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The Canine Good Citizen: Every Dog Can Be One, Second Edition 19 reviews
Jack Volhard, Wendy Volhard
Howell Book House, 1997
Best book I've read on teaching manners to the family dog
This little volume is pure gold. Some may criticize this book as not being advanced enough, or not containing new information - they are missing the point. Ultimately this is a book about educating people about how to help their dogs learn good people manners.
While the context is preparing for the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen test, really this book is for any dog owner. If you ...
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Being a Good Citizen: A Book About Citizenship (Way to Be!)
Mary Small
Picture Window Books, 2006
Explains many different ways that children can be good citizens and show good citizenship.
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Basic Economics 2nd Ed: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded Edition129 reviews
Thomas Sowell
Basic Books, 2003
Important Book on a Critical but Much Neglected Subject
The basic principles of economics must be among the least understood principles to the average person today. Dr. Thomas Sowell does a great service by putting those principles into an exceedingly easy to understand book. He boils down the definition of economics as this: "the study of the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses." While on the surface a book on basic economics may ...
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution49 reviews
Simon Schama
Vintage, 1990
"The Terror was merely 1789 with a higher body count."
Nearly two hundred pages into this massive account of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, Simon Schama intensifies his brief against the neo-Romantic view that the events of 1789 were the "permitting condition of modernity" requiring the necessary destruction of the "old regime"--a term "semantically freighted with associations of both traditionalism and senescence." Earlier in the ...
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Citizen of the Galaxy64 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein
Pocket, 2005
Another Classic from the Dean of Science Fiction Writers
Robert A Heinlein was not called the "Dean of Science Fiction Writers" for nothing: like most (if not all) of his other books, in "Citizen of the Galaxy" he takes a concept - in this case slavery: deconstructs and analyzes it in many different ways, and presents his thoughts on each aspect of it to us in the context of a compelling and entertaining story.
The story centers on Thorby: a boy ...
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Citizen Vince (P.S.)28 reviews
Jess Walter
Harper Perennial, 2008
One of the most unusual and suspenseful books I've ever read.
Vince Camden is a low level hood. Living in Spokane in the witness protection program, he's vacillating between an honest life as a baker at a donut shop and the low criminal enterprises (sells a bit of Mary Jane and flogs stolen credit card numbers) that got him in trouble in the first place.
Unfortunately, his quiet and marginally successful life is disrupted when his criminal scheme blows ...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany267 reviews
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1998
Perfect.
Just like a book from Barnes & Noble. Perfect Quality. No issues. No complaints. Delivered before it was supposed to be and arrived early. Great!
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The Good Citizen: How a Younger Generation is Reshaping American Politics
Russell J. Dalton
CQ Press, 2007
There has been a growing chorus of political analysts with doomsday predictions of an American public that is uncivil, disengaged, and alienated. And it's only getting worse with a younger generation of Americans who do not see the value in voting. The good news is that the bad news is wrong. Russell Dalton uses a new set of national public opinion surveys to show how Americans are changing their views on what good citizenship means. ...
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Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time 38 reviews
Paul Rogat Loeb
St. Martin's Griffin, 1999
A must read if you believe in service to others
Paul is an outstanding voice in our world. Fantastic book helping bring hope to a difficult time for those of us who aspire to service. It is a challenge to keep engaged in service and Paul does provide hope. I also appreciate his newsletter and recommend it to those who appreciate his work. Great insights.
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Second Class Citizen (African Writers Series)9 reviews
Buchi Emecheta
Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks, 1994
Wonderful book
You can never go wrong with Buchi Emechete. Her books are multi-layered and beautiful. She is a masterful storyteller and presents the complexity of tribal versus modern life from a feminine view. If you love writing with a feminist bend, you will enjoy her works. A+++
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Becoming a Citizen (True Books: Civics) 2 reviews
Sarah De Capua
Children's Press (CT), 2002
Good Informational Book on Becoming a Citizen
This a a good book for people studying to become a citizen of the United States and information for kids who are curious or are helping their parents. The book is older so some of the information is no longer valid. The fee prices have skyrocketed, but much of the information remains the same. Since many people who are studying to become a citizen are learning English, this book is great to ...
