Advanced Canine Reproduction and Puppy Care: The Seminar Paperback – September 1, 2010
Author: Myra Savant Harris ID: 1929242751
Book by Harris, Myra Savant
Paperback: 89 pagesPublisher: Dogwise Publishing (September 1, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1929242751ISBN-13: 978-1929242757 Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #93,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #91 in Books > Medical Books > Veterinary Medicine #566 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Dogs
I purchased all three of Harris’s books and although I’m not a novice dog breeder, I picked up lots of valuable information from the interesting and easy to read books. I would recommend these books for anyone who is into dog breeding. Harris, coming from the human medical field, often references the similarities of human and canine which adds to the readability. I made notes as I read and made changes per her recommendations for my last litter and truly believe my dam had an easier whelp due to these changes. I had one semi-emergency with an umbilical bleed out and thanks to her suggestions and list of supplies to have on hand, averted the disaster of losing a sweet little puppy. Another of the hints she gave, to use sage to help dry up my dam’s milk after weaning, worked wonderfully. The cost of the books was worth that one tip, and that’s just one of many.
As with her previous books, Myra clearly explains all the info.
Insightful and an absolute must for both beginning and experienced breeders.
The candid humor is enjoyable too.
I have whelped several litters before and have had formal instruction and lots advice from Veterinarians and breeders. This book (and her others) really prepared me to sift out the old wives tales from reality. And yes, puppies arrive 63 days after ovulation no matter what all the other experts say. Determining that "O" day sure makes whelping preparation easier. Read the book and then read it over again a few times. Download Advanced Canine Reproduction and Puppy Care: The Seminar – September 1, 2010 Pdf Download
Advanced Canine Reproduction and Puppy Care: The Seminar Paperback – September 1, 2010
Author: Myra Savant Harris ID: 1929242751
Book by Harris, Myra Savant
Paperback: 89 pagesPublisher: Dogwise Publishing (September 1, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1929242751ISBN-13: 978-1929242757 Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #93,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #91 in Books > Medical Books > Veterinary Medicine #566 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Dogs
I purchased all three of Harris’s books and although I’m not a novice dog breeder, I picked up lots of valuable information from the interesting and easy to read books. I would recommend these books for anyone who is into dog breeding. Harris, coming from the human medical field, often references the similarities of human and canine which adds to the readability. I made notes as I read and made changes per her recommendations for my last litter and truly believe my dam had an easier whelp due to these changes. I had one semi-emergency with an umbilical bleed out and thanks to her suggestions and list of supplies to have on hand, averted the disaster of losing a sweet little puppy. Another of the hints she gave, to use sage to help dry up my dam’s milk after weaning, worked wonderfully. The cost of the books was worth that one tip, and that’s just one of many.
As with her previous books, Myra clearly explains all the info.
Insightful and an absolute must for both beginning and experienced breeders.
The candid humor is enjoyable too.
I have whelped several litters before and have had formal instruction and lots advice from Veterinarians and breeders. This book (and her others) really prepared me to sift out the old wives tales from reality. And yes, puppies arrive 63 days after ovulation no matter what all the other experts say. Determining that "O" day sure makes whelping preparation easier. Read the book and then read it over again a few times. Download Advanced Canine Reproduction and Puppy Care: The Seminar – September 1, 2010 Pdf Download
Cards: 1204 pagesPublisher: Kaplan Publishing; 4th Edition, Fourth Edition edition (November 2, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1609781120ISBN-13: 978-1609781125 Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 2.2 x 2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #22,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Books > Education & Teaching > Studying & Workbooks > Flash Cards #47 in Books > Education & Teaching > Higher & Continuing Education > Test Preparation > SAT #182 in Books > Education & Teaching > Test Preparation > College & High School
I recently received these Kaplan flashcards. They came in a hard box and everything was in perfect state. The content of the cards is good. Math cards have a question on one side and the answer with the explanation on the other side. Vocabulary cards have the word, the definition, a sentence and synonyms. Grammar cards have mostly grammar rules and questions about identifying sentence errors. These sentence errors questions have the explanation in the back, and they include many important grammar rules.
The only thing I would have preferred is bigger cards. These were around 2" x 3", the size of a small business card. Even though they were small, they had a decent font size, and I didn’t have trouble reading them.
I like the size of the cards a lot，very easy to carry in my bag and really easy to learn and review！ im looking fprward on it！ only thing im little disappoint is only have 200 vocab！i wish they have more vocab！
my son was handwrinting the new words with definition before. with
this item, everything becomes so easy, and handy, he can study
10 cards everyday. keep tracking his prograss by himself.
worth it.
