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A call to obedience
By J. C. Woods
I was perusing the bargain table in a bookstore when this title leapt out at me. I boughtit (for the price what had I to lose?) and 24 hours later I had finished. Stunned, I think is the word. It is hard to believe, for one thing, that this is an actually a collection of essays. Such collections tend to be like your grandma's attic: a little bit of this, a little bit of that; connected only by the owners' (author's) singularity. This book, though the chapters are all on different subjects, describes a single argument, and each of the chapters -- er-- essays, increase the self-disclosure.
The author does admit to some deception (p. 174) in the table of contents, a subterfuge to cover where she is going, but it seems necessary. The book's aim is to subvert a world view, that of her readers. To do so requires an ambush. She has to get you with her, moving in her direction before you notice how far she had lead you away from the beaten track. The first essay is the most conventional and reads a bit like Allan Bloom's "Closing of the American Mind" (whose conclusion she probably resonates with, while doubting he goes far enough; and whose methods she probably thinks are complete and utter poppycock). The last are very personal and subjective.
She asks (and answers) disquieting questions. Why do we constantly go to prepackaged idea about our history when the original documents are readily available? Why is it that what passes for scholarship gives us opinions instead of knowledge? When we are drowning in information, why is public discourse so impoverished?
For the answers to these questions, she goes back to the 19th century and beyond. How did we get into this fix? What were things like before? Is our plight necessary? She avoids conspiracies theories at the price of making her readers responsiblie for what they know. Without obedience, there is no faith. If you're just looking for information, you won't find it here. If you want, instead to be a person who is reponsible for what they know, this book is for you.

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This book of essays is a wonderful testimony of a person who is not afraid to go against the commonly held beliefs of much of the non-religious world. Who knew Calvin was so intersting, or that New Englander Calvinists and the McCuffie (sp?) readers were so admirable, or that the Darwinists so untrustworthy? You don't have to believe her, but she will make you read more about all these and other topics.

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Modern Jeremiad
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This book could just as well have been entitled "Modern Jeremiad", as its tone is often bleak, accusatory, and angry, sure that the world, and America in particular, has taken a set of massively wrong turns in terms of both its thinking and its behavior. This is a book that marks modern thought as empty of spiritual meaning, and continually contrasts secular (mostly failed) ideas and behaviors with Christianity's spirituality and ability to provide meaning and moral structure in a modern human's life. The essays are wildly uneven, and the variation in quality is quite wide; most are readable, but several are nigh on unreadable. If you were to read this book from back to front, you would, roughly speaking, be reading from the best essays to the worst.

The first essay, entitled Darwinism, is the biggest disappointment, particularly as it was the reason I bought the book. Here, unfortunately, the author is murky, imprecise, ill-informed and sometimes plainly misleading. She appears to be not very well acquainted with the subject, at least from the modern scientific point of view. It would appear that this essay's main theme is that materialism in ideas (science) and practice (acquisitiveness) is no substitute for moral and spiritual values; this is a strong idea, and has been argued in many ways by many people. This essay starts unraveling when the author chooses to use the term Darwinism in several different contexts without carefully distinguishing between them. Since the sub-title of the book is "Essays on Modern Thought", there is a strong implication that this subject would address evolutionary biology. However, Darwinism is used here to mean at least four different things: Modern evolutionary biological science, the historical progression of social and political ideas that followed from Darwin's writings, Social Darwinism in and of itself, and the pseudo-scientific ramblings of various people, to include some, but not all, of Dawkins' writings (some of Dawkins' work is legitimate evolutionary biological science, and some of it is atheistic crankiness). Each of these have some quite distinct elements, and by conflating them together the author displays some fairly flaccid thinking, much of it from old and long since discredited ideas, or ideas that are on the bleeding edge of scientific thinking, but which are treated by the author, as, well . . . scientific gospel. Certainly the essay struggles to be modern in the sense of being current, or having applied lessons learned.

The most modern and enduring thoughts that emanated from Darwin are expressed in evolutionary biological thinking, which attempts to describe a mechanism for the observed changes that occur in a biological organism's physical and genetic structure. The idea for natural selection came from the observations that: natural organisms vary in their physical traits, and seemingly small differences can keep one species from interbreeding with another; most species produce many, many more offspring than can possibly survive in their resource constrained environment, and so only those most fit for survival live long enough to reproduce and pass on their particular traits; the traits that confer higher fitness to surviving organisms can change over time, in part due to changing environmental pressures, providing a very slow mechanism for genetic and physical change of organisms. Robinson repeatedly turns the idea of natural selection on its head, talking about it as some agent that replaces God and is "killing off those who die", rather than as a description of the normal state of nature (in every generation most species normally produce more offspring than can survive, which is what Darwin was addressing). Nature works that way whether you believe its origins were from God's creation or you are trying to explain it as a working scientific theory.

