Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Colonies    3. Essays    4. Europe - Great Britain - General    5. Great Britain    6. History    7. Labor & Employment    8. Labor contract    9. Law    10. Legal History    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. Master and servant    13. British Empire    14. Employment & labour law    15. English law: employment & labour law    16. Law / Legal History    17. master and servant statutes; English employment law; work relations; power to whip, fine, and imprision men; breach of private contracts; Britain; Caribbean; North America; British India; Australia; Africa; far east; imperialmaritime labour law force; slavery; free labor; indentured labor   

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why are japanese so evil?
Japan has committed some of the world's worst atrocities in history (nanking massacre, unit 731, batton death march, comfort women, pearl harbor, ect..) and they still refuse to apologize, compensate, or make an accurate history in there textbooks. Why is Japan so cowardly and instead try to make their amends to their victims of the horrible crimes against humanity. No wonder people call Japan a "devil" race.
Book Contains Great Facts, but Lame Excuses
The most outstanding attribute of this book is its honest depiction of Japan's atrocities.The description of these horrific onslaughts surpasses similar titles in some portions of the book. OK
Interesting info, but author seems to try and make the point the Japanese did nothing worse than others have done thru out history. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia - Japan    2. Australians    3. Crimes against    4. History    5. History - Military / War    6. History: World    7. Indonesia    8. International    9. Military - World War II    10. Prisoners and prisons, Japanes    11. Prisoners and prisons, Japanese    12. World War, 1939-1945    13. Armed Forces    14. Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War    15. History / Japan    16. History-Military - World War II    17. Japan    18. War crimes   

Subjects:  1. Australia & New Zealand - Australia    2. History - Military / War    3. Military    4. Military - Aviation    5. Military Science    6. Air forces & warfare    7. Military vehicles    8. USA    9. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

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Antarctic Wonder
Having spent some time with Joan Myers and seen her other books, I am convinced that this will be an excellent collection of photographs from Antarctica. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1944-    2. Antarctica    3. Description And Travel    4. Discovery And Exploration (General)    5. Essays & Travelogues    6. Expeditions & Discoveries    7. History    8. History: World    9. Myers, Joan,    10. Pictorial works    11. Polar Regions    12. Travel    13. Travel - General   

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Too bad this is the authoritative volume on Kauai trails
A trail guide should do two things:
Hiking in Kauai
We just returned from a vacation in Kauai and found this book very helpful.We're not hard core hikers but we like to stroll the beaches and wander down a path or two and this book was very helpful in determining which hikes were "at our level" or not.The author is right on with the assessments of levels of difficulty and time it took on the hikes we took.

KauaiTrails, Walks, Strolls and Treks on the Garden Island
Outstanding book for hikers. Best of the group. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Guidebooks    2. Hawaii    3. Hiking    4. Kauai    5. Kauai (Hawaii)    6. Travel    7. Travel - United States    8. United States - Pacific - Hawaii    9. United States - West - Pacific (General)   

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Not Up-to-Date
I purchased this book in 1989 and used it then, and again, later in 1994. I now live on the Big Island and can tell you that this book is not up-to-date on the easily accessible beaches. There have been marked changes in the 4WD beaches, also. What was once my Beach Bible, is no longer useful. It WAS a great book.

Big Island Fun on Big Island Beaches
My favorite part of this book is how the author reveals what happened to the beach along bayfront in Hilo. The diversion of the waiolama river project removed about half of the beach. If you're wondering what this has to do with a book review, it's in the details.

Subjects:  1. Beaches    2. Guidebooks    3. Hawaii    4. Hawaii Island    5. Hawaii Island (Hawaii)    6. Parks    7. Travel    8. Travel - United States    9. Travel Guides - U.S.    10. United States - Pacific - Hawaii    11. United States - West - Pacific (General)    12. Travel & holiday guides   

