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FROM THE BACK COVER: Are you caught up in the financial thinking of the last century? That's when we learned to buy a home and pay it off as quickly as possible. It made sense in the conditions that existed back then. It doesn't make sense today. How would you like to: 1) Safely leverage and compound assets you didn't realize you had? 2) Become your own bank and build family wealth? 3) Pile up stock market gains, but never take the losses? 4) Lock-in a rich, secure and carefree retirement? 5) Transform the IRS into your wealth-building partner? 6) Create real wealth, empowering you to help others? 7) Get to your existing retirement funds with little or no taxes? 8) Leave a fortune to your heirs? STOP SITTING ON YOUR ASSETS make these strategies crystal clear -- and you can apply them with security and ease. If you own a home, you owe it to yourself to know about today's new reality: You are sitting on a potential fortune that can safely and confidently be put to work to build a massively abundant financial future. A future so rich that -- before STOP SITTING ON YOUR ASSETS -- could have only existed in your dreams.
Customer Reviews:
don't waste your money on this book or its strategy.......2007-10-05
First of all, the author has enough material for a magazine article at best and she has padded and stretched it into a book. That makes for an annoying read.
Secondly, her math is deceitful. She says to borrow the equity from your home at 8% and put that money to work getting an 8% return and you will end up with a huge pile of money. What about the payments? Oh, yeah. She subtracts those as a lump sum at the end from your pile of money. Everyone knows the payments have to made every month so if you're borrowing at 8% and getting an 8% return you're simply going to break even. If you're as smart as a fifth grader you know that math calculations have to be performed in the correct order or you'll get the wrong answer. She also gives an example of someone who could pay cash for a house but takes out a mortgage anyway and invests the money. She conveniently ignores the fact that the person could simply pay cash for the house and then invest what they would have made in payments each month and that money would grow to almost the same amount as her "safety fund"
The third problem with this strategy is that the only way to get this 8% tax free, totally safe return is to buy a questionable insurance product that she or her friends will be happy to sell you. Then you'll have the IRS looking over your shoulder.
I'm not a big fan of a mortgage free house for a number of reasons but if you're going to harvest equity and invest it, you'd better know what you're doing. For the average person it's way too risky.
Start saving some money by NOT buying this book.
This book has been done before, called Missed Fortune 101.......2007-09-22
Sad to see people trying to ride the coattails of another book and rip it off so blatantly. The orignal book called Missed Fortune 101 introduces the world to these strategies. Well Stop Sitting comes in and basically changes a word here and a word there to try and be different. For example Missed Fortune 101 talks about "going down the highway of life with one foot on the gas and one on the brake" Ms. Snow talks about going down the highway with 4 flat tires and a broken windshield...Come on!
Read Missed Fortune 101 Missed Fortune 101: A Starter Kit to Becoming a Millionaireto read the real story first, Read Stop Sitting for a rehash, if you like that kind of stuff...
I know I'm gonna write a book called Elbib and have it start out with a guy named Aaron and a girl named Emily who live in the jungle, then get kicked out of the jungle for eating the forbidden vegetable...
Looking for answers.......2007-08-19
I, too, was in awe after reading this book. The ideas are presented in a simple, easy to understand way, and it seems to me to be very logical. I'm no financial genius, rather a former math teacher and the numbers seem to work on paper. But, really, after the awe has worn off and reality hits, what's the catch? This seems too easy. If this idea has been in existance for several years, then why hasn't it caught on with the "masses?" Why don't more financial advisors recommend this? Is there something I'm missing or does it really work that simply and just nobody knows about it? Somebody....give me the real scoop!
Very, Very dangerous book.......2007-08-02
As I began to read this book, my first challenge was to get over the unearned arrogance of the author. Marion Snow may have a "scientific mind" and have a little experience in the mortgage industry selling people mortgages, but she is no financial planner.
The book is absolutely full of errors and misrepresentations of how some very complex financial products work. She literally demonizes financial planning professionals who have spent years of their lives helping clients and studying the ever changing landscape of both financial planning, estate planning, as well as the Internal Revenue Code.
Some of her VERY dangerous errors are as follows:
First, nearly all of her calculations discuss saving taxes at a 30 or 33% tax rate. While this sounds good, the average American is nowhere near the 33% tax bracket. The 33% tax bracket does not begin for most married Americans until they have over $195,000 of annual income.
Secondly, the insurance products that she describe do not function as she indicates. On page 110, she casually mentions that her insurance strategy will work as "long as you are careful not to deplete your cash value." She does not mention that the "tax advantaged policy loans" she advocates are 1)charged interest by the insurance company, and 2) taxable if the policy lapses in later years. Additionally, she neglects to mention that Universal life policies have increasing costs which will cause them to lapse using her strategy.
Third, all of her calculations are "assumed and hypothetical." They do not address real numbers. About halfway though the book she indicates she "got her insurance license" just to verify her findings. Unfortunately, an insurance license is viewed by most credentialed financial planners with the same reverence that training wheels are viewed by Olympic bicycle racers...
Fourth, her mortage strategies advocate taking illegal tax deductions - the tax deductions she describes are not allowable to the degree the advocates, in the tax brackets she uses as examples. The deductions "phase out" well before a taxpayer can use them to the degree she illustrates. Simply put - the numbers are INCORRECT.
Ms. Snow should spend a few years in school and learn what she is talking about - and a few more years working with real world financial clients -before being arrogant enough to throw stones at those who do.
She is flat wrong in many areas and will hurt a great many people who take her cutesy approach to financial planning seriously.
Jon - CFP, ChFC
What's wrong with Stop Sitting on Your Assets.......2007-07-29
This book uses fuzzy math to reach predetermined conclusions.
No only is the math flawed, but what's worse is that the book ignores the tax code and 264(a)3 specifically (which dramatically affects the concepts discussed in his books).
