Book Description
This fully revised third edition of the definitive guide to finding work on cruise ships describes 150 different jobs at sea--and explains how to get them; includes a directory listing details of 200 cruise lines, and addresses of the main maritime agents and hiring agencies who recruit staff for many of the major operators. There is work available for people of all ages and backgrounds, with jobs including galley, bar and waiting staff, social hostesses, photographers, port lecturers, croupiers, engineers, nurses, waiters, gentleman hosts, hairdressers, etc. Includes personal reports from seafarers around the world from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, and from the Bahamas to Hawaii and the Fjords of Norway to give the true flavor of what the jobs are really like.
Customer Reviews:
She knows nothing about writing a resume and cover letter!.......2005-03-20
When I briefly reviewed this book I was starry-eyed and I thought: "My Goodness, this author knows nothing about writing a resume and cover letter, or how to pass an interview. "The good practical advice" is only 5 pages out of 220 and usually the real, legitimate reviews are NOT for a topic, which is covered by 2% of a book's content. I don't know for you but I doubt that from Daily Mirror has said something like this about this book or the reviewer whoever is he or she has NOT read the whole book in details. The content which is dominated by several huge directories with dry statistical information really needs to be spiced up with numerous caricatures all over the book. Well, I want a step-by-step system and valuable content which will help me to get a cruise ship job and give me enough details for the industry. The only book which met these criteria is Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days. Thanks to it I easily got a job! Check it out because it is 10 times better than this one!
What's so funny Ms. Sandra Bow?.......2005-02-24
Working for 12 hours 7 days/week for several months on a cruise ship is NOT funny! Competing with 100 and more applicants for a single position is NOT funny! Your 3 pages with common sense tips on how to get a cruise ship job are NOT funny! Your shorter than Cynthia Ossenfort's job descriptions are NOT funny!
The caricatures all over your book ARE funny. The "Top 10 silly questions from passengers" ARE funny. The "10 things your mother never told you" about men on cruise ships ARE funny. The 2 years old addresses and phone, fax numbers are NOT funny! All those years you have worked in Entertainment Department are immediately obvious from your book. However from my 11 years in Sales and Marketing let me tell you something. People only laugh at comedians. They DON'T buy from them.
Disappointing.......2005-02-23
There are more than 10 funny pictures which are up to 1 page long while the book contains only 3 pages on how to write a cover letter and resume although its description says: "describes 150 different jobs at sea--and explains how to get them". I am quite disappointed from this book, the super short job descriptions and the humorous style of the author!
Good match with Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days!.......2005-02-03
Working on Cruise Ships is a well written book on working and living onboard of a cruise ship. However there are only few pages on how to deal with cover letter, resume and interview. That's why if this is important for you consider- Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days, which is entirely focused on these 3 topics.
The best advice I can give you is to ask yourself what actually you are looking for. Information about what is to work and live onboard, how to apply and get a cruise ship job or both? In the first case a cheaper option is Working on Cruise Ships. In the second and also for the first is definitely Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days. In the third is to buy both matching books.
Only 3 pages with tips on how to apply!.......2005-02-02
I thought that this book in addition to description of the work and life onboard provides detailed information on how to write a cover letter and resume as well as to pass an interview. Unfortunately all I found about this were 3 pages with common sense tips. I think that instead of having 15 caricatures and funny pictures long 1/2-1 page the author had to provide detailed information on these 3 crucial for successful applying topics. That's why if you really want to get a cruise ship job search for another book.
Book Description
New 5th Edition. Finally, a legitimate guide to Cruise Ship Jobs!
If you've dreamed of traveling the world aboard luxury cruise ships and getting paid for it- this book is for you. Recommended by the New York Times, US News & World Report, Conde Nast Traveler, Miami Herald and the 23 cruise line members of the Cruise Lines International Association.
This guide gives you complete Job Contacts, Web sites, email, addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers. Choose from 300 jobs. Complete Job Descriptions with personal stories from employees and personnel directors gets you aboard.
17,000 copies have sold to eager job seekers like yourself. Get ahead of your competition. Get How to Get a Job with a Cruise Line and Get PAID to Travel! Now in its 5th Edition.
Customer Reviews:
Scam reference from New York Times, etc! .......2005-02-25
Give me 15 seconds and I'll prove you that the so called recommendations from the biggest names in the US Media are scam and they will never ever even look at such "book".
1. No page numeration! Have you ever seen a book which doesn't have page numeration? I haven't, nor did I think I will until I opened this "book".
