Above Only and Anxious For Nothing

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Lower Your Expenses, Increase and Keep Your Income

Above Only and Anxious For Nothing
Joseph C. Brown
Manufacturer: Above Only Media
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ASIN: 0971862303

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This book is a collection of innovative and powerful wealth building principles, presented in an easy-to-understand conversational format. Written for a wide audience, it includes common sense guidelines for people of all income levels, and timely advice appropriate for any economy.

A few of the topics covered include:

-- How to achieve financial goals without being locked into a tight budget

-- Proven ways to immediately decrease expenses and increase income

-- Effective methods of gaining freedom from the bondage of debt

-- How to avoid many financially crippling mistakes

-- Several wealth building secrets revealed

-- Tips on getting organized, eliminating anxiety about money, funding an education, starting a business, planning for retirement, and more.

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Lower Your Expenses, Increase and Keep Your Income.......2002-05-05

The book provides a down-to-earth, common-sense approach to building a financial nest-egg and maintaining it efficiently. The book does not only teach you how to create wealth, but among other "reality checks" embedded throughout the book, the author reminds you that increasing your income is not always the key to getting control of your finances. But controlling your finances simply requires you to live within your means -- I like that! Therefore, I recommend this book highly for anybody who wants to lower expenses, while at the same time increase and keep her/his income through the use of easy, common-sense strategies.

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As Good As It Could Be

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History in human incidents and anecdotes.

Good book for understanding the Civil War Generals

It made me laugh, and made me cry.

The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox : Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers
John C. Waugh
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch, George Edward Pickett, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, and George Stoneman. The class fought in three wars, produced twenty generals, and left the nation a lasting legacy of bravery, brilliance, and bloodshed.

This fascinating, remarkably intimate chronicle traces the lives of these unforgettable men--their training, their personalities, and the events in which they made their names and met their fates. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal accounts, John C. Waugh has written a collective biography of masterful proportions, as vivid and engrossing as fiction in its re-creation of these brilliant figures and their pivotal roles in American history.

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As Good As It Could Be.......2005-06-15

This book is at its best in the first 200 pages, when all of the classmates get fairly equal coverage at West Point and the Mexican/frontier Wars.

The book is extremely entertaining and well researched throughout, and the author is not attempting to challenge any aspect of Civil War history, so the narrative on the soldiers as we know them in that War does not change.

As mentioned in other reviews, the Civil War portion of the book is discombobulated almost out of necessity, since the soldiers were no longer equally important. Doing so would make the book incredibly long, and the simple truth is that people will inherently be more interested in Jackson than Stoneman.

Regardless, it's still a more than worthy book to pick up, if only to see how opinions and relationships were molded over a 15 year period of time among all these brothers turned enemies.

student.......2004-09-19

This book is a MUST READ for any serious student of the Civil War. It lets us see how the West Pointers were trained and how they bonded. It gives us the insight To the meaning "an Officer and Gentleman". You find many times over the gallantry and foolishness of men. You also find the depth of friendships that led to the healing of wounds so a young nation could move forward.
It is hard to see these young men's dreams fall to battle. Without their leadership it would have been so much worse on the average citizen. Read it, then cry for all our nation lost.

History in human incidents and anecdotes........2004-06-29

The author of this book is a Civil War buff who had worked on some prestigious publications, the most important for this field was CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED. He has written others on this subject, including ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR and SURVIVING THE CONFEDERACY.

In the Foreword by James McPherson, author of many Civil War books, he describes it as a war of brothers. When asked ten years ago by a new friend from Belize to tell him about our Civil War, that was all I knew of it -- brother against brother. Since then, I've purchased a varied selection of books on the War Between the States. He states: "The war did divide families, especially in the border states." Senator Crittenden of Kentucky, whose illfated compromise proposal of 1861 failed to avert the War, had one son who became a Confederate general and another who was on the Union side.

Seven brothers and brothers-in-law of Mary Todd Lincoln fought against the army whose commander-in-chief was her husband. In numerous cases brother and brother, uncle and nephew, even father and son chose different sides and faced each other on the battlefield.

This book follows the military careers of some of the fifty-nine members of the Class of 1846 at West Point who considered themselves as "brothers." Ten members became Confederate generals while twelve became Union generals. A few of them became immortal. At a recent talk about Nathan Bedford Forrest, a UT professor called him white trash, which I refuted most vociferously as he not only hadn't done his homework; he had Forrest as being from Memphis, and he was born in Chapel Hill, TN, (not too far from Shelbyville, home of the Tennessee Walking Horses), who proved to be one of the most brilliant officers and calvary tacticians of that war. He was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side. General Lee called him the greatest soldier under his command.