There is no such thing as a tax free, money management free, expense free "side fund" as she discusses in this book.
It is clear that the author does not understand how money grows in the real world and does not understand life insurance (which is ironic since the book is about building wealth using indexed equity life insurance).
Of all the books in the marketplace which discuss Equity Harvesting, this is by far the worst one.
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In this compelling book, Elan Golomb identifies the crux of the emotional and psychological problems of millions of adults. Simply put, the children of narcissist -- offspring of parents whose interest always towered above the most basic needs of their sons and daughters -- share a common belief: They believe they do not have the right to exist.
The difficulties experienced by adult children of narcissists can manifest themselves in many ways: for examples, physical self-loathing that takes form of overeating, anorexia, or bulimia; a self-destructive streak that causes poor job performance and rocky personal relationships; or a struggle with the self that is perpetuated in the adult's interaction with his or her own children. These dilemmas are both common and correctable, Dr. Golomb tells us.
With an empathic blend of scholarship and case studies, along with her own personal narrative of her fight for self, Dr. Golomb plumbs the depths of this problem, revealing its mysterious hold on the affairs of otherwise bright, aware, motivated, and worthy people. Trapped in the Mirror explores.
- the nature of the paralysis and lack of motivation so many adults feel
- stress and its role in exacerbating childhood wrongs
- why do many of our relationships seem to be "reruns" of the past
- how one's body image can be formed by faulty parenting
- how anger must be acknowledge to be overcome
- and, most important, how even the most traumatized self can be healed.
Rooted in a profoundly humanist traditional approach, and suffused with the benefit of the latest knowledge about intrafamily relationships, Trapped in the Mirror offers more than the average self-help book; it is truly the first self-heal book for millions.
Customer Reviews:
Pass........2007-08-14
The idea that this author is in any way justified in writing a book on healing or conquering narcissism is laughable. The book is filled with countless examples of her own insanity--like the time she cracked her skull and insisted on seeing an Eastern meditative healer instead of a doctor. Of course, her parents invention was proof of their narcissism.
This is a fascinating topic but an awful book. Most of the anecdotes come from group therapy that she ATTENDED instead of led. The book bills itself as an authoritative work on a topic that the author just happens to have a bit of personal experience in. Really, it's a rant, a cathartic work aimed at healing HER wounds and not THE wounds. I think there is a massive conflict on interest in writing about a problem that personally affected everyday of her childhood. Each time she describes narcissistic qualities you can tell she is projected the qualities of her parents. Pass.
A valuable source of information.......2007-06-11
This book has helped me see that the roots of my own narcissism stem from my interactions with my parents at a very early age. When the parents needs are greater then their children's needs then the parent is essentially negating the reality of the child as a living, sovereign, sentient, being with their own life and their own soul. The roots of narcissism begin with this parental rejection. I have seen this to be true with my own narcissism .
The book is written in a very elegant way. It is written with great humanity and I highly recommend it.
Excellent background book, but less "do it yourself healing".......2007-06-08
Author has written this book based on personal experience. The personal story mingles with appropiate case stories and a professional framework.
Bias is on the personal story and the cases. Less on the more professional theoretical issues.
This book will provide insight in the mechanisms of narcissism, and having narcissist parents.
I have rated it 4 stars for the role model cases it provides. To me they were the most helpfull, 2. the personal story made the author stand out as someone who knows.
The missing 5th. star is due to the weak: Then what should I do now ? part.
Buy this book to get some background and the feeling you are not alone.
(60% of all people seeking personal Therapy has been hurt by narcissists, one way or another.)
Look elsewhere for "do it yourself" healing programs.
To me, this book put up a question:
What is the difference between a child with subclinic asperger syndrome and a child with a narcissist parent ?
I found my answer, but if this sounds relevant, read the book.
If you have a subclinic Aspergers kid, read it anyway.
We are not all subclinic Aspergers...and Prognosis for an adult or kids with a narcissistic parent are better.
I recommend this book strongly.
And remember to hugg your kids unconditionally, even though you do not read this book. Hard to do?...training is the thing.
What a letdown..........2007-05-30
The introduction of the book leads one to think that this will be a good clinical book on the topic of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and its effect on the children of narcissists. That is, until you get to Chapter 3 and realize that the book is about the author's own "unfair" life and the lives of her friends. The objectivity of the author is zilch because she is personally invested in her own story and its presentation. She also seems to judge her friends ("so sad that they can't stop the narcissistic pattern"). This is literally the first book that I have ever thrown away! I agree with other readers who felt that the author's own narcissism is showcased in this book.
Thought provoking.......2007-05-01
I enjoyed Trapped in the Mirror as i found it especially useful in analyzing my past and recognizing narcissism in those around me. I also found i was able to identify narcissistic traits that i had picked up, and am able to observe and work on eliminating them.
The examples are specific and quite terrifying to contemplate, however i found it a worthy growth experience.
Recommended reading for anyone, and everyone.
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This explosive suspense thriller gets off to a blistering start: the kidnapping of a little boy--in eight breathless pages--that culminates with the child's safe return and the disappearance of the successful kidnappers. That sets the stage for the book's centerpiece, the abduction of little Abby Jennings, daughter of Will, a successful physician, and Karen, a slightly dissatisfied suburban woman who's wondering where the passion in her marriage went. The criminals' modus operandi is established early on. They target the progeny of Mississippi doctors, demand a reasonable (to an affluent M.D.) ransom, release the child after it's paid, and promise the victim parents that if they ever breathe a word of the incident to anyone, their kids will be taken again and killed. The kidnappings are carefully set up, targeted to take place when one parent is out of town at a medical meeting or convention, thus ensuring the cooperation of the other. And the victim is held by a sweet, slightly retarded but humongous and powerful man whose loyalty to his cousin, the mastermind, is unquestioned.
