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For some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you.

Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure, he prevailed -- for this is the hilarious, poignant, fascinating journal of his adventures: the first book about the movies from the audience's point of view.

Kevin went to the multiplex, sure. But he didn't stop there. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Tooled across the desert from drive-in to drive-in in a groovy convertible. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Took six different women to the same date movie. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along Sound of Music in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, from the sublime to the unspeakable. Come along on a joyous global celebration of the cinema with a man on a mission -- to spend A Year at the Movies.

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Losing it at the Movies
After reading about bad movies (Roger Ebert's I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie) and the worst movies (The fifty worst films of all time: (and how they got that way)) I found that "A Year at the Movies", which I thought would be about a lot of movies, is instead about the movie experience, of which the movies themselves are only a part.Kevin Murphy has earned and learned his movie chops on the popular ("legendary", says the back-cover bio) TV Series Mystery Science Theater 3000, and hatched this crazy plan to see at least one movie every day for a year.He would attend movies close to home and around the world, in suburban multiplexes downtown movie palaces, in planes and buses, and on bedsheets on balconies and backyards on his own portable 8mm and 16mm projectors.He would see current run Hollywood fare and classic silents, foreign films and foreign language films with and without dubbing or subtitles, art films and independent films, documentaries and short films.

The adventures he describes, even the bad ones, bring the movie experience back to life and make us think about what it means to lose it at the movies, to paraphrase the title of one of Pauline Kael's collections of movie criticisms (I Lost it at the Movies).

In my recent spate of reading about movies, I have been focused on what is on the screen, and forgot the social element of going into a room to interact with the movie on the screen while interacting with the other movie-goers around me.As Murphy points out throughout his year-long journey, DVDs at home and the multiscreen monster movie malls with their slipshod presentation, hanger-size buildings, uncomfortable seating, and over-priced tickets and snack counters, and poor customer service have contributed to this loss of the social element of watching movies.

One of the best parts of the book are Murphy's discussions of logistics.It isn't easy to plan and actually watch at least one movie per day for a full year!Just the vicissitudes of life, like a kidney stone (which left Murphy watching movies for several days in a pain-killer haze, a surefire way to alter your movie-going experience) and a broken-down projector that left Murphy literally looking at film frame by frame one day in an isolated Italian village to keep his plan intact (and contribute to a brief but fascinating history of how this particular piece of film ended up in his hand).And 2001, his year at the movies, was interrupted in mid-morning, September 11, when Murphy was on an isolated South Pacific Island watching movies in an almost-continuous tropical downpour.

I was a bit disappointed that Murphy left his kidney stone hanging, so to speak. What was that first pain-free day of movie-viewing like when it passed?We never learn. I also wish he spent a bit more time talking about some of his movie choices--not movie reviews, but movie selection process.For example:we know why he went to see "Serendipity" seven times (testing it out as a "Date night" movie on different dates), but why Spy Kids and Bridget Jones Diary for seven times each?

Which brings up another drawback:the book is organized week by week, showing the movies and venues for each week.I made my own list by title and by week, coming up with at least 300 different movies, not including shorts and some of the foreign films, but there is no alphabetical index of movie titles or venues in the book (email me or comment to my review and I'll forward you my list).

With an alphabetical index of movie titles and venues, this book could have been a 5-star classic.

MST3K Fans Rejoice
I bought this book for reading on vacation and found that I couldn't put it down and before I knew it, I had read whole thing. If you are a Mst3k fan you will enjoy Kevin's way of writing and the hilarious points he makes. All and all a very interesting and informing read. Makes you think about the movies in a different way now when going to them. Couldn't recommend buying this book enough, my only two complaints about the entire book are; 1) He saw Spy Kids way too many times and seemed to enjoy it, and 2) The cover picture depicts him with such a red face it almost spooks me out to look at it.

A Surprisingly Deep Personal Experience
Truthfully, the description on the back cover of the book is pretty accurate.So, rather than repeat the brief summary you can find on amazon.com, I'll try to reflect a bit more on my own personal experience with the story that is told.And it really is a story.We see Mr. Murphy, the author, suffer through a kidney stone crisis at one point and experience his uneasiness about traveling home from a moviewatching expedition across the ocean shortly after the 9-11 attacks.

Fortunately with the drama, there's also a lot of fun.

