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In addition to Mother's Day, there are more than four million births each year. The Fun Book for Moms is tailored especially to commemorate such occasions.
Ideas range from fun and free to indulgent and lavish and are accompanied by whimsical artwork, quotes, and recipes certain to captivate Mom's eye and entertain her spirit:
Help your kids catch fireflies. Teach them kindness by letting them go. "It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows." -Erma Bombeck Fly first-class while your husband and kids fly coach. When you hear howls from the rear of the craft, pretend you don't know them. "The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old." -Jean Kerr
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ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for Reducing the Deficit was written with parents of children with ADHD and professionals working with ADHD children in mind. The book is intended to be practical and encouraging. ADHD may not go away, but managing the effects of this disorder is possible.
Our "management" book emphasizes two keys. First, the adults (parents and educators) learn how to set up the optimal environment for children and adolescents with ADHD. Secondly, and just as importantly, skills are imparted to kids with ADHD so they may gain a sense of control and focus in their lives.
We hear many positive comments about ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for Reducing the Deficit. We especially like the comments we often hear that this book is very understandable and a practical tool for kids and adults alike. This is especially gratifying to know since this is our main intention behind the book. We are flattered that this book is still being used regularly in workshops around the country.
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Direct, scriptural answers to kids' curiosity about God's Word will help parents use these challenging questions in guiding children toward a deeper awareness of Bible truths.
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Fun for the whole family, and interesting!.......2000-01-06
I bring home a lot of Christian books that I think my kids will read, but they rarely do. This one is different...my 8 and 10 yr olds are truly interested. They like to ask me the questions and see what kind of answer I come up with. With the scripture included, it's a devotional study in disquise!
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The Best 102 Tips for First-Time Moms: The Survival Guide for the First Year
Jeannette Smith
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Parenting (The Infinite Mind, vol.102)
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Parenting We all have questions about what makes a good parent. Theories come and go with every generation, but what concrete advice can experts give us? In this program, we talk to Dr. Marguerite Barratt, director of Michigan State University's Institute for Children, Youth and Families about parenting young children, and to Dr. Harold Koplowicz, director and founder of the New York University Child Study Center, about raising teenagers. We'll also hear from Judith Rich Harris, author of The Nurture Assumption, on just how much influence parents really have. Plus, a visit to a parenting workshop by popular authors Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, a discussion with best-selling author Annie Lamott, a performance by children's singer and songwriter Laurie Berkner, and commentary by John Hockenberry. Hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin and produced by the Peabody Award winning
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God said "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord," (Gen. 18:19). Parenting 102 reveals Abraham's secret and makes it understandable and applicable for every parent for every child and adolescent. The fictitious disabilities so popular today are exposed. The ineffectiveness of punishment is exposed. And other popular fallacies are unravelled.
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Military wives are among the women most vulnerable to abuse in our society: isolated from friends and family in a culture that ostracizes those who speak up, they face desperate financial circumstances and lack professional support in times of crisis.
Deborah Harrison and her collaborators interview more than 100 survivors of abuse and their partners in this groundbreaking study of violence against women in military communities. Despite a policy of zero tolerance, abusive behavior continues, fostered by a culture centred on constant preparation for violent conflict and covered up by an ethos that demands members protect one another at all costs.
The First Casualty is a riveting account of how military culture contributes to abuse, keeps it secret, and attempts to silence its victims.
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Prussian hero Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke was the architect of the German way of war.
Customer Reviews:
Good But Needs Maps.......2004-06-13
This is an excellent review of Moltke's work. It's clear and lucid and strikes upon those areas where Moltke's thinking influenced later strategic minds. It's one weakness is its lack of period maps. The book has a strategic section followed by Moltke's field account of some actual action that serves as an example of the theory just discussed. But unless you are familiar with the detail of 19th century geography for Austria, Prussia, France, and Denmark then much of the description is far from helpful. You'll get far more out of this book if you have already read "Koniggratz" by Craig and a history of the Franco-Prussian War.
