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When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind. There, on the island of Ischia, she meets M., an aesthetics professor from Paris with an oversized love of life. What they both assume will be a casual vacation tryst turns into a passionate, transatlantic love affair, as they rendezvous in London, Marrakech, Milan, the Aeolian Islands, and San Francisco. Each encounter is a delirious immersion into place (sumptuous food and wine, dazzling scenery, lush gardens, and vibrant streetscapes) and into each other. And with each experience, Laura brings home not only a lasting sense of pleasure, but a more fully recovered sense of her emotional and sexual self. Written with an observant eye, an open mind, and a delightful sense of humor,
An Italian Affair has the irresistible honesty of a story told from and about the heart.
Customer Reviews:
An Affair to Forget.......2007-09-04
The title of this book led me to purchase it. Like other books set in Italy, I expected more of an emphasis on the country and its people. Laura Fraser's book should simply be entitled "Sordid Affair - Some of It Even Happened in Italy." Ms. Fraser does head to Italy several times to have her affair with the professor, but she also meets him in London, Morocco, and California. The professor is from France, but he is one quarter Italian. Maybe that is the Italian Affair she refers to. When they get together they happen to speak Italian. That could be it, too. I just don't know.
The book is about a woman whose husband left her for another woman and she then has an affair with a married man from France. This affair is part of her story for dealing with her emotions post marriage. The married man in this story has two children in what appears to be an open marriage. He is a most unlikable character. He is very narcissistic, hedonistic, and snobbish. He revels in hearing about Laura's trysts with other men.
Laura, at first, is a sympathetic character. She is the wronged woman. As you get further into the book, you realize she is a train wreck. She drives down the wrong side of the road in the affairs of life and is consistently surprised to see that things don't work out.
I would encourage you to read another book if you are interested in Italy.
Wonderful! .......2007-08-23
it was very disconcerting to read a book that was written in the second person! I also felt that M treated Laura pretty shabbily, and I was amazed at how much she was willing to overlook. Howver, her fantasy verses reality mindset served her well in her healing process after the divorce. I loved the travelogue aspect of this book; all the wonderful details of off-the-beaten path charming places (esp islands in Italy) where they met up. These were described in such vivid detail, and I could almost taste the delicious foods, and picture the various sights in my mind. And this is precisely why I chose to read this book, so that objective was satisfied above and beyond!
Food, wine and love in paradise.......2006-12-21
Laura Fraser has been married for only one year when her husband declares that he no longer loves her and has fallen for a younger woman. Totally devastated, she takes the advice of a friend to travel so as to meet new people and to take her mind off things, so sets off for some of the remoter islands off the coast of Italy. While climbing a small mountain, she meets a fifty something French Arts Professor who proves that what she needs is an older, sympathetic man to soothe her hurts and together they spend a holiday that is both intellectual and physical and agree to try to meet next holiday time. Laura realises that the Professor is a married man with a family but whose understanding wife agrees that once a year, he needs his own space. This gentle love affair, without commitment, is exactly what Laura needs to get back into life and they meet again over the next couple of years to the enjoyment of both of them. The author gives glowing descriptions of both the beautiful places they visit and mouth watering descriptions of the luscious food and drink that they try. A warning...don't read this book if you are dieting or unable to reach any food in a hurry as it will definitely make your tummy rumble!
romantic places, not a romantic lover.......2006-05-18
This book was great for me because the author wrote loving, detailed descriptions of the places she went, the food she ate, and the people she met. Her husband, who she thought was the love of her life, left her after only a year of marriage, in a nasty, hurtful way. She left San Francisco to spend time in Italy to distract herself from thinking about her marriage, and to avoid meeting her ex with his new wife in their old haunts. How many of us have fantisized about escaping to a beautiful place to lick our wounds in similar situations. Of course Laura was going to find an Italian man to help get her over her emotional hurt, but the man she settled on... I can't help thinking she could have done better. What bothers me is not that "M" was a married man with kids, it's that he was gross, and a user. She described him smoking stinky cigarettes and smelling like cigars. Yuk. He's a nasty arrogant middle-aged Parisian, not even a romantic young hunk. But the story of getting over a broken heart, and the romance of beautiful places, appeals to me greatly.