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Mostly a Disappointment
This is my first review. I feel that some of the 'rave reviews' I read for this volume did not adequately describe several flaws that Ifeel need mentioning.
More interesting than the fictional accounts
This book is a collection of early documents relating to Fletcher Christian's mutiny against William Bligh in 1789 on the HMS Bounty. The editor claims to have gathered together for the first time "the relevant textsand documents" related to this famous event that has intrigued readers for 200 years. In all, ten documents whose publication dates range from 1790 to 1870 are included. The first four documents make up the body of the book and consist of a series of published statements by William Blight and responses by Edward Christian, Fletcher's brother. Fletcher Christian died on Pitcairn Island and never put his story in print. These four sections are followed by six Appendixes. The first Appendix containsa transcript of Bligh's orders and a botanical description of the breadfruit that the Bounty went to Tahiti to obtain. The remaining five Appendixes are narratives of the lives of those who stayed on the Bounty after the mutiny. An Amazing Book
What an amazing book.Using the original source materials--Bligh's diary, the transcript of the Bounty Court Martial, Fletcher Christian's brother's defense of the mutineers, and other materials--the Editor R.D. Madison has put together a book which is impossible to put down.Indeed, the book leaves the reader wishing it were twice as long.Madison refuses to take sides in the Bligh v. Christian debate, and lets the record speak for itself. Since the record is contradictory and nobody is unbiased, the effect, in cinematic terms, is more like "Roshomon" than either of the two Bounty movies.William Bligh comes across as an incredibly brave man with an indomitable will--yet he has a tendency to whine, and worse, he stoops to securing affidavits which do not even pass the smell test.Fletcher Christian comes across as a 23-year old hothead who lets the men talk him into leading a mutiny--and can't control the situation after the mutiny.Christian petulantly refuses to have dinner with the Captain on the eve of the mutiny.Clark Gable, he clearly ain't.The moral world of the Bounty is painted entirely in shades of gray; the men of the Bounty are imperfect and all too human.Read more

Subjects:  1. Bligh, William,    2. Bounty Mutiny, 1789    3. Description and travel    4. Early works to 1800    5. General    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Maritime History    10. Oceania    11. Ships & Shipbuilding - History    12. Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers    13. Bligh, William    14. Christian, Fletcher    15. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works    16. Journeys    17. Naval forces & warfare    18. True stories of endurance & survival   

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Ever wanted a reason to not become a criminal?
Terrifying story of the dangers of the sea and the horrors of life on prison ships.
Not bad at all
Generally I don't enjoy non fiction quite as much as plain old fiction books, but this was an exception.
Nice to see more excellent 'commoner' biographies
Mary Broad had a brief moment of celebrity, and this is probably one of the only reasons we know so much about the life and times of not just Broad, but others like her. Women who lived a hand to mouth existence, who trod on the wrong side of the law, and then suffered the horrific consequences of British Justice in the late Eighteenth century.
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Subjects:  1. Australia    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Botany Bay (N.S.W.)    7. Bryant, Mary,    8. Cornwall (County)    9. Criminals & Outlaws    10. England    11. Europe - Great Britain - General    12. Exiles    13. General    14. Great Britain - History - 19th Century    15. Thieves    16. Women    17. Women prisoners    18. b. 1765    19. History    20. History / General   

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Cook Lite
I wish I had read the reviews before paying for this. The key word for this edition is ABRIDGED. According to the editor Philip Edward's introduction, only about a third of Cook's/Beaglehole's text is included.
READ THIS ALONGSIDE RICHARD HOUGH'S BIOGRAPHY
This is a spectacularly interesting journal. Cook was an odd sort, that's for sure. But a genius? I'd certainly say so after reading his often-daily account of his activities. Really neat book.

A detailed account of Cook's voyages
This well prepared abridged edition of Captain James Cook's journals is a specialized book of interest to people studying the exploration of the Pacific and/or the British Navy of that time period.Other people might find sections of it dry reading.The book is recommended for oceanography students as the 17th century voyages of exploration formed the basis for later oceanographic cruises.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1728-1779    2. 18th And 19th Century Description And Travel    3. Australia & Oceania - General    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Cook, James,    7. Diaries    8. Discovery and exploration    9. Early works to 1800    10. Europe - Great Britain - General    11. Expeditions & Discoveries    12. Historical - General    13. History - General History    14. Maritime History    15. Oceania    16. Oceania - History    17. Voyages around the world    18. Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas    19. Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers    20. Biography: historical    21. Geographical discovery & exploration    22. World history: c 1750 to c 1900   

