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Twenty-five fictional stories that will entertain, enlighten, and ease a child's frustration about having diabetes. ... Read more

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Even older kids still need our help
This book is aimed at ages 8-13 or so. We read this book to our six-year-old son.If not for that, I don't know if I would have ever read it.

All the main characters in the stories have type 1 diabetes.The characters encounter different situations where they have to learn to control their diabetes or ASK FOR HELP.

I recommend that parents read this book.What struck me the most, was how many stories are about kids that "can" do their own care but still want/need their parent's help.Many of the kids in the stories stopped taking care of themselves until the climax of the plot when they finally admitted to their parents they needed help.

If you order this book for your child, read it.At the least, discuss the stories with him or her. We discussed each story with our son and I was amazed at how much he related to the kids in the stories already.

The stories were written before lantus and the insulin pump so my son did have trouble understanding why the kid wasn't allowed a cupcake or such. He doesn't remember being on NPH and regular.Diabetes care has come far!It would be useful if the author would update the book to include the new treatments.

I am giving it four stars, not five because the stories were not the best I've ever read.But this is a valuable book. ... Read more

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Chapters: Lee Armstrong, Blayne Weaver, Matthew Wood, Vinessa Shaw, Michelle Krusiec, Andrew Keegan, Jackson Davis, Namrata Singh Gujral, Desmond Harrington, Gabriel Macht, Thomas Edward Seymour, Brooke Langton, Joe Manganiello, Wes Bentley, Nichole Hiltz, Bret Wolfe, Sherri Saum, Gloria Alexandra, Kathryn Hahn, Scott Levy, Paul Schneider, Derek Luke, Maria Thayer, Ryan Hurst, Corri English, Marissa Ribisi, Lala Sloatman, Dj Perry, Ashley Hamilton, Kip Pardue, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Puett, Zachary Knighton, Timothy "Speed" Levitch, Tyrone Giordano, Amanda Detmer, Nate Barlow, Elisa Donovan, Nikki Nova, Jonathan Chase, Trevor St. John, Naureen Zaim, Jason-Shane Scott, Nikki Griffin, Lynn Collins, Kali Rocha, Manoush, Meredith Ostrom, Maddie Corman, Mageina Tovah, Meredith Salenger, Nathan West, Rick Yune, Rich Sommer, Matt Letscher, Tawny Cypress, Michelle Burke, Robert A. Silverman, Tamara Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Kevin Downes, David Moscow, Susan May Pratt, Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower, Dian Bachar, Cory Danziger, Ron Lester, Wiley Wiggins, David Friedman, Sunny Mabrey, Gabriel Damon, Eric Bradley, Douglas Spain, Kirby Heyborne, Alexandra Adi, Sara Downing, Jared Rushton, Paolo Montalbán, Faune A. Chambers, Julie Night, Richard Speight, Jr., Ty O'neal, David Harbour, Parry Shen, Stephen Saux, Philipp Karner, Jason Narvy, Lombardo Boyar, Sam Golzari, Brendan Hines, Todd Lowe, Lucy Deakins, A. J. Bowen, Lynn Chen, Johnny Whitworth, Lev Gorn, Andrew Levitas, Jackie Sandler, Chris Ackerman, Rebekah Johnson, Allan Hubbard, Sindee Coxx, Eric Michael Cole, James Thiérrée, Tyrin Turner, Lori Heuring, Jeffrey Pierce, Jenna Mattison, Aaron Lohr, Jamison Newlander, Nate Richert, Alison Elliott, Regina Russell, Eddie Mills, Matt Ross, Rick Hoffman, Joy Bisco, Carl Washington, Nina Kaczorowski, Heather Donahue, Keesha Sharp, Reno Wilson, Mel Jackson, Kenny Morrison, Galaxy Craze, Deven May, Trent Cameron, Hunter Carson, Megahn Perry, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2702911 ... Read more

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Who' Who in Military History looks at those men andwomen who have shaped the course of war. It concentrates on all theperiods and conflicts about which the reader is likely to wantinformation, up to and including the Gulf War. It provides detailedbiographies of the most interesting and important figures in militaryhistory from 1450 to the present day, such as General NormanSchwarzkopf, Fernandez de Cordoba, Rommel, Napoleon, Che Guevara,Frederick the Great, and George Washington. A series of maps show themain theatres of war. ... Read more

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Excellent fast reference.
From Abbas (Persian conqueror), to Zhukov (World War II Marshal of the Soviet Union), the authors have listed all the significant military figures, not only the famous combat commanders, but also the great organizers of victories, thinkers and theorists, and military technocrats, and not forgetting the heroes, "symbols of daring and romance".
Each entry is succinct but comprehensive, and the authors are refreshingly not reluctant to evaluate the historical reputations of the great.
Very readable, and with helpful glossary and maps, this work will find a place on the shelf of the most experienced reader of military history, as well as the more casual reader.
(The numerical rating above is a default setting within Amazon's format.This reviewer does not employ numerical ratings.) ... Read more