2. No header! Have you seen a book without a header stating the book's name and the current chapter or the author's name? This doesn't have also this standard element.
3. No Table of Contents! Have you seen a book without a Table of Contents, which immediately shows you exactly on which page to find curtain chapter or topic? Well, this doesn't have such. I was lost in it and the only way to find anything in this book is to list many pages until luckily I find it. If the author cannot provide us with the standard navigation for a book HOW she will help you with something as complicated as getting a cruise ship job?
Furthermore, just think for a moment. Thousands of top quality books are being all the time rejected for review from New York Times and similar big names. So tell me, which respecting himself editor will even look at amateurish "book" like this one without any page numeration, header, Table of Contents and great value for the reader? Not even one!
In adition, the first 3.5 pages are full with paragraph long quotes from people such as "J.S", "J.B. Owen", "V. Durej", "Amy Oliver", etc anonymous people living in the middle of nowhere. BUT not even a word WHO, WHAT Exactly and in WHICH issue of New York Times, Conde Naste Traveler, Miami Herald, etc have said about this ridiculous "book".
As a Sales and Marketing Manager with 11 years experince I guarantee you with my signature that this is an author's trick designed entirely to increase the sales of her book which otherwise has very little to offer regarding "how to get a cruise ship job".
I can excuse the difficult to read huge font size, overstretched content, the few pages with practical advice on successful applying but NEVER an obvious manipulation against the readers' best interest! If you buy this book, you are not different from a brainless sheep and the author will keep on using such shameful marketing tricks instead of providing great value and service with her book!
If you are looking for a "legitimate" book on cruise jobs which is independantly recommended as "5-star Exceptional" from an authority such as Foreword Magazine and everyone can immediately verify it at www.ForeWordreviews.com, buy Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days.
"You'll need 50-100 copies (of your resume)." .......2005-02-08
I will present two points in this book which amazed me unpleasantly. Let's start with the following advice for resume writing: "You'll need 50-100 copies. Sounds like a lot? Don't cheat yourself. You will have to send your resume with each of your initial applications and any follow up correspondence."
This sounds like buying as many lottery tickets as possible only and only to increase your chances to win the big prize. She stresses on huge quantity "50-100 copies", which from my background as Desktop Publisher I can label as mass mailing. In the brick and mortar world its success ratio is around 1% in case that the marketing/sales pitch is really good.
Furthermore you can read: "Carefully proofread your resume as if your job depends on its accuracy. A misspelling or typo brands you as careless..." Well, while I was reading the book, I found 3 typos, 4 grammar mistakes and 3 serious defects in the typesetting of the book. I really want her to DO what she preaches. Unfortunately she neither cares so much how qualitative is her book nor will be your resume. Cynthia Ossenfort, the author of Cruise Ship Jobs! is the other example of going overboard with:" Have a professional photo made and make about 30-50 quality copies."
In the category's bestseller Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days the author advices to make one, maximum two resumes, which are targeted to a specific cruise line, position and hiring manager. Also he has written that The Professional Association of Resume Writers does NOT recommend sending any photos. That's why I prefer to skip the Numbers Game of Mary Miller and Cynthia Ossenfort and follow "The LASER Strategy for Next Generation Applying" in Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days. It will be cheaper and there is greater possibility to get a cruise ship job!
Misleading Title!.......2005-02-02
The title of the book is "How to get a job with a cruise line". However this is NOT at all what the author is talking about. The book is full with mainly autobiographical stories, which don't give any insider information. These people have had a hired relative, nearby office of a cruise line, 14 years experience or something similar. This makes them useless for the typical applicants who have to rely entirely on the quality of their cover letter and resumes. With only few pages mainly common sense tips on writing and applying this book can only tell you what is onboard BUT NOT and how to get there!
Only 3 pages with tips on how to apply!.......2005-02-02
I thought that this book in addition to description of the work and life onboard provides detailed information on how to write a cover letter and resume as well as to pass an interview. Unfortunately all I found about this were 3 pages with common sense tips. I think that instead of having 15 caricatures and funny pictures long 1/2-1 page the author had to provide detailed information on these 3 crucial for successful applying topics. That's why if you really want to get a cruise ship job search for another book.
The book's focus is actually the life and work onboard.......2005-01-20
The name of the book is quite misleading because half of the book consists of "Questions and Answers" to different aspects of the life and work onboard. There are also so many personal stories from people performing all kinds of cruise ship jobs. That's why the book gives insider information, which can be found to some extend only in "Working on Cruise Ship". If you are interested in the book for its potential to help you for writing a great cover letter and resume you will be disappointed because it contains only few pages with common sense tips. Actually this is typical for all other books.