There were many influences on Darwin that produced these seminal thoughts, among them the ideas of Thomas Malthus, who, during the growing pains of the Industrial Revolution, worried that the food supply would be outstripped by the exponentially expanding human population. This idea provided Darwin with another spur towards a natural selection mechanism for the evolution of life on earth: Competition for scarce resources amongst living organisms would promote traits that enhanced the ability of those organisms to successfully garner sufficient resources to survive. The author criticizes Malthus for the brutishness of his ideas, mocks him for the failure of his predictions to come true, and then makes a broad attempt to connect the whole of Malthus to Darwin's evolutionary model. What is missing here is first that Malthus' ideas were not inherently wrong nor brutish; it was and still is entirely possible for the human population to increase beyond their capacity to feed the entire population. What Malthus did not anticipate was the up-to-now remarkable technological approach to agronomy which engendered tremendous increases in the food supply sufficient to keep up with the still exponentially growing human population. Darwin, in any case, was not a full proponent of all of Malthus's ideas, rather a beneficiary of the astute observation regarding the limited availability of resources to support life on Earth, and the basic consequences of those limits. Just because some aspect of Malthus has influenced and is linked to modern evolutionary biology doesn't mean that all of Malthus' observations or conclusions apply to it, nor does it mean that every idea Darwin had has survived intact, either, although the author is not careful to make that important distinction.

Therein is one of the major problems of the Darwinism essay, and in the approach of other essays in this book: In the Introduction, the author describes a program for her essays, part of which is to read original works, and extract from them the truth of the author's ideas, rather than relying on later interpretations, and possible misinterpretations. This idea is as old as a freshman lecture in historiography, but even this powerful idea can be misapplied, as it often has been here. Taking ideas espoused 150 years ago, and treating them as if they represent the current thinking on the subject they initiated is rarely fruitful, and in this case, terminal. Ideas, not just organisms, evolve, and some portions or threads of useful ideas are discarded because they are wrong, or better ideas replace them, etc. The author sometimes seems to understand this rather obvious point, but in many instances, clearly does not. For example, as the author points out, Darwin indirectly influenced the Social Darwinism movement via his The Descent of Man, among other writings, and helped (unwittingly) to produce a framework for much mayhem. (Darwin himself was decidedly not a Social Darwinist.) The author uses this historical link to damn all Darwinism (via her conflation of Social Darwinism with modern evolutionary biology), in particular by her insistence that there is a clear intellectual chain from Malthus, Darwin, Social Darwinism, Nietzsche and Freud directly to the Nazi's racial theories, which of course, culminated in the Holocaust. Certainly there are real links there, but doesn't this conclusion seem awfully glib? The Holocaust had many influences, ignored here by the author, who goes further to say that while religion has been used for evil means, it has not been as evil as science, here specifically in the form of Social Darwinism (a very odd point in and of itself: Social Darwinism is not science, both science and religion have been used for good and for evil, etc.). Nothing I have read on the subject of the Holocaust pretends to know exactly all and how profound the influences were that produced this horrific behavior; all writers agree that evil is generally at root unknowable, but all allude to many influences. Ironically, given the author's constant comparison of Darwinism and Christianity, it has been argued in many instances that Christianity is the main intellectual and cultural cause of the Holocaust, evidenced by its long history of anti-Semitism, which included many past incidents of mass murder, albeit not on an industrial scale until the Holocaust. Martin Luther, for example, is called out by, among others, Lucy Davidowitz in her The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945, as having been a prime historical influence on the Nazi's racial hatred and thereby on the Holocaust. Luther's On The Jews and Their Lies described the Jews as "the Devil's people", advocated destroying their property, expelling them from Germany, and said that "We are at fault in not slaying them". These words of Luther were regularly referenced in the violent Nazi party propaganda inciting the German populace against Jews. Be that as it may, the argument for the Holocaust's prime cause is weak for either Luther or Social Darwinism: Nazi evil lies in their deeds, their willingness to put imperial power and megalomaniacal ambitions above any love for their fellow human beings. Like many other power mad human beings, they seized upon the most convenient pretexts to further their ambitions. Unfortunately, here the author puts the cart before the horse, and does this is several other essays (substitute Darwin's Social Darwinism for Stalinism, Leninism, Mao, Castro, etc.)

The author also seems to at times understand the limits of science, but many other times asks of science something it isn't designed to do. As Chet Raymo said in Skeptics and True Believers, "Science is an effective, rational instrument for discerning (tentatively, partially, but progressively more accurately) the facts of the world." The keys here are tentativeness and rationality, both significant limits; science is not absolute truth, nor does it aspire to be. The author, in this and other essays, sometimes sees and acknowledges this clearly, but in this essay in particular, repeatedly misses this point, and calls science to task for being empty of meaning (in the spiritual or moral sense), or having supplanted religion - a moot point. Evolutionary biology makes no such claim, although a writer like Dawkins often does, and when he does, he is no longer representing science. The author has recognized this distinction in some of her other writings, but here she again conflates science with scientists who stray from science to make points about religion, or working scientists who make conclusions about religion under the guise of "science."

