Parents Pregnant Teens and the Adoption Option: Help for Families

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Excellent resource for insight into pregnant teens.......2006-07-18

Best resource on issues facing parents and their adoptive teens. Provides quotes from parents and teens. Provides insights into the thinking and feeling of teens and their parents on this complicated and emotionally charged issue.

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In August of 1862, the Santee (Dakota) Sioux tribe launched a spontaneous revolt against their white neighbors. Looting and killing, the Santee Sioux ravaged the unprotected countryside and small towns of southern Minnesota. When it was all over, more than five hundred people died. But the killing was not yet over: after a quick trial, thirty-eight Santee Sioux were later hanged to death in the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

The Great Sioux Uprising: Rebellion on the Plains, August-September, 1862

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The Great Sioux Uprising: Rebellion on the Plains, August-September, 1862
Jerry Keenan
Manufacturer: Da Capo
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ASIN: B000OSUYUO

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Fundamental Chemical Kinetics by Margaret Robson Wright.......2000-05-10

Textbooks on theoretical chemical kinetics can be daunting to students. Dr Wright has succeeded admirably in her intention, stated in the preface,to produce a "student-friendly" book. In about 300 pages she presents a most readable account of the main areas of modern theoretical chemical kinetics, namely transition state theory, unimolecular theory, calculation and use of potential energy surfaces, collision theory, molecular beams and state-to-state energy transfer. This is a very worthy modern successor to the popular 1969 text "Theories of Chemical Reaction Rates" by K J Laidler (McGraw-Hill).

Dr Wright's book is a model of clarity in its style, layout and wealth of illustrations in diagrams and tables of reaction schemes. The treatment starts at the fundamentals and keeps the reader's attention right up to the latest developments. Most physical chemistry textbooks give very little attention to this important part of chemical kinetics which provides so much understanding of exactly how chemical reactions occur. For example, the major text "Physical Chemistry" (6th Edn) by P W Atkins (Oxford University Press) devotes only about a dozen of its 1000 pages to the subject. Here is a book that one can safely recommend to advanced students knowing that they will both cope with the material and actually enjoy reading.

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White House Nannies: True Tales from the Other Department of Homeland Security
Barbara Kline
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As president of Washington's premier nanny placement agency, White House Nannies, Inc., Barbara Kline has spent the last twenty years handpicking and delivering nannies to elected officials, cabinet members, advisers to the President, and the media who report on their every move. In this hilarious account of her life in child care, Kline discloses the mayhem that ensues when these powerful parents find themselves at the mercy of tiny tyrants-and the nannies who offer their only hope of salvation. Offering "an especially insightful insider's perspective," White House Nannies also "addresses more serious questions, from what nannies really think of their employers and their young charges to the tricks of hiring a great caregiver for your family" (Child magazine).

In this "very funny, very insightful, and very well-done" (Kirkus Reviews) memoir, Kline casts a keen eye on one of the most complicated of relationships under the sun: that between extremely busy people and their nannies. Following the major events that launch powerful D.C. parents into parenthood (discovering they're pregnant; hiring a fabulous nanny; giving birth; hiring a second nanny in a pinch when the first one is nannynapped), this book goes behind closed doors in our nation's capital to reveal the laughter-and of course, the tears-involved when overworked professionals attempt to raise a child.

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Awful Read.......2007-08-27

I read quite a bit. This is the first book in years that I have actually disliked (it was a gift from a friend).

This book is what happens when someone thinks they have good stories (and the may have, to a degree), takes one writing course and proceeds to write what I would call a bloated, pompous expanded pamphlet for her business.

There were a few decent stories about crazy DC/VA/Maryland power elites...but even those could have been told much better.

But - egads - this book needed a competent editor, at least, to point out the repetitive statements, thoughts and self-congratulations this incompetent author dished out.

My rewrite of the book. There are wealthy power couples in the town that are very, very important. I will drop names beginning now and will not stop until the end of the book. I am very important and am almost as wealthy as these power couples. I roll my eyes at the mishaps of my minority nannies, while my clients are fairly racist/classist and often treat the nannies like animals, even though their entire existence depends on them.

