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The Babe on Balance.......2003-12-23

This biography, although scholarly, is entertaining throughout and easily read. Smelser was a life long baseball fan and his love of the game animates every page. As an undergraduate at Notre Dame, I studied under the author. Now deceased, he was a professor of history. Smelser demanded from his students the thorough research he displays in this book. But he was also a wonderful storyteller. Both qualities are apparent in this work. Like the best biographers, the author has only mild affection for his subject. The Babe's qualities and failings get equal attention. But today, when the word "superstar" is wildly overrused, you see the extraordinary level of fame this man achieved. If you really want to understand the Babe's life, read this book.

Babe Ruth - what more can you say!.......1999-11-29

Some legends are larger than life. Some legends are made up. Then there's Babe Ruth, than man by which all other baseball players are measured, even today. George Herman Ruth comes to life in this riveting, yet easy to read biography by Marshall Smelser.

You follow the bambino from his early days at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys to his early days with the Boston Red Sox. You read about his turmoil with the fans, his trade to the New York Yankees, that later became the curse of the Bambino.

Smelser's accounts of Ruth's life from his first wife to the run ins with Yankees manager Miller Huggins to the called shot in the 1934 World Series and so many others, will have laughing on minute and on the brink of tears the very next.

I have always been a great Babe Ruth fan; so reviewing this book was a no brainer. Smelser writing style made it easy for me to read along and finally get a true picture of the man so many either loved or hated. I would highly recommend this book to any serious baseball fan!

A look into the life no one knew........1999-02-13

It is a book about a hero that evrybody thought was perfect. In this book you get to see the life behind the face. There are so many legend and this book so the truth and tells you the miths.

incredibly good.......1998-12-29

every sentence filled with facts. research done is tremendous. best sports book i ever read.

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THE LIFE THAT RUTH BUILT A BIOGRAPHY
Marshall Smelser
Manufacturer: Quadrangle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QA6SQE

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Don't waste your money.......2004-03-18

I bought this book a few years back and returned it to the store the very next day. It is full of errors. One of the most obvious is this...The author claims that Elvis' twin brother is buried at Graceland. Even the most casual fan knows that he is buried near Tupelo. I don't know what the problem is with David Stanley. He is incapable of telling the truth. Awhile back, he took part in a TV documentary, stating that Elvis committed suicide. His latest fabrication is really hilarious. According to Stanley, The Beatles knocked on Graceland's front door and asked to see Elvis. David and his mother, Dee, were decorating the Christmas tree and Dee refused to let them in because of their long hair. The Beatles were only in Memphis on one occasion and that was in August, 1966, 4 months before Christmas.If you insist on lying, David, at the very least, do a little research so you can keep your lies consistent with historical facts.

indispensable for elvis fans.......2002-08-27

If you want to know everything about Elvis, then this is the book you need. It contains everything about his personal life, his music, his movies, his friends and family, his likes and dislikes and more.
It was compiled by his stepbrother David E. Stanley and it has a foreward by Lamar Fike, Elvis' best friend.
It also has an Elvis trivia quiz for the real fantics.
If you need to know those more obscure songs he sang, you'll find it in here.
Since this book was first published in '94, I can only spot two original albums missing from the "his music" section.
"For the asking" and "Tomorrow is a long" time were supposed to have been released in the early and late sixties respectively, but instead they were dropped in favour of soundtrack albums. A lot of the songs from these two albums were used as fillers on soundtrack albums of the sixties.
Now these two long lost albums have recently been released by RCA. So the only reason they're not mentioned in this book, is because they weren't commercially available at the time this book was published.
It does mention at the beginning of the music section "this anthology contains only records released commercially - no bootlegs or unauthorised material".
They released this book with an alternative front cover in '98 (in the uk anyway), and I'm assuming it's exactly the same. I might buy that book because I've looked at my book so many times, especially in the music section, that some of the pages have come out. This is probably due to flicking back and forth so much.
Buy this book! You won't believe the amount of info in it.

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good job
BETTER TITLE: ELVIS PAID OUR BILLS!
Excellent Book

The Elvis Encyclopedia
David E. Stanley , and Frank Coffey
Manufacturer: Stoddart
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1881649245

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Almost as good as a round-trip ticket to Graceland! Contains a day-by-day chronology of the King's life; more than 100 first-person anecdotes from his step-brother and oldest friend; more than 300 personal photographs, letters, and private documents; information on every Elvis movie and recording; bios of the King's 50 closest friends; and an experts-only Elvis quiz. The author, David Stanley, is actually Elvis' brother in a "I'm my own grandpa" kind of way: his mother married Elvis' dad.

