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Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam, by Susan O'Neill (HC, 2001, autographed, $15, which is 1/3 the internet price.)
These are stories from a female perspective, a nurses perspective. Our soldiers were in Vietnam to save the world from communism. Our nurses were there to save people's lives, no matter who they were.
"For these women and the men among whom they worked and lived, a common defense against the awful onslaught of dead and dying, wounded and maimed, was a feigned indifference, the irony of the helpless. 'Don't mean nothing' became their mantra, a small bunker in the real war- the war against total mental breakdown."
O'Neill served in Vietnam, served for one year and one month. She survived to now share with us a little of what it was like to be there. We, who were not there, can never really understand. When my friend would talk about his time there, sometimes I would just feel confused and conflicted. When he would realize this, he would touch my shoulder, and quietly say, "It's OK. I don't understand it either." The sadness and far away look in his eyes never quite went away. (Don, I haven't forgotten you.)
Of interest here is a post-it to the initial owners, from the couple who gifted it to them. O'Neill was their relative. In a way, she is related to all of us. Look for this book on the new fiction table. (L-sh.st.)
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G. M. Loeb's 1952 war of investing survival!
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The Battle for Investment Survival: A straight-forward, uncompromising revelation of stock-market technique and philosophy that you can apply profitably to your own investment thinking, by G. M. Loeb (HC, 1952 edition of 1935 work, enlarged by 18 additional chapters, $59, which is a steal, because the listed internet price is $505!)
Writes Loeb, "When I started investing about 1921, it seemed a peaceful enough occupation. By 1943, I started calling it a 'battle', though a lot of people might have used that term much earlier during 1929 to 1932. But now in 1952 it seems to me a 'war'.
The person who studies a problem from every angle and defines the risks, aims and possibilities correctly before he starts is more than half-way to his goal.
Atom bomb or no, there is nothing really new in 1952's investment hazards, though they seem so novel and terrifying. Inflation and deflation, taxation, social reform, regulation, war, rationing, confiscation, even revolution all have played their parts regularly in the past. It is only that at times these forces seem to be quiescent, and at other times dynamic."
What would he say about today's stock market? Do his techniques still work?
Be sure to catch the table on changes in the Dow Jones Industrials- a wild swing down from 1929 to 1930 (381 to 41), and then up and down but generally upward until this book was released (41 to 280). Hey, you mathematically inclined, how much of drop is it anyway when you go from 381 to 41 in one year? And we complain when the market drops a few percentage points!
You can find this book in the front glass case.
Writes Loeb, "When I started investing about 1921, it seemed a peaceful enough occupation. By 1943, I started calling it a 'battle', though a lot of people might have used that term much earlier during 1929 to 1932. But now in 1952 it seems to me a 'war'.
The person who studies a problem from every angle and defines the risks, aims and possibilities correctly before he starts is more than half-way to his goal.
Atom bomb or no, there is nothing really new in 1952's investment hazards, though they seem so novel and terrifying. Inflation and deflation, taxation, social reform, regulation, war, rationing, confiscation, even revolution all have played their parts regularly in the past. It is only that at times these forces seem to be quiescent, and at other times dynamic."
What would he say about today's stock market? Do his techniques still work?
Be sure to catch the table on changes in the Dow Jones Industrials- a wild swing down from 1929 to 1930 (381 to 41), and then up and down but generally upward until this book was released (41 to 280). Hey, you mathematically inclined, how much of drop is it anyway when you go from 381 to 41 in one year? And we complain when the market drops a few percentage points!
You can find this book in the front glass case.
Shop not open this weekend
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Due to volunteer scheduling problems, we will NOT be open 8/11 and 12. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. Our volunteers have compiled a great track record of being open every summer weekend (thank you, Saturday and Sunday teams and subs), but this time a couple of different unexpected circumstances combined to make staffing impossible. Again, we apologize. Normal hours resume on Tuesday.
James White's 384-level hospital in the sky!
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3 "Sector General" Omnibuses by James White (HC, 2001, 2002, and 2003, $2.50 each)
1. Beginning Operations-
which includes:
Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, and Major Operation.