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Feeling Australian Now
This book axamines the position of non-indigenous Australians who are sensitive to the great injustices done to Aboriginal people by the European "invaders", but who love the land of their birth and want to belong to it in a way which is both meaningful and yet sensitive to Aboriginal culture.Read more

Subjects:  1. Aboriginal Australians    2. Anthropology - Cultural    3. Archaeology / Anthropology    4. Australia    5. Australia & New Zealand - General    6. Cultural property    7. History    8. History: World    9. Land tenure    10. Modern - 20th Century    11. 20th century    12. Australasian & Pacific history    13. Australian aborigines--Land tenure    14. Ethnography    15. History / Australia & Oceania   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Christianity    3. Christianity - General    4. Human Geography    5. Oceania    6. Papua New Guinea    7. Religious life and customs    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Sociology of Religion    11. Urapmin    12. Urapmin (Papua New Guinea)    13. Religious conflict    14. Social Science / Anthropology / General    15. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Science    3. African history: c 1500 to c 1900    4. Guinea    5. c 1700 to c 1800   

Editorial Review

What do Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch want out of life? Apart from the usual pleasures--love, fortune, good health--they apparently want to control the world's media. And, to judge by this account, each wants the other's head on a platter.Read more

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Shallow, but satisfying
Rupert vs. Ted! Ted vs. Rupert! Great, easy to read narrative of the most modern media battle. If you want to know about the ideology and shenanigans behind Mr. Fair & BalancedTM, this is the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1931-    2. Australia    3. Biography    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Businesspeople    8. Corporate & Business History - Strategies    9. Industries - Media & Communications Industries    10. Leadership    11. Mass media    12. Murdoch, Rupert,    13. Reference - General    14. Turner, Ted    15. United States   

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Fabulous Book!!!!
We took this book with us on our honeymoon to Kauai.The recommendations were spot on.However (not the fault of the writers) service on the island is lacking in general. The maps were well done, and easy to use with the mile markers included.I would recommend reading this book BEFORE you leave to understand how the book is laid out.
No Better Guidebook Out There
My wife and I were given this as a Christmas gift before we left to spend our Christmas on Kauai.The book was not only detailed with very in depth knowledge of many places throughout Kauai, but it was fun to read.The authors deliver useful information in a way that makes it sound like you are talking to them directly, as if leaning over the fence in your back yard and having them tell you about this great little place they found, or a restaurant that wasn't quite up to snuff.We are going back to Kauai, and before we leave, I am definitely getting the latest and greatest edition because there is just no other wway to experience all of Kauai except by using this excellent guide.

definitely recommend this one!
We love the REVEALED guide books.They are written by someone 'in the know' and who shares a lot of details so you can decide what is right for you on your trip.They are very descriptive, covering the island much more completely than any other guide books i have seen, and are very open and honest about what they think is worth the look, and what isn't.How refreshing!Not only that, but the writers are quite funny, so the books are fun to read, as well as very informative in various bits of history, culture, and island lore. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Personal & Practical Guides    2. Reference    3. Travel    4. Travel - United States    5. United States - Pacific - Hawaii    6. Hawaii    7. Travel & holiday guides    8. USA   

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Apologia for Germany's Pacific Empire
The only thing worthy about this book is the title:it truthfully describes what is a neglected area of World War One history: the conquest by Australia, New Zealand and Japan of Germany's various imperial possessions in the South Pacific, notably among them New Guinea and Samoa.Lamentably, however, this book fails even to give a readable description of the military operations.Instead, it foists on the reader the patently implausible thesis that:(1) Germany's rule in the South Pacific was somehow a benign period of cultural enlightenment and empowerment for the natives (anyone familiar with the Kaiser's true racial philosophies, as implemented in East Africa and Namibia, will laugh out loud at this point); and (2) that the allies' - Australia's in particular - maladministered these territories once the German colonists were ousted.The anti-Australian bias drips from every page, as does the dewy-eyed sentimentality towards the ancien (German) regime. To add to which, the entire book is written in politically-correct dirge. Someday someone will write a good book dealing with WW1 in the South Pacific.That day is yet to come.