Charles S. Stewart was #1 in this class but was never a star on the battlefield. He became a colonel for the Union side. James Stuart was killed in the Indian Wars in 1858. Stonewall Jackson was the hero of this Class.

George McClellan, #2 in the class, was a Major General for the Union and fought against Lee at Antietam in Western Maryland. On September 17, 1862, the bloodiest battle of the War was fought there in which 23,000 died. One summer on the way to Union Bridge, my sons and I stopped off to look at this beautiful landscape where so many perished, as we traveled to visit my sister. It was a memorable experience. Also these two fought at Shiloh in Tennessee where I took my Maryland nephews and my sons and a friend to observe that vast area where Geoffrey and his Scout troop would camp out on occasion. A local Scoutmaster from Knoxville took his group there, also.

George Pickett became a Major General for the Confederates! Sam Davis Sturgis, Major General for the Union, was defeated by Nathan Bedford Forrest in Mississippi. A young Confederate by the name of Sam Davis from Smyrna, TN, 'Boy Hero of the Confederacy' was hanged as a spy by the Union in Giles County, TN. His last words, "I'd die a thousand deaths before I would betray my friend." I was told that the person who gave him the information was in the cell next to him but was spared through Sam's valiantry.

Birk Davenport Fry, dismissed from this class for some reason, became a Brigadier General for the Confederates and went on to become a cotton manufacturer in Richmond, VA. He was a fierce fighter at Gettysburg, where I took my sons on many summer excursions. Gettysburg, PA was the place to be.

Good book for understanding the Civil War Generals.......2004-04-12

To understand the Civil War one needs to understand the generals and their relationships between each other. I can think of no other war in history where the leaders on both sides knew each other so well and the focal point of all this is West Point.

Class of 1846 is perhaps the most legendary class in West Point history. 20 members from it's class went on to become generals in the Civil war. Names like McClellan, Couch, Reno and Stoneman for the Union while men like Jackson, Pickett, Fry and Wilcox for the Confederacy.

What makes this book such a good read is we see and read about these men before the Civil War. We see how they did at West Point and in the Mexican American War and see members of the class interact with other men who will in time be important figures. We read about West Point Cadet U S Grant and what he thought of underclassman Thomas Jackson. In the Mexican War McClellan works with Army Captain Robert E Lee. George Pickett shows extreme bravery in Mexico where he becomes friends with another officer named James Longstreet.

The only complaint I have about this book is it's a bit narrow focused. The book spends a bit to much time on McClellan and Jackson. Still it's a fine book and a unique view of these Civil War generals.

It made me laugh, and made me cry........2003-02-13

This is one of the best Civil War books, I've ever read. John Waugh brings so many of our Civil war Generals, both North and South, back to life. We learn so many interesting details about their lives at West Point. This book had me laughing, with their antics at West Point, it rather reminded me of my own "boot Camp" life in the military 25 years ago. I can still see Thomas J. "StoneWall" Jackson, sweating at the blackboard, to try and solve problems,walking at the same pace, even when the others hurry to get out of the rain. The Fight that almost broke out, in the Church at West Point, between two future leaders.

One of the things, John Waugh does, is very emotionally grab you by the throat, as he describes StoneWall Jacksons dying, his wifes and Lee's reaction, and the funeral. I literally, had to put the book down and wipe the tears from my eyes. I've read about this incident, many times before, but Waughs version, really got to me.
McClellan, A.P.Hill, Pickett, Wilcox, Stoneman, Darius Couch, Sturgis and many others are brought to life.

I have so many Civil War books to read, but I certainly want to read this book again, in the future.

If you're a real Civil War Buff, you owe it to yourself to read this. To me, it was as good as Shelby Foote.

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PC Hagiography.......2004-04-10

This is a politically correct hagiography of a "poor little rich girl" playing radical environmentalist. Her bourgeois childhood violin lessons were parlayed into "fiddling", reflective of the condescending "working class" schtick that was such a part of her self-image. The dark intimations that "the System" bombed her played into her legend as some manner of "threat" when in fact the genuine source of the explosion was a someone a lot closer indeed, as the latest book on her(...). Nonetheless she was a real success as an American: a whole industry has sprung up around her, despite the fact that her goofy antics ruined Earth First! This piece of work does three things: it shows that in America anyone essentially can define themselves as they like; that no matter how wacky you are some people will follow you; and that the so-called Baby Boom generation has spawned some of the worst symbols of selfishness and sanctified irrelevancy this nation has ever seen.