First off, I love how each chapter in the 52 chapter book focuses on a certain theme.Before I began reading, I figured Mr. Murphy had watched 365 movies, and simply wrote little mini-reviews for each one.But he set out to do something much more creative, and the end result leaves the reader feeling much more fulfilled, even some of the movies Mr. Murphy listed as seeing are never brought up in the text.

To my surprise, I saw many silent films present in the book.This is a huge plus.I mean, I'm not sure if I'd go out of my way to see a silent movie, but I've always found their very concept to be quite charming.To date, I've only seen one such movie, but I wouldn't mind seeing another one somewhere down the line.

Another plus is the informative approach of certain chapters.Some tell you what working in a cinema projection booth is like, some tell you how to pick the best movie seat depending on what type of theater you're in, and some tell you how to do things you should never do like cut in line or sneak into a show.Martha Stewart even tries this in the book, but to no avail.Poor thing.

As you might notice on some of the other reviews here, the book contains constant complaints about the state of the cinema today compared to what it once was.While the sound and picture quality have improved drastically, the content of most mainstream pictures has been watered down into trite formulas that leave the audience in more of a robotic acceptance trance than a genuine appreciation for what was presented to them.However, as much as Mr. Murphy complains, he always keeps us aware that things can be changed, and gives us a clear path as to what we need to do on our end to make a trip to the cinema a true "event" again.

I was a bit disappointed to see that the "living solely on theater food for an entire week" stunt had to be altered.I was wondering if it was really possible.But I was more disappointed by the reviews of the Back to the Future and Terminator 2 attractions at Universal Studios.Mr. Murphy makes these experiences look positively awful, so bad that I question going to Disneyworld again.Which is a shame, because I loved Disney World as a kid.It would break my heart to go on a ride over there and get cussed at by someone in line the same way he did.

The Universal Studios part might have been a huge downer, but other bad film experiences turn out to be hilarious.A chapter on Corky Romano brought back fond Mystery Science Theater 3000 moments for me all over again.Former cast member Michael J. Nelson joins in the fun, only to be tormented so much by what's on the movie screen that he begins to sweat as Mr. Murphy cringes and rocks "back and forth in my chair as if I am on a charter plane on the way back from Mexico with two broken toilets."

Tons of humor in Mr. Murphy's story only add to the wonderful experience of watching movies from all parts of the globe, from places I've never heard of like Rarotonga, to places exotic enough to sound make-believe like the 24-hour sunlight of the arctic circle.I think the wonderful images of these places brought me more enjoyment than anything else in the book.They helped me remember that we really live in an amazing world, and something as simple as a movie theater can be varied in so many countless and wonderful ways.

The sort of book you'd expect from Kevin Murphy
Anybody who's ever read an interview of, or an essay by, Mystery Science Theater 3000's Tom Servo will immediately recognize Murphy's voice upon cracking open this collection of anecdotes, rants, and love letters to and about the state of modern cinema. The premise is that, for an entire year, every day, Kevin Murphy would see a movie. He traveled across several continents in all seasons to scour out every conceivably interesting or unique theater he could dig up, writing about the places, the people, and, of course, the films.

Having been somewhat familiar with Murphy's attitude regarding modern film ("Most movies blow dead rats," he elegantly stated at one point), and knowing that he was a self-confessed movie snob, I was expecting the book to be one long, bitter complaint from an old curmudgeon who'd lost the ability to experience the magic in movies. Yes, Murphy does complain, long and loud and proud, and encourages others to join him; more on that in a moment. But by and large, rather than lashing out at competent films for his own lack of ability to appreciate them, Murphy comes across more as disappointed that Hollywood has become such an unfeeling assembly line process, squelching true vision and wringing out the special qualities of truly brilliant films to deliver overpriced, homogenized Happy Meals designed to sell tickets and be forgotten as soon as they've outlived their purpose. He admits that he doesn't enjoy movies the way he used to; in fact, the introduction states that this project was organized not only as a source of income, but as an effort to help him rekindle that sense of wonder and fascination he used to experience at the movies, before becoming jaded by the increasing similarities between Tinsel Town fare and the abominations he used to screen for MST3K. Throughout the world, Murphy rediscovers the joy of good movies and of the people who love them. He chats with film critic Richard Corliss in line at Cannes. He witnesses a man giving away two ice cream cones to children who don't have enough money for them. He marvels at a theater in Australia (the land of "No Worries") that trusts patrons with glasses of red wine while watching movies. He meets Santa Claus alone in the wilderness of Finland. And his complaints work as a nice contrast, to make the good moments seem all the better.

