Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, Ca. 1025-1098

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This book examines the history of a prominent castle lord of eleventh-century Anjou, a man who has been referred to in numerous works but has never been carefully studied. Robert the Burgundian was an Angevin knight whom the counts of Anjou allowed to amass enormous power on the northwestern march of Anjou. Until he departed for the First Crusade in 1098 Robert was the central figure in Count Fulk Rechin's court. In contrast with many studies of the period, this work finds that Robert spent a long career as a major supporter of the counts of Anjou, rather than as someone undermining their authority. The author calls into question what is known about “feudal anarchy” in the eleventh century and finds that Robert and his descendants were indeed loyal to the count and were able to maintain Angevin power.

Remarkably, records of more than one hundred legal acts involving Robert, some based on his actual words, survive today. They reveal a richly textured life, establishing family connections, political alliances, and relations with the Church as Robert struggled to maintain his lands and position through invasion, civil war, and episcopal interdict. Of special interest is Robert's participation in the First Crusade after a personal visit by Pope Urban II, and his interaction with the counts and the effect this had on the development of the Angevin state.

The book will be of interest to students of French history and politics, medieval studies, and military history.

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Great book!.......2001-01-01

Two Words: Extremely entertaining. A fascinating, yet often untold story. Hollywood will most defintely be calling.

--Joey

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Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, ca. 1025-1098. (Reviews of Books).: An article from: Albion
Stephen D. White
Manufacturer: North American Conference on British Studies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FIK7C
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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Title: Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, ca. 1025-1098. (Reviews of Books).
Author: Stephen D. White
Publication: Albion (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: North American Conference on British Studies
Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Page: 76(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Lillian Ellison, known in the ring as the Fabulous Moolah, is one of wrestling's pioneering veterans and heroines, both in and out of the squared circle. When wrestling first caught the attention of the public, Moolah had a ringside seat. Appearing on the scene in 1949 as a "valet" for some male wrestlers, she was introduced to the crowd as a "slave girl" dressed in revealing leopardskin. But the woman who got into the business for the "moolah" wouldn't remain a valet for long, and soon Moolah turned her humble beginnings into a successful and long-lived career.

Growing up in Tookiedoo, South Carolina, Moolah was the youngest of thirteen children -- and the only girl. Surrounded by twelve rambunctious brothers, she had to be tough from the get-go. After the death of their mother when she was just ten years old, Moolah and her father spent Tuesday nights at local professional wrestling matches. At first she was just excited to do something special with her father. But everything changed when Mildred Burke (one of the most popular "lady rasslers" of the day) came to town. After years of being surrounded by boys, Moolah had finally found a woman she could look up to.

From that night on, Moolah was hooked. She stayed in the ring throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even though technically women were banned from wrestling "for their own good." When the Women's Division of the National Wrestling Alliance was failing, Moolah started training girls at her home base in South Carolina, and by the late sixties the girls she had trained at Girl Wrestling Enterprises represented the single largest group of female wrestlers in the country. Soon the National Wrestling Alliance recognized her as the undisputed Women's Champ, a title she would hold for the next twenty years.

Here, for the first time, the Fabulous Moolah tells all, from her friendship with the infamous Jerry Lee Lewis to a marriage proposal from country-music legend Hank Williams Sr. Moolah dishes plenty of wrestling dirt as well and relates hilarious moments from her decades long friendship with her in-ring cohort Mae Young.

After more than half a century of wrestling, Moolah still trains girls for the ring and even manages to get into the ring herself now and again. She is a role model for strong women everywhere, and she will go down in history as one of wrestling's all-time greats.

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She's a Moolah girl, in a Moolah world!.......2006-07-10

The Fabulous Moolah will go down as the greatest Woman's wrestling champion of all time. However, that doesn't necessarily mean it is TRUE. Moolah is an example of someone coming along at the right place and the right time and meeting the right people. The place, New York; the time, early 80s; the people, the McMahons. The McMahon family used a few loopholes and slightly rewrote history and claimed Moolah was Woman's champion for "several decades". Moolah was THE GIRL when the WWF was expanding in the early 80s, and became the postergirl from Woman's wrestling when it was taken national, even though her best years were behind her.

This book..... okay, I admit it, I was pleasantly surprised. It was a great story. But as with many WWE-produced books, I'm not sure where truth begins and lies begin. It's flat out Moolah's perspective, and she dances around some of the issues that might diminish her status if people actually knew. I continually got the impression that Lillian couldn't see much further outside of "Moolah's World" and had a poor sense of the reality around her.

It seemed like every single page of this book resulted in me changing my opion of Lillian Ellison -- from good to bad, to good, back to bad, and so on. In all fairness she HAS done a lot for woman's wrestling, but she also did a lot of horrible things like screwing her roster of girl wrestlers out of unfair booking fees. I think this is a scar on what could have been a legendary career.