Strategy and Tactics.......2001-11-13
Prussia gained ascendancy over Austria and thus dominion of Germany through the art of war by one of its ablest commanders, Moltke the Elder. With Austria defeated at the decisive battle of Koniggratz (1866), Prussia stood alone for the coveted leadership of Germany; therefore, when France declared war on Prussia (1870) to prevent German unification, ironically this afforded Prussia the opportunity to fulfill its destiny. Napoleon III intended to cut Prussia off from the southern German republics; however, Prussia called the other German republics to arms, not for defense, but for a joint attack against the French vanguard, in French territory. The French seriously underestimated Prussia's capacity to rapidly deploy its seemingly disparate forces into one cohesive whole. How did Prussia accomplish this epic task? At the strategic level Prussia was able to marshal all of its forces under one central command, but at the tactical level the subordinate commanders were permitted the greatest independence possible to take the initiative (Selbstatigkeit).
Moltke states that if one makes a mistake during the initial deployment, one cannot compensate for it later. As the forces evolve, the error propagates concentrically outward like a chain reaction, jeopardizing the outcome of the entire campaign. The French deployment during the Franco-Prussian war suffered from such deficiencies.
According to Moltke, during the decision phase the commander must champion only one perspective to the green table. Once he has arrived at a decision, although it may not be the best, his subordinates should execute it resolutely. The consistent execution of even a mediocre plan will more often lead to victory (in the long-run) than an inconsistent execution of a great plan; hence, Molke's maxim that `strategy grows silent in the face of the need for a tactical victory'. Moltke states that only a layman believes that it is possible to foresee and predict causal events deterministically in war.
Moltke counsels commanders with one force just how vulnerable they are to envelopment when they maneuver their force between two opposing formations with 'interior lines' and `central position'. This appears to be a trivial statement; however, one must realize that `interior lines' was Napoleon's favorite attack maneuver, which he implemented so successfully against numerically superior but divided forces (See The Campaigns of Napoleon by David G. Chandler). Napoleon I succeeded because he adroitly maneuvered his one force directly, halfway between the two opposing forces, which effectively neutralized his opponents from acting in concert and from supporting one another. Then he would march to attack one of the two, but the other opponent had to march twice as far (to support), hence, Napoleon I could concentrate on defeating the first opponent and then countermarch to defeat the second opponent that arrived too late, thus, his single force fought as well as two. During the Franco-Prussian war, Napoleon III intended to implement a similar maneuver to cut Prussia off from south Germany. First, he hoped to defeat Prussia, alone, which would entice Austria and Italy into forming a triumvirate with him. Then he hoped the triumvirate would attack the south German Confederation.
During the Franco-Prussian war, Prussia was victorious in battle, but as Moltke says, `at what a cost'. It seems to me that Prussia's losses were rather high, primarily because of their reluctance to change plans and to break off any engagement once it began. Then the `peoples army' arose like a phoenix in the midst of the vanquished French field armies, which made the consummation of Moltke's final victory elusive. He could not pursue all the remaining military targets; therefore, he just focused on one-Paris. He surrounded the French capital with the preponderance of his remaining forces (150,000) because it was the only strategic option left open to him.
The commander should position himself with his uncommitted reserves to ensure that they are committed where and when they may be of greatest service; he should not be at the front with units already committed. He should send reserves to those areas where the forward units are already nearly winning, thereby, overcoming these areas of resistance faster, with fewer losses by their timely intervention. Secondly, he should endeavor to bolster tenuous positions or those that are in danger of being lost.
The attack has the advantage of dictating the course of events to the defender who must conform to them. The advantages are greater morale and confidence gained through the knowledge of the time and place of the attack. The best method of attack is to envelope the opponent with two forces. First, one must attack the opponent frontally with one force to pin down as much of their main force as possible. Then the second force must attack the opponent's flank. Moltke believed that both the frontal and flank attacks should be performed simultaneously, however, if I were attacking the flank, I would wait until it has been sufficiently denuded, since the opponent will be drawing forces from it to counter the frontal attack (i.e., feint). The flank attack is usually the center of gravity (Schwerpunkt), but the frontal attack may be the center of gravity as well. There should be a reserve element to cover the force attacking the opponent's flank. An example of precisely this method took place during the battle of Koniginhof (Austria, 1866).
This book is a compendium of essays written by v. Moltke that covers many practical aspects of the art of war with historical examples. Many of these methods are just as valid today as they were in 1860. Moltke writes very lucidly with great candor, which is precisely what one would expect of a Prussian Officer.