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Cards: 1204 pagesPublisher: Kaplan Publishing; 4th Edition, Fourth Edition edition (November 2, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1609781120ISBN-13: 978-1609781125 Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 2.2 x 2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #22,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Books > Education & Teaching > Studying & Workbooks > Flash Cards #47 in Books > Education & Teaching > Higher & Continuing Education > Test Preparation > SAT #182 in Books > Education & Teaching > Test Preparation > College & High School
I recently received these Kaplan flashcards. They came in a hard box and everything was in perfect state. The content of the cards is good. Math cards have a question on one side and the answer with the explanation on the other side. Vocabulary cards have the word, the definition, a sentence and synonyms. Grammar cards have mostly grammar rules and questions about identifying sentence errors. These sentence errors questions have the explanation in the back, and they include many important grammar rules.
The only thing I would have preferred is bigger cards. These were around 2" x 3", the size of a small business card. Even though they were small, they had a decent font size, and I didn’t have trouble reading them.
I like the size of the cards a lot，very easy to carry in my bag and really easy to learn and review！ im looking fprward on it！ only thing im little disappoint is only have 200 vocab！i wish they have more vocab！
my son was handwrinting the new words with definition before. with
this item, everything becomes so easy, and handy, he can study
10 cards everyday. keep tracking his prograss by himself.
worth it.
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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Paperback – March 29, 2016
Author: Visit ‘s Jon Ronson Page ID: 1594634017
.com Review
An Best Book of April 2015: Author Jon Ronson knows a thing or two about public shaming. When a trio of “academics” hijacked his persona for an infomorphbasically an automated Twitter feed that spewed inane comments about food in his namehe took the fight to the internet, where the virtual, virulent hordes soon compelled the spambot authors to cease and desist. The experience hatched a thought: Once upon a time, if you wanted to participate in a good, old-fashioned public humiliation, you actually had to show up. But as with most everything else, the internet has made condemnation an exercise in crowdsourcing, with todays angry mobs trading stockades and scarlet As for social media and its inherent anonymity.
So Youve Been Publicly Shamed is Ronson’s tour through a not-necessarily-brave new world where faceless commenters wield the power to destroy lives and careers, where the punishments often outweigh the crimes, and where there is no self-control and (ironically) no consequences. On one hand, part of what makes this book (again, ironically) so fun to read is a certain schadenfreude; its fun to read about others’ misfortunes, especially if we think they “had it coming.” Jonah Lehrer, whose admitted plagiarism and falsifications probably earned him his fall, stalks these pages. But so does Justine Sacco, whose ill-conceived tweet probably didnt merit hers; as it turns out, the internet doesnt always differentiate the misdemeanors from the felonies. But the best reason to read this is Ronson’s style, which is funny and brisk, yet informative and never condescending. So Youve Been Publicly Shamed is not a scholarly book, nor is it a workbook about navigating ignominy. It’s an entertaining investigation into a growing–and often disturbing–demimonde of uncharitable impulses run amok. –Jon Foro
–This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
“Gutsy and smart. Without losing any of the clever agility that makes his books so winning, he has taken on truly consequential material and risen to the challenge….fascinating…shocking…Mr. Ronson’s gift for detail-picking is, as ever, a treat.” –The New York Times
“A sharp-eyed and often hilarious book…Jon Ronson has written a fresh, big-hearted take on an important and timely topic. He has nothing to be ashamed of.” –NPR.org
“A diligent investigator and a wry, funny writer, Ronson manages to be at once academic and entertaining.” –The Boston Globe
“This is a wonderful book.” –Jon Stewart
“This book really needed to be written.” –Salon.com
“With an introspective and often funny lens, [Ronson] tracks down those whose blunders have exploded in the public eye…So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is an insightful, well-researched, and important text about how we react to others’ poor decisions.” –The Huffington Post
“Personable and empathetic, Ronson is an entertaining guide to the odd corners of the shame-o-sphere.” –The Minneapolis Star Tribune
“It’s sharply observed, amusingly told, and, while its conclusions may stop just short of profound, the true pleasure of the book lies in arriving at those conclusions.”
