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This is a book about a man who excelled in a game of soccer. Pele is a athlete best know throughout the world. He is the only three-time world champion in soccer. "I dedicate this book to all the people who have made this great game the Beautiful Game." - Pele
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O Rei Pele!.......2006-07-29
I read this book as a kid in Nigeria...Pele's legend cannot be imitated or duplicated...his feats are simply majestic...very humble, classy superstar who never let the accolades get to him..97 goals for Brazil and 1283 club goals is ridiculous! People dont even score 300 goals anymore..You would think that by playing 1300 games, he'd break down at some point...the book was a great read...get his new one "PELE" (autobio)!
The Best Player Ever........2006-07-21
This is an exceptionally detailed biography. The statistical chart at the back of all the games he played in was a very pleasant surprise. The only things missing was some tactical diagrams and a map of Brazil. Every chapter added colorful insight into his life-Ch's-2,6,8-facts of life, 9-Pele in love and 17. He also gave the reader the fine nuances of the "beautiful game." Chapters-1,3-5,10,12,14-1,000 goal,15-16,18,19-20-Cosmos years. I found chapters 7-race relations in Brazil,11-the trainor, and 13-Santos years to be the most interesting. Lastly, I could not agree more with Pele's distaste for defensive Football on 310-11.
A well-written autobiography.......2006-02-19
It's fortunate for the soccer-fan readers that the author focuses his writing on what happens on soccer field. I don't really care that much about his company, although it helps to understand the author's personalities as a whole.
It would be even better if the author describe how he thought of scoring those famous goals (even just say subcouciously I scored).
Some diagrams would help too.
A Good book about The Greatest of The Beautiful Game.......2004-10-05
I was too young to see Pele while he still was an active footballer, but growing up in a football loving home I've been fed with the legend of this fantastic athlete. My Dad always told me about the greatness of Pele, and I always felt that I lost our "arguments" about whether "my generations" superstar Maradona or "his generations" star Pele actually was the Greatest One.
I bought this book to find out more about the legendary Pele. Wow, wasn't this a great book? When understanding what impact this man had on the beautiful game it's easy to see how he can be recognized as the Greatest. He wasn't only an extremely talented athlete; he was also a man with a wonderful heart and who had his morals in order. I'm sure you find a picture of Pele in the dictionary if you look up the word "sportsmanship".
I think this well written book is a worthy tribute to this great athlete. It tells us the this to-good-to-be-true motivational story about a man with an extreme talent that goes all the way from poverty thru a triumphant career all the way to the top of the beautiful game...and he do so with style!
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento: Pele' and his beautiful game.......2004-03-06
Few athletes have captured the world's collective admiration and respect as Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Known affectionately to his family as Dico, but to the rest of us as Pele', his influence far exceeded his tremendous exploits on the soccer field. He is one of the most recognized people in the world.
This well-written, extremely detailed, and intriguing autobiography takes us deeply into Pele's world. He describes in great detail his impoverished youth in Bauru, his rapid ascent into the Brazilian National Team, his stellar years at Santos Football Club, and finally, his desire to bring soccer to the skeptical masses in North America. But throughout it all, we see his humility. "I only wanted to be as good as my father, Dodinho."
I had the opportunity to play soccer with a Brazilian who played with Pele' at Santos. My friend was very young at the time, and told me that Pele' treated him very well. "He was well-liked by everyone, and always helpful to his teammates. You never knew he was the best player in the world. He acted just like a regular guy."
Out of his many feats (playing in the World Cup final at the age of 17, the only three time winner of the World Cup, scoring almost 1300 goals), one stands out. Pele' is perhaps the only athlete to ever stop a war. During the Biafran Civil War in Nigeria, a three day truce was called to watch him play two exhibition games.
Pele' was declared a national treasure by his native Brazil. But for the millions of us who had the privilege to see him play, he was our treasure as well.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this excellent book.
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My Life and the Beautiful Game: The Autobiography of Pele
Pele , and
Robert L. Fish
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While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning. Today, the name is famous worldwide as belonging to history’s greatest soccer player. Here, in Pelé’s own words, is his incredible life story: his five goals in the last two games of the 1958 World Cup at the tender age of 17, his glory years with his Brazilian club FC Santos, his role in four World Cup tournaments, his comeback as a member of the storied New York Cosmos, and his lifelong role as goodwill ambassador for the world’s favorite sport.
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- One of the Better Regimental Histories by Osprey
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The Grenadier Guards (Men at Arms Series, 73)
David Fraser
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General Sir David Fraser tells the story of this famous regiment; their beginnings, customs, battles and traditions from their formation as 'The Royal Regiment of Guards' in 1656 down to our own times. It is a remarkable story that includes Marlborough's campaigns in the struggle against France, the battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, and of course two World Wars and beyond. Numerous photographs and illustrations populate Sir David's absorbing text, including eight full page colour plates by renowned military artist Angus McBride, with lengthy commentaries examining in detail the uniforms of the Grenadiers from 1865 to the 1970's.
