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The Voyageur's Paddle Review

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(More customer reviews)We purchased this book and met the illustrator, David Geister, at a signing in DePere, WI. He is a wonderfully animated man, and brought the book to life before our eyes. The story is well written, richly illustrated, and has become a "regular" with our seven year old son. This book is an excellent way to bring history and lore to your family.

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Voyageur is the French word for traveler, but in the Great Lakes region during the seventeenth century it described those men who made their living trading furs and goods along water routes. Traveling by canoe, these voyageurs helped to establish north woods trading posts and settlements, opening up the West to future exploration

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Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom Review

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(More customer reviews)Out of kindness I have chosen to rate this a two-star publication. There are a few, very few, useful statements here for traders.

What else would one expect from a person that does not trade? Merely talking with successful traders does not imbue one with trading wisdom.

Like all of Tharp's work, from what I have seen, the title belies the content. That is, little to no worthwhile content, but a captivating title. Anyone that honestly believes themselves to be credible enough to write a trading book that can deliver "Financial Freedom" that has never traded professionally should not be believed. It would be similar to seeking advice from a homeless person about becoming a billionaire.
Another credibility issue for me with this author is that he is now hawking "No Money Down" and "Get Rich in Real Estate" tapes, books, seminars, etc. I would speculate that Tharp would sell widgets, or, at a minimum, books about widgets, if he believed there was money to be made.
I find it impossible to believe this person could ever be a credible source of information about trading! His trading resume consists of ..., well nothing, except the idea of how to make money by writing words on a subject he knows nothing about.

Many more useful, credible books exist that will help in attaining real financial freedom. Brett Steenbarger is a trader and has produced good material on the psychology of trading, and Mark Douglas, even though he does not trade, has produced more interesting and valuable books.
The most useful advice, read books about trading that are written by traders, and read reviews written by people who trade every day.

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The bestselling holy grail of trading information-now brought completely up to date to give traders an edge in the marketplace

"Sound trading advice and lots of ideas you can use to develop your own trading methodology."-Jack Schwager, author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards

This trading masterpiece has been fully updated to address all the concerns of today's market environment. With substantial new material, this second edition features Tharp's new 17-step trading model. Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom also addresses reward to risk multiples, as well as insightful new interviews with top traders, and features updated examples and charts.

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Crosscurrents Review

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(More customer reviews)Crosscurrents is a fascinating historical time travel romance novel with interesting and engaging characters: spunky independent Kate, lost in another time, the dark haired, blue-eyed Scotsman Lachlan, and the inscrutable Native American French mix, Rene', who each in their own way help her find her destiny. Is it to return to 1993, or stay in 1763? I won't tell, read the book and find out!
The detailed descriptions of the flora and fauna of the Great Lakes area make you feel that you have been there, and if you have not, that you want to go! This book is also well researched, and a sugar coated history lesson of the aftermath of the French Indian War. The mystical nature element added an additional layer of enjoyment.
Read it! You won't regret it.

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It is 1993. Kate Dennis, sailing south to north in the Great Lakes on the restored 1920's sloop Valkyrie, finds herself in the chilly waters of Lake Huron and the boat suddenly nowhere to be seen. The strangeness intensifies-rescuers turn rogue, rough forts are hotbeds of revolt, and the wilderness is vast and virgin. As the current year reveals itself to be 1763, Kate struggles to survive, to understand the unsettled aftermath of the French and Indian War, and to return to her own time. But a Lake Superior canoe journey with an estranged Scotsman and a half-breed Ojibwe reveals new paths for Kate, both within and without, and a future unforeseen.

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James Douglas: Father of British Columbia (Quest Biography) Review

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(More customer reviews)James Douglas: Father of British Columbia is an excellent book for anyone looking for a highly readable, fast-paced and entertaining account of one of the most important figures in British Columbia's history. I came away from this book with a clear picture of Douglas and his times and a vastly greater appreciation for life and the political challenges in the early days of our province. I only hope Ferguson writes more books like this one. Highly recommended.

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James Douglas's story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn't exist, and Victoria was a muddy village.