Believe me, I would not be picking on the content of the book (attitudes of the clients or the nannies), if it weren't for the terrible writing.

I loved it!.......2007-05-28

I loved reading this book! As a 'new' nanny, I found this book very useful. At first i said I wouldn't want to work with a family like these mentioned in the book, but then I thought more about it, and I actually wouldn't mind getting the 'experience'. I live in So cal, so we do have families like those D.C. families. This is a must read!!

Cute Read.......2007-05-07

While the title of the book is kinda misleading (I thought this was a book about actual nannies of the White House) it is a cute read. I personally wouldn't have wanted to be the families picked in this book but then again, she had to get their permission to write it!!

Entertaining read.......2006-08-22

I found this book to be entertaining and engaging. I thought the other reviews were a bit harsh and it seemed like maybe the book hit a bit too close to home for them. Ok, this book won't change the world, but it was interesting and fun to read. I live in the midwest and apart from a brief trip to DC, I am completely unfamiliar with the city, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the book one bit.

Bravo - what honesty.......2006-06-16

I loved reading Barbara Kline's book on nannies. I have worked in this industry for over a decade and found this book to be informative, honest but fun. This is a tough career. I have read all the books recently written about nannies, they all have something to offer. Barbara's book showed us this world from the agency perspective which was new to us. I have to make a comment about everyone that noted the "name dropping" as something negative. This is too small a world for Barbara not to get permission from each client and employee. So before you go pointing fingers, don't. Just read the book and enjoy!

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During World War II, thousands of American servicemen were taken prisoner by the Axis powers. They were beaten and tortured; over half never reached home again. Of those who did, many never fully recovered from what they saw, what they lived through, and the feelings that so racked their lives. Almost all have or had a drinking problem. Some suffer such consistently extreme flashbacks that they are forced to use sleeping medication just to help them make it through the night. The ten interviews included in this work were chosen from dozens of contact POW accounts. Theirs are stories of hardship, pain, survival, and at times, enlightenment. From the introduction to Mario Garbin's interview: "Mario was one of the more fortunate POWs who put to use in his later life what he learned from his incarceration. At the present, he is retired from over twenty-six years of service with the Chrysler corporation. . . . Although powerful and charismatic, he still cried uncontrollably during one portion of the interview and had to pause several times to keep his composure in other portions." Hidden in the tales of these men is a message we can all relate to, making this book a must read not only for the ex-POW or World War II history buff, but for any reader who cares about life and freedom.

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Taking Back America is a direct challenge to the Bush administration. This important collection of essays, drawn from the historic Take Back America Conference in Washington D.C. and the pages of The Nation, exposes the radical, reactionary scope of the Bush agenda and the damage that it will do if left unchecked. Included in Taking Back America are outstanding essays by leading figures within the progressive movement. Barbara Ehrenreich explores how working people can be empowered; William Greider analyzes Bush ambitions and their destructive potential; Ralph Neas of People for the American Way explains the war Bush is waging against the American people and their rights; Danny Goldberg describes how youth can be mobilized; Ben Barber and Tom Andrews challenge the destabilizing Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, and Robert Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel lay out a progressive strategy for the future. Anchoring the collection is an electrifying address by Bill Moyers that places the current struggle into historic context, and shows how it is democracy itself that is at stake.

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A Terrific Read.......2004-07-26

This is a truly terrific read, and should be required reading for all patriotic Americans. During the past four years, America has been set on a dangerous and destructive path by the radical Bush administration. GW Bush's policies are so extreme that they bear almost no resemblence to the Republican party of yore- the one of Pat Buchanan and George HW Bush the First. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of "The Nation" magazine (which has the highest circulation of any political weekly now) lays out a well-reasoned battle plan for everyone across the political spectrum who wants to put America back on track. As a professor at a prominent American university, I appreciated the scholarly approach of the book- it is not a liberal screed, but a well-reasoned and very convincing argument for patriotic policies that make America safer and stronger at home, and respected in the world.

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Increasing numbers of Americans are fleeing cities and suburbs for the small towns and open spaces that surround national and state parks, wildlife refuges, historic sites, and other public lands. With their scenic beauty and high quality of life, these "gateway communities" have become a magnet for those looking to escape the congestion and fast tempo of contemporary American society.