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One of the Better Regimental Histories by Osprey.......2005-07-01
The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards is always an interesting subject for me. Most folks think that all they are is toy soldiers that parade outside Buck House.With their officers being rich poofs from Eton awaiting their inhertiage and place in the House of Lords. Or theother picture being mindless machines being terrorized by fanatical NCO's of Monty Python fame. There is a lot more to them then that. They are real professional soldiers that have taken part in some of the Monarchs toughest fights. Theirs really is the story of the British Army and a rich and varied history it is. Couple with Messr. McBrides illustrations its well worth buying to add to a military collection.
top book.......2002-04-16
there is only one real regiment in the british army and this book tells you all you need to know.
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AN ACTIVE SERVICE: The Story of a Soldier's Life in the Grenadier Guards and SAS 1935-58
Richard Dorney
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An Active Service' traces a young Sid Dowland from civilian life into the tough environment of the Guards Depot in the 1930's and then on to a Guards service Battalion in London and prewar Egypt. The outbreak of war found Sid taking part in the retreat to Dunkirk and then service in North Africa before volunteering for the SAS. Captured after a disastrous raid in Sardinia, he escaped from a POW camp in Italy before making it back to England. The end of the war did not signal peace as the Guards were sent into action in Palestine and subsequently to the jungles of Malaya where Sid found that his SAS experience is in great demand. Sid later told his story to Richard Dorney, himself a Guardsman.
An Active Service is a tale of adventure but will be of interest to anyone studying the Second World War or the early days of the SAS. Most of the historical information is previously unpublished and much of it is drawn from SAS operation reports in the National Archives and from the war diaries of the Grenadier Guards.
The lively text is accompanied by many previously unseen photographs from private collections and is brought to life by a series of high quality and accurate drawings depicting the uniforms of the day. It is an enjoyable human story but is also an accurate account of military life during the war years which will be of interest to anyone researching or studying this period, particularly those with an interest in the early days of the SAS, the world's premier e'lite force.
Key sales points: Fascinating personal story of a member of the Grenadier Guards and SAS, covering pre-WWII service as a regular, Dunkirk, the early days of the SAS, and postwar Palestine and Malaya / Contains much previously unpublished information from archives and war diaries, as well as Sid's account of the early days of the SAS, and service with the Grenadier Guards / Lively text supplemented by a number of interesting photos and superb drawings by artist Sean Bolan.
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The Grenadier Guards are the First Regiment of Foot Guards and the closest to the Monarch. This book is published in close cooperation with the Regiment to celebrate their 350th Anniversary. Contains full details of the Regiment's battle honors, key personalities, VC winners, customs and ceremonial role over their long and glorious history, which goes right up to the demands of modern war fighting. Superb illustrations and 'boxes' make this a visual and literary treat.
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A light touch with the Grenadiers.......2006-06-21
Another reviewer tells you what this book contains, so I'll mention that the narrative plus information plus history plus biography is packed into bites ranging in size from a chapter, to a section to a morsel. It is distracting! You start by hunting for information on bearskins (included in 'Grenadier Fabric', where you will find a cartoon, a photo of Crimean War veterans and a specification) and get diverted into an adjacent article on eighteenth century soldiering, and the origin of 'mess'.
I discovered Macmillan's wartime record, unkown to me, in one of the biographies ('Grenadier Gallery'.) The author has a sense of humour, and knows when and when not to air it. I enjoyed the pronunciation section (Regimental Quartermaster Sergeants: "They are never spoken of, as elsewhere in the Army, as 'RQMS' or 'RQ'. Grenadiers do not care to abbreviate in speech by using initials and can rattle out 'Kormarsarnt' in a fraction of time it takes anyone else to say 'RQ'."). Enjoy dipping into it!
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First or Grenadier Guards in South Africa 1899-1902
F Brig-gen Lloyd , and
A. Russell
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The Spirit of the Laws is without question one of the central texts in the history of eighteenth-century thought, yet there has been no complete scholarly English language edition since 1750. This lucid translation renders Montesquieu's problematic text newly accessible to a fresh generation of students, helping them to understand why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why The Spirit of the Laws was such an influence on those who framed the American Constitution. Fully annotated, this edition focuses on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than on those opening passages toward which critical energies have traditionally been devoted.
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Iran.......2006-03-28
This is a good book which gives you first hand impression about how laws are design by authority.
Excellent review for our present members of congress and anyone with the interest to put in the time........2005-09-08
This is very interesting about Montesquieu. Every member of congress should read it and take it to heart. It appears that the majority of our founding fathers did read it and take it very seriously. It is something that all Americans who are interested in our government should consider reading. It is amazingly quite easy to read though, I would suggest having a good dictionary handy while reading it. Some of our members of congress I just do not believe would understand, even if someone was reading the dictionary for them. That is a sad commentary about the facts we all must face, however.
Not the great book people seem to think it is........2004-12-20
This is a book that could (should?) have faded into history without being a great loss to the world. Yes, there are a few interesting bits of political philosophy, but they're far and few between, and mainly either just thrown out as Montesquieu's personal opinions with little to no evidence or examination, or flimsily based on historical examples. As a reader, I didn't find most of his arguments (where he didn't seem to be contradicting himself, which happens frequently) very convincing. This was obviously written with the 18th century French salon crowd in mind, and reads as such. I'm sure it provided a lot of aristocrats with conversation fodder to make them appear intelligent and educated at the time, but these days it just seems like an antiquated bit of history.
