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Golf Course Development in Residential Communities
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    		Golf Course Development in Residential Communities
    Ronald M. Garl , Laurence A. Hirsh , David L. Leininger , David A. Mulvihill , William B. Renner , James J. Scavo , Anita M. Welch , and Stephen A. Winter
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    Packed with color images, this practical guide explains everything you need to know about developing golf in residential communities. You will learn about criteria for site selection, market and feasibility analysis, financing trends, integrating the golf course with the community, trends and standards in golf course design, marketing the course in a residential community, legal structures and documentation, management options, and the latest strategies for maximizing revenues from golf course operations. Case studies from the United States and international locales include site plans, photos, development costs, and more.
    Winter Wheat
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • One of my all-time favorites
    • Coming of age in rural Montana . . .
    • A beautifully written and emotionally powerful book
    • Glorious descriptive writing with a point
    • Leslie Morigeau's Review
    		 Winter Wheat
    Mildred Walker
    Manufacturer: Bison Books
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    For this Bison Books edition, James Welch, the acclaimed author of Winter in the Blood (1986) and other novels, introduces Mildred Walker's vivid heroine, Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. He writes, "It is a story about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, within the space of a year and a half. But what a year and a half it is!" Welch offers a brief biography of Walker, who wrote nine of her thirteen novels while living in Montana.

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    5 out of 5 stars One of my all-time favorites.......2006-06-23

    Such a beautiful, beautiful book. The characters are gently revealed through their choices, actions, dialogue, and even their interaction with the harsh/lovely landscape. Ellen's situation is unique to her era and environment, but then again, much about her is timeless: her longing, her confusion, her stamina, the bitterness of the lessons she learns in growing up. Her parents are--I'd say richly drawn but that makes me think of the florid descriptions of a Pat Conroy or something, and Walker is as far from that as imaginable. I'll say instead that they are hard and true characters whose own story adds much to Ellen's. You will not regret reading this wonderful book.

    5 out of 5 stars Coming of age in rural Montana . . ........2006-04-24

    Written over sixty years ago about ranchers living in remote parts of Montana, this old fashioned coming of age novel has a surprising currency. Its bittersweet portrayal of human relationships has a deep ring of emotional truth, and its understanding of the constantly shifting nature of identity makes it almost postmodern. Meanwhile, it can be read with a kind of page-turning breathlessness that keeps readers hoping that everything - against all odds - will somehow turn out for the best.

    Most remarkable for a reader growing up in a mid-century rural community, the novel evokes vividly the seasonal rounds of living and working on a farm circa 1940. Though Montana was her adopted home (Walker grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and attended Wells College), she writes with an intimate knowledge of farm work that is rare in literature. Also remarkable is the novel's wartime setting, as Walker writes of Pearl Harbor and the impact of entry into WWII on the lives of her characters, even while that war was still being fought (the novel was published in 1944).

    I recommend this novel highly for its way of creating very individual characters leading quite plausible lives rooted firmly in very real physical and psychological worlds. Its lessons about hard work and survival, the bonds of love, living with insecurity, and the lifelong effects of choices made affirm a view of life that embraces both loss and reward. Thanks to the University of Nebraska Press for keeping this fine novel in print. Also recommended, Judy Blunt's "Breaking Clean" and Mary Clearman Blew's "All But the Waltz."

    5 out of 5 stars A beautifully written and emotionally powerful book .......2005-02-11

    Mildred Walker is a suburb writter who can span the entire emotional spectrum of humanity. This book is one of my favorites, I have read it several times. Each time I find new ways in which I can relate to the emotion's of the characters. I really enjoy her descpriton of Montana's landscape. Her ability to describe takes the reader into the wheat fields to join in the life journey of her characters. Powerfully written, this book will change how you view yourself and the realtionships around you.

    5 out of 5 stars Glorious descriptive writing with a point.......2004-02-25

    This quiet, character development approach to writing is enhanced by the glorious descriptions of the external environment in (desert-like) countryside. The character's appreciation of her environment grows throughout the book, even in the harshest weather. It is a wonderful story, with an ending that knocked me off my feet with surprise.