–The Onion
“Like all of Ronson’s books, this one is hard to put down, but you will absolutely do so at some point to Google yourself.” –TheMillions.com
“An irresistibly gossipy cocktail with a chaser of guilt.” –Newsday
“With So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Ronson has written a timely, interesting and titillating read for any Internet drama junkie.” –PopMatters.com
“[A] simultaneously lightweight and necessary book.” –Esquire
“A work of original, inspired journalism.” –The Financial Times
“[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is both entertaining and fair — a balance we could use a lot more of, online and off.” –Vulture
“Ronson is an entertaining and provocative writer, with a broad reach …[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is a well-reported, entertainingly written account of an important subject.” –The Oregonian
“Ronson is a fun writer to read…fascinating.” –Fast Company
“I was mesmerized. And I was also disturbed.” –Forbes
“[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] promises to be the most relevant book of the year.” –FlavorWire
“I was sickly fascinated by the book. I think it’s Ronson’s best book.” –Mark Frauenfelder for BoingBoing
“With confidence, verve, and empathy, Ronson skillfully informs and engages the reader without excusing those caught up in the shame game. As he stresses, we are the ones wielding this incredible power over others’ lives, often with no regard for the lasting consequences of our actions.” –Starred Booklist Review
“Clever and thought-provoking, this book has the potential to open an important dialogue about faux moral posturing online and its potentially disastrous consequences.” –Publishers Weekly
“Relentlessly entertaining and thought-provoking.” –TheGuardian
“Certainly, no reader could finish it without feeling a need to be gentler online, to defer judgment, not to press the retweet button, to resist that primal impulse to stoke the fires of shame.”–The Times
“Excruciating, un-put-downable…So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is a gripping read, packed with humor and compassion and Ronson’s characteristic linguistic juggling of the poignant and the absurd.”
–Chapter16.org
“A powerful and rewarding read, a book utterly of the moment.”—The Hamilton Spectator
“Ronson is a lovely, fluid writer, and he has a keen eye for painful, telling details.” —The Bloomberg View
“Fascinating and trenchant.” –The Denver Post
“[Ronson] is one of our most important modern day thinkers…[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is one of the most therapeutic books imaginable.” – US News & Word Report
“Personable and empathetic, Ronson is an entertaining guide to the odd corners of the shame-o-sphere.” –The Houston Chronicle
“[A] satirical Malcolm Gladwell… an accessible, fun read.” – Everyday Ebook
From the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
Paperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Riverhead Books (March 29, 2016)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1594634017ISBN-13: 978-1594634017 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #231,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #107 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > History #118 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > History #1162 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > General
If you’re at all involved with social media, I’m willing to bet that if you stop and think for even a few seconds, you can come up with an example of someone — famous or previously anonymous — who has been publicly shamed. A car wash worker just lost his job for making disgusting, racist comments about President Obama’s daughter — the ensuing kerfuffle probably ended up winning a larger audience for those comments than he would have had in the first place, ironically enough. There was the tennis championship commenter who asked a female contestant to "give us a twirl" as she went out onto the court for her match (to show off her garb and legs), and more recently, the obituary writer who chose to comment, unflatteringly, on author Colleen McCullough’s looks as if they were as important as her achievements. All have been named and shamed online. And that’s just off the top of my head, in the last week or two.
The tool of shaming someone publicly for breaking the law or violating the social contract in some other way is as old as time. But with the advent of the Internet, and specifically, the rise of tools like Twitter, shaming can go viral instantly. Instead of your immediate community knowing what you did wrong — and deciding whether and when to forgive you, because they may have a sense of the broader context and of who you are as a person beyond that misstep — the entire world now becomes aware, instantly, without any of that context. And the results, as Ronson shows, can be horrifying and potentially disproportionate.
Ronson starts his book off by recounting a personal story. A group of men who made highfalutin’ claims to conducting some sort of social experiment set up a Twitter account using Ronson’s name, though they claim they weren’t trying to pretend to be him. This account began sending out Tweets that made Ronson fear that his friends and family would mistake them for some alternate universe of himself. He confronted the men on camera, the video was uploaded to YouTube, and commenters promptly began to wage a shame war on the perpetrators that ultimately ended with their taking down the fake Twitter account. Ah, sweet justice. Or was it?
Ronson began to wonder what happens to the people on the receiving end of an Internet mob’s rage. Through digging into the stories of and conducting interviews with well-know people like disgraced author and journalist Jonah Lehrer and ordinary, previously unknown people like Justine Sacco, Ronson provides a vivid and disturbing picture of what happens to the people on the receiving end of vigilante-style justice and raises interesting philosophical questions about what this means for our larger culture.
This book in no way defends the actions of the people it depicts, though Ronson does have sympathy for his subjects. Instead, he poses a very thought-provoking question: are you so sure this can’t happen to you? While it’s one thing for the Internet to bring real criminal actions to light and ensure they don’t go unpunished, it’s another thing for someone who does something stupid or ill-conceived to be subjected to the same scrutiny. After all, how many of us can say we’ve never made a tasteless joke or said something others might construe as offensive because we thought it was "safe" to do so?
I found this book to be just fascinating. The title is certainly intriguing, but it was also a rare book that actually made me change my opinions on an issue. And THAT doesn’t happen very often. I also think in the research and writing of this book, author Jon Ronson had a similar experience.
One of his first quick examples involves an LA Fitness that was shamed on social media because they wouldn’t cancel the membership of a couple who had lost their jobs and couldn’t afford the fees. The result of that was that LA Fitness backed down – a story that makes one believe in the "power of the people".
