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Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD, is a complex problem that demands attention from both parents and the child's teachers. In this updated guide, the authors recommend ways for parents to work with their child's school, effectively manage the child's behavior, and perhaps most important, provide emotional support and act as their child's advocate. Readers will find answers to the most commonly asked questions about ADD.
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Sir Edward Creasy's classic study Fifteen Decisive Battles examined turning points in military history from Marathon to Waterloo. Colonel Joseph Mitchell has revised and updated the work to include the battles of Vicksburg, Sadowa, the Marne, Midway and Stalingrad. Carefully drawn maps in two colors illustrate the tactical stakes of each battle.
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A "must read" for any serious student of military history........1998-08-12
This is an update of Sir Edward Creasy's classic, "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World". In the original work, Sir Edward surveyed the historical battles that changed the course of human civilation, from the defeat of the Persians by the Greeks at Marathon to the defeat of Napolean at Waterloo. This newer addition was edited by J.P. Fuller, who not only added 5 new historically significant battles, but who also modernized Sir Edward's flowery Victorian language, making it easy to read. At the same time, Fuller keeps the essence of Sir Edward's narrative, allowing the reader a glimpse into the prejudices and passions of the Victorian mind.
This newer edition covers the decisive battles of modern history, ending with the defeat of the Germans at stalingrad.
This book is one that every student of military history will want to read. Each battle is described in spendid detail. Additionally, the events leading up to the battles, and an explanation of thei! r importance is presented in an enjoyable way. Clear and detailed maps are also provided to help you see how each of the battles progressed during the fighting.
After reading it, one can't help but speculate how radically different the world would be today if only one of those twenty battles had gone the other way.
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Decisive Factors in Twenty Great Battles of the World
William Seymour
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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Historical and Military Studies.......2003-11-23
If the choice were to grade this book solely on the military content it would receive 3 stars but the inclusion of the surrounding historical commentary gave it a boost. This is NOT a book about alternate endings or a discussion of how the losing side could have won the battle.
It is instead a study of twenty battles and how they were won, the individual, collective, tactical and morale-boosting efforts required for such a win. One may question individual inclusions or exclusions but the battles were selected not necessarily for their geopolitical importance but to illustrate the author's point. Namely that battles, particularly those in the past, were won by brilliant thinkers, unexpected events, inspired generals and dedicated fighters.
It is hard to quarrel with his conclusions - even the startling one that the battle of Warsaw in 1920 was perhaps the one that affected European civilization more than any other. (A win by the bolsheviks would have condemned Eastern Europe, Germany and maybe part of Western Europed to the economic, political and cultural horror that engulfed the USSR.)
The format is similar in all cases: A brief forward setting the battle within a proper context, an introduction to the chief players, a description of what happened and then a one paragraph conclusion. Very readable.
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For 170 years they have met in secret. From out of their initiates come presidents, senators, judges, cabinet secretaries, and plenty of spooks. They are the titans of finance and industry and have now installed a third member as United States President George W. Bush. This intriguing behind-the-scenes look documents Yale's secretive society, the Order of the Skull and Bones, and its prominent members, numbering among them Tafts, Rockefellers, Pillsburys, and Bushes. Far from being a campus fraternity, the society is more concerned with the success of its members in the post-collegiate world. Included are a verified membership list, rare reprints of original Order materials revealing the interlocking power centers dominated by Bonesmen, and a peek inside the Tomb, their 140-year-old private clubhouse.
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Get it out of my sight..........2007-04-19
no wonder Mr Sutton was kicked out the country. We never should have let him in in the first place.
Revealing the Sources Behind Centruies of Human Suffering.......2007-01-04
America's Secret Establishment is worth reading. It reveals the true motives of policy makers in areas of economics, war, peace, and virtually every aspect of our lives. This book will provide the reader with a historical look at the institutions and persons responsible for major problems experienced today in America as well as other countries where their presence was identified. This book is not about a college fraternity, truthfully the fraternity is just one of many masks it wears.
