Wiley Not-For-Profit Gaap 1998: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Not-For-Profit Organizations (Serial)

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Especially relevant for middle and upper managers, this book focuses on the role of managers as catalysts in spurring employee ideas and facilitating their implementation. It explains how to run a proposal program on a day-to-day basis and outlines the policies that support a "bottom-up" system of innovation and defines the three main objectives of kaizen teian: to build participation, develop individual skills, and achieve higher profits.

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Good Book.......2005-10-22

The book is very easy to read. It does not keep repeating itself and has got a logical chapter order. It explains what the difference is between an improvement system and Kaizen Teian system. The book gives practical examples how to implement a kaizen Teian system. If your interested to implement ie TPM; Keizen Teian is a good foundation to start and then this book is a must.

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Excellent overview - few details

Too little coverage on Internal Theft

Los Prevention Made Easy

Excellent ROI Potentials Here

Excellent, professional training guide for retailers.

Positive Loss Prevention
Bob Tilley
Manufacturer: Bob Tilley and Associates
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Binding: Paperback

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The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime

ASIN: 0968557007

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A creative, simple and easy to understand training guide for Positive Loss Prevention.

This book provides Retailers with a ready made training program for Loss Prevention. The book is based on the concept of Prevention over Apprehension.

Positive Loss Prevention includes a self study workbook at the end of each of the fourteen chapters.

The Positive Loss Prevention theory is based on the importance of Customer Service and preventing crimes not catching criminals in the Retail environment.

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Excellent overview - few details.......2001-07-09

An excellent overview of the current thinking of corporate retail loss prevention. This is an excellent primer for retail loss prevention as it is espoused by most large corporations. It gives few "in depth" details - this should not guide you in how to achieve this condition (if it does, you're just starting out or else you're in serious trouble). However, this gives an excellent introduction to the new loss prevention specialist. "Hands on" instruction should follow the reading of this book.

Too little coverage on Internal Theft.......2001-04-22

The coverage on Loss due to external factors is fair but not deep enough. So only suitable as a first reading for someone who is new to retailing. The coverage about Internal theft is far from satisfactory !!

Los Prevention Made Easy.......2000-04-05

Positive Loss Prevention is a great way to introduce employees to the topic of Loss Prevention.It is clearly written and gives a very practical approach to training employees. Its extremely positive approach is a departure from the majority of books written on the subject.It takes the participant through fourteen quality chapters with the appropiate workbooks for them to complete.When they have completed the book the employee can obtain a certificate of accomplishment.I believe this book can be a great asset for the retailer and for emoployee training. Training employees is the key in adding to bottom line profit by reducing losses.

Ralph Manno District Manager

Excellent ROI Potentials Here.......1999-12-28

Most retail loss prevention publications and material on the market today are directed specifically to retail executives, owner/operators, or associated loss prevention personnel. Mr. Tilley's recent book and entry to this market, however, has chosen to address two of the major components in the retailing shrinkage equation - shoplifting and employee theft - from a unique perspective. Mr. Tilley has put together a very comprehensive instructional primer, with a workbook review format at the end of each chapter, which is designed to be put directly into the hands of each and every front-line employee, in any retail operation. This book introduces the employee to the basic concepts of retail shrinkage and the cause and effect of everyday losses. More importantly, the book introduces the front-line employee to those simple, but invaluable, time-tested techniques, by which he or she can become an important and intrinsic part of the store's loss prevention program. Most of those loss prevention applications and situation solutions discussed in this primer have an added and common denominator benefit for the retailer - improved customer service.

Excellent, professional training guide for retailers........1999-11-03

Easy to read, easy to understand. The ideas are straightforward and easy to implement. Most retail companies have pieces of this information in their own handbooks. Now you can provide your people a complete training guide for less than $25. Your company will look more professional and your people will be better trained. The result is less theft and more competent staff. The real result is more satisfied customers.

