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Star Maker (Early Classics of Science Fiction)

24 reviews
Olaf Stapledon

Wesleyan, 2004

Towering but overlooked sci-fi classic
Olaf Stapledon was a Philosopher who dabbled in science fiction. He wrote several science fiction stories and books, which attempted to project future trends of his time very far into the future. One book, First and Last Men, tracks human evolution over billions of years and ends when the last human dies in Neptune, long after the Sun is dead. The Star Maker however, is by far his finest ...

Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters (Tuttle Martial Arts)

10 reviews
Shoshin Nagamine

Tuttle Publishing, 2000

Outstanding, enlightening, and very worthwhile!
Shoshin Nagamine (1907 - 1997) was the founder of Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do. He wrote The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do, another valuable tome, in addition to this book. Practicing his art for more than 70 years, he achieved the rank of Hanshi (10th dan black belt) in karate and also earned black belts in judo, kendo, and sumo. He was president of the Okinawan Police Station, served as police ...

The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition

4 reviews

New Press, 2003

Superb, Comprehensive Look At Radical Thought In America
The ordinary American's personal experience of history is often organized around a pantheon of readings and tomes that view our democratic experience as a pristine and elevated philosophical exercise by icons of verity and probity. Recent treatments such as Howard Zinn's "A People's History of The United States" and the wonderful "Founding Brothers" by Joseph J. Ellis have helped us to recognize ...

Estimating the value of water quality improvements from a fully discrete model of recreational fishing (Paper ...

1 review
Patrick S McCarthy

Institute for Research in the Behavioral, Economic, and Management Sciences, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, 1991

Best book EVER
Clearly, this account of Maria Egdeworth is not only one of the most compelling I have ever read, but it also delves deeply into the Whiggish beliefs and ideals. Michael Hurst provides an insightful account of Edgeworth and is a pure genius. He deserves a place in history as one of the foremost scholars in his field.

After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis

5 reviews
Patrick McCarthy

Missouri Historical Society Press, 2000

Outstanding!
By way of introduction, I would like to say that this is an extraordinarily well-written book that divulges the gruesome atrocities that took place in my hometown. Srebrenica, a so called UN "SAFE AREA", was under the constant attack of the Serbian army, during the Bosnian war. UN's primary task was to protect civilians from Serbian soldiers but they failed. Innocent Bosnian civilians were ...

Prophets of Protest: Reconsidering the History of American Abolitionism

1 review

New Press, 2006

How Americans ended slavery
Prophets of Protest is a collection of essays by scholars who are also teachers and local historians. The editors, both young professors at Harvard, gathered the group and facilitated the research by asking each to critique and help the others. This collection is very gratifying for me as an independent researcher and writer because my work has been to document the support of John Brown, ...

The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America's # 1 Customer Service Company

17 reviews
Robert Spector, Patrick D. McCarthy

John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Nordstroms - Still a Solid Read
This book made a big splash when it hit the stands in 1995. If you are worried about it being outdated, don't be. I found it to be very thorough in it's study of Nordstrom's, and it is still a good lesson in what we should all strive for. Minimal mistakes that need to be updated in the next revision: 1). Their top notch website is not addressed, however, it does describe the thinking that was ...

Transportation Economics

1 review
Patrick McCarthy

Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

A Must-Have for Transportation Economists
This is a great book for students, researchers, and professionals such as analysts and consultants!! If you are a student with Eco 101 background, this book can guide you through learning the theory and applying the theory to analyze issues in transportation decision-making. If you need to write a course paper for your class, you can simply read one of the Case Studies in the book, and then ...

The Bible of Karate Bubishi

20 reviews

Tuttle Publishing, 1995

Karate Bubishi - a rare gemstone!
A MASTERPIECE!!!..Really.....this book is an extremely rare work!....Could not believe that i just happened to stumble upon it....I had not heard about it nor seen it before. And i'm glad i found it....or rather was found by it! It is deep......really deep and just perfect. I recommend it to anyone who's ever wanted to go beyond the 'surface' of martial arts study and research. This will truly ...

