Lemurs of the Lost World

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Lemurs of the Lost World
Jane Wilson
Manufacturer: Impact Books Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0245600450

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LEMURS OF THE LOST WORLD
JANE WILSON
Manufacturer: IMPACT BOOKS LTD
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S6BOJM

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Hike to the top of the Great Wall, sample the street life on a riverfront boulevard, watch the sun set over the Forbidden City, spear a steamed pork dumpling or be soothed in Suzhou's age-old sculpted gardens—Fodor's Beijing & Shanghai, 1st Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout these cities to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for China's fastest growing cities, be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing. With a glossary of Chinese phrases, and essays on Chinese culture, this guide is a must for any trip.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best —"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

-New compact trim size make these guides even more portable
-Two-color interior design makes it easier to find the information you need
-Fodor's Choice Ratings flag must-see sights and hidden treasures
-Hotel and restaurant reviews cover all budgets
-Plus multi-day itineraries to help you build the right trip for you and/or your family

Customer Reviews:

Better than expected.........2007-01-12

When we went to China..we bought the Eyewitness Guide that everyone raved about...as well as Lonely Planet for Shanghai and Beijing...and we usually love Lonely planet books...this book was a gift..and since we don't usually like Fodor's..we didn't expect much..however we did find it very helpful on the places to eat, places to visit, things to see. Although Eyewitness..and the Insight Guide were much more informative on China culture/history etc..but for getting around.. I would reccommend this book.

Serious drawbacks.......2005-10-01

It makes sense to market a guidebook focusing on the two cities in China that many Americans will bundle together in one trip. I found the site, hotel and restaurant reviews consistent with my own experiences (albeit my sample size was small). But this book has key drawbacks that made me regret the weight it took up in my baggage: (1) place names for hotels, restaurants, sites, etc. are generally given only in English. Most tourists will get around these cities by cab. Cab drivers in China almost never speak any English. Nor will most Chinese on the street, should you want to ask directions. Thus, giving these names in both Chinese characters and Pinyin (romanized Chinese, so American travelers could at least try to pronounce them), should be mandatory for any guidebook you actually want to take with you to China. (2) The maps are confusing and, worse, sometimes inaccurate. Separate maps are given for hotels, sites and restaurants, and the formats differ, making it harder than it needs to be to figure out, say, how to reach a given site from your hotel. Many streets are unlabeled, making it hard to use the maps when walking around. It's not clear whether the maps are to scale, and scales aren't provided, so the maps can't be used to predict how far away things are. (3) Little information is given even on key sites. It would be better to find a guidebook that included little maps of large sites and major museums, as well as detailed background information. (4) The phrasebook section is far too limited, includes phrases you won't actually need (e.g., phrases for checking into hotels, although every hotel listed will have English-speaking reception staff), and omits phrases you definitely will want (e.g., phrases for asking directions and navigating customs) as well as phrases that could make your trip more fun (e.g., a basic foot-massage vocabulary). Finally, it should be noted that, like other Fodor's titles, this book is geared towards travelers who might be somewhat afraid of leaving their "luxury bubble." Unless you are willing to set the book aside and explore on your own, using this book will shield you from a lot of wonderful experiences.

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Discover the intriguing story of King Ethelred in the second entry in the new junior-level biography series.

Why did the last Anglo-Saxon king of England leave his throne when Forkbeard and the Vikings invaded? How did the life of this boy king change English history forever? Connie Clark's biography gives us a fresh look at Ethelred and the colorful men and women who surrounded him during his reign. 16 illustrations.

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A sense of stillness and silence pervades Manet's painting. His flattened, sometimes fragmented forms appear to exist absentmindedly in a world removed from speech. It is this silence that James Rubin explores in a book that shows us Manet as we see him--naturally, in pictures that articulated their own purely visual terms. In such a sense, this book is about the restoration of the visual to its primacy in art through Manet's painting.