"Something of real consequence was happening. We were at the start of a great renaissance of public shaming. After a lull of almost 180 years (public punishments were phased out in 1837 in the United Kingdom and in 1839 in the United States), it was back in a big way. When we deployed shame, we were utilizing an immensely powerful tool. It was coercive, borderless, and increIDg in speed and influence. Hierarchies were being leveled out. The silenced were getting a voice. It was like the democratization of justice."
He may have started this project with that feeling, I don’t think he believed this at the end.
One famous (infamous) example of modern day public shaming was the story of Justine Sacco – a woman who had made a VERY ill-thought out tweet at the beginning of a plane flight to Africa – and whose life was ruined by the time she landed. (To confirm how long public shaming can stay with you – I just typed "Justine S" into a search engine – her name was the first result and this happened in 2013. Download So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – March 29, 2016 Pdf Download
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Paperback – March 29, 2016
Author: Visit ‘s Jon Ronson Page ID: 1594634017
.com Review
An Best Book of April 2015: Author Jon Ronson knows a thing or two about public shaming. When a trio of “academics” hijacked his persona for an infomorphbasically an automated Twitter feed that spewed inane comments about food in his namehe took the fight to the internet, where the virtual, virulent hordes soon compelled the spambot authors to cease and desist. The experience hatched a thought: Once upon a time, if you wanted to participate in a good, old-fashioned public humiliation, you actually had to show up. But as with most everything else, the internet has made condemnation an exercise in crowdsourcing, with todays angry mobs trading stockades and scarlet As for social media and its inherent anonymity.
So Youve Been Publicly Shamed is Ronson’s tour through a not-necessarily-brave new world where faceless commenters wield the power to destroy lives and careers, where the punishments often outweigh the crimes, and where there is no self-control and (ironically) no consequences. On one hand, part of what makes this book (again, ironically) so fun to read is a certain schadenfreude; its fun to read about others’ misfortunes, especially if we think they “had it coming.” Jonah Lehrer, whose admitted plagiarism and falsifications probably earned him his fall, stalks these pages. But so does Justine Sacco, whose ill-conceived tweet probably didnt merit hers; as it turns out, the internet doesnt always differentiate the misdemeanors from the felonies. But the best reason to read this is Ronson’s style, which is funny and brisk, yet informative and never condescending. So Youve Been Publicly Shamed is not a scholarly book, nor is it a workbook about navigating ignominy. It’s an entertaining investigation into a growing–and often disturbing–demimonde of uncharitable impulses run amok. –Jon Foro
–This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
“Gutsy and smart. Without losing any of the clever agility that makes his books so winning, he has taken on truly consequential material and risen to the challenge….fascinating…shocking…Mr. Ronson’s gift for detail-picking is, as ever, a treat.” –The New York Times
“A sharp-eyed and often hilarious book…Jon Ronson has written a fresh, big-hearted take on an important and timely topic. He has nothing to be ashamed of.” –NPR.org
“A diligent investigator and a wry, funny writer, Ronson manages to be at once academic and entertaining.” –The Boston Globe
“This is a wonderful book.” –Jon Stewart
“This book really needed to be written.” –Salon.com
“With an introspective and often funny lens, [Ronson] tracks down those whose blunders have exploded in the public eye…So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is an insightful, well-researched, and important text about how we react to others’ poor decisions.” –The Huffington Post
“Personable and empathetic, Ronson is an entertaining guide to the odd corners of the shame-o-sphere.” –The Minneapolis Star Tribune
“It’s sharply observed, amusingly told, and, while its conclusions may stop just short of profound, the true pleasure of the book lies in arriving at those conclusions.”
–The Onion
“Like all of Ronson’s books, this one is hard to put down, but you will absolutely do so at some point to Google yourself.” –TheMillions.com
“An irresistibly gossipy cocktail with a chaser of guilt.” –Newsday
“With So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Ronson has written a timely, interesting and titillating read for any Internet drama junkie.” –PopMatters.com
“[A] simultaneously lightweight and necessary book.” –Esquire
“A work of original, inspired journalism.” –The Financial Times
“[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is both entertaining and fair — a balance we could use a lot more of, online and off.” –Vulture
“Ronson is an entertaining and provocative writer, with a broad reach …[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is a well-reported, entertainingly written account of an important subject.” –The Oregonian
“Ronson is a fun writer to read…fascinating.” –Fast Company
“I was mesmerized. And I was also disturbed.” –Forbes
“[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] promises to be the most relevant book of the year.” –FlavorWire
“I was sickly fascinated by the book. I think it’s Ronson’s best book.” –Mark Frauenfelder for BoingBoing
“With confidence, verve, and empathy, Ronson skillfully informs and engages the reader without excusing those caught up in the shame game. As he stresses, we are the ones wielding this incredible power over others’ lives, often with no regard for the lasting consequences of our actions.” –Starred Booklist Review
“Clever and thought-provoking, this book has the potential to open an important dialogue about faux moral posturing online and its potentially disastrous consequences.” –Publishers Weekly
“Relentlessly entertaining and thought-provoking.” –TheGuardian
“Certainly, no reader could finish it without feeling a need to be gentler online, to defer judgment, not to press the retweet button, to resist that primal impulse to stoke the fires of shame.”–The Times
“Excruciating, un-put-downable…So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is a gripping read, packed with humor and compassion and Ronson’s characteristic linguistic juggling of the poignant and the absurd.”