She also has occasion to make silly statements about science, as for example, "Cats and dogs are quite closely related, but a lifetime of studying dogs would not qualify anyone to speak with authority on the ways of cats. So with the whole earthly bestiary which has been recruited to the purposes of the proper study of mankind." This is at best, an overly broad point about the real differences between species, but comes across as deliberately ignorant. Those traits that are similar or the same between a cat and a dog allow science to study the traits in one organism and apply them to the other, not to mention are clearly useful in refining our understanding of what is not the same, and therefore providing distinguishing characteristics between the two species that makes them uniquely a cat or dog. The obvious extension to humans is that we have successfully used these similarities to study human diseases and work out cures for them using other animals, among many other things. Does the author really not understand this, or was she just, again, sloppy?

A more troubling example of the author's odd statements regarding science is: "Darwinism is harsh and crude in its practical consequences, in a degree that sets it apart from all other respectable scientific hypotheses." It is hard to know where to begin with this statement, but I will limit it to two questions: 1. What does the judgment "harsh and crude" have to do with evolutionary biology? This a an emotionally loaded, subjective observation that is not usefully applied to hypotheses or theories, and one the author makes no attempt to justify. 2. How is it that scientific hypotheses are "respectable" or not? They are either testable, and add to a useful probabilistic model of the phenomenon being studied, or they are not. They can be well-established, meaning they are reliably predictive for the use they are put to, or they can be early and quite tentative and promising but not used by anyone, and can be discarded if the hypotheses was disproven or proved to have no predictive value or was superseded by an idea that worked better, etc. etc. etc.

There is much more that disappoints in this essay, and it seems no more than a nearly unreadable muddle - it clearly needed an editor.

Regarding the long Introduction, it does have some interesting ideas in it, for example, "Literacy became virtually universal in Western civilization when and where it began to seem essential for people to be able to read the Bible," which has stimulated me to look at this further. It, however, suffers from the same kinds of problems that the Darwinism essay does. In addition, there is another problem in the Introduction, on which can be found throughout the essays. The author calls historians to task for being too cynical, pouncing on every flaw or problem by way of writing off a subject being analyzed. There is a tendency in historical writing to do this, and it is sometimes serves to obscure important facts and interpretations, but . . . some of it is quite legitimate in bringing a seriously different understanding, rather than being just cheap criticism, and, oddly enough, the author herself does a good deal of this throughout the essays, some of which is new understanding, and some of which is nothing more than cheap shots towards something she objects to (as seen in the Darwinism essay).

A perfect example of this is found in the Introduction where the author chides historians for overemphasizing the hypocrisy of Thomas Jefferson for being a slave owner while espousing freedom for all men. She points out that Jefferson, in his original draft of the Declaration of Independence, included a passage that attacked slavery as a terrible crime, which was removed by others, and that Jefferson, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, attacks slavery vehemently; yet even with this, historians still insist on beating up poor Jefferson for his hypocrisy, without acknowledging his accomplishments. Following the formula of her book in the first two points, we can examine the first draft of the Declaration (see American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence) and find that he speaks of the abomination of slavery that had been foisted upon us by King George! That is, Jefferson described the slave trade as just another in the long list of crimes that George III had committed against the Colonies that justified the revolution, and in no way does he or the nascent American states take responsibility for their own complicity, brutality and profit in buying, owning and selling slaves. In the Notes we find a few other things: 1. He never intended on publishing this work in America, but was forced to because the draft he sent to France was published there against his will. It is clear from the remainder of his behavior throughout his life, that he nearly always acted to preserve slavery and other Southern institutions regardless of what he said about slavery (see "Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power by Garry Wills; American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis; Thomas Jefferson, by R. B. Bernstein; and especially Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves, by Henry Wiencek, and Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson by Paul Finkelman). 2. Although he called for the abolition of slavery, his moral repugnance centered on the effect slavery had on the morality of the masters, not on the tyranny and brutality imposed on the slaves; in any event, he suggested that it had to be done well in the future. The older Jefferson got, the more distant that time became. 3. He described blacks as inferior to whites, because they smelled bad, were ugly, and were less intelligent, and proposed that if the slaves were to be freed, they would have to be expelled from the United States, as they were not capable of being participating citizens, and leaving them in the U. S. would be dangerous, as they would seek to destroy their former masters. 4. One of the prime reasons for the founding of the Republican party in 1792 (which morphed into the Democratic-Republican party in 1824 and into the Democratic party in 1858) by Jefferson was to maintain states rights and the agrarian quality of the South (translate - protect slavery, which the Democratic party did with great fierceness). 5. Jefferson supported the 3/5 clause and the Fugitive Slave clause in the U. S. Constitution (from abroad), which is the single most powerful reason why the South held more power in the Federal government, in all three branches, all the way up to 1860. Jefferson would have lost the election of 1800 to Adams without the additional electoral college votes generated by counting slaves without representation. 6. Jefferson lived a life of luxury and privilege which was unsustainable without his ownership of a large slave population. Jefferson bred and sold hundreds of slaves after the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to support his spendthrift ways, and at his death 50 years later, he had by then freed only a handful, and still had 135. Washington, on the other hand, freed all of his slaves at his death.