So what does he complain about? Movies, yes, but he's surprisingly easy on even the more banal ones. In fact, I can think of only a handful of movies that he completely panned, without mentioning even one redeeming quality (Town & Country, a testament to and vindication of the oversized egos of the rich, and Corky Romano, a painful showcase for Chris Kattan's talentlessness that had even the undemanding teenage crowd abandoning the movie before it was over). What drew more negative energy was the "googolplex", i.e. any theater with more than 18 screens. They are loud and overpriced, with commercials and previews showing long past the movie's official starting time, staffed by rude employees, run by managers who automatically defer to the unending chain of responsibility and don't give a damn about customers even if they did possess some kind of autonomous power. The seats are small and uncomfortable, the projectionists don't know how to make the movies look good, the sound is either too loud or too quiet, the floors are sticky, the concessions are expensive, the movies are limited to blockbusters only with little chance of indies, foreign films, or rereleases. It's hard to disagree with Kevin on this point, as any movie lover has surely experienced frustration at the theater chains that own the movies. He also expresses dissatisfaction at the pretension of most art films, gripes about the commercialism of once-reliable film festivals, sneers at the annoying obsessiveness of fanboys, and blames a kidneystone on a particularly bad movie. Since Murphy presents himself as a somewhat demanding layman rather than a film scholar, it's easier to relate to his criticisms and harder to take offense at his viewpoints, even if you don't particularly agree with him. The only thing that really irked me was his insistense on bashing Quentin Tarantino, one of the few gems of contemporary American cinema, at every possible opportunity.

The only real flaw of this book, the reason I give it four stars instead of five, is that it's not as funny as it was intended to be. I only laughed aloud two or three times (though admittedly, one of those times I couldn't stop once I'd started). While it's always entertaining, often insightful, and occasionally amusing, it is not a towering achievement of humorous literature. Murphy's style reads a bit like a low-rent Dave Barry. Despite his efforts, he lacks the ability to translate uproarious situations into uproarious writing, which makes the book a bit hard to take in large chunks.

Despite this, the book succeeds in enough other ways that I wholeheartedly endorse it to other movie lovers and cinema spectators. Murphy's love of film shines through on every page, even when he's complaining about it. A Year at the Movies is a fun, fast read that isn't terribly challenging but thought-provoking enough to be worthwhile, and his globetrotting is interesting enough for his observations of foreign cultures to give this all the charm of a travel book, without putting you to sleep. Enjoy, won't you?

Well-written and funny
Kevin Murphy, the heart and soul of MST3K as Tom Servo, writes with passion about movies.He makes a pact to see a movie a day for an entire year.He travels the world to see films, too, going to Australia and to the Cannes Film Festival.The fact that he sat through "Freddy Got Fingered" and "Joe Dirt" in the same week is reason enough for me to give the man props. ... Read more

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Murphy/Higgins's CONCEPTS IN FEDERAL TAXATION 2010 offers students a better way to learn tax - through a conceptual approach. This approach presents taxation as a small number of unifying concepts. Once students understand these concepts, they can apply them to specific tax rules and to basic aspects of everyday economic life. The authors present the latest tax changes in a clear and straightforward manner so that students are not overwhelmed with technical detail. The text introduces students to individual taxation and covers business entities at the end. Concept Checks throughout this edition present material in comprehensible segments, ideal for CPA Exam review. Examples, appearing frequently throughout the text, relate concepts to familiar business scenarios using an engaging discussion and answer format. Murphy/Higgins's CONCEPTS IN FEDERAL TAXATION 2010 promises more exercises than any other text of its kind for the practice students need. H&R Block's TaxCut? software and Checkpoint? Student Edition from Thomson Reuters are packaged with each new copy of this text to provide your students with additional professional experience! ... Read more

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Not as promised
The book was in the exact shape as described.No problem there.Shipping arrived on schedule.No problem there.However - the book was described "with disc".Problem!No disc.No software with which to 'practice'.Not a major concern but still . . .