The only exception is "Cruise Ship Job in 14 Days", which provides complete instructions based on the Professional Association of Resume Writers Standards. However it doesn't contain even one personal story. As you see there is specialization, which I guess is forced from the huge amount of information, which has to cover a book either on the life and work onboard or on writing a competitive application and acing the interview after this. If you can afford it your best bet is to buy two books, which cover both sides- applying and working onboard.
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If a person is truly expected to change careers NINE times in a lifetime, imagine spending one of them living and working on a CRUISE SHIP.
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to live and work on the "Love Boats" this book will help you vizualize the cold hard facts of it. You owe it to any and all future shipboard colleagues, and passengers, to give me a clear shot at knocking that idea right out of your head. If this book doesn't scare you off, then...with this book...and a whole lot of talent on your part, there is no reason why you can't get a job on a ship.
The purpose of this book is to give you enough information to help you decide if you really belong on a cruise ship at all. It is not a place for sissies. If you have the right stuff then CRUISE STAFFING will help you focus your job search and guide you through the application and interview processes. Once you have your dream job, CRUISE STAFFING will be the handbook that helps you be the best you can be at it.
This book is not just dedicated to helping you land your dream job at sea, it will ultimately provide cruise lines with a supply of knowledgeable, talented, aware applicants who intend to dedicate themselves to that last great advantage one cruise ship has over another...SERVICE.
Customer Reviews:
Where is the prove for dedication to quality?.......2005-01-22
The author puts a lot of stress on his dedication to quality and great but not related experince. However the book since its publication in 1995 or 10 YEARS AGO has NOT been updated! Taht's why if you read it I am sure that you will end up with the same conclusion that he likes and knows to "talk" about quality but when it comes to delivering it, there is nobody already 10 Years! It's better to consider one of the other books.
The book is good at scaring people!.......2005-01-22
Yes, it is difficult to work on a cruise ship and no, noone has died so far despite all the scary things which the author talks about. If you are motivated all you need is a great application package and the current contact information of the cruise lines. Unfortunately this book is written in 1995 and since then is NOT updated, so forgt about up-to-date adfrsses and telephone numbers. It gives some information on how to write your application but it is so general that with the severe competiton for every open position nowadays, relying on it will surely doom your chances.
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- Don't Waste Your Money on This Book
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Don't Waste Your Money on This Book.......2006-07-03
You will find everything on the internet, with one click of Google, there are "no secrets" nothing, great book if you want to be entertained and be an armchair cruise ship employee without leaving home, but that's about it, our daughter already had far mor PERTINATE material on hand than this book even had in all it's pages. Too much "filler", meaning a lot of empty writing and words, to make the book look big and interesting.
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- Pretty Good VLF to Radio Astronomy Reference
- In Agreement with Robert Jones
- Useful information, but watch out for errors
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Book Description
Joe Carr expands on Volume 1, covering techniques and methods, hardware design and construction, more RadioScience theory, and related geoscience and planetary science activities. A CD-ROM with all new material is included.
Customer Reviews:
Pretty Good VLF to Radio Astronomy Reference.......2003-03-23
This book is a great reference book for the VLF hobbyist to professional. It explains stuff about mostly propagation, VLF to HF antennas. Also there some pretty good projects to let you
get your hands on some VLF theory. Also for extra education this book is made for the college student that needs some extra
background on the subject of radio science observing. If you can master this course you have a communications degree waiting to be hung up on the your wall with honors. Also there is Radio Science Observing Volume 2 . Please Note you must first get this volume before you can get the 2nd Volume. This book
volume 1 and 2 should grace on longwave radio, and SETI's serious hobbyist thru engineers, scientists bookshelf. Its almost like a college course that is still recommend for very radio enthusiast and serious engineer.
In Agreement with Robert Jones.......2000-03-04
I do not own either of the two RadioScience (vol 1 and vol 2) books by J. Carr, but I had the chance to browse through them at some length at a bookstore. I would pretty much agree with Robert Jones Amazon review remarks. In fact, I'd like to hear from him and have posted my e-mail address with this review.
The books contain a wide variety of information meteors, (even) telemetry, solar observations using VLF and other topics. It didn't seem to be terribly deep in the area of radio astronomy. There are plenty of circuit designs, and I may be a bit unfair here, but in the area of radio astronomy (RA), it may not have been enough. I consider RA the radio science part of things that deals with objects outside the earth, sun, planets, stars, nova, galaxies, etc.