Moltke vs Clausewitz.......2001-02-13
Count Helmut von Moltke was perhaps the greatest military leader during the period between Napoleon and the First World War. Moltke shaped the way that the German Army looked at war up until 1945. What was important to Moltke was not a set of rules or principles, but rather a way of thinking. Initiative and control were stressed, "when in doubt advance toward the sound of the guns". . . While he had great respect for the Prussian philosopher of war, Carl von Clausewitz, whom he had limited contact with as a young staff officer, Moltke rejected several of Clausewitz's most important concepts, perhaps the most eventful being the place of the military in strategic decisions made during time of war. For Moltke the military should simply be allowed to fight the war to the finish at which time the political leadership would be allowed to negotiate the peace. Clausewitz saw war as the continuation of politics by other means, meaning that political decisions did not end with the commencement of hostilities but continued. The editor of this book mentions several similarities including one that upon closer study is in reality another break between the two outlooks. Referring to Book 6, Chapter 8 of On War, he mentions that Clausewitz wrote, "that all strategic planning rested on tactical success alone, because only tactical successes could produce a favorable outcome." Moltke obviously agreed since he thought, "strategy grows silent in the face of the need for a tactical victory." However if one actually reads that chapter in On War one comes away with a different impression since Clausewitz's view is far more nuanced than that of Moltke. Clausewitz had experienced terrible defeat and great hardship during the struggle against Napoleon, having served with the Russians during the fateful campaign of 1812. It was the experience of that campaign which showed Clausewitz the importance of a Fabian strategy (denying battle, allowing an enemy to exhaust himself through exertion). Thus Clausewitz writes, "One may admit that even where the decision has been bloodless, it was determined in the last analysis by engagements that did not take place, but had merely been offered. In that case, it will be argued, the strategic planning of these engagements, rather that the tactical decision should be considered the operative principle. . . That is why we think it is useful to emphasize that all strategic planning rests on tactical success alone, and that -whether the solution is arrived at in battle or not - this is in all cases the fundamental basis for the decision."
Moltke, during his most successful period, could only see the winning of offensive battles as assuring strategic success. For this reason he developed his strategic sequence which combined mobilization, transportation, deployment, movement and combat into one continuous chain of events. Widely deployed forces would converge at the proper moment and destroy the enemy in a complete or partial envelopment. This worked well in 1866 against the Austrians and in 1870 against the French. His system seemed to promise victory in any war. He had taken the gift of fire from Prometheus and changed its very nature, or so his followers thought. Moltke himself grew more cautious in his later years, suggesting that only a partial success could be achieved in a war against both France and Russia, a political solution would have to be found for the strategic dilemma instead. During the period up to and following the First World War, most German military thinkers followed Moltke's earlier views while giving lip service to Clausewitz. Moltke was the more modern man, the technician of war for the machine age, while Clausewitz was a philosopher, belonging to another time and mode of thinking, or so it seemed.
Professor Hughes' book provides translations of various examples of Moltke's writings. I found Moltke's views on the training and duties of General Staff officers particularly interesting. The editor includes excellent commentary on various German military terms and the ways that they have been translated into English in the past, some rather confusing.
In all I find this book well worth the money and would recommend it to those interested in German military history, 19th Century military history, and military strategy and tactics in general, particularly the evolution of military thought. What seems to be missing is an edition of the works of Sigismund von Schlichting, who as Hughes points out provides the key link between Moltke's theories and modern theory.
Relevent to business, war, and current affairs.......1996-06-14
The book shows von Moltke to be a prophetic genius.
One wonders whether the German generals who joined
the French and British in ordering lemminglike frontal
assualts during the First World War read his works...
he predicted the effectiveness of modern firearms during
the 1870s. He also projected the ineffectiveness (or
worse) of the United Nations and League of Nations (see
page 25). Principles of management include acceptance
of responsibility by a single person (p. 26) and delegation
to the frontline manager (p. 77). Moltke's advocacy of
delegation belies the stereotype of the Prussian Army
as mechanistic and rigid. The book contains some echoes
of von Clausewitz' "On War," which von Moltke undoubtedly
read. Page 22 gives the FULL context of Moltke's infamous
statement, "Eternal peace is a dream, and not even a
pleasant one." (He continues, "... who can deny that every war,
even a victorious one, inflicts grevious wounds on all
involved?")
