Loyal Sons and Daughters: A Notre Dame Memoir

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In 1972, after 125 years of all-male education, the University of Notre Dame went co-ed. These pages collect the memories of Sister Jean Lenz, OSF, who was the rectress of all-female dormitory Farley Hall during that first year when loyal daughters joined the loyal sons of Notre Dame.

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Public Persona vs. the Genuine Article.......2007-07-12

The people who panned this book *clearly* have their shorts in a wad (that's a colloquial phrase for "cognitive dissonance") over having their shiny perceptual "Bob Hope" bubbles painfully burst after discovering the rather unsavory truth. Too bad, that's what you get for putting somebody up on a pedestal. Especially somebody who doesn't deserve it. I give the book five stars because it soundly draws a clear distinction between Bob Hope's carefully crafted public persona and what he was REALLY like, "behind the scenes"... a mean-spirited, self-aggrandizing, womanizing opportunist! In other words, he was a first-class spoiled brat and a major league hypocrite. This book would be a lot less interesting if the dichotomy that is Bob Hope wasn't a fact of life, and admittedly, it will not be very interesting to the people who don't remember him. But for those of us that do, it is an excellent biography. Pretty soon we'll all be dead too, but at least we'll kick off knowing the value of "belief" in terms of accepting uncritically and without question whatever is tossed one's way by the public relations machinery.... an object lesson which translates neatly not just for the entertainment business, but for media and government as well.

BOB SAIDS THANKS FOR THE MAMMARY'S !.......2006-12-27

Well -as you'll note from other reviews, how dare Arthur Marx pick on a great American legend! A man that has entertained us for most of the 20th century. A man that has risked his life to bring comfort to the troops of America's numerous wars and conflicts. A man that just couldn't make enough money or women! It was always known in Hollywood and in the Pentagon, what a flagrant womanizer Bob Hope was -in fact just about to the very end of his life. His wife knew it and with the patience of a saint, she stuck by him through countless affairs and one-nighters, both here and overseas. Thats the way it was. The man who always managed to have an ad-lib ready for any occassion -they were all carefully scripted in advance. Again, thats the way it was. No one likes to hear such stories about their heroes and role models, afterall it kind of makes suckers out of us if we go along and believe something like this book. We figure if Bob was that bad, we would have heard about it long ago. Thats where all those great PR people come in and Bob had the best. Worshiped by the public, the servicemen and all those American presidents from both parties. So who wants to make suckers out of all them, it's worse than burning the flag and then spitting on it. Yes, his image was greater than anyone on Mount Rushmore. What's more, Bob Hope knew it, flaunted it and fully exploited it -all the way to the bank. He became the single biggest private owner of real estate in California. Whereas Jack Benny always traded off his showbiz image of being tight with money, in reality he was the total opposite. However, Bob the benevolent was as tight as they come, extremely shrewd and always politically savvy. Not that all thats a crime, but was he really worthy of becoming the most decorated American in history?

Arthur Marx, son of Groucho, a veteran TV writer, playwright, novelist and biographer, took on an impossible and thankless task of showing Bob Hope in the true cold light of reality. But he strongly felt it was something he had to do. Theres no doubt that Bob Hope was extremely talented, his timing was always spot on. Theres no doubt he was the best MC you could ever get, specially at the Academy Awards. Why is it then, that we can take the good and bad when it comes to someone like Frank Sinatra, but not in super-patriot Bob?
And thats what this book is all about really. It's worthy of your making up your own mind and not blindly believing in all the PR hype. Politicians court showbiz because they crave that same insatiable fan worship. Superstar's today don't seem to mind if you think of them badly or not, as long as their name stays in the headlines and the money keeps coming in. But thats right, Bob was of another era.

Just 'Cause It's in Print Doesn't Mean It's True!.......2006-08-19

I think it is amazing how quickly people attempt to destroy a great American hero's reputation as soon as it's safe to do so. How credible can Mr. Marx's accusations be when most of his sources are unnamed or too old or already deceased to confirm his claims? Surely some of these women would have come forward a long time ago with a "Hope's love child" story. I don't buy it Mr. Marx. If I could, I would give a less than one star.

