The Medical Millennium: 1000 Pioneers Who Have Contributed to the Development of Medicine Over the Last 1000 Years

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This is an extensively illustrated review of 1000 notable men and women who have contributed most to our current knowledge of medicine and surgery over the past 1000 years. Its publication celebrates what has truly been the medical millennium - an unprecedented triumph of human endeavor as succeeding generations of pioneers have built on the work of earlier doctors and scientists to provide yet further insights and advances during an extraordinary era of progress stretching from folklore to high science. Handsomely bound, this is an educational and absorbing record of the heroes and heroines of the medical millennium.

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Biography of Robert E Lee is masterful
Excellent work honoring a fine man
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A must read for admirers of Lee
Mary Lyles Adair

Lee: The Last Years
Charles Bracelen Flood
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0395929741

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After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years - the forgotten chapter of an extraordinary life. These were his finest hours, when he did more than any other American to heal the wounds between North and South. Flood draws on new research to create an intensely human and a "wonderful, tragic, and powerful . . . story for which we have been waiting over a century" (Theodore H. White).

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Biography of Robert E Lee is masterful.......2007-01-23

Bracelen Flood clearly does extensive research in order to render this intimate and engrossing portrayal of Lee.

Excellent work honoring a fine man.......2006-02-01

Lee: The Last Years was well worth reading. A must for anyone who wants to know a little more of the Rest of The Story about a fine American, though much misunderstood.

Civil War Book Hog.......2005-12-17

Excellent book. I have never been particulary interested in Lee despite a huge interest in the Civil War and having read numerous books. He always seemed to me to be too 'marble'. The author has done an excellent job of showing the warmth and humanity of Lee to the point one feels as if they actually know Lee. Little points like the stories of Lee's love for children and the insights into his family life. I had not realized that during the course of the Civil War with all the pressures and responsibilities of his position he had to deal with the deaths of a daughter,a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren !! Great book - a must read for Civil War buffs . Rebs and yanks.

A must read for admirers of Lee.......2005-08-12

As an alumnus of Washington & Lee University, I highly recommend this book as a "must read" for anyone interested in securing a better understanding of Lee's transition from military leader to reconstructionist. Many of the traditions at W&L (the speaking tradition, the Honor Code, etc) are also based on Lee's years as administrator of the University, immediately following the War Between the States up until his death. Flood shares many interesting stories, letters and quotations from Lee's life, some humorous and some sad, which evidence Lee's continued leadership during the difficult rebuilding period in the South after 1865.

Mary Lyles Adair .......2005-06-24

This was among the most heart rending and touching accounts of Lee's life in the aftermath of the most devasting war in the history of America. The book is a must read for those whose understanding of the South's political and social history is limited to ideas propounded by the all too often inaccurate versions of the Hollywood and scholastic media. "Lee: The Last Years", depicts the "real" Lee and the dichotomy of a man percieved as both distinctly human and deified by those who knew and loved him.

Volcanoes of the World: A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism During the Last 10,000 Years

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An indispensible masterpiece on nearly all active volcanoes

Volcanoes of the World: A Regional Directory, Gazetteer, and Chronology of Volcanism During the Last 10,000 Years
Tom Simkin , and Lee Siebert
Manufacturer: Geoscience Press
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ASIN: 0945005121

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An indispensible masterpiece on nearly all active volcanoes.......2002-03-26

This book is one of a kind. I don't understand how anyone who likes volcanoes and volcanic phenomena could not go wild with this book.

The book gives the location and height of each of the 1,511 volcanoes known to have been active in the last 10,000 years. A few more have been discovered since the 1993 publication date, but this defect can be easily remedied by recourse to the GVP link on the Net. More importantly, each known eruption is described by date, duration and explosive power. Also, each eruption of each mountain, no matter how many, has its chief characteristics set out, including type of eruption and fatalities and damage, if any.

The book contains copious footnotes for the serious reader and a thorough general discussion at the start. Interesting black and white photos and drawing are occasionally found as well. The total accumulation of presented data is immense. However, anyone with a moderate scientific background will not be overwhelmed.

Residents of the Western U.S. and Canada should read the history of these regions with particular care, since the book shows eruptive patterns and locations of many underpublicized volcanic areas with great precision. This enables informed decision-making in the event of the next activity of any of these features.

The only parallel I can find in any other book is The Baseball Encyclopedia. If you want to know anything about a given volcano, it's probably here. For the interested reader in geology, it is essential, and for the volcano "geek", it is Nirvana. I've had it for over three years and I still peruse it regularly.