    4 out of 5 stars Leslie Morigeau's Review.......2003-11-07

    The book Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker is a great story for everyone to read. I could really relate to the main character, Ellen, who is in her teens. A long story short is it is a story of a girl going away from home for the first time and how it causes her to change the way she looks at things in her life and the changes of other people's lives. All the little twists and turns of her life keep you keeps you guessing and wondering what is going to happen next.
    The characters that I enjoyed the most was Leslie and Ellen, because one Leslie is my name, even if it was a guy, and Ellen was very well written and had an exiting two years. It's as if it really happened it been like you were there and apart of their lives. I felt like I was there with them every step of the way. The unpainted house, the yard light, the windbreaks, snow, and the winter wheat were very descriptive just like they would be during to Montana seasons.
    The main character Ellen becomes stronger as she sees the losses in life. She learned how to find the best of all places, no matter how good or even bad. Her relationship with her parents is more graphic than other families in other books, like showing some of the "smaller town life" people.
    When I was reading the book I could feel the crust of the snow and the warmth of the wood stove. Also the smell of wet mittens drying and floors slippery with thawing snow and ice from our big snow boots. I would recommend this book to anyone, big city or small little honky tonk people. It gives you the best views into the heart of Montana that I have seen. You should really read this book.
    Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction)
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Just Amazing
    • FOOLSCROW
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    • boring, boring, boring
    • Fools Crow is just the tip of the iceberg, if you were moved by this book you MUST read Fools Crow Wisdom and Power
    		 Fools Crow (Contemporary American Fiction)
    James Welch
    Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Just Amazing.......2007-05-14

    I finished this book, put it down, picked it up, and read it again. The historically inevitable ending (for those who know history) does nothing to detract from Welch's ability to keep you hanging on every word, right up to the the end. The seamless integration of the physical and spiritual planes provides a refreshing view into not just Native American life, but life in general.

    I just can't believe I didn't discover this book sooner.

    5 out of 5 stars FOOLSCROW.......2007-04-05

    Being an enrolled Native-American myself, and having a good understanding of the history of Native/Anglo encounters, I recommend this book highly as an accurate description of life on the plains during the last days of the Blackfeet... brilliant!

    5 out of 5 stars Historic and Hopeful.......2006-09-06

    The expansion and plunder of the American West permanently altered and almost eradicated the rich civilization of the Plains nations. This deliberate cultural destruction and genocide is shown with great sensitivity and detail in James Welch's novel "Fools Crow", a beautiful and accurate portrayal of a time of dramatic change (1860's - 1870's) in the American West. As is illustrated in the novel, the Pikuni; Kainahs; Siksikas (geographical-linguistic groups known as Blackfeet), and other Native American societies, rich with culture and tradition, were detrimentally impacted by white greed, ignorance, and the influx of disease. Despite the odds, the novel also conveys a sense of muted hope - the potential for a future where some aspects of native people's collective history, stories, and traditions continue.

    1 out of 5 stars boring, boring, boring.......2006-08-09

    I must say that this was one of the most boring books i have ever read in my life. It is a complete waste of time to read this book. There is no plot. Honestly i would rather pull my own teeth out then read this book again. This book is pretty much 400 pages of wasted paper. If I even have to look at this book again i will probably throw up. Anyway i hope this was helpful to anyone wanting to read Fools Crow. If you ask me it just sucked.

    5 out of 5 stars Fools Crow is just the tip of the iceberg, if you were moved by this book you MUST read Fools Crow Wisdom and Power.......2006-02-11

    Fools Crow is a strong beginning and a background for the book which follows, Fools Crow, Wisdom and Power. Wisdom and Power is a lifechanging book. If we could all live our lives with half the integrity and spirit Frank Fools Crow had the world would be a better place.
    Winter in the Blood (Contemporary American Fiction Series)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • a fine piece of work.
    • An eye-catching portrait of modern American Indian life
    • A book of sorrows, comedy, and joy
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    		 Winter in the Blood (Contemporary American Fiction Series)
    James Welch
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    ASIN: 0140086447

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    4 out of 5 stars a fine piece of work........2007-06-25

    this is an excellent novel which transports one to the native american experience in montana, circa the early 1970's. mr welch created here a strong set of interesting characters, complex and convincing. a tale of the past dovetailing with the present. this is a finely written book. a short fast read which i highly recommend.

    3 out of 5 stars An eye-catching portrait of modern American Indian life.......2004-05-03

    Written by American-Indian author James Welch, Winter in the Blood portrays a thirty two year old American-Indian man who lives on a reservation in Montana with his mother. He engages in no activities that you could term truly heroic -- he works on his family farm, gets into a bar fight in town, has one-night stands, becomes a partner with strangers in crime. What distinguishes this novel is how it gives us a view of the `American Experience' through non-white eyes. It is meant to be an authentic portrait of American Indian life in the late twentieth century; it is like a painting of the American West that is evocative of certain mood and of a certain time and place, but which does not convey anything very profound.

