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Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America’s first spies, said, “Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.” A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is permissible for the public good?
These questions are at the heart of James M. Olson’s book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying. Olson, a veteran of the CIA’s clandestine service, takes readers inside the real world of intelligence to describe the difficult dilemmas that field officers face on an almost daily basis. Far from being a dry theoretical treatise, this fascinating book uses actual intelligence operations to illustrate how murky their moral choices can be. Readers will be surprised to learn that the CIA provides very little guidance on what is, or is not, permissible. Rather than empowering field officers, the author has found that this lack of guidelines actually hampers operations. Olson believes that U.S. intelligence officers need clearer moral guidelines to make correct, quick decisions. Significantly, he believes these guidelines should come from the American public, not from closed-door meetings inside the intelligence community. Fair Play will encourage a broad public debate about the proper moral limits on U.S. intelligence activities.
Customer Reviews:
Great read..........2007-06-10
Great book, great intro. to the intelligence field, and gives you a birdeye's view on the little spoken subfield, which is the morality of the intelligence field. Great demystifier of this field.
Unique work, with some quirky flaws.......2007-06-10
In the vast genre of intelligence writing, this book is simply unique. In presenting the moral dilemmas faced by intelligence officers, this work is indispensible--both for practical training for the professionals and for educating the public about the realities of the profession.
Where the book falls down, I'm afraid, is in its judgments about other works of intelligence writing. Olson's list of the best books for a professional library include two that have been discredited as historical works. He also repeats the mythical canard that Winston Churchill allowed Coventry to be bombed during World War II so as not to let the Germans know their communications were being read; he needs to read David Stafford, Martin Gilbert, and R.V. Jones on this score. Being taken in by [...] or by myths are disturbing failings for a former chief of counterintelligence.
A Peek Into the World of Espionage.......2007-03-13
Fair Play offers the reader a peek into the murky world of espionage. CIA veteran Jim Olson has a unique perspective that few other authors can offer to anyone interested in intelligence. Fair Play is not your standard historical narrative. It is an interactive experience, which invites the reader to participate in fifty realistic and morally challenging scenarios that our spies must contend with. Olson adds further credibility to Fair Play by sharing with the reader a cross section of responses to his very realistic scenarios. These elicited responses are from accomplished professionals, whose vocations vary from the former Deputy Director of the CIA to practicing physicians.
Fair Play includes chapters on Olson's under cover career in the CIA, changing U.S. attitudes toward espionage from the Revolutionary War to the present, and historical, biblical, and philosophical justifications for committing espionage. Armed with this requisite knowledge, the reader is thrust into true-to-life situations that U.S. spies actually face in the shadows today. This approach redirects the reader from the role of arm chair quarterback to active participant by asking what he/she would do in that same situation. Among the many topics covered are assassinations, kidnappings, interrogation, torture, drugs, seduction, sexual entrapment, and blackmail.
Morality and espionage are not mutually exclusive. As Olson says, it is about time someone started thinking about how morality and spying fit together in today's world. The community he continues to serve faces monumental challenges. Its operators need to have a clearly defined moral code with which to take the fight to our enemies. This book represents a great first step towards providing such a moral code to our clandestine warriors.
Worth more than the price........2007-02-21
I wanted so badly to give this book 4 stars but couldn't bring myself to do it.
The concept of the book is interesting and Mr. Olson tackled it very well. The early part of the book details Mr. Olson's experiences growing up in Iowa, attending the University of Iowa Law School (Go Hawks!), how he came to join the CIA, and gave a brief summary of his career, although I say it was TOO brief and if Mr. Olson ever wrote a biography about his experiences in the Agency it would make a tremendously interesting read. He also mentioned that when he was recruited into the CIA, all he knew about it was what he had learned in Allen Dulles' book The Craft of Intelligence, which is ironic because I ordered that book on the same day as Fair Play. Both turned out to be greatly enjoyable.
The largest portion of Fair Play focuses on different (hypothetical) moral dilemmas potentially faced by Intelligence Officers, with each dilemma being asked in question form, "Would it be moral if..." Following each posed dilemma several people give their opinions and answer the posed question, answering either `yea' or `nay,' and telling why they answered in that way. At the conclusion of each `dilemma,' Mr. Olson himself chimes in and gives some basic background on the issue raised (these are the most informative parts of each section).