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Investigations In Retail
Bill Copeland
Manufacturer: Absolutely Zero Loss, Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1893763994

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$100 Billion!!! That's the loss suffered by retailers each and every year. Investigations In Retail goes to the heart of that horrendous loss and shows you the future of investigations in retail...corporate espionage...organized crime...gangs...theft rings...buyer-vendor schemes...hijacking...and so very much more! Interesting, exciting, intriguing, and amazing all describe the acts detailed in this fine retail loss prevention book. Investigations move from the very core of the store to the corporate office, distribution center, and massive external theft operations. It is all here in one outstanding book!

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Loss Prevention Professional
Bill Copeland
Manufacturer: Absolutely Zero Loss
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Binding: Hardcover

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Loss Prevention Trilogy
Bill Copeland
Manufacturer: Absolutely Zero Loss, Inc.
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Private Investigation Trilogy
Bill Copeland
Manufacturer: Absolutely Zero Loss, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1893763366

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For the Private Investigator who serves or wants to serve!) the very lucrative business of retail, we have assembled the three best books available and put them into this trilogy set for you. Retailers suffer loss exceeding $100 billion each and every year. To stop this loss, they need Private Investigators nationwide to provide investigative services, loss prevention services, and knowledgeable consultation. The trilogy puts into your hands exceptional insight into this fabulous opportunity.

Private Investigation How To Be Successful!: This is your gateway into the real world of Private Investigation. You already know how to investigate...now learn the other 99% of the private investigation business. your own level of success depends upon this information...every single day! Yes, it is that important!

Absolutely Zero Loss: Retailers lose over $100 billion every year as a result of fraud, theft, and deceit. Simply stated, here is how you stop this prob! lem...cold...and completely. If consultation and investigation are in your plans, you absolutely positively need this book on your desk! before you step foot into a retail house to seek business (and $100 billion creates a lot of business!), read Absolutely Zero Loss!

Investigations In Retail: The foundation is now firmly in place! Welcome the the major league of investigation! Tomorrow is a heartbeat away...and here is tomorrow's business for the PI. These are the thefts you must know inside and out...the really devastating criminal acts...corporate espionage, buyer-vendor schemes, organized crime, theft rings, hijacking, computer fraud...and many more! read today what you will meet head on tomorrow!

Retailers can't wait...their loss is too significant. Enter the fight today, armed with superior knowledge!

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Enlightened Reading.......2001-01-13

This triology contains "Investigations in Retail, Absolutely Zero Loss, and Private Investigation How To Be Successful" Mr. Copeland writes in a very detailed and easy to understand method with just enough humor to keep the subject fresh. The information in these books is intriguing and points out many ways business is subject to loss. He also provides solutions to stop theft and other forms of loss. The knowledge he provides can help anyone from the small business owner to corporations of grand scale. If you are a private investigator these books give you a whole new customer base that can benefit from your services. I highly recomend these books to bussiness owners of all sizes and descriptions. Its your money that is walking out the door, learn how to defend against it.

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Retail Loss Control
Peter H. Jones
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Control measures to combat internal theft. (retailers)(excerpts from 'Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses'): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

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Control measures to combat internal theft. (retailers)(excerpts from 'Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses'): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Rudolph Kimiecik
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 990 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.

From the supplier: Retailers should take pro-active measures to stop internal theft before it happens. In many cases, employees are deterred from pocketing merchandise and money if policies and procedures against theft are strictly followed. Among measures retailers can take against employee theft are cash register, merchandise, receiving and general controls. Such measures can be supplemented with a loss prevention training video from the National Retail Hardware Assn. and Home Center Institute.

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Title: Control measures to combat internal theft. (retailers)(excerpts from 'Loss Prevention Guide for Retail Businesses')
Author: Rudolph Kimiecik
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1996
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: v170 Issue: n1 Page: p53(1)

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Retail security: doing it by the numbers. (quantitative analysis in loss prevention): An article from: Security Management

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Retail security: doing it by the numbers. (quantitative analysis in loss prevention): An article from: Security Management
Barry Masuda
Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on September 1, 1989. The length of the article is 2763 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: Retail security: doing it by the numbers. (quantitative analysis in loss prevention)
Author: Barry Masuda
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1989
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v33 Issue: n9 Page: p195(4)

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Selling the concept of loss prevention. (includes related article on loss control methodology)(Retail Security): An article from: Security Management

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Selling the concept of loss prevention. (includes related article on loss control methodology)(Retail Security): An article from: Security Management
Read R., Jr. Hayes
Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on December 1, 1996. The length of the article is 2751 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.

