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(More customer reviews)This is the funniest working comic around. Makes you forget any other Arnold Schwarzenegger impression you've ever heard. Run, don't walk.
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Knee to the Groin Review
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(More customer reviews)This is the funniest working comic around. Makes you forget any other Arnold Schwarzenegger impression you've ever heard. Run, don't walk.
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Bone$: A personal account of a "body broker's" thirteen year journey through the legal and lucrative body parts business Review
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(More customer reviews)Very interesting book full of well written details, not for the faint at heart. A must read for anyone who has been curious about where their "donations" go as well as for anyone thinking about going into the business. Included is a rebuttal by the author to the many articles written. Smart, straight forwarded, and at times humorous. A definite read, and a great discussion book.
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Americas largest freelance human body parts harvester, Philip Guyett, reveals how he got into the lucrative (and remarkably unregulated) body-parts business and the events that led up to his conviction for three counts of wire fraud, in his tell-all book Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Bones.
Once Upon A Knee Volume Two: MF Spanking & Domestic Discipline Stories Review
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(More customer reviews)Saw this item suggested while looking for other books and the reviews were good so I purchased it. Was very disappointed in most of the stories. Some of the stories just lacked a climatic ending. Came across one story that was fantastic, involved some roleplaying and was funny and erotic. The story was leading to an amazing climatic ending when the plane the characters were on crashed and burned. Talk about a let down. Just not the spanking book for me.
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Once Upon A Knee MF Spanking & Domestic Discipline Stories Volume Two is another sizzling collection of 16 MF spanking stories! Naughty wives and girlfriends get themselves into all kinds of mischief in this book. The men who love them take it upon themselves to correct their naughty butts the good old-fashoned, OTK way! No bratty buns are safe in this fun, exciting, sassy and sizzling book! If you enjoy spanked wife stories or domestic discipline stories, give this second volume a whirl!
Wounded Knee: Lest We Forget Review
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(More customer reviews)This is an incredible book that pulls no punches. If you want to keep your cowboy/indian fantasy intact DO NOT buy this book. If your want the truth, this is the best book on this topic available.
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Unicompartmental Arthroplasty with the Oxford Knee Review
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(More customer reviews)excellent review of the mechanics, history of the development of the Oxford knee and clinical results.
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This book traces the 30 year development by surgeons and engineers in Oxford of a unique method of unicompartmental knee replacement with the 'Oxford Knee' prosthesis. The challenge to the surgeon is to replace the damaged surfaces of the arthritic joint so effectively that the soft tissues of the whole joint and the surfaces of the other compartments can resume all their physiological functions, a more difficult task than total knee replacements confront. As a user's guide, the book allows the surgeon to gain a good understanding of the biomechanics of the normal knee, of the pathological anatomy of unicompartmental arthritis, and the rationale of the design of instruments and implants. The outcome of the operation depends greatly on choice of the right patient and exact implantation of the prosthesis, subjects that are dealt with exhaustively. The reader can use this book as an adjunct to the implant specific instructional courses available.The book also provides long-term data on wear and revision rates for the Oxford Knee and covers common questions asked and the problems confronted by users.The book is accompanied by a DVD with animations of mathematical models of the intact and replaced knee, as well as full video footage of a knee replacement operation.
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Living with a Below-Knee Amputation: A Unique Insight from a Prosthetist/Amputee Review
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(More customer reviews)......and helpful with breaks from overly clinical info to personal insights with humor and sensitivity. Very helpful for anyone considering BKA (below the knee amutation).
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Pig Will and Pig Won't: A Book of Manners (A Knee-High Book) Review
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(More customer reviews)This is a good book for children of all ages. I bought this book sixteen or seventeen years ago and really enjoyed reading it to my son as well as my friends and family. It is about being positive and cooperative, the very premise of good manners. The characters are funny and the lessons valuable. The point of the lessons make perfect sense and once learned by a child, carry him or her through life with a smile. Grumpy, negative adults need to read this more than children.
