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The Overseers: Public Accounts Committees and Public Spending (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association)
QC, David G. McGee
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ASIN: 0745319866 |
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Text consists of the proceedings of a study group formed to assess how Public Accounts Committees (PAC) are working in practice and whether they are fulfilling expectations as important guarantors of good governance. Tackles such issues as capacity building, independence, and information exchange.
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Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
John Gilliom
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ASIN: 0226293610 |
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In Overseers of the Poor, John Gilliom confronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best-the watched. Arguing that the current public conversation about surveillance and privacy rights is rife with political and conceptual failings, Gilliom goes beyond the critics and analysts to add fresh voices, insights, and perspectives.
This powerful book lets us in on the conversations of low-income mothers from Appalachian Ohio as they talk about the welfare bureaucracy and its remarkably advanced surveillance system. In their struggle to care for their families, these women are monitored and assessed through a vast network of supercomputers, caseworkers, fraud control agents, and even grocers and neighbors.
In-depth interviews show that these women focus less on the right to privacy than on a critique of surveillance that lays bare the personal and political conflicts with which they live. And, while they have little interest in conventional forms of politics, we see widespread patterns of everyday resistance as they subvert the surveillance regime when they feel it prevents them from being good parents. Ultimately, Overseers of the Poor demonstrates the need to reconceive not just our understanding of the surveillance-privacy debate but also the broader realms of language, participation, and the politics of rights.
We all know that our lives are being watched more than ever before. As we struggle to understand and confront this new order, Gilliom argues, we need to spend less time talking about privacy rights, legislatures, and courts of law and more time talking about power, domination, and the ongoing struggles of everyday people.
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- Fascinating lesson in history; terrible stab at fiction
- A riveting look at how historians do history
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Death of an Overseer : Reopening a Murder on the Plantation South
Michael Wayne
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195140044 |
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Reopening an investigation into the death of a plantation overseer almost a century and a half ago, Death of an Overseer is part murder mystery, part essay on the art of historical detection, and part seminar on the history of the slavery and the Old South. In this skillfully written book, Michael Wayne uses a complex murder case to teach readers the art of historical evidence and allows them to weigh competing interpretations and come to their own conclusions.
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Fascinating lesson in history; terrible stab at fiction.......2005-03-18
Death of an Overseer starts off a murder mystery and on the way teaches a good bit on historical research and writing. In respect to the latter the book is far more illuminating in potential pitfalls and mistakes as well as demonstrating sources to draw upon. As the former Michael Wayne impresses early on he will not tip his hand as to who he thinks was the responsible for the murder. It's an interesting if unoriginal idea and at times Wayne's writing makes for sometimes disjointed reading as he tends to repeat earlier passages to the point you feel like saying "you've mentioned this before, move on!" But he doesn't move on and does keep repeating himself and frankly it gets annoying. Wayne also slowly parses out additional information to change your mind all while slowly chugging along to the end.
Wayne's writing is quite good from a historical and genealogical perspective, but the end takes a truly bizarre turn as Wayne, after scrupulously avoiding conjecture, comes up with a maudlin fictional letter from the "falsely" accursed and dying McAllin to his young son. The letter is hysterically maudlin, sounding painfully like a 20th Century writer striving to sound 19th Century. The premise is too far fetched and intended to "exonerate" McAllin in way too heavy handed a manner. For a writer striving to let the reader decide why would you include such a ham-fisted attempt to exonerate?
And therein lays the problem. Its evident Wayne is indeed NOT impartial. If he were truly impartial he never would have included this bizarre fantasy, so clearly he thinks McAllin had absolutely no role in the murder. In that respect he doesn't really want the reader to decide, he wants to steer you towards what he thinks is the right direction. I read the book and made up my own mind. Wayne makes a compelling case the three slaves murdered the overseer. Its unlikely Farrar could have created the lie about the slaves implicating McAllin without others seeing through it and Farrar had too much to lose to gamble on something so patently foolish. So in likelihood the slaves probably implicated McAllin. Whether he was truthfully involved or not is unknown. His behavior was certainly suspect after the murder. Wayne's elaborate hypothesis that McAllin was querying the slaves solely on Clarissa Sharpe's behalf is too far fetched. If Clarissa Sharpe needed that done she would have brought someone in of her same class who had the resources to get to the bottom of it. That person would have been Farrar, a planter like herself, not McAllin a carpenter. The class system that was so dominant in the South at the time would have had it no other way. Futher, McAllin stood to gain nothing from inquiring with the slaves to see who murdered Skinner the overseer. Skinner was an obstacle to McAllin and he would have no interest in finding out what had happened or who may or may not have murdered him.
