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Karen Brown's Spain: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Spain Charming Inns & Itineraries)
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Karen Brown's Spain: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Spain Charming Inns & Itineraries)
Karen Brown
Manufacturer: Karen Brown's Guides
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ASIN: 1928901964

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Fall under the spell of Spain, a vibrant country with dramatically distinctive regions, incredibly friendly people and an excellent selection of places to stay. Some are large and posh with every amenity and a price to match; others small and cozy with correspondingly small prices. Once you fall under Spain's magical spell, there will be no breaking free nor any urge to do so--only the desire to return, again and again.

Karen Brown's Portugal: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Portugal Charming Inns & Itineraries)

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Karen Brown's Portugal: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's Portugal Charming Inns & Itineraries)
Karen Brown
Manufacturer: Karen Brown's Guides
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Binding: Paperback

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Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

ASIN: 1928901956

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Portugal has a centuries-old history and great variations in landscape and character. This book has a terrific selection of wonderful places to stay. We include an excellent selection on delightful little hotels and feature lovely turismo de habitacao and turismo rural where the Portuguese have opened up their homes, many of which have been in the same family for many generations.

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Sophisticated review of ID history.......1998-08-21

As an industrial designer, I highly recommend this book, not only because it gives a broad look at history of Industrial Design, but also because it uses very sophisticated and rich in expression language. I have read this book in French, but the English version is equally well written and is one of the few excellent sources of research information about ID available nowadays.

A MUST-HAVE..!!.......1998-03-07

Since I'm an Industrial Designer, I always looked for such a complete source.It's a must have for the designers, for the architects, and for anyone who's interested in.. The chapters, the layout, the graphics&pics are the best that I've ever seen. It's one of the most impressive book of my library.

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I love this guy!!.......2007-03-16

He teaches the classic principals of training while keeping the horse's feelings and fears in the front of our minds as we teach them new and sometimes difficult movements. I have his other book and just loved it. Everything is clear and easy to follow.

Halloween: Collectible Decorations and Games
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Halloween: Collectible Decorations and Games
Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell , Apkarian-Russell , and Christopher J. Russell
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Timeless Halloween Collectibles, 1920 To 1949: A Halloween Reference Book From The Beistle Company Archive With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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Vintage Halloween Collectibles: An Identification & Price Guide (Vintage Halloween Collectibles: Identification & Price Guide)

ASIN: 0764310275

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Halloween, an American holiday and tradition, is a night of magic, romance, and fun. The simple items that have been used over the years for Halloween decoration or entertainment have become coveted and collectible nostalgia, and a wonderful assortment is featured here in over 600 exciting color photos. Separate chapters highlight noise makers for scaring away ghouls and ghosts, Winsch Publishing postcards, arcade machines and mechanical figures, table decorations for that perfect Halloween party, folk art, fortune telling games, and much more. Those who wax poetic over a full harvest moon or find their dreams cloaked in orange and green will revel in the color and fantasy found within the pages of this festive book. The author provides values for all items, tips for what to include in a Halloween collection, and helpful hints for researching and documenting information.

Halloween: Collectible Decorations and Games

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Halloween: Collectible Decorations and Games
Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MHKX6W

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Tree Wisdom explores the world of trees through the eyes of the ancients and our eyes of today.

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Wisdom of the Trees Indeed!.......2003-09-07

Wonderful collection of facts about trees we all know (plus many we may not be familiar with but are around us) plus the lengends and lore associated wit them. The author pulls from a variety of cultures - greek, english/celtic, italian, and others. Really well written. I learned a lot about the trees themselves (types of leaves, their flowes etc) as well as their lore and symbolism. Neat book.

A Book That Is Hard To Do Without.......2001-10-27

This book is one of the few books I wouldn't want to be without. I'm not tree hugger so I was a bit wary of this book, but instead I found it to be dense with information, inspiration & ideas.

I believe there is more to be learnt in this book about paganism than most of the "learn paganism in a week" books, and it has enhanced my divination with ogham no end.

I don't think anyone would be able to use this book to identify the trees, so you still need a decent tree book to go with it. However, in content I have yet to find another one book that covers the physiology, folklore, healing uses, magical applications, physical uses & inspirational qualities of trees in such detail, and in such an easy to read style.

The wisdom of the Ancients in one volume.......1999-01-13

I was amazed when I read this book that what the author had found out from her trees I had also found out from the ones I have visited in my travels. Trees have their own language that we can hear if only we listen with our soul and our heart. They can each give us information and awaken our inherrant memories with their ancient knowledge. This book will give you some of that same wisdom if you can't visit them for yourself. Also included in the book are folklore, and Ogham which are interesting too. If you are on a Spiritual path and want to learn more of the early spirituality of Britain, this is the book for you.

Wonderful and informative!.......1998-11-22

Tree Wisdom is a wonderful book for anyone who wishes to learn more about the great and abiding wisdom the Green Folk have to offer to us today. This book is an indispensable member of my library and I recommend it highly.

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This book is a study of the production and use of iron and steel in China up to the second century B.C., and simultaneously a methodological study of the reconciliation of archaeological and written sources in Chinese cultural history. An introductory chapter describes and discusses the available sources and their use, gives a brief outline of early Chinese archaeology and history, and develops certain important themes, especially the interaction of North and South in early China. Further chapters consider the invention of iron in a barbarian culture of southeast China, its spread to the area of Chinese culture, and the development of a large-scale iron industry in the third century B.C. The technology of iron production in early China is considered in two chapters, on the microstructures of wrought and cast iron artifacts.