A bit complicated
The organization of the book (into chapters/sections, etc.) is good, however the book tries to cover so many random tax topics that it can be hard to know what the right answer is all the time.With the tax law in the US being as confusing, convoluted, and complicated as it is, the book seems to simply follow along by printing some clearly conflicting information in different chapters related to deductions, exclusions, etc.It's an alright book, but probably not the best for someone who is looking to learn the basics.

does not come as advertised from amazon
1. does NOT contain the software package, as the description notes

2. book came dirty with black marks on the cover

Textbook in need of Review
The textbook itself is useful/helpful in the info it presented.However, the software that the teacher uses, that comes with the textbook, is full of errors, i.e. poor grammar and use of language.It is hard to understand the exam questions.Many of them had mistakes that made no sense. For example, a problem presented a situation involving a grandparents' gift to a child, then the question asks about the uncle's tax treatment of the gift when there was no mention of an uncle giving a gift in the first place.The "correct" answer to this problem implies that their "uncle" was suppose to be "grandparents".The people who wrote the accompanying software need to learn how to write a proper sentence in English.This was a nightmare!!But I am not complaining as much as before because regardless of this wacky package, so far I have a grade of A in the course. ... Read more

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This book presents a simple and general method for conducting statistical power analysis based on the widely used F statistic. The book illustrates how these analyses work and how they can be applied to problems of studying design, to evaluate others' research, and to choose the appropriate criterion for defining "statistically significant" outcomes. Statistical Power Analysis examines the four major applications of power analysis, concentrating on how to determine:

*the sample size needed to achieve desired levels of power;

*the level of power that is needed in a study;

*the size of effect that can be reliably detected by a study; and

*sensible criteria for statistical significance.


Highlights of the second edition include: a CD with an easy-to-use statistical power analysis program; a new chapter on power analysis in multi-factor ANOVA, including repeated-measures designs; and a new One-Stop PV Table to serve as a quick reference guide.


The book discusses the application of power analysis to both traditional null hypothesis tests and to minimum-effect testing. It demonstrates how the same basic model applies to both types of testing and explains how some relatively simple procedures allow researchers to ask a series of important questions about their research. Drawing from the behavioral and social sciences, the authors present the material in a nontechnical way so that readers with little expertise in statistical analysis can quickly obtain the values needed to carry out the power analysis.


Ideal for students and researchers of statistical and research methodology in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who want to know how to apply methods of power analysis to their research.
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Interesting... but needs a better edit
The book presents a very interesting method: reducing power analysis to the F distribution. The authors provide very compelling and convincing arguments for the use of power analysis. At times you feel as if their arguments are not well referenced or backed-up, however, especially if you have read a number of technically-oriented statistical texts. Nevertheless, the arguments are provided a good intuitive feel.

The one problem with the book is its editing, or lack thereof. For example, on page 49 the following appears: "If you set a more stringent alpha (e.g., a = .01) is set,..". The sentence was clearly edited, but the edited-out part was left in. This happens in multiple places. Also, on page 41, the (non)-word "irged" is used instead of "urged." All of this should have been caught and fixed prior to publication and prior to asking for $22.50 for the book. I can understand a few errors making it into the final printed edition, but this bordered on ridiculous. I would say that the editorial errors actually became a distraction and took away from the central theme of the book.

Almost good.
This text was interesting and informative, but belabored the value of minimum effect hypothesis testing and pretty much ignored confidence intervals as an alternative.Worse, this book contains some mistakes: the noncentral F distribution formula (A3 in Appendix A) is written with parameters that are not explained, and also the authors state that the classical hypothesis testing is false "by definition".This is simply not true; it may be false more often than not, but it is not false by definition.But the worst shortcomings of this book are that it propagates the use of statistical tables instead of clearly explaining the underlying formulae.With ubiquitous computers, it is ridiculous to think that people still need to consult tables, which are restrictive in the alpha values.After reading this text, it is clear that power depends on effect size, alpha, the standard deviations of the treated and untreated populations, and the sample size, but nowhere do the authors clearly show what this functional relationship is.I guess they think that gamma functions and the like are just too difficult mathematics and force people to blindly work with tables in a haze of confusion, wondering the functional relationship of these variables.Finally, they do point out the desired relative seriousness of type I vs. type II errors (a major plus) but fail to emphasize this point as much as it deserves.For example, if there is no a priori reason to favor type I over type II errors or vice versa, then these should be set equal to each other and the sample size calculated from the formulae.Using power = 0.8 with alpha = 0.1 may be acceptable in their field of psychology but is incongruous with the point that they belabor - that type II errors are typically more serious.In conclusion, I would say to read this book from a library and hold off on buying until they (hopefully) correct these flaws in a second edition.Unfortunately, I have yet to see a better text that does clearly explain the functional relationship between the variables involved in power calculations.

