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- Success with Lane's Discovery Toys
- Discovering Another Way
- A great book with a positive message for moms!
- Sincere words of wisdom for the 90's!
- This is an easy to read and enjoyable trip into working.
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Discovering Another Way: Raising Brighter Children While Haveing a Meaningful Career
Lane Nemeth
Manufacturer: Beyond Words Publishing
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In spite of several decades of progress made by women in expanding life and career options, they are often still faced with the narrow choices of either stay-at-home motherhood or corporate career. Lane Nemeth, the founder of a successful toy company, argues that it's possible to do both and gain the rewards that each offers.
In Discovering Another Way, the author describes how the first generation of the women's movement helped free women from the rigid role of mother/homemaker. But the pressure to only have a career can also become a trap. This book traces her personal story of challenges met and overcome and the evolution of her own goals: to have a family, to help others raise smarter kids by making educational toys generally available for the first time, and to provide an opportunity for women to have a business and a family life.
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Success with Lane's Discovery Toys.......2007-02-28
I thought Lane's book was so good, I had my entrepreneurial youngster read it, too. I recommend it to anyone who wants to sell Discovery Toys.
If you're trying to start a home-based business, Lane tells you how she built hers from the ground up: from her garage to a multi-million dollar enterprise. I've had success selling Discovery Toys because I was mentored by the genius founder of this educational toy company, and author of the book. Thanks, Lane!
Discovering Another Way.......1999-12-14
Every Mom should read this book! It is so good that I keep going back to it. I have a 9 month old son and am so thankful to have found this book early in his life so that I can keep refering to it as he grows.
A great book with a positive message for moms!.......1999-10-19
Lane's book sends a wonderful message to moms-- whether youwork outside the home and wish you could spend more time with yourkids, or you stay at home with your kids full time and sometimes find yourself longing for some adult interaction and extra income, after reading her book you will definitely feel like you have options! The author is obviously a proponent for women, mothers, and children, and after you read the book, you will have the same "Just do it!" attitude that she exudes throughout the book. In addition to learning more about yourself and how to best use your own talents to earn extra income, you will also get some great parenting tips and suggestions for how to raise brighter, happier children. I would highly recommend this book to any mom who has ever thought, "There must be a better way." Read the book! Just do it!!!
Sincere words of wisdom for the 90's!.......1999-09-22
It's amazing how Lane Nemeth writes what all of us have felt. How frustrating it can be to work away from your children, how difficult it is to discover our own dreams, and yet how wonderful it can be to find a way to work everything out and be there 100% for your family. Her "Learning Moments" clearly state some incredibly valuable tips for all parents, stay-at-home and corporate exec. Her upbeat, optimistic view of entreprenurial challenges force one to think about why they haven't followed their own dreams and made them reality. She offers common sense advice that comes from her experience in building a multi-million dollar company and can apply to any business situation! I could not put it down and will never enter a business situation with the same attitude. A MUST-READ!!! Thank You, Lane, for sharing your knowledge! (Discovery Toys are the best educational products I have ever found for my children!)
This is an easy to read and enjoyable trip into working........1999-09-14
This was an enjoyabe read and fast paced. In a very light style I was able to gain insight and knowledge on how one woman made it in a man's world. She also was human and sincere enough to share her ups and downs with us. Not quite a Danielle Steele journey, this book lets you know what you might have to give up and what you might gain by working part time, full time and balancing a family. I enjoyed the humor and the personal feelings of what it takes to keep an idea and a dream in place. Not everyone can do this and you certainly have to know yourself. I applaud Lane Nemeth for letting us into her triumphs and letting us share her low moments. It is a very personnal look at a woman's desire to create a business and have a family.