I would invite the author to visit Jefferson's Monticello, as I once did, and really inspect his home and grounds. Monticello was diabolically designed to keep slaves out of sight (this has been noted by other observers), either under the house, which is a warren of narrow, dark rooms and passages with dumbwaiters to support the home above, and the slave quarters are out of view; only the whitest of slaves served in the house, among them Sally Hemings, and some of his and Sally's children. Whatever his relationship with Sally, there was a strong element of coercion in it, and whatever else Jefferson accomplished, he was in a no way a friend of slaves, or any real kind of abolitionist. Robinson's opprobrium to the contrary, this is not an annoying and cynical point, but goes to the heart of Jefferson's attitudes and accomplishments, or lack thereof, regarding slavery, and his supposed support for the freedom of all men.

I found the best essays to be The Tyranny of Petty Coercion and Wilderness, which are tight and cogent pleas from the heart for the courage to act in the best interests of community, nation and humankind, against the cynicism of virulently partisan discourse and environmental exploitation, respectively. These are brave explications of thoughts routinely squelched in today's America via the worst kind of peer pressure. The author provides a spot on description of the failure of the political will of liberalism or progressivism as an antidote to the conservative shift of power and money to benefit a rapacious and selfish elite (not, as other critics would have it, the failure of liberalism itself- the author supports the instincts of liberalism to help the disadvantaged, for example).

Her essays on Psalm 8 and Dietrich Bonhoeffer are also of high quality, and a welcome departure from the stiff and angry tone that permeates a good part of the book. Psalm 8 is a frank autobiographical account of the author's personal spiritual journey. The Dietrich Bonhoeffer essay is a capable exploration of one of the best examples of personal dedication to and sacrifice for one's principles, rare in any time and place, and particularly compelling in the person of Bonhoeffer. Luther, for all his fame as a man of courage ("Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders"), did not have the strength of resolve of Bonhoeffer; even while he was standing up to the Pope, in the face of being burned at the stake, he was actually already under the protection of German princes who had every political reason to use Luther as a way of removing the heavy economic hand of the Roman Catholic Church, and Luther knew this. When the peasants rose up against their feudal lords a few years later, stimulated in some part by Luther's call to independent interpretation of the Bible, and thereby some independence from authority, Luther's response was to tell the princes they had every right to destroy recalcitrant peasants (an inflammatory overreaction that only fanned the flames of the resulting violence; it is hard to avoid the thought that Luther's vitriol was self-protective and craven). Bonhoeffer had access to similar protections at several junctures in his ethical and bravely public battle with the Nazis (e.g. he was given permission to go, and went to NYC in 1939, and returned after a month to a situation that was clearly life-threatening), but chose to face the threats rather than retreat, and it shortened his life, as he was ultimately imprisoned, then murdered by the Nazis.

There are several on John Calvin, to include the two on Margaret of Navarre and Puritans and Prigs, which I won't comment much on here, but which I generally found interesting, as I knew little more than the basics regarding Calvin. However, I didn't buy her extended supposition, that because some of Calvin's works show him to be more benign than he is often described, some of the basic historical facts around Calvinism are quite wrong, such as the rigidity of the ascetic, controlled life and the theocratic style of Puritan communities. She is right to say these accounts can be exaggerated, and they often miss the richness and happiness of some of the lives of people in these communities, but she herself exaggerates in minimizing the real effects of this and other theocracies on those who do not strictly worship and follow the government-dictated religious rules. Thomas Jefferson's best contribution to America was his insistence on freedom of religion, a point of view he developed in part as a reaction to New England's theocratic history, and his agreement with Roger William's own insistence on freedom of religion, which insistence was precipitated by direct theocratic interference with William's ability to worship freely in Puritan Massachusetts, and his subsequent migration to and formation of Rhode Island.

If you are interested in her views on Darwinism, this book is not recommended, but if you are interested in some heartfelt discussions of the quality of modern life, and a more friendly view of our Puritan heritage, this book is recommended.

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Note from 9/12/2014: In Robinson's latest collection, When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays, her often bitter tone is moderated by much more hope. She explores the best of America in these heartfelt essays. See my full reviews of Robinson's essay collections on the Oregon Scribbler website.

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By Patricia Hatch
Ah, organizational politics. Depending on where you work, it's the "dirty little secret" or the "elephant in the room" that can lift a project to unparalleled success or kill it dead without mercy. Today's project manager has to wear many hats: director, producer, human resources coordinator, line supervisor, financial manager, etc. The hat that's often overlooked, however, is the flat top, paper-rimmed topper that signifies "campaign manager".