In the back of the book is an index explaining certain words and concepts, used throughout the text, that those outside the intelligence community may not fully grasp, which was nice to have as a reference. He also lists some of his most highly recommended books regarding the Intelligence community. Again, nice bonus.
All in all, it's a great book. So, why did I want to give it only 4 stars? ...Because the book wasn't entirely informative, as I prefer. That is to say, the questions were posed and people were allowed to give their opinions. Granted, the purpose of the book is to highlight the various dilemmas and take into consideration various perspectives, but that can grow tired after a bit. At times it made me feel like I was sitting in a moral dilemma debate conference.
However, in taking the following into consideration I feel obligated to give it 5 stars and absolutely recommend it: the informative reference section, the real-world input of the author, and the recommended reading list add a lot of value to the books content. Heck, even the small font causes the pages to be jam-packed with content. And lastly, Mr. Olson does indeed what he set out to do. It's worth the price!
Even the general-interest lending library will find it a unique, compelling read........2007-02-04
FAIR PLAY could've been featured in our Military Shelf section - after all, it's by the former chief of CIA counterintelligence - but deserves a much broader reading audience than those who frequent military libraries. FAIR PLAY presents both a survey of the real world of spying and espionage and a concurrent survey of moral and ethical issues involved in spying, and dilemmas which come from field experience every day. The blend of intelligence history, political insights, and social issues makes for a survey which advocates a clearer moral sense in U.S. intelligence officers - and that holds many lessons for civilians as well. Even the general-interest lending library will find it a unique, compelling read.
Diane C. Donovan
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To the deep disappointment of her large family, PR princess Theresa Falconetti never dates Italians, men from her old Brooklyn neighborhood, or professional athletes.
Michael Dante, winger for the Stanley Cup champion New York Blades, is all three--and he is head over heels for her. So when Theresa finds herself a buttoned-up lawyer, Michael is forced to take his game to the next level.
Customer Reviews:
Loved It!.......2007-07-08
I definitely have the rest of Deirdre Martin's hockey books on the wish list. This novel was funny and it made me cry. I love a book that puts me through the wringer like that. I liked the hockey slant (my favorite spectator sport) and also the Italian heritage. I've known a few Italian-American families over the years and this story made me smile from that aspect as well. Great characters.
Italian boys from Brooklyn are the BEST!.......2007-04-13
Theresa is a true Italian girl at heart trying to hide her cultural roots to fit in with her perception of high society. Then comes Michael, a boy from Bensonhurst, whom Theresa tries to blow him off because he has three strikes against him... he's Italian, from her old neighborhood, and a hockey player.
Michael Dante, hometown hero, referred to as Mikey D by his hockey fans is trying to woo the woman he believes is "the one". But no such luck, Theresa is Sicilian and one tough cookie. So, Michael stops at nothing, and I mean nothing to get the girl.
Of course, who should fall on the scene, but Reese, a blonde lawyer Theresa has believed to be her soul mate. They talk about art and culture and all the things she thought meant a true lasting relationship.
But does Theresa really want an Upper East Side Guy who seems fake? Or does she want Michael, the all around good guy who will stop at nothing to win her heart?
Who would you go for?
Interesting read, Cute story.......2007-03-18
This book was fun to read because you rarely read romances that involve hockey players. Martin has a lot of potential .The characters were well-developed; I loved the Italian flavor dashed here and there. One negative is that I think the book could have been about 50 pages shorter. It seems like the on-again off-again romantic plot is a tad too repetitive. Just make up your mind already. Otherwise, highly recommended as a straightforward romantic novel.
Hockey and Romance - you can't go wrong........2005-08-23
I love Deirdre Martin's books and plan to read everything she writes. This is book takes a look at lives of Theresa and Michael. Theresa and her friend Jenna (main character in Body Check) own a PR business. Theresa was attacked by a hockey player in the past and therefore doesn't want to mix with Hockey players and especially Italian hockey players. Michael is a hot Italian hockey player who hires Theresa to do PR work for the family restaurant. This book will make you laugh, cry and the hockey makes you sit on the edge of your seat. Buy this book and enjoy!