–Chapter16.org
“A powerful and rewarding read, a book utterly of the moment.”—The Hamilton Spectator
“Ronson is a lovely, fluid writer, and he has a keen eye for painful, telling details.” —The Bloomberg View
“Fascinating and trenchant.” –The Denver Post
“[Ronson] is one of our most important modern day thinkers…[So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed] is one of the most therapeutic books imaginable.” – US News & Word Report
“Personable and empathetic, Ronson is an entertaining guide to the odd corners of the shame-o-sphere.” –The Houston Chronicle
“[A] satirical Malcolm Gladwell… an accessible, fun read.” – Everyday Ebook
From the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
Paperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Riverhead Books (March 29, 2016)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1594634017ISBN-13: 978-1594634017 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #231,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #107 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > History #118 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > History #1162 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > General
If you’re at all involved with social media, I’m willing to bet that if you stop and think for even a few seconds, you can come up with an example of someone — famous or previously anonymous — who has been publicly shamed. A car wash worker just lost his job for making disgusting, racist comments about President Obama’s daughter — the ensuing kerfuffle probably ended up winning a larger audience for those comments than he would have had in the first place, ironically enough. There was the tennis championship commenter who asked a female contestant to "give us a twirl" as she went out onto the court for her match (to show off her garb and legs), and more recently, the obituary writer who chose to comment, unflatteringly, on author Colleen McCullough’s looks as if they were as important as her achievements. All have been named and shamed online. And that’s just off the top of my head, in the last week or two.
The tool of shaming someone publicly for breaking the law or violating the social contract in some other way is as old as time. But with the advent of the Internet, and specifically, the rise of tools like Twitter, shaming can go viral instantly. Instead of your immediate community knowing what you did wrong — and deciding whether and when to forgive you, because they may have a sense of the broader context and of who you are as a person beyond that misstep — the entire world now becomes aware, instantly, without any of that context. And the results, as Ronson shows, can be horrifying and potentially disproportionate.
Ronson starts his book off by recounting a personal story. A group of men who made highfalutin’ claims to conducting some sort of social experiment set up a Twitter account using Ronson’s name, though they claim they weren’t trying to pretend to be him. This account began sending out Tweets that made Ronson fear that his friends and family would mistake them for some alternate universe of himself. He confronted the men on camera, the video was uploaded to YouTube, and commenters promptly began to wage a shame war on the perpetrators that ultimately ended with their taking down the fake Twitter account. Ah, sweet justice. Or was it?
Ronson began to wonder what happens to the people on the receiving end of an Internet mob’s rage. Through digging into the stories of and conducting interviews with well-know people like disgraced author and journalist Jonah Lehrer and ordinary, previously unknown people like Justine Sacco, Ronson provides a vivid and disturbing picture of what happens to the people on the receiving end of vigilante-style justice and raises interesting philosophical questions about what this means for our larger culture.
This book in no way defends the actions of the people it depicts, though Ronson does have sympathy for his subjects. Instead, he poses a very thought-provoking question: are you so sure this can’t happen to you? While it’s one thing for the Internet to bring real criminal actions to light and ensure they don’t go unpunished, it’s another thing for someone who does something stupid or ill-conceived to be subjected to the same scrutiny. After all, how many of us can say we’ve never made a tasteless joke or said something others might construe as offensive because we thought it was "safe" to do so?
I found this book to be just fascinating. The title is certainly intriguing, but it was also a rare book that actually made me change my opinions on an issue. And THAT doesn’t happen very often. I also think in the research and writing of this book, author Jon Ronson had a similar experience.
One of his first quick examples involves an LA Fitness that was shamed on social media because they wouldn’t cancel the membership of a couple who had lost their jobs and couldn’t afford the fees. The result of that was that LA Fitness backed down – a story that makes one believe in the "power of the people".