24 Hours is a version of the locked room school of kidnap mysteries and a very good one indeed, especially when Will turns the tables on the kidnapper and takes control of the situation. Abby's diabetic condition (she needs lifesaving injections on a regular basis) notches the suspense up one last turn. It's a well worked-out plot, the pacing is terrific, and the characters likable and attractive. Iles is a master storyteller, and this one has big screen written all over it--with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as the Jennings, if we're lucky. --Jane Adams
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Greg Iles's novels have been praised for their unusual depth of characterization and complexity of plot, and The Quiet Game was no exception. Reviewers called it "beautifully crafted" (The Providence Sunday Journal), "heartbreakingly honest" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and simply "a grand thriller with a wonderful Southern seasoning" (The Orange County Register). In 24 Hours, Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coaster ride with enough twists and surprises to last a lifetime.
24 Hours begins with the perfect family. On the perfect night. About to become trapped in the perfect crime. Will Jennings is a successful young doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, with a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and a five-year-old daughter he loves beyond measure. But Will and his family are being watched by a con man and psychopath who may be a genius. A man who has crafted the unbeatable crime. A man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. A man whose life's work strikes at the heart of every family's unspoken fear: the unstoppable kidnapping.
But this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings.
"Here is a major talent strutting his considerable stuff."-The Denver Post (review of The Quiet Game)
Customer Reviews:
Blah.......2007-08-31
This is Iles' worst book. I'm giving it two stars. If it were another author, I'd probably rate three stars.
24 Hours reads like a simple chronology of events. There's a little character development, but not much. They are like cardboard cutouts compared to Iles' other works. On top of that, the dialogue isn't very interesting.
Iles may have had an interesting idea with 24 Hours. Unfortunately I don't think it translated into a good novel. Instead, I'd recommend Deep Sleep or Iron Cross.
Intense pace.......2007-05-31
This Greg Iles thriller has a quick hook to grab readers, and doesn't release you until the final pages. A simple, yet potent plan by the kidnappers goes awry, and the reader is carried along by the tension. I don't want to spoil any details, but the writing is superb, and concentrates on the actions and emotions, not the reveling in the author's vocabulary that fills the genre occassionally.
A great read, particularly when you have enough time to power through it, as you won't want to put it down.
Good Mississippi Writer.......2007-05-26
I like everything I've read by Greg Iles. This book keeps you on edge.
Greg Iles-Trapped.......2007-03-14
He is a truly fascinating writer. I found the book interesting, suspenseful and superb writing. Have read many of his books and will continue to do so.
Libbie
Good idea, poorly executed.......2007-03-14
I've had this unread book on my shelf for a few years. On a recent transpacific flight, I decided to do some rare leisurely reading and brought this book with me.
I had different expectations from this book from the beginning. My copy was called "24 Hours". It was later renamed "Trapped", yet the content is the same. The plot of the book is pretty good, and it is an anticipatory page-turner, so no complaints there. It essentially tracks the life of a pompous narcissistic doctor, his family, and a psychotic nutjob out to steal and terrorize them. Others have done a good job explaining the plot details, so I won't explain it here.
My complaint about this novel is (a) some of the plot holes and (b) the awful dialog between the characters. The plots holes were plausible in some places, and big enough to drive a semi-truck through in others. However, what really threw me off was the embarrassing and terrible dialog between the characters. The doctor's daughter was 5 years old, but many times throughout the story, Iles made her come across as intelligent as a college student--certainly not believable. Other dialog between the good guys and bad guys was absolutely horrendous and numbing. It didn't make the suspenseful parts of the story very realistic.
For these reasons, I give the book a 3-star rating. It loses at least 2 stars for the dialog and plot holes, but overall the story was pretty good; it just wasn't executed too well.
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A CURSED TREASURE!
Everybody thinks Gary's grampa died in a fishing accident. But from a note Grampa left, Gary suspects he was murdered. The note tells of a million dollars in gold hidden in a cave and an old Indian curse promising that anyone who touches it will die! Gary and his friend Brian are sure that if they find the gold, they will also find Grampa's killer.
But treasure hunting can be deadly. Now they are stuck in a dark cavern full of tangled skeletons, restless Indian spirits, and a murderer out for their blood! Will Brian and Gary ever get out of Death Cave alive?
Customer Reviews:
Obvious.......2007-08-09
Gary's Grampa recently died. Everyone thinks it was a fishing accident, but Gary is sure he was murdered, by someone who wants to claim the gold Grampa was on the verge of finding. He left behind a note for Gary and a map showing the places he'd already searched.
Gary enlists his best friend Brian to help him search both for the gold and for his Grampa's killer.
The first time you meet him, it is clear who the villain in this story is. The description is so heavy-handed, it is impossible to be surprised by his identity. The ending of this book is a bit too neat, too, with everyone ending up so satisfied. There was no room for suspense or surprise in this story.
Better than the Hardy Boys!!!!.......2006-10-10
Trapped In Death Cave is in my opinion the best book ever written for kids at the age 10 years and up level!!! and when I say up is because I first bought this book back in 1987 when i bought it at the book fair. I enjoyed the book so much that i make sure I have at least 2 or 3 on havd to let other kids read. I still read it at least once a year and I'm 33 years old. What can I say, the book is a keeper. Now my kids have enjoyed the thrill and edge of your seat that a kids book should have!!!!
Putting this book down was hard!.......2005-09-23
This book is the best mystery book I've ever read. It gives a lot of description and hides the ending. You can't guess the ending of the book like most mysteries. It is easy reading (for me) but I enjoyed the back description I couldn't pass it up.
This book is great for anyone who likes mysteries or needs a good book.
Death Cave.......2004-10-27
I enjoyed reading Trapped in Death Cave. It is a mystery book and I like mysteries. Gary, Brian and Mrs. Becker get trapped in the cave by Odie Wilson, who wants the gold hidden there all to himself. Everyone thinks Mrs. Becker is a witch but when she ends up saving the lives of two boys they have a party for her. Then they close off the cave so no one will go back.