A Comprehensive Report
"The Neglected War" is a unique book that offers an extraordinary look at Germany's South Pacific colonies that no other writer has attempted before. The author gives in-depth perspective of Germancolonization from 1885 to 1919 by the indigenous population, the Europeans,and Australians. He also goes into detail about the political and economicsuperstructure the Germans utilized to maintain their hegemony over theprimarily colonial backwater that consisted of many, tiny islands. Whilethe book is well-written and has excellent portions describing themilitary, political, and economic structure of the Germans in the regionand how it was altered after the war, there are parts that drag and includeunnecessary, preachy passages. Overall, I liked this book and found it veryinformative. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Germans    2. Germany    3. History    4. History - Military / War    5. History: World    6. Military - World War I    7. Oceania    8. World War I    9. World War, 1914-1918    10. Europe    11. European history: First World War    12. First World War, 1914-1918    13. World history: First World War   

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Wonderful Useful Information!
What a relief it was to find this book!Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Architecture And The Environment    3. Architecture and climate    4. Architecture, Tropical    5. Australia    6. Case studies    7. Design & Drafting    8. History - Specific Styles    9. Study & Teaching    10. Sustainable/Environmental    11. Architecture / Methods & Materials    12. Climatology   

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some good material here
Like all anthologies, this is a bit of a mixed bag, but overall it is strong. Even the weaker peices are OK. Some of the essays are just summaries of the history of nonviolent action in some geographical region. Sort of interesting, but I found those pieces to have too much information crammed into too little space. Fortunately, most of the articles are case studies of particular nonviolent campaigns or movements. Some of them are simply narratives--it's not clear what lessons are to be drawn. Most of these case studies analyze the movement or campaign in question in such a way that activists can draw some valuable lessons from them, although in some cases the lessons are left implicit instead of being spelled out, which is kind of annoying. These lessons include both ideas on the application of nonviolent tactics and examinations about how these tactics have diffused from one group or region to another. Finally, there are a few more theoretical pieces, including the conclusion by Zunes and Kurtz, which I thought was the best thing in the book. They critique much nonviolent theory as being overly voluntarist--focusing too much on what social activists do and not enough on how the social and political contexts they are operating create different opportunities and constraints. Zunes and Kurtz argue for a balanced approach that analyzes systems of power and tries to understand how nonviolent activists can best put pressure on them, which is going to differ immensely depending on the larger context. Zunes and Kurtz also examine why nonviolent tactics have increasingly come to be favored over armed struggle--but also the ways in which nonviolent activists have needed to continually innovate as governments have gotten wise and adopted effective means of diffusing the power of nonviolent activism (means that range from making it easy to get permits for marches to paramilitary death squads, depending on geographical region). Overall, this is a valuable source of information on nonviolent movements, what has worked and what hasn't.

nonviolent social movements:a geographical perspectives.
This Book provides an overview of nonviolent movements around the world.It shows how organised nonviolence action can be used as a weopan to bring democracy and to bring social chang. It begins from Africa,from 1919revolution in Egypt against British occupation to Iranian revolution whereopposition leader Khomeni called for non cooperation movement withshah'regime.It also covers nonviolent movements in Palestinian independencestruggle against Israeli occupation. In Europe,Grassroots movement inGermany in 1972-1985 using nonviolent action to transform society.Thennonviolent struggle against communist regime in East EuropeHungary,Czekoslavekia,Romania and Baltic states. In Asia,it includes fromPhillipines "people power revulution"against dictatorship toThailand and Burmish revolution against military power. InAfrica,nonviolence in anti-apartheid movement in south africa as well asstruggle of Ogani people(a distinct ethnic community)of Nigeria forpolitical and environmental rights. In Latin America it focusses onnonviolent struggle against violent oppression by military regimes andorganisation of SEPRAJ and other church related institutions. Lastly,InAmerica nonviolent civil rights movement carried out by Martin Luther Kingjr. It is a very good reference source .

