Critters: Adventures in Wildest Suburbia

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backyard nature-lovers, unite!.......2002-04-13

What an incredible book, I read it in 2 sittings, and missed it in between. For anyone who loves the outdoors, but has not been able to view much more than whatever appears out of the local shrubbery, this is the book for you!!! (Also for anyone who just loves animals). The habits, quirks, characterisitcs and even threat or endangerment to the inhabitants of almost every neighborhood: squirrel, skunk, deer, rabbit and others!!!! Actual stories about people's encounters with these animals, as well as a little information about how they are thriving as we expand our homeland into what was once there.

Critters: adventures in wildest suburbia

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Critters: adventures in wildest suburbia
A. B. C. Whipple
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTJYA4

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Frommer's Peru is the premier guide to the country, with complete coverage of Lima, the Southern Coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Amazon Basin, and more. You'll get candid reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as the author's picks for the best travel experiences, including: flying over the Nasca Lines; hiking the Inca Trail; gazing upon Machu Picchu; floating on Lake Titicaca; watching the condors soar at Colca Canyon; plunging deep into the jungle of the Amazon; and more.

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You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us! Frommer's Peru is the premier guide to the country, with complete coverage of Lima, the Southern Coast, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Amazon Basin, and more. You'll get candid reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife, as well as the author's picks for the best travel experiences, including: flying over the Nasca Lines; hiking the Inca Trail; gazing upon Machu Picchu; floating on Lake Titicaca; watching the condors soar at Colca Canyon; plunging deep into the jungle of the Amazon; and more.

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Frommer's Peru.......2007-03-08

It was great, very informative. I love the Frommer's travel guides, I buy one for every trip I take.

Very Informative.......2006-11-11

I thought that Frommer's Peru was very helpful and quite accurate with the exeption of one restaurant in Cusco, Greens, which had moved and become vegitarian. It's descriptions and opinions were enlightning, if not at points overcautious. I would have liked more on Lima. The bood discouraged travelers from going there, but I thought it was very nice in Miraflores. Highly recommended for anyone considering going to Peru.

Well laid out and very contemporary.......2005-01-09

For the last seven years I have lived in, and traveled throughout Peru. Frommer's keep surprising me with new relevant information about Peru. Kudos. Especially informative is Frommer's first section: "What's New in Peru". In Frommer's the Cusco, the Machu Pichu and the Inca Trail section alone take up 100 pages and the information is excellent. If you are going only to these locations then this portion of the guide is reason enough to buy Frommer's.

In the world of Peru guides (this year I have reviewed five) there are two types of guides; those guides that are written for the wandering/explorer/backpacker who wants travel to the normal visitors' sites, but will also go `off the beaten track' (Footprint, Let's Go and Lonely Planet [see my reviews]), and then there are the guides for the traveler who like comfort, have money and will visit only the main tourist attractions: Cusco [Machu Pichu], Puno [Lake Titicaca], Arequipa [Colca Canyon], Lima, Iquitos and the lines at Nazca (Fodor's [see my review] and Frommer's).

Disappointing is Frommer's recommendations of restaurants in Cusco. At least half of those that were recommended bombed out, and the rest were fair to good; but none of the Cusco restaurants deserve the `star' rating of exceptional that this guide liberally gives.

Cusco has, at most, two or three restaurants that deserve `kudos' and your money, but because cooks (and the occasional chief) change as frequently as table napkins it is best to ask a professional Cusquena (doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc.) where they recommend eating. Take care when asking the local guides for restaurant recommendations, as they will normally direct you to a tourist restaurant and thereby get a free meal and commission from the restaurant.

Frommer's is much better than Fodor's in many aspects, and in comparison to all the guides, Frommer's excels in providing you with the important and essential information needed to plan your trip (entry requirements, health, travel resources, when to go, suggested itineraries, recommended reading, etc.). Thus, if you are staying on the tourist route then you will do well to have this guide in your knapsack.

Good on Frommer's!.......2003-01-03

It appears to me that the first reviewer may have a chip on his shoulder and ought to have stayed home, wherever that is. As someone who was raised in Perú and return often, I believe that the author of Frommer's Perú did a very good job, especially considering that most guidebooks don't include much about how tourism is endangering many heritage sites in the country. Neil Schlecht obviously cares and let's readers know, politely, that they need to walk softly through this beautiful nation.

I loved the fact that I recognized many of the places he recommended - La Casa de Melgar in Arequipa is indeed a marvelous place to stay, for example and it was a thrill to read his section on Cajamarca, my second favourite Peruvian city, after Arequipa.

I liked his Best of Perú section, although I believe that he missed on the best markets/shopping section and would have liked to read more about how tourists are also endangering the textile and folk art traditions given that they want cheap shopping. For example, more and more textile artists are using synthetic yarns and dyes because they're fed up with visitors bartering them down to pennies for an object that took weeks, if not months to make. Take a moment to consider that the folks who make authentic Peruvian textiles and folk art need to eat, feed and educate their children and have a right to have their work and themselves treated with respect and dignity - heads up to the first reviewer!

Perú is, in many ways, like India in that one could travel there every year for the rest of one's life and not see everything. Personally, I would follow Schlecht's advice and get off the "tourist trail", into the north, the central highlands - the Mantaro Valley, Tarma, the Chanchamayo Valley for a taste of the *real* Perú, not yet the flavours of the month.

Good for you, Neil Schlecht and good for Frommer's. I hope that you will continue to publish Frommer's Perú and update it frequently.