You find yourself in a maze of twisty passages.......2006-02-22
You're very interested in Italy and are planning a vaction there
in the spring. You have been reading books on Italian history
and accounts of travel in Italy. You find Laura Fraser's
book "An Italian Affair" and you think that it sounds interesting
so you order it. But when you start to read "An Italian Affair"
you find that the books is simply unreadable. The book is
written in the second person (the same tense that you wrote this
book review in). You find Ms. Fraser describing your marriage
which ended when your husband left you for another woman. But
wait, you don't have a husband. In fact, you check and
discover that you're male. The book also describes your affair
with a married Italian professor. You're surprised, because
you have not even visited Italy yet. And neither the Italian
professor or you are homosexual.
After reading a few paragraphs of this horrible book you wonder
how it ever got past the editors at Vintage. You put the book
in the library donation pile and grab another book from the
bookshelf. But before you put this whole experience behind you,
you decide to write a review on Amazon to warn other readers of
what they may find if they buy this book.
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It's hard to imagine a more romantic real-life story than the long, forbidden love affair of the 18th-century Venetian nobleman Andrea Memmo and a half-English beauty named Giustiniana Wynne. Andrea Di Robilant's A Venetian Affair is drawn in part from a cache of letters discovered by the author's father in his ancestral palazzo on the Grand Canal. In 1753, his ancestor Andrea Memmo had been introduced to a lovely girl of uncertain station (illegitimate, although her parents later married). The Wynnes's position was precarious enough in Venice's rigid society, and Giustiniana's mother took every step to prevent the young aristocrat from corrupting her daughter. But the two lovers began to meet in secret: exchanging letters through confederates and communicating in public through an elaborate code of nods and gestures. They even came within a few days of being married before further dark revelations about Giustiniana's family put a permanent end to their hopes. Although Memmo went on to have an illustrious career in the dying Venetian Republic, it is Giustiniana's astonishing later life that really captures the reader. A Venetian Affair provides both a rich picture of the times--including cameo appearances by that scamp, Casanova--and a convincing account of an enduring passion. --Regina Marler
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“Some years ago, my father came home with a carton of old letters that time and humidity had compacted into wads of barely legible paper,” Andrea di Robilant tells us as he begins this spellbinding true story of love in eighteenth-century Venice. In the attic of their old family palazzo on the Grand Canal, his father had found the love letters of their ancestor Andrea Memmo, one of the last great Venetian statesmen, to a beautiful half-English girl named Giustiniana Wynne. Some of the letters were written in code, which di Robilant and his father cracked to reveal an illicit passion: Giustiniana was not of the elite ruling class and would never have been considered a suitable match for Andrea. But their acts of devotion were startlingly brazen. As their courtship unfolds, they plot elaborate marriage schemes that offend everyone, arrange secret trysts in borrowed rooms, cause trouble for the servants who must ferry their forbidden correspondence, and even weather an unwanted pregnancy, from which Giustiniana, with her wits and ingenuity and some crucial assistance from the infamous Casanova, emerges unscathed.
Andrea di Robilant, heir to the lovers’ legacy, captures them in the twilight of the golden era of Venice, with forays to the colorful social circles of London and Paris along the way. His sparkling, well-paced narrative evokes the world of mask-wearing men and ladies attending Goldoni plays and gambling at the Ridotto—bringing to life, 250 years later, a tale of unbounded passion and rich historical intrigue.
Customer Reviews:
Historical romance - the real thing!.......2007-06-08
I am an avid reader of historical fiction and usually dabble in non-fiction a few times a year. Venice seems to be a pull lately, and this wonderful and detailed account of two young lovers during the last days of Venice was a treat.