Just not as good as its predecessor.......2005-07-07
Michael Dante has had a crush on Theresa Falconetti for years. A member of the rag tag hockey champs - the New York Blades - he has recently taken over his family's restaurant. He hires her to do PR for the restaurant since she won't give him the time of day since he is from the old neighborhood - and a hockey player.
Theresa is the partner of Janna, who captured the heart of the team captain, Ty from "Body Check." It is nice to get an update on life in the Gallagher household, but much of the story is bogged down with her constant rejections of Michael, and his doormat tendency to chase after her, while trying to hold on to his position on the team.
I had a hard time understanding his attraction. She was actually quite mean to him, and had an enormous chip on her shoulder for both her neighborhood, and her heritage. I thought he deserved better. And as a reader, I deserved a better follow up.
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When Brandi Chastain famously stripped off her jersey to celebrate her World Cup-winning penalty kick, the gesture represented not only the essence of athletic triumph but the joy of a competitor who knows how to play hard and still have fun. Now, in It's Not About the Bra, Chastain steps out from behind her iconic image to deliver an important wake-up call to competitive youth sports, which has gone increasingly out of control.
Drawing on anecdotes from her own storied career as well as those of her coaches and celebrated teammates (Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, and others), Chastain tackles the thorny issues of sportsmanship, gamesmanship, and parental involvement gone too far. She teaches young athletes how to develop leadership skills, find (and become) role models, and give something back to their team and community. Her timely message is about rediscovering our respect for the game, for teammates and adversaries, for coaches and refs, and, especially, for the players themselves, because without these values "the game breaks down and the joys of competition are lost."
From her struggle to rebound from consecutive knee surgeries to excruciating losses in NCAA, World Cup, and Olympic competition to her recent battle to make the team she loves, Chastain discloses both the good and bad ways she's personally dealt with adversity and reminds us what it truly means to be a "class act" on and off the field.
Whether it's Little League baseball, Pop Warner football, or, especially, top-flight youth soccer, Chastain offers a blueprint for kids and parents alike on how to play fair, win (and lose) with grace, and, above all, how to have a good time doing it. It's Not About the Bra is a mandatory addition to the shelf of a competitive athlete -- or anyone who coaches or loves them.
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Pretty Good- emily-.......2007-05-29
I very much enjoyed this book because of the variety of advice you receive while reading it. It's very interesting to see an Olympian and World Cup winner's view on youth sports today. She raises some different points about how youth soccer is today which I hadn't thought of before. Another aspect of the book which I liked is how she included excerpts written by her teammates, families, and friends. These portions help to vary the book's contents and portray more people's views on soccer techniques. Since I'm a soccer player, I found the advice given on teamwork, sportmanship, technique, and finding a team to be very helpful. However, I believe that all athletes could benefit from the advice given in this book because many aspects of sports are similar and needed in all games. Lastly, I enjoyed hearing stories about her soccer career and life because these experiences provide insight about the game of soccer. I suggest that parents of athletes should read this book because it gives instructions on how to behave and be a good sport at children's games. Aditionally, coaches may benefit from the advice given about soccer in this book.
This is a GREAT book...from an inspiring athlete that knows and has been there........2007-01-14
Brandi Chastain did a wonderful job of informing people about what really goes on behind the scenes of an inspiring athlete. If you have never played soccer, there is no way you can disagree with what she has to say in this book. Brandi Chastain has been my favorite soccer player since i was 7 years old and I am now 16. She explains the difficulties of making it as a professional female athlete (in soccer especially). Soccer is not as monumental as it is in other countries but it is becoming a world wide infatuation. Because of the woman like Brandi Chastain, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Julie Foudy, Carla Overbeck, Joy Fawcett and many others. This is why "soccer mom" is officially becoming an american symbol. Of what the "91'ers" have set up as a way for female athletes to have a chance in history. People can say how much soccer will never be a big deal but rather they like it or not it is growing rapidly throughout the United States. I had the chance of meeting Brandi Chastain at a soccer convention as one of her skills demonstrators. She was the most inspirational person I have ever met. I can say that my entire team would be happy with just meeting her. But Brandi did not stop at that she scrimmaged with us and made our lives complete. If I had to meet anyone in the world it would be that woman. But I could have anything in the world it would have been to be able to have a team picture with her (all of us in our sports bra's) just to show that it's not about politics or rich people that think showing a bra in the heat of the moment while celebrating is a big deal. I would like to disagree, she had to "guts" to do so and I respect her for that. The woman is an amazing individual that will go down in history for being the one individual that steped up infront of millions of people and scored the winning goal. She should atleast deserve a celebration for all of her hard work.