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Great Approach, Missed Some Big Ones, Still a Real Value
Zones of Conflict has not yet been surpassed by other published works, mostly because others focus on specific regions.This is still a valuablework, largely because of the process and the framework it provides forthinking about geographically and culturally based sources of conflict. Published in 1986 it missed some big ones: Somalia, Rwandi-Burundi, theCongo, the break-up of Yugoslavia with the Kosovo aftermath.We'll givethem credit for the Gulf flashpoint.What's the point?No one can predictwith any certainty where major humanitarian conflicts will emerge, but ifone combines Keegan and Wheatcroft's approach with environmental andeconomic and social overlays (such as are offered by several other"States of the World" endeavors), then a useful starting point isavailable for asking two important questions: what kinds of conflicts willwe be dealing with, under what kinds of terrain and cultural conditions;and second, given those realities, what kinds of forces and capabiltiesshould we be developing?Against this model, the U.S. Joint 2020 visionfalls woefully short, and the NATO alliance appears equally unprepared fora future that will be characterized by "dirty little wars" wellout of NATO's area but highly relevant to the well-being of the NATOpopulation.One might also make the somewhat puckish point that it doesnot take a $30 billion dollar a year spy community to create a common-sensestrategic document such as this--it can be had for under $20. ... Read more

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Profiles of Key Military Leaders Since 1453
Who's Who in Military History is a useful reference work profiling over 500 key military leaders from 1453 to the 1970s.The date 1453 is used as the starting point as this is when the Age of Firearms began.Some biographical entries are longer than others.Includes 16 color plates, 300 black-and-white illustrations, nine pages of maps, and a glossary of military terms.This book is ideal for students and teachers of both world history and American history.

Indispensable but not unimprovable
The selections are on the whole good. And there are too few books of this kind within easy reach. The authors wisely limit themselves to the age of firearms, or else the book would have been ten times as long. On the other hand, some of the greatest captains in warfare are conveniently omitted by this criterion: Alexander, Qin Shihuang, Caesar, Muhammed, William the Conqueror, Genghis, etc. There is some European, especially British, bias in the selections. But the same may be said of any book of this kind written by any other nationals. The biggest oddity is the lack of entries of any of the top leaders of World War II with the exception of Hitler. Stalin's performance as "generalissimo" left much to be desired - particularly if you're Russian - but he was nonetheless on the side of the winners, and no one can argue he was not a bloody important C-in C.

Frederick the Great gets the longest entry of the whole book. Well-earned. There can be no doubt as to Frederick's greatness as military leader - he was truly great in all aspects of warmaking: strategy, tactics, field command, logistics, personnel, diplomacy. And he had to govern a kingdom at the same time - while finding time for books, conversation, prolific writing, and composing music simultaneously! Yet Frederick owed his reputation and even his personal survival to a great stroke of luck (the death of Tsarina Elizabeth). Perhaps even he himself would have preferred a victory under different circumstances.

Marlborough is billed as the greatest soldier in British history. Wellington is a close second, while Churchill (not mentioned in the book), who was Marlborough's descendant and who idolized Marlborough, was at least as important, in my opionion -though Churchill was as repulsive a man as Marlborough was charming. It's astonishing how Marlborough owed his career to women from start to finish. He got his first important job through his sister's connections to the court, made his early fortune as gigolo of Charles II's mistress, and received his commission at the highest rank from Queen Anne - by virtue of his wife's friendship with her. Probably no upstart from such an obscure background could have risen to such heights except by his good looks and luck with women (admittedly on top of real abilities). (But the same cannot be said of another great warrior of the early modern age: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who came from an even lower class.) In any case, I agree with Keegan's judgement on Marlborough, as well as with the fact that his entry is much longer than Wellington's.

Interestingly, Keegan's comment on Napoleon was slighting -"Napoleon was not unimportant in military history" was what he is saying in effect. Well, none other than Wellington himself had this to say about Bonaparte as to who was the greatest soldier in his age: "In this age, in past ages, in any age, Napoleon." The fact that Napoleon made great strategic errors definitely tarnished his reputation, no doubt, and Wellington was probably puffing up himself at the same time with this remark. But Keegan's views on Napoleon seem inadequate at best.

Keegan trashes Lawrence of Arabia, but Liddell Hart and Michael Howard both rate him highly.

I'm familiar enough with Keegan's books to know that his opinions can be very odd in places.Sometimes I wonder if I can count on him to think clearly.But this book is still a useful reference toolwhich I use often.

Roll Call of Military Fame and Infamy
This is a splendid resource for understanding military history and is particularly strong on the cross-referencing.Well illustrated too, with a real gem of Monty (in color).Apart from the occasional lurch into abuse (they REALLY don't like Kitchener) the biographies are objective, and give the subject exactly as much space as needed.I wish the editors had decided to go out on a limb and publish a pre-1453 version - they use this as a cut off because they don't think medieval and ancient sources are as reliable as renaissance and modern -but you can't have everything. ... Read more