Wayne looses his objectivity in a desperate attempt to clear McAllin in a non-too-subtle manner and the book suffers as a result. Had he left out the fictitious letter that tips his hand I would have thoroughly enjoyed the book. Some mysteries are just never meant to be solved.
A riveting look at how historians do history.......2001-06-20
A riveting murder mystery involving race and sex in the Old South, "Death of an Overseer" is equally fascinating for what it reveals about the historian's craft. Besides this, it is beautifully written. Historians and the general reader alike will find this book hard to put down.
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The Eighteenth-Century Records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor (Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts)
Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
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The Eighteenth-Century Records of the Boston Overseers of the Poor constitutes the collection of the earliest and most complete set of records pertaining to poor relief in early America. In a substantial introduction, the editor Eric Nellis describes the process by which the Overseers of the Poor, a board made up of generally wealthy merchants elected by the town meeting, attempted to distinguish between the "deserving" poor, eligible for "outdoor" relief in their homes, and the "undeserving" poor, who were remanded to the rigors of the workhouse. Because each Overseer knew personally the recipients of public charity, researchers will find here a wealth of detail about the nature of poverty and welfare in eighteenth-century America. This selection of records includes admissions records from 1758 to 1800, births and deaths from 1756 to 1771, a census and inventory of the almshouse, as well as fragmentary financial records from the period.
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.
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Tex Murphy: Overseer (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Rick Barba
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ASIN: 0761513140
Release Date: 1998-02-25 |
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Most gaming fans know Tex Murphy as the star of Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive. But the introduction to this well-written guide informs you that Tex made his first appearance in a game called Mean Streets way back in 1990. Since then the Tex Murphy games have developed into one of the most popular and successful series of adventure games around. Rick Barba's straightforward guide to Tex Murphy: Overseer walks you through the game step by step, leaving no stone unturned. The book includes a detailed list that outlines each item in the game, tells you where to find it, and explains what you can do with it. You'll also find a copy of the game's original screenplay, which offers a glimpse into the creative process behind this exceptional piece of interactive fiction. --Michael Ryan
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Inside, discover:
• All Expert Level Puzzle Solutions
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• A List of all Items and their Locations
• the Original Screenplay for the Game
About the Author
Rick Barba is the author of Myst: The Official Strategy Guide the bestselling strategy guide of all time. He has also written Riven: The Sequel to Myst — The Official Strategy Guide, Outlaws: The Official Strategy Guide, Warlords III: The Official Strategy Guide, and other Prima game titles.
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A great cheatbook.......2000-02-13
Tex Murphy: Overseer is a great sequel. It all started with the games Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive. When I got this game, I got stuck on the first two levels. Then I got this book. It has detailed walkthroughs, which show you exactly what to do, and an original script for the game in back which has some helpful tips. And for a bonus, they also have a behind the scenes look with the creators. So if you have the game and you are stuck, get this book. (Oh, and a little cheat not in the book is when you reach the floor puzzle in the gallery near the end, press ALT-F and the floor will become safe to cross.)
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- Kept my interest
- Intriguing
- A good story
- Not so far fetched
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Overseer, The
Jonathan Rabb
Manufacturer: Crown
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ASIN: 0609602535
Release Date: 1998-05-12 |
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The deadliest document ever written must be found.
And time is running out.
It has long been rumored in academic circles that a sixteenth-century monk named Eisenreich took Machiavelli several steps further, writing a masterplan for world domination so dangerous the Pope had him killed to suppress it. But Eisenreich's text, On Supremacy, survived. Some scholars even believed the Third Reich had a copy. But when the bullet-riddled body of a young girl is found in Montana and "Eisenreich" is her dying word, it becomes terrifyingly clear that not only is the document real--someone is planning to use this explosive piece of history in the late twentieth century.