First, it is thrilling to read a real life account of a love forbidden by class and social snobbery, and two people who could not help themselves but to risk reputation, political power and wealth in spite of it all. Similar to fairy tales, Andrea Memmo and Giustiniana Wynne must contend with scheming enemies, jealous contenders and a watchful and foreboding mother, and in response they develop a secret code and a network of informants, allies and spies that spans Europe at times.
Second, they were pals with Casanova. How could life in Venice or Paris be boring when Casanova is around? His exploits have lived on for 250 years - thus reading anything that bears witness to his world first hand is fascinating.
Third, all is not roses in this romance. In addition to the aforementioned barriers to their love, they must also overcome infidelity, jealousy, distrust and large, looming secrets. Reading excerpts from their letters and seeing how they accomplish these feats is amazing. Giustiniana in particular shows astonishing cunning at times - and manages to accomplish a feat which today still seems impossible to the media and general public. Just goes to show how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Finally, the European scene during this time is fascinating in and of itself. I loved having the opportunity to witness it through Giustiniana's eyes and words, and watching her grow as well. We see her develop from a sheltered, dreamy adolescent into a worldly woman who was a century or more ahead of the rest of the world with regard to women's roles and freedoms. Her lost love, personal sacrifices and struggles to be accepted by society shaped her into a fascinating woman.
Andrea Di Robilant deserves enormous thanks for bringing his father's dream into fruition by translating these letters, researching family and political history, and writing it all down to share with the world.
A true life love story better than fiction.......2007-03-16
Through a series of letters a pair of lovers in 18th century Venice take great strides to be together. Based on ancestral correspondence written in code, Di Robilant pieces together a bond too powerful to break until the end of their days.
L'amour, l'amour!.......2006-10-26
A true-live bodice ripper! Fiction doesn't get better or more outragous than this heartbreaking story. Surrounded by the faded decadent glories of 18th century Venice, this book serves up a remarkable slice of history. It stretches from the palazzos of Venice to the court of Louis XVI to London and back...seduction, romance, infidelity, love found and lost, comedy, tragedy and skeletons popping out of the family closet! This is a beautifully, bitter-sweet family story that emerges from old love letters that is told with tenderness and compassion. I've passed out half a dozen copies of this book to friends. Whether your interest is in romance or specifically the history of Venice and the period, this is a must read.
Romantic Read.......2006-08-30
I brought this book with me to Venice last year, and read it there. A great book to bring with you on your next trip to La Serenissima. Fun, historical read. Interesting. Romantic.
Classic Romance!.......2006-08-04
This book immerses the reader into 18th Century Venice as well as Paris and London. The author is able to successfully capture the essense of that period. The love letters let the reader go into the two main characters' minds. We, the readers, feel their joys and sorrows. It's a fascinating look at 18th Century Europe. I highly recommend it!
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Small hardcover filled with color and b/w photos of Salvatore Ferragamo's shoes, history, and the women who wore them. Edited by the Director of the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum.
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An insider's look into wartime diplomacy in Europe, through Mussolini's foreign minister's confidential diaries that were secreted out of Italy after Ciano's execution in 1943.
Customer Reviews:
Great primary source for World War 2.......2007-02-22
Ciano's Diaries are an invaluable resource to scholars who want to study the diplomacy of the Nazi's and Italy in World War 2. For those who are just causal readers of history these diaries will probably not be of interest. For the scholars of Europe they are essential. These are great and honest reports of what Italy under Mussolini was thinking. Ciano's second set of diaries paints the dark days of World War 2 for Italy and how the regime was on the brink of collapsing. Ciano himself would be executed as a traitor by the end but he and a small group worked to preserve Italy. The diplomatic maneuverings between the Germans, Russians and the Allies are captured here in unabashed detail making for interesting reading. For those who want to understand the diplomatic realties of World War 2 this is essential.