Colin Gautrey's latest book, "A Project Manager's Guide to Influence", takes on the politics of project management as a foundational reality, and helps you navigate its pathways to build and grow your influence in a way that will have positive impact on your project and your organization's leadership vision. Through a series of practical chapters discussing the role of influence on your supervisors, peers and team members, the book takes provides an overview of stakeholders that is probably the most realistic you will ever find. You will then participate in a series of practical exercises to think through these relationships and identify how to work within those political constructs.
Favorite chapters:
Chapter 2, featuring the exercise "Reflecting on your reality": This was a chapter that I spent a little time in the morning with, sipping a nice cup of tea, and really thinking about what I knew, what I didn't know, and how I could identify the opportunities and challenges ahead in my project. The Stakeholder Influence process diagram is an excellent bonus.
Chapter 9: Advocates, Critics, Players and Enemies. Very important to understand the landscape you are working within and excellent advice on working with all of these groups to move your project forward. This helped me put the stakeholder list in focus.
Chapter 11: Building High Quality Relationships: projects come and go, but the opportunity to build relationships that will help you beyond your project is very important, given the fluidity of the modern workplace.
All the "Coffee Break" sections: these one page reflections appear throughout the book and provide ways of thinking about common concerns facing project managers, from working with remote team members to dealing with your emotions as a project manager.
As I once heard in a song, "Politics is the art of the possible." This book is for all project managers, and anyone who works in any kind of organization, because politics lives and breathes in every place of human activity. Thinking you can rise above it is pointless. As Colin writes, "Virtually all projects result in a change to the power structures of groups/organisations". Use this book to establish a positive influence that will help you, your project, and the organization succeed.

Note: the views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

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Essential German Grammar is a student-friendly German grammar designed to give learners a firm foundation on which to build when developing their communicative skills. The reference grammar section is easy to use, with clear explanations, authentic examples and visually appealing tables. A separate exercise section, with answers, gives students the opportunity to test themselves and put into practice what they have learned.



Key features: * Colour tables and clear layout facilitate learning * Glossary of grammatical terms and accessible explanations * Designed to be used as a free-standing grammar or as a foundation grammar for Hammer's German Grammar and Usage. * Cartoons and an authentic text at the end of each chapter put the grammar points in context

  • Sales Rank: #1119647 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-06-30
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 6.80" h x .70" w x 9.50" l, 1.25 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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The description of German offered to the student is clear and accesible, but we are nevertheless not given a misleadingly simplistic and decontextualised picture of modern German.

Essential German Grammer is eminently suitable for learning and revision purposes in the sixth form. It is an extremely well put together volume and can teach many teachers a thing or two and introduce some of them to a thoroughly modern approach to grammar and methodology.
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The student-friendly handbook that combines authoritativeness with clarity

Written by renowned experts in the field, Essential German Grammar is an all-in-one introductory-level grammar that provides you with a firm foundation on which to build your German skills. The essential elements of German grammar are presented in an accessible manner to help you memorize the specifics as well as develop an appreciation of how German grammar operates as a system.

This book includes:

  • Clear explanations of the essential rules (with the most useful rules shown up front) that you need to know and a wide range of authentic examples
  • Numerous two-color tables to help clarify difficult concepts and to aid in self-review
  • A separate exercise section and answer key to give you the opportunity to test yourself and put into practice what you have learned
  • A glossary for concise explanation of grammatical concepts

Designed for beginning and intermediate-level students, this all-in-one title can be used as a free-standing grammar or as a primer for the more advanced Hammer's German Grammar and Usage--recognized as the most authoritative reference on this subject in English.

About the Author
Martin Durrell is Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester.
Katrin Kohl is Fellow and Tutor in German at the University of Oxford.
Gudrun Loftus is Instructor in German at the Language Centre, University of Oxford.

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
Best Grammar Book on the Market
By Ann G
This book is about double the price of most German grammar books on the market. But it is worth every penny. I have at least 4 other grammar books at home, but they only offer one or two examples to demonstrate the new grammar in use. They are printed in one color, utilize few charts, graphs, and photos and are insanely boring to read. Grammar is not the most exiting subject, so I was thrilled to find this book that utilized multiple fonts, font sizes, colors, graphs, charts, etc. to spice it up a bit. The dual color printing adds to the clarity as well, making is easier to find topics and understand charts. In addition, the book gives you far more than one or two examples per topic. Another bonus is that the book offers both a figurative and literal translation of the German sentences in English. Most grammar books only offer the figurative. For example, the author writes the German sentence, "Ich warte darauf, dass er mich anruft". The figurative translation is, "I'm waiting for him to ring me up" and the literal translation is, "I'm waiting for it that he rings me up". Examples such as this help one understand the German sentence structure better and how it compares to English. The only part of this book that I don't utilize is the section in the back of the book with practice exercises and answer key. I find that this section just adds to the bulk of the book as I pack it back and forth to my class everyday where my teachers give me plenty of exercises to practice with. I guess that this section would add to the value of the book if you were teaching yourself German. Over all, you can't go wrong by adding this book to your collection!