Kerry vs. Bush the Fake Election Contest.......2006-03-17
This book is the history of the people who are currenty running the world. They are basically wealthy businessmen who belong to this elite Yale fraternity. They workied with Hitler against the Allies. They play by their own rules and use the CIA. The brotherhood of the bonesmen is sacred above all else. So in 2004, what did we have? Two bonesmen from elite Yale families. That may explain Mr. Kerry's lack of effort in fighting the election fraud. Read the book and you will be less surprised when the country breaks out in civil war between the classes.
A through academic look at a THE powerful and mysterious secret society.......2006-01-31
Sutton's book is a thorough academic treatment of America's most powerful and most mysterious secret society--the Order of Skull & Bones at Yale University. The book is very scientific in form--Sutton states hypotheses and then sets out to prove them with facts, some of drawn from secret membership lists, but most of them publicly available. Using this method, Sutton is "going to argue and present detailed precise evidence (including names, dates, and places) that the only reasonable explanation for recent history in the US is that there exists a conspiracy to use political power for ends which are inconsistent with the Constitution." Sutton's stance is that an order founded in 1832 has set out to conspire to control US policy for their own means, in an illegal, secret, conspiratorial manner.
Sutton reveals some fascinating information about the Order, such as the fact that 77% of all members are in law, education, business, finance, and industry, which are the key fields for control of society. The Church accounts for 2% of members. "Notably the areas of society least represented are those with the least ability to influence the structural direction of society. They may give dept and richness to society, but are not essential to its control and direction." Examples of such occupations include engineering, the arts, architecture, and agriculture.
Sutton's text is an exhaustive look at the membership rosters of the Skull & Bones. He goes above and beyond to tie members to US political events and the generations of influential members. Sutton does not delve into the scandalous secret rituals and the top-secret selection process for members; readers are referred to a sensationalist 1970's GQ magazine expose for such details.
The book concludes with a year-by-year membership roster, which was previously unheard of due to the oath members take to deny membership in the society at all costs. Sutton's text also includes a comprehensive index, as well as numerous visual aids in the form of hierarchical charts, a reprint of rare materials on the order, (limited) secret publications and logos, government memorandums, and more.
Sutton gets 5 stars for the resulting academic work, for his research, for his thorough methodology. As an armchair reader, this book is less than stellar, but then again, Sutton didn't set out to write a sensationalist Hollywood-style novel.
Hard to Read but Informative.......2005-09-13
This book tends to get boring as it is written for very high brown readers. If this author had been able to break it down for the average American to read, he would have had a more powerful text to share.
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135 color photos 7 x 9 Up-close, in-depth natural history of a popular species Full-color photographs showing hard-to-observe behaviors Up-to-date, insightful information by a leading ornithologist Ornithologist Thomas Grubb explores the habitat and activity of this sprightly backyard visitor and its relationships within the bird community and with its human neighbors. Full-color photographs illustrate the full range of this birds life and behavior, including courtship, nesting, fledging, communicating, and flying. The detail of the images captured by leading wildlife photographers, as well as the authority of the text make Tufted Titmouse an excellent resource for all birders. Thomas C. Grubb Jr., a professor in the Department of Zoology at Ohio State University, has written articles on titmice and other bird species, and is author of Beyond Birding: Field Projects for Inquisitive Birders.
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Tufted Titmouse.......2006-01-31
Another great book in a great series, Tufted Titmouse deals with a species that is rare in my area and which I have only observed once quite by accident many years ago. Very informative, and is the case with all books in the series, filled with numerous excellent colour photopgraphs. I learned much from this book, and hope there will be many more in this series.
