biographies of the entire cast and crew, plus a special section on the television sequel Tabitha, which starred Lisa Hartman.

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INTRIGUING LOOK AT "BEWITCHED" & IT'S STARS!.......2007-06-14

Lots of great pictures of beloved cast and characters highlite this book which takes a nostalgic look at the much loved "Bewitched." Having grown up watching Samantha & Darrin's courtship, marriage, and the happy event of welcoming their first child, Tabitha to their happy home- "Bewitched" became in a sense my TV family. Samantha's mother, Endora (played wonderfully by legendary actress, Agnes Moorehead) became the thorn in son-in-law Darrin's side. Lots of great episodes of Endora casting kooky spells on Darrin (which she calls everything from Dorwood to whats-his-name!) became standard play in the mortal-witch household! Insights and info on everything from Elizabeth Montgomery's enjoyment of playing both housewife-witch Samantha to her naughty side of playing go-go-hippie chick, Cousin Serena! This charming book also contains all the wonderfully wacky relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, love-interests of both Samantha & Darrin, and those magically zapped-up characters from Tabitha's fairy tale books to Darrin's clients!

The TV show's director William Asher adds so much to the "behind the scenes" of the show and his memories of wife Elizabeth Montogomery playing America's sweetheart Samantha, is very enjoyable reading! This book is a MUST-OWN item for all the fans of "Bewitched" and it'd be GREAT to see more books (with color photos PLEASE!) in the near future! I know that every time that I've ever mentioned "Bewitched" in a conversation with someone, I always get the same response- "Bewitched!" Oh yeah, I loved that show!" To Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Sargent, and all the cast of "Bewitched" we love you and miss you very much! And especially Elizabeth Montgomery- "keep twitching that nose, sweetheart- for we can all still feel your magic!"

BEWITCHED.......2005-08-20

Excellent read i love the book, Better than i expected, a relly indeped look at this great series.

OK, nice.......2005-06-05

An OK nice book, a little too much on the social commentary side. Facts and history of the show are sort of buried within author's personal ideas, viewpoints, stories etc. For someone just interested in the history of the series, it could have been clearer, more concise, more direct. But the author is very deeply, personally involved with the show, you can tell, so he devotes much thought to every nuance. Episode guide too long, bios took up too many pages, I mean I really didn't need or want to know about EVERY writer, or crew member. Seemed like some stuff was just put in to create pages.

Be Bewitched.......2005-04-22

As we await the release of the upcoming Bewitched movie, we have been enjoying great tie-in features. I have all the Bewitched books and can tell you that you should just stick to Bewitched Forever, Bewitched: Behind the Magic and Elizabeth Montgomery, A Bewitching Life. They are three great, fun spellbinding books. ALSO, you MUST get the Bewitched DVD's. And if you really want a complete Bewitched experience, go for the Tabitha DVD, too. All are available on Amazon at the best prices.

Fun and Fresh!.......2005-03-01

From the author that inspired a renewed interest in Bewitched, and dozens of classic TV websites, comes this 40th Anniv. Edition of Bewitched Forever. Presented in a clean and crisp manner, I found it incredibly easy to look up whatever bit of data or trivia was interesting me at the moment.

Yes, there's a lot of Bewitched websites out there now, but there's nothing like curling up with a real honest-to-goodness book on a rainy or snowy day.

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Over 150 tricks, escapes, dissolving loops; 3- and 4-strand braiding; string figures from around the world. 140 illustrations.

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A wonderful book for old and young.......2007-06-16

I have just started getting involved with braiding and knots, and this book was wonderful, so many and idea's. Easy to follow instruction. Even magic tricks. I have even entertained some young children with some of the magic tricks.

DECEVANT!.......1999-08-16

Je l'ai acheté pour les jeux de ficelle. Il consacre deux chapitres aux jeux de ficelle Pas si intéressant, il a un air de déja vu.

I love this book!.......1998-09-05

I first saw this book in the public library. The book was so old and well used I was afraid it was out of print. I'm so glad to have found it here. It is such a great book, it's the kind you want to keep on hand. I didn't want to have to run to the library, and hope it was there, every time I wanted to use it. It's not just for kids, it's just kid sized. This book shares the history of and useful information of some of the knots. It's well illustrated and has clearly written instructions so I can learn to make the knots. My 10 yr. old son loves this book too. This book has a wide variety to choose from: -Magic with String and Rope, -Knots, Splices, Fancy Knot Work, -Useful Things Made From Rope and String, -Braiding, -String Games and Figures.

My son & I ARE having lots of fun with Fun With String.

Fun project ideas & basic knots; Found it in the library.......1998-06-24

This small-format book is loaded with information & project ideas: belts, lanyards, mats, plus games & tricks. It also includes fingerweaving, spool knitting, lanyard, flat & round braiding-- string figures, too. Plenty of illustrations. First saw it at the public library but want my own copy!

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Fun with String Figures
W. W. Rouse Ball
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With seven-foot piece of string and this book you can make all kinds of creations—lightning, butterflies, fishes, moving figures, man climbing a tree, salmon nets, a hammock breaking, and much more. 30 figures.

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Très intéressant!.......1999-08-20

Les commentaires de l'auteur sont plein d'enseignement. Les figures sont connues (voir Jayne)

Très intéresssant!.......1999-08-20

Les commentaires de l'auteur sont plein d'enseignement. Les figures sont connues (voir Jayne)

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How to design a good performance review system

Great tool for HR practioners!

