Book Review - Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership

No president removes a larger part of the federal government, as Theodore Roosevelt. After being in a number of public offices, including New York Governor and Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt in the public service upon arrival at the White House in 1901 after experiencing the death of President McKinley.

Strock examines Roosevelt's unique approach to managing his life and especially as president. Identified a dozen areas in which primary Rooseveltdemonstrated exceptional leadership skills.

TR, as he was affectionately known, has taken the leadership role, wherever he went. He knew no fear and face every challenge with strength and courage. Roosevelt was a law student all my life all the time. In fact, Roosevelt read a book or two on average per day! He argued that the pace, while the President. He was able to speak due to a problem with people of all types of skills.

It was a team builder. He knewas customer loyalty and maintain. He always had the best on his team. He also knew how to ask and to motivate men and be the best in them. In part he does with his own incredible perseverance and achievements. He set the standard and example for all those who have worked for or with him.

It was a great orator and writer. Long before President Reagan was elected TR was a great communicator.

He was a staunch supporter of personal responsibility and integrity andnever wavered from his loyalty to country and family.

In this book, Strock does a good job of studying the man and the example shows how all these can be burned and effective leadership to achieve more than most presidents before or since.

At the end of each chapter summarizes the principles of leadership head Strock is discussed. His conclusions are often direct quotes or paraphrases from TR. For example, after the first chapter, he lists sevenimportant characteristics of a leader, including a focus on energy looking for information on their conditions and avoid the debt to others, the love of their people to be engaged in the service, to build a service culture of life, that his duty and try to earn success rather than trying to succeed.

This book is a goldmine of the best traits of leadership and philosophy of Roosevelt. In 238 pages is a good book.

Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership
© 2001 JamesStrock.com James Strock,Inc.
Published by First Publishing, Roseville, California, div. Random House.

Angels at the Crossroads by Ann H. Gabhart - Book Review

Angels at the crossroads: the story of Jerry Shepherd of Redemption and Love
by Ann H. Gabhart

iUniverse (2006)

ISBN 9780595387076

Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (01/07)

Jerry Shepherd as he stole a car was accidentally killed by the owner. The police caught after a chase at high speed. Jerry hoped the officer had a good shot, because he wanted to continue his life. Just as he was leaving the car, he heard the soft words: "Peace beStill. 'A great feeling of peace came over him and since then he belonged to the Lord.

Jerry Shepherd was raised in Kentucky, not far from Louisville. His private life was highest. His mother was relentless and never seemed satisfied with what he did. He ran away from home more than once. Once again, after returning home, his father met with open arms, but his mother turned and walked away. It seemed that no matter where he was an angel of God ever put in your way.There was always someone to direct him home. Jerry did not want to further his life and sought the death more than once. After the memory of the second degree murder, guilty of Jerry spent time in prison.

Jerry has made him the life of the Lord and it is never the same. His life had new meaning. His book is an introspective look at his life before and after coming to know the Lord. Jerry continued to sing with the gospel quartet "The Patriots".

"Angels at the Crossroads by Ann H.Gabhart was an inspiration to me. Jerry's life story is told well. I was able to escape in the young and not always sure what to run. The plot flowed smoothly, said the turning point in the life of Jerry and then looking back at his past. The cover is well done, with a sun in the clouds. It reminded me of the hope that each of us needs. E 'with honor that I recommend this book to everyone. For every need of the hope that Jerryfound when he looked in his rearview mirror of the law, and then heard that small quiet voice, he said. "Peace be still"

Classic mystery writer, Ross Macdonald, author of biographies

Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar. It was December 13, 1915 Born in Los Gatos, California. His father, John Macdonald Millar, sometimes it was a newspaper editor, poet and athlete, and his mother Anne (Moyer) Millar, was a nurse. Some time later the family moved to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, as Ross was about four years, his father left the family.

Growing up, she lived with Ross and his mother and various relatives. Ross, thoughacademically inclined had a troubled youth. He drank and smoked too much, fought with his companions, was a petty thief and enjoyed the pool and gambling.

Ross's father was an insurance policy, enough to see the state for four years at the University of Western Ontario, where he received a teaching certificate. He also attended the University of Toronto for a year. He was an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where he finished his studies. Hegraduated Phi Beta Kappa, with a doctorate in literature.