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Best Choice Out of a Strong Field
By Steven Larsen
Easy to understand and thorough explanations along with a clear, well ordered layout make this a stand out among the field of German grammar books. Schaum's is good, if a bit boring, but if you don't mind spending a few dollars more, this one is worth it and will probably serve you better. Since I am studying on my own, the exercises are essential. You can't really understand the grammar point until you apply the rule a few times yourself. This feature gives Essential Grammar an advantage over he pure reference grammar.

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GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!
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I found this book to be exactly what it says it is: essential! I consult it almost everytime that I write something to my penpal, or for my german class, or for myself. I especially like the different colors and typefaces (bold, italicized) to help make sure that you don't miss what the concept in that section is trying to get accross. Another great aspect is that the book doesn't seem to be satified with just one example, it gives you at least two, or three, sometimes even four examples of the way that this concept is implemented. I have many German grammar books, and I find this one to be the best of the collection. This book is a must have for any learner of German.

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Brennan, Hart and Corin were the three Cheysuli sons of Niall, ruler of Homana, and the next link in the generations-old prophecy of the Firstborn. Now the time had come for all three to take the paths for which they were fated: Brennan, heir to the throne of Homana, would face the menance of unknown assassins and trecherous Ihlini magic.

Hart, Brennan's younger twin, must journey to Solinde, the kingdom which would one day be his to rule - a land that longed to see the Cheysuli prince overthrown. And Corin, the youngest prince, must battle sorcery and madness in the court of distant Atvia. Three princes, three destinies - and if even one should fail to fulfill the patterns of prophecy, Homanan and Cheysuli alike would pay a deadly price...

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  • Published on: 2014-03-11
  • Released on: 2014-03-11
  • Format: Unabridged
  • Original language: English
  • Running time: 1020 minutes

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The�sixth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series.

As the ninth century wanes, England is perched once more on the brink of chaos. King Alfred is dying; with his passing, the island of Britain seems doomed to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son Edward to succeed him, but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne—as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.

With the promise of battle looming again, Uhtred, the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, whose life seems to shadow the making of England itself, is torn between competing loyalties. Uhtred’s loyalty, and his vows, are to Alfred—not to his son—and despite long years of service to the old king, Uhtred is still reluctant to commit to Alfred’s cause. His own desire is to reclaim his long lost ancestral lands and castle to the north. As the king’s warrior he is duty-bound, but the king’s reign is nearing its end, and his death will leave a vacuum of power. Uhtred is forced to make a momentous choice: either take up arms—and Alfred’s mantle—to realize his dream of a united and Christian England, or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion.

Death of Kings is a harrowing story of the power of tribal commitment and the dilemma of divided loyalties. This is the making of England magnificently brought to life by “the best historical novelist writing today” (Vince Flynn).

  • Sales Rank: #17671 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-08-28
  • Released on: 2012-08-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.00" h x .76" w x 5.31" l, .55 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 336 pages

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George R.R. Martin Interviews Bernard Cornwell

George R.R. Martin sold his first story in 1971 and has been writing professionally since then. He spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer-producer, working on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and television pilots that were never made. In the mid '90s he returned to prose, his first love, and began work on his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since.

George R.R. Martin: It has long been my contention that the historical novel and the epic fantasy are sisters under the skin, that the two genres have much in common. My series owes a lot to the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and the other great fantasists who came before me, but I've also read and enjoyed the work of historical novelists. Who were your own influences? Was historical fiction always your great passion? Did you ever read fantasy?

Bernard Cornwell: You're right--fantasy and historical novels are twins--and I've never been fond of the label 'fantasy' which is too broad a brush and has a fey quality. It seems to me you write historical novels in an invented world which is grounded in historical reality (if the books are set in the future then 'fantasy' magically becomes sci-fi). So I've been influenced by all three: fantasy, sci-fi and historical novels, though the largest influence has to be C.S. Forester's Hornblower books.

Martin: A familiar theme in a lot of epic fantasy is the conflict between good and evil. The villains are often Dark Lords of various ilks, with demonic henchmen and hordes of twisted, malformed underlings clad in black. The heroes are noble, brave, chaste, and very fair to look upon. Yes, Tolkien made something grand and glorious from that, but in the hands of lesser writers, well ... let's just say that sort of fantasy has lost its interest for me. It is the grey characters who interest me the most. Those are the sort I prefer to write about... and read about. It seems to me that you share that affinity. What is it about flawed characters that makes them more interesting than conventional heroes?