From the supplier: Some loss prevention managers would argue for the greater use of electronics in crime prevention while others would vouch for human factor. However, the latest development in loss prevention programs is prevention-marketing in which marketing principles are applied to crime prevention. Multimedia is used to market the idea of honesty and the direct and indirect cost of crime. Integral to this marketing campaign is the implementation of loss prevention in zones or risk areas. Each zone uses both electronic and human components to implement preventive techniques to ensure greater success.

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Title: Selling the concept of loss prevention. (includes related article on loss control methodology)(Retail Security)
Author: Read R., Jr. Hayes
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1996
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v40 Issue: n12 Page: p53(5)

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Shrinking shrinkage: cutting your losses. (reducing inventory in the retail trade) (Talking Stock): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing

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Shrinking shrinkage: cutting your losses. (reducing inventory in the retail trade) (Talking Stock): An article from: Do-It-Yourself Retailing
Mark D. Parrott
Manufacturer: National Retail Hardware Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008YXX8Y
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Do-It-Yourself Retailing, published by National Retail Hardware Association on March 1, 1992. The length of the article is 621 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: Shrinking shrinkage: cutting your losses. (reducing inventory in the retail trade) (Talking Stock)
Author: Mark D. Parrott
Publication: Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1992
Publisher: National Retail Hardware Association
Volume: v162 Issue: n3 Page: p10(1)

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The ability to understand and control the unique properties of interfaces has created an entirely new field of magnetism, with profound impact in technology and serving as the basis for a revolution in electronics. Our understanding of the physics of magnetic nanostructures has also advanced significantly. This rapid development has generated a need for a comprehensive treatment that can serve as an introduction to the field for those entering it from diverse fields, but which will also serve as a timely overview for those already working in this area. The four-volume work Ultra-Thin Magnetic Structures aims to fulfill this dual need. The original two volumes – now available once more – are An Introduction to the Electronic, Magnetic and Structural Properties (this volume) and "Measurement Techniques and Novel Magnetic Properties." Two new volumes, "Fundamentals of Nanomagnetism" and "Applications of Nanomagnetism," extend and complete this comprehensive work by presenting the foundations of spintronics.

Ultrathin Magnetic Structures II: Measurement Techniques and Novel Magnetic Properties

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Ultrathin Magnetic Structures II: Measurement Techniques and Novel Magnetic Properties

Manufacturer: Springer
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The ability to understand and control the unique properties of interfaces has created an entirely new field of magnetism, with profound impact in technology and serving as the basis for a revolution in electronics. Our understanding of the physics of magnetic nanostructures has also advanced significantly. This rapid development has generated a need for a comprehensive treatment that can serve as an introduction to the field for those entering it from diverse fields, but which will also serve as a timely overview for those already working in this area. The four-volume work Ultra-Thin Magnetic Structures aims to fulfill this dual need. The original two volumes – now available once more – are "An Introduction to the Electronic, Magnetic and Structural Properties" (Vol. I) and Measurement Techniques and Novel Magnetic Properties (this volume). Two new volumes, "Fundamentals of Nanomagnetism" and "Applications of Nanomagnetism," extend and complete this comprehensive work by presenting the foundations of spintronics.

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The newest in a series of carefully selected reprint volumes from the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, this work presents readers with an easily accessible desk-reference on fluorine compounds.

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An understanding of plant diversity at both the genome and phenome level is important for both biodiversity conservation and plant breeding. Recent advances in genomics have also resulted in a growth of the subject of plant functional genomics. This book brings these areas together, by reviewing aspects of plant evolution as it relates to variation in plant genomes and associated variations in plant phenomes. Topics covered include chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes, reticulate evolution. Polyploidy, population genetics within a species, the evolution of the flower, diversity in plant cell walls and in secondary metabolism, and the importance of plant diversity in ecology and agriculture. Contributors include leading authorities from Europe, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.