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Three episodes feature obedient, polite Pig Will and naughty, bad-mannered Pig Won't, who eventually sees the error of his ways.
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American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee (Defining Moments) Review
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(More customer reviews)Defining Moments: American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee is the latest installment in the "Defining Moments" series of invaluable resources chronicling important events in America's history. Like all volumes in the series, American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee is divided into three sections: the Narrative Overview section, summarizing the events of the governmental policy that ultimately led to an infamous massacre; the Biographies section which concentrates information about key historical figures (along with a list of resources for further information on various individuals); and the Primary Sources section offering a wide assortment of original references and documents - letters, memoirs, official records, and much more. Black-and-white photographs illustrate this detailed, practical, user-friendly historical compendium, highly recommended for public and college library reference shelves.
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One of the introductory volumes in a series designed to provide authoritative, useful resources on American History, Defining Moments: American Indian Removal and the Trail to Wounded Knee provides readers with a detailed overview of the 1890 massacre of more than 250 Native American men, women, and children by the United States Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. The authors analyze the conditions that led to this horrific event and its effect on the country's political, cultural, and social landscape, then and now. The research presented here is arranged in three distinct sections: narrative overview; biographies, which includes background on principal figures involved in the massacre; and primary sources. This unique and comprehensive volume also includes a glossary of important people, places, and terms, as well as a chronology of events, a subject index, and an annotated list of sources for further study. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Airlift to Wounded Knee Review
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(More customer reviews)I read this book as part of an assignment in American History in College. Mr. Zimmerman provides a concise, accurate, and painful history of U.S. dealings with Native Americans from European arrival on this continent until the Wounded Knee takeover in 1973. Not only did this book challenge me into political activism and participation in all civil rights movements, it changed forever my willingness to take the U.S. Government at it's word.
This book is a must read for anyone trying to understand the Civil Rights Movement, the Government's attempt to quelch such movements, and the real execution of due process in the United States.
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The Adult Knee Review
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(More customer reviews)The seller sent the book promptly. It was in the excellent condition as advertised.
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Written and edited by the foremost experts in knee surgery, this definitive two-volume reference provides comprehensive coverage of the evaluation and surgical management of problems of the adult knee. In 117 detailed chapters, the text covers basic science, clinical science, soft tissue injury of the knee, tendon and ligament surgery, osteochondral injury to the knee, patella femoral disorders, alternatives to arthroplasty for knee arthritis, primary total knee arthroplasty, perioperative management in total knee replacement, complications of total knee replacement, revision total knee arthroplasty, and future developments.
Alexander the Fabulous: The Man Who Brought the World to Its Knees Review
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(More customer reviews)An excellent text to accompany the Oliver Stone movie, "Alexander," this book is astonishingly well-researched and written by Michael Alvear with assistance from Vicky Shecter, who is now working on a children's book about Alexander the Great.
If you laugh out loud at David Sedaris books, this book may remind you of what a serious ancient history book would be like if David Sedaris had written it. It is a laugh a minute. Yet, the basic facts provided are correct. This book just makes it FUN to learn a bit of history that most people (even in Greece!) know far too little about.
I am a public librarian, and have read at least 12 books on Alexander the Great in the past six months. What one inevitably finds when researching Alexander is that his life is hotly debated by many differing factions: Should he be called Macedonian or Greek? Should he be called bisexual or gay? Should he be hailed as a hero and liberator or condemned as a mass murderer? Was he buried in Alexandria or someplace else? Did he have a part in killing his father or not? You can forget about finding a book that makes EVERYONE happy, though the best overall book I have found is Robin Lane Fox's "Alexander the Great" published in 1986 by Penguin Books. I believe it stands head and shoulders over any other book on Alexander, and every public library MUST have that book. Oliver Stone chose Robin Lane Fox to be his historical consultant for the film "Alexander." I would avoid the new book by Paul Cartledge even though it is new; the Robin Lane Fox book simply covers so much more and does it so much better. Also, the account of Alexander's travels by Arrian is a must.