Anatomy of the Dog: An Illustrated Text

3 reviews
Klaus-Dieter, Ph.D. Budras, Patrick H. McCarthy, ...

Blackwell Publishing Professional, 2002

Small package but loaded
I bought this as a backup book to Millers for my years in Vet Med at UCD. This book has become a favorite as the the pictures are very, very good when it comes to anatomy texts (and I've got 5 of those, so I think my opinion is valid). Just like any anatomy text, there are a few things here and there that a course may ask you to know and it's not in there but overall it had most everything and ...

Celine

1 review
Patrick McCarthy

Penguin Books, 1977

Critical study of the work + all the facts and myths
This biography starts off with "the first forty years," then gives you an overview of how the major works (Voyage/Journey and Mort/Death) fit into the little known of the earlier span of the author. The professor writes clearly, without jargon, and incisively. His sentences simply declare his findings, and the book flows well. McCarthy diligently has surveyed every scrap relating to ...

Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach

1 review

Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

full of important informations but too long
I think it is an excellent book but the same content could 've been done in a shorter and a smaller book. Highly recommended but I wish we can get a pocklet for this book.

Camus: The Stranger (A Student Guide: Landmarks of World Literature)

519 reviews
Patrick McCarthy

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Dispassionately Compelling
Like most of Camus' works, The Stranger's plot is simple but the meaning is trivially existentialist and compelling. The Stranger begins with the death of narrator Meursault's mother. After napping on the bus to her retirement home, Meursault is disengaged and unmoved by the vigil and funeral procession, and continues to be until the finale of his trial. Meursault appears insensitive ...

Exploring Spanish

3 reviews
Joan G. Sheeran, Patrick McCarthy

Emc Pub, 1988

Fabulous for Beginning Spanish Teachers
This book is an excellent resource for beginning Spanish teachers! The units are easy to follow and have basic exercises. The information is presented in a fun, colorful format, which gave me some great ideas on how to decorate my classroom.

Ulysses: Portals of Discovery (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)

1 review
Patrick A. McCarthy

MacMillan Publishing Company., 1989

Good introduction
This is a very helpful, brief introduction (145 pages total)to "Ulysses." Neither a critical interpretation of the entire book, nor a lexicography to the allusions contained in words and phrases, the author provides brief, easily understood chapters dealing with some of the major themes and literary devises used in "Ulysses." Eight chapters: 1. Historical context. 2. The importance of the ...

Italy since 1945 (Short Oxford History of Italy)

1 review

Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

A short read
This is very concise short exploration of Italy since the end of WWII. It touches on the many aspects of Italian life, the rise of the middle class, the shift towards mediteranianism, the triumph of Christian Democracy, and the love of sport(football). This book also touches on the love hate mentality that Italians have for Americans, they love our protection but love to hate the USA. This is a ...

Accelerated Schools in Action: Lessons from the Field

Corwin Press, 1995

Accelerated Schools: The Background; Henry M. Levin 2.

Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts Volume 1 (Tuttle Martial Arts)

17 reviews
Patrick McCarthy, Yuriko McCarthy

Tuttle Publishing, 1999

Ancient but Not Irrelevant
Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi; volume one, ISBN 0-8048-2093-7, and volume two, work well separately but best when taken together. I will review volume two here separately from volume one so that one might make a better decision when it comes to purchasing. For both the novice and advanced Karate-ka this volume will prove to be an indispensable reference. It contains a brief ...

Aesthetics of Chaos.(The Aesthetics of Chaos: Nonlinear Thinking and Contemporary Literary Criticism)(Book ...
Patrick A. McCarthy

Thomson Gale, 2006

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The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi

2 reviews
Patrick McCarthy

St. Martin's Press, 1995

Most convincing account of post-war Italian history
Now that the cat is out of the bag concerning the corrupt compromises at the heart of the post-war Italian state, recent books tend to depict modern Italy as a country whose political system was just waiting to fall apart after the Second World War. Only the extended Cold War from 1947-89 delayed the inevitable, we are told. The strength of this book is that it emphasises the internal reasons ...

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