Ross Macdonald met Margaret Sturm, another aspiring writer, while in high school. Reconnected and married in 1938. Their only daughter, Linda died, 1970.

Ross is the U.S. Navy during World War II and was stationed in the Pacific off the coast of Southern California. When Margaret came to visit him, she fell in love with the area and made the beautiful coastal city of Santa Barbara home.

Ross Macdonald puts hisThe protagonist, detective Lew Archer philosophical rough edges, Santa Barbara, but changed the name of Santa Teresa. Many years later, another mystery writer Sue Grafton, did the same with his character, female detective Kinsey Millhone. Sue Grafton has written the introduction for the book, "Ross Macdonald, a biography," by Tom Nolan.

Ross began his writing career under his real name. His wife was to be prominent as a writer under the name Margaret voltageMillar, so he started to write under the name John Ross Macdonald. He later shortened to Ross because of possible confusion with another author, John D. MacDonald Macdonald.

Although Ross earned rave reviews during his career as a writer, it was not until the publication of "The Goodbye Look" in 1969, became a successful author in the United States and Europe. In 1973, the Mystery Writers of America named him Grand Master.

In 1981, Ross Macdonald was diagnosedAlzheimer's disease. It 'died in Santa Barbara at July 11, 1983.

Books by Ross Macdonald

Series: Chet Gordon (as Kenneth Millar)
The dark tunnel (1944)
Trouble Follows Me (1946)

Lew Archer
The Moving Target (1949)
The Drowning Pool (1950)
The way some people die (1951)
The smile Ivory (1952)
Find a victim (1954)
The barbarian Coast (1956)
The Doom (Vintage Crime / Black Lizard) (1958)
Galton Case (1959)
The woman Wycherly(1961)
The hearse zebra (Vintage Crime / Black Lizard) (1962)
The Chill (1964)
The Far Side of the dollar (1965)
Black Money (1966)
The Instant Enemy (Vintage Crime / Black Lizard) (1968)
The Goodbye Look (1969)
(The Underground Man (Vintage Crime / Black Lizard) (1971)
Sleeping Beauty (1973)
The Blue Hammer (1976)
The name is Archer (1955)
Archer in Hollywood (omnibus) (1967)
Lew Archer, Private Investigator 1977)

Omnibus:
ArcherGrande (1970)
The Lew Archer Volume One (1993)
The Lew Archer Volume Two (1994)
The Lew Archer Volume Three (1997)

Stand Alone Novels:
Blue City (1947) (as Kenneth Millar)
The three streets (1948)
Meet Me at the Morgue (1954)
The deal Ferguson (1960)
Archer in danger (1979)

Collections:
Strangers in Town: (2001) three secrets of newly discovered

Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

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At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights” when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.

• ISBN13: 9780670021659
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Customer Reviews ::

Interesting but kind of a let down after ELP - honolulureader - Oahu, Hawaii
This book was full of interesting factoids about Marriage and what this means in many different cultures. I liked its honest look at marriage instead of glossy view of an idealistic marriage. Towards the end however, I couldn't wait for it to end.. and I was wanted to scream, "Get over it!" Just get married!!! Nothing in life is for sure anyways...

An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust

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In 1944, 13-year-old Fritz Tubach was almost old enough to join the Hitler Youth in his German village of Kleinheubach. That same year in Tab, Hungary, 12-year-old Bernie Rosner was loaded onto a train with the rest of the village's Jewish inhabitants and taken to Auschwitz, where his whole family was murdered. Many years later, after enjoying successful lives in California, they met, became friends, and decided to share their intimate story--that of two boys trapped in evil and destructive times, who became men with the freedom to construct their own future, with each other and the world. In a new epilogue, the authors share how the publication of the book changed their lives and the lives of the countless people they have met as a result of publishing their story.

• ISBN13: 9780520261310
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Customer Reviews ::

Wonderful story... - Jill Meyer - New Mexico
Friendship comes in many forms, and that relationship between Bernie and Fritz, from different sides, Jewish and Christian, of the deep divide of WW2, is a marvelous testimony to "friendship". The only bitter-sweet moment was when I realized that Bernie had given up his religious beliefs in his "americanization". His children were not raised as Jews; another generation lost to the Holocaust, as much as the six million were.

I first saw this book when a seat mate on a flight was reading it. He praised it, so I ordered it. The book was well worth the praise.