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What about the Gettysburg Address?.......2004-07-30
A gorgeously illustrated, eye-catching text that spans the prehistory and history of the region that we now call the United States. When I was growing up in the 1970s, we had several well regarded books on American history. Yet none had the profusion of colour illustrations on almost every page. Students using this as their first text will not notice it, but the book speaks to substantial advances in the lowering cost of colour printing in 30 years. Of course, we have much more than just eye candy here. The illustrations are well integrated into the textual narrative. The text flows with a well polished grace that should draw in the interest of many students.
The book does not gloss over various bloody aspects of history. Above all, of slavery. There is extensive description of the human cost of the Middle Passage and the subsequent suffering of plantation life. Relations of the settlers with native tribes are frankly discussed. Several massacres of tribes are mentioned. Yet the book is not an anti-American screed. The common theme is that, however imperfect, the US continued to move in an ever upward and progressive manner.
Perhaps the authors could have deigned to include the full text of the Gettysburg Address. A short speech that many consider to be amongst the greatest of American discourses. By contrast, the text has, and quite rightly so, the most memorable excerpts from King's
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Go beyond the television newsrooms and the canned political speeches with THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, BRIEF EDITION, 2006-2007. Written specifically for students on a budget, this Advantage Edition offers you the same high quality at a the most affordable price around. With up-to-date information and the inside track on public policy makers, this edition presents what you need to know about American politics in an easy-to-understand format. And, special sections on the impact of economics and foreign policy make this textbook particularly relevant in today's political climate.
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This brief text combines concise coverage of the central topics in American government with compelling critical analysis, including coverage of the 2004 elections. With new in-text learning tools American Government, Brief Edition, uses a refined pedagogical apparatus to help students approach politics and government analytica
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Great introduction to American politics.......2007-01-05
I had to buy this book as a textbook for an intro American government class, and it's one of the books I decided not to sell after the end of the semester. It gives a basic rundown of all the branches of government, and incorporates recent U.S. history to further explain theories. (Using President Bush and the Iraq War to explain the powers of the president was a highlight.) Best of all, it's in a language that the everyday American can understand - even those who never went to college.
I'd recommend this to everyone who forgot what they learned in high school civics, right in the same breath as the "For Dummies" line of books.
College Textbook.......2006-11-15
I had to buy this book for a Political Science course at a Private College. The book is thorough and descriptive. It helped a great deal with the course.
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Since its initial publication in 1990, American Government has set the standard for American government texts with its distinctive historical and institutional approach. The Seventh Edition raises the bar yet again with the addition of new coauthor Kenneth A. Shepsle and a thorough renewal of the text. New to the Seventh Edition are increased attention to the analytic narrative; emphasis on fundamental, underlying principles of politics; and a critical examination of institutional reform. With meaningful pedagogy throughout the text and an outstanding multimedia instructional package, American Government leads students to analyze the core principles of politics and to understand how these principles influence American political development.
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Great subject matter, great service.......2005-09-21
The book.. I'm using it for college, so it's not like I'm reading this for fun. I wouldn't buy it under reading for pleasure purposes... but for the purposes of education it is a great buy.
ted lowi.......2000-09-14
This is not a review. I'm trying to reach Ted Lowi. If anyone has an e-mail address, please contact me at Richjoansf@aol. or otherwise tell me how to reach him. Thanks
Great details but not many pictures.......2000-08-20
If your expecting a book with many pictures, this is not the book for you. But it gives good details on changes since our country began. At the begining of each chapter is a time line on what the chapter is about. I would recommend this book.
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American Government: Roots and Reform, Brief Edition
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California Government Today: Politics of Reform
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In 356 engaging pages, with new engaging features and a new low price as part of Thomson Advantage Books, this brief version of the best selling book for American Government, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: BRIEF EDITION 2004-2005 helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship. Praised for its balanced and up-to-the-minute coverage, this book focuses on the fundamentals?the constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes that are the core of American government. Coverage of policy and analysis as well as appendices is also included in this brief text.
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American Democracy and the Public Good (Brief Edition)
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This brief version of Steven Kelman's AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC GOOD provides students a description and analysis of American government by an experienced teacher, government employee, and active citizen. The author's work in the continuing education of government officials, as well as his personal involvement in the executive branch of government, permeates the text. He offers a refreshing look at how our political system works, the challenge it faces, and how citizens in and out of government strive to improve it. This brief text argues that the guiding principle of government should be to serve the public good. How well government enhances the public good is the quintessential debate of our time, and is consistently addressed by this book.
