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Chapters: Ruud Lubbers, Stephen Walt, Lawrence Summers, Bill Richardson, Robert Blackwill, Lamar Alexander, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Bill Kristol, Jim Leach, Samantha Power, John Holdren, Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, Calestous Juma, Bruce Herschensohn, Michael Maccoby, Bernard E. Trainor, Alan K. Simpson, Brenda Shaffer, Xavier Briggs, Frederic M. Scherer, R. Nicholas Burns, Ashton Carter, Mickey Edwards, Jendayi Frazer, Usha Haley, Richard Darman, Stephen Goldsmith, William Julius Wilson, Joseph Nye, Linda Bilmes, Meghan O'sullivan, Ricardo Hausmann, Douglas M. Johnston, Graham T. Allison, Dennis Frank Thompson, Robert Z. Lawrence, Tad J. Oelstrom, Marvin Kalb, Pippa Norris, Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Walter Broadnax, Derek Bok, Howard Raiffa, Dani Rodrik, Bill Purcell, Robert Klitgaard, Andrés Velasco, Ronald A. Heifetz, Dale W. Jorgenson, Albert Carnesale, Mark A.r. Kleiman, Frances Kamm, Claudine Schneider, Swanee Hunt, Cary Coglianese, Sarah Sewall, Lant Pritchett, Thomas J. Healey, Peter Eigen, David Evans Shaw, Jacqueline Bhabha, John P. White, Lewis M. Branscomb, John Ruggie, A. K. Shiva Kumar, Laurence Lynn, Jr., Jeffrey Liebman, Alex Jones, Richard Rosecrance, Alberto Abadie, Richard Parker, Jeffrey Frankel, Barry Dean Karl, L. Jean Camp, Fred Turner, Susan Eaton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 339. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist and the Director of the White House's National Economic Council for President Barack Obama. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He is the 1993 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal for his work in several fields of economics and was Secretary of the Treasury for the last year and a half...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=206211 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bill Richardson, Heather Wilson, United States Congressional Delegations From New Mexico, Manuel Lujan, Jr., Tom Udall, Clinton Presba Anderson, Martin Heinrich, Ben R. Luján, Steve Pearce, Harry Teague, Joseph Montoya, Ed Foreman, Dennis Chavez, Joe Skeen, Georgia Lee Lusk, Benigno C. Hernández, John E. Miles, John J. Dempsey, William T. Redmond, George Curry, E. S. Johnny Walker, Néstor Montoya, Francisco Antonio Manzanares, Harold L. Runnels, Steven Schiff, William B. Walton, Harvey Butler Fergusson, Antonio M. Fernández, Albert G. Simms, John Morrow, Thomas G. Morris. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 132. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the 30th and current Governor of New Mexico. Before being elected governor, Richardson served in the Clinton administration as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary. Richardson has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. On December 3, 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama designated Richardson for appointment to the cabinet-level position of Commerce Secretary. On January 4, 2009, Richardson announced his decision to withdraw his nomination because of an investigation into improper business dealings in New Mexico. In August 2009, federal prosecutors dropped the pending investigation against the governor, and there has been speculation in the media about Richardson's career, after his second and final term as New Mexico governor concludes. Bill Richardson was born in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California . His father, William Blaine Richardson Jr. (died in 1972) of New England Yankee and Mexican descent, was an American Citibank executive who grew up i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=375375 ... Read more