I would recommend this book to kids under the age 12.
Trapped in Death Cave.......2004-10-27
I enjoyed reading Trapped in Death Cave. It is a mystery book and I like mysteries. Gary, Brian and Mrs. Becker get trapped in the cave by Odie Wilson, who wants the gold hidden there all to himself. Everyone thinks Mrs. Becker is a witch but when she ends up saving the lives of two boys they have a party for her. Then they close off the cave so no one will go back.
I would recommend this book to kids under the age 12.
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"Found worms in my oatmeal this morning. I shouldn't have objected because they had been sterilized in the cooking and I was getting fresh meat with my breakfast.... I'm still losing weight and so are most of us..."
Ruth Marie Straub, an Army nurse, wrote those words in her diary on March 15, 1942, just over three months after the Japanese first bombed the U.S. military base in Manila. She and her colleagues had evacuated the city and established, in the Philippine jungle, hospitals for the skyrocketing numbers of casualties. In the face of the advancing Japanese Army, the nurses and other military personnel continued to retreat, first to the Bataan Peninsula, and then to Corregidor, a rocky island in Manila Bay. Straub was one of the lucky ones; she was evacuated with a handful of other nurses in April 1942. Her remaining colleagues, meanwhile, surrendered with the rest of the U.S. forces in May and were taken to STIC--Santo Tomas Internment Camp, where they were to spend nearly three years in captivity.
We Band of Angels tells the stories of these courageous women, tagged by the American media as "The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor." Utilizing a wide range of sources, including diaries, letters, and personal interviews with surviving "Angels," Elizabeth M. Norman has compiled a harrowing narrative about the experiences of these women--from the country-club atmosphere of prewar Manila; to the jungle hospitals where patients slept on bamboo cots in the open air; to the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor, where they choked on dust and worked while the bombs rained down above them; to the STIC, where per-person rations were cut to 900 calories a day and the women resorted to frying weeds in cold cream for food. The story Nelson tells is compelling but slightly flawed: like many biographers, Nelson has a deep affection and respect for her subjects, which causes her to soften rough edges. At the same time, however, Nelson argues that these women were not heroes--nor were they angels (in the acknowledgments, Nelson notes that she didn't want the word angels in the title, but the publishers had their way). Perhaps because Nelson is a nurse herself, she is trying to stress that her profession is noble and that these women were, in a sense, just fulfilling their duties.
Nursing is noble, of course, but it is clear that these women were something special. Amazingly, all of the Angels of Bataan, some 99 in number, survived their ordeal--and clearly helped hundreds of the other sufferers survive. We Band of Angels deserves a space on the bookshelves of anyone interested in World War II. --C.B. Delaney
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Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as a "grippingly told" story of "power and relevance," here is the true, untold account of the first American women to prove their mettle under combat conditions. Later, during three years of brutal captivity at the hands of the Japanese, they also demonstrated their ability to survive. Filled with the thoughts and impressions of the women who lived it, "every page of this history is fascinating" (The Washington Post).
We Band of Angels
In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and evenings of dinner and dancing under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs rained on American bases in Luzon, and the women's paradise became a fiery hell. Caught in the raging battle, the nurses set up field hospitals in the jungles of Bataan and the tunnels of Corregidor, where they saw the most devastating injuries of war, and suffered the terrors of shells and shrapnel.
But the worst was yet to come. As Bataan and Corregidor fell, a few nurses escaped, but most were herded into internment camps enduring three years of fear and starvation. Once liberated, they returned to an America that at first celebrated them, but later refused to honor their leaders with the medals they clearly deserved. Here, in letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts, is the story of what really happened during those dark days, woven together in a compelling saga of women in war.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Book.......2007-08-04
This is a well written true story about some great Americans, the Army and Navy nurses trapped in the Philippines at the start of World War II. They suffered through very difficult times treating wounded soldiers in Bataan and Corregidor. After the surrender of the American military in the Philippines, they then endured three years in captivity by the Japanese. The author, Elizabeth Norman, has done an excellent job documenting the events of the time and the personal experiences of these women. It's an excellent Book!
Great Nursing History.......2007-01-29
If you're interested in nursing or military history, this book is a real delight! The pictures add to the narratives and the reader can get a feel for what these women endured. These nurses were ultra-dedicated to each other, their patients, and their country. I recommend this book highly.
Wonderful book.......2006-06-23
The only reason I picked this book up was because it was a required read for a nursing class - I'm so glad that it was. I had a great-uncle that passed away on the Bataan Death March - so this book really hit close to home. I am now an Army Nurse and share this book with those who come in under me. It's a great read and I highly recommend it!
Nurses are angels!.......2006-03-09
This book is excellent! It brings the reader into the minds and lives of the nurses who were trapped on Bataan during WWII. Besides being a moving story, it has great lessons that can be applied to life today. I think the greatest thing I took from this book, being a nurse myself, was that patients come first. These nurses cared so much for their patients that they sacrificed everything to care for them. It was very touching; a must read for anyone.
Not Forgotten.......2006-01-02
It's no secret that the Japanese held thousands of Allied military prisoners of war in the South Pacific during World War II. Everyone knows of The Bridge on the River Kwai and the Bataan Death March. The harsh treatment the captured men suffered still affects the way many view the Japanese sixty years on.
But less well-known are the non-combatants who were also imprisoned by the Japanese Army in the South Pacific. Many of them were military and civilian nurses, as well as employees of oil and rubber companies and their families. They were American, British, and Australian, and their stories are just as compelling as those of the captured soldiers, sailors, and marines.