Clear, concise, useful
This book is clearly and concisely written and provides both an introduction to power analysis and a description of a single set of procedures for power analysis when using any of the procedures covered by the general linear model. If you're familiar with power analysis it's fairly easy to skip the sections you don't need to read without impairing your ability to follow the development of the power analysis model.

Murphy and Myors also take some positions which are debatable (especially by those of us who often don't have the luxury of restricting our sample sizes) but always well argued. ... Read more

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The rapid rise in the earnings of top executives is adistinctive feature of modern capitalism.This important two-volumecollection presents some of the most influential published theoreticaland empirical papers on executive compensation.

The Economics of Executive Compensation draws together a wide range of disparate literature and will be an essential reference guide for students, researchers and practioners.45 articles, dating from 1970 to 1996 ... Read more

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Noted for its accessible approach, this bestseller applies power analysis to both null hypothesis and minimum-effect testing using the same basic model. Through the use of a few relatively simple procedures and examples from the behavioral and social sciences, the authors show readers with little expertise in statistical analysis how to quickly obtain the values needed to carry out the power analysis for their research. Illustrations of how these analyses work and how they can be used to understand problems of study design, to evaluate research, and to choose the appropriate criterion for defining "statistically significant" outcomes are sprinkled throughout. The book presents a simple and general model for statistical power analysis that is based on the F statistic.

Statistical Power Analysis reviews how to determine:

• The sample size needed to achieve desired levels of power
• The level of power needed in a study
• The size of effect that can be reliably detected by a study
• Sensible criteria for statistical significance.

The third edition features:

• Re-designed, user-friendly software at www.psypress.com/statistical-power-analysis that allows users to perform all of the book's analyses on a wider range of tests and conduct significance tests, power analyses, and assessments of N and alpha
• A new chapter on Complex ANOVA Designs that demonstrates the use of power analysis in split-plot and randomized block factorial designs
• New boxed sections that provide examples of power analysis in action and unique issues that arise when applying power analyses
• Expanded coverage of minimum-effect tests, the fundamentals of power analysis and the application of these concepts to correlational studies.

Ideal for students and researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences, business, and education, this valuable resource helps readers apply methods of power analysis to their research. PV and F tables serve as a quick reference.

More details - plus a link to download the One Stop F Calculator - can be found at http://www.psypress.com/statistical-power-analysis/ .

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Folk art proves that producing utilitarian objects can provide an opportunity for self-expression. From decoys to sea chests, folk art is not only rooted in the useful but in the realities of living. Some folk art makes daily chores more fun, while others, such as mourning art, help people face life's saddest occasions. This volume is an introduction for the novice and a treasure for the collector. ... Read more

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Folk art can be a window into the soul of the past and the people who lived there
Folk art can be a window into the soul of the past and the people who lived there. "Folk Art in Maine: Uncommon Treasures 1750-1925" is a look at the folk art of Maine from countless artists both those intentional and unintentional throughout history. Full of brightly colored metaphorical snapshots of history, "Folk Art in Maine" is enlightening and educating to view. A top pick for community library art collections.
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In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." Roosevelt asserted that colleges should never "turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men," and cautioned that "the weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community."

A paradigm of ineffectuality and weakness, the mollycoddle was "all inner life," whereas his opposite, the "red blood," was a man of action. Kevin P. Murphy reveals how the popular ideals of American masculinity coalesced around these two distinct categories. Because of its similarity to the emergent "homosexual" type, the mollycoddle became a powerful rhetorical figure, often used to marginalize and stigmatize certain political actors. Issues of masculinity not only penetrated the realm of the elite, however. Murphy's history follows the redefinition of manhood across a variety of classes, especially in the work of late nineteenth-century reformers, who trumpeted the virility of the laboring classes.

By highlighting this cross-class appropriation, Murphy challenges the oppositional model commonly used to characterize the relationship between political "machines" and social and municipal reformers at the turn of the twentieth century. He also revolutionizes our understanding of the gendered and sexual meanings attached to political and ideological positions of the Progressive Era.