Overpriced and overrated.......2002-10-29

I was really disappointed with this, the most 'recent' book about Peru. I have recently moved here, and was looking for some information about places to go and things to do when I had holiday time. The information is often incorrect, the prices are exorbitant and the whole book reads more like "go where I suggest because they let me stay here free in exchange for a promotional blurb" than a truly objective presentation of options.

The whole book is skewed towards the requirements of people who are going to use their two weeks holiday to come here and spend all their money with people who will tell them what they should and shouldn't see, (and screw them on the prices in the process), and really only see the Peru that they could have just as easily seen on the Discovery channel for 1000th of the price!

Prices quoted mostly all pander to(and therefore legitimise)the inflated prices that the tourist industy sharks try to inflict on travellers. General rule - take prices quoted and reduce them by a third, and you are still being generous.

Travellers here should try to ensure that their money is going to the people who actually work for it and need it - not to those who live in the top 15% of the income bracket - and Frommer's Peru is just helping the rich keep the poor down.

I say go with the Lonely Planet or Rough Guide, and buy the "Inca Guide to Peru" when you get here (if you can't buy it elsewhere). It is a little older now, but the maps are excellent.

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In the early 19th century, the American Colonization Society was formed with the sole intent of creating a colony for free blacks and former slaves. Both blacks and whites took passionate stands either for or against this proposal. Despite the controversy, the first group of settlers landed on the west coast of Africa in 1822. They faced numerous problems arising from the unfamiliar climate, hostile encounters with the indigenous people, and the failure of other nations to recognize their independence, but they managed to build a nation, naming it Liberia, for liberty. Today, partly because of these difficult beginnings, Liberia is a country plagued by unrest.

In this accessible and well-written book, award-winning author Catherine Reef presents a significant but as of yet relatively unexplored chapter in African American history. Her account is filled with excerpts from diaries and letters of the settlers and richly illustrated with period photographs and prints, many of which have never been published before. Photo gallery, endnotes, bibliography, index.

This Our Dark Country: the American Settlers of Liberia

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This Our Dark Country: the American Settlers of Liberia
Catherine Reef
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7CY8G

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This digital document is an article from Études d'histoire religieuse, published by The Canadian Catholic Historical Assn. on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 3901 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Culture religieuse des Beaucerons: permanences et formes nouvelles, 1852-1940.
Author: Hugues Brunoni
Publication: Études d'histoire religieuse (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: The Canadian Catholic Historical Assn.
Volume: 67 Page: 69-79

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Aieux et parents beaucerons d' Anatole France.

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Aieux et parents beaucerons d' Anatole France.
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Almanach beauceron 2003

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Gerard Bernier parmi les Beaucerons, 1913-1997: Sa genealogie, sa biographie

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Gerard Bernier parmi les Beaucerons, 1913-1997: Sa genealogie, sa biographie
Cyril Bernier
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Le Beauceron
Monique Reverdy
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Le beauceron
Pierre Legatte , and Jean-Luc Vadakarn
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Gerard Boutet
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A Photographic Documentary of Anne Murray.

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Anne Murray
Manufacturer: Raincoast Book Dist Ltd
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ASIN: 1551923297

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A Photographic Documentary of Anne Murray........2002-10-26

This book deserves more than five stars. Anne Murray have outdone herself on her very first book she put together herself with the help of her staff. She takes you on a journey of her life as a Professional Singer, and as a woman with a family in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. It tells you a story no other book would be able to tell, and it captivates a life like no other. If you can't get it here, you can get it at the Anne Murray Centre in Nova Scotia.

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Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide (Black & Decker Outdoor Home)
The Home Improvement/Gardening Editors of CPi
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A well-planned combination of straightforward text and colorful photos make Vegetable Gardening: Your Ultimate Guide a most useful addition in your quest for the perfect melon or Brussels sprout. The chapters on preparation cover everything from garden design (complete with worksheets) to the creation of special environments like cold frames and greenhouses. With the easy step-by-step instructions on building a potting bench, you may even surprise yourself with your new handy talents!

Plant care--from irrigation to pest control--is demonstrated with numerous methods, with an emphasis on do-it-yourself projects and avoiding harmful chemicals. All kinds of canning and preserving tips are shown as well--who knew the importance of an ice bath in ensuring freshness? Ending with a vegetable glossary that includes 15 different categories for each plant, this book has all the information you need for successful gardening. The color photos in each section are a mix of step-by-step demonstrations and close-ups of plants and insects in varying states, and every one of them does a beautiful job of bringing the text to life. The writing itself, while as informative as an advanced textbook, is written simply enough for use by novices--no fancy language here! Enjoyable and instructive, this manual is equally useful for beginners or those with years of experience. --Jill Lightner

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-Explains how to prepare, harvest and preserve vegetables. -Uses a highly visual, easy-to-read,user-friendly format. -Includes information on pest control, focusing on less toxic alternatives.

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This book is a true story of my life as a foreigner in the USA and the Middle East. It is a story that can teach everyone, foreigner or not, to seize challenges and opportunities.

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Great and Intelligent book!!.......2004-07-15

This is a truly magnificent book! Without a doubt one of the very best stories I have ever read, not just because it is so beautifully written, but also because it is an important story to learn from. The book entails on how to be successful in your daily activities, work, family, relationship, school and life in general! You will learn from the book on how to make the best out of your time and life (I did!) But more than anything, this book is not to be missed!

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