Part black and illegitimate, Douglas was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1803 to a Scottish plantation owner and a mixed-race woman. After schooling in Scotland, the fifteen-year-old Douglas sailed to Canada in 1819 to join the fur trade. With roads non-existent, he travelled thousands of miles each year, using the rivers and lakes as his highways. He paddled canoes, drove dogsleds, and snowshoed to his destinations.

Douglas became a hard-nosed fur trader, married a part-Cree wife, and nearly provoked a war between Britain and the United States over the San Juan Islands on the West Coast. When he was in his prime, he established Victoria and secrured the western region of British North America from the Russian Empire and the expansionist Americans. Eventually, Douglas became the controversial governor of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and oversaw the frenzied Fraser and Cariboo gold rushes.

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First Across the Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Oklahoma Western Biographies) Review

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(More customer reviews)Pretty good book. Gives a rather matter-of-fact account of MacKenzie's life. Not alot of detail or passion in either of his 2 great voyages. Interesting in all the other people brought into the story. Now I want to read about Peter Pond, MacKenzies' predecessor. Short and a quick read.

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A Million a Minute: Inside World of Securities Trading -- The Men, the Women, the Money that Makes the Markets Work Review

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(More customer reviews)Ms. Davis might not stretch to say traders are saviors but she almost deifies them with her genuinely affectionate portrayals here. She's intent on redeeming the profession (as if it needs redeeming--it doesn't), which she imagines the Average Joe scorns and vilifies. I bet the Average Joe pays little attention to hyperactive market makers, compared to the time spent fretting over his or her own investments. Still, Ms. Davis assures us that for every rogue trader like Nick Leeson (who brought down the British Bank, Barings) or Mike Milken (wait, Mike is NOT a crook, she corrects, notwithstanding the criminal charges), there are scads of other, brilliant, hardworking people--possessed of traits you and I could only wish to have--who lubricate the capital markets and provide the fuel for growth. In other words, she's a proselytizing apologist: by compensating she overstates. If you're not in the financial business, you might find this breezy book an acceptable companion at martini time, if you're someone who will gaze in amazement at the hue of a cocktail olive. She's oddly cozy and deferential with her subjects, like a mistress. More like it, the traders are friends whom she has no desire to offend, or perhaps she plans to approach them for future employment. The trouble is, the topic cries out for a critical eye. For those who take investments seriously the text is a great failure, totally lacking in specifics, or even anecdotes that might illuminate. Imagine a cook book that attempts to describe the taste of the recipes without listing any ingredients and you'll understand the problem with "A Million A Minute." Ms. Davis, your readers can take more. A truly entertaining book (and with more meat) is Michael Lewis' "Liar's Poker" and "Pit Bull" by Martin Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz, especially, is a man who has traded for years, who can share his secrets (successes and failures) and who can live to tell about it!

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Masters and Savages Review

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(More customer reviews)Masters and Savages is a novel that will grab you by the throat and not let go. Set in the period immediately following the Civil War, the drama plays out aboard the clipper ship Isabel which is loaded with a cargo of contracted laborers from Angola destined for new colonies of American emigrants settling in Brazil. The excitement begins as the vessel runs a blockade of British war ships, and the action escalates as conflict, disease, and Mother Nature mark the transit across the Atlantic. Characters reminiscent of those created by Herman Melville or Jack London violently confront each other and their predicament. The tale is told by a former Confederate officer, Whitfield Stone, son of one of the leaders of the settlement colonies. Obsessed with protecting an 11 year-old girl suffering from Ophthalmia, Whitfield plays a crucial role in the conflict between his former commanding officer and the ship's captain. As events unfold, Whitfield recalls episodes from his earlier years as a soldier and citizen of his beloved Virginia. Dawsey, a recognized author and scholar of religious studies, has created a gripping account, and along the way he weaves into the narrative fundamental questions about survival, sacrifice, and redemption. As one might expect of a story about people dealing with very harsh circumstances, the narrative is not for the faint of heart. Violence and suffering are very much in evidence, but in no way is their presence gratuitous. Nor do they mask the nobler virtues of love, kindness, and loyalty also on display. In summary, first-time author Dawsey has done a superb job of characterization and storytelling. The book is highly recommended.

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