Yet without savvy planning, gateway communities could easily meet the same fate as the suburban communities that were the promised land of an earlier generation. This volume can help prevent that from happening.

The authors offer practical and proven lessons on how residents of gateway communities can protect their community's identity while stimulating a healthy economy and safeguarding nearby natural and historic resources. They describe economic development strategies, land-use planning processes, and conservation tools that communities from all over the country have found effective. Each strategy or process is explained with specific examples, and numerous profiles and case studies clearly demonstrate how different communities have coped with the challenges of growth and development. Among the cities profiled are Boulder, Colorado; Townsend and Pittman Center Tennessee; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Tyrrell County, North Carolina; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Sanibel Island, Florida; Calvert County, Maryland; Tuscon, Arizona; and Mount Desert Island, Maine.

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities provides important lessons in how to preserve the character and integrity of communities and landscapes without sacrificing local economic well-being. It is an important resource for planners, developers, local officials, and concerned citizens working to retain the high quality of life and natural beauty of these cities and towns.

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Case studies of overdevelopment, with some wishful thinking about community involvement.......2006-06-12

As the title suggests, this book addresses the challenges of gateway communities, defined as communities next to a national park, national forest, or national wildlife refuge. These communities are growing very rapidly, which risks damaging the natural resources that attract people there in the first place. The book emphasizes the problems that these communities face, and does not really address the effects on the resources (despite what the title might imply).

The analysis presents pretty standard stuff. They discuss economic growth and the trade-offs with quality of life, as well as the economic problems of a one-dimensional economy built on tourism. More than half the book consists of case studies from around the country. These case studies yield lessons about the importance of involving the local community, developing a vision for the community, getting information about the community's existing resources, building on local assets, and working with the adjacent parks as well as with non-governmental organizations. Conspicuous in their absence are the possibilities of working with business, state government, or adjacent communities.

I'm pretty skeptical of the kinds of solutions offered in this book. For example, the authors believe that community involvement in development is a panacea. I'm sure that it *can* help - - but such proposals can also create a situation in which outsiders (such as our authors) parachute into a community and act as if they know better than the locals. Remember, the growth wouldn't be happening in the first place unless many people in the community wanted it. An outsider trying to encourage community involvement in managing growth will probably have allies, but will also spark opposition from the people making money from growth.

Getting people involved can also surprise you. An urban planner friend of mine working with a depressed town was surprised when the local community wanted strip malls and fast food joints, which was not at all what she had in mind. From the standpoint of protecting natural resources, the community may well be part of the problem.

One might also quibble with the cases. For example, I was surprised to see Boulder presented as a success story, since I would view it as a failure. It's depressingly overdeveloped, looks like Anytown California, and its "successful" restrictions on further growth have simply caused that growth to spill over into its neighbors. This spillover makes existing traffic problems worse, as people drive from place to place.

In fact, the authors prefer to ignore the fact that limiting growth in one community often leads to the same undesirable growth happening next door instead. That may be good for the original community, but it's hardly good policy for a region or state.

Criticisms aside, the book has quite a bit of information about the challenges faced by the communities that they studied. It doesn't have so much information about the challenges in the nation as a whole; this is a book of case studies. It's a decent place to start when thinking about these problems.

A feel-good land use/planning guide.......1999-05-13

- A feel-good land use/planning guide produced by the Conservation Fund and the Sonoran Institute. Examples show how communities can work together to protect parks and environmental refuges..

Balancing economics and the environment.......1999-03-27

National parks and other public lands are big, fragile, economic engines for nearby gateway communities. In this book, communities and near-by public lands sometimes play nice together. The authors conclude: " . . . successful communities have transcended the 'growth versus no-growth' wars that characterize land-use policy in many cities and towns."

An excellent resource.......1998-07-10

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities is a must read for anyone who still believes that environmentalism and economic development are fundamentally opposed propositions. This book of case studies and analysis describes several successful ways in which communities created new jobs and economic opportunities while celebrating and protecting, rather than exploiting, their area's natural resources.