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The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. The relevance of technological and conceptual approaches to understanding landscape dynamics is also considered.David Higgitt's introduction looks at the nature of environmental change during the last millennium and assesses the significance of individual events. The body of the book is formed by an examination of key process environments highlighting significant trends and the influence of human activity, and incorporating examples and modelling.The editors' closing chapter then summarises the significance of human impact on the environment, the nature of the evidence for geomorphological change and its implication for environmental management and engineering design.The book will encourage geographers to look forward to the challenges that geomorphology faces in the new millennium.

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Lee, the Last Years.
Charles Bracelen. Flood
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin and Company
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Willis Corroon, Sedgwick fared well last year. (Sedgwick Group PLC): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

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Willis Corroon, Sedgwick fared well last year. (Sedgwick Group PLC): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
Lee Ann Gjertsen
Manufacturer: The National Underwriter Company
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on February 24, 1997. The length of the article is 1306 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Insurance broker Willis Corroon Corp., based in London, England, reported revenues of $1.25 billion in 1996, an increase of 9.6% over 1995. After several years of poor results, Willis Corroon's 1996 earnings were $45.5 million, compared to $2.2 million the previous year. Sedgwick Group, also based in London, reported revenue growth of 3.1% but a 7.5% drop in earnings attributed to taxes.

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Title: Willis Corroon, Sedgwick fared well last year. (Sedgwick Group PLC)
Author: Lee Ann Gjertsen
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 24, 1997
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n8 Page: p53(1)

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101 of the Best Promotional Ideas of the Last ten years

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101 of the Best Promotional Ideas of the Last ten years
Lee Randon
Manufacturer: Television & Radio Features
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ASIN: B000ND8CAY

A dream; and what followed it: Some facts in the last year's ministry and life of the Rev. Thomas Christopher

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A dream; and what followed it: Some facts in the last year's ministry and life of the Rev. Thomas Christopher
Leroy M Lee
Manufacturer: Johns & Goolsby, printers
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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LEE : THE LAST YEARS

Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
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ASIN: B000GR6ZM4

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WWII Destroyer in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.......2002-03-27

A most excellent book for the Naval/history buff. The author gives a detailed, first-hand account of his experiences on board a destroyer. He also goes into considerable detail, outlining the geo-political situation too and helps set the stage for the various encounters. Written from the prospective of a junior officer, there are also several humorous passages that had me in tears. I can't wait to share the book with my brothers.

This IS history!.......2000-11-15

I stumbled across Captain Dailey's website and enjoyed reading an excerpt that related to a book my father and I have written (SHIPMATES). The photos and the detailed accounts in JOINING THE WAR AT SEA helped me see the larger picture of the action experienced by my father on the night his ship (USS Rowan DD 405) was sunk. Dailey's point of view broadened the scope of my understanding.

Captain Daily knows what he's talking about. Moreover, he gives you his insight with such passion that it doesn't matter what level of expertise you had going in, you will get it by the time you finish. This is not just your average history book. This IS history, live and in color!

Excellent feel for naval combat during WWII.......1999-05-13

My father served on a "Four Stacker" in the Atlantic during 1942 and 1943. He never spoke much of his experiences, and now two years after his death my brother and I are trying for recreate some of his experiences and understand our father. > >The account in Joining the War at Sea are wonderful: explicit, full of detail, and broad enough to give me a good feel for the combat >my father and the author experienced. This book has given me a sense of the difficulties of combat and the sacrifices that these men made for my generation. > >I have a great deal of experience with the history of WWII, but a personal account is now the >most important. The author's clear examination has brought the personal side of The War up close.

This book is for anyone who loves history........1999-03-14

I thought I had a pretty good understanding of WWII for a guy born in 1963, but this book was full of events I was barely aware of. Major events include the invasion of Africa (and fighting the French Navy!) and the use of Naval artillery to destroy Panzers miles from the sea. Many popular history books try to convince you that the war was won by the "codebreakers" or by radar. In this book, weather and tactics take the front stage. Find out why a destroyer captain would rather take a 16" armor piercing shell from a battleship than many smaller munitions. This book offers some true insights that only participation in the events combined with the perspective of time can provide.