2. Alien Emergencies-
which includes:
Ambulance Ship, Sector General, and Star Healer.
3. General Practice-
which includes:
Code Blue-Emergency and The Genocidal Healer.
I read my way through the three novels of this first book in only two days. I don't usually read science fiction, but for these stories I made an exception. The weirdest part was realizing afterwards that I had read two of them before, one in the 1970s when I was in high school, and one more recently. I loved them then, and I love them now. Try 'em, and you'll love 'em too!
3 "Sector General" Omnibuses by James White (HC, 2001, 2002, and 2003, $2.50 each)
1. Beginning Operations-
which includes:
Hospital Station, Star Surgeon, and Major Operation.
2. Alien Emergencies-
which includes:
Ambulance Ship, Sector General, and Star Healer.
3. General Practice-
which includes:
Code Blue-Emergency and The Genocidal Healer.
I read my way through the three novels of this first book in only two days. I don't usually read science fiction, but for these stories I made an exception. The weirdest part was realizing afterwards that I had read two of them before, one in the 1970s when I was in high school, and one more recently. I loved them then, and I love them now. Try 'em, and you'll love 'em too!
Monty Roberts, the real "Horse Whisperer"
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Monty Roberts, A Real Horse Whisperer (VHS tape, produced by the BBC, 1997, 48 minutes, $.50)
This is one amazing story. I not only watched it twice, I also introduced my friends to it. Who knew that a man could "break" a wild horse in such a short period of time. Who knew how awful the usual way of taming horses could be. The scenes of horses with their legs tied up will haunt me for a long time, but I will also remember the man who turned away from such violence. Mr. Roberts had won riding awards as a child. As an adult he won rodeo championships. All the while he was observing horses, and how they communicated to each other. Walter Farley, gasp, was wrong! It is not the stallion that leads a herd- it is an older mare. Using the insights from his observations, Roberts developed a way to tame horses, not with violence and fear, but with gentleness.
His techniques don't just work with horses. Yes, he did advise Queen Elizabeth on her horses, but he also helped raise more than 40 foster children, most of whom came to him as angry teenagers. Fortune 500 companies also use him to train their people. I am not sure how old he is, but he is still giving demonstrations all over the world. (This year he's going to Australia and the UK.)
This tape teaches you a lot about horses, but it also teaches you a lot about making the world a better place. Start with anything positive that someone does. It doesn't make a difference how small the behavior is, just as long as it is positive. And make sure negative behaviors have consequences. For Mr. Roberts, someone's glass might contain only one drop of water, but for him, that one drop of water is where he starts.
An amazing man. An amazing story. Look for this tape on top the VHS shelves at the front of the store.
This is one amazing story. I not only watched it twice, I also introduced my friends to it. Who knew that a man could "break" a wild horse in such a short period of time. Who knew how awful the usual way of taming horses could be. The scenes of horses with their legs tied up will haunt me for a long time, but I will also remember the man who turned away from such violence. Mr. Roberts had won riding awards as a child. As an adult he won rodeo championships. All the while he was observing horses, and how they communicated to each other. Walter Farley, gasp, was wrong! It is not the stallion that leads a herd- it is an older mare. Using the insights from his observations, Roberts developed a way to tame horses, not with violence and fear, but with gentleness.
His techniques don't just work with horses. Yes, he did advise Queen Elizabeth on her horses, but he also helped raise more than 40 foster children, most of whom came to him as angry teenagers. Fortune 500 companies also use him to train their people. I am not sure how old he is, but he is still giving demonstrations all over the world. (This year he's going to Australia and the UK.)
This tape teaches you a lot about horses, but it also teaches you a lot about making the world a better place. Start with anything positive that someone does. It doesn't make a difference how small the behavior is, just as long as it is positive. And make sure negative behaviors have consequences. For Mr. Roberts, someone's glass might contain only one drop of water, but for him, that one drop of water is where he starts.
An amazing man. An amazing story. Look for this tape on top the VHS shelves at the front of the store.
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