Rating: I give it a generous 5 out of 10. I enjoyed this book, but I wouldn't recommend that anybody MUST READ it. If you want a better look at the early days of Woman's professional wrestling then I recommend picking up Penny Banner's book..

OLD SCHOOL OF WRESTLING.......2006-05-07

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE LIFE AND WRESTLING CAREER OF LILLIAN ELLISON AKA(FABULOUS MOOLAH). IT IS INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING IN MOST PARTS. SHE SPENDS ALOT OF TIME TELLING US HOW GREAT THE MCMAHON FAMILY IS (WHY NOT, THEY ARE HER EMPLOYER)BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME ABOUT BEHIND THE SCENES. SHE ALSO MAKES US BELIEVE THAT SHE GAVE EVERYONE WHO WRESTLED HER THE BEATING OF THEIR LIFE. I THINK ALOT OF THIS BOOK HAS BEEN EXAGGERATED BY MOOLAH. BUT YET I LIKED IT. NOTHING GREAT BUT STILL AN OK READ.

not a champion, but a contender.......2006-01-30

The Fabulous Moolah tells her life story, but fails to tell the whole story. Perhaps it is her great respect for the history of wrestling or perhaps because it is a book written under the supervision of the WWE, she fails to really delve into the stories of her life.
Her childhood and formative years are covered with enough info to paint the picture, but without too much detail. She covers her personal life pretty well (at least the high and low points), usually with quite a bit of humor and openness.
Her wrestling career is covered from a wrestling storyline perspective. Historically speaking, it is fascinating to read the names and places. Unfortunately, it would have been more entertaining to reveal some of the behind the scenes stuff, or even any of it! The book is written as if the battles are really fought, the titles really won and the action totally unscripted. With just a little dose of reality, this book could have been a big winner from one of the greatest in the sport!

Amazing.......2005-12-13

This is a amazing read. She is the reason womens wrelsting Is what it is today. I think this is a great read for anyone

Don't mess with Moolah! (but she's still fun).......2004-07-30

I got a big kick out of this book and I am NOT a wrestling fan. In fact, I had never heard of Moolah when I saw the book in the bookstore and looked at the pictures and thought it might be fun. I was not disappointed. Oh sure, I wish that the book had been about twice as long and I wish that there were more photographs, but I did enjoy Moolah's stories and her outrageous attitude. ("If I didn't fight dirty, I wouldn't win!") Moolah is larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind. I think a lot of what she says is pure fantasy (like wresting itself), especially the big whopper she tells that country music legend Hank Williams asked her to marry him. (It's not like he's around to refute her!) But that was part of the fun for me. It's a rather schizoid book in that she flat out says that wrestling is fake (that's why it's called "wrestling ENTERTAINMENT") and then she goes on and on describing various matches as if they were unrehearsed. It seems to me that "wrestling entertainment" is similar to the "super hero" comic books. There are heroes, villains and clowns. When wrestlers are young and attractive, they play the heroes. When they get older and heavier, they become the villains. If they are still at it when they are REALLY old, they play the clowns. Moolah's buddy Mae has played all three roles and Moolah's descriptions of her antics are hilarious. Also very interesting was Moolah's relationship to Katie, her dwarf protege, whom Moolah always refers to as "my damn midget." (Moolah also appears in a delightful documentary film about women wrestlers that I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring called "Lipstick and Dynamite." I recommend this book and the film.) I loaned this book to a friend who was in the hospital recently. He liked the book and passed it around. The book became very popular with everyone on his floor of the hospital (including some of the night staff). I also lent it to a friend who has a PhD and she found it delightful too. I wouldn't want to tangle with Moolah, but I really enjoyed reading her book. It's a quick read and very amusing.

FABULOUS MOOLAH : FIRST GODDESS OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE

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FABULOUS MOOLAH : FIRST GODDESS OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE
LILLIAN/ PLATT, LARRY ELLISON
Manufacturer: HARPER COLLINS TRADE DIVISION
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KUFWIA

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In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our society. Here, for the first time, Iaccino applies such models as the "Cursed Wanderers," the "Warrior Amazons," the "Random Destroyers," and the "Techno-Myths" to highlight recurrent themes in a wide range of films, from early classics such as Nosferatu to the contemporary Nightmare on Elm Street and Alien series. With this innovative approach, Iaccino gains a new perspective on the psychology of the often powerful compulsion to be scared.