Both books are accompanied by a CD-ROM but I couldn't find much of a description about the contents of either. Both books have very thorough indexes, which I appreciate in any technical book. I'd agree with Mr. Jones comment about the book needed an editor. The publisher is part of the Howard Sams 'empire'. I'd add that there are few books for beginners on these subjects and that they all seem to be lacking an editorial touch. That's too bad because it seems to have allowed the authors to wander a bit on the subject. In the case of the two books, it appears that it has also led to some slight difficulties in the presentation. If you are really intereested science and radio applications, it would seem that these two books, at least volume 1, would be useful way to get started. He has some good supporting authors (Mims, etc.) and has a respectable collection of references.
Useful information, but watch out for errors.......2000-01-29
The good news is, there's a lot of good information in this book. The sections on natural radio emissions, VLF receivers, and loop antennas are particularly useful. The bad news is, the editor/typesetter should be bound to the mast and flogged.
First, the level of prior knowledge assumed is a bit inconsistent, and a few bits of information seems overly elementary while other sections beg for more background. For example, the millivolt is defined (incorrectly, see pg 37), but knowledge of frequency vs. wavelength, voltage [neither volts nor microvolts were defined], current, power, resistance, capacitance, reactance, impedance and decibels are all assumed. Also, the included information sometimes seems irrelevant. For instance, the (long) section on receivers deals with characteristics of SSB, CW, RTTY and even radar receivers, even though these operating modes have little to do with natural radio emissions, the stated purpose of the book. As an extreme example, the author expends a short paragraph and a figure on the tangential sensitivity of radar receivers. That's relevant? Then, after a long (and slightly belabored) discussion of the importance of dynamic range, spurious responses, third order intercepts and the like, the author provides a number of circuits with little or no associated performance specifications. How is the reader to know what level of performance to expect from each circuit?
The sections on antennas (other than loops) seem like an incomplete cookbook, with not enough information given to build some of the examples, but also not enough background to figure out the missing details yourself. There is a program on the included CD-ROM that will calculate dimensions for several of the designs. Might have been nice to mention that in the text, however. In fact I saw no mention in the text that the CD-ROM even existed.
These complaints are minor quibbles. However, the poor typography and (lack of) editing are not. A few examples:
Pg 37 refers to a "previous calculation" that doesn't exist.
Pg 37 defines 1 mV = 1/1000 mV.
Pg 48 has the square root of the quotient 5/2.8 becoming "v5/2.8". It happens again on the same page and again on page 50. I guess that typeface doesn't have a square root.
Pg 98 calls the Earth an "oblique spheroid" when I believe it is an oblate spheroid.
Pg 157 mentions a 1972 paper describing observations of a 1979 eclipse. Time travel.
Pg 196 has the Greek letter lambda being replaced by "l" for wavelength.
Pg 201 Definition of mu (permeability) for Eq. 12-1 is wrong due to an extraneous "p".
Pg 203 Eq. 12-3 is wrong by a factor of 1/pi.
Pg 224 Fig 13-2 substitutes "Earth's service" for "Earth's surface".
Pg 342 Eq 20-1 is wrong due to an extraneous factor of 2.
There are others. There are several places where information is omitted, e.g. Chapt 10 claims to discuss direct conversion receivers but doesn't, parts lists leave out parts (L1, pg 131-132), diagrams leave out critical information (e.g. dimensions in Fig 8-3) or diagrams are missing altogether (pg 183). Units get switched (Pg 171), variables get switched (Pg 359), and algebraic signs get switched (Pg 46). A pet peeve of mine is that absolute temperature is given in degrees Kelvin instead of just Kelvins. There are other places where the discussions are incomplete. In short, where on earth was the editor in this process? The copyright page shows that the editor, typesetter, and indexer were all the same person. Surely she read the manuscript? If I could pick up the above problems with one read and no editing background, shouldn't a professional editor of technical books do at least as well?
I'm not trying to berate the author. Mr. Carr is a prolific and knowledgeable writer of both books and magazine articles. The book reads like a good draft manuscript, and any manuscript will have errors and oddities like the above. That is what the editor is for. The problem here is, the publisher, apparently thinks that being prompt equates to no editing.
Now, can I recommend this book? Yes. In spite of my whining, the book brings together information that is hard to get elsewhere and the author did a pretty good job, even if the editor didn't. If you are interested in natural radio emissions the book IS worth having, despite its editorial faults. See also Volume 2.