Elizabeth Norman tells the story of the U.S. Army and Navy nurses on Bataan in We Band of Angels. Although some of them were offered a chance to leave before almost certain capture by the invading Japanese, most stayed on to take care of their patients who were too ill or injured to be moved to safety. Norman was able to interview many of the nurses for this book, but time was critical. When she began researching, most of the survivors were well into their eighties. Some had died, some would die before she could interview them, and some were just not up to reliving the past.
Fortunately for us and for history, Norman was able to record some vivid memories and retrieve some fascinating photos and mementos from what was an almost unbelievable experience. We get to know many of these women, following them as they decided to study nursing, then made their decisions to join the military. We learn their personal stories of imprisonment, and what they did after they were freed.
It makes you wonder, as you look at the most recent photos of the women, on their porches, in the assisted living homes, at the reunions. They look so unremarkable. How many untold stories are still out there?
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what a waste of trees..........2007-03-21
Not without my daughter, is now known, was a fictional story to the still married Betty Mahmoody....as in still married to her "tyrannical" husband. He also recieved many of the proceeds that the book and movie made. This book is utterly distasteful, and a waste of time. I am tired of seeing Iran portrayed through such racial and prejudice views. The sad thing is that people will actually buy this book, and believe it. If I could rate this book with something other than one through five stars I would give it a NEGATIVE five stars. Don't waste ur time.
A wonderful read.......2000-04-21
I met Ms. Bell at a book signing and I found her to be genuine. She was willing to answer any and all questions about the book. I believe her story is the truth. Be prepared it is very honest.
Criticism is Transparent.......2000-03-29
I know many women who have similar stories to tell.
I foundthe story well told and an important warning to any woman consideringtraveling to the Middle East with her husband, especially when there are children involved.
You can believe I'd think twice.
More accurate than many would like to believe!.......2000-03-20
Being an American woman married to a Middle Eastern man, I was compelled to buy this book to see the accuracy of its content. Although many would like to turn a blind eye to the degrading and abusive nature of women in Middle Eastern society, especially American women inside this culture, it is a reality that must be reckoned. Sarah Harris and Barbara Mosallai Bell should be applauded for their efforts in relaying the events of Ms. Bell's life while in Iran. I think this serves as a powerful message to those who might consider leaving their country, their citizenship, all in the name of love. Not only is this book a fascinating, heart-wrenching story that many readers can empathize, but it can serve as reference to many women so they, too, do not make the same mistakes. I'd highly recommend this book!
Pure, Utter Trash.......1999-07-14
I can't even bring myself to write anything about this racist, inaccurate book. Don't waste your money.
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The rise of China as a great power is one of the most important developments in the twenty-first century. But despite dramatic economic progress, China's prospects remain uncertain. In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule.
Pei casts doubt on three central explanations for why China's strategy works: sustained economic development will lead to political liberalization and democratization; gradualist economic transition is a strategy superior to the "shock therapy" prescribed for the former Soviet Union; and a neo-authoritarian developmental state is essential to economic take-off. Pei argues that because the Communist Party must retain significant economic control to ensure its political survival, gradualism will ultimately fail.
The lack of democratic reforms in China has led to pervasive corruption and a breakdown in political accountability. What has emerged is a decentralized predatory state in which local party bosses have effectively privatized the state's authority. Collusive corruption is widespread and governance is deteriorating. Instead of evolving toward a full market economy, China is trapped in partial economic and political reforms.
Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transition offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power.
Customer Reviews:
highly intelligent in-depth analysis.......2007-09-04
I am not a political scientist, economist or expert on China, and I found this book quite clear and understandable. It is a highly intelligent, in-depth and convincing analysis of China as a dysfunctional, 'predatory' state. It is highly unlikely it will evolve in positive directions of increasing democracy. While it may collapse, the future may instead be that of a corrupt, stagnating failed state which exports its problems to the rest of the world - failure to control drugs, arms sales to dangerous regimes, aids, illegal immigration, etc etc. An important antidote to all the self-serving business propaganda on China's economic miracle.
An Unscholarly Book.......2007-07-06
While the writing in this book is quite smooth, it by no means is a scholarly work (though in the guise of scholarship). The author picks and uses data and evidence that only fits his/her own political/ideological (rather than theoretical) framework, and ignores those that have been well researched and documented. In addition, most works--theoretical or empirical--cited this book is quite obsolete (except those from the internet, which tended to be superficial), even though more up-to-date and important scholarly works were already available in the body of the literature. For example, well before the book was published, there were already new, major findings about Chinese people's support for the government and democratization, and their political participation in both rural and urban settings. But the author totally ignored these new findings, probably because these findings were not very convenient to his/her political/ideological framework. More disappointingly, the book is full of the ideology/emotion-charged, groundless, and arbitrary statements (or beliefs) that you should never see in scholarly works. In short, this book has decisively departed from scholarly or scientific inquiry.
A Great Resource.......2006-12-07
Pei is well known is his field for writing about the political divide between the CCP and the Chinese people. This book does an excellent job in covering the realities of the economic and political situations within China. The vast majority of the book is actually quite an easy read, but the beginning of the book can be challenging for those that aren't use to conceptual models (hence 4 stars).
I highly recommend that those interested in China read this book. While I do not agree with specific points, Pei's general ideas are sound and provide lots to think about. China's government (read the CCP) must withdraw from the market if the economic reforms laid down by Deng Xiaoping are to continue and be successful. However, as Pei points out, by withdrawing from the markets, the CCP will lose a lot of its hard power.
Academic's trapped mentality: The limits of linear ideology.......2006-07-06
Reading this book is almost like reading "China's democratic future" all over again. It is all too familiar how normative idealism ruins positive analysis in these two books. The difference is: this one is disguised by more theoretical tools, the other one was an outright shout for a democratic China.