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In 352 engaging pages, this best-selling, brief version of Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes' AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship. Praised for its balanced and up-to-the-minute coverage, this Brief Edition focuses on the fundamentalsthe constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes that are the core of American government. Coverage of policy and analysis is condensed and streamlined in this Brief Edition as well. This BRIEF 2003-2004 EDITION is completely updated with coverage the George W. Bush administration and post-September 11 foreign policy, as well as the fundamental changes that are unfolding within every area of American government and politics as the country's war on terrorism continues. New coverage of issues such as civil liberty versus national security and how concerns about terrorism are affecting minority rights help to engage students in stimulating class discussion.
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Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly
Susan Snyder
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"There have always been bear stories, as long as there have been campfires and shadows in the night, and as long as humans have shared the earth with their fellow predators....
"Part of humankind's enduring fascination and connection with bears lies in the similarity between us and them. Bears stand upright and their footprints resemble ours. A skinned bear looks much like a naked person. They are intelligent and independent, possessed of distinct personalities. They exemplify maternal care, discipline, and teaching, and they nurse in a sitting position. They can use a claw like a finger or two claws like chopsticks. They can travel fast and lose their tempers. They are omnivorous, and can kill and eat us, as we can kill and eat them. Resilient, brave, and defiant, the California grizzly did not go quietly."—Susan Snyder, from the Introduction
_Bear in Mind_ is the story of the California grizzly bear. Once arguably the most powerful and terrifying animal in the California landscape, he now lives in the imagination, a disembodied symbol of the romantic West. _Bear in Mind_ is also a portal into one of California's great resources, the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. More than 150 images from the library's archives and collections—newspaper illustrations from the gold rush, paintings from early scientific expeditions, photo albums, sheet music, settlers' diaries, fruit-crate labels, and more—accompany the bear stories of Indians, explorers, vaqueros, forty-niners, and naturalists, among others. The result is a uniquely compelling natural history, a grand book worthy of its subject.
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A great book.......2004-08-30
I absolutely enjoyed this book along with the great photographs and illustrations. It is hard to imagine that the great bear once roamed so much of California, especially in the modern day concrete jungles that sprouted from such pristine wildlife habitat. Ms. Snyder did a great job of putting together and telling the stories of this facsinating animal. Can you imagine, hiking Malibu beach and seeing grizzlies feasting on a beached whale? I was born 100 years too late. If you love grizzlies, or California history, buy this book!!!
A National Monument.......2003-11-05
While this book is as hefty as a grizzly, and costs as much as a concert ticket (granted, only an upper mezzanine seat), Bear In Mind is *the* book for my coffee table: I want to read it luxuriously, I want to pore over every written word, every detail of art and artifact in its pages. I want my Californian friends to see it. I want to get copies for their homes.This book reclaims the legacy of the grizzly, and ought to replace the bear flag as the symbol of state and national pride and humility.
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A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in contemporary America.
• By Bobby Lake-Thom, author of the bestseller Native Healer.
• Provides Native American shamanic perspective on disease and healing.
• Explores indigenous social identity in a spiritual and political context.
• Reveals authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies from numerous tribes.
This redemption story of Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom invites the reader to enter a world of authentic indigenous traditions and ceremonies. Bobby, also known as Medicine Grizzly Bear, didn't recognize his shamanic calling at first. He didn't know that his vivid dreams, psychic abilities, and visitations by wild animals and ghostly figures were calls from the Great Spirit.
In the age-old shamanic tradition, it took a near-death experience for the message to get through to him. Though still a young man, he was wracked with debilitating arthritis. Unable to handle the physical and psychic pain, he set out into the wilderness determined to kill himself with an overdose of drugs and alcohol. But before downing the substances, he approximated a Native American ceremony as best he could, sending a heartfelt prayer for assistance to the Great Spirit. He woke up--alive--the next morning and received a message from Eagle, telling him to seek help from Wahsek, a medicine man in the northern mountains. And so Bobby's apprenticeship began. Forbidden to reveal Wahsek's secrets until 10 years after his death, Bobby is now free to share this fascinating story with the world.
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Speechless, Humbled & Grateful.......2007-09-18
I am a psychotherapist in private practice in NYC. I've had a burning desire to understand the depth of what's being expressed through illness and imbalance for a very long time. Finding western psychology's understanding of mental health to be helpful but limiting, I've explored psychospiritual perspectives ala the Open Center in NYC & Omega for years. Through the generous sharing of his remarkable life & work, I feel that Bobby Lake-Thom has given me a strong sense of what is truly occurring on multiple levels. This is the most honest and revealing of these kinds of books that I've ever read. More than once I found myself speechless and truly humbled by his beautiful spirit. Not a New Ager, this guy is the real deal: answering the call of Shamanism, resulting in many many years of apprenticing with healers coming from a truly indigenous lineage, who unfortunately have almost been eradicated by our government. What a rare & invaluable treasure he is. Most grateful for the opportunity to encounter him through his writing, I hope to have the privilege of meeting him in person.