This deadly document is at the heart of The Overseer, a chillingly authentic, compulsively readable thriller of global intrigue and political conspiracy that follows a desperate search for a fabled manuscript, one with frightening modern-day implications. Beautiful, troubled government agent Sarah Trent is given just enough information by her covert office to begin digging into the murder of the young girl. Her search takes her to Columbia University and a brilliant young political theorist named Xander Jaspers, who agrees to help her. But neither Xander nor Sarah fully understand the dangerous situation into which they've been thrown. For On Supremacy has fallen into the hands of a cabal intent on using it as a blueprint for ripping apart society as we know it and creating a new world order out of the ashes of the old.
The cabal, led by a coldly intelligent mastermind called the Overseer, begins its campaign of terror. As the acts of terrorism--assassinations, bombings, the collapse of the grain market--go off like clockwork, Sarah and Xander realize the only way to prevent total chaos is to find another copy of the manuscript and uncover the identity of the Overseer--and so the race is on.
This intelligent, full-throttle thriller is the extraordinary literary debut of a young political theorist, author Jonathan Rabb, who asks: What if such a sophisticated and dangerous sixteenth-century document resurfaced at the turn of the millennium? Would it be the most thrilling discovery of the twentieth century...or the most terrifying? Read On Supremacy at the end of this provocative novel and judge for yourself.
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Kept my interest.......2004-05-04
While I do agree with the previous reviewer who did not find the characters particularly compelling, I did find enough interest in the plot alone to zip through the book. I got the feeling that Rabb himself was more interested in the plot than the characters. That said, the plot is fascinating and believable. There are a few plot twists that completely surprised me, so overall it was an enjoyable book to read. The writing and editing were unobtrusive. However, the characters are pretty flat and not memorable...hence only three stars.
Intriguing.......2002-11-21
This is not just a novel to enjoy but also something to think about. A very powerful group of people, with the objective of build a new society create chaos in all levels of the society throughout economic, political, social and cultural crisis. As I said before, this is a novel to think about because this "master plan" that Mr. Rabb gave us in his "Eisenreich Manuscript" have being applied in many of the Third World Countries in some way destroying national economies, shaking societies and classes, creating political and religious turmoils and tensions, etc. Watch out, it most be true.
A good story.......2002-09-27
I read this book before September 11 2001, I thought that it couldn't be true, now I am not sure of that, I think that it could be real that some people are planning to have control of the world, may be not the way is written in this book but in these days anything is possible. If the manuscript that is at the end of the book was written in the sixteenth century, the person who wrote it could be anything, but he has an excellent mind.
The book will not let you leave it until you finish it.
Not so far fetched.......2002-09-11
I was intrigued and engulfed in this book. It is an amazing comparison, in my opinion, to current events. Great read! I can't wait to pick up his other two books.
Exciting read.......2002-07-30
Overall, I liked this book.
The thing that really held it together for me was the blending of political theory with spy novel suspence.
Yes, there were some forced moments. The love scene was certainly one. One the whole though, the action was good, the plot semi-believable, and the suspense OK.
Not as well thought out as a Clancy novel, but refreshing nonetheless.
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- Not as good as the first in the series but still pretty good
- Wow.
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The Overseer (Vampire: The Masquerade -- Clan Brujah Trilogy, Book 2)
Tim Dedopulos
Manufacturer: White Wolf Publishing
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ASIN: 1588468151 |
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Not as good as the first in the series but still pretty good.......2003-11-03
I didn't think this book was as interesting and intriguing as the first even though I was glad that we spent more time with the twins Theo rescued. Not as many flashbacks as in the first book and these read more distant from the plot. There is also several unclear relationships in the book -- for example who are Adam and David? Ghouls, childer, what? Also I'm not sure I buy how easily lend astray the prince of Minneapolis is and her disrespect for an Archon. Maybe some of my questions will be answered in book three.
Wow........2003-10-01
This book is incredible. After the last book, Slave Ring, I made sure I got a copy of Overseer as soon as I could. I haven't been able to put it down. It's incredible. I'm not going to give any spoilers away or anything, but the book sucks you in, and then just blows you away totally. The action is relentless, the characters are great, the story is awesome, and the ending is just wild, man. I can't believe I have to wait to December to get the last book.
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The Overseer
William Kauffman Scarborough
Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
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