Democracy is a beautiful linear process that can be attributed to "growth determinism". Once the per capita income reaches $1000, then just "smile, you are on candid camera". The development theory is summarized by Pei as all about how growth determines democratization, and the evidence of growth not causing democracy is easily dismissed by seeing it as a short term phenomenon (rising prosperity makes political monopoly more valueable). If this logic is valid, one can also argue that the state's decentralized corrupted "grabbing hand" can also be a short term phenomenon for the long term reform. It's all about your starting point of analysis.
The pre-determined linear ideology of Pei leads to another glaring flaw: he fails to analyze the cause of democracy, as if what appears to be a correlation between growth and democracy is the causation. Douglass North is frequently quoted in this book, yet the major feat of North is: he starts with the cause of economic growth, not a linear ideology from the "prison of one culture". Given this, the discussion of gradual reform and shock therapy is a "fake issue" and a major distraction. More important, "trapped transition" is more a normative tautology than a useful analytical concept. When Pei wears a pair of dark glasses with an idealistic picture in mind, what else can he see except problems? What else can readers experience except his troubled mentality in dealing with China's achievements and problems (the whole book simply boils down to an ad hoc pattern of "on the one hand...on the other hand...")? As for the critical question on "why China is doing great if everything is really so dark?" Pei brushed aside the challenge with only a few paragraphs of guessing work. If one uses John Rawls' "justice principles" for the reality in the US, he can also argue what we see is a "trapped democracy" which is "for the few people, from the few people, and by the few people". And he can also get a reviewer to hail "trapped democracy" as a new concept for the satisfaction of self-congratulation.
Put it simply, when the target of analysis is totally Chinese, Pei is still obsessed with "Leninism" and the cold war ideology. As a Chinese, he didn't even talk about Chinese culture; as a US educated, he failed to start from the realistic perspective of "public choice" (rather than use it selectively to support his normative conclusion). If social scientists are all moral scientists, you think all research can still be fun?
It is really sad to see another serious Chinese scholar again fell into the one culture linear ideological trap. Assuming this book starts with the cause and reason of democracy, with the employment of available theories and a peaceful mind of multi-culturalism, we might see more fruitful results. One quick example is to analyze how each reform approach is actually structured by the contextual reality and how the state evolves and functions as a grabbing hand or a helping hand (instead of asserting gradual reform leads to a predatory state, which is nothing more than an ad hoc analysis); Other questions can be asked include: Are those "copy and paste" democracy (Taiwan, Mexico, the Philippines, India) and "plug and play" democracy (Iraq) actually doing well in economic growth and government cleanness? What is really beyond the simple installation of democracy? Will culture fail in "making democracy work"? What is behind the actual enforcement of democratic institutions?
The development of cognitive science and cultural psychology may be helpful for being self-conscious of the intellectual thinking trap, but the reality of research sociology may not be really in accord with a more sensible research direction. I wish I am wrong on this.
A book for those who actually know the ABCs of China.......2006-05-03
For those who's never been to China or lived there, this book might be a little out of their scope. Afterall, the only things you hear in the news are how if Walmart were a country, it'd be China's 7th biggest trading partner, or how Intel is building their fabs in China (away from Shanghai towards inland to further reduce cost). For those people, go read on how China will take over the world economically by the middle of this century and believe what you want.
For those who Does have any clue about China's political system is keenly aware that the entire Chinese economy is still tied into the political system, and that is just a time bomb waiting to explode. If the CCP were to collapse, half of the country's wealth will be exported and rest will go down with the defunct banking system. This book digs into the depth of the current geo-political situation, and is so accurate that the People's Congress is taking note and implementing changes (albeit slowly) previously pointed out by the author. If you want to know the REAL story behind the Chinese economic system and where it'll truely head in the next several decades, this is THE book to read. Not some "economic model that projects blah, blah, blah and threaten's US's position in the world," where the author is totally cluelss of all fundamentals of the Chinese economy other than published economic numbers.
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"Ian Lustick has written a brave, forceful, and very valuable book. I wish that every politician promising to 'defend' America would read what he has to say. Failing that, the voters should."--James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly "Ian Lustick's excellent book presents in an engaging and most intelligent manner a point of view that should be far more widely considered. It brings the problem of terrorism, such as it is, back down to earth and deftly skewers the large political, economic, and media industry that has an interest in exaggerating terrorism's effect and in scaring people unnecessarily. I recommend the book highly."--John Mueller, Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University "A must and timely read for all who worry that we are trapped in a self-defeating strategy. Lustick courageously swims against the within beltway wisdom by raising the question whether the U.S. government treatment of counter-terrorism is worse than the disease itself."--Marc Sageman, author of Understanding Terror Networks The first principle of terrorism is to understand that the weak win by exploiting the strength of the powerful. When 9/11 terrorists with box cutters hijacked American airliners, they transformed America's preeminent transportation system into a devastating weapon of attack. They also set a trap with the promise of revenge and security as the bait. The hijackers' biggest victory was to goad our government into taking the bait by unleashing the War on Terror. The worry, witch-hunt, and waste that have ensued are, according to Ian S. Lustick, destroying American confidence, undermining our economy, warping our political life, and isolating us from our international allies. The media have given constant attention to possible terrorist-initiated catastrophes and to the failures and weaknesses of the government's response. Trapped in the War on Terror, however, questions the very rationale for the War on Terror. By analyzing the virtual absence of evidence of a terrorist threat inside the United States along with the motives and strategic purposes of al-Qaeda, Lustick shows how disconnected the War on Terror is from the real but remote threat terrorism poses. He explains how the generalized War on Terror began as part of the justification for invading Iraq, but then took on a life of its own. A whirlwind of fear, failure, and recrimination, this "war" drags every interest group and politician, he argues, into selfish competition for its spoils. Facing the threat of nuclear incineration during the Cold War, America overcame panic about nonexistent communist sleeper cells poised to destroy the country, a panic fueled by the destructive hysteria of McCarthyism. Through careful analysis of the Soviet threat, the nation managed to sustain a productive national life and achieve victory, despite the terrifying daily possibility of catastrophe. This book is inspired by that success. It points the way forward, not toward victory in the War on Terror but to victory over it. The first and most difficult step toward that victory is to know the enemy. In large measure, as Trapped in the War on Terror shows, that means understanding how al-Qaeda is making us our own worst enemy.