Cornwell: Maybe all our heroes are reflections of ourselves? I'm not claiming to be Richard Sharpe (God forbid), but I'm sure parts of my personality leaked into him (he's very grumpy in the morning). And perhaps flawed characters are more interesting because they are forced to make a choice… a conventionally good character will always do the moral, right thing. Boring. Sharpe often does the right thing, but usually for the wrong reasons, and that's much more interesting!

Martin: When Tolkien began writing The Lord of the Rings, it was intended as a sequel to The Hobbit. "The tale grew in the telling," he said later, when LOTR had grown into the trilogy we know today. That's a line I have often had occasion to quote over the years, as my own Song of Ice and Fire swelled from the three books I had originally sold to the seven books (five published, two more to write) I'm now producing. Much of your own work has taken the form of multi-part series. Are your tales too 'growing in the telling,' or do you know how long your journeys will take before you set out? Did you know how many books Uhtred's story would require, when you first sat down to write about him?

Cornwell: No idea! I don't even know what will happen in the next chapter, let alone the next book, and have no idea how many books there might be in a series. E.L. Doctorow said something I like which is that writing a novel is a bit like driving down an unfamiliar country road at night and you can only see as far ahead as your somewhat feeble headlamps show. I write into the darkness. I guess the joy of reading a book is to find out what happens, and for me that's the joy of writing one too!

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“Gripping. . . . Mr. Cornwell’s ‘Saxon Stories’ subvert myths of national origin as few would dare. They are ‘unofficial histories’—and all the more realistic for that.” (Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal)

“[Cornwell] writes morally complicated and intricate stories, and he’s won a following not just among readers but also among fellow writers.” (Gregory Cowles, New York Times Book Review)

“Likely to appeal to anyone who has enjoyed George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series....Cornwell is a master of historical fiction.” (Christian DuChateau, CNN)

“A master of historical fiction has produced another great read.” (Robert Conroy, Library Journal)

“Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present.” (George R. R. Martin)

“Compelling.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Cornwell tells Alfred’s story with wit, intelligence and absolute narrative authority.... Cornwell remains in full control of this colorful, violent material, and his steadily deepening portrait of Alfred’s nascent England continues to enthrall.” (Washington Post Book World for Sword Song)

“Bernard Cornwell ranks as the current alpha male of testosterone-enriched historical fiction.” (Dierdre Donahue, USA Today)

“Robustly drawn characters and a keen appetite for bloodshed whip the reader along in a froth of excitement.” (James Urquhart, Financial Times)

“Cornwell is adept at enveloping his fictional characters in British history. His use of geography, instruments of battle, strategy and ancient vocabulary is faultless….No knowledge of early British history or of his earlier Saxon volumes is necessary for a reader to enjoy his dexterous approach to historical fiction.” (Dennis Lythgoe, BookPage)

“[Cornwell] has been described as a master of historical fiction, but that may be an understatement. Cornwell makes his subject material come alive. Better, his major protagonist is totally believable and human.” (Robert Conroy, Library Journal)

“[Cornwell] possesses a gift for narrative flow and an eye of the telling detail that are the main reasons for his primacy in bringing turbulent times to vivid life.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“History comes alive.” (Boston Globe)

“As expected, the warfare is ferociously bloody, the sacrilege pointedly barbed, and the story expertly paced. Heck, we’d even extol Uhtred’s budding spells of sober reflection about life and love—if we weren’t certain he’d slice an ear off for saying so.” (Entertainment Weekly for Sword Song)

“[M]asterful. . . . The surprise is that Cornwell’s love scenes are as deft as his action scenes, though far fewer, of course—all driven by a hard-shelled, sporadically soft-hearted, always charismatic protagonist.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

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The sixth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for�The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.

As the ninth century wanes, England is perched once more on the brink of chaos. King Alfred is dying; with his passing, the island of Britain seems doomed to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son Edward to succeed him, but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne—as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.

With the promise of battle looming again, Uhtred, the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, whose life seems to shadow the making of England itself, is torn between competing loyalties. Uhtred’s loyalty, and his vows, are to Alfred—not to his son—and despite long years of service to the old king, Uhtred is still reluctant to commit to Alfred’s cause. His own desire is to reclaim his long lost ancestral lands and castle to the north. As the king’s warrior he is duty-bound, but the king’s reign is nearing its end, and his death will leave a vacuum of power. Uhtred is forced to make a momentous choice: either take up arms—and Alfred’s mantle—to realize his dream of a united and Christian England, or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion.

Death of Kings�is a harrowing story of the power of tribal commitment and the dilemma of divided loyalties. This is the making of England magnificently brought to life by “the best historical novelist writing today” (Vince Flynn).