"Something of real consequence was happening. We were at the start of a great renaissance of public shaming. After a lull of almost 180 years (public punishments were phased out in 1837 in the United Kingdom and in 1839 in the United States), it was back in a big way. When we deployed shame, we were utilizing an immensely powerful tool. It was coercive, borderless, and increIDg in speed and influence. Hierarchies were being leveled out. The silenced were getting a voice. It was like the democratization of justice."
He may have started this project with that feeling, I don’t think he believed this at the end.
One famous (infamous) example of modern day public shaming was the story of Justine Sacco – a woman who had made a VERY ill-thought out tweet at the beginning of a plane flight to Africa – and whose life was ruined by the time she landed. (To confirm how long public shaming can stay with you – I just typed "Justine S" into a search engine – her name was the first result and this happened in 2013. Download So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – March 29, 2016 Pdf Download
Civilization and Its Discontents (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) Reprint Edition
Author: Sigmund Freud ID: 0393304515
About the Author
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of the twentieth century’s greatest minds and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. His many works include The Ego and the Id; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis; Inhibitions; Symptoms and Anxiety; New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; Civilization and Its Discontent, and others.
Christopher Hitchens (19492011) is the author of God Is Not Great, Hitch-22, and Why Orwell Matters.
Peter Gay (19232015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.
Series: Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund FreudPaperback: 192 pagesPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (August 9, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0393304515ISBN-13: 978-0393304510 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.3 inches Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #5,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Research #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Sexuality #6 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Psychoanalysis
Many people today believe that Sigmund Freud was obsessed with sex. However, most of these assumptions are based upon what another person said of Freud and almost never upon a careful reading of Freud’s work. These people do not see the fact that Freud writes on more than sexuality, he also analyzes and researches the study of mankind. Sigmund Freud attacks the question why we do things the way we do head on and answers to the best of his reason. Therefore, Sigmund Freud was truly a man of his time and his debate on mankind was a very innovative method to answer mankind’s most serious issues.
Man is an aggressive being and civilization is the means which humanity withholds its primal urges in check. At least Freud believes so and shows support for this thesis by referring to mankind’s constant need to restrain its inherent passions despite all of the controls placed by society. I believe that Freud was definitely on to something with this point. He is right when he states that man is essentially an anti-social, anti-cultural being. One could look down through the pages of history and see war after war, violent act after violent primarily as a result of the inherent greed for power and a passionate thirst for more than one’s own. This is one of the many reasons why communism is impossible, man is a selfish being and always desires more than he possesses. He will do what is necessary to increase his holding at the expense of his fellows. I believe that Nietzsche and Freud are in agreement at this point. However, Nietzsche believes that the masses attempt to quell this passion and label that as noble. I believe that Freud does not think it is possible to restrain this aggressiveness and mankind is only able to cover it up in a semblance of control which we label civilization. Download Civilization and Its Discontents Reprint Edition Pdf Download
Civilization and Its Discontents (Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) Reprint Edition
Author: Sigmund Freud ID: 0393304515
About the Author
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of the twentieth century’s greatest minds and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. His many works include The Ego and the Id; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis; Inhibitions; Symptoms and Anxiety; New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; Civilization and Its Discontent, and others.
Christopher Hitchens (19492011) is the author of God Is Not Great, Hitch-22, and Why Orwell Matters.
Peter Gay (19232015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.
Series: Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund FreudPaperback: 192 pagesPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (August 9, 2010)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0393304515ISBN-13: 978-0393304510 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.3 inches Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #5,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Research #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Sexuality #6 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Psychoanalysis
Many people today believe that Sigmund Freud was obsessed with sex. However, most of these assumptions are based upon what another person said of Freud and almost never upon a careful reading of Freud’s work. These people do not see the fact that Freud writes on more than sexuality, he also analyzes and researches the study of mankind. Sigmund Freud attacks the question why we do things the way we do head on and answers to the best of his reason. Therefore, Sigmund Freud was truly a man of his time and his debate on mankind was a very innovative method to answer mankind’s most serious issues.
