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A Great Journey to Haunted Castles.......2006-05-23
This was the fourth book by Michelle Whitedove that I have read. It is a complete departure from her first two books. I was amazed by the depth of educational material that she was able to give on GHOSTS and other paranormal phenomena that she experienced during her trip to Europe. As an author and Psychic-Medium, it is great to learn the true facts from someone who can SEE and COMMUNICATE with spirits. She gives explanations to all of the questions that I always wanted answered: Are ghosts real? What are orbs? How do ghosts travel? Why do they stay in these places? Are hauntings a method of communication? etc. Plus I really enjoyed the way the book was written from the actual journal pages of her UK ghost trip. You feel as if you are there driving with her and experiencing these haunted castles. This is a fascinating account of her trip. It is not an "over the top" piece if fiction. But it is very believable and full of valuable insights about ghosts and why these souls refuse to leave their Castle homes. I highly recommend it!
Quick read with little impact.......2006-01-31
I was drawn to this book based on its title and concept; a psychic medium travels to various haunted locations and reports on her experiences. As I read the book, I was not lured-in by her investigations. She spends a lot of time discussing the history of each location, which is nice in terms of understanding the background, but the style of her investigations are based more on impressions than documented proof, such as capturing EVPs, or visual evidence through the use of video and photography.
There are two styles towards investigating a haunted location. One is scientific in its approach through the use of various devices that measure the surrounding atmosphere. Typical devices are an EMF meter to record electromagnetic fields and a thermocouple to record ambient temperature fluctuations. Disturbances in these areas commonly occur prior to paranormal activity. The use of this equipment can help in documenting activity using audio, photography, or video equipment. The other style of investigation uses a psychic, or "sensitive" individual who listens to impressions perceived either through the surrounding environment or communicated by the psychic's spiritual guide.
Ms. Whitedove's investigations are based solely on psychic impression. The way in which she documents each investigation is fairly consistent; she recounts the history of the location, visits the location, and walks us through her experience. It's a light and predictable read with little content that draws the reader into the experience. At no time did I feel frightened or even fascinated by her impressions. Ms. Whitedove simply tells us what occurs. To some this may be enough. If you're interested in what happens, then this may be the book for you. If you're looking to be drawn into her experiences and frightened at the same time, I wouldn't recommend this book. It's a short book and a quick read with little emotional impact.
Being a paranormal investigator, I do admit to being somewhat biased by her approach. I would have rather seen her select a blended scientific and psychic approach towards each investigation. Based on her impressions, she could lead her team to capture evidence, which she could then share with the reader. To me, that's the most fascinating approach!
Its ok, for a start.......2005-12-24
I have been studying the world of the paranormal since I was roughly 9 years old growing up in my own "haunted house" I am now 36 years young, and have read allot on the subject and I cont. to collect books on the subjects...
I find this book a bit more wordy on her were she went, her reactions, and little history. Its meat is not were you would expect it to be, in the stories which are short. I was left wanting more... maybe knowing that she is a gifted person, she didnt go into everything she knew I felt she kinda shorted the readers... it was like this in both works. Now you must understand that i have read this subject for years... so it maybe a good read for the beg. but not an advanced reader.
Good & Bad Ghosts in England & Scotland........2005-10-08
Ghosts are human souls which have not moved on but continue to stay in their favorite places as earthbound spirits. On the othre hand, sorcerers and witches are considered to be devil's instruments. Green-faced witches wiht warty noses riding on broomsticks are myth, as is the European werewold, and vampires (the undead). I read a scary book about vampires by George Martin many years ago.
Michelle Whitedove travels to the United Kingdom to the Castle Delhoune in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Lancaster Castle and Chillingham at Northumberland. She also locates a haunted pub (the favorite meetingplaces in that area of the world, and the English hotel where rock stars and Diana frequented. This is attributed to Longfellow (from America): "All houses in which men have lived and died ar haunted houses; through the open doors the harmless phantoms on their errands glide with feet that make no sound upon the floors."
GHOST STALKER was about America's most haunted sites. Both books are good reference material for a Halloween party this year. I plan to haunt the balcony area of the renovated Tennessee Theatre (a place which meant much to me in the Fifties). The Bijou already has its own ghost, that of Civil War Colonel Sanders who expired in that building.