-William A. Levinson http://www.pic.net/~wlevinso "The Crisis Manager"
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Get Out the Vote! Is a practical guide for anyone trying to mobilize voters or organize at the grass roots. Unlike authors of other campaign advice books, Donald Green and Alan Gerber root their work firmly in rigorous science. Their recommendations emerge from thorough experiments conducted in real electoral settings, examining the impact and effectiveness of door-to-door canvassing, telephone calls, direct mail, and other campaign tactics.
Since 1998 the authors have conducted research in over a dozen states, studying a wide range of federal, state, and municipal elections. Their book connects theory with practice, informing campaign professionals and local organizers as well as students of electoral politics. They discover that many GOTV tactics used by campaign managers and political consultants are less effective than is often believed. The authors, relying on rigorous and systematic research, challenge much of the conventional wisdom about what works and what doesn't in the political campaigns.
The authors' applied form of political science has won acclaim from scholars and earned the attention of campaign professionals and journalists. This book presents their result for a non-academic audience interested in putting campaign research into practice, and the findings will be surprising to many. Get Out the Vote! will help both consultants and the candidates who use their services better understand the efficacy of campaign methods. It is essential reading in an age of electronic communication, professional electioneering and voter apathy.
Customer Reviews:
Finally: Facts instead of guessing.......2007-05-12
This small book does not much, but it does, what it claims, and it does it in a scientific manner. After pointing out the importance of voter mobilization, Donald P Green gives an overview of five commonly used ways believed to increase voter turnout: Door-to-Door Canvassing, Leaflets, Direct Mail, Phone Banks and Electronic mail.
For the ones used to local campaigns (even outside the us), nothing of this is specifically new. Green however backs his claims about the influence of any of the five ways to increase voter turnout by more or less robust field research results. So he delivers facts (or at least probability...) instead of guessing. This is what makes this small book an outstanding one in comparison to many "campaign manager manuals" which commonly end up telling a bunch of anecdotes about past campaigns.
Invaluable book for campaign workers.......2006-07-27
This book is very important for campaign workers for the simple reason that it provides statistical proof of "common sense" assumptions about campaigning. Perhaps more importantly, it also demonstrates to first time candidates & campaign workers that some highly-touted gimmicks DON'T work and are a waste of money. It seems to me well worth the price of the book to know how not to waste a campaign's time & money.
Getting People to the Polls Takes Effort.......2004-10-24
Surprising conclusions...except, not really.
It is good that some of this stuff has worked out, but a lot of it could be articulated by most people who spend time on GOTV. Political contact works better the more it is like a face-to-face conversation about information relevant to the person's life.
Hence, door-to-door canvassing is the most effective. Not surprising.
Phones come in second. Not surprising.
The more conversational and informational the phone call is, the more effective is. Still not surprising.
But this book is also a somewhat daunting reminder of just how difficult a good GOTV effort is. Virtually every one of their models pans out to about one additional voter for every hour of voter contact. Boy am I looking forward to next weekend.
For anyone striving to mobilize voters.......2004-06-08
Also available in a hardcover edition, Get Out The Vote!: How To Increase Voter Turnout is a no-nonsense guide for anyone striving to mobilize voters. Written by two professors of political science and experts on political campaigns, elections, and research methodology, Get Out The Vote! covers such motivating means as door-to-door canvassing, leaflets, direct mail, phone banks, electronic mail, and more. Written to be as useful for non-specialist general readers striving to motivate a grass-roots political campaign as well as a seminal instruction guide to political experts planning to win a large-scale race, Get Out The Vote! offers a wealth of solid, easy-to-understand wisdom straight from the horse's mouth.
The first real measurement of what works in GOTV.......2004-04-30
Donald Green and Alan Gerber have done something that political professionals have failed to do. They have actually measured what works and does not work in GOTV. The results are sobering, enlightening and, above all, invaluable to any campaign manager who wants to get the most from his campaign dollars.
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Birds of Colonial Williamsburg: A Historical Portfolio
Alan Feduccia
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- The People in a Girl's Life: How to Find Them, Better Understand Them and Keep Them (Dear Daughter)
- The People We Love: Stories and Poems of Love and Devotion
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