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Chapters: People From Prineville, Oregon, Wally Backman, A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum, Dan Gauthier, Samuel T. Richardson, Bill Pearl, Crook County Bank Building, John N. Williamson, Pat Fitzsimons, Knlx, Charles E. Wicks, Pioneer Secondary Alternative High School, Crook County High School, Crook County Christian School, William O. Hall, Krco, Kltw-Fm, Blm Heliport, Prineville Airport, Crestview Cable, Pioneer Memorial Hospital Heliport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 73. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:William Arnold "Bill" Pearl (born October 31, 1930 ) is a former leading competitive American bodybuilder during the 1950s and '60s. He won many titles and awards, including winning the Mr. Universe contest several times, and became a trainer and author on the subject.Biography Pearl was born in Prineville, Oregon . His first major victory was in the 1953 Mr Universe contest (in which he beat out a then 23 year old Sean Connery ). He actively competed until his retirement in 1971 after winning the Mr. Universe one last time, over superstars Frank Zane , Reg Park and Sergio Oliva . In all, he won the professional Mr Universe 4 times in an 18 year span, which was unprecedented at the time.He was the first professional bodybuilder to author bodybuilding training courses/booklets. He is also the first to pose to music, and was especially noted in performing exhibitions doing an entire posing routine of Eugene Sandow (who is known as the man who started the sport of bodybuilding). Ever the showman, along with his lifelong coach Leo Stern, Pearl would wear a fake mustache, leotards, a fig leaf, and a late-1800s backdrop, all for providing the exact effect of the Sandow era. As if that wasn't enough, Pearl was equally as famous for performing his strongman routine, which included tearing of license plates, bending penny ... ... Read more

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Title: Stockpiling journalists: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson lures lots of experienced, underpaid reporters to his staff.(DROP CAP)(governor)
Author: Leanne Potts
Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: University of Maryland
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Title: Richardson, Congress clash over DOE reorganization.(Energy Secretary Bill Richardson)(Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
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Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
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Title: The real Bill Richardson: is the presidential contender a libertarian Democrat?(Columns)
Author: David Weigel
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Title: Bill Richardson.(The Monthly Interview)(Interview)
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Title: Courting the gay vote: some say Bill Richardson is on the Democrats' short list of candidates for vice president in 2008. But the governor of New Mexico insists he's running for the top spot or nothing--and he wants our vote.(POLITICS)(Interview)
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In July 1947, something crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. What that object was, as well as what happened in the days following the crash, has been hotly disputed ever since. Did the United States government cover up the existence of an extraterrestrial UFO? Were alien bodies recovered from the crash site? Or was it all nothing more than the failed launch of a weather balloon? The "Roswell Incident" remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century, and a source of enduring controversy.

As part of the SCI FI Channel's ongoing mission to separate science fiction from science fact, the network sponsored an unprecedented, comprehensive archeological investigation of the crash site. Utilizing modern-day forensic tools, scientists from the University of New Mexico, in partnership with SCI FI, set out to uncover physical evidence to determine once and for all what really happened in the desert near Roswell. Only some of the team's discoveries were hinted at in SCI FI's highest-rated-ever documentary, The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence. Many have speculated about the true extent of what the dig team uncovered. Until now.

The Roswell Dig Diaries presents to the public, for the very first time, the exclusive complete archeological report, including the final scientific conclusions of this landmark excavation and never-before-seen maps and photos of the crash site. This groundbreaking volume also takes you behind the scenes of the investigation with exclusive day-by-day personal journals and private company emails, written by everyone from the project leader, Dr. Bill Doleman, to Roswell Report authors Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt, to SCI FI Channel executives, to the volunteer dig team members who helped make the investigation possible.

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The Roswell Mythology Continues
SCI FI Declassified: The Roswell Dig Diaries is the literary companion, including the final scientific conclusions, to the SCI FI Channel's highest-ever rated original special, The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence. For nine days, from September 16-24, 2002, the University of New Mexico's Office of Contract Archaeology in Albuquerque, headed by principal investigator William Doleman, in partnership with the SCI FI Channel, set out to conduct a historic "dig," archeological testing and related research at the "reported location of a low-angle extraterrestrial vessel impact in 1947."

The Roswell Dig Diaries is, for the most part, a thought-provoking and enjoyable behind the scenes look at Project Starlight, this unprecedented and comprehensive search for "memory metal," the Holy Grail of Roswell, at the debris field or "skip site."

From the opening timeline of Roswell events to the personal day-by-day journals and private e-mails of many of the personalities involved, The Roswell Dig Diaries demonstrates the highs and lows of such an undertaking. In short order, you will share both the frustration and enthusiasm felt by those on the project.
Make no bones about it, the debate over what exactly crashed at the former J. B. Foster sheep Ranch (located thirty-five miles south-southeast of Corona, seventy-five miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico) in Lincoln County one fateful July 1947 night will continue.