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Includes a solution manual for problems.
Provides MATLAB code for examples and solutions.
Deals with robust systems in both theory and practice.

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Includes a solution manual for problems.
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* Deals with robust systems in both theory and practice.

Stable Adaptive Neural Network Control (The International Series on Asian Studies in Computer and Information Science)

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Stable Adaptive Neural Network Control (The International Series on Asian Studies in Computer and Information Science)
S.S. Ge , C.C. Hang , T.H. Lee , and Tao Zhang
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While neural network control has been successfully applied in various practical applications, many important issues, such as stability, robustness, and performance, have not been extensively researched for neural adaptive systems. Motivated by the need for systematic neural control strategies for nonlinear systems, Stable Adaptive Neural Network Control offers an in-depth study of stable adaptive control designs using approximation-based techniques, and presents rigorous analysis for system stability and control performance. Both linearly parameterized and multi-layer neural networks (NN) are discussed and employed in the design of adaptive NN control systems for completeness. Stable adaptive NN control has been thoroughly investigated for several classes of nonlinear systems, including nonlinear systems in Brunovsky form, nonlinear systems in strict-feedback and pure-feedback forms, nonaffine nonlinear systems, and a class of MIMO nonlinear systems. In addition, the developed design methodologies are not only applied to typical example systems, but also to real application-oriented systems, such as the variable length pendulum system, the underactuated inverted pendulum system and nonaffine nonlinear chemical processes (CSTR).

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The New York Times Bestseller

Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dante’s Inferno. Only an elite group of America’s first Dante scholars—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fields—can solve the mystery. With the police baffled, more lives endangered, and Dante’s literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence and find the killer.

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Words can bleed.

In 1865 Boston, the literary geniuses of the Dante Club -- poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, along with publisher J. T. Fields -- are finishing America's first translation of The Divine Comedy and preparing to unveil Dante's remarkable visions to the New World. The powerful Boston Brahmins at Harvard College are fighting to keep Dante in obscurity, believing that the infiltration of foreign superstitions into American minds will prove as corrupting as the immigrants arriving at Boston Harbor.

The members of the Dante Club fight to keep a sacred literary cause alive, but their plans fall apart when a series of murders erupts through Boston and Cambridge. Only this small group of scholars realizes that the gruesome killings are modeled on the descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's Inferno. With the lives of the Boston elite and Dante's literary future in America at stake, the Dante Club members must find the killer before the authorities discover their secret.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and an outcast police officer named Nicholas Rey, the first black member of the Boston police department, must place their careers on the line to end the terror. Together, they discover that the source of the murders lies closer to home than they ever could have imagined.

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Worst Mystery Novel.......2007-08-09

The worst novel I have read in some 60 years of reading! The main characters are flat cardboard cutouts, other characters are introduced without much relevance and are left stranded in the story. What could have been an interesting and exciting plot is drawn out, too wordy, and boring. The only reason I finished the book is that I was on a lengthy long hall flight between several airports and had nothing better to read except in-flight magazines.

One gets the impressing that the author is a pretentious high school student who needs to write as many words as possible in order to get a passing grade. The fact that the author is a Harvard law school graduate leads one to be thankful that he has decided not to practice law, for his inability to reconcile time, circumstances and events will save a lot of litigants from loosing their case in court. Maybe the publisher is paying the author by the number of words, for I see no other reason for the tedious repetition and asinine descriptions.

While the concept of basing a crime on Dante's description of hell is original, a better writer could make an exciting and thrilling mystery instead of a boring read.

This book reminds me of another..........2007-08-09

I couldn't shake the very basic similarities between this and GHOST STORY by P. Straub, unfortunately.

Bog Down.......2007-07-18

I got very bogged down in this book. Too many names being thrown around and the prose itself was overwrought and overly dramatic. Sometimes felt that Pearl was getting a bit carried away with his own genius. Great idea, but not brilliantly executed.