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good job.......2005-10-27

one of the best elvis books i have read. it was very informative about all the aspects of his life. its also very well written and filled with excellent photographs. i would suggest this book if you are interested in learning more about elvis. David Stanley moved into Graceland when he was a child with his mother and 2 brothers and proceeded to bodygaurd for elvis early in his teenage years until elvis passed away, so you know the book is accurate.

BETTER TITLE: ELVIS PAID OUR BILLS!.......2003-11-21

ANOTHER "TRUE" STORY OF ELVIS,WRITTEN BY DISGRUNTLED
EX-EMPLOYEES WHO NEED THE CASH. MIXED-IN WITH SEMI-
ACCURATE INFORMATION IS THE USUAL "DON'T BLAME US" ALIBIS.
WRITTEN BY ELVIS'FATHER'S FORMER STEPSON WITH INPUT FROM
ANOTHER FLUNKIE. THE FUNNY PART IS HEARING INTERVIEWS BY
THE AUTHORS TALK ABOUT ELVIS' DRUG USE AND WEIGHT,WHEN
THEY HAVE NO ROOM TO TALK!
TOO BAD ELVIS ISN'T AROUND TO PAY THEIR BILLS ANYMORE,SO
WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM SELL B.S. STORIES FOR MONEY!
INTERESTED BUYERS ARE BETTER OFF BUYING A NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

Excellent Book.......2000-04-06

This book has information on every movie, song, and the days of Elvis' life. It's like DAY BY DAY by Peter Guralnick (spelling?) but not as much $. Awesome color photos and a really nice cover make this book something to show off. 5 Stars!

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Elvis Encyclopedia :Presley
David E Stanley
Manufacturer: WORLD PUBLICATIONS INC REMAIND
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SMWQK2

The Elvis Encyclopedia: The Complete and Definitive Reference Book on the King of Rock & Roll

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The Elvis Encyclopedia: The Complete and Definitive Reference Book on the King of Rock & Roll
David E. Stanley with Frank Coffey
Manufacturer: JG Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ND5OAA

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Avoid at all cost!

Elvis Film Encyclopedia
Eric Braun
Manufacturer: Overlook TP
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Avoid at all cost!.......1998-02-15

This book contains more errors than Pierce's "The Ultimate Elvis" and many errors are simply inexcusable as they are to do with the films that are basically the subject of this so-called "encyclopedia." There are even errors in the plots and the character and actor names! Information about recordings is even more error-filled and further information one would expect to find in a book with this title is simply non-existant -- the vast majority of Elvis's co-stars are ignored and yet there are entries for Gracie Fields and Mae West. Film synopses are reasonable, the rest (including many of the illustrations) is rubbish!

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The Elvis Encyclopedia
Adam Victor
Manufacturer: Overlook Hardcover
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1585675989
Release Date: 2007-08-16

TRADEMARKS: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>West's Encyclopedia of American Law</i>

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TRADEMARKS: An entry from Thomson Gale's West's Encyclopedia of American Law

Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000MRNLGQ

Book Description

“West's Encyclopedia of American Law” is 13 volumes and 5,000 entries of comprehensive information on the fascinating American Legal System and its components. Covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S law, West’s has been written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the everyday user in mind. Everyone from the layperson hooked on the weekly TV courtroom procedural to the serious student can find such valuable information as brief definitions of legal jargon, exhaustive examinations of courtroom procedure, explanations of complex topics such as civil rights, biographies of standout attorneys, analyses of controversial issues, and transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions.

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Chaves County Historical Encyclopedia

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JLJYOI

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The Elvis Encyclopedia
Elvis Presley
Manufacturer: Virgin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1852275723

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The Elvis Encyclopedia
Stanley David e
Manufacturer: General Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LAU0M2

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"Provides an innovative explanation of the modern preoccupation with dieting that fundamentally revises our understanding of the timing, intensity, and significance of the modern American culture of weight loss."—Journal of American History

"Offers new, reliable information and insights."—The Nation

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture. Dieting, weight consciousness, and widespread hostility toward obesity form one of the fundamental themes of modern life.