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fascinating book on politics and homophobia
I learned a lot from this book.Murphy shows how American politics became so suffused with homophobia. He shows that politicians, including Theodore Roosevelt, began to associate their political opponents with homosexuality just as this concept was introduced by medical scientists in the 19th century. The book also demonstrates how charges of homosexuality became connected to leftist and democratic policies and politicians.It's a great and relevant read!

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This book clearly and accurately reflects the current field of psychological testing. It focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. Exploring the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing, it provides a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general and selected tests in particular.Chapter topics include expansive coverage of neuropsychological testing; the impact of testing on society; application of psychological tests in the contexts of education, industry, and clinical settings; computerized test administration and interpretation; consistency of test scores; the process of test development; ability, interest, and personality testing; and clinical applications and assessment.For individuals interested in the latest research available and sometimes controversial issues involved in psychological testing and measurement. ... Read more

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might be good with a decent editor
My psychometrics class (in a doctoral psychology program) was assigned this book as the primary textbook.While it gives a decent foundation for some psychometrics principles, it does a horrible job of explaining the nitty-gritty details, particularly because the book contains numerous typographic errors.The professor ended up awarding quite a bit of extra credit to the numerous students who caught typographic errors.The errors definitely create an obstacle to learning the material, and sometimes the errors actually seem to skew the direction of the material.Even numerical errors occur, such as replacing a negative sign (-) with the number 2.Terrible for a textbook whose backbone is statistics! ... Read more

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Explores the interactions of 19th century American merchants with the Japanese in the treaty port system, how the Japanese leadership manipulated them, and how the merchants themselves defined the limitations of American business in Japan.P ... Read more

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Beginning with McKim, Mead, Bigelow, and White's famous sketching trip of 1877, architects have recorded the historic architecture of northern New England and incorporated its imagery into their own designs. Colonial Revival Maine provides an insightful account of how an interest in the classical influences of colonial- and federal-era buildings engaged the imagination of a group of Boston-based architects and their draftsmen. together, these under-appreciated designers would create the charming streetscapes and bucolic retreats that today dot the Maine coast.
The "summer cottages" built for the wealthy Boston elite in the resort communities of the Kennebunks, Bath, and North Haven form the focus of this richly illustrated book. Period drawings and archival photographs of interiors and furnishings are supplemented with exterior views, which capture the special relationship between the highly refined buildings and the rugged coastal landscape. newly commissioned photographs help to create a rich portrait of one of America"s favorite styles in what is still today one of its prime vacation destinations. ... Read more

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BEAUTIFUL MAINE
Maine, especially the coast, is a beautiful setting for almost any style of residence, but it seems Colonial Revival was made for Maine.This book does a wonderful job of presenting these buildings in their best light, the images are first rate and gorgeous.The text is highly informative and easy to naviagate.The craftsmanship on these homes is simply amazing and the settings for the most part are breathtaking.If you have any interest in Colonial Revival architecture or Maine in general then i highly recommend this book, I cant image anyone not appreciating this book. ... Read more

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Using functional ecology as the basis for applying the ecosystem concept in contemporary environmental science and ecology, this second edition of this highly successful volume has been updated to reflect the latest research. It incorporates a strengthened theme in the use of functional ecology in explaining how ecosystems work and how the ecosystem concept may be used in science and applied science, and coverage of the interactions between humans and ecosystems has been substantially bolstered with the addition of chapters on human impacts and large scale impacts on ecosystems, and global environmental change and the consequences for ecosystems.

Presented in a student-friendly format, this book features boxed definitions, examples, case studies, summary points, discussion questions and annotated further reading lists. It provides a concise and accessible synthesis of both ecosystem theory and its applications, and will be a valuable resource for students of environmental studies, ecology and geography.

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This book focuses on the use of psychological tests to make important decisions about individuals in a variety of settings. It explores the theory, methods, and applications of psychological testing, and gives a full and fair evaluation of the advantages and drawbacks of psychological testing in general, and selected tests in particular. A four-part organization provides an introduction to psychological testing; covers the principles of psychological measurement, discusses the development of measures of ability, interests, and personality; and shows how tests are used to make decisions. For those who create and evaluate psychological testing and measurement.