nonviolent social movements:a geographical perspectives.
This Book provides an overview of nonviolent movements around the world.It shows how organised nonviolence action can be used as a weopan to bring democracy and to bring social chang. It begins from Africa,from 1919revolution in Egypt against British occupation to Iranian revolution whereopposition leader Khomeni called for non cooperation movement withshah'regime.It also covers nonviolent movements in Palestinian independencestruggle against Israeli occupation. In Europe,Grassroots movement inGermany in 1972-1985 using nonviolent action to transform society.Thennonviolent struggle against communist regime in East EuropeHungary,Czekoslavekia,Romania and Baltic states. In Asia,it includes fromPhillipines "people power revulution"against dictatorship toThailand and Burmish revolution against military power. InAfrica,nonviolence in anti-apartheid movement in south africa as well asstruggle of Ogani people(a distinct ethnic community)of Nigeria forpolitical and environmental rights. In Latin America it focusses onnonviolent struggle against violent oppression by military regimes andorganisation of SEPRAJ and other church related institutions. Lastly,InAmerica nonviolent civil rights movement carried out by Martin Luther Kingjr. It is a very good reference source . ... Read more

Subjects:  1. International    2. Nonviolence    3. Passive resistance    4. Political History    5. Social Science    6. Social movements    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Violence in Society    10. ASIA    11. Africa    12. Australia    13. Canada    14. Demonstrations & protest movements    15. Europe    16. India    17. Middle East    18. Pakistan    19. Peace studies    20. Political Science / Political Ideologies / General    21. Political science & theory    22. Sociology, Social Studies    23. South America    24. USA   

Editorial Review

In the early Middle Ages, driven by famine at home and the promise of wealth to be had in other lands, the Viking people exploded out of Scandinavia and set about conquering parts of England, Ireland, France, Russia, and even Turkey. Emboldened by their successes, the Vikings pushed ever farther outward, eventually crossing the North Atlantic and founding settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and eastern Canada.Read more

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A wealth of info on the medieval Norse reach across the ocean
This sumptuous and lavishly illustrated volume of 432 large pages, was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 2000 to coincide with the thousandth year, as close as we can reckon, of Leif Erikson's pioneering voyage to North America where he founded an outpost in "Vinland" that was used by subsequent expeditions until finally being abandoned after several skirmishes with the native inhabitants -- this according to the two pertinent surviving sagas.
A Great Resource!!!
For those interested in: A great start
This great book takes you from western Europe and Russia to L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland in a gigantic arc of detail and archaeology. Many areas of great intrest such as the Isle of Man and the Shetland Isles are often overlooked in OTHER books but not this one. If you want to start learning about the Vikings disembark from here. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Catalogs    3. Discovery and exploration    4. Europe - Scandinavia    5. Expeditions & Discoveries    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Maritime History    10. Material culture    11. Norse    12. North America    13. Northmen    14. Polar Regions    15. Vikings    16. Celtic, Saxon, Germanic & Nordic archaeology    17. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    18. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    19. Interdisciplinary Studies    20. Northern Europe, Scandinavia    21. World history: BCE to c 500 CE    22. World history: c 500 to C 1500   

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Links to Polynesian Presence in Americas
Childress has uncovered a deep Pacific base for ancient navigators,
interesting, but no classic
Good compilation of information (as you can probably judge from the 5-page bibliography), but not much of a leisurely read. Discusses possible origin of the polynesians, ancient ruins found on the said islands, as well aslegends and artifacts passed on through generations. The author manages totouch alot of topics, but as a general interest book, it just doesn't work.

Insight into early Polynesian Culture
This book takes the reader into the maritime realm of the first seafarers of the Pacific Ocean. Most fascinating of the ancient cith of Mu where the first pan-Pacific maritime university trained sailing fleets to discoverand chart this very ancient part of the world. Delves a little bit intopossible ties with Lemuria and other lost lands of the Pacific. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient Archaeology    2. Australia & Oceania - South Pacific    3. Australia/Oceania - South Pacific    4. Description and travel    5. Extinct cities    6. Fiction - General    7. General    8. New Age    9. Samoan Islands    10. Special Interest - Adventure    11. Tonga    12. Travel