Fat History explores the meaning of fat in contemporary Western society and illustrates how progressive changes, such as growth in consumer culture, increasing equality for women, and the refocusing of women's sexual and maternal roles have influenced today's obsession with fat.

Brought up-to-date with a new preface and filled with narrative anecdotes, Fat History explores fat's transformation from a symbol of health and well-being to a sign of moral, psychological, and physical disorder.

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U.S. Attitude Toward Fat Is Not the Only Game in Town.......2003-07-06

There are very few books on the history of our cultural obsession with weight and/or with "weight bigotry" in the U.S. When did it start? Why? How did it get so vehement? So an attempt at perspective is definitely welcome.

Stearns reports that before the 1890s, plumpness was preferred, and signals began to change only as fashions, fat-control devices, and increased public comment on fat began to emerge in the decade prior to 1900.

After that, the trend grew and intensified over an entire century. Stearns sees this growing obsession as a "compensation" for our indulgence in other pleasures about which we are ambivalent--consumerism, sex, women's freedom. As long as we demonstrate strict discipline about our body size as a kind of puritanical guilt-laden compensation, we can allow ourselves these other indulgent, consumerist pleasures.

Stearns likens the vehemence of fat hatred to Calvinism: only the elect (thin) are "saved," glorified through "salvation" stories of heroic weight loss, and rewarded with welcome entry to the cultural pleasures now available. Those who fail or refuse to measure up to the strict standards of slenderness are punished by being relegated to "fat hell" where open season--in the form of attacks and endless analyses of moral failings, character flaws, and psychological weaknesses--is allowed, imprisoning the recalcitrants in the consequences of their supposedly deplorable lack of self-discipline. Clothes, love, and the good life are not to be theirs.

By way of contrast, the French, who have equally strict standards of slenderness, are committed not to compensation for other pleasures but to high aesthetic standards of beauty. In France, fat is not an indication of moral or psychological weakness but is simply an offense against beauty--fat is just ugly. Divergence from the norm is not considered blameworthy but is assumed to be remedied fairly easily with a little restraint and maybe some reducing creams. With a little work, no one *need* be ugly. It is, therefore, the personal responsibility of each individual to make those moderate efforts and meet the beauty standards amidst an environment of reminders and encouragement.

The result? Both patterns are oppressive, unrelenting, and rigid, but the French are 14 pounds lighter on average and weight in France has been declining rather than increasing.

Stearns does not see that historical French patterns or approaches can be adopted in the U.S. However, he notes that merely recognizing another, different pattern opens the door for reconsideration of U.S. attitudes. Those attitudes were shaped over a century; they can also be reshaped.

Stearns believes that we place too much responsibility on individuals for what are, essentially, social issues. To require everyone to immerse themselves in personal battles against weight while indulgence and excess in all other areas remains unaddressed in the public arena seems not only unfair but unbalanced. Basically, Stearns hopes we will lighten up a little on individual weight issues and look more seriously at larger cultural indulgences.

Simply for the effort to bring historical perspective to the issue, the book gets four stars. But it is sometimes a frustrating read. It is fraught with equivocations and reminders that many factors are at play, all of which preclude crispness. It is not until the very end that clarity begins to emerge from the discussion.

And finally, it describes the scene without benefit of factors that could, conceivably, change all the rules and the analysis as it relates to new trends. If, as research is increasingly showing, fat and related major diseases are common in cultures based on animal-based diets and uncommon in cultures based on plant-based diets, the emphasis shifts from "how much" one is eating to "what" one is eating; from "restraint" to "plenty" without weight gain.

Such a major shift in our understanding of food, nutrition, disease, body weight, and nutrition medicine would shift blame from individuals to a diet that we thought served us but in fact did not. This would chart a very different course--and analysis--for the new century.

Slow start with interesting conclusion.......2000-09-25

It was difficult rating this book as it took much longer than normal for me to finish reading it (finishing many other books while working on this one) but I tremondousl enjoyed the last part of the book. It takes a slow approach. First, it looks at the United States during this century and then it examines France in the same time period. This is supposed to represent the modern West as France is the thinnest of the western countries and the United States the most obese and the book looks for a cultural explanation for this phenomemon. It was slow going. It could be because I was looking for a historical attack on body fascists (possibly to assuage guilt over my own body image) and that is certainly not with what the book is concerned. The last two chapters are the best and bring the points made previously forward very clearly and, even, add what seem even more relevant arguments. There are not very many hard statistics and the history of science is blended a litle too much with the history of culture but the book does make very interesting points.