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Joining the War at Sea: 1939-1945
Franklyn E. Dailey
Manufacturer: Dailey Intl Pub
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PSF9R6

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Intriguing, but Unrealisitic and Philosophically Weak.......2007-01-29

An Na'im's "Toward an Islamic Reformation" is a fascinating excursion into the evolutionary aspect of Islamic law. Without repeating previous comments, I will get to the core of his thesis and the problem with it. In essence, he states that since Islamic law evolved from a Makkan to a Madinan stage, it can "de-evolve" back to the Makkan stage. It was in Makkah where the Prophet gave his statements about tolerance and freedom of religion, while in Madinah those concepts were withdrawn. As Islamic jurisprudence argues that earlier revelations that are contradicted by later ones are abrogated, An Na'im is arguing for reverse abrogation, stating that the Madinan stage of Islam was necessary then, but is not needed now. This is the core of his argument.

Now the problems. First, An Na'im is asking for Islamic jurists to ignore 1,300 years of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) to engage in reverse abrogation. One must ignore a good portion of the writings of al-Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Qayyim, al-Mawardi, not to mention large sections of hadith collections (al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, etc). While not wishing to appear as a nay-sayer, this is simply an impossible task. He simply has no Qur'anic or hadith basis for saying that Islam can backtrack and abrogate much of the Madinan message.

This highlights the second problem he encounters is the amount of abrogation. For anyone who has even done a casual examination of the hadith and Qur'an regarding war and jihad, one can see that there would be large sections of both (more of the former) that would require abrogation. Large portions of the sayings and deeds of the Prophet and his Companions (the "Salafi") would have to be virtually ignored. Considering the fact that the Prophet on numerous occasions indicates that one must follow his sayings and deeds to live his Islam makes this extremely difficult.

But the third problem is possibly the most damning... and dangerous. Let us say it succeeds. Let us speculate that, yes indeed, Islam engages in reverse abrogation and the violent and warrior sections of the hadith and Qur'an are now ignored. What is to prevent an abrogation of the reverse abrogation in the future? What is to stop a group of Imams and other leaders from standing up later and calling for the re-imposition of the Madinan passages calling for war and jihad against those who refuse to give their Islam? Islamic law, rather than a higher law such as in the Judeo-Christian tradition, is really a series of juristic pronouncements, with the schools of law having difficulty finding agreement on anything. For example, the schools of law cannot even agree on how many phrases are in the adhan (call to prayer), let alone anything else. Thus, there is no core law that can prevent a return to the Madinan stage. This may buy us time, but will present no permanent solution. The world will see a temporary respite, and then a return to more violence, more killing, and more devastation, all in the name of the expansion of Islam.

In reality, we have seen such a reversal before. For the last 300 years, prior to the Islamic Resurgence Movement (starting about 50 years ago), Islam was relatively contained. With virtually no money they had little influence in the world as a whole. Thus we saw virtually no Islamic terror operations and the like. But now that Islamic organizations have money and wealth, the jihadists have surged forward on the offensive. Thus, we have been down this road before, and a philosophical attempt to reform Islam, while well-intentioned, is stillborn from the beginning.

I simply do not see how An Na'im's thesis, intriguing as it is, can prevent this in the future.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na 'Im.......2004-01-31

I wonder why the American government doesn't get this fellow and send him to Iraq to head up their religious studies department and establish a modern Islamic Studies program in an Arab country to educate the Arab as to what Islam could be about, if they weren't so backwards.

A Fascinating Challenge to Orthodoxy.......2003-09-18

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, as a scholar of Islam and law, offers an analysis of Islamic decline and possible reformation that is much more clearly delineated and rigorous than the cultural accounts given by authors like Bernard Lewis. An-Na'im's argument rests on the separation of "historical Shari'a" (often wrongly treated as if it were itself divine revelation) from the essence of Islam itself, as revealed by the early tenure of Mohammed in Mecca, before he moved to Medina and grappled with the difficult and immediate imperatives of political power.

Like a good lawyer, An-Na'im's case in "Toward an Islamic Reformation" unfolds like a geometrical proof, proceeding deductively from an axiom (a universal principle of reciprocity) and reasoning from there; namely, that all peoples have rights of self-determination, as long as they don't clash with others' rights of self-determination. To this norm, An-Na'im adds two sociological observations. The first is that Muslim majorities are now becoming politically assertive, exercising their right to self-determination, which is in itself a healthy thing. However, the second observation is that the hitherto weakened and disorganized condition of the Muslim community has usually been attributed to departure from "true" belief and practice, as well as to outside interference by non-Muslims. Thus, An-Na'im reasons, secular solutions to social problems will not appeal to most Muslims. Even the doctrine of necessity (darura) is not enough, although it has been used with some degree of success in the past, because only a truly Islamic solution will satisfy Muslim demands for self-determination. Thus, any proposed reforms must be seen as Islamic in origin.