A must-read for WWII buffs..........2006-06-26
I had been wanting to read Count Ciano's Diaries for years because I kept seeing quotations from them in all sorts of books on the period. They did not disappoint! Count Ciano had a front row seat to the whole show. Well, up until early '43 when the Nazis shot him... It truly is an amazing perspective on the war. Ciano vacillates between fear and admiration for the Nazis, as their fortunes run hot and cold. He pouts when Hitler does things behind the backs of the Italians, yet he gleefully acknowledges every time the Italians attempt to pay the Nazis back in their own coin. It's stunning to see how completely incompetent the Italians were in military affairs, and how incapable they were of reversing their fortunes. They stuck with much of the same military leadership throughout the conflict, despite their constant bumbling. More than anything it was a text that had me questioning why the Axis could be so stupid as to extend a war that they hadn't won. After the fall of France those must have been heady days for the Axis leadership. The world stretched before them. You really get a sense of this reading the diaries. Yet Hitler attacks the Soviet Union with the UK at his back. Inconceivable! Even Mussolini attacks Greece when he had more fighting than he could handle in the sands of Egypt. Looking back it takes your breath away. What if these guys hadn't pushed their luck way too far?
A Historically and Politically important work.......2003-02-13
There are very few published writings by those that sat in positions of power during the period leading up to and during the Second World War that are of this personal and telling nature. This is the great difference between Ciano's Diary and the writing of the defeated or victorious from this time.
Ciano was not looking back and writing in an attempt to absolve himself of his role nor was he allowing the glow of victory to taint his recollection of events.
These sometimes seemingly shallow entries in his personal diary can allow us to view events of unfathomable consequence from his seat and without the ideological raging or gossamer thin excuses and attempts at self absolution of many other works; Albert Speer being a prime example of the latter; written by politicians or those that held office at this time.
To read this Diary in search of ideological or moral answers would be misdirected but to study this Diary and gain insight into Ciano, Mussolini and the machinations and power struggles of what was in reality a far from stable Dictatorship with an often tenuous alliance with Hitler's Reich would be to serve yourself well. This is a work that no scholar of Politics or History should overlook.
Rather pointless exercise..........2002-10-21
This diary has little interest: no political analysis and no view on military affairs... obviously Ciano and the rest of the Italian government and military have no clue about what's happening around them. They keep saying stupidly: 'this war is going to be long'. Needless to say, not a world of moral or ethical judgment.
Most entries are criticism of some inept Italian General (too fat, and dyes his hair !), complaints about the Germans , or complaints about Albanians stealing silver cutlery at official dinners. Admittedly there is some emotion after 1942 when they start to realize that everything is going wrong, but the psychological analysis is very shallow (Ciano merely notes the 'depressed' mood of everybody after 1942). Nothing about Ciano's personal life in Rome's upper class, which would probably have been more interesting.
For a clever (too clever ?) Italian view of the war, read Kaputt, by Curzio Malaparte.
Offers great historical insight.......2002-02-24
Written as personal diary, this book offers a keen insight into the events leading to World War II. Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law, served as his foreign minister. Ciano opposed Italy's participation in the war and disliked Hitler. Yet Ciano also has his share of faults and moments of poor judgement. Undoutedly one of the most honest books from the period. The editing is often uneven. Some material contained is trite. The last entry, when Ciano knows he willbe executed by the Fascist puppet state, is quite moving.
Customer Reviews:
Expected better...........2007-04-11
Based on the review I thought this book would be a great book, but it wasn't. This story is boring and there is nothing in it to grab at your attention. It took me forever to finish this book, and when I did read it I skimmed through a lot of the paragraphs. I have read a lot of Anne Mathers book and this is not one of her best.
SENSUAL ROMANTIC & SWEET STORY.......2005-01-30
Anne Mather is exceedingly adept at painting vivid characters and describing poignant scenes of emotional conflict.
The main characters in this novel are Rafe and Tess who are thrown together with a common goal; to discover where Rafe's son and Tess's sister have escaped to together. Will Tess and Rafe get together in the end?...of course, but "it's not the end that's important it's the journey". And Ms. Mather makes this a trip that's most worth taking!