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Peter Hathaway Capstick died in 1996. At the time of his death, the world-renowned adventure writer was putting the finishing touches on this, a stirring and vivid biography of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a man with whom he felt he had much in common. Edited and prepared for publication by his widow, Fiona Capstick, this riveting book is Capstick's farewell to his fans and the final addition to the bestselling Peter Capstick Library.Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen was one of those rare men whom fate always seems to cast in the dramas that shape history. As a young officer, he served in India and Africa during the glory days of the British Empire, defending the crown's dominions and exploring its darkest reaches. His exploits in the bloody colonial wars of turn-of-the-century East Africa earned him a reputation as one of the most fierce and ruthless soldiers in the Empire, yet it was during those years spent roaming the silent places of the Serengeti, hunting its game and learning its secrets, that Meinertzhagen developed a fascination with Africa that would last a lifetime.But there were other adventures to come, and Capstick narrates them all with his trademark skill and wit: daring commando raids against German forces in Africa and the Mideast during World War I, covert missions to the USSR and Nazi Germany between the wars, work as an OSS agent during World War II, and Meinertzhagen's ceaseless support of Israeli nationhood are all woven together into an epic adventure, a powerful chronicle that follows the tracks of a twentieth-century legend.
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Warrior: The Legend of Col Richard Meinertzhagen.......2007-02-06
A very disappointing book - it should be subtitled "a mini biography of Peter H Capstick." Capstick is arrogant enough to think that the reader will be just as interested in him as the they are in Meinertzhagen! It is not well written as Capstick rambles off on tangents (usually about himself) at very regular intervals. He professes to be an expert where he clearly is not eg he disputes the well known fact that anti-malarial drugs can mask the symptoms of the disease.
A great pity that a potentially interesting book has been spoilt by a self interested author!
Good but popular.......2006-12-14
Col. Meinertzhagen was one of the greatest warriors of his day, a Richard Burton, Lord Stanley and Lawrence of Arabia all wrapped into one. He was also a fascinating individual who was a big game hunter and at the same time a man who collected one of the greatest bird collections for museum use at the time. An expert therefore on birds and a jungle fighter against Leetow-Vorbecks Germans in German East Africa(Tanzania). He led Africans in many fights of the First World War and was most well known for leading secret British septerfuge missions against the Turks in Palestine, leading to the capture of Beersheba. In the 1930s he was an admirer of fascism but hated the Nazis for their racist policies. In the 1920s he was also a great admirer of ZIonism and claimed to be an essential element in the founding of Israel, a fact overlooked today. He was a great warrior and this book tells his story full of bravado. The book concentrates also on his big game hunting exploits, but it is afanciful account.
Seth J. Frantzman
Enjoyable for the Anectdotes.......2006-06-18
This is a very bloody book, but so was Africa in the 1890-1920 timeframe - A Post-Bellum backwater - and one wonders why the British or the Germans were there.
The best passsages cover Meinhertzhagen as a leader of men - his boldness and his careful calculations, as an intelligence operative and officer - his gaining entry to a Russian fort is hilarious, and his observations of Post-Bellum Africa - where the slave trade has collapsed and the Boer War is over with.
In the end, all things written and done by Meinertzhagen must be judged against his role as a British Intelligence Officer - his diary entries, his "ornithology", and his whereabouts and actions. The one true constant is his devotion and loyalty to the Empire and his empathy for the downtrodden and unjustly treated.
The dispatch of men with "amateur" interests is an old, old ruse that reaches as far back as Aristotle's trip to Thessaly if not further.
Full of Adventure.....True or Not ?.......2005-12-01
Not your typical Capstick book, this focuses more on the military wars and campaigns in Africa from a British poit of view.
Still very interesting.
As expected from Capstick.......2005-11-30
I only bought one book by Capstick and knew I was never going to buy any more of his books.
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Great Britain's story is punctuated by the glorious battles at Bannockburn, Crecy and Agincourt, and Shakespearean heroes like Edward III, Henry V, and Hotspur. History remembers this as an age of chivalry interwoven with mythic feats of bravery. Yet this is a period of war when three nations struggled against each other over 200 years bringing England to the brink of Civil War. Many historians have tackled the questions of why the wars between England, Scotland and France between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries occurred; few have had the expertise to explain how England came to dominate medieval warfare.
Peter Reid, formerly the Major General of logistics for the British Army, uses his experience to recast how the small English forces were able to face down their enemies on so many fronts. Within the 116 years of conflict only a handful of battles were actually fought; instead the British army conducted a policy of raiding and sieges. Additionally, when two armies met, the famous English archers created havoc on the field, and battles were won or lost by hand to hand fighting.
Medieval Warfare is revelatory about the role of war in creating Great Britain.