While insisting that Manet's pictures must be given the first and final say in any interpretation, Rubin uses contradictory views of the painter's works--from the present and past--as a context for approaching them. Applying J.L. Austin's notion of the performative, which bridges the gap between language and action or between the painted image and its social effect, Rubin goes beyond past theorists to describe the curious ways in which Manet's paintings act upon us. With these ideas as his guide, he takes us through Manet's work, pointing out the element that are distinctive and consistent, particularly the painter's reliance on a pattern of gazes and the "unique state of undecidability" that this strategy produces. Rubin also examines Manet's relatioship to three of the leading critics of his day--Baudelaire, Zola, and Mallarmé--giving special attention to Mallarmé's appreciation, and eventual use in his poetry, of the paradox between immersion and externality in Manet's oeuvre. Finally, the book uses the image of the bouquet to exemplify Manet's creative poetics through an exploration of his still life.

Filled with revealing insights into Manet's achievevment, this sensitive, informed, and clearly written book goes a long way toward explaining why Manet's paintings continue to fascinate and elude us more than one hundred years after the artist's death.

Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets

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Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets
Edouard] Rubin, James H. [Manet
Manufacturer: Harvard Univ Press
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A New Owner's Guid to American Eskimo Dogs

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A New Owner's Guide to American Eskimo Dogs (New Owner's Guide To...)
Richard G. Beauchamp
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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American Eskimo Dog: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog (Kennel Club Dog Breed Series)

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American Eskimos

Guide to Owning an American Eskimo (Re Dog)

ASIN: 0793827817

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A New Owner's Guid to American Eskimo Dogs.......2002-10-19

My shipment was received in excellent shape. I have read almost all of it and love the book. He gave many good suggestions for my precious Bruiser, American Eskimo Mini.

dlmakower

Eskie Lover.......2002-05-09

I love American Eskimos and he does a great job of explaining and not being as canned in his writing as some books about Eskies. Anything on Eskies makes me happy anyway, it's a given!
Eskie books are hard to find, so I'm also hard pressed to find an Eskie book that I didn't like.

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GTO is the car that started it all. Prior to 1964, performance cars were full-size hardtops and sedans with the largest-displacement engines available. While other manufacturers were concentrating on their full-size lines, Pontiac saw the potential for dropping a big block engine into an intermediate frame and marketing it at a budget price.

Capturing the history of the A-body Pontiac, with emphasis on the GTO, this comprehensive reference includes the features that car enthusiasts are searching for. It includes all-new optional equipment installation rates, advertising slogans, expanded technical specifications, and collector-market values updated to 2003 for Tempest, Tempest Custom, LeMans (through 1981), Sprint, GTO, Luxury LeMans, LeMans Sport, LeMans GT, and GT-37, as well as dream, show, and racing cars.

* Easy to use codes make Standard Catalog of GTO, Tempest & LeMans very user-friendly * More than 675 model listings and over 4,000 condition-graded prices * Features all-new Tempest, LeMans, GTO, and Pontiac color advertisements

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Herbs in Pots: Artful and Practical Herbal Containers
Rob Proctor , and David Macke
Manufacturer: Interweave Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers

The Complete Container Garden

ASIN: 1883010527

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Tells gardeners how to find or make containers, plant the herbs, and artfully integrate pots into an existing garden. Beautiful color photographs and helpful charts appear throughout.

HERBS IN POTS ARTFUL AND PRACTICAL HERBAL CONTAINERS

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HERBS IN POTS ARTFUL AND PRACTICAL HERBAL CONTAINERS
ROB & DAVID MACKE PROCTOR
Manufacturer: INTERWEAVE PRESS
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SMPRLM

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In Your Own Style, The Art Of Creating Wonderful Rooms
Linda CHASE
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RJQ4N6

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In Your Own Style, The Art Of Creating Wonderful Rooms
Linda CHASE
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In Your Own Style: The Art of Creating Wonderful Rooms
Linda Chase , and Laura Cerwinske
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0500281645

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To create truly individual rooms, you must define your own style and understand the process required to realize it. In Your Own Style is both a step-by-step guide and a lavishly illustrated gallery of ideas that leads you through the conception, planning, and execution of interiors tailored to your individual taste and lifestyle. Whether you undertake the design of an interior on your own or choose to work with a professional, this book puts you in control of the design process. Interior designer Linda Chase and design writer Laura Cerwinske show you how to develop an overall plan, hire professionals when needed, and make wise decisions about materials, colors, and finishes. They provide valuable information about furniture, lighting, hardware, and accessories, and offer insights into successfully arranging your selections. In Your Own Style's 190 color photographs illustrate a wealth of decorating approaches from the minimal to the ornate, whether formal or casual, classical or whimsical. Complete with a glossary of terms and a directory of resources, this book will help anyone who is interested in creating wonderful rooms, regardless of budget.