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Top businesses recognise risk management as a core feature of their project management process and approach to the governance of projects. However, a mature risk management process is required in order to realise its benefits; one that takes into account the design and implementation of the process and the skills, experience and culture of the people who use it. To be mature in the way you manage risk you need an accepted framework to assess your risk management maturity, allowing you to benchmark against a recognised standard. A structured pathway for improvement is also needed, not just telling you where you are now, but describing the steps required to reach the next level. The Project Risk Maturity Model detailed here provides such an assessment framework and development pathway. It can be used to benchmark your project risk processes and support the introduction of effective in-house project risk management. Using this model, implementation and improvement of project risk management can be managed effectively to ensure that the expected benefits are achieved in a way that is appropriate to the needs of each organisation. Martin Hopkinson has developed The Project Risk Maturity Model into a robust framework, and this book allows you to access and apply his insights and experience. A key feature is a CD containing a working copy of the QinetiQ Project Risk Maturity Model (RMM). This will enable you to undertake maturity assessments for as many projects as you choose. The RMM has been proven over a period of 10 years, with at least 250 maturity assessments on projects and programmes with a total value exceeding £60 billion. A case study in the book demonstrates how it has been used to deliver significant and measurable benefits to the performance of major projects.

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'The Project Risk Maturity Model provides an answer for those who know that they haven't yet peaked in project risk management capability, or who want to maintain or improve their ability to manage project risk. Martin Hopkinson has done a great job over the past ten years in developing the Project Risk Maturity Model into a robust framework, and this book allows others to access and apply his insights and experience. I'm pleased to recommend it.' Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor 'This book is a must for project and business professionals who want to find out how to improve the risk management culture in an organisation, and determine what actions should be taken for that purpose.Project professionals can benefit from this book, analysing their risk management maturity level, going through the assessment questions and generating his/her own action plan.' Alfonso Bucero, International Correspondent for PM Forum and founder/Managing Partner of BUCERO PM Consulting, PMI Distinguished Contribution Award 2010 'This work will remain on my bookshelf, festooned with stickers marking several sections which I found useful and informative.' Anne Dagen, Arras People How To Manage a Camel Blog Book Reivew 'Martin Hopkinson's The Project Risk Maturity Model provides an excellent tool to measure and improve an organization's ability to manage risk.' PM World Journal

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Martin Hopkinson APMP is a Principal Consultant with QinetiQ, specialising in risk management and project governance. Martin has led the risk management process on several multi-billion pound projects and is lead developer for the Risk Maturity Model. Martin is co-author of the Association for Project Management's Project Risk Analysis and Management (PRAM) Guide and led the group that produced the APM's guide Prioritising Project Risks. As a member of the APM's Governance of Project Management SIG, he was on the editing committee for the APM's guide Directing Change. On behalf of the SIG he sponsored Co-Directing Change - a guide to the governance of multi-owned projects and Sponsoring Change - a guide to the governance aspects of project sponsorship.

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Introduction to the Book

I strongly recommend reading carefully the introduction of this book. The author explains, very clearly, what is the purpose of the book that addresses an important need: "where an organization is in terms of Risk Management Maturity". The introduction gives the reader a couple of examples regarding the results an organization can obtain through the Risk Assessment Maturity Model.

Overview of Book's Structure

This book is organized, very clearly and in a simple and easy way to read, in two parts:

* Introduction to the Project Risk Maturity Model
* Guide to the Project Risk Maturity Model

It has five chapters in the Introduction part and six chapters in the second part of the book. It also uses a lot of tables and figures with examples that are very useful to understand the content of the book. This book can facilitate assessors and organizations to figure out where they are in terms of Risk Management process implementation.

The structure of the book is easy to follow, and add many real examples that helps the reader to understand the main points the book deal with.

Highlights: What I liked!

I liked the graphics that are very clear and understandable. Graphics are fundamental to understand what to do and how to do it regarding Risk Management Maturity.

I liked the examples and case studies, and also the recommendations provided by the author.

I liked the CD included, because readers will have a tool to use (tangible things and added value).

Shortfalls: What was Missing!

The book is great but a little bit serious. Probably some funny story, I'm sure the author knows, would be fantastic if were added. In any case the author did a great job.

Who might benefit from the Book

* Risk management Consultants
* Risk Management Assessors
* Senior Project managers
* PMO Managers
* Operational Managers
* Risk Management Researchers
* Any manager who consider Risk Management implementation is key for project success

Conclusion

This book is a must for project and business professionals who want to find out how to improve the risk management culture in an organization, and determine what actions should be taken for that purpose.

Project professionals can benefit from that book analyzing his risk management maturity level going through the assessment questions, and generating his/her own action plan to improve.

Alfonso Bucero, MSc,PMP

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I got hold of this book to have a look at the material on the risk maturity model, but what I gained from it was something different.

For me the maturity model assessment questions and summaries are not as useful as the author's discussion of good and bad practices, and how they should be scored. There's an excellent example of multi-pass project modelling/analysis in chapter 3 and I cheered inwardly as he explained how common but flawed practices should be scored.

Many assessment frameworks are let down by rather vague questions that require rather subjective answers. The guidance in this book goes a long way to solving that problem for the assessment framework presented.

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