Packed With Knowledge!

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Stress-Free Performance Appraisals: Turn Your Most Painful Management Duty into a Powerful Motivational Tool
Sharon Armstrong , and Madelyn Appelbaum
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Performance appraisal is one of the most important, continuous responsibilities of a supervisor. This book takes you through the process of conducting a performance appraisal, where you determine the quality of an employee's performance compared to set objectives, clarify present expectations, and learn the importance of providing employees with positive feedback. The authors break the process down into several steps starting with the planning, the preparation, and the writing of the performance appraisal form. The next step is to discuss the performance evaluation. You will learn how the supervisor should start the meeting, what needs to be included, how to close the meeting, and the follow-up responsibilities. It also covers some of the legal issues that can surround every performance evaluation. Tips on how the supervisor can protect his or her interests as well as the company's are also provided.

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How to design a good performance review system.......2007-05-17

The book begins with a foreword titled: "It's not supposed to be this way." The authors outline the problems and issues that many people have with performance appraisals. Then they make two key points. Here's the first one.

"Rather than a painful yearly event, performance appraisals can be viewed as a discussion, a culmination of small meetings held throughout the evaluation period."

In other words, performance review grows out of supervision. The rest of the book assumes that those "discussions" are going on. They're necessary to the process, but they're not the subject of the book.

The authors also make the point that: "In one form or other, performance reviews will continue to be a fact of our work life. This book is designed to cut through the anxiety and make the process, or series of discussions, more pleasant and productive."

Even though there are some people calling for the abolition of performance reviews as we know them, that's not likely to happen on a large scale any time soon. If the place that you work has a formal performance appraisal process now, you can count on having to deal with it for years to come.

I assume that if you're considering purchasing this book you will either be looking for ways to make your company's performance review system better or you will be looking for ways to make the process of actually doing performance reviews with your subordinates less daunting. For that reason, I'll split my analysis and recommendations into two parts.

Designing the Performance Review System

If you are responsible for designing or re-designing the performance review system in your organization, this is a book you should read. The research that's referred to matches up well with research I've done and read. The authors do a good job of presenting it and drawing conclusions.

They're also thorough. There's discussion of the current state of performance reviews, supervisor-employee relationships, scorecards, compensation, and much more.

Working Managers

If you are a working manager who has to do appraisals within your organization's system you will find some helpful material here, too. There's good discussion of how appraisals go off track. The authors cover different kinds of rating errors. And, there's material on actually conducting the appraisal.

But this part of the book is not as strong as the part about designing formal appraisal systems. There's not much depth or reach to the material on face-to-face discussion of behavior and performance issues.

That's because those are peripheral issues for the authors in this book. If you want more on face to face discussion, read my book, Performance Talk: the one-on-one part of leadership, which deals specifically with that aspect of supervision.

That's a quibble, though. Stress-Free Performance Appraisals is a solid, well-researched and well-written book that can help you improve the performance review process in your company.

Great tool for HR practioners!.......2006-03-03

This is a great resource for HR consultants and practioners who are creating innovative performance management systems for their organizations. It addresses the underlying issues that prevent organizations from successfully managing performance and delivering candid and constructive feedback. I highly recommend it to all of my clients.

Packed With Knowledge!.......2004-05-02

Everyone, it seems, hates performance appraisals. Some corporate cultures compel managers to "grade on the curve," which means that even good employees may have to fail. Even in less draconian corporate cultures, performance appraisals require supervisors to tell people about their shortcomings, an uncomfortable exercise for both the appraiser and the appraised. Meanwhile, lurking in the not-too-distant background is the threat of litigation instigated by an employee whose appraiser lets slip an awkward reference to race, sex, age or some other legally proscribed subject. This book tells you how to avoid the stress and anxiety of appraisals by focusing on a few basics. Authors Sharon Armstrong and Madelyn Appelbaum provide valuable counsel - albeit not terribly well organized - for people on both sides of the desk, both the supervisor and the employee. We recommend the authors' useful potpourri of advice, role playing exercises, case histories, evaluation forms and observations about appraisals to everyone who participates in a performance appraisal system and certainly to anybody who runs one.

Top Flight Advice From A Known Expert.......2003-10-30

Sharon Armstrong is a known expert in the field of performance appraisals and human resources training and her latest book does a fantastic job of covering a critical issue for any manager. This is a must read for any manager or would-be manager - its well-written, easily readable, and has the capacity to improve any workplace. Strong reccommend!

Fresh Perspective to a Tired, Worn Topic.......2003-10-20

As an experienced human resources professional, I have dreamed of the day when I could create a succesful performance appraisal program. And I had concluded that there was absolutely no way to please everyone. Cheer up -- Stress-free Performance Appraisals offers a fresh perspective to this tired, worn topic.

The text is, surprisingly, useful for human resources professionals, managers, and employees. It is visually attractive and chocked full of valuable questions, extensive documentation, great examples from well-regarded organizations, and ideas to cover a variety of cultures and performance appraisal philosophies. As examples of their recommendations, the authors weave -- chapter-by-chapter -- the scenarios of three fictional employees with varying performance levels. The book is an easy read in about three hours.

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