A good, educational guide.......2004-01-21
I find this guide, Tufted Titmouse, to be pleasing and informative. Ornithologist Thomas C. Grubb, Jr., wrote it. It consists of 88 pages and was published in 1998. The color photos are nice. There is much about this guide that is worthy of attention: it discusses not only the natural history of the tufted titmouse but also that of the black-crested titmouse. When this guide was published in 1998, both of these birds were considered to be two races of the same species. In 2002, the American Ornithologists' Union separated them into two species. There are five chapters. Examples of topics discussed are behavior and communication and the nonbreeding and breeding seasons. I have learned some things about the tufted titmouse that I was not aware of beforehand--these especially being the bird using its crest as a means of communication and its food-caching behavior. I have found through personal experience that the tufted titmouse is an interesting, attractive bird that will use birdfeeders, birdbaths, and birdhouses. This guide is not disappointing, and I recommend it.
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Life Histories of North American Jays, Crows and Titmice
Arthur Cleveland Bent
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Chickadees, Tits, Nuthatches, and Treecreepers
Simon Harrap , and
David Quinn
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Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to Pigeons and Doves of the World
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The chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and treecreepers include some of the best-known birds in the world. They also number among them some species so rare that they have been seen by only a handful of birdwatchers. This is the first guide to cover all of these families across the globe. The comprehensive text provides extensive information about each species, including identification, description, vocalizations, geographical distribution and variation, habits, habitats, breeding biology, and relationships. Beautifully drawn full-color plates detail all of the species, and the book includes over 100 color maps and additional line drawings. This is the only guide of its kind. It covers the many members of these popular bird families, which count among them chickadees, titmice, penduline tits, Verdin, Bushtit, long-tailed tits, nuthatches, treecreepers and Wallcreeper. With its worldwide coverage, the book reaches far beyond Europe and North America to encompass the many exciting species to be found in Africa and Asia. Its illustrations are similarly unique and extensive. The author is a well- known writer who is on the editorial board of Birding World magazine and a regular contributor to Bird Watching. The illustrator is an award-winning artist who has been named "Bird Illustrator of the Year" by British Birds magazine. Here is an authoritative guidebook that will appeal to both casual birders and professional ornithologists alike. It is a wonderful resource for anyone who has a birdfeeder and for everyone with an interest in birds.
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An excellent reference for beginner or expert.......1998-09-15
Chickadees,Tits,Nuthatches & Treecreepers is one of those outstanding reference books that are so rare to find. The first section contains extensive information on classification and biology of Chickadees,creepers, etc. It also contains magnificent color plates of the species covered with notes on identifying features of each species. The rest of the book contains detailed and comprehensive information on the range, habitat, breeding, migration, and distribution of each species. This is a must have book for the serious birder, ornithology students, educators, and researchers. What an indispensible reference book!!!!
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Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach
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Chickadees and titmice are among the most popular birds in North America, due in large part to their readiness to use bird feeders, to nest in urban gardens, and even to be trained to take food from people's hands. These attributes have also made them (and their Eurasian tit counterparts) perhaps the most intensively studied bird family in the world. Long-term research in Europe has yielded some of the most comprehensive data on the impact of global warming on the breeding ecology of birds. Chickadees have amongst the best-studied and most complex vocal behaviour of any bird species, displaying one of the closest analogies to human sentence structure in the animal kingdom in their familiar chick-a-dee call. The social dominance hierarchies commonly witnessed in the form of squabbling at winter feeders are some of most stable and closely studied, and have huge impacts on controlling the lives of these small birds. Their food-storing behavior, and the brain and physiological mechanisms controlling this, has contributed significantly to our wider understanding of spatial orientation. In recent years, these birds have also been used as model species for investigating topics as diverse as inter-species hybridization, the impacts of forest fragmentation and complex systems of communication. In short, chickadees and titmice have contributed enormously to our understanding of a myriad of topics in ecology, behavior and psychology. This book brings together a range of experts from across North America who utilise chickadees or titmice as study organisms. Each chapter reviews the latest advances in evolution and behavioral research that have been accomplished through the study of North American Parids, and compares and contrasts this literature with research on their Eurasian counterparts as well as other avian families. This research level text is aimed at professional avian biologists and ornithologists as well as graduate students of avian behavioral ecology and evolution. It will also appeal to a more general audience of behavioural ecologists, neuroethologists and experimental psychologists.
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