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Shows the perfidy of the English nobles........2007-10-10
MEDIEVAL WARFARE deals mostly with The Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses. It starts out a little dry as it explains how the various kings paid for their constant wars, how the battles were fought, and England's attempt to claim the French throne. Peter Reid never does deal much with personalities, although he does provide an appendix in the back with bios of the various "wolfish" dukes and earls.
Another glossary defines unfamiliar Medieval terms such as "bill," a staff weapon adapted from a farm implement with a sharp point at the end and "hauberk," a shirt of mail reaching to mid thigh.
Scotland proves to be more of a worthy adversary than one might think. Such luminaries as William Wallace and Robert Bruce show up early, but once again, Reid disdains to tell us much about them. Luckily, I had Carolly Erickson's PANOPLY, a book about the English kings from William the Conqueror to the present day to spur my memory. The Scottish generals taught the English how to deploy their archers to best effect, which helped them defeat the French, as the French relied on cross bows rather than the more potent long bows.
About two hundred pages in we learn more about the famous battles, such as Poitiers and Agincourt. Unfortunately, they're pretty much all the same. The French never did adapt to the English style of fighting. There were times when the English were outnumbered five to one and still won. Somewhere in there Joan of Arc shows up, proving to be an inspiration to the French soldiers before a deceitful Duke of Burgundy sold her to the British and she was burned at the stake.
French did eventually chase the English out of Normandy but it was due to a lack of interest on the part of the English parliament, kings such as Henry VI, and the refusal of the nobility to replenish the Norman garrisons.
I found the War of the Roses to be much more interesting. I never really had a handle on that one. It was the Yorks vs. the Lancasters. Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV), a Lancaster, usurped the thrown from incompetent Richard II. Henry V was an effective king, but his son Henry VI was another incompetent, as well as insane. In steps The Duke of York, who takes the throne back for the Yorks if only for his son Edward IV, another excellent king, whose brother, Richard III, murders Edward's sons to take the throne himself. He, in turn, is supplanted by Henry Tudor (Henry VII), whose claim to the throne was never quite explained to my satisfaction.
I've never read Shakespeare's "Richard III," but it's interesting to know that he was an excellent soldier who was loyal to his brother, until tempted by the Duke of Buckingham, who thought he should've been king. The book also leaves out the hunchback.
After reading MEDIEVAL WARFARE I now understand why rulers such as Queen Elizabeth were so ruthless when it came to the nobility. You just couldn't trust these buggers.
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The figure of Tsar Peter the Great dominated Russia in the 18th century. Within a few decades his reforms had brought about changes from which no section of Russian life remained immune, paving the way for Russia’s emergence as a major military power. By the time of his death in 1725, the man who greeted the birth of his son with the exclamation ‘another recruit’ had forged a dominant European power, and his legacy is still felt today. In this first of two volumes, Angus Konstam examines the organisation, tactics, uniforms and equipment of Peter the Great's infantry troops, in a text complemented by a multitude of illustrations, including eight full page colour plates by David Rickman.
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Gale and Polden's postcards of British uniforms are now widely collected but little is known about the artists and few of their original paintings have survived. Now over 130 of these rare works by artists such as Harry Payne, Edgar A. Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson are reproduced here for the first time in full colour with background information as to how the pictures were created. This book is a useful reference for postcard collectors, miniature modelers, as well as collectors and scholars of early twentieth century British uniforms., over 130 color paintings, 9"x12"
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- Go To It! - An excellent pictorial history of 6 AB Div
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Go to It!: The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne Division
Peter Harclerode
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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ASIN: 0747508089 |
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Go To It! - An excellent pictorial history of 6 AB Div.......2002-02-06
This book is a must-have for serious collectors, researchers, and re-enactors of British and Canadian WWII British airborne forces. It is also great for veterans of 6 AB Division to rememebr, and to show their family and friends.
1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, which is my special interest, was in 3 Parachute Brigade of 6 Airborne Division.
The 6th Airborne Division went into battle on D-Day, June 5/6 1944 on the far left flank of the invasion. They captured what became known as Pegasus Bridge and Merville Battery. They then held their positions against German counter-attacks. The Commandos who landed by sea eventually linked up with the airborne.