Psychological reflections on cinematic terror:Jungian archetypes in horror films

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Psychological reflections on cinematic terror:Jungian archetypes in horror films
James F. Iaccino
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR7RHS

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In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits. Among them:

Greed: Gamblers reveal secrets behind outrageous fortune.
Lust: "We're swingers!"-you won't believe who's doing it.
Anger: Texans shoot off some rounds and then listen to Dan fire off on his own about guns, gun control, and the Second Amendment.

Combine a unique history of the Seven Deadly Sins, a new interpretation of the biblical stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, and enough Bill Bennett, Robert Bork, Pat Buchanan, Dr. Laura, and Bill O'Reilly bashing to more than make up for their incessant carping, and you've got the most provocative book of the fall.

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Telling it like it is.......2007-06-09

I would give the book four stars, but I LOVE Dan Savage...so five it is. If you enjoy Dan's witty and urbane brand of humor then I recommend this book!

A very thought provoking book.......2007-05-10

I bought this book back in the spring of 2004 after seeing it on the shelves at the local bookstore off and on for months and I'm glad I did as I'm first well familiar with his columns [...] I was familiar with his writing style and his refreshingly honest replies and he certainly doesn't dissapoint here despite his toning down some.

That toning down in many ways keeps the book from being too much of a soap box for his views and thusly less strident to boot, which is a good thing as while it still gets strident at times, it's not objectionable.

And having just read all 56 reviews (as of this review), one that is virtually missed by all of them is that some king actually came up with the seven deadly sins, I think loosely based on the 10 commandments. For starters, sloth (sleep) is something we all need to do, but too much of it is not always good for us. A fellow at my church who teaches theology at a local college said that the 7 deadly sins really should be a take it or leave thing, that is, you can believe in them or not since they do not really follow the teachings of the Bible and it's 10 commandments all that closely.

What I found as I read this book is how Fundamentalist thinking has permeated much of our society and that's sad and on the chapter of gluttony and Dan's trip to San Franciso for a fat acceptance conference revealed just that very well. Example, a nurse seems to be contradictory in her views when she says we've all exercised by moving our arms 3 times that morning! Also, how so many of the fat chicks who were supposidly accepting of their fatness could barely get around and many were wheelchair bound as a result and one group admitted they come for the socializing and nothing more and really do not eat much of the food that is there. "It's the old do as I say, not as I do" mentality that I saw through much of this book as Dan takes us on a journey to discover these so called deadly sins for himself.

And that's just what makes this book so well written is his individual look at each and every one of those 7 sins and reveals them for what they are, hypocritical in many ways, especially in how they are persued by many.

In the chapter on lust where he meets the swingers group, the parents do out and "wife" swap at these events and one thing that I noticed is how they do not discuss this around their children but gladly persue these activities themselves and at these events, I found a discrepency in and of itself. The men are told to dress appropriately, that is, shirt and shorts while the women can be as provocative as they want and in the minds of the organizers, to make women feel as safe as possible. I saw that as hypocritical and it's no wonder that many straight men feel hamstrung, it's this kind of attitude that seems to permeate society in many areas and that's the point Dan ended up uncovering in his quest and in the end, takes a sharp aim squarely in the space between the eyes of the "virtuecrats" as he calls them, the Borks, Buchannans, the Slesengers etc who want us to not have any fun, even if it's not harming others and in the end, exposes the hypocrasy of these activities at the same time.

I will contend some of the chapters could've been a little stronger in his conclusions but in the end, he's very honest about what he saw and experienced and that in and of itself makes it a good read. Definatly not for the faint of heart however.

It's best to err on the side of avoiding incestuous handjobs.......2006-01-23

Best quote, among thousands of jewels, from Dan Savage.

A couple of years ago, I went on vacation with a bunch of friends to a beach resort town in South Africa. Clear blue water, white sand, skimpy bathing suits on lovely people of both sexes. Should have been a wild time, right? Well, it wasn't, at least for the first few days, because I brought along Skipping Towards Gomorrah for my beach-book. I already knew I loved Dan, and thought I could just dip into Skipping whenever I felt like a rest. Ha! Once I started, I was way too into it to stop for much of anything. And, of course, all my friends were constantly running back from the ocean to see what the hell I was laughing at. The elevator scene in the Gluttony chapter can still send me into fits. I had to buy a new copy once I got back to the States, as mine "mysteriously" disappeared. I know whoever stole it from me enjoyed it as much as I did, and hope they're passing it round to everyone they know, and even some strangers.

Wildy funny, wildy intelligent, wildy inappropriate, wildy shocking, wildly fun.......2005-11-17

There's a certain audience for Dan Savage's tough brand of over-the-edge liberal humor, and if you are in that group, then this book is a delicious treat. If you wouldn't normally read his advice column, then avoid this book. Fortunately, I fall in the former category, and I adored his book!