It is about the Bra.......2005-02-28
The only person in the world who has been trying to make a big deal of Brandi Chastain's Bra is Brandi Chastain
Good! .......2005-02-04
I was impressed with the book. It was a good read - I read it in one night. There was good life advice in it - but what I probably liked more were the stories about things that had happened to Brandi or to her teammates and the other anecdotes. I also liked the pictures and wished there were more. The guest essays by Mia, Lily, Shannon Boxx etc. were great.
learning about the game and life.......2004-12-15
Its Not About the Bra: How to Play Hard, Play Fair and Put the Fun Back into Competitive Sports by Brandi Chastain.
If you want to learn how to deal with pain, struggle, heartache and how to love life or love a sport you play this is the book for you! Its Not About the Bra is an autobiography of Brandi Chastains Life. Brandi Chastain is a member of the Womens National Soccer Team and has been a member for over a decade. Shes won Gold medals; World Cups and still has the want to play the game she loves. Its Not About the Bra demonstrates why soccer and sports, in general, are good for both girls and boys to play sports because they are able to interact with others and it teaches them to be a better person, even though you may not think so. Soccer or any other sports, but soccer in this book, is a way to teach you life lessons and ways to help you through life tragedies. This book also taught you if for some reason you lose the love of the game, give it time and if you truly love it, you will have the need to play sooner or later, hopefully sooner. A few important aspects of this book were to be a team player, sportsmanship versus gamesmanship and that you must try your hardest and be able to inspire to your dreams!
Its Not About the Bra was a great book to read because it taught me about how to deal with curve balls that are thrown at you both in life and in soccer. From learning to decide if you should play with the boys, or how have better sportsmanship, learning how to deal with all the distractions that occur while playing on the field, learning the love the game and learning to play aggressively but not too aggressively and everything you would ever want to learn. Its Not About the Bra made me think more before stepping onto the field and just doing what I usually do, rather to do the same routine because it makes you play better and to learn how to help people but to not be mean or criticize them. The book taught me that if challenges or road blocks to your path are given to you to become a better person you must be able to work around them. Brandi got hurt and had to have multiple surgeries on her knee and she still would not stop playing soccer, she worked through the pain, the heartache and the depression. She worked very hard at training and trying to practice and even being the great sport she is cheered her teammates on no matter what, even though she was not able to play. That shows heart and I wish I would be able to do that! To be a great leader you may think you have to be loud, like Julie Foudy, who is the captain of the womens national team or you could lead by example, like Joy Fawcett, who is the assistant captain. Being a leader or a captain comes from within, but can also come from desire or striving to do your best and helping others on your team and Its Not About the Bra taught me that!
If you are interested in sports, especially soccer or are a young female athlete that would like to be able to learn a lot from a book you need to read this book! This book is also a must read for parents who want only the best for their child because they might push the child too far and make the child hate playing soccer. I would also recommend this book for any youth coaches or soccer or other sports because it shows the coaches that they need to help everyone and not try to be the perfect coach because it is unrealistic. Overall I would recommend anyone who has ever played sports, watched their children grow up with sports and want to learn more about what the children go through or just any sports fanatic, especially a soccer fanatic!
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Simple Flutes: A Guide to Flute Making and Playing, or How to Make and Play Great Homemade Musical Instruments for Children and All Ages from Bamboo, Wood, Clay, Metal, PVC Plastic, or Anything Else
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Simple flutes of bamboo, wood, metal, plastic, or clay can be a joy to play and make. This book gives you the basics of simple flute playing, then offers guidelines for making flutes of your own from a variety of materials. It even includes a handy chart for "where to put the holes." Simple Flutes is a must for simple flute players and makers!