Useful, however..........2000-01-29
You might want to start with my review of RadioScience Observing, Volume 1 by the same author. This book is better, probably because the author states that he got some feedback from readers and tried to address their wants. Again, in my opinion the editing comes up short.
The hardware sections of this book are in general very good, and the sections describing specific circuits tend to be well-written and useful. In a few places, I thought he included information that didn't add much, for example the UHF stripline mixer circuits. Not many hobbyists will get UHF stripline circuits working. The author does give an excellent, detailed treatment of a universal IF strip that could be the basis for a lot of useful receivers. I wish that there had been a set of converters for ELF - HF and some good local oscillator designs to go with it that were described as completely. There was also no real discussion of local oscillators. This is a significant omission to someone wanting to build a receiver. Another subject needing more coverage is detectors.
The chapter on magnetometer sensors was well done, with a couple of minor quibbles. One, the author states "the sensor should be pointed towards the source". Since magnets are dipoles (or a larger even number of poles) "source" has little meaning. For maximum sensitivity, the sensor should be aligned with the field lines, which in many cases mean that the sensor is arranged at some angle (or even perpendicular) to, not pointed at, the "source". The other gripe is with undefined terms. He puts a conversion for Gauss and Tesla in a table of conversion factors (it's backwards, but at least it's there), then describes most of the fields in Oersteds (in air, if H = 1 Oe, B = 1 Gauss = 10e-4 Tesla). He also uses gamma without definition (1 gamma = 10e-9 Tesla). A brief discussion of H vs. B and the appropriate units would have helped. Squawking aside, there is more truly useful information on instruments for measuring static magnetic fields in this one chapter than the rest of the recent "hobbyist" literature combined. Good stuff.
The invited chapter on measuring solar UV by Forrest Mims III is excellent. Perhaps because this information had been previously published in Scientific American, it has the editorial polish that that magazine is known for, and didn't suffer from the inattention of this book's editor (more on that below). More likely, based on the other Mims work that I have seen over the years, he self-edits to the point of polish.
The other invited hardware chapter, Allan Coleman's description how to lengthen the period of seismometers, was also good, with the exception that he neglected to mention why anyone would want to do such a thing! An invited chapter on SETI by Dr. Paul Shuch was similar to one included in Vol 1, both being well-written invitations to get involved in amateur SETI.
On to the bad news. Why is it that Prompt Publications can't seem to do a decent job of editing? A few examples:
Table of Contents: "receiver" is misspelled in the entry for chapter 3.
Pg 7 states units will be either CGS or MKS. Table 1-2 uses neither system, instead gives length as meters, mass as grams and time as seconds. MGS?
Pg 8: Fig 1-2, Extraneous "1 second" label for a sinusoid of supposedly arbitrary frequency.
Pg 8: Eq 1-2 wrong due to extraneous factor of zero (!)
Pg 8: Eq 1-3 wrong due to algebraic or typo error.
Pg 13: Table 1-4 conversion between Gauss and Tesla wrong (backwards).
Pg 36: text refers to wrong figure.
Pg 37: typo (1,4500 kHz instead of 1455 kHz)
Pg 55: Text has wrong component ID (fig 3-20 has correct number).
Pg 88 states that lightning generates up to 15,000,000 volts. Vol 1 (pg 120) says 250,000,000 volts. Big difference, which is right?
Pg 88 paragraph 2 says that lightning travels at 100,000,000 ft/sec. Paragraph 4 (same page!) says that lightning travels at the speed of light (almost 1 billion ft/sec).
Pg 108: use of archaic "200 mmV" (milli-millivolt) instead of 200 microvolts.
Pg 179: 1 dB switch and 9 dB switch is 10 dB of attenuation, not 3 dB.
Pg 320: Eq 15-5 missing term(s).
Pg 335: Section heading incorrect.
Pg 378: Table 1 (cable specs) missing.
General gripes: The fundamentals in Chapter 1 of this volume belonged in Volume 1, BEFORE all the detailed discussions based on that information.
Needless to say, I am unimpressed by the job Prompt Publications editors did on Volumes 1 & 2 of this work. All books have a few mistakes, and maybe I'm being picky, but I paid good money for two books that should have been better than they are. Are they useful? Yes. Did the editors do their jobs? No way, and the customer gets a marginal product. C'mon people, it takes more than just a good manuscript to make a good book. After all, if the manuscript is perfect, what does the author need an editor for? Be a little less "prompt" and a lot more thorough.