Thoughts on a Great Man by a Pathetic Loser.......2005-11-29

Oh, for gosh sakes. Arthur Marx is a complete loser who managed to squeak out a living as a comedy writer only by working his father's connections. Groucho thought Arthur was a lousy comedy writer, and this book proves he's a lousy human being, as well. Hope was one of Arthur Marx's employers, and it was Hope that turned his father's career around by insisting that he work off the script when he invited Groucho to come on the air with him. Little did he imagine at the time that the thanks he would get for his benevolence to Groucho (a benevolence he displayed throughout his career) would be a knife in the back from his pathetic lowlife son. The book is a collection of snide, filthy, innuendos from unnamed sources, former employees, and the sort of enemies that competent, hard-working, brilliant individuals like Hope always make within their own industries.

Don't Read This If Your A Big Bob Hope Fan!.......2002-06-07

All I have to say is, if your a big fan of Bob Hope and believe that Mr. America- loyal, faithful husband and family man then don't read this you will look at him differently or probably won't be able to look at him at all. All I can say is I'm not surprised, what man don't sleep around? What disappoints me is that how easy the women went to bed with him, it takes two to tangle, and obviously these women wanted to do it. So I don't necessarily blaim Bob Hope, if their willing to give it up, any man is going to take it. All I have to say is and I've been saying it for years, Write books like this, when their alive and around to defend themselves. This book will break anybody's heart who's a big Bob Hope fan and believed he was Mr. America- faithful husband and family man. All I have to say is if he was this bad, it would of came out, all the wrongdoing came out about the rest of the stars of the past and present, I'm sure someone would of tried to tarnish his career like what happen to Bill Clinton, I'm sure some woman would of came forward and said something. I don't know what to believe, I wish somebody would let Bob Hope and his family read this book and get their say. Some things are just left best unsaid, and let people and fans believe the illusion and image the stars create.

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The Secret Life Of Bob Hope
Arthur MARX
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The Secret Life Of Bob Hope
Arthur MARX
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The Secret Life of Bob Hope
Arthur Marx
Manufacturer: Robson Books Ltd
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Tarantino Is Dead. Long Live Zedd.......2001-01-28

This fascinating memoir has not one scintilla of whining. It is in fact, brilliant, succinct and hilarious in it's depiction of life in the world of underground films and the struggles faced by an uncompromising realist on a mission to demolish the consensus reality of fools.

Denounced and ignored by narrow minded bigots, cynical dilletants and academic poseurs, this stunning slice-of-life classic is filled with fascinating anecdotes about genius & subgenius talents like Jack Smith, Lydia Lunch, R.Kern, Rick Strange (aka Eric Pryor, the Witch Who Switched) Tommy Traitor and the infamous legions of the Cinema of Transgression, a revolutionary vanguard of low-buget filmmakers operating out of the Lower East Side in the 80s, 90s & now. Directors like Manuel DeLanda, Kembra Pfahler, Lung Leg, John Spencer & more are mentioned along with volatile visionaries like Fritz, the bald Swedish schizo lover and the late G.G. Allin, Crown Prince of Puke among the snarling denizens of a subterranean omniverse dedicated to true freedom & subversion. A highly recommended antidote to the corporate tedium passing for entertainment in our lives!

Zedd's Dead.......2000-02-01

If you know anything at all about the Cinema of Transgression, you'll find this book fairly interesting. Like his one-time paramour Lydia Lunch, Zedd, however, slips off into melodrama and whining nonsense far too often. Punk erotica for the self-righteously 'anarchistic'.

hmmm.......1997-07-08

An original and at times amusingly disgusting personal history by a pioneer of eighties underground cinema, but not the thing to read over a hearty meal. If film titles such as " They Eat Scum" don't sound like your cup of tea, you've been adequately warned

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Defining Science deals with the major role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science and its moral and cultural value. Richard Yeo also examines the different forms or genres in which science was discussed in the public sphere--most crucially in the Victorian review journals, but also in biographical, historical and educational works. Analysis of the whole corpus of Whewell's work suggests that it be seen not only as an attempt to define science, but to clarify his own vocation as its leading critic.