Savage's opening chapter is a scathing and very intelligent attack on the morality of the right wing. It was so brilliant, I found myself wanting to underline every other paragraph as a memorable quote. It definitely had me pumped up for the rest of the book.

As for the rest...Savage's plan is to experience and explore every one of the seven deadly sins. Some chapters come off stronger than others. The gambling and lust chapters are absolutely brilliant. Savage plan to explore anger by shooting a gun was a little weak to me--not everyone who shoots a gun is angry. But the gun experience was so eye-opening for both Savage
and the reader that it was worth it.

One of the real winners is Savage's exploration of gay pride, why it exists, what it means for the participants and for the audience, and more. In his columns, Savage has repeatedly railed against rainbow-flag wavers, so his insights on the topic are fasnicating. He points out that St. Patrick's day parades are the original minority group pride event, an assertion of identity by a group everyone else wanted to be quiet. Is that so different from a gay pride parade? "Who knows? Maybe one day everyone will be gay on gay pride day, just as we're all Irish on Saint Patrick's Day."

Savage goes to some extremes to prove his point, but overall, this is an intelligent, funny, offbeat look at the topic of morality in America.

A grave threat to constitutional democracy.......2005-05-24

When Al Franken promotes Dan Savage, does he have any idea how much support this builds for putting Michael Savage in the White House? To encourage citizens to abandon virtue in time of war is an act of treason. The ultranationalist backlash fostered by such outrages may soon destroy our constitutional democracy.

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Skipping Towards Gomorrah
Dan Savage
Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UCSP1Y

Skipping Towards Gomorrah - Seven Deadly Sins And The Pursuit Of Happiness In America

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Skipping Towards Gomorrah - Seven Deadly Sins And The Pursuit Of Happiness In America
Dan Savage
Manufacturer: Dutton / Penguin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MGVODE

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Most books on training focus on how to prepare classroom materials and lesson plans, and how to be a good presenter. However, a 1999 survey of 200 training professionals conducted by author Jean Barbazette's company, The Training Clinic, found that 26% to 51% of their time was spent on administrative tasks relating to training: Scheduling training events; Registering and confirming attendance at training events; Preparing training rooms for instruction; Evaluating the success of training efforts; Marketing training internally. The Training Coordinator's Handbook is the first book that focuses on these tasks--"the other 50%" of a trainer's workload--that happen outside the classroom. The Handbook makes life easier for training professionals with dozens of tools, job aids, and guidelines that make these tasks simpler and faster. The book will appeal to training managers, trainers, and full-time training coordinators bogged down in administrative details and responsibilities, or who want to help with the important planning issues every trainer must deal with, such as developing an overall plan for training in the organization and determining who needs training and in what areas. Based on a public workshop offered by The Training Clinic entitled "Today's Effective Training Coordinator," the book provides helpful tools for speeding up tasks such as: Selecting and hiring training vendors or internal subject matter experts; Marketing training internally; Registering participants; Scheduling and setting up classrooms, and; Following up after training to see if the training was effective or what additional training needs remain.

Customer Reviews:

I Wish I'd Thought of This Myself.......2004-05-17

I discovered Jean Barbazette's book about three months ago while doing a little bit of research on the topic of "job aids." I wasn't looking for job aids for myself, but I was delighted to find this gem. 227 pages of job aid are divided into 15 chapters and 3 appendices. Barbazette's motto seems to be "common sense, no nonsense." Some 83 templates give the trainer and (maybe more importantly!) the trainer's support staff ready access to the key issues they encounter in their work.

Topics include developing support for training, assessing training needs, hiring consultants, administering training, running a web site for training, budgeting.... None are surprising, but all are encountered by most training units quarterly if not monthly or weekly. Barbazette has managed to collect the core of things, though, that each of the training functions I have been involved with has managed to reinvent multiple times. Well, no more! With this in hand in just a few months I have saved myself (and the support team I work with) several dozen hours by using a number of these templates.

I regret I didn't think of this myself. Sincerely, I do. Yet there is one thing I regret more--that I didn't find this book immediately after it was published. I can only imagine the time I could have saved in projects until now.

A first of its kind - Extremely useful.......2002-02-07

To my knowledge, this book is pioneer in its coverage of the 'support' aspect of training. Most training books are concerned with trainer's skills or style, learning, trainee behavior, etc. Barbazette, however, chooses to provide us with the tools and resources that we all need to run a hitch-free, administratively smooth training.

The book is brimming with useful forms, resources and even downloadable utilities available on the Internet. It is arranged in a logical manner and it is easy to locate the material that you might need if you are searvhing for a particular form.

Overall, this is a must for all trainers, especially new-comers and is probably an indispensable tool for any training department or function.

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