One of the best books about environmental and labor activism.......2001-09-25

This book is one of the greatest stories about environmental activism and support for loggers' and women's issues. Judi Bari was able to do what few democratic activists do; support the workers of the very companies she protested. She knew the struggles of loggers as well as the issues of exploiting nature and the environment for unbridled greed. One of the reasons that she was so successful as an activist was that she was able to bring together so many diverse people and issues. So few activists are aware of women's issues and the sexism inherent in many organizations. And yet she was able to look realistically at the limitations of the organizations around her and speak out for the rights of all. Her inclusiveness, bravery, and ability to organize people to come together for peaceful, non-violent protests was one of her amazing legacies. This book tells the story of that legacy and gives insight into one of the most profound and remarkable environmental activists of our time.

ALL ABOUT ECO-TERRORISM.......1999-12-16

The new religion of the Northwest is definitely eco-terroism. Learn how to kill loggers and spitefully waste human life. Judy Bari and Earth First! are on the FBI list for Terrorism, worse than Ben Laden.

No Compromise!.......1999-12-14

Earth First! is explicitly not an "organization" as the Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. person says, it is a Movement. Nor was it ever discredited. Judi Bari's contribution to the Movement was extending it beyond matters purely ecological, into women's rights & pro-choice activism for example.

From the Front Line of the Timber wars.......1997-08-31

Fine reading, gripping testimonial from a woman who worked at the front lines of forest defense. Judi Bari, who died this past spring, probably had a greater impact on the modern environmentalism of the American west than any other single individual of recent years. Find out how.

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The Trailsman #313: Texas Timber War (Trailsman)
Jon Sharpe
Manufacturer: Signet
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ASIN: 0451222601
Release Date: 2007-11-06

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The Trailsman has to cut down the likes of Red Mike McShane before the villain's gang destroys a logging company...

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Operation Timber: Pages from the Savimbi Dossier
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The Softwood Lumber War: Politics, Economics, and the Long U.S.-Canadian Trade Dispute (RFF Press) (RFF Press)

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The Softwood Lumber War: Politics, Economics, and the Long U.S.-Canadian Trade Dispute (RFF Press) (RFF Press)
Daowei Zhang
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Release Date: 2007-07-01

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As a forester interested in economics and policy, Daowei Zhang followed the softwood lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada for nearly 20 years. Dubbed the Softwood Lumber War, the conflict enveloped politicians and business leaders on both sides of the border and placed strains on the historically close economic and political relations between the two countries. This book is an unprecedentedly detailed evaluation of how the conflict began and how it was sustained for such a long period of time. The book considers the implications that may follow from the 2006 agreement between the nations, and the broader lessons that might be learned about international trade conflicts.

The early 1980s was a difficult time for U.S. lumber producers. Finding their domestic market share in decline, they requested restrictions on Canadian lumber imports. Alleging that the Canadian producers were being subsidized, they eventually secured a 15 percent export tax on Canadian lumber in 1986. A long series of trade battles followed against a background of shortages in the U.S. timber supply, changing international markets, and the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization.

Canada and the United States are the world's largest trading partners, but, as Zhang demonstrates, it is a relationship in which domestic pressure groups, different institutional structures within each government, and differences in the relative economic power of each country remain extremely important determinants of foreign policy. The fact that the softwood lumber dispute has taken so long to resolve and the prospect that the 2006 agreement has the potential to be undone by continuing litigation and trade friction raise important questions about international relations in a world that is supposedly moving toward free trade.

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Timber!

Timber Castles
Robert Higham , and Philip Barker
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Reissue of a book first published by Batsford in 1992 and long out of print, this is the standard work on the subject. With a new Foreword by Robert Higham, and with improved quality of reproduction of some of the illustrations. Some of the greatest medieval castles survive only as earthworks and in pictures and written accounts because they were made of timber. Robert Higham and Philip Barker, have brought together evidence of all kinds to produce the first comprehensive survey of this neglected and little-known type of fortification. From the authors' 1992 Preface: "The purpose of this book is to restore timber castles to their rightful place in the history of fortification; to show that they were not temporary versions of stone castles, but were formidable strongholds which dominated their surrounding landscapes, sometimes for centuries." Illustrated throughout, numerous photos

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Timber!.......2004-06-18

When the Normans conquered England in 1066, they were presented with a problem -- how does one take control of such a vast and unruly land? It has been generally understood that the Normans built series of castles all across the land for local control; the remains of such castles, if not still in use as residences, are archaeological sites and tourist destinations around the country. The Normans took over the existing feudal system, installing their own overlords, but then the lords had to be secure against their local types.

Stone-built castles can take generations to complete, and the new local barons didn't have that kind of time. Thus, the new lords turned to easier building materials -- England was covered with oak trees; the timber castle was devised. Because timber castles don't have the staying power of stone-built castles; indeed, many would end up being replaced by stone castles, this stage in the evolution of castle building is little known and understood.

One of the most interesting and well-developed archaeological sites of a timber castle is Hen Domen, by Philip Barker in a search for something different. The mound was relatively undisturbed, and Barker saw it as a likely place for medieval ceramics. What he found was completely different, and rather unexpected.