A Thoroughly Entertaining, Keep You Up At Night Read.......2005-08-08
I enjoyed the Ghost Stalker books both part I and part II. Yes, there are some grammatical errors in books but don't let that keep you from enjoying the stories. Michelle Whitedove does a good job explaining various types of hauntings and residual energy left behind during traumatic events. Her descriptions of the castles are great fun especially for someone who will never get to visit themselves. All in all, I enjoyed this book.
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A recognized classic of cultural anthropology, this book explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan from the seventh century through the mid-twentieth, as well as personal family life.
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Guide to occupying forces.......2006-05-02
While I lived four years in Japan, I read many cultural books. Most authors referenced the work done by Ruth Benedict. It's my understanding that the military needed her ideas about the enemy to help win the war, and to effectively occupy Japan following WWII.
Japanese survivors from WWII have universally told me that American soldiers, following the war, were very kind, respectful, honorable, and helpful to the poor, defeated Japanese in their home country. They seemed genuinely interested in getting Japan back on its feet, and today's elderly Japanese feel a great respect and indebtedness towards those occupying forces from America.
American occupying policy was put together fairly quickly. Decisions were made, including whether and in what form the Emperorship should continue. A cornerstone for guiding these decisions was Ruth Benedict's book, "The Crysanthemum and the Sword."
Steps taken and structures put in place by America in post-war Japan were consistent, well-thought, and extraordinarily successful.
As Americans, we really needed a Ruth Benedict to analyze Iraq and inspire our leaders to put together an occupying strategy there that would acknowledge the strengths of Iraqui culture and re-shape them for success. Instead, we seem not to have a clear plan of who Iraq is or what to do with them.
How could we have done so well in the 40's and so poorly now?
Anyway, read Ruth Benedict's remarkable book and marvel at the skill of her analysis.
Explains the riddle of Japan.......2006-02-19
This classic of anthropology commissioned as a study by US military during WWII and completed after the war was over, is a remarkable study of Japanese ethos. Benedict had no direct access to the culture of Japan because of the war situation, so she uses historical, literary, anecdotal data to construct the ethos of Japan and explain why Japanese fight so hard and surrender without hatred, why they dislike anyone showing them a favour, and why they went to war till the emperor chose peace.
She bases the bulk of her analysis on the concepts of Japanese 'indebtedness' - giri and gimu. She states that Japanese do not follow a fixed catalog of common values nor do they have a fixed idea of character but have clear cut ideas about the hierarchy of duties based on the Japanese social structure.
These duties make life very hard for an average Japanese person, but they bear it, because clearing the debt is very important for a Japanese. And debt includes debt to one's name, which is cleared through revenge in the Samurai tradition.
Benedict's analysis correctly explains why the Japanese sought to conquer and rule other countries, why they fought so hard and bitterly, and yet accepted peace so easily.
It also explains much that happened after the book was written - the rise of Japanese industry, management and technology. Japan cleared the debt to its name (due to its loss in war) through commerce.
Her other insights are generally in harmony with other writers on Japan from management theorists explaining Japanese personnel culture to cultural theorists like Geert Hofstede, who rate Japan as the most masculine of all cultures.
Over-Idealized, spawning what later became myths.......2006-02-17
While this book covers many aspects of Japanese culture and behavior, making some of the seminal distinctions (e.g. shame v. guilt culture), it also adds up to a misleading picture in my opinion. Beautifully written, Benedict throws around abstractions and generalizations that I found added up to mythmaking, and ultimately popularised misleading notions about the honor, dignity, etc.
Perhaps I have a skewed view, having lived in Japan when many thought it permanently at the pinnacle of the capitalist world (how quaint does that seem today?), but I saw virtually none of the stuff that Benedict claims is the underlieing reality of life there. I would guess that, since she did not live in Japan and do her work on-site, it was inevitable that she constructed an ideal world and hence ignored the banalities and ugliness that I witnessed every day there. All the stuff about Samarai codes and delicate intimacies, in my opinion, are peripheral - to be sure, they can be found, but the everyday reality there is far darker, far bleaker, than this study implies.
As such, this book reflects about as much reality in Japan as Disney or the cartoon Rex Morgan would for the US. It obscures as much as it illuminates and a lot of people have wasted time trying to base their understanding on it rather than what their eyes told them. There is far less underneath than we would care to admit - perhaps, just perhaps, Japan is as ugly as it appears.