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The exploration of the direct experience of healing and of the divine through the witnessing of movement becoming conscious.

• Uses sample sessions and descriptive theory to explain the discipline.

• Based on the author's 35 years of movement work.

Offering from the Conscious Body reveals both the theory and practice of a unique body-based process that is cathartic, creative, healing, and mystical--as presented by Janet Adler, the presiding voice in the field. This Western awareness practice encourages the individual to experience the evolving relationship with oneself, another, the collective, and the divine through the natural impulses of conscious movement, compassionate witnessing, and clear articulation of experience. Through the vivid examples taken from her own practice, Adler demonstrates that physical movement can invite direct experience of spiritual truths. The reader is led through the multiple layers within the discipline--moving and witnessing in dyads and then groups, in the presence of a witnessing teacher--to develop a comprehensive and experiential understanding of this innovative way of work. Designed for professionals and laypersons interested in psychology, bodywork, mystic traditions, or personal transformation, the discipline of Authentic Movement is at the cutting edge of emerging Western healing practices.

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This is a tale of friendship, greed, and betrayal in the music industry -- and a definitive history of America's biggest rap mogul.

No one knows more about creating hits than Sean "Puffy" Combs. For years he virtually ran hip-hop. It seemed the perfect arrangement: "Puffy" provided the sounds and obsessive attention to detail while the Notorious B.I.G. promoted an image that kept rap fans happy. It should have lasted forever, but "Biggie" was murdered at the height of his career -- and "Puffy"'s ascension to superstardom ushered in an age of disloyalty and deception that exploded into one of the greatest debacles in the history of the music industry.

Through interviews with label insiders, grand jury testimony, and other sources, America's preeminent rap journalist Ronin Ro

reveals the true story of "Puffy"
addresses the larger issues that shaped the man and the industry
explains how Bad Boy both helped and destroyed hip-hop and R&B music
details why some artists "Puffy" created ultimately left his Bad Boy family in disgust.

At once an intimate history and a portrait of an era, Bad Boy shows readers exactly how Combs lost his strangle-hold over the multibillion-dollar rap music industry.

The story of Bad Boy Entertainment is the story of the American Dream, an up-close and personal account of the people, the money, the creative process that made it all come true, and the young mogul who caused the dream to fall apart. In this hip-hop tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, readers finally learn the story that Sean "Puffy" Combs does not want them to know.

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This is a tale of friendship, greed, and betrayal in the music industry -- and a definitive history of America's biggest rap mogul. No one knows more about creating hits than Sean "Puffy" Combs. For years he virtually ran hip-hop. It seemed the perfect arrangement: "Puffy" provided the sounds and obsessive attention to detail while the Notorious B.I.G. promoted an image that kept rap fans happy. It should have lasted forever, but "Biggie" was murdered at the height of his career -- and "Puffy"'s ascension to superstardom ushered in an age of disloyalty and deception that exploded into one of the greatest debacles in the history of the music industry. Through interviews with label insiders, grand jury testimony, and other sources, America's preeminent rap journalist Ronin Ro reveals the true story of "Puffy" addresses the larger issues that shaped the man and the industry explains how Bad Boy both helped and destroyed hip-hop and R&B music details why some artists "Puffy" created ultimately left his Bad Boy family in disgust. At once an intimate history and a portrait of an era, Bad Boy shows readers exactly how Combs lost his strangle-hold over the multibillion-dollar rap music industry. The story of Bad Boy Entertainment is the story of the American Dream, an up-close and personal account of the people, the money, the creative process that made it all come true, and the young mogul who caused the dream to fall apart. In this hip-hop tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, readers finally learn the story that Sean "Puffy" Combs does not want them to know.