Man is an aggressive being and civilization is the means which humanity withholds its primal urges in check. At least Freud believes so and shows support for this thesis by referring to mankind’s constant need to restrain its inherent passions despite all of the controls placed by society. I believe that Freud was definitely on to something with this point. He is right when he states that man is essentially an anti-social, anti-cultural being. One could look down through the pages of history and see war after war, violent act after violent primarily as a result of the inherent greed for power and a passionate thirst for more than one’s own. This is one of the many reasons why communism is impossible, man is a selfish being and always desires more than he possesses. He will do what is necessary to increase his holding at the expense of his fellows. I believe that Nietzsche and Freud are in agreement at this point. However, Nietzsche believes that the masses attempt to quell this passion and label that as noble. I believe that Freud does not think it is possible to restrain this aggressiveness and mankind is only able to cover it up in a semblance of control which we label civilization. Download Civilization and Its Discontents Reprint Edition Pdf Download
When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man Audible – Unabridged ridged
Author: Jerry Weintraub ID: B003FX6INM
Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary dealmaker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him – the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York’s Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood – he has found a way to put on a show and sell tickets at the door.”All life was a theater and I wanted to put it up on a stage,” he says. “I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: ‘Jerry Weintraub Presents.'”In When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead, we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age 26 with Elvis Presley, whom he took on the road with the help of Colonel Tom Parker; to the immortal days with Sinatra and Rat Pack glory; to his crowning hits as a movie producer, starting with Robert Altman and Nashville, continuing with Oh, God!, the Karate Kid movies, and Diner, among others, and summiting with Steven Soderbergh and Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen.Along the way, we’ll watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs (the games went on for days), to the power rooms of Hollywood, to the halls of the White House, to Red Square in Moscow, and the Great Palace in Beijing – all the while counseling potentates, poets, and kings, with clients and confidants like George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George H. W. Bush, Armand Hammer, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, John Denver, Bobby Fischer…the list goes on forever.And of course, the story is not yet over. As the old-timers say, “The best is yet to come.” And as Weintraub says, “When I stop talking, you’ll know I’m dead.”With wit, wisdom, and the cool confidence that has colored his remarkable career, Jerry chronicles a quintessentially American journey, one marked by luck, love, and improvisation. The stories he tells and the lessons we learn are essential, not just for those who love movies and music, but for businessmen, entrepreneurs, artists…everyone.
Done.
Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 7 hours and 37 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Hachette AudioAudible.com Release Date: April 7, 2010Whispersync for Voice: ReadyLanguage: EnglishID: B003FX6INM Best Sellers Rank: #9 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Movie Directors #21 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Business Leaders #23 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Arts & Entertainment > Performing Arts
Rich Cohen–I’ve been reading him for ten years–is one of the country’s best writers. Jerry Weintraub–film producer, musician manager, deal maker–is one of the nation’s best livers. (Mention an event, a celebrity, the man has a story.) Cohen can write anything; Weintraub has done nearly everything. Which is what makes this book such a perfect match. Weintraub is the real deal–came up without money or the helping hands than can do the work of money; produced the three "Ocean’s Eleven" pictures, also "Nashville" and "Diner" (two decades’ great classics), also managed Elvis, also Sinatra, also the chess-champion Bobby Fischer at Reykjavik. It’s an amazing story. Weintraub goes everywhere and does everything; he heads someplace, arrives, finds himself at the center. A gift, which he discovers in himself and develops. He found a way to take Elvis on the road at 26, to bring Sinatra’s career back at 35; when he’s watching the Fischer chess championship on TV, he just buys a ticket, flies to Iceland, and more or less enters the screen himself. (That’s one lesson Weintraub teaches from his kind of life. Find what you love, trust it. Then act.) The story is filled with advice, plus advice-by-example: hustling in the beginning, finding the angle, picking your allies–"If you work with people you love, which, of course, is not always possible, the hard times become an epic adventure"–then getting to a place where your own work functions as an ad, as the attraction: "I did not have to hustle quite as much. Once you’ve established yourself, you can, to some extent, let business find you. You become a beacon, a door into a better life.
Heard the CD version of WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU’LL KNOW
I’M DEAD–written and read by Jerry Weintraub.
He’s the legendary Hollywood producer, deal maker, and friend of politicians
and stars . . . as he notes:
* All life was a theater, and I wanted to put it up on stage. I wanted to set
the world under a marquee that read: "Jerry Weintraub Presents."
And present he did, beginning at age 26 with Elvis Presley, whom he
took on the road with Colonel Tom Parker’s help . . . through his
days with Frank Sinatra when he was at the height of his career . . . and
including his role in such hits as OH, GOD!, THE KARATE KID, DINER, and
OCEAN’S ELEVEN, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN.
Along the way, the author shares his experience with such other personalities
as George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George W. Bush, Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan,
John Denver, Bobby Fischer and a whole host of others too numerous to
name . . . but you don’t get the feeling that he’s merely name-dropping; rather,
it almost feels like you are having a one-on-one conversation with Weintraub.
I also liked the advice that he shared throughout the book, including:
* People will pay you to make their lives easier.
* Never get paid one when you can get paid twice.
* Every 10 years, something new is coming . . . a big hand comes down
and pushes the dishes off the table.
* An idea is only crazy until somebody pulls it off.
* To be successful, you need to have a certain "screw ’em" attitude . . . in
politics, entertainment, sports, etc.
