books by Robert Arthur     books:       Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis43 reviews Robert F. Kennedy W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Narrow Escape The tale that Robert Kennedy lays down in Thirteen Days is a nail-biting modern thriller. It is difficult to imagine the state of the nation, and of the world, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The two greatest powers were ever at odds with each other, bubbling up into a dramatic crescendo. What would happen when the ships were told to halt outside of Cuba? Would the U.S.S.R. deliberately attack ...             The Essential Mystery and Thriller Anthology (28 books)1 review, ..., 2009 Nice deal and decent formatting on Kindle One This review is not for specific content (i.e. the stories and books as individual works) but for formatting, navigation, and overall content. This is a great deal especially if you don't want 28 books listed individually on your content screen. Most of these are probably available either free or cheap but even so there are enough on here that would cost at least something that the price is ...             Classic Starts: Treasure Island (Classic Starts Series)8 reviews Robert Louis Stevenson Sterling, 2005 A Great Introduction to Classic Literature I am a high school English teacher, and I am a huge fan of the original Treasure Island. That said, I love the Classic Start series as a mother who believes in introducing my children to the classics from a very early age. I began using the series with my daughter when she was five. We have read Black Beauty, The Little Princess, Heidi, and Pollyanna to name a few, so I am very familiar with ...             The Classic Mystery Collection (100+ books and story collections), ..., 2009 With ATOC (active table of contents): An Historical Mystery Honore De Balzac The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan The Baron's Quarry Egerton Castle Trent's Last Case Edmund Clerihew Bentley Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Father Brown: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown Riddle of the Sands Robert Erskine Childers Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret ...             The Addiction Treatment Planner (PracticePlanners?)7 reviews Robert R. Perkinson, Arthur E. Jongsma Wiley, 2009 Great Condition When I recieved this book I was amazed at the condition because I ordered a used book but instead I recieved a book in new condition. The description stated that it was used with some wear, but it was like new. It also was a great price and I recieved this book in 4 days. I'm impressed Thanks.             Goldman Cecil Medicine: Expert Consult - Online and Print25 reviews Saunders, 2007 CECIL MEDICINE IS STILL THE STANDARD THIS IS A STANDARD MEDICAL TEXT. IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL OR MEDICAL STUDENT. IF YOU WANT THE ANSWER TO A MEDICAL QUESTION IT IS PROBABLY HERE. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSINAL (MD), AND WANT ANSWERS, TRY THE "HOME EDITION OF THE MERCK MANUAL". FOR A MEDICAL MANUAL (MORE COMPLEX THAT HOME EDITIONS, BUT NOT A FULL BLOWN MEDICAL TEXT BOOK), TRY THE MERCK MANUAL IT HAS ...             Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture6 reviews Robert Venturi "The Museum of Modern Art, New York", 2002 Gateway towards looking at architecture I had to read this book for a class specifically regarding Robert Venturi and the postmodernism movement that he became a leading proponent of. However, this book is NOT a manifesto for a postmodern vacabulary- rather, this book looks at all architecture from the Parthenon to the common family home. Let me say that I have read many architectural theory books, but nothing that really inspired me ...             English Victorian Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions) Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, ... Dover Publications, 1998 This outstanding, modestly priced anthology presents over 170 poems by the major poets of the 19th century, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Arthur Hugh Clough, Edward FitzGerald, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Coventry Patmore, George Meredith, William Ernest Henley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rudyard Kipling, and many others. An introduction and ...             Lord of the Flies (Casebook) (Perigee)1406 reviews William Golding Perigee Trade, 1987 Animal Instincts coming out the author does a great job at depicting our animal instincts kicking in when is a matter of life and death......I love the fact that the characters are kids......now on to the movie!             Robert's Rules Simplified4 reviews Arthur T. Lewis, Henry M. Robert Dover Publications, 2006 Robert's Rules Simplified Nice little basic book for anyone considering chairing a small group. It is written in lay terms easy to understand.             The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must78 reviews Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner Free Press, 1997 Glad I bought Case for Mars. One of the very best I just got done reading Mars A Cosmic Stepping Stone ( I rate it 5 stars) and Kevin Nolan recommended The Case for Mars.Glad I bought The Case for Mars and took his recommendation. Dr. Robert Zubrin one of the scientific leaders on Mars colonization and the author of The Case for Mars "Gets It" and does a great job describing the need to colonize Mars and how to get there.Some interesting ...             