Seminal anthropological study on Japan and its people.......2005-08-15
Those reviewers saying that this book is outdated have obviously never "set foot in Japan" (as one reviewer criticizes the author). Even though I have dozens of friends who live and work in Japan while loving, laughing, crying and living with Japanese, there are still some things about Japanese behavior and society that utterly confuse us as a group. Many Japanese of today who participate in our discussions are also unable to satisfactorily explain their way of thinking to us.
To my surprise, several of these mysteries were explained in great detail here, in a book several decades old! As many students of sociology know, societal change takes time. While Japan's advancement has been remarkably fast, the motivations and analyses laid out in this book still apply to most Japanese today. At the very least, they form the bedrock of the convictions for the middle-aged Japanese of today who dictate political and social policy in the power circles of Japan.
This book is value not only because of how it showcases differences (this is done only for illustrative purposes) but for how it defines and contrasts the Japanese way with what we know, and in doing so allows us to understand them to a higher degree. Very highly recommended.
Briefing to American leadership during World War II.......2005-05-27
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword describes clearly and succinctly how the Japanese lived and thought in the 1930s and 1940s. The book developed from research into Japanese society conducted for the American leadership, civilian and military, during the Second World War.
Benedict describes social customs and traditions found in Japan at the outbreak of WWII. For instance, Japanese love bathing and the eldest male gets to go first and women having their period go last; everyone uses the same water but this is no worse than everyone sharing a pool because bathers wash >>before
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< getting into the tub. Another tradition is that women usually control the family purse with the husbands handing over their wages to their wives and getting an allowance. This is still largely true today.
For over ten years I avoided this book because it was written by someone who had never been to Japan and also because I avoid books that "explain" the Japanese. So when I picked up a copy lying around at a coffee shop and began skimming, I was very surprised at how insightful it was. Benedict was unable to do her research in Japan because of the war, so she obtained all her material from interviews with Japanese POWs and also with second generations Japanese-Americans interned in American concentration camps.
It is still worth reading today. Things have changed in Japan, as they have everywhere else in the world, but her people are still basically the same.
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World History: Patterns of Civilization 1990
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This book is amazing........1997-04-06
This book is great. I learned a lot about the patterns of civilization. Now I feel civilized, and more knowledgable about the world. Now that I understand its patterns, that is. It all makes sense now. So what should I do? Pass this book on to a friend
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Wonderful insight into different understandings of history........2005-02-20
I read Patterns in History this past year and was suprised at how thorough it was in it's approach to the various kinds of historical intertpretation. Providing the reader with the necessary cultural context in which each view was birthed, Bebbington reveals the foundational thoughts and beliefs of many of the historians we read and respect. I specifically enjoyed his critique of the Marxist understanding of history. For the first time I was able to see where the Marxist thought had progressed from and where it will inevitably end up... hopeless, with no firm moral foundation on which to rest. This book was a challenge to read in some areas, as the author is not a terribly skillful writer, but I encourage enyone with a passion for history and historical interpretation to try this book. You will not be disappointed.
An overview of the major schools of historiography........2004-02-27
Bebbington looks over 5 of the major "schools" of historiography, including, Linear, Cyclical, Christian, Marxist, and Historicist. It is a good textbook for post-graduate study and is highly recommended for those who are students of history as well as those who are serious history "buffs". Bebbington does a good job of bringing out the strengths and weaknesses of each school. There is an updated edition from the 1979 edition which includes some minor changes in the text and a new preface and a new closing. Well worth the read. It is a relatively short work, and my only real gripe with the work was that it was too short. This could easily become a multi-volume work, but that wasn't it's purpose.
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Guided Reading; Skillbuilder Practice; Geography Applications; Primary Sources; Literature Selections; History Makers; Connections Across time and Cultures; Science & Technology; Answer Key
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Patterns of Everyday Life (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 10)
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Subsistence Trade and Social Change (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization)
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Wouldn't it be nice if all executives had a magical rabbit-like the one in the movie Harvey -- following them around reminding them to be ethical? In this charming fable, Aristotle (Ari, for short) is a pooka -- a mythical, invisible creature with a penchant for advising against dishonesty. Our hero, Edgar P. Benchley, has been able to see and hear Ari since childhood, and as he journeys through his professional life, constantly faced with challenging questions of good conduct, Ari helps remind him that nice guys can succeed . . . even in the world of business.