There were some great stories, too . . . Download When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man Audible – Unabridged ridged Free PDF
When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man Audible – Unabridged ridged
Author: Jerry Weintraub ID: B003FX6INM
Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary dealmaker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him – the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York’s Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood – he has found a way to put on a show and sell tickets at the door.”All life was a theater and I wanted to put it up on a stage,” he says. “I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: ‘Jerry Weintraub Presents.'”In When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead, we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age 26 with Elvis Presley, whom he took on the road with the help of Colonel Tom Parker; to the immortal days with Sinatra and Rat Pack glory; to his crowning hits as a movie producer, starting with Robert Altman and Nashville, continuing with Oh, God!, the Karate Kid movies, and Diner, among others, and summiting with Steven Soderbergh and Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen.Along the way, we’ll watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs (the games went on for days), to the power rooms of Hollywood, to the halls of the White House, to Red Square in Moscow, and the Great Palace in Beijing – all the while counseling potentates, poets, and kings, with clients and confidants like George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George H. W. Bush, Armand Hammer, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, John Denver, Bobby Fischer…the list goes on forever.And of course, the story is not yet over. As the old-timers say, “The best is yet to come.” And as Weintraub says, “When I stop talking, you’ll know I’m dead.”With wit, wisdom, and the cool confidence that has colored his remarkable career, Jerry chronicles a quintessentially American journey, one marked by luck, love, and improvisation. The stories he tells and the lessons we learn are essential, not just for those who love movies and music, but for businessmen, entrepreneurs, artists…everyone.
Done.
Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 7 hours and 37 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Hachette AudioAudible.com Release Date: April 7, 2010Whispersync for Voice: ReadyLanguage: EnglishID: B003FX6INM Best Sellers Rank: #9 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Movie Directors #21 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Business Leaders #23 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Arts & Entertainment > Performing Arts
Rich Cohen–I’ve been reading him for ten years–is one of the country’s best writers. Jerry Weintraub–film producer, musician manager, deal maker–is one of the nation’s best livers. (Mention an event, a celebrity, the man has a story.) Cohen can write anything; Weintraub has done nearly everything. Which is what makes this book such a perfect match. Weintraub is the real deal–came up without money or the helping hands than can do the work of money; produced the three "Ocean’s Eleven" pictures, also "Nashville" and "Diner" (two decades’ great classics), also managed Elvis, also Sinatra, also the chess-champion Bobby Fischer at Reykjavik. It’s an amazing story. Weintraub goes everywhere and does everything; he heads someplace, arrives, finds himself at the center. A gift, which he discovers in himself and develops. He found a way to take Elvis on the road at 26, to bring Sinatra’s career back at 35; when he’s watching the Fischer chess championship on TV, he just buys a ticket, flies to Iceland, and more or less enters the screen himself. (That’s one lesson Weintraub teaches from his kind of life. Find what you love, trust it. Then act.) The story is filled with advice, plus advice-by-example: hustling in the beginning, finding the angle, picking your allies–"If you work with people you love, which, of course, is not always possible, the hard times become an epic adventure"–then getting to a place where your own work functions as an ad, as the attraction: "I did not have to hustle quite as much. Once you’ve established yourself, you can, to some extent, let business find you. You become a beacon, a door into a better life.
Heard the CD version of WHEN I STOP TALKING, YOU’LL KNOW
I’M DEAD–written and read by Jerry Weintraub.
He’s the legendary Hollywood producer, deal maker, and friend of politicians
and stars . . . as he notes:
* All life was a theater, and I wanted to put it up on stage. I wanted to set
the world under a marquee that read: "Jerry Weintraub Presents."
And present he did, beginning at age 26 with Elvis Presley, whom he
took on the road with Colonel Tom Parker’s help . . . through his
days with Frank Sinatra when he was at the height of his career . . . and
including his role in such hits as OH, GOD!, THE KARATE KID, DINER, and
OCEAN’S ELEVEN, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN.
Along the way, the author shares his experience with such other personalities
as George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George W. Bush, Brad Pitt, Bob Dylan,
John Denver, Bobby Fischer and a whole host of others too numerous to
name . . . but you don’t get the feeling that he’s merely name-dropping; rather,
it almost feels like you are having a one-on-one conversation with Weintraub.
I also liked the advice that he shared throughout the book, including:
* People will pay you to make their lives easier.
* Never get paid one when you can get paid twice.
* Every 10 years, something new is coming . . . a big hand comes down
and pushes the dishes off the table.
* An idea is only crazy until somebody pulls it off.
* To be successful, you need to have a certain "screw ’em" attitude . . . in
politics, entertainment, sports, etc.
There were some great stories, too . . . Download When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man Audible – Unabridged ridged Free PDF
basically an automated Twitter feed that spewed inane comments about food in his name
s angry mobs trading stockades and scarlet As for social media and its inherent anonymity.
2011) is the author of God Is Not Great, Hitch-22, and Why Orwell Matters.
2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.