He claims the book has to be read as a whole to see the structure and his overall goal; well, I did read the whole book and at the end couldn't see an overarching structure at all. The work just seemed like a long, rambling, unorganized mess. The only people I might really recommend this to are people interested in Greek, Roman, and French history (especially legal history), but not to people interested in political science or philosophy.
Bump this one to the bottom of your list of classics on historical thought, there are much more interesting reads out there.
Important book in the history of ideas.......2002-08-28
There are mainly two reasons why Montequieu's book is important. One is for his ideas, which still have relevance for current political issues, such as separation of church and state. The second is that it represents an important historical milestone in political thought. The real bonus is that, in the translation, his work reads in a way that is both intellectually engaging, by which I mean he gets you thinking about the issues, and also engaging (if entertaining is not quite the right word) as a series of philosophical perspectives delivered in a direct way generally free of jargon.
The most interesting part of his book for me was at the outset, in his comparison of despotism, republics and democracy.
The really important aspect of his book is that so many of the threshold policitical issues that he discusses are still live issues. How much should the state intervene? What constitutes good laws? What parts of life in a political society are the business of the state?
Good book, but not really a philosophical treatise..........2002-08-09
Montesquieu doesn't really put forward a unified philosophically based political system here, so don't read it expecting something like The Republic, Leviathan or the Two Treatises. Stylistically this is very like Machiavelli; that is, no (overt) overiding system, rather just a long series of pithy pieces of advice for people actually in (or intending to make their own) government. If you've read Machiavelli's Discourses, you'll know what to expect.
I recommend you read at least Locke's Two Treatises and Machiavelli's Discourses before this, and then you'll get the theorectical background behind many of Montesquieu's points. Like Locke he thinks of liberty and republics being fine things, but like Machiavelli he cautions that circumstances should always be taken into consideration, and there is no one form of government that is always the right one for every people at all times, even republics. Because of this most of the book is spend enumerating various circumstances that might come up and appropriate reactions. For example, an early section is spend discussing the effect of climate on the people of that area, and given this, what form of government suits them best.
What this means is that while his work may not stand at a level with The Republic or Leviathan in terms of philosophical merit, if you are looking for knowledge that will be useful in the real world, this book is probably superior to those.
I definitely recommend you check this book out. It's imposing length is split into much easier to digest mini-chapters, so it doesn't seem as long as it is, and the use of examples makes it more interesting than many of the other drier works of political philosophy you might come across.
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In this wide-ranging treatise on the nature of law, the famous French political philosopher Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) explores the essentials of good government; compares and contrasts despotism, monarchy, and democracy; and discusses the factors that lead to the corruption of governments. Among the many topics considered are education of the citizenry, crime and punishment, abuse of power and of liberty, individual rights, taxation, slavery, the role of women, commerce, religion, and a host of additional subjects.
One of the most influential books of all time, this masterpiece of political philosophy was widely read throughout Europe, attracted an especially enthusiastic readership in England, and had a profound effect on the framers of the American Constitution, who emulated Montesquieu by insisting upon a balance of power among branches of government--executive, legislative, and judiciary--the now famous "separation of powers."
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This first comprehensive commentary on The Spirit of the Laws uncovers and explicates the plan of Montesquieu's famous but baffling treatise. Pangle brings to light Montesquieu's rethinking of the philosophical groundwork of liberalism, showing how The Spirit of the Laws enlarges and enriches the liberal conception of natural right by means of a new appeal to History as the source of basic norms.
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The Spirit of Laws
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
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1900. Part One of Two. Including D'Alembert's analysis of the work. With a special introduction by Honorable Frederic R. Coudert. The Spirit of the Laws is without question one of the central texts in the history of eighteenth-century thought. Read why Montesquieu was such an important figure in the early enlightenment and why his work, The Spirit of the Laws, was a tremendous influence on those who framed the American Constitution. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 141790819X.
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A Commentary And Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws
Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy
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A True Classical Liberal.......2004-07-08
Destutt de Tracy's Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws is a unabashed essay for freedom, free markets, and republican government. Tracy completely refutes Montesquieu's theory that republican government must be small. He shows why republican government or "representative democracy" as he calls it is the only form of government that preserves liberty. Tracy is the true 19th century classical liberal.
He believes in free trade and shows how trade is the lifeblood of liberty. He also refutes the ideals of the divine right of kings, absolute monarchy, and tyranny. He is an avid republican, and libertarian. He believes in the complete freedom of religion, press and person. This book was heartily endorsed by Thomas Jefferson, who translated it for the American audience.
Although sometimes difficult due to 18th/19 th century syntax, it is overall a great book.
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Rosie: My Rufus Hummingbird
Arnette Heidcamp
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
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ASIN: 0517438291
Release Date: 1999-06-07 |
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The author of
A Hummingbird in My House relates another true account of a hummingbird who took winter refuge in her upstate New York house. This time her visitor was a female Rufous hummingbird that was 2,000 miles from its home.
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