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Simple flutes of bamboo, wood, metal, plastic, or clay can be a joy to play and make. This book gives you the basics of simple flute playing, then offers guidelines for making flutes of your own from a variety of materials. It even includes a handy chart for "where to put the holes." Simple Flutes is a must for simple flute players and makers!
Mark Shepard is the author of How to Love Your Flute: A Guide to Flutes and Flute Playing, featured in The Next Whole Earth Catalog and called by Paul Horn "a model for our times." He was a professional flutist and simple flutemaker for many years.
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"Contains the essence of a tremendous amount of experience." -- Sam Hinton, Sing Out
"An excellent overview for those interested in learning more about simple side-blown flutes." -- Monty Levenson, Tai Hei Shakuhachi
"A slim, elegantly presented, and highly practical guide to crafting simple flutes and making music with them. Flutes of bamboo, wood, clay, metal, and plastic are authoritatively discussed. Simple line drawings and easy-to-understand instructions enhance and round out this first-rate, 'user friendly' guide for anyone with a fondness toward simplicity in their own personal music." -- Midwest Book Review's The Bookwatch and Internet Bookwatch, Aug. 2002
"This thin volume contains a wealth of information." -- Linda Dailey Paulson, Dirty Linen, Oct.-Nov. 2002
Contents 1~Playing
The Sound
The Hands
The Notes
Second Octave
Sharps and Flats
Breath and Tonguing
Making Music
Flute Care
2~Making
Flute Qualities
The Flute Tube
The Mouthhole
The Fingerholes
Tuning
Stoppers
Finishes
Plastic
Bamboo
Wood
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Metal
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Here are the two most important rules for tuning:
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A hole will give a higher note if it is placed closer to the mouthhole. It will give a lower note if placed farther away.
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A hole will give a higher note if made larger. It will give a lower note if smaller.
These rules mean you can "raise" a note by enlarging the hole or by placing the hole closer to the mouthhole. You can "lower" the note by using a smaller hole or by placing the hole farther from the mouthhole.
It also means you can change the hole size and its placement without changing the note. A larger hole could be placed farther from the mouthhole, or a smaller hole placed closer to the mouthhole.
Customer Reviews:
It's alright but more how to would be nice.......2007-09-10
Personally, I liked the book, but perhaps some more pictures on how to do things would be nice. For example, on how to make a wood flute it says a shell auger can be used to make a flute. Some step by step directions would be nice.
wonderful.......2007-07-29
this is a great book to give the BASICS of creating simple instruments such as flutes. its very short and gives some great base ideas for begainers. i do wish it was more detailed however it will have you making flutes quickly
Review of Simple Flutes by Mark Shepard.......2006-12-20
My interest in flutes began years ago by making several pan flutes from Bamboo and acrylic tubing. After a trip to Peru in 2004 I became interested in quenas...end blown Andean flutes. My ambitions then carried through to wanting to make transverse flutes. I have found the book Simple Flutes perfect for my initial foray into trans-flute making. I am impressed with the economy of words that conveyed much information. It is a good doorway to other references. The G flute described in this book was easy to build and works very well. More detailed data for other sizes would have been welcome. However, more ponderous book might discourage the neophyte into not carrying through with making one's first flute. Mark's book and instructions made it easy to be successful, which then whets the appetite to get more involved with flutes in other keys.
A great, simple to read handbook for someone starting in this fascinating hobby.
A source of joy.......2006-10-29
I have just started making flutes as a hobby, because I thought it would be interesting, and to knock out a few cheap Christmas presents for a myriad of nieces and nephews. I did not anticipate what a source of joy making flutes would be for its own sake. This book got me started and will remain the most senior of my teachers as long as I do this. What you do not find in its lines, you will find between them as you grow in the experience. I am sure there are many more advanced books out there, but they will be useless without the foundation that this book provides.