The Roswell Dig Diaries makes an interesting addition to any collection concerning this source of endless controversy.
(Review by Robert A. Goerman)

Disappointing
Although there is much of interest in this book, there is almost as much that could be tossed out without in any way detracting from the real content. It was as if, having laid out the story, the editors found themselves with too many empty pages left, and went about madly gathering up the most irrelevant minutiae to occupy the space.

The first chapter could be discarded entirely, or at least summarized in a paragraph or so. (Do we really need to know the exact text of every email that passed between the principals? Is it crucial to devote several mind-numbingly dull pages to what reads like the full text of a sales brochure for the University of New Mexico's Office of Contract Archeology - pages brimming with such breath-taking facts as a description of their facility and a listing of their vehicles and office equipment, etc., etc., ad nauseam?) The text is rife with such alarming digressions.

Likewise, it was hardly necessary to reprint the SciFi Channel's entire PR announcement heralding the broadcast (which occurred in November, 2002, while the book was copyrighted in 2004) of the documentary film of this Roswell dig. If one missed the documentary - two years ago - the fact could hardly pass unnoticed, since mention of the production is made, it seems, at every possible opportunity. One could almost detect a ghostly producer wagging a scolding finger at the truant reader absent from that stellar broadcast.

The book is saved from utter disaster by the short diaries of the participants in the dig, which tell, in brief vignettes,the very human story of the hopes, heartbreaks and hardships of both the very educated and the very common people involved in this effort. Of further compelling interest is the final report on the project by OCA's William Doleman. The afterword documents also merit attention.

Unfortunately, the upshot of all this archeological activity in the New Mexico high desert was that nothing substantial was found to advance the cause of those (myself included) who contend for the occurrence of an extra-terrestrial event. I am left wondering if the SciFi Channel people really thought that a dig of less than a week's duration with a skeleton crew of untrained volunteers would actually produce anything; or was this simply a high profile headline event calculated togenerate a lot of viewer interest whether the dig was productive or not?

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In the 20th century, nearly a century ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs began publishing books about John Carter of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes. And that was just the beginning. His imagination took us on many new and exciting adventures. And his adventures are continue to be exciting entertainment even today. His works are still adapted into games, comics, television shows and motion pictures. Indeed, film director James Cameron has acknowledged that it was the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs that inspired almost directly much of the world and creatures of his record shattering motion picture, AVATAR. Many authors, artists, film makers and scientists credit Edgar Rice Burroughs with inspiring them to pursue their careers. Now, scholars and fans, members of a branch of the highly respected Burroughs Bibliophiles (the National Capital Panthans), have compiled this new book to share their joy of his works. With creativity and insight, they examine why so many people in so many countries of the world still find vital reasons to read the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs - even as we enter a second century of their entertaining the world. This book contains poetry, fiction, comics and illustrations as well as useful information on collecting all things Burroughs. ... Read more

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Elaine's review of ERB: THE SECOND CENTURY
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: THE SECOND CENTURY is a collection of personal memories, poems, artwork, amusing tales and historical information put together by The National Capital Panthans to commemorate their favorite author.Although Burroughs has been gone since 1950, his stories continue to entertain people from all walks of life because of their action, concepts, plots and moral ideas.The seemingly outlandish inventions he devised in some tales foreshadowed many of today's useful tools and machines.
In this book, the Panthans share with the reader articles that are informative, interesting, important, bold, clever.They tell how they came under the spell of the Master Storyteller, relate "A History of Burroughs Fandom", give objective reasoning about the quality of Burroughs' works in "The Pulp Fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs" and explain the value of "Why We Should Care About Edgar Rice Burroughs in the 21st Century".From quality artwork to fan fiction to discussions on types of Burroughs collections, categorizing and book variants, there is a variety of topics in SECOND CENTURY.And there is the wit and fun of "Archimedes Q. Porter Tells All".Don't miss theseofferings of the Panthans.