Much needed in these times when confidence in corporations has eroded, A Business Tale offers readers the inspiration to make ethical choices even when it isn't easy or immediately rewarding. Following the story, the book also contains real-life examples and a 10-step action plan for ethical behavior in the workplace. A Business Tale is an easy-to-read, unforgettable "spoonful of sugar" to help companies and individuals digest the sometimes tart lessons of practical morality in the workplace.
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Nice Guys Don't Have To Finish Last.......2006-12-17
The basic tenet of this book is that the author believes businesses can't truly build shareholder value without instutionalizing sound ethical practices. The author illustrates her position by creating four fictional characters who must all face various ethical and moral challenges throughout their lives as well as face the consequences of the choices they've made.
One character in particular; Edgar, has a competitive advantage over the others in the form of a very tall, and very pushy, invisible rabbit that fulfills the role of moral and ethical conscience for our hero throughout his life. I found the approach creative and entertaining.
Marianne Jennings punctuates her fictionalized lessons in ethics with many real-world examples from recent and distant history that perfectly capture the widespread pain and suffering that almost always result from unethical behavior. Companies such as WorldCom, FINOVA, Beechnut, General Motors, and John-Manville have paid millions of dollars in fines, and some of their top executives have served prison terms because of their inability to "do the right thing." In addition to the damage done to the economic base of the enterprise, there is the further toll taken on the employees, shareholders, and pubic at large.
The cornerstones of the book rest on the following ten "pointers for playing by the rules":
1) Honesty is a tough thing.
2) Playing by the rules means living with an occasional setback.
3) Doing the right thing often means more work.
4) Being ethical sometimes means running behind in the race.
5) Expect a little mockery for playing ethically.
6) Being ethical means you have to speak up.
7) Sometimes the ethical route is opportunity knocking.
8) The ethical finish first eventually, and with peace of mind.
9) Ethical indiscretions haunt the sprinters.
10) Success comes from doing what's honest and right.
The silver lining in the ethical behavior debate is that in the long run, companies who routinely engage in sound ethical practices usually win. No better example of a highly successful business executive that is renowned for his personal ethics can be made more forcefully than by the authors repeated references to none other than Warren Buffett.
At the corporate level, the highly ethical and brilliant handling of the potentially devastating public relations disaster faced by the makers of Tylenol pain products is a textbook example of how sound ethical behavior by a business can turn a losing situation into a major win.
But before the reader is ever treated to this delightful story with its carefully interwoven life lessons, Dr. Laura Schlessinger kicks off the book with an insightful and thought provoking Forward in a style that is uniquely hers to deliver a major coupe de tat for Ms. Jennings.
I have to agree with another reviewer that if you own a company, you should buy a copy of the book for every employee. Your future success may depend on the lessons it contains.
Great Book!.......2004-08-26
Sometimes we forget that in order to succeed we need to pay attention to little things such as ethics. This book really is an eye opener... I agree, it should be mandatory for every student in America.
Ethics are brought to real life in this fable.......2003-08-09
This is the story of ethics, choices, and business presented the tale of one Edgar Benchley, a nerd who studies well and enters the world of business, where his questionable dealings keep resulting in his being fired. Ethics are brought to real life in this fable, which uses the story format to impart basics of ethics in the business world.
Excellent, excellent.......2003-07-13
I absolutely love the new book on ethics by Marianne M. Jennings. She uses a parody to follow four students through their life from high school to middle age. One student, Edgar, has a big rabbit as his conscience. The rabbit appears whenever Edgar faces an ethical dilemma. Edgar repeatedly struggles through life as he sees his three friends achieve major financial gains by being unethical. Ms. Jennings does a wonderful job of illustrating the long-term benefits of running one's personal and business decisions through an ethical filter prior to action. This book should be mandatory reading for all college students.
Must read for anyone in business.......2003-07-07
I have a unique relationship with the author. While I was an MBA student at Arizona State, she was my teacher. Now, I'm her literary agent. Not only is Jennings the nation's leading authority on ethics, but she's an incredible writer who will make you think and make you laugh. The book is a fable--in the spirit of WHO MOVED MY CHEESE and THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER--that you'll be able to read in one sitting, yet the lessons will last for a lifetime. If you own a company, this is a book you should buy for all your employees.
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