Basic stuff for makers, players & listeners.......2005-02-25
The book only contains about 35 pages of large type text, so don't expect much detail. The 5 or so pages on playing are really basic, only helpful to someone who knows absolutely zero about flute playing. The book only gives exact mathematical dimensions for making a pvc flute in G, which you can find at the author's website (www.markshep.com/flute). All other flute dimensions are given as 'about' & 'generally'. Nonetheless, the book provides a foundation for someone with a trained ear to be able to start making simple flutes, refining thier skills through trial & error. Overall the information in the book is more than worth the price. As a half hour read it is well worth reading by everyone interested in making, playing or listening to flutes. The knowledge gained versus the money & time invested ends up being a real bargain. The book also provides resources on where to go for more and more detailed information.
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Play Fair And Win
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Every year, thousands of people volunteer their time and experience to become youth coaches. Play Fair and Win not only teaches the basic drills needed to run a successful team, but also demonstrates to prospective coaches how they can form a winning team while remaining true to the principles that made baseball America's favorite pastime.
Drawing on his experience in coaching baseball and soccer at various levels, author John Hourihan provides valuable advice in every chapter, on topics such as:
- Molding your team (from before tryouts through setting up your defense)
- Teaching the basics
- Putting your team in a position to win
- Dos and don'ts
Unfortunately, most novice youth baseball coaches settle into what they thought was going on when they were ten years old—the games where everyone got gum in the beginning and ice cream at the end. Today, there is a lot more to baseball that is being left out. If you're a youth league coach, to many players you are the game. It is your job to love the game, teach the basics, and remember that the players aren't part of the equipment. Play Fair and Win will help you to develop a successful strategy and accomplish that goal.
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Every year, thousands of people volunteer their time and experience to become youth coaches. Play Fair and Win not only teaches the basic drills needed to run a successful team, but also demonstrates to prospective coaches how they can form a winning team while remaining true to the principles that made baseball America's favorite pastime.
Drawing on his experience in coaching baseball and soccer at various levels, author John Hourihan provides valuable advice in every chapter, on topics such as:
- Molding your team (from before tryouts through setting up your defense)
- Teaching the basics
- Putting your team in a position to win
- Dos and don'ts
Unfortunately, most novice youth baseball coaches settle into what they thought was going on when they were ten years old-the games where everyone got gum in the beginning and ice cream at the end. Today, there is a lot more to baseball that is being left out. If you're a youth league coach, to many players you are the game. It is your job to love the game, teach the basics, and remember that the players aren't part of the equipment. Play Fair and Win will help you to develop a successful strategy and accomplish that goal.
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The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original play by a woman to be published in England, and its author is the first English woman writer to be memorialized in a biography, which is included with this edition of the play.
Mariam is a distinctive example of Renaissance drama that serves the desire of today's readers and scholars to know not merely how women were represented in the early modern period but also how they themselves perceived their own condition.
With this textually emended and fully annotated edition, the play will now be accessible to all readers. The accompanying biography of Cary further enriches our knowledge of both domestic and religious conflicts in the seventeenth century.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting..........2007-08-26
An interesting read, taking place in roughly the same time as Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Not quite as engaging as the latter author, but worthy of investigation nevertheless.
A Woman's Othello.......2001-05-03
The particular importance of this book lies in the fact that it is the first edition to include the Tragedy of Mariam into its biographical context, by publishing the text with Elizabeth's Cary's biography written by one of her daughter. The editors include a very thorough introduction in which they strongly claim the richness and greatness of the text, not only because it is the first play ever written by an English woman, but also because of its investigation of paramount issues such as gender, politics, and race. In addition to this, the editors include an appendix where they give the readers a chance to know about the original source that Cary might have used in her play.
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With his witty and instructive book The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg won popularity and acclaim by using economics to illuminate the mysteries of daily life, and using daily life to illuminate the mysteries of economics.
Now Landsburg returns to address fundamental issues like fairness, tolerance, morality and justice—issues that are as important on the playground as they are in the marketplace. With the help of his daughter, Cayley, he contrasts the wisdom of parents with the wisdom of economists—not always to the credit of the latter.
How should we feel about taxes that redistribute income? Ask how parents feel about children who forcibly "redistribute" other children's toys. How should we respond to those who complain that their neighbors are too wealthy? Ask how parents respond when children complain that their siblings got too much cake. By insisting that fairness can't mean one thing for children and another for adults, Landsburg shows that the instincts of the parent have profound consequences for economic justice.