Eric Fischl: 1970-20076 reviews Arthur C. Danto, Robert Enright Monacelli, 2008 Superbly illustrated This publication is an expanded edition of "Eric Fischl 1970-2000". In the opening essay Arthur C Danto helps us see the artist in context from his student days in the 1970s, when painting was almost an anathema, through his early work and to his notorious painting, "Sleepwalker", which brought him to the public's attention, and to his mature paintings. Selected paintings are discussed in more ...             John Quincy Adams (The American Presidents Series)27 reviews Robert V. Remini Times Books, 2002 Will Make You WANT To Keep Turning The Pages To be honest, the first five books of the "American Presidents" series (excluding, ironically enough, the John Adams installment) were somewhat of a chore for me to get through. Unless you are obsessed with that time period, and not just fascinated by the Presidential Office and looking to gain a bit more history like myself, at times the series can get a bit bogged down in details and ...             Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools4 reviews Arthur L. Costa, Robert J. Garmston Christopher-Gordon Pub, 2002 This has excellent comprehensive information on education. The authors of this book wrote not only about coaching as a method for professional growth in education but also about proven practices in education with ideas to better create a productive learning climate to help everyone learn. The concept of a school as a learning community with a focus on the students is wonderful. This is one of the best works on the powers of total staff collaboration ...             Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-19535 reviews Robert Dallek Times Books, 2008 Nice brief bio of Harry Truman Harry S. Truman's life story in a short, accessible biography. That's the premise of The American Presidents Series, and this is one of the most recent entrants in the stable. The late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was the series editor. In his introduction to each book in this series, he says (Page xvi): "The men in the White House express the ideals and values, the frailties and the flaws, of the ...             Literature Grade 71 review Janet Allen, Arthur N. Applebee, ... Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2008 Excellent service The book was received in very short time and as market"new". I'm very satisfied with the service and recommed this seller.             Deals from Hell: M&A Lessons that Rise Above the Ashes9 reviews Robert F. Bruner Wiley, 2009 Great analysis framework, good case studies This is a very great book. After a few chapters about the major common mistakes in M&A where he provides a framework for M&A failures, he studies a few cases i ndetail, why these M&A did not work. And he always gives a counterpoint, an example of a M&A, in the same conditions, where they worked. Very interesting!             WebSphere Application Server Administration Using Jython4 reviews Robert A. Gibson, Arthur Kevin McGrath, ... IBM Press, 2009 Awesome resource! I was introduced to this book during a Jython class taught by Keven McGrath. He kept referring to the book in the classroom, and bringing up sample pages for examples. I was favorably impressed during the class, and even more so when the book finally arrived. They take a very important subset of Jython code for WebSphere and give concrete examples of how to configure and administer WebSphere ...             The Vicar of Wakefield (Oxford World's Classics)2 reviews Oliver Goldsmith Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 The ultimate 18th century novel One of the first and almost the best. This book features humor, pathos, heart, excitement and realism in the complete study of human nature that it portrays. Much of the thread apparently based on real life incidents in Goldsmith's colorful, bumpy life. This is the kind of book you sob upon finishing, it's goodness floods you. If you have to read just three 18th century novel, choose this one, ...             The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (Three Investigators #3)15 reviews Robert Arthur Random House Books for Young Readers, 1985 Speak to me Mummy! Quite a few children's mystery book series have become classics. Most people are familiar with Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Tom Swift. Even the Boxcar Children are relatively well-known. However, Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators were well-written books that offered an intelligent, interesting and more contemporary alternative to many of the earlier classic series. Many people ...              search for books 1945-1953, 1970-2007, addiction, administration, american, anthology, application, architecture, casebook, coaching, cognitive, collection, collections, complexity, contradiction, editions, essential, foundation, investigators, literature, practiceplanners, president, presidents, renaissance, simplified, treatment, victorian, wakefield, websphere, whispering books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Asche vom Amazonas home  impressum - about us