Ventanas. (crítica de libros, 30 de octubre de 1997)(TT: Windows) (TA: critique of books, October 30, 1997): An article from: Siempre!

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Ventanas. (crítica de libros, 30 de octubre de 1997)(TT: Windows) (TA: critique of books, October 30, 1997): An article from: Siempre!
Alejandro Pescador
Manufacturer: Edicional Siempre
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00097R2FA
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on October 30, 1997. The length of the article is 972 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: Ventanas. (crítica de libros, 30 de octubre de 1997)(TT: Windows) (TA: critique of books, October 30, 1997)
Author: Alejandro Pescador
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: October 30, 1997
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v44 Issue: n2315 Page: p67(1)

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"Award-winning author George Omura has been writing about AutoCAD almost as long as we've been making it, and the depth of his knowledge shows." --Shawn Gilmour, AutoCAD Product Line Manager

"Omura's explanations are concise, his graphics are excellent, and his examples are practical." --Cadalyst

The world's best-selling AutoCAD author is back with a fully updated and revised version of his Mastering AutoCAD masterpiece. Mastering AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006 teaches AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT essentials using concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on projects. This detailed resource works as both a tutorial and stand-alone reference. Part I introduces the basics of the interface and drafting tools; Part II moves into such intermediate skills as effectively using hatches, fields, and tables; Part III details such advanced skills as attributes, dynamic blocks, drawing curves and solid fills; Part IV explores 3D modeling and imaging; and Part V discusses customization and integration. The CD includes all the project files necessary for the tutorials, a trial version of AutoCAD, and five chapters of advanced material on such topics as Active X and VBA.

Coverage includes:

Efficiently using the improved AutoCAD interface
Creating and developing AutoCAD drawings
Keeping track of your projects with the Sheet Set Manager
Using and manipulating dynamic blocks
Importing spreadhsets and editing tables with the enhanced Table tool
Updating text automatically with the field command
Controlling printed output
Mastering 3D modeling
Customizing AutoCAD using AutoLISP
Linkings drawings to databases and spreadsheets
Managing custom symbols
Securing and authenticating your files
Aligning and coordinating layout views

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Very Helpful.......2007-09-03

For someone that just used 3D modeling programs, this bok helped a lot for figuring out how AutoCAD work. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is learning AutoCAD.

Mastering AutoCAD 2006...........2007-05-15

Good tutorial for first timers. Pace is quick enough. Great laymen explainations. Tutorial CD requires quick a bit of power from computer terminal, unable to use as of yet. Hinders lessons. Still recommend book, much better than what else is available.

Could use more detail.......2006-03-08

I found the book to describe a lot of the Acad funtions, but not enough detail in the functions I was looking for.

A decent reference.......2005-12-09

I bought the Mastering AutoCAD 2000 edition of this book few years ago and learned AutoCAD from scratch. This latest edition has continue to become a very good reference both for starter and intermediate user like me. Nevertheless there are few things that can be improved:
1. "Copying block within file and across files" topic should be added to Chapter 6. Windows user tend to use the "copy&paste" block more than the traditional block insertion. Confusion often arises among rookie when they try to copy a block of same name from one file to another.
2. The author has chosen to use centrimeter(cm) as the base unit for the metric measurement. Architectural plan in metric always based in either milimeter(mm) and meter(m). Chosing something in between, i.e. cm, may not be a wise choice as cm will result in awkward scale factor. I hope to see the future edition will use mm instead of cm as base unit.
3. The material in Appendix B, page 1039, needs to be updated. "AGP graphics card with 64MB memory" is almost extint by contemporary standard.

Mastering Autocad 2006 & Autocad LT 2006

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Mastering Autocad 2006 & Autocad LT 2006
George Omura
Manufacturer: SYBEX INC @
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N65C1I

Mastering Autocad 2006 and Autocad LT 2006 With Cdrom (Mastering)

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Mastering Autocad 2006 and Autocad LT 2006 With Cdrom (Mastering)
George Omura
Manufacturer: Sybex
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N657JK

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