Every library needs sources on Alexander, however, for those who may not care to read the serious history texts. Mary Renault's "Persian Boy" is outstanding for fiction readers, and her other books on Alexander, especially "The Nature of Alexander," are also excellent. But for those who want to really have FUN as they learn their history, you just can't beat Michael Alvear's "Alexander the Fabulous."
Anyone who is terribly homophobic may not like this book, but then again, anyone who is terribly homophobic is not likely to be reading about Alexander the Great anyway. After Jesus Christ, Alexander may be the most influential human to ever live, and there should be as many books about his life in our libraries as possible. The fact that he was gay or bisexual should not be a reason for not providing a book about his extraordinary life.
Don't miss this great book! You will be ever so glad you found it!
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He conquered the known world. He united it for the first time with a common language. His military tactics are still being studied-and used-by today's warriors. He is considered the most courageous and heroic warrior in history. But (and more importantly): He was hot. His boyfriends were hotter. He could throw hissy fits that would take Liza Minelli's breath away. He traveled with an advance publicity team. He was so vain, if Preparation H had existed, his enemies would have rubbed it on his ego. He had fag hags hanging off him like laundry. We're approaching 2,350 years after his death and people are still fascinated by Alexander the Great. Even Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the people who gave us language, math and philosophy, didn't have Oliver Stone making movies about them. All the great conquerors that followed Alexander tried to emulate him-Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Jeff Striker. Michael Alvear presents a most unusual biography of history's greatest warrior.
Michael Alvear is a syndicated columnist whose commentary has been heard on NPR. He is the author of Men Are Pigs, But We Love Bacon.
The Knee Sourcebook Review
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(More customer reviews)I'm really dependent on the reviews here at Amazon when I select a book, so I don't know why I ordered this book when there were no reviews. Perhaps I can save others some money by saying that there are far better books on knee pain than this one. I actually found more information by doing a Google search for "knee pain". The section on exercise, which in the one part of the book which should be most relevent, is no more than a few pages long. The author lists several exercises in brief, and there are no photos or illustrations to show the exercises. Even stranger, there are NO stretches. I find it hard to understand how this book even came to be published. I wish that I'd been able to go to a bookstore to compare books and select the one that best met my needs, but thankfully I ordered "Knee Pain" by John Garrett, MD, at the same time that I ordered "The Knee Sourcebook" . It has two full chapters on exercises with photos, shows stretches, and has a full variety of exercises to strengthen all the muscles surrounding and supporting the knee.
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Knee-Deep in Wonder : A Novel Review
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(More customer reviews)I first read this book in manuscript form (I don't work in publishing; I simply borrowed it), which means I read hundreds of unbound, unwieldy pages. I started sitting on a bench in Central Park, killing time before an appointment; I finished hours later, sitting on that same bench, reading by streetlight (parklight?), my appointment rescheduled. I bought the hardcover, but I'm saving my copy of the manuscript -- Knee Deep in Wonder is one of the first great novels of the century. No kidding. It's that good.
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The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty Review
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(More customer reviews)What first strikes this reader is the very frank and engrossing personal narrative, as well as the description of the on-going political struggle of the Sioux in their battle for the return of the Black Hills in South Dakota. The diary entries of lawyer Mario Gonzales and the commentaries of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn gave me an opportunity to re-think important events in Sioux and American history over the past century (including Custer and the Little Big Horn, the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, and others). The authors also show very clearly how these linked histories continue to influence the actions of individuals (white or Indian) and governments today. Cook-Lynn is especially deft at evaluating the political, economic,and racial motivations of the various stakeholders, from the factions within different Sioux tribes, the governors and congressmen, federal agencies, to the white landowners. The centerpiece of the book is the fight by the Sioux for the return of the Black Hills (preserved for the tribes by treaty in 1868), as well as the related fight for a monument to the Sioux massacred by government troups at Wounded Knee. But as the story unfolds, it became a means for me to understand the treaty rights and sovereign rights of not just the Sioux but other Indian nations in this country. Gonzales relates details of the legal battles and community struggles, and shows an amazing persistence and courage in his pursuit of justice for the Sioux. I hope that other readers come away from this book with as strong a sense as I did: of our need to resolve these ethical and legal dilemmas by recognition of Indian treaty rights and sovereignty. I'm grateful to the authors for their frank discussions of the real difficulties inherent in this task, and for outlining the rewards to all of us if they succeed.