My favourite Anne Mather scenes are always near the end when the couple are on the verge of reconciliation. Anne Mather describes that delicious uncertain feeling of being in love like no one else can. This book is a keeper!
Average customer rating:
- OK, but not much substance
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The Italian Affair
Julie Ellis
Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers
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ASIN: 0727853481 |
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OK, but not much substance.......2000-04-28
As a romance, I found this book to be sadly lacking in romantic feeling. As a suspense novel, I felt that it was lacking substance of plot. It was an ok story, but left you hanging at the end.
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An Italian Affair
Laura Fraser
Manufacturer: Ebury Press
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A Private Affair (Modern Voices)
Beppe Fenoglio
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Posthumously published in Italy in 1963, and now translated into English for the very first time, Beppe Fenoglio's World War II novel
A Private Affair is regarded as one of the greatest works of 20th-century Italian literature. After the fateful day of September 8,1943—when Italy surrendered to the Allies and was occupied by the Wehrmacht—Milton, a university student, joins the anti-German partisan militia in the mountainous areas of the Piedmont. It is a hard life of watches, patrols, ambushes, and close escapes, but Milton seems to live in a kind of daze, heedless of the danger of being captured by Fascist bands, and immersed in his own world of thoughts and memories. History and life are fused together through a masterful use of flashback, while Milton’s romantic, obsessive, and desperate quest for love and truth carries a wealth of connotations that still reverberate to this day. Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963) is best known for his autobiographical work,
Johnny the Partisan.
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This book explores not only the formal constraints on the conduct of war throughout Western history but also the unwritten conventions about what is permissible in the course of military operations. Ranging from classical antiquity to the present, eminent historians discuss the legal and cultural regulation of violence in such matters as belligerent rights, the treatment of prisoners and civilians, the observing of truces and immunities, the use of particular weapons, siege warfare, codes of honor, and war crimes.
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Do you think shamed journalists Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass were rare bad apples? Far from it, they were just the ones stupid enough to get caught. Alexandra Kitty demonstrates with example upon example how manufactured news is endemic in our media and shows the reader how to spot suspicious stories.
In the last few years, the journalism industry has cut costs by eliminating important safeguards: companies have reduced the number of fact-checkers, editors, and journalists. What this means is that editors and reporters cannot spend time verifying information. Moreover, journalists are not required to have professional experience or training to cover their beats. Fierce competition to get a scoop may lead to journalists making careless errors or not double-checking information.
To maintain audiences and readership, journalists, editors and producers will choose sensational stories that "shock." Combined with time and budget constraints, journalists may unwittingly or deliberately disseminate false or misleading information to the public. It is important to "get" a story, interview a subject or nab a scoop first-the accuracy of these elements is secondary. Competition from other media outlets also means the goal of a journalist is to get the scoop first-how it makes it on the air (flawed, inaccurate, questionably obtained) is unimportant.
Don't Believe It! teaches news consumers how to verify information. It shows readers how to evaluate sources, eyewitnesses and data. This is a comprehensive bible to information verification from a logical standpoint, showing how to be skeptical without being jaded, step by step, with case studies and a classification manual.
Alexandra Kitty is a journalist who specializes in crime and media issues. She has a BA in psychology from McMaster University and a MA in journalism from the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Customer Reviews:
Media lies and bias.......2007-05-29
This book was purchased for my college english class. I was hesitant about it at first, thinking it would be a sensationalist book preaching about how everything is a lie and such. In fact, I found I really enjoyed it. Thankfully void of neither a left nor right wing bias, and all together facts, not opinion. It really makes you think and consider what goes on in media today. It amazes me how much things news outlets get away with. As Kitty points out, they're in to make money. I definetly look closer at the news after reading this book. Very interesting, and readble.
Belongs in every home in America.......2007-01-12
This book looks at how, and why, so many scams, hoaxes and other falsehoods seem to make it into the news.