Hen Domen was an ancient castle of motte and bailey design. The motte is a hill or a mound with a gulley cut into the ground surrounding it -- later castles would keep this design, and fill the gulley with water; hence, the moat. A wooden structure would sit atop the mound, usually the private residence and other essential buildings. Sometimes, as at Hen Domen, there is a wall around the motte, and a second major wall around the larger motte and bailey area. The bailey is an enclosed area around the motte, with other castle buildings -- storage, chapel, military fortifications, stables, etc. The castle would be a bustling a growing place. Servants, military guards, clergy, and the noble family would all live together in the castle.

Hen Domen was likely built in 1070, shortly after the Norman conquest. Archaeological evidence shows that Hen Domen was continued in use until at least the 1300s. There was a Welsh attack on Hen Domen in the 1090s, chronicled both in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles as well as in archaeological evidence. Many timber castles were built near the Welsh border -- thus they suffered attacks regularly for hundreds of years. Builders of timber castles worked to devise better and better defenses -- eventually, stone was used over timber, but innovations in between included earthen-filled timber walls, painting and plastering, fire-resistant materials, and even camoflague -- timber castles were sometimes disguised by plastering to look like stone.

Castles were not merely for defense. They also served to project the image of wealth and power of the lord, not only to the local population, but also toward each other -- a sort of lordly keeping-up-with-the-Joneses. Timber castles grew in size and complexity,

The site of Stafford, excavated archaeologically fairly recently, still has the earthen works of motte and bailey -- in fact, the evidence shows it had three baileys: three rings of baileys, which included in hierarchical rings the entire village of Stafford, keeping in sections the upper, middle and lower classes. Stafford shows one of the problems of timber castles -- unlike stone, timber wears away over time much more quickly, so apart from foundations and minute evidences, there is little left of the timber castle. Indeed, there is a manor house from the eighteenth/nineteenth century on top of the motte today.

Authors Robert Higam and Philip Barker look at timber castles in many parts of the country, as well as the lifestyle of people inside (life was not necessarily nasty, brutish and short; indeed, it could be rather pleasant, even if it required fairly hardy people). Despite the fact that many castle designs were eventually replaced by stone designs (and eventually brick designs), timber castles had a formidible place in their own right as a valued fortification for hundreds of years.

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First published in 1926 as part of the Harvard Economic Studies series, this work was awarded the David A. Wells Prize and has been considered the standard reference on the subject ever since. It established for the first time the indivisible relationship between timber supply and sea power, and how this union influenced naval architecture and international law, as well as foreign, colonial, commercial, and forest policies. The result of an exhaustive, international research effort, the book also has been acknowledged by naval historians to be one of the very early attempts to broaden naval history into a serious study of logistics and supply and of technology and operations.

In a delightfully absorbing prose rare for such studies, Robert Albion relates these pivotal issues throughout the two-hundred-year period that saw most of the greatest naval wars of the Age of Sail, from the First Dutch War of 1652 to the introduction of the ironclad early in the American Civil War. The author explores how the timber supply problem affected other European maritime powers and their far-flung colonies, explains how it was driven by the conservatism and corruption of official bureaus and rapacious landowners conducting the business, and offers a fascinating portrait of the contemporary logging and timber transport industries.

An introductory essay has been written for this new Classics edition by Timothy Bean, a lecturer at the department of war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and a specialist in early eighteenth-century naval history. His essay examines Albion's unique contributions to the understanding of the relationship between the military and commerce and applies Navy timber supply issues to twentieth-century problems with oil supplies.

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Very Helpful for Research.......2006-08-14

I read Albion's study in preparation for writing a graduate school paper on the role of timber and naval stores in the economy of colonial America. While my research goals were not identical with Albion's purposes for writing, the information he included was very helpful. Albion used a clear writing style, and his chapters were organized in a logical way. Some important information was repeated when it supported points he made in more than one chapter; therefore, a person who reads the chapters out of order, or who does not read the entire book, will still be able to follow his logic. I also appreciated the specific and anecdotal information he included; it helped me to better understand an industry about which I knew very little.

Normally I would not include a source with a copyright from the 1920s in a bibliography; but I did not find many sources that dealt with this topic in any detail. Naturally, more recent research has cast doubt on some of the author's conclusions. However, Timothy Bean's introductory essay in the 2000 edition points out where Albion's conclusions have, and have not, survived the test of time. Bean also explains the role of Albion's writing in the history of research into the British navy and naval theory.

Due to the specific nature of this study, Albion's book is probably not for the casual reader. However, for someone who wants insight into the topic, I would recommend including Forests and Sea Power on one's reading list.

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