    The prose is earthy, gritty in style. I found it to be the best, most enjoyable part of the novel. The style is simple in a very matter-of-fact way -- it can be funny, crude, or emotionally stirring, but it is like this simply as a matter of relating things as they strike the protagonist (for instance, there is a part where he says that once he shot his neighbor's dog solely because he "was drunk and it was moving.") The prose manages to be evocative without demonstrating that the author knows how to use a thesaurus, exhibiting a skillful expressiveness executed with an economy of means. What's appealing about this novel is no so much what the protagonist does as it is the gripping means with which the scenes are conveyed.

    The main character, however, is not well developed; most of the secondary characters are more fleshed out and more compelling than the protagonist himself. (True enough, though, this novel is more about the environment the central character is in than about the protagonist himself.) The dialogue can be confusing, at times you can lose track of which lines of dialogue belong to which character. It is difficult to say exactly what this novel is about; the protagonist makes a few cracks about being in a white man's world and about this "greedy stupid country", but none of this forms into any coherent political diatribe, nor do the actions the protagonist takes or the events that occur to him gain any significance in this light. He merely does stuff, which can be either funny or picturesque, but which has little meaning apart from the actions themselves.

    This is not to say that Winter in the Blood is not on the whole enjoyable, for I found it so. It has enough virtues to make it a worthy read. It paints an eye-catching snap-shot of modern American Indian life.

    5 out of 5 stars A book of sorrows, comedy, and joy.......2004-01-17

    James Welch is probably Montana's foremost Native American writer, and this wonderful novella is evidence of considerable talent. Published 30 years ago (1974), it takes place in the shadow that was cast by the nation's approaching bicentennial. While neither bitter nor angry, it manages anyway to portray a country that has little to show for itself but "greed and stupidity." The values it embraces are finally those available to every American, native or otherwise - compassion and respect for life and the living.

    The story concerns a few days in the life of a 32-year-old man, descendant of Indians and living in two worlds, his mother's home on the reservation and the dreary bars and hotels of nearby Havre and Malta, Montana. His days and nights blending together in an alcoholic haze, he meets a deranged white man, picks up women and gets punched in the nose. Meanwhile, he is haunted by a past that includes the death of an older brother and an injury to his knee that multiple operations have not remedied. Out of these unpromising circumstances, Welch finds the beginnings of a kind of personal salvation. By reaching back through the memory of a blind old man's act of charity, he restores the younger man's vision of himself.

    Among the ranks of modern Native American writers, such as Louise Erdrich, Welch opens up a world for non-Indian readers that goes well beyond the usual stereotypes. His Indians are strikingly individual, absorbed in the everyday, motivated as much by self-interest and cock-eyed notions as their white counterparts. In Welch's hands, a conversation among five of them can be as comic and absurd as Ionesco. Meanwhile, the Native American past is there to ground a person with a sense of purpose and identity. For all its sorrows, Welch's story is finally a joy to read.

    4 out of 5 stars Winter in the Blood.......2003-11-04

    Winter in the Blood was a good piece of Montana literature. It told a believable story of the life of a man living on the Blackfoot Reservation. It was interesting to read about how his brother and father died and how he ended up living there. The things that happened to him were interesting too. Like how he could go all the way to Havre just to find a woman who stole a couple things of his. The downside of the book was that it's kind of slow in some spots but not so much spots that the book just makes you want to stop reading it.

    4 out of 5 stars My rewview of Winter in the Blood.......2003-10-29

    Winter in the Blood was a good piece of Montana literature. It told a believable story of the life of a man living on the Blackfoot Reservation. It was interesting to read about how his brother and father died and how he ended up living there. The things that happened to him were interesting too. Like how he could go all the way to Havre just to find a woman who stole a couple things of his. The downside of the book was that it's kind of slow in some spots but not so much spots that the book just makes you want to stop reading it.
    The Indian Lawyer: A Novel
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Good story
    • A Great Read!
    • A good read for a stormy night
    • An Excellant Read......
    • Intense, thrilling, brilliantly written
    		 The Indian Lawyer: A Novel
    James Welch
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    ASIN: 0393329380

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    <B>"At once a romance, a gripping suspense thriller, and a psychological portrait…. The Indian Lawyer is a triumph."—San Francisco Chronicle</B><BR><BR>Sylvester Yellow Calf is a former reservation basketball star, a promising young lawyer, and a possible congressional candidate. But when a parolee ensnares him in a blackmail scheme, he'll have to decide just who he is, and what he wants.