Ian S. Lustick is Professor of Political Science, Bess W. Heyman Chair, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books and coeditor (with Ann M. Lesch) of Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Visit the author's Trapped in the War on Terror website.
Customer Reviews:
The Cure is Worse than the Disease .......2007-07-14
Professor Lustick's book is a devestating critique of the so-called "war on terror", which has been a disaster for the nation and must end. He quite correctly argues that the cure (the WOT) has been much worse than the disease (terrorism).
The WOT has created an awful culture of fear that now permeates our society. Prof. Lustick talks about how we can face the terrorist threat in a rational way and not give in to fear.
This is a great book and the only disappointment is that there are not more books like it. Wake up America! The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. One day people like Prof. Lustick will be viewed as being ahead of their time.
Sanity about the "war on terror".......2007-06-26
Finally some sanity about the so-called "war on terror": Ian Lustick's "Trapped in the War on Terror" persuasively argues that the real peril is not terrorists but the "war" itself.
Lustick shows how a cabal of neoconservative leaders hijacked the country's response to 9/11, hatching long-held plans to attack Iraq while vastly enlarging executive power. Most originally, he details the ways in which the "war" has grown. Stoked by continual fear-mongering by pandering politicians, newly-minted terror "experts," and an unquestioning media, the "war" has spiraled into a whirlwind none can control. The result has been monumental waste of money and lives. Beyond the Iraq war and the Homeland Security behemoth, countless billions of federal dollars are now being squandered on terror-related programs. Smelling an opportunity, all manner of businesses, interest groups, bureaucrats, and others have been only too happy to feed at the anti-terror trough. Meanwhile, political leaders on both left and right are too cowardly to tell Americans some simple truths. The bad news: terrorism has always been and will always be a tool in some political conflicts. Therefore, the "war" on terror can never be won. The good news: terrorism poses remarkably little danger to Americans compared to any number of risks we blithely run every day. The most dangerous forms, such as a nuclear bomb exploding in a city, are extremely unlikely.
Few have had the courage or ability to tell this story. Read "Trapped in the War on Terror" as a necessary first step for bringing America back to its senses.
Denial of the Truth of Islamic Belief.......2007-05-10
If you are considering this book, you are already likely convinced that the War on Terrorism is riddled with deception and behind it is the Bush administration and big business: the war profiteers. Unfortunately, all war brings profit. Destruction of human life creates jobs and creates wealth. It is one of the ironies of war to "make peace". However, there is something that the author does not properly address nor understand: the will and core belief of our enemies.
President Bush lied to the American people, in the name of oil, when he said in 2001, "they hijacked a peaceful religion". Although politicians have always used religion as one of the tools to make war, there is no established religion today which teaches conquest by bloodshed outside of Islam. It is the direct teaching of the Koran. The Bible (both in Judaism and Christianity) speaks of war (like a history book) and limits war, but the Koran actually calls for war against Infidels (anyone who does not believe in Allah and the Koran). This is a core teaching of Islam and for 14 centuries has been the practice. People act upon what they believe. Mohammad was a violent man and he started a violent religion which holds pathological hatred of the Jews, and all things Jewish. They vow to destroy Israel. Their hatred of America has mostly to do with America being an ally of Israel.
The war is not a clean cut, black and white portrayal of good versus evil. No single war can be. Every war is attended by terrible atrocities, yet, we must understand: Islam, which owns a significant part of the world, has overrun Europe (there are actual towns in France where "Infidels" do not enter, do not police, and do not have courts), and Muslim women are averaging almost 4.1 children per; while European women are at 1.2 to 1.3; which is not sufficient for a culture to sustain itself.
Islam is winning the war. Though President Bush may not understand the core teachings of Islam, at least we have taken one nation of Muslims (Iraq) out of the picture (for now) for wholesale slaughter of Americans. Iran should be next.
We cannot build nations, and house to house fighting means prolonged killing, but if we allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, in OUR GENERATION, we are going to see it used --and innocent women and children will suffer and die.
I have always believed in religious freedom, but when that religion calls for the very death of every Christian and Jew in America, it is time for a Constitutional Admendment outlawing Islam, for our own survival. We must find a way to get off our oil addiction.
Kipling warned the British soldiers...if injured behind enemy lines against the Muslims: when you see a Muslim woman approach you, better to save your last bullet for your own head than to find out what, in the name of Muhammad that woman is going to do to you.
Islam has produced a barbaric and cruel world and continues to behead, burn, execute and mutilate women who do not follow its strictest codes.
Where is the voice of the women of free nations in condemning this horrific slaughter of women everywhere where Islam is found?
I hate war. Any reasonable person must. But, there are times when we must answer the call to duty, even in the worst circumstances possible. My father was in the Sea of Japan when the bomb was dropped. He was being prepared for the invasion of mainland Japan. Had that bomb not been dropped...
Knowledge Based Strategy.......2007-05-09
The thesis of this book is that the so-called `War on Terror' is an exercise in futility that is driven by opportunism and demagoguery. Strong words, but they are backed by very persuasive arguments. This book is a good follow up to "Overblown" by John Mueller (Amazon.com) that effectively puts the much hyped terrorist threat into perspective. This book provides the approaches that would best mitigate an over-hyped, but still real threat from minority elements of the Islamic extremist movement.