Great incite into native american spirituality.......2007-05-11
Bobby Lake-Thom takes the reader into the world of native american spirituality. He does an excellent job describing his introduction into a once hiden way of life. I have met him and find that he is an incredible person. He is truely a kind and generous man. His book tells of extraordinary happenings in his life. Those who only believe in "western" society and nothing else will find this book far fetched. However, those who believe in and have experienced this way of life will find this book amazing. The laws listed here are very similar to other native american cultures. They are not just made up. I encourage you to read this and his other 2 books to begin understanding of this way of life.
Authentic, powerful, inspiring.......2007-04-10
This book grabbed my attention immediately with its gritty, up-front honesty and vulnerable, first-person narrative. Bobby Lake-Thom's story takes us along the "Red" road of truth through tough, unbalanced beginnings, subsequent violations, confession, redemption, and awakening to a powerful healing destiny and life mission. I appreciated the generosity with which Bobby reveals the details of his doctoring journey, understanding that it is a powerful gift he is bestowing on all of us readers for him to divulge so much about his path, his teachers, and later on in the book, his doctoring cases.
If you were born into the Western, predominantly "White" way of life like me, you may be shocked and even stressed by the fantastic psycho-phenomenal nature of Bobby's experiences and spiritual/physical trials. You may have a knee-jerk repulsion or denial concerning the list of violations against Nature and the Great Creator, which Bobby insists are universal in truth whether you believe them or not, and which must be avoided or atoned for in order to live in health and balance. I can only speak for myself and tell you that once I allowed my initial reactions to settle, I breathed into Center to discover a profound desire to be reconnected and restored to my truest self and to Source. From this, a new humility emerged which allowed me a greater resonance with these principles, and a new willingness to take action caught fire.
I am grateful that the author includes instruction and encouragement for readers to cleanse themselves of past wrong and come again into right relationship and respect for self, other people, Nature, and the Creator. I took this book to heart and began my own process of healing and transformation (and I'm feeling a world better!). I believe that wherever you're at in your growth, development, and understanding, "Call of the Great Spirit" can help you go to the next level. In such times as these, when radical change often comes unexpectedly and at accelerated pace in every strata, from personal to global to universal, this book and its stories come as strong medicine and answer to our prayers for help and health. A heart full of gratitude to Medicine Grizzlybear!
Most authentic native healung book.......2006-07-26
This book was by far,one of the most authentic depictions of genuine native american "shamanic " healing and medicine practices ive seen.Having spent many years with native people,its nice to see books written by native people in their own words(vs.anthropologists,mystic writers etc.)It is a gritty,true to life account and case studies, of the power and complexities of doctoring people in the traditional,ancient ways.Its a testament to how much ancient knowledge all people have lost, in the domination and abuse of indian people.There are many useful precautions to prevent violating natural laws and unconcious spiritual mistakes,that could wind up in illness and inabalance.This book is powerful,and stays on your mind and heart long after you read it.If I was on a desert island,this book would be with me.So many thanks to this author.
Very practical approach to a mystical subject........2003-11-30
I read "Native Healer" by the same author many years ago and I liked both books. This one gives you the added benefit of information on his teachers and case studies of healings as an afterward. He tells his story in such a personal way I felt like I was right there with him at times. It was also interesting to read about the sorcery and curses that he had to contend with as a healer.
I also appreciate the fact that he is a college professor and works at a normal job like the rest of us yet is in touch with the old ways. It also encouraged me how he talked of times in his life where he lost everything and had to start over and he did so by first seeking out a place to ask the Great Spirit for mercy. It gives me hope that there are people out there keeping the traditions alive for future generations. If he was nearby I'd be seeking him out right now.
I found his suggestions very helpful and I continue educating myself in the Native ways until I can find my teachers. May I also recommend:
Beyond the Lodge of the Sun /Chokecherry Gall Eagle
Black Elk: The Sacred Ways of The Lakota / Wallace Black Elk
Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions / Richard Erdoes
Gift of Power: The life and teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man /Archie Fire Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes
Sacred Fireplace / Peter S. Catches
Wisdom of the Native Americans / Kent Nerburn
Black Elk Speaks / John G. Niehardt
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