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THE TRANSFORMATION FROM PUFFY TO DIDDY.......2007-06-20

This book offers a very detailed and accurate chronological compilation of monumental and pivotal events in "Puffy's" life and Bad Boy's history. While it often portrays Puffy as determined and focused, it also depicts him as an egomaniacal and self-serving tyrant. All the people who have played a key role in helping him build his Bad Boy Brand and near billionaire status are woven throughout this story of his meteoric rise to fame including Biggie; Craig Mack; Mase; The Lox; Black Rob; 112; Carl Thomas; Faith Evans; Mary J. Blige; Heavy D; Dream; Andre Harrell; LA Reid; Russell Simmons; and Clive Davis.

You will discover things about Bad Boy that you didn't know (such as Biggie selling his publishing rights to Puffy for $150,000), things that you wish you didn't know (like how Puffy used the tired 60s tactic of buying cars for highly pursued or recently signed new artists with their own money and used it as a smokescreen to blind them to inequitable business practices), and many other serious music business lessons. Despite the fact that this book ends abruptly, it's rivetting, entertaining, and highly informative. Ronin Ro should definitely update this. There's a lot that has happened with Puffy and Bad Boy since it was written.

Best That A Book On This Subject Can Be.......2004-09-20

I read this book in about 3 days and I couldn`t put it down. Ro echoes the sentiment of a Hip Hop patriot and tells just how doctored the music that we integrate into the fiber of our egos is. I would read anything else that he writes and he has great journalism skills. It is also super educational for would be hip hop r&b artist looking to learn about the harsh realities for the music bizz without reading a dry ass law book(law books have their place) but this makes the info a lot more palatable. I feel that the material here does not deal with Puff Daddy unfairly and it didn`t make me hate him , on the contrary I actually like him a little bit more then I did before. At the end of the day hes just a guy trying to make a profit off of the kids just like all the other CAPITALIST. I no longer dichtomize him into good or bad. I salute you Ro. Keep writing good work and I wanna hear that work. Big difference between social political artistic hip hop and doctored market commidity Rap. Drop Me a Line!!!

Objective but depressing.......2003-06-14

I enjoy reading about entrepreneur and learning about how they built their particular business into a success. If you are looking for the same thing in this book you will be very disappointed. The book goes through a blow-by-blow account of P Diddy's problems and ultimately questions his ethics. I believe the book is written objectively, but very few pages are are actually dedicated to expalining how he actually made the leap from intern to a CEO of a multi-million dollar company. That was the story I really wanted to read about. Unfortunately, I learned more about Puffy's legal trial than I did about how he built his empire. If you want an entrepreneurial focused book buy Russell Simmons' Life and Def instead.

This Book Is Incredible.......2002-04-11

Many people might not know about this book since it was released in early September of 2001. But Ronin Ro's Bad Boy is a must-read work. Instead of rehashing details about the coastal rap rivalry he already covered in Have Gun Will Travel, Ro presents an entirely different tale, in an intriguing new voice, but with the same eye for the telling detail. For the first time, a book details every stage of Puffy's career--Ro describes his days as an ambitious aspiring music executive, his first steps at R&B/rap label Uptown and his apprenticeship under Andre Harrell, his contributions to the rap remix format, his rise in the industry(precipitated by well-placed acquaintances at various rap magazines), and his relationship with the late rapper Notorious BIG (covered through a mix of Big's lesser-known interviews and compelling and exciting interviews with label insiders, associates and more). Bad Boy also reveals the creative process behind the label's string of hit albums during the 1990s, how Puffy marketed and--in some cases--watered down his artists' music and how he scrambled to save face after some, including The Lox and Mase, abruptly left the label and the man who claimed to have made them famous. Anyone expecting another book-length retread of the Bad Boy Death Row beef might want another book. Bad Boy is more than that. For a balanced look at Sean "Puffy" Combs and the empire he tried to build, the most in-depth portrait of Biggie Smalls ever offered, and a gripping account of Puffy's 2001 criminal trial, read this book.

It's the P, the I, the D, the D, the Y, it's PIDDY.......2001-12-12

Album in stores in February. T Piddy and the GK family present HELLA. Go cop that.

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