Social scientist that he is, Lustick devotes the first two chapters of the book to statistical analysis concerning the average U.S. citizen's understanding of terrorism and real or imagined terrorist threats. He then attempts to demonstrate, successfully I think, that the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks has been transformed into a massive fraud dubbed the `War on Terror'. In Lustick's opinion, the reality of the terrorist threat has been turned into a political hobby horse by politicians of both parties, a ratings game by the print and electronic media, and a money cow by almost everyone else. These of course are matters of opinion, but they have a ring of truth to them. The War on Terror itself is a really silly concept rather like declaring a war on skirmishing. You can't fight a war against a tactic. In point of fact, the strategy for the War on Terror is fundamentally and irretrievably flawed.
The book makes clear that a "serious understanding of motivations and predicaments of al Qaeda and other Jihadist groups" is absolutely essential to developing a defensive strategy that can mitigate the threat from Islamic brands of terrorism. One might add that such a strategy ought to also be based on an understanding of the organizational structures of al Qaeda and other such entities. Lustick cites the work of George Kennan, whose grand strategy guided the successful U.S. prosecution of the Cold War. According to Lustick, Kennan's strategy was founded on an enormous accumulation of knowledge on the Soviet Union and the Russian people developed over almost thirty years of careful study and analysis. Lustick makes the point that this store of target knowledge was the principal reason Kennan was able to devise such a successful strategy. Needless to say no such store of knowledge has informed the strategies lumped under the rubric "War on Terror" or unfortunately one of its key strategic concepts, the creation of democratic Iraq to serve as an example of the fruits of democracy and moderation. By the end of this book, one has to marvel at ignorance and venality that appears to lay at the heart of our counter-terrorist strategy.
An Inconvenient Truth.......2007-02-20
Having heard Ian Lustick speak today at Princeton Univrsity I immediately ordered his book (on which the talk was based).
HIs revelations on the subject of the War on Terror are frightening because since 2001 we are led to believe only war and destruction will deliver us from evil.
I hope a lot of smart people will buy this book and spread the word.
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It's just a game. Isn't it? Kate Martin, 16, is facing the saddest time of her life: Her brother Ty was just killed in a traffic accident. The only thing that can distract her is the new virtual reality game her younger brother, Alex, gives her. It's cool getting lost in a world of dragons, evil forces and creepy hideouts. There's just one hitch: The game is alive! Katie explores the game with Alex and her friend Jessie, convinced that, if they can unlock the game's secrets, they can make contact with Ty on the other side. Can she? Or will she become lost in the game forever?
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His Favorite Wife is the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous fifteen year-old girl who becomes the sixth wife in a polygamous marriage. Cascading with well-developed characters, this true story will capture your soul and imagination as the author reveals how a group of kind-hearted, sincere people are led to embrace this controversial lifestyle in their pursuit of the highest degree of glory. Laced with surprising brush-strokes of humor, this heart-rending saga will take its readers on a journey that outsiders whisper of and shudder about. It answers the question that a polygamist's wife is asked countless times: How can you tolerate sharing your husband? In North America today there are over thirty thousand polygamists. Many of them lead secret lives in their attempt to hide from society and U.S. laws. Their women are taught that obedience, unquestioning acceptance of polygamy, and giving birth to huge families of children to follow in their parent's footsteps, will assure them a celestial crown. Few search out truth for themselves, but trustingly follow their prophet. Susan's book deals with this head-in-the-sand ignorance. She too, was one of these women.
Customer Reviews:
You will not be able to put this book down!.......2007-10-09
I so enjoyed reading His Favorite Wife! Susan tells of her life in polygamy with such great detail that you feel like you are there with her. I was shocked by the way she had to live and that she rarely got to see her husband. I couldn't believe how horribly she was treated by some of her sister-wives because of jealousy. Susan is an incredibly strong woman to endure what she did at such a young age and to have stayed with a very unstable man for so long. A man who contined to court other woman when he could not even handle the wives he already had! You will be captivated by this book!
His Favorite Wife.......2007-09-30
Thanks everyone for your excellent reviews on this book. After reading the reviews, I had to read it. It is everything you all said it was. I had trouble putting it down. Not only is the story compelling, but the author has a wonderful writing style that is easy to read. You will find yourself thinking this can't be real! Thank God this dear sister got out when she did. I just finished Shattered Dreams, which was written about the same family, by Irene. It is very interesting to see another angle on this story.
His Favorite Wife.......2007-09-29
I couldn't put this book down. It's a fascinating view of a bizzaro world that most of us have no idea even exists, ie. the cult of polygamy.
What a Survivor's Story.......2007-09-16
Once I started Susan Ray Schmidt's "His Favorite Wife" I couldn't put it down. I constantly had to remind myself that this isn't fiction, that this poor woman really lived through all of this. She isn't the only one either, women still live like this today. Schmidt does an incredible job of bringing the horrible realities of polygamy to life for the reader. What consistently shocked me was the level of poverty this women were forced to live. This book is a good first person narrative of the LeBaron family and all of the violence and terror Ervil LeBaron created until his 1981 death. Highly recommended for anyone interested in studying the polygamous groups of Utah and Mexico.
Couldn't put it down..........2007-09-16
What a powerful, moving, educational and disturbing read! For much of this book, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was reading fiction. How could people really believe what they were doing and how they were living. It would have been a great work of fiction, but because it was a true story, I often found it very disturbing. So disturbing that the story incorporated my dreams many nights after I put it down and went to sleep.
I read the whole book in a week. It only took me that long because I just had to get some sleep and work all day instead of read. Susan Schmidt wrote a book that captured my interest. Were it not "true", it would have been the best book I've read in a long. What a nut "Ervil" turned out to be, but truthfully, all the brothers were "nuts" in my interpretation of that word. Thank God Susan was a smarter girl than she initially appeared, and as she matured, she accepted the truth that was tugging at her heart and soul.
I always knew those wives weren't all peachy happy. I read this book to find out the truth, and thankfully, I now know what I suspected is correct.
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