Intellectual AND fun..........2007-06-23

This marvelous book is a superlative example of numerous genres: historical fiction and mystery being two examples. While the premise of engaging famous historical figures in a mystery is intriguing, Pearl never allows this element to drive the narrative. His characterizations of Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell are so brilliant, the reader forgets that they are icons of literary history, and views them as intense and vivacious fictional characters.
This is not beach-reading, but instead an intellectual journey through Boston of the 1860s. Pearl is subtle but firm when he integrates statements about racial tension, academic politics, and even the neglect of soldiers suffering from the horrors of war.
While built on an intellectual premise, one needs not be familiar with Dante to enjoy this book. The author manages to introduce those unfamiliar with Dante to the thrill of the Inferno, without belittling those who may already know the great work. This is rarely accomplished with finesse, but Pearl manages to do it with literary aplomb.

Thoroughly Pleasing Intellectual Treat.......2007-06-15

"The Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl is an astonishing first novel. This book is set in Boston just after the close of the Civil War. It combines literary and social history with a fictional serial murder plot, so it an ambitious and unique mix of genres.

The story takes place in 1865. The famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is in the process of making the first-ever American translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy." He is aided in this endeavor by a group of close friends and fellow Dante scholars including Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell. As the scholars work together assisting Longfellow in refining his translation, a series of murders occur in the immediate area among people they know. Eventually, the scholars begin to realize that these murders appear to be copies of specific punishments taken directly from Dante's "Inferno." They realize that Dante's work is barely known in America. If there is a murderer mimicking Dante, obviously they would all be targets of suspicion. At first shocked and frightened, the scholars eventually realize that they must aid in the investigation to help prevent the next gruesome crime.

I thoroughly loved this book. I was transfixed by its gorgeous and vivid reconstruction of mid-19th century Boston life, culture, customs, and language. I was delighted with the way the author was able to bring to life three giants of American literature. Finally, I was astonished with the depth, breadth, and scope of the work. It was obvious that Pearl had thoroughly researched his subject and had a great deal to convey to the reader. I found the book very educational. I learned a great deal including: the structure, theme, and significance of Dante's "Divine Comedy;" the importance of poetry to all classes of people in the mid-19th-century America; the after-effects of the Civil War on a major northern city; the existence of rampant mid-19th-century class and racial conflicts; and the existence of internal political conflicts at what was then the Harvard Corporation concerning important issues of academic freedom, censorship, and freedom of the press, to name but a few.

Reading this book was a pure intellectual delight--a treat for the mind. I would not be honest if I did not note that the book does have some serious flaws, but overall, its brilliance outshines and overwhelms. Be forewarned: chief among the flaws is that the book is very difficult to get into. It took me many hours; I almost gave up, finding it all too gruesome and plodding. But finally, I was trapped--no, thoroughly enchanted, completely wrapped up in the suspense, and head-over-heels in love with the unequaled opportunity to become intimately acquainted with Longfellow, Holmes, and Lowell.

Don't read this book if you are an avid mystery reader looking for another good historical who-done-it--you'll probably be disappointed. Do read this book if you enjoy historical fiction with a thorough dose of thought-provoking intellectual fodder, especially if you have a fondness for the beauty of great 19th-century prose and dialogue.

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DANTE CLUB : A NOVEL
MATTHEW PEARL
Manufacturer: RANDOM HOUSE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Dante's divine comedy in America.(The Dante Club)(Inferno)(Dante's Gallery of Rogues)(Book Review) : An article from: Modern Age

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Dante's divine comedy in America.(The Dante Club)(Inferno)(Dante's Gallery of Rogues)(Book Review) : An article from: Modern Age
Benjamin B. Alexander
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This digital document is an article from Modern Age, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 2098 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: Dante's divine comedy in America.(The Dante Club)(Inferno)(Dante's Gallery of Rogues)(Book Review)
Author: Benjamin B. Alexander
Publication: Modern Age (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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