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sounds good
As textbooks go, this one is alright. It won't cure cancer, and can be a bit basic at times, but it will tell you how to construct a test.

Great book
This book has helped me with my master's class on constructing psychological tests.Great reference book. ... Read more

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This book examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist. Drawing on a vast record of letters, diaries, sermons, drawings, paintings, and buildings, Kevin D. Murphy reconstructs Fisher's story and uses it to explore larger issues of material culture, visual culture, and social history during the early decades of the American republic.
Murphy shows how Fisher, as pastor of the Congregational church in Blue Hill from 1796 to 1837, helped spearhead the transformation of a frontier settlement on the eastern shores of the Penobscot Bay into a thriving port community; how he used his skills as an architect, decorative painter, surveyor, and furniture maker not only to support himself and his family, but to promote the economic growth of his village; and how the fluid professional identity that enabled Fisher to prosper on the eastern frontier could only have existed in early America where economic relations were far less rigidly defined than in Europe. Among the most important artifacts of Jonathan Fisher's life is the house he designed and built in Blue Hill. The Jonathan Fisher Memorial, as it is now known, serves as a point of departure for an examination of social, religious, and cultural life in a newly established village at the turn of the nineteenth century. Fisher's house provided a variety of spaces for agricultural and domestic work, teaching, socializing, artmaking, and more.
Through the eyes of Jonathan Fisher, we see his family grow and face the challenges of the new century, responding to religious, social, and economic change sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing. We appreciate how an extraordinarily energetic man was able to capitalize on the wide array of opportunities offered by the frontier to give shape to his personal vision of community. ... Read more

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This book deals with two key questions. First, is there a firm scientific basis for the major applications of psychology in organizations? Second, does the practice of psychology in organizations contribute in any meaningful way to psychological research? This text attempts to answer these questions by describing some of the unique ways in which Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychologists integrate science and practice in applying psychology in organizations. The editors of this volume believe that there is great potential for the effective interplay of science and practice in I/O psychology. Aware, however, that much work must still be done before a truly effective integration can be achieved and maintained, they have created a text that offers specific suggestions for improvement as well as many examples of successful integration. Psychology in Organizations explores the unique relationship between science and practice within industrial/organizational psychology. The contributors seek to answer two main questions:

* Is there a firm scientific basis for the major applications of psychology in organizations?

* Does the practice of psychology in organizations contribute in any meaningful way to psychological research?

After an initial examination of the industrial/organizational psychologist as a scientist and practitioner, Psychology in Organizations looks at specific roles played in such issues as job performance and productivity, sexual harassment, drug abuse, and drug testing. A final chapter looks at both the past and future of the field and suggests future applications.
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Ugh. What a turkey. There's nothing worth having here: The rotes are uninteresting and uninspiring, the information on Mage-ly Seattle is silly and unbalanced and that leaves the information on the "signaturecharacters" used in the examples in the rule books. Surely there's abetter way to spend your money. ... Read more

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Management That Works
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See Spot Run
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Loch Lomond has long held a special place in the hearts of allthe people of Scotland not only for its historic significance but alsofor the beauty of its countryside. Less widely known is the ecologicalimportance of the area. It is the largest stretch of freshwater inBritain and the only loch to be crossed by the Highland BoundaryFault, one of the country's most important geological features. The University of Glasgow has recognized the importance of this lochsituated so near the main campus and has operated a field station onits shores since 1948. In the mid-1960s the field station wasre-established at Rowardennan as an all-year-round facility withlaboratory and living accommodation for resident research workers andvisiting field courses. In 1992 a symposium was held to celebrate the25th anniversary of the opening of the new station and this volumepresents the proceedings of that symposium and gives the state of thepresent knowledge of Loch Lomond. After an introduction to LochLomond, the papers are divided into three sections. Section I: Thephysical and chemical environment of Loch Lomond and its catchment.Section II: The biology and ecology of Loch Lomond and its catchment,and Section III: Issues affecting Loch Lomond and its catchment. ... Read more

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James K. Taylor volunteered in August 1862 and served in the Army of the Potomac until August 1864, when he died of wounds sustained in a skirmish near Charlestown, West Virginia. This collection of his letters written during those years illustrate many specific attitudes of Union soldiers, reflecting the army morale, and attitudes toward stay-at-homes, "copperheads" and commanding generals. ... Read more