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"Whisperin'" Bill Anderson weaves these classic country music tales right from the horse's mouth, delivering hilarious episodes and touching moments.
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Great!.......2007-07-19
This was a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I highly recommend it to everyone, especially those who like country music and country music artists. I love reading about the older country artists and their experiences in the industry etc. It was a funny and entertaining book. Bill Anderson has a great sense of humor too and has a way with words.
FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING BOOK.......2006-11-17
I AM A country music buff, the stories and mishaps of the older country singers are so funny.....well written and easy to read.....
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What you don't know about goths could fill a book!An artistic culture that revels in the Victorian romantic movement, The goth Bible brings to light the traditions and history of all that is goth. The goth culture has been one of the most controversial and maligned in media history. Presented as homicidal, suicidal and socio-pathic, in the national consciousness goths are coupled with everyone from Marilyn Mason to the murderers of Columbine. But this is not who the goths are. The goth Bible will help bridge the understanding between goths and non-goths. From their historical origins as a Germanic tribe in the sixth century who fought along side the Romans against the Huns to their current incarnation as creatures of the night, The goth Bible presents the most complete and broad perspective of this society, culled from hundreds of interviews with bands, artist, designers, and goths from all walks of life.
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Not great, not terrible. Just boring. .......2006-02-11
To put it simply, this book is just a collection of opinions formatted as though they were fact. The book's "facts," can easily be supported, or disputed. Whether or not the book is actually goth, well, that largely depends on what you think goth is. In the end, no matter what you think goth is, this book is boring. Like a textbook, boring. It's written flatly and boringly. It's neither entertaining nor enlightening. I've enjoyed many history books and books about subculture, but as I said, this book is neither fun to read nor informative. Bottom line: no matter what you think goth is, this book is a bore. If you must have it, you might like it. For a far superior book about the goth subculture, I'd highly suggest Voltaire's "What Is Goth?"
Spectacular!.......2005-10-18
This book is a comprehensive and touching look at the Goth world. It covers a broad spectrum, and treats the subject with respect and not the usual sarcasm one expects and sees in books about Goths. The only thing I find disturbing are the 3 childish individuals who have commented here, none of which are reviews, and at least one of which hasn't read the book. I think it must be sad for the author to have to come here and read such drivel. If you've read the book, and her webpages that go with it, you will see it took her over two years and some hardship to produce this work. How shabby that anybody would trash it just because they're having a bad hair day. I've been goth for two decades, and proud of it. This book nicely reflects my lifestyle and that of other long term goths. All I can say is kindergoths, grow up!
Just to rest the whole case...........2005-10-15
...it's spelled "poseurs", not "posers".
Most likely, if you don't know how to spell it correctly, you very well may be one...
A Great Coffee Table Book.......2005-09-01
this book is ok to skim thru and look up stuff........ i first sat down and read the whole thing....... then after that i kept looking up the web sites for certain things...... its more useful that way...... But if your into this sorta thing get it..... Im happy i did......
Good if you don't know much about the 'scene'.......2005-08-04
This is basically a book of opinions on what goth is and what goth isn't. There are a lot of basic facts about different aspects of the subculture, but nothing really new that hasn't been done before by other authors.
I would like to state that the people calling others 'poseur' in this review section don't have a clue about the subculture. It was originally about being yourself, but according to them you have to be a sheep. Please don't think that all people into the subculture are immature morons.
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Given the centrality of Africa to Italy's national identity, a thorough study of Italian colonial history and culture has been long overdue. Two important developments, the growth of postcolonial studies and the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula, have made it clear that the discussion of Italy's colonial past is essential to any understanding of the history and construction of the nation. This collection, the first to gather articles by the most-respected scholars in Italian colonial studies, highlights the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. During the Risorgimento, Africa was invoked as a limb of a proudly resuscitated Imperial Rome. During the Fascist era, imperialistic politics were crucial in shaping both domestic and international perceptions of the Italian nation.
These contributors offer compelling essays on decolonization, exoticism, fascist and liberal politics, anthropology, and historiography, not to mention popular literature, feminist studies, cinema, and children's literature. Because the Italian colonial past has had huge repercussions, not only in Italy and in the former colonies but also in other countries not directly involved, scholars in many areas will welcome this broad and insightful panorama of Italian colonial culture.
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Title: A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-Unification to the Present.(Book review)
Author: Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani
Publication:
Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 40
Issue: 3
Page: 576(3)
Article Type: Book review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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