Second Century -- First Rate
This is a wonderful book by fans and for fans, while, at the same time, serving as an introduction, for the not-yet fan, to "the life and works of the master storyteller."
The stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs have been with us since "Under the Moons of Mars" and "Tarzan of the Apes" both debuted in 1912. He followed those up with more than 60 other stories, imagining worlds, peoples and adventures which still impact us today. One such impact is Disney Pixar's coming production which will present a major motion picture dealing with ERB's inaugural yarn about a fighting man who was mysteriously transported to the red planet.
The National Capital Panthans are a group of fans in the D.C. area who meet regularly to exchange ideas and have fun. They did exactly that in this 184-plus-page book, which not only offers detailed articles on the impact and relevance of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works, but also features stunning artwork and several examples of fan fiction, tied into the worlds created by Burroughs.
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Full-color images by renowned photographers Stephen Strom and Stephen Capra unite with text by prizewinning nature and geography writer Gregory McNamee to document the subtle landscape of 1.2 million acres of remote Chihuahuan Desert grassland in southern New Mexico. Home to many species of wildlife and native plants, Otero Mesa is a place of extraordinary beauty and ecological significance faced with the increasing threat of oil and gas development that has plagued the Rocky Mountain West.

"It is a strange and empty place, a place whose contours suggest that those who do not know it are best to leave it alone, as those who do know it will do in all events. And, as with all strange and empty places in this increasingly crowded, increasingly monocultural world, Otero Mesa is an important island in our geography of hope, a place that warrants concern and protection. Rightly, for it is very much under threat."--Gregory McNamee in Otero Mesa ... Read more

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Dissapointing
I had high hopes for Otero Mesa but found the author essay quickly digressed into childish rhetoric.The type of language found in the following passage discredits the entire premise of the essay, which is unfortunate because there are important points to be made and conclusions to be drawn.

"..Powerful interest are arrayed against Otero Mesa and the rest of the earth, aided and abetted by an administration founded on oil and a millenarian vision that promises heaven for those who destroy the ground beneath them.Let us call these people for what they are.They are devourers who talk benignly of consumption as they use up much, much more than their share.They are gluttons, if gluttons who work out daily at the gym to disguise the evidence of their appetites.They are men and women who deny themselves absolutely nothing, no matter what the expense, an expense that is always borne by other people and by the earth itself.They are killers of places and landscapes and the people and animals and plants that inhabit them, whose existence is a nuisance.They talk of patriotism while destroying the ground on which America was built.They are thieves who rob the future, for which they have no regard for in any event, in order to nurse the past."

Important environmental issues need mature, educated, and thoughtful spokespeople if the cause it to be taken seriously.The author has exhibited none of these qualities in this work.

Charlie Gell
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Otero Mesa: Preserving America's Wildest Grassland
Well written book with beautiful photos about saving and protecting the areas of New Mexico that we love. Great read!

Recommended for all personal, community, and academic library Environmental Studies reference collections
Grasslands continue to disappear throughout the U.S. to the determine of the ecosystems and habitats where they are an essential part of a healthy and self-sustaining environment. "Otero Mesa: Preserving America's Widest Grassland" focuses upon one specific grassland with an impressively informative text by Gregory McNamee, an enlightening foreword by Governor Bill Richardson, and impressive photographs by Stephen Strom and Stephen Capra. This seminal work of meticulous scholarship brings to light the vast beauty of Otero Mesa and its alarming present day reality. Otero Mesa is in danger of becoming a drilling haven to one hundred new oil wells which will pollute the environment, decimate and contaminate groundwater and endanger the wildlife. Presented in four compelling chapters: The View from an Aplomado; The View from a Missile; Oil and Otero Mesa; and the Fate of the Land, "Otero Mesa" is certain to enlighten the non-specialist general reader and environmental activist who recognizes the value of wide open spaces and the habitat that occupies it, and clean water so necessary to plant, animal, and human life. The fate of Otero Mesa is still unknown as the case fighting to preserve it rests in the federal courts awaiting a decision. A clarion call, "Otero Mesa" is urgently recommended for all personal, community, and academic library Environmental Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
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An excellent addition to the literature on drag queens.
This a wonderful treatment of drag queens. The text is very sympathetic and imformative and the photographs are fabulous. Many of the photos have quotes from the drag queens that are helpful hints about dressing or windows into their souls. The author of the text is a sometime crossdresser. This book is a treasured part of my personal library.

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