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Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility3 reviews
Allworth Press, 2003
Dave Vogler's essay is hilarious!
Designer David Vogler always contributes to these design books churned out by Mr. Heller. And once again, Vogler has cooked up a hilarious editorial that thumbs it's nose at the industry while making valid observations. This is worth the cover price alone. My staff laffed out loud.
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The Citizen and the Alien: Dilemmas of Contemporary Membership
Linda Bosniak
Princeton University Press, 2008
Citizenship presents two faces. Within a political community it stands for inclusion and universalism, but to outsiders, citizenship means exclusion. Because these aspects of citizenship appear spatially and jurisdictionally separate, they are usually regarded as complementary. In fact, the inclusionary and exclusionary dimensions of citizenship dramatically collide within the territory of the nation-state, creating multiple contradictions when ...
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Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message24 reviews
Ben McConnell, Jackie Huba
Kaplan Business, 2006
Good lessons for Old School Marketers, and New School Marketers, of course.
I'm a fan of these guys [Jackie Huba & Ben McConnel]. As most of you, I also met them with Creating Customer Evangelists: How Loyal Customers Become a Volunteer Sales Force, I even bought the Discussion Guide and follow their Blog everyday.
The fact is that this book covers really great experiences of lots of industries. One of my favorites is placed in the Record Industry, I thinkg that if ...
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Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society, Second Edition (Multicultural Education Series) (Multicultural ...
James A. Banks
Teachers College Press, 2007
In this second edition of Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society which includes three new chapters Banks argues that an effective citizenship education helps students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values needed to function effectively within their cultural communities, nation states, regions, and the global community. It also helps students to acquire cosmopolitan perspectives and values needed to attain equality and social ...
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St. Paul the Traveler and Roman Citizen3 reviews
William M. Ramsay, Mark Wilson
Kregel Classics, 2001
Not to be Missed
I have been waiting a long time for this modern reissue of Ramsay's classic work. Wilson's edition does not disappoint. The book is beautifully printed (the old editions were so dreary) and now includes over a hundred color photos of relevant sites and images. These images are carefully placed near the texts that they illustrate. Also maps, charts and colorful sidebars have been added. ...
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Citizen Girl 209 reviews
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
Washington Square Press, 2005
The most disappointing second novel I've ever read
I adored The Nanny Diaries, and so was thrilled to have some time this summer to read the second effort of the authors. Anyone looking for a similarly fun satire should run the other way if they see this book coming. There wasn't a single sympathetic or endearing character in my opinion, not even the "heroine", Girl. The quirky clichés of The Nanny Diaries are replaced with shallow, borderline ...
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The Citizen's Guide to Lobbying Congress3 reviews
Donald E. deKieffer
Chicago Review Press, 2007
Handy read if you want to get on the scene...
Although, I do not have any aspirations to become a Washington lobbyist, I wanted to know how they do it. How do organizations send their minions into Washington and create laws for the rest of the people. Needless to say, this book tells you the tricks of the trade (which in Washington is all one big trick).
One of my aquaintences read this book and began lobbying on a small scale in New ...
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Citizen Tom Paine9 reviews
Howard Fast
Grove Press, 1994
Tom Paine - a Founder for the Common Man
The Tom Paine who Howard Fast creates in his excellent historical novel Citizen Tom Paine is not a traditionally sympathetic character. He is a course peasant with a chip on his shoulder, full of self-pity, usually rash, and often drunk, dirty, and mean. Yet through all of that, a fierce, pure light shines, that makes him the most compelling of characters, and an unlikely inspiring hero. Fast ...
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Citizen and Subject2 reviews
Mahmood Mamdani
Princeton University Press, 1996
Intelligent, but make sure you have time for it...
Mamdani succeeds in breaking the colonial political system into pieces drawing the distinction between urban direct rule which spoke the language of civil society and civil rights, and rural indirect rule, which spoke of community and culture and describes them as different faces of the bifurcated colonial state. This bifurcated system dissipated with Independence revealing the need of a new ...
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