However, An-Na'im here makes a strong case that the implementation of "historical Shari'a" (he calls it historical, obviously, to emphasize its man-made, temporal quality), while seen as a solution by many (due to the yearning to go back to tradition), will likely oppress others, and limit their right to self-determination, because it conflicts with modern norms of constitutionalism, human rights, international law and criminal justice. However, historical Shari'a was constructed by early jurists, written for a specific time and place, and does not come directly from revelation. So, given that secular and Shari'a solutions both are inadequate, the question becomes: how can Muslims' rights vis-à-vis others be exercised, while also being legitimately limited in accordance with universal principles (and the earlier, more tolerant words of Mohammed)?

An-Na'im acknowledges that any attempt to answer this question and "evolve" alternative principles will be difficult, due to the likely suspicion that tampering with the weight of tradition will inflame, but must be done, and can be based directly on revelation. This is the task that he sets himself to in the second half of the book, once he has demonstrated how Shari'a: 1) is man-made; 2) is non-divine; 3) originally arose for political expediency; 4) goes against the early word of Mohammed (much of which it "abrogated" under the doctrine of naskh); and 5) will likely violate the rights of non-Muslims, women, slaves, etc., and be incompatible with the very idea of the nation-state, international law, and human rights. In this, An-Na'im is clearly a modernist, in that he takes the nation-state, etc. as a given, and holds that there are benefits from secularism that would be lost (self-expression, women, religious minorities, slavery) if Shari'a were to be implemented. He also makes a very specific negative judgment about the application of Shari'a in today's "fundamentalist" states (Iran, Sudan), arguing that "it has created more problems than it has solved" (67). While an "anti-imperialist" might take issue with this statement, arguing that the worst excesses of fundamentalism are preferable to "western" institutions, An-Na'im's mission is to make Islam palatable to western institutions, and vice-versa, by "rehabilitating" the "early Mohammed" in much the same way that neo-Marxists drew upon the "Young Marx" to get away from the stale determinism of scientific socialism. Thus, the early Mohammed of the Mecca period is portrayed as a tolerant, "reasonable" leader, while the Mohammed of the Medina period, and the later rulers under whom Shari'a developed, were forced to adapt their ideas to the expediencies an extremely harsh, violent political world.

What is An-Na'im's program for rehabilitating Islam from the legacy of this world? The four main areas of law concerned are constitutionalism (how can Islam reconcile itself to self-determination, but with limits on power?), criminal justice (how can Islam democratically enforce Islamic justice without violating the rights of non-Muslims?), international law (how can Islam reconcile itself to interactions between nation-states, some of whom will be non-Muslim?), and human rights (how can Islam leave behind the legacy of subordinate status for women, slaves and non-believers, and grant universal rights to all people?).

While the program is well-argued and eloquently framed, obviously drawing much inspiration from the mentorship of the Sudanese reformist martyr, Mahmoud Taha, An-Na'im himself, though an optimist, admits that the book is not likely to receive a warm reception in the Muslim world. Though he doesn't admit it, part of the problem with this reception might be a feeling that he is engaged in sophist apologism for the West, finding parts of Islamic teaching to justify a wholesale adaptation to modern, secular developments. For those Muslims who feel their identity under attack, and thus advocate a return to tradition, the particular tradition that An-Na'im cites might seem a bit too conveniently Western. And after all, arguing that the Prophet went against his own early teachings out of expediency might seem unfathomable for one who believes that everything the Prophet did was divine!

Superb, groundbreaking scholarship.......2001-11-01

This is a wonderfully refreshing work on the possiblity of reforming Islamic law. Na'im's basis stems from Mahmud Taha's work on the evolutionary nature of the revealed Qur'an. The basic thesis is that the Meccan suras were abrogated through naksh in favor of the later Medinan verses due to political and social circumstances of early Islam. Na'im takes up Taha's argument, that God gave differing foundations for Shari'a, the earlier, tolerant, pluralistic Meccan one being the ideal for which all must strive for. Na'im argues that in order for Islamic peoples to align themselves according to their faith with univeral notions of human rights, a new Shari'a needs to be derived from the earlier Meccan suras. Na'im points out that Shari'a isn't divine in nature, as it is human interpretation of certain portions of the Qur'an. Very well researched and congruent with the universal principles that all faiths share. Also check out Taha's original work on the evolutionary revelation, translated by Na'im, called "The Second Message of Islam".

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