Along the way, Landsburg—with his customary sharp wit and challenging logic—pauses to reflect on an astonishing variety of issues in economic theory, the philosophy of parenting, the true nature of family values, and how to get the most out of life. He uses parent-child interactions to explain the economics of free trade and immigration, progressive taxation, minimum wages, racial discrimination, and the role of money. He makes the best possible philosophical cases for and against progressive taxation, and weighs them against the wisdom of the playground. He explains why children are a good thing, and why economic theory tells us we don't have enough of them. He meditates on the role of authority in our lives, the effects of cultural bias, and why it's important to read poetry to your children. This lively and entertaining book will inform and delight readers who have forgotten the human side of the dismal science.
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how not to think.......2006-02-06
This book is a faithful documentation of what it is like for a loving father, who happens to be an economist, raises his daughter. He talks about instilling a sense of justice in a child, while implanting his own biases in a new generation. The oversimplification of grand issues makes it easy to nit-pick his statements, but I find myself captivated by the progress of his thougths anyhow. Written in the tone of his much beloved lunch conversations, I feel like I have eaten lunch with Landsberg each day for a month. His has a wonderful writing style and I would recomend this book to any economist who either teaches or has children -- it will help translate ideas to the laity.
Overrated.......2002-09-05
I probably would have liked this book better had the author not adopted such a smug attitude of moral and intellectual superiority. I also feel sorry for his daughter if he truly interacts with her as he claims.
Economic enlightenment for the layperson, with flaws.......2002-03-19
I agree that "Fair Play" is an entertaining read, and generally somewhat worthwhile; although you'd do better to read Robert Kiyosaki's financial books. "Fair Play" approaches a subject we Americans are grossly under-educated in from a plain-english, down-to-earth perspective. Nearly everyone can stand to be enlightened by this book. The author does have his faults, however; and they usually stem from his desire to force-feed economic theory, at the expense of all other logic, into every area of sociology. At one point, he tries to adjudge the number of forests to be saved by their price of admission!?? At another point, he starts off with a discussion of our responsibility to future generations, and somehow arrives at the idea that even un-conceived humans should have legal rights. Chapter 13, in which he takes a stab at explaining away environmental issues using pure economic theory, contains so many single-minded leaps of logic that it actually discredits the author, and the book. Thank goodness economists are not the caretakers of our environment, or the earth would be paved over, and unlivable!
Chapter 9 on the "perfect tax," which disgusted a previous reviewer, I found to be a sarcastic exercise in futility. I found it somewhat amusing and illustrative. I don't think Landsburg was being serious, because a truly serious discussion of the "perfect tax" would have to include the concept of consumption taxes.
On the positive side, of which there is plenty, here is a quick example of the kind of economic enlightenment this book can provide: "$1,000 invested seventy years ago would be worth about $13,000 today if invested in bonds, or about $850,000 if invested in stocks." And paraphrasing: bondholding is 25 times more conservative than any other type of risk-related behavior... this "is a paradox that economists call the equity premium puzzle." Again, on balance, an admirable, though flawed, attempt at delivering economic knowledge to the layperson.
A different perspective on Economics.......2001-09-04
Much of this book will make you say "Hmmmm... I never thought about it like that. He does have a point."
Chapter 17: "The Arithmetic of Conservation" was particularly enlightening.
Although some of Landsburg's analysis is great, I only give him 3 stars because much of the book contains a contradiction - Landsburg claims that there is no right and wrong - no good or bad, but at the same time, he is advocating a system! For an economist of this caliber, I was disgusted with Chapter 9: "The Perfect Tax".
best book ever written on economics and everyday life.......2001-04-09
Numerous books have been written on applying economics to everyday life, but Steve Landsburg's latest book employs a paradigm that puts it head and shoulders above the rest. His interactions with his daughter Cayley put a fascinating spin on things as her experiences and actions are filtered through the eyes of an economist. Landsburg points out again and again how we hold adults to a different, and lower, standard than we hold children, how we tell things to other adults that we would never say to a child and that adults accept excuses and reasoning from other adults that we would never accept from children.