If there is such a thing as The Reason for such a state of affairs, it is that, in general, journalists don't bother to check a story's accuracy. In this 24-hour-news world, there is little, or no, time to be thorough. It is better to be first than right. If a story has been covered by some other media outlet, it must automatically be legitimate. Also, an increasing number of scam artists have learned to package their scams in a media-friendly way.
All of us have seen such stories in the news. Some people claim to have found disgusting things in their food, like needles in soda cans, or fingers in chili. During Gulf War I, there was the widely reported accusation that Iraqi soldiers burst into Kuwaiti maternity wards, took the babies out of incubators, left them to die on the floor, and took the incubators. A popular story is the one about a crime victim, or someone, especially a child, fighting some major disease. Whether or not the poor individual actually exists tends to be forgotten. What if the reporter is the one who says they are sick, but then it turns out to be a lie. How many of these stories turn out to be true?
Included are a list of questions that the media consumer can ask to help weed out the hoaxes. How well is the story sourced? Is the story over hyped? Is the rumor inflammatory or slanderous? Does this interview subject have something to gain by lying? Was a "friend of a friend" the origin of the rumor? Does the story rely on unnamed sources? In war zones, does one of the warring sides seem to have media training or have hired a public relations firm?
This book belongs in every home in America. It does a fine job of showing just how easily scams and hoaxes can become news, and helping the consumer to distinguish them from legitimate news. The writing is first-rate and it is really easy to read.
Read this book.......2005-05-09
Many of us have noticed how instead of news, we get more and more sensationalism, opinions, staged news, and complete hoaxes. We see a few accusations of a "liberal" or a "conservative" media. But that misses the point; what we really have is a lying media. A media for which truth has become an enemy rather than a value. Of course, ratings are the goal, and truth may well interfere with that goal, at least in the short term. And we see some folks even claim that truth is just relative anyway (and only in the eye of the beholder). But it isn't. There is such a thing as honest and accurate reporting. And we consumers need to have a way to say so, objectively, when we're not getting that.
I think people of all political persuasions need to read this book. I'm a liberal, and I found myself sympathizing with some of the author's complaints politically. But I would have sympathized with some of them had I been a conservative. I was impressed by the way that the author analyzed bad reporting independent of its political stance.
I was especially intrigued by the section on propaganda. Here, Kitty shows us how the media feed us an overdose of dubious anecdotes, demonization, and material from which relevant parts have been censored. We see stories with all sorts of logical holes that are simply designed to get a reaction from the audience rather than report accurately, educate, or inform. And we are misled by straight-faced claims that are utter nonsense, such as that prosperity for one side in a struggle would be a violation of rights for the other side.
I do not know how thoroughly the author takes her own advice. But we certainly ought to!
Excellent Look Inside media bias.......2005-04-05
Alexandra Kitty reveals as true, what a growing number of people have long suspected: the media reports their biases, not the facts.
Senior news directors at most TV stations, and editors at most news papers have biases and prejudices that lean heavily toward socialist economics, left wing social engineerning, and support for other destructive agendas. The journalism schools know this, and teach students accordingly. The result is that colleges and universities no longer train people for jouralistic or fact-gathering excellence -- instead, they filter out all but the most extreme leftists from the ranks of prospective news reporters and editors. Creative writing has replaced facts.
Alexandra Kitty shows how extremist feminism, pro-abortion reporting, extreme anti-business views, environmental radicalism, support for pedophilia and homosexuality, and several other radical views have become "mainstream" in media reporting, as the content of "news" has increasingly become tendentious and misrepresentative. Ms. Kitty documents how the media have all bue abandoned fact-based reporting in favor of sensationalism and selective presentations of carefullly arranged facts that serve as propaganda for the causes favored within the culture of modern media. She also shows how the media's internal culture has become increasingly isolated and removed from the real mainstream views and experience of most Americans.