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Victorian Science in Context

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ASIN: 0226481123

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Victorians were fascinated by the flood of strange new worlds that science was opening to
them. Exotic plants and animals poured into London from all corners of the Empire, while
revolutionary theories such as the radical idea that humans might be descended from apes
drew crowds to heated debates. Men and women of all social classes avidly collected
scientific specimens for display in their homes and devoured literature about science and its
practitioners.

Victorian Science in Context captures the essence of this fascination, charting the many
ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture.
Contributions from leading scholars in history, literature, and the history of science explore
questions such as: What did science mean to the Victorians? For whom was Victorian science
written? What ideological messages did it convey? The contributors show how practical
concerns interacted with contextual issues to mold Victorian science—which in turn shaped
much of the relationship between modern science and culture.

Evolution and Ethics: T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics With New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context

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Evolution and Ethics: T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics With New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context
James Paradis , and George C. Williams
Manufacturer: Princeton Univ Pr
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ASIN: 0691085358

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T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge.

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Brilliant.......2006-06-07

The pleasure of Huxley's grandiloquent prose, argument by horticultural metaphor and analogy, the breadth and scope of cosmic and social forces, and use of fairy tale combine into a masterful argument for evolution and ethics. Obviously, since Mendelian genetics was not yet known, Huxley's view of evolution is incomplete. But, Huxley already saw the defects of Spencer's "survival of the fittest," the emergence of existential self-assertion, and the tension in the forces between competition in the struggle for survival and cooperation as a means for its achievement.

Huxley's purpose is not to prescribe, but to warn of the pitfalls of imposing "nature as a guide" or the Stoic's "live according to nature" to humans' moral sense. He rightly keeps virtue, instinct, benevolence, limited resources, reproduction, and self-preservation in proper tension and focus. Most importantly, he argues forcefully that evolutionary theory is a theory of nature, not a moral prescription, but equally, no moral sense or moral theory can successfully ignore evolution's essential insights. The balance in sustaining competing concepts is dazzling.

Huxley's masterful essay is preceded by James Faradis's introduction on Huxley's Victorian context and is followed by G. C. Williams's update of the Modern Synthesis. A gem and treasure, all. Especially valuable to non-biologists.

Victorian Fiction: Contexts (Contexts (London, England).)

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Victorian Fiction: Contexts (Contexts (London, England).)
Gail Marshall
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The Victorian period saw some of the most important developments in Britain's history. Rapid industrialisation, social and welfare reform, ground-breaking scientific discoveries, and an unprecedented rise in literacy, all had their impact on fiction of the time. Mapping the developments in fiction against the key political, cultural, and social events of the nineteenth century, this book looks at issues of humanism, domestic politics, religion, colonialism, class identity, and sexuality, while at the same time providing an introduction to the works of Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, Gaskell, Trollope, Eliot, Collins, Gissing, Hardy, and Stevenson.

Victorian Visions of Global Order: Empire and International Relations in Nineteenth-Century Political Thought (Ideas in Context)

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Victorian Visions of Global Order: Empire and International Relations in Nineteenth-Century Political Thought (Ideas in Context)

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ASIN: 0521882923

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This wide-ranging and original study provides an insight into the climate of political thought during the lifespan of what was, at this time, the most powerful empire in history. A distinguished group of contributors explores the way in which thinkers in Britain theorised influential views about empire and international relations, exploring topics such as the evolution of international law; the ways in which the world was notionally divided into the ‘civilised’ and the ‘barbarian’; the role of India in shaping visions of civil society; grandiose ideas about a global imperial state; the development of an array of radical critiques of empire; the varieties of liberal imperialism; and the rise and fall of free trade. Together, the chapters form an analysis of political thought in this context; both of the famous (Bentham, Mill, Marx, and Hobson) and of those who, whilst influential at the time, are all but forgotten today.

Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain, Ideas in Context 27. (book reviews): An article from: Canadian Journal of History

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Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain, Ideas in Context 27. (book reviews): An article from: Canadian Journal of History
Travor H. Levere
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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on December 1, 1995. The length of the article is 869 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: Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain, Ideas in Context 27. (book reviews)
Author: Travor H. Levere
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1995
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: v30 Issue: n3 Page: p525(3)

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Victorian Science in Context. (book reviews): An article from: Canadian Journal of History
Roger Cooter
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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on August 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1094 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: Victorian Science in Context. (book reviews)
Author: Roger Cooter
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 1998
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: v33 Issue: n2 Page: p349(3)

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Victorian Science in Context.(Review): An article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History

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Victorian Science in Context.(Review): An article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History
Piero P. Giorgi
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 674 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: Victorian Science in Context.(Review)
Author: Piero P. Giorgi
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1999
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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Victorian Science in Context.(Review): An article from: The Modern Language Review
Robert Fraser
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This digital document is an article from The Modern Language Review, published by Modern Humanities Research Association on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 787 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: Victorian Science in Context.(Review)
Author: Robert Fraser
Publication: The Modern Language Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1999
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Victorian Science in Context
Bernard Lightman
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Wonderful.......2002-02-25

This book has great directions for making soaps and colognes. There are 102 recipes. Pictures are in black and white but still very detailed. This would be a good book to use with scouts 12 and up. I think anyone who is into making soaps and colognes will like this book.

MAKING POTPOURRI COLOGNES AND SOAPS 102 Natural Recipes

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MAKING POTPOURRI COLOGNES AND SOAPS 102 Natural Recipes

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Making Potpourri, Colognes and Soaps - 102 Natural Recipes
David A. Webb
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Don't try THIS at home.......1998-10-02

While the potpourri and cologne recipes may be fine, I strongly advise against using his soap recipes, as the high percentage of lye isn't safe. If you wish to make soap, please invest in another, safer book--any of the following three have wonderful recipes that don't run the risk of destroying your skin: The Natural Soap Book, The Soapmaker's Companion or The Handmade Soap Book.

Found the book interesting........1997-07-24

It containted a lot of simple, but useful recipes. Easy to use and understand.

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Novell ZENworks 7 Suite Administrator's Handbook is the official administrator's handbook to the ZENworks 7 Suite, written by Novell insiders and reviewed by its developers. With added coverage of the new features in ZENworks 7, this book provides you with the knowledge to install, efficiently use, and troubleshoot ZENworks in the enterprise environment. You'll also find coverage on ZENworks Desktop Registry Keys, which have never been presented to customers and will allow you to customize their ZENworks. By the end of the book you will understand all of the features and elements of the ZENworks 7 Suite, all with the insight from the ZENworks 7 Suite team.

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Wishing for more.......2006-02-07

Let me first say I really like Zenworks and have since 1.0. I purchased the ZENworks 6.5 Suite Administrator's handbook as well. Both books lack serious depth beyond the on-line documentation and the help files. I was looking to this book to cover, in depth, details about Imaging and the Middle Tier server. While there are details covering Imaging, I don't see any additional information above and beyond the on-line documentation and the help files. As far as the Middle Tier server - don't bother. The authors didn't. There is a section on installing the server telling the user how to fill in the DNS name and such but no real substance. And that's it! There is NO section on how to use the Middle Tier services or why one would want to. There is more information about the Middle Tier server in the ZENworks for Desktops 4 Administrator's handbook (written by the same authors) than the author's latest two offerings combined! I get the feeling that these books aren't so much written as just re-written from previous books - repackaging the same information be it useful or not. All in all, if you want a book for your shelf, buy this one. If you want a book you can use - keep looking.

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