Landsburg sometimes departs from the father-daughter paradigm to discuss issues that don't always fit in the with the rest of the book, but are fascinating none-the-less. Landsburg has a talent for making you think about an issue in novel ways. His analysis of minimum wage laws is clever and principled and nothing like you've ever heard before. Landsburg sheds the same critical light on everything from affirmative action to the rights of the unconceived.
But this is more than a book about economics. It's about what principles we want to use to guide our lives. It's about families. It's about a lot of other things too, but it's especially about fun. If you don't laugh out loud several times while reading this book, you need to have your head examined. Only the most determined curmudgeon could read this without cracking a smile at least once.
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I loved this book!!.......2003-08-10
DC is successfully revitalizing the classic super-hero team, the JSA, the Justice Society of America. With a mixture of classic heroes and renewed characters, the team has all of the flash (no pun intended) and excitement of modern heroes, plus all of the character and appeal of the Golden Age heroes!
This book contains JSA issues 26-31 plus JSA SECRET FILES #2. In the desert of Nevada, Roulette runs a secret gambling den for super-villains, where superheroes are brought and forced to fight to the death. When she kidnaps the bulk of the JSA, they must use their talents and teamwork to overthrow this evil. But, for those left behind, there is no time to rest, when Solomon Grundy shows up looking for some more people to kill!
I must admit that I loved this book. I have always loved the Golden Age comics, and felt that no one knew how to write stories like that any more. Well, I have been proved wrong. This is a great graphic novel, one that you will love to read, and love handing off to your children (like my own ten-year-old). My son and I both highly recommend this book!
Fair Play More Than Fair!.......2003-08-04
JSA Fair Play maintains the high standards of the previous three collections in the series. In my oppionion its better than the last two but not quite as good as the first. This trade resolves, at least for now, the issue of Black Adam, a former villain, being on the team. It also features the introduction of a major new villain (Roulette), the deaths of one or two minor DC characters, a new JSA member and a new JSA chairman.
Roulette runs a modern-day version of a Roman gladiator arena in which superheroes are forced to kill each othher for the plesure of paying customers (mainly supervillains). JSA members are placed in difficult circumstances and I must commend Johnss on thinking up some truly original ways of getting them out.
The relationships between Star and JJ Thunder is also developed here but much more central to the story is Hawkman and Hawkgirl's relationship, which also goes through some changes.
My only complaint is that didn't like the way that Batman was handled in this book. Just like James Robinson's handling of him in Starman, Batman comes off as immature, which is inconsistent of his handling in other comics such as JLA where he is a bad {guy}. Batman is protective of his city and has trouble letting people get close to him, but he has many times in the past worked perfectly well with other characters and teams. The Batman here is closer to the Batman we saw in Giffen's Justice League, which was more or less a parady of superhero teams and was done for laughs more than anything else. It short: it worked there, but it doesn't work here. Also, his appearance doesn't seem necessary with him doing very little against that issue's main antagonist. I got to admit that it does answer the question of what Batman's oppinion is of the new JSA being based in Gotham, which I myself have been wondering, but so far at least, nothing significant has come of it.
I liked Captain Marvel's appearance much better although he didn't seem as innocent as he did in the past. Got to admit though that I haven't followed his adventures in years and it may be that he was developed this way.
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Based upon the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion who fell in love with his own statue of a woman, George Bernard Shaw's celebrated play-and the musical adaptation by Alan Jay Lerner-feature phonetics professor Henry Higgins who transformed cockney flower girl Eliza into a lady.
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My Fair Lady.......2005-11-02
This is an amazing story. It has a great heart and humor, and you love the characters, despite their faults. Eliza and Professor Higgins are both terrific. This is definatly worth reading.
Loverly!.......2002-04-27
It's loverly, loverly, loverly! I couldn't stop reading it. I've seen the movie aout a gazillion times, and I have three recordings of "My Fair Lady" (The Original Broadway Cast and London Cast, both with Julie Andrews, and the movie Soundtrack), and the book is just what I needed. I could often quote the movie, and as my friend Mishi said, I'm "a perfect Eliza!", but the book's just wonderful. It's going to help me do this on stage one day . . .
My Fair Lady.......2000-01-24
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