The most extreme media views are the product of what Roger Kimball termed "tenured radicals" (in his 1990 book of the same title), and what Allan Bloom identified as "the closing of minds" in his landmark 1987 tome. The top editors and content directors in the American media long ago closed their minds to facts, and insisted on political correctness as a condition for promotion or advancement in their organizations. Newly hired reporters and college graduates quickly learned that sensationalism and left-wing reporting (even if it was full of outright lies) were a ticket to advancement, while balanced or objective reporting that stuck with the facts led to a stalled career.
The result has been a series of high profile cases where top reporters have been caught reporting complete fabrications, and gettign off with just a mild reprimand.
Ms. Kitty shows that the cases of Jayson Blair and Stephen GLass were not unusual; what was unusual is that they were careless and left a broad paper trail that led to them being caught in their own webs of fabrications and falsehoods.
Alexandra Kitty has a long career in criminal investigations, and what she has uncovered in American (and Canadian) media is a crime of sorts: the media's claim to be reporting "news" is a fraud. This is a shocking book, not likely to be reviewed in your local newspaper, or in other commercial media.
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Wildlife Biology, 2nd Edition
Raymond F. Dasmann
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Brings together the principles of ecology, population biology, wildlife conservation and management. Examines wildlife in the context of ecosystems and the factors which determine population levels. Considers the problems of conservation and management from national and international points of view. Shows why single-species approaches often fail.
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Way too expensive.......2001-10-11
The content of this book may be great, but this tiny tome is not worth $.... No way. I bought it used, and trust me the $50 it cost was too much. In the outrageous textbook market $50 would have been steep for a new book, but I suppose they could make a case for it. If you pay $... dollars for this book, you are going to be a very unhappy camper when it arrives, regardless of content.
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The Last Extinction: 2nd Edition
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ASIN: 0262111799 |
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Since the first edition of this book was published in 1986 the dusky seaside sparrow whose plight was chronicled in the chapter "Vanishing Species in our own Backyard" is gone, a victim of politics and neglect. On the other hand, the black-footed ferret of America's Great Plains has recovered from the brink of extinction through captive breeding and is being reintroduced into the wild.
The Last Extinction was one of the first books on biodiversity and species loss, and today there is a new and more widespread awareness of what some consider to be the great tragedy of our time - organisms which took many thousands or even millions of years to evolve are being snuffed out permanently owing to human activity.
Environmentalist Norman Myers has added a new chapter on whales to this edition to address the critical issue of habitat destruction (which for whales involves over 70% of the Earth) from a host of insults. These include oil spills, toxic chemical runoffs that foster oxygen depriving algae bloom, the destruction of plankton by ultraviolet rays, the filling of coastal zones, and boat traffic.
With the exception of David Ehrenfeld's eloquent plea for environmental stewardship, the other essays have been updated to incorporate new information and perspectives. The reading lists, chapter notes, and the list of environmental organizations have also been expanded.
Les Kaufman is Chief Scientist and Head of the Edgerton Research Laboratory at the New England Aquarium, where Kenneth Mallory is Head of Publishing.
Contents: Why the Ark is Sinking, Les Kaufman. Mass Extinctions: New Answers' New Questions, David Jablonski. The Amazon: Paradise Lost? Ghillian T. Prance. Vanishing Species in, Our Own Backyard, James, D. Williams, Ronald M. Nowak. Riders of the Last Ark, Thomas J. Foose. Sharing the Earth with Whales, Norman Myers. Life in the Next Millennium - Who Will be Left in Earth's Community? David Ehrenfeld
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Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources, 2nd Edition
Colin W. Clark
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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ASIN: 0471508837 |
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An introduction to the theory of biologial conservation, including a wealth of applications to the fishery and forestry industries. The mathematical modeling of the productive aspects of renewable-resource management is explained, including both economic and biological factors, with much attention paid to the optimal use of resource stocks over time. The Second Edition includes new chapters on the theory of resource regulation and on stochastic resource models, new sections on irreversible investment, game-theoretic models, dynamic programming, and an expanded bibliography.
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