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Did William or Didn't William

This was an illuminating experience.

The Natures of John and William Bartram: Two Pioneering Naturalists, Father and Son, in the Wilderness of Eighteenth-Cen tury America
Thomas P. Slaughter
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679781188
Release Date: 1997-10-28

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John Bartram (1699-1777), "the first native-born American to devote his entire life to the study of nature," was an eminently practical man, a scientist devoted to the rigorous description of living things. Among his subjects was the Venus flytrap, along with hundreds of species of plants and animals, fully "one quarter of all the plants identified and sent to Europe during the colonial period." His son William (1739-1823) was, by contrast, something of a dreamer, and far less methodical a scientist than was his father. Yet his lyrical Travels, an account of specimen-collecting in the Deep South, is read today, while John Bartram's work is not. Thomas Slaughter examines their lives, noting the influence both men had on Henry David Thoreau and the English Romantics, especially Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.

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"Slaughter has broken the confines of ordinary narrative history. . . . Books about the business of fatherhood and the trials of sonhood are very rare, and this is a fine one."
--Boston Globe

John Bartram was the greatest horticulturist and botanist of eighteenth-century America, a farmer-philosopher who won the patronage of King George III and Benjamin Franklin. His son William was a pioneering naturalist who documented his travels through the Florida wilderness in prose and drawings that inspired a generation of Romantic poets. In telling their stories, Thomas Slaughter creates a complex and compelling dual biography that is also a history of early American attitudes toward nature.

As he follows the Bartrams through their respective careers--and through the tenderness and disappointment of the father-son relationship--Slaughter examines the ways in which each viewed the natural world: as a resource to be exploited, as evidence of divine providence, as a temple in which all life was interconnected and sacred. The Natures of John and William Bartram is a major work of natural and human history--beautifully written, psychologically insightful, and full of provocative ideas concerning the place of nature in the imagination of Americans, past and present.

"A fascinating page-turner that should not be missed. "
--Michael Kammen, Cornell University

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Did William or Didn't William.......2001-12-18

One wonders if in his collection of seeds and specimens maybe William may have been spreading some.
If this is a biography, it is genealogically lacking for the researcher. Ann Bartram, daughter of John, wife of George Bartram, and sister of William did not die in the same year as her father, as quoted in the book. She died much later. She is on the 1790 Philadelphia County Pennsylvania tax list. Is listed as being ill in the early eighteen hundreds, according to the Wright papers, and her son George Bartram, Jr. is the executor of her estate ca. 1824.
Other than this, it is very good reading and Thomas's revelations of the difference and likeness of this father and son seem typical. Since I am not a word for word reader, I am sure that when I pick it up again, I will find more wonderful surprises

This was an illuminating experience........1998-05-22

Many years ago I read "The Travels of William Bartram" for a seminar course in American Literature. Recently I read "Cold Mountain" in which the main character has discovered Bartram's "Travels" and peripatetically dips into it to pass the time and sharpen his ability to observe nature. Now we have this "Natures" book which details what is known about the Bartrams--father and son. I found Mr. Slaughter's synthesis and presentation of primary sources a model of good scholarship. Perhaps it is just my way, but I found reading about the Bartrams as interesting as so many people found Pamela Harriman. I attribute this to the author's knowledge and perception of them and his ability to bring them alive on the page. I read this book in a library copy, but I just bought my own copy because I know I will want to slip into the 18th century with the Bartrams again.

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Combining unique travel choices, outdoor adventures, and little-known locales into guides where vacations meet adventures, each title in the Hidden series also offers readers the comfort of detailed maps, Internet information for each listing, author picks, suggested itineraries, and walking and driving tours. This updated edition of Hidden British Columbia offers year-round adventure advice on the best winter skiing, spring river rafting, summer sea kayaking, and fall hiking, as well as information on 135 parks, beaches, and wilderness areas. Accommodation options include cozy B&Bs, historic urban hotels, coastal inns, and alpine chalets. The author also provides in-depth coverage of British Columbia's less-visited regions including the Kootenays, Okanagan, and far-flung Cariboo. This edition includes 21 maps.