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    4 out of 5 stars Good story.......2006-02-18

    This book surprised me in how well it weaves an ongoing, moving story. It has all the elements a good book should have: good guy, bad guy, a woman who will sleep with a man to manipulate him later, haughty, prejudiced women, violence, a glimpse at the seedy underside of our culture and prison system. A huge glimpse into Indian life and struggles. I highly recommend it as a good read.

    4 out of 5 stars A Great Read!.......2003-10-29

    The Indian Lawyer is a great book for many different reasons. I think the book holds a lot of emotional impact for many different people and you don't have to be a fan of James Welch or Montana Literature to enjoy the book. I recommend anyone who just wants a "good read" to read this book- I guarantee you won't be able to put it down!

    4 out of 5 stars A good read for a stormy night.......2001-03-03

    By the second page, I was drawn into this strange world of prisons, Indian Reservations and Helena, Montana (circa 1990).

    The story is about two men, Sylvester Yellow Calf--Native-American-ex-high-school-basketball-star-turned-lawyer and Jack Harwood--college-educated accountant with a penchant for felony crimes and doing hard time. Caught inbetween them is Jack's wife, Patti Ann Harwood. Sylvester is an up-and-coming trial lawyer with his sites set on the traditionally Democratic congressional seat in western Montana. He also sits on the parole board that is reviewing Harwood's case. Harwood manages to convince his wife, Patti Ann, into orchestrating an accidental 'meeting' with Yellow Calf. He wants her to get close to Yellow Calf so that he can blackmail him to use his position on the Parole Board to get Harwood released early.

    Things take a turn for the worst, when Patti ends up fulfilling her husband's wishes too well. Suddenly, she is caught between the man she is married to and the man she is falling in love with. Harwood and Yellow Calf, too, are caught in a deadly dance of blackmail and power plays.

    All in all, an excellent book. The only downside is that you know it eventually ends and the windows on these characters that are so well-fleshed out will be closed. Small price to pay, though, for such a compelling story.

    4 out of 5 stars An Excellant Read.............1999-12-01

    This book was a very gratifying read.The misconception of tradition against contemprary society shows through loud and clear.Welch depicts the Indian Lawyer as someone that we all know in our every day lives.The predjudice and shame that "Yellow Calf' faces is very apparent.

    5 out of 5 stars Intense, thrilling, brilliantly written.......1999-06-18

    I couldn't put the book down once I started reading. The novel painted an intricate web of characterization between prison life, growing up on a reservation raised by grandparents, the contrast between native and white cultures, politics, and confused romances. The plot was provoking, the story well written and cast fully human. I put the book down feeling exhilerated, wanting to explore Mr. Welch's other works.
    The Death of Jim Loney (Contemporary American fiction)
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Heart-achingly gorgeous
    • personal Armageddon
    • pretty good book
    • Concise, well-written, and effective
    • Simple, yet extraordinary
    		 The Death of Jim Loney (Contemporary American fiction)
    James Welch
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    5 out of 5 stars Heart-achingly gorgeous.......2005-09-22

    This is such a heart-aching book. It's gorgeous and simple and so sad. I read it for a course at University and am so glad to have encountered this treasure. I've marked the hell out of its few pages. My professor highly encouraged us to write all over our books, as a way of CLAIMING the books and the reading process as MINE. (Something I've always been a fan of, anyways). Concise and so powerful. Each word is perfectly chosen. Everyone should read this novel.

    5 out of 5 stars personal Armageddon.......2004-08-17

    Nihilistic and lonely, Welch offers a vision of Manifest Destiny in reverse, and an exploration of, amongst other things, the Anglo desire to Cowboy and Indian, though in the context of that novel there is nothing romantic about these romanticized ideals; there is the wind and there are the ghosts and bottles line up in front of the middle and the final solution is personal Armageddon.

    4 out of 5 stars pretty good book.......2003-10-29

    The Death of Jim Loney is a story about Jim Loney, a poor drunk, half-breed, of white and Indian parentage, who is trying to find where his life went wrong. Was it his mother that left him and his sister when they were children, or their father who disowned them nine years later? Or is it the gradual decay of his reason to exist? Nobody can penetrate his world, not his girlfriend Rhea or his sister Kate. This story goes through his troubles and struggles everyday, fighting off thoughts of death and despair. I liked this book, although its not a book you want to read to feel good about yoursef, it will get you depressed!