They next went into battle Dec. 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge as they were rushed over by sea and land to help stop the german breakthrough of the American lines in the Ardennes in Belgium.
In March 1945 they parachuted into Germany on Operation Varsity (with US airborne troops alongside them) and then force their way in a long march across Germany to Wismar, where they met and stopped the Soviet advance.
They were NOT at Arnhem - that was 1 AB Division, but the equipment and markings on vehicles was identical.
LOTS of wonderful photos showing jeeps, gliders, 75 mm pack howitzers etc.
I always admired this book in a friend's collection and finally in 2002 I went and acquired it through Amazon.com. It was worth the price.
I have been a long time collector and researcher involved in studying this airborne history, and I had friends who served in the 6 AB Division in WWII. One of them. Pte. Cliff Douglas, 1 CPB, even shows up in one of the photos in the book!
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The year 1642 witnessed the outbreak of the first English Civil War, which saw Royalist troops loyal to King Charles fight the Parliamentarians in several major battles and many sieges. Peter Young explores the tactics, equipment and organisation of the armies of both sides, drawing a compelling picture of what it must have been like for the men who lived and fought in England over 350 years ago. Chapters on fighting, cavalry, infantry, artillery and discipline examine the subject in depth, with many contemporary accounts, such as those of Royalist Captain, Richard Atkyns, who served in one of the most 'active' regiments of the war.
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What I would expect from Peter Young.......1999-09-24
An Osprey book with a decent description of the war, the men, arms, etc and the obligatory color plates. Peter Young is one of England's easiest to read and enjoyable historians. He provides plenty of thumbnail bios on the major and minor players during the civil wars.
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From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, Russian rulers always understood the need to maintain an army and navy capable of preserving the empire's great power status. This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. The tsars inevitably faced the dilemma of importing European military and technological innovations while censoring political beliefs that could challenge the autocracy's monopoly on power. Within the context of a constant race to avoid oblivion, the impulse for military renewal emerges from this volume as a fundamental and recurring theme in modern Russian history.
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By the time of his death in 1725 Peter the Great had placed Russia among the foremost European powers, and had created a military system that has infuenced the European balance of power until the present day. In this companion volume to Men-at-Arms 260, Peter the Great's Army 1: Infantry, Angus Konstam discusses Tsar Peter's cavalry, both the regular troops and irregular forces such as the Cossacks, exploring their composition and effectiveness, and also outlines the development of the Russian train of artillery. The Author's text is complemented by a multitude of illustrations and photographs, including eight full page colour plates by David Rickman.
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Ride the Frozen Plains of Old Russia..........2007-02-28
If you're looking for a pretty good overview of early 18th Century Russian cavalry, you'll enjoy this. Very good plates by David Rickman. Cossacks,Dragoons and Mounted Grenadiers are all here. The book covers the last half of the Great Northern War. If you want to learn about the army under Peter the Great this book and its prequel are your books.
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SAS: Secret War in South-East Asia (Greenhill Military)
Peter Dickens
Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
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ASIN: 1853675733 |
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From 1963 to 1966 Britain successfully waged a secret war to keep the Federation of Malaya free from domination by Soekarno's Indonesia and by Chinese Communists. At the forefront of the campaign was the SAS, an elite branch of the British army whose essence is secrecy and whose tools are bold initiative, surprise and skill. Working in four man patrols, the SAS teams first befriended the head-hunting border tribes and even trained some of them as an irregular militia force. As the conflict continued, SAS teams went beyond the borders into Indonesia where they tracked down enemy camps, destroyed supply routes and attacked the soldiers in the riverboats. By talking to those who were there, Peter Dickens has recreated what it was really like to fight in the dense jungle and rainforest of Malaysia. In telling this dramatic story, he captures the bravery and relentless pursuit of excellence that make the SAS the elite and prestigious unit it is.
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Tough to get thru.......2003-02-08
An interesting topic for SAS fans but this book is as dry as a popcorn you know what. Pictures are grainy and/or poor quality.
Rather disappointing considering who the author's ancestor was (Charles Dickens!)
Recommend this book if you are doing a research paper and need the info anyway you can get it otherwise look for some other excellent SAS books elsewhere.
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