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A quality travel experience to any heading to the region, and makes for a perfect tote as well as a at-home planner.......2006-03-03

Take a vacation and blend in some active sports or activities and you have an 'adventure getaway' of the type Ulysses Press specializes in - and one out of the ordinary, as its 'Hidden' series covers. Websites, walking tours, scenic drives, and both weekend and extended getaways are covered in Hidden British Columbia, which specializes in byways and lesser-known attractions and which deserves ongoing recommendation as a top travel choice for the region. From Fan Tan Alley, Canada's narrowest street, to tiny cafes, Hidden British Columbia provides a quality travel experience to any heading to the region, and makes for a perfect tote as well as a at-home planner.

Best resource we had with us!.......2004-03-20

This book was wonderful -- we did a trip along the Yellowhead using it to direct us to lodging and the "hidden" best places -- and the only time we went wrong on our trip was when we didn't consult the book. We're planning another trip this year, because we didn't get to all the places the book directed us to.

BTW -- Louise's Kitchen in Smithers has what may arguably be the best food in Western Canada!

Some things should remain hidden.......2003-07-28

We just returned from a trip to BC where we used this book in conjunction with others. Some of the information is useful, but time and time again we were disappointed, especially in the area of lodging. Several B&Bs and Lodges that were given very positive reviews were either very ordinary, motelish or were just plain dreadful. There is a good reason why these are hidden, and should remain so.

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Explosions/ with-without my friends presents the dynamic photographic works by Christian Andersen. The conceptual artist and designer creates elaborate photographs via computermontage that meticulously reconstruct explosions of places and objects. In Explosions and as in virtual reality, Andersen blasts places that are of special importance to him, for example his own studio and a friend´s car. In addition to the five core pieces, he keenly assembles low-tech black and white photographies to illustrate temporal, spatial and human correlations. Andersen has a very strong personal relationship to all of the places and objects shown.

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Top notch addition to Haviland Collectors' bookshelf!

Two Hundred Patterns of Haviland China: Volume 2
Arlene Schleiger
Manufacturer: Dona Schleiger
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9998916135

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Top notch addition to Haviland Collectors' bookshelf! .......2006-08-01

Those who buy this book should understand what this book does. Using it, readers can find a group of similar types of patterns to their china, then narrow down the exact pattern. Each illustration in the book is ALMOST life-sized; only a fraction smaller.
This book was a family affair, started by the author's son (who was integral to the first book), aided by her son Bob (who ckeced descriptions and details for accuracy) and her husband who was willing to stop at all sorts of stores, from department to antique stores, to see whatever Haviland was out there. Trips were taken to the Haviland Company in Limoges, France, To Theodore Haviland in New York, etc.
The result? A resource that includes a great many of the patterns from the most early years through 1970. Also a great addition- an index containing Pattern names matchd with Pattern numbers for books I -II -III- And IV (additions since publishing the book III reprint).

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The shops and supermarkets of the developed world paint a false picture of abundance. Acres of shelves contain every prepared food imaginable. There are thousands of square miles of glistening perfect to the eye fruits and vegetables and endless displays of refrigerated meat. Why then should we worry about food? Actually these sights are like a painted screen that hides a desolate landscape. The abundance of the supermarket is a false one. In truth much of humanity is chronically, mercilessly hungry.

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Inspiration for a Healthy Generation.......2005-05-28

In a world filled with junk science and impractical suggestions, Dr. Solowey's book is a breath of fresh air. Her insightful understanding of healthy foods and sustainable agriculture resonates with passion and is filled with practical steps for living a healthier, happier life. For an educational and surprisingly enjoyable read, Small Steps Towards Abundance: Crops for a More Sustainable Agriculture is a wonderful addition to any library.

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The present volume is dedicated to an analysis of positive solutions adopted by Muslim jurists active in the first centuries of Islam regarding civil liability, certain kinds of sale and the prohibition of riba. The analysis has two aims. The first is to trace the origins of some hitherto unclarified institutions and transactions within Islamic law with an account of how they developed over this law's formative and classical period. The second aim is to determine why and how the teachings of particular jurists became predominant in Iraq and Medina, and laid the foundation of the Hanafi and Maliki schools of law in each respective region.

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