    5 out of 5 stars Concise, well-written, and effective.......2001-07-28

    Reading this, I could not help making comparisons with the play, "Death of a Salesman." While James Welch may not appreciate his story of a half-breed American Indian being compared to a play about a very white, middle-class male, I found my reaction to both very similar. Despite the sense of doom, from the very beginning, I found myself foolishly hoping, as I did with Willy Loman, that Jim would latch on to one of the opportunities offered him, and change his fate. At the same time I knew that Jim, like Willy, was a finished product by the time I'd met him, and that simply changing locations (or jobs) would not make any real difference. Of course, Willy was more a product of his own choices, while Loney is more a product of other peoples'disregard. This is where the story of the white man and the Indian diverge.

    Welch is an excellant writer. This book is concise and neat. Very little is extraneous or superfluous to the story. There are a couple of small flaws, however. While he does an excellent job of portraying the feelings and emotions of Loney's sister, I thought he did not do as good a job with his white girl friend. To me she came off just a bit one-dimensional, but then, it is often difficult for a male writer to explain the female side of a relationship. I also thought he could have done away with some of the explanations at the end regarding Indian alienation from the white culture, and Officer Painter's sudden realization of Loney's "plan." Perhaps Welch didn't trust in his own abilities to bring this out within the story, but he had already done an admirable job, and it didn't require repetition.

    All in all, I would recommend this book very highly. You will probably end up, like I did, reading it in one night, and then wishing that you hadn't finished it so quickly, so that you would still have it to look forward to.

    4 out of 5 stars Simple, yet extraordinary.......2000-05-17

    Ýt is a compeling novel with unique descrpýtýons of a modern Native American who is caught between his past and present.Jim ,a half- breed with a blurry past, is struggling with self-identification.While trying to reinvent his lost identity, Jim is offered help from people who love him.However,neither social relations nor cheap wines help him get over his identity crisis.As he gets more involved with his subconcious thoughts and dreams, he starts to become a non-person in the small town of Montana.As he refuses to get help from people who try to bring order to his life, he realizes the liveliness of the land and as a result identifies with it for a regeneration of his soul. Even though,the plot is quite simple, the intriguing descriptions make the novel an extraordinary one.Inarguably,everyone can find certain points or characters to identify with himself.
    Investment Counseling for Private Clients V
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      Zvi Bodie , Jean L.P. Brunel , Edward H. Dougherty , Christopher G. Luck , Christine L. Todd , Marty Carter , Scott D. Welch , Thomas D. Giachetti , and James H. Gilkeson
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      Riding the Earthboy 40: Poems
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        		Riding the Earthboy 40: Poems
        James Welch
        Manufacturer: Confluence Press
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        Riding the Earthboy 40
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          		Riding the Earthboy 40
          James Welch
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          ASIN: 0143034391
          Release Date: 2004-10-05

          Book Description

          Now with an introduction from celebrated poet James Tate, Riding the Earthboy 40 is the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch's father once leased from a Blackfeet family called Earthboy. This land and its surroundings shaped the writer's worldview as a youth, its rawness resonates in the vitality of his elegant poetry, and his verse shows a great awareness of a moment in time, of a place in nature, and of the human being in context. Deeply evoking the specific Native American experience in Montana, Welch's poems nonetheless speak profoundly to all readers. With its new introduction, this vital work that has influenced so many American writers is certain to capture a new generation of readers.
          Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse
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            		Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse
            James G. Allyn, Bruce J. Welch, David A. Blight , James G. Blight , Bruce J. Allyn , and David A. Welch
            Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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            Binding: Paperback

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            Book Description

            With the disintegration of the Soviet Union and international socialism, Cuba now finds itself isolated as the United States continues to press for its economic and political collapse. How Fidel Castro sees Cuba's plight and what he hopes to do about it emerge from this account of a unique conference held in Havana in 1992, which brought together the Soviet, Cuban, and American participants in the Cuban missile crisis to discuss its causes and course.

            Authors:

            1. Welch, Jane
            2. Weldon, Fay
            3. Welk, Mary
            4. Wells, H. G.
            5. Wells, Ken
            6. Wells, Martha
            7. Wells, Rebecca
            8. Welsh, Irvine
            9. Welty, Eudora
            10. Wenzel, Kurt

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