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The powerful story of the ongoing struggle of indigenous Americans in 20th-century United States and of its shift in focus from traditional battlefield and massacre sites to federal courtrooms and the halls of Congress. Mario Gonzalez has served as attorney for the Sioux Nation and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn is a Native American writer. Together their two voices will draw the reader into the continuing struggle of the Sioux people to achieve justice.
I Am a Baby (A Knee-High Book(R)) Review
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(More customer reviews)My 18 month old picks this book up and leafs through it herself, she loves the pictures of baby Natasha and likes the baby sounds that Natasha makes when I read the book to her. She imitates the sounds "da da and ma ma, this is my daddy and this is my mommy" for example. She usually prefers "lift the flap books" but sits through the entire reading of this cute book about the life of a baby. Simple but enjoyable, good illustrations.
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In the Knees of the Gods: Poems Review
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(More customer reviews)Trish Reeves, In the Knees of the Gods (BkMk Press, 2001)
BkMk press (the name, if you ever wondered, is short for "bookmark") have been wandering through the American literary landscape for a very long time now ("very long time," of course, being a relative term in the small press world) publishing unheralded books that never fail to be small pleasures when I stumble upon one at a library book sale (one does not find worthwhile poetry in used bookstores in the main, or so fifteen years of haunting them told me). The most recent BkMk book to find its way to my desk is Trish Reeves' In the Knees of the Gods. And "small pleasure" defines it almost perfectly.
In the Knees of the Gods seems to have multiple personality disorder. Blurbing on the back, David Ray says "...this poet seems to alternate between letting it all out and not spelling it out." Indeed. One wonders, amused, why such a levelheaded critique would be considered a blurb. I'd fire my publisher, or force them to fire the person who let it through. But then, I'm not on BkMk. David Ray, however, is entirely correct, and it shouldn't surprise anyone that the book's strongest points are when Reeves doesn't spell anything out, letting the simplicity of the pieces be their own power, while the book's weakest passages (which are, thankfully, concentrated in one section) are when she spends far too much time spelling out, overwhelming the power of the words themselves with artificially imposed meaning and message. Poetry is like beef; the closer you get to organic, the better it's going to be. Reeves spends most of her time allowing the words to speak for themselves, and writing very good poetry because of it. When she does the poetry-as-therapy thing, though, the book falls apart. That, however, is only temporary. It gets back on track and stays there.
Recommended. Just skip over section II until you've digested the rest. ***
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Knee-Deep In Mississippi Review
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(More customer reviews)Clay Jones's artistic talent, mixed with his witty and thought-provoking commentary is the recipe for a classic collection of toons that represent all that is the quintessential deep-south. This book is not just a great addition to your own collection, but a great gift for friends to add to their library as well. I cannot wait to see what Mr.Jones has in store for us next...
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Catch not only a glimpse into the muddy backwater of Mississippi state and local politics, but also a sidelong glance at national figures and issues. "Captain Kirk" lampoons Mississippi governor Kirk Fordice, while "Confederacy of Dunces" satirizes Mississippi's legislature, which makes an editorial cartoonist's job easy with "suspect politicians, a regressive tax system, and constant schemes to raise their own pay." Other chapters including "Sports," "Daze of Our Lives," and "Life with Bill" prove to be consistently funny and insightful.
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