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hat is the essence of black dance in America? To answer that question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild maps an unorthodox 'geography,' the geography of the black dancing body, to show the central position black dance occupies in our culture. From feet to butt to hair to skin and face and beyond to soul and spirit, Brenda Dixon Gottschild talks to some of the greatest choreographers of our day-including Garth Fagan, Francesca Harper, Meredith Monk, Brenda Buffalino, Doug Elkins, Ralph Lemon, Fernando Bujones, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Jawole Zollar, Bebe Miller, Sean Curran, and Shelly Washington-to look at the evolution of black dance in America and its importance to our culture. This is a ground-breaking piece of work by one of the foremost African-American dance critics of our day.

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a seminal work.......2007-05-11

gottschild's work should be an accepted text for black dance history. at the very least, it should be a book many should read to get discussions started about what it is that makes a black dancer so special. and why people assume we're so good at it.

well, as far as concert/modern dance is concerned, our contributions are just coming to light. we have had to cram a lot into a short period of time. and gottschild doesn't miss getting a pertinent viewpoint on this. she speaks to dancers, choreographers and looks at her own history as a dancer to give us this great, vast assortment of perspectives to consider.

Coon to Cool - What Kind of "Modern" Title is That?.......2005-04-20

The title of this book is as uninspiring and effaced as the amateurish, opinionated body of writing. There are no credible logical presentations or chronology of 'facts' found here.

A truly superb, groundbreaking and innovative book.......2005-02-20

By applying a fascinating blend of oral history methods and critical theory, BDG offers a fascinating investigation into a long-neglected idea. BDG is the kind of historian and critic that if she were not writing about a field like Dance that is marginalized within the academy, she would long ago have been recognized as one of the foremost voices in the best new scholarship within American Studies and and the Arts and Humanities in general. I cannot recommend this book more.

Sadly, one of the unintelligent reviewers below does not know what he or she is talking about ***in the slightest bit***.

don't read the first review !!!.......2004-10-05

This is an excellent book, and the first reviewer has actually got the facts wrong. Dixon Gottschild's information reflects one of several stories about Hound Dog - however, the original version still belongs to Thornton, and though Elvis heard multiple versions of the song, his biggest influence was Thornton, and not the white group that also recorded the song.

Accuracy would help.......2004-03-01

I started reading this book while researching a paper and almost immediately see a glaring inaccuracy that leaves me wondering if I can possibly continue using the book as a credible source.
The author writes that Elvis Presley copied the sound of Big Mama Thornton's Hound Dog "to the letter" as evidence for her theory, while apparently never listening to at least 1 of these 2 records. Elvis' Hound Dog was based on a satirical reworking of Hound Dog that had been done by a white group (Freddie Bell and the Bellboys), has different lyrics than Thornton's, and is a rock song to her blues song.

One error does not a useless book make, however as source material this author tossed her credibility out the window in the first half-dozen pages.

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Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class. In The Color of Welfare, Jill Quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the center of the "American Dilemma," as Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal did half a century ago. The "American creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says Quadagno. It is racism that has undermined the War on Poverty, and America must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform today. From Reconstruction to Lyndon Johnson and beyond, Quadagno reveals how American social policy has continually foundered on issues of race. Drawing on extensive primary research, Quadagno shows, for instance, how Roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded African Americans from the core programs of the Social Security Act. Turning to Lyndon Johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, which triggered a white backlash. Job training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groups. This shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class Americans, who had some of the same needs--for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities--but who got very little from these programs. At the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integrated. Quadagno shows that Nixon, who initially supported many of Johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchanted. He realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the Family Assistance Plan, threatened to undermine wages in the South and alienate the Republican party's new constituency--white, southern Democrats--and therefore dropped it. In the 1960s, the United States embarked on a journey to resolve the "American dilemma." Yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismally. The Color of Welfare reveals the root cause of this failure--the inability to address racial inequality.

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An indictment of American public policies.......2005-10-14

Jill Quadagno argues that governments (reflecting the sentiments of moneyed constituents) bought into and even reinforced stereotypes about women of color being 'welfare queens'.

Contrasting with the atmosphere of the authorizing legislation, society believed that these women needed to work outside the home and those who did not were 'lazy'. Black women especially found themselves being portrayed as the 'outsider'.

White women were still on welfare and had always comprised a majority of the program recipients, but politicians knew they could not create public outrage and internal disorder against somebody who more or less resembled the status quo. They had to attack somebody who was so `different' from themselves.

Neither the realities of a tight job market, lax community infrastructure, non-existent mass transit, or the exorbitant cost of quality and safe child care shattered those carefully-spun stereotypes. That positioning also made it easy for the government to ignore how little the monthly check was actually buying by the 1990's because it had not been adjusted for inflation.

Color of Welfare.......2000-05-02

The Color of Welfare does an excellent job of tracing the evolution of the U.S. welfare state. Quadagno explores the major programs of the welfare system. The main conclusion is that racism was the major factor in the development of policies designed to help those in need. Quadagno chronicles the political games and their impact on the services to the poor. Each major program or department responsible for the distribution of welfare benefits is explored and critiqued. Overall, a good source of background knowledge of the maze of the programs and benefits that make up the welfare system.

Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century)

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Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century)
Judith Russell
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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In this hard-hitting analysis of the war on poverty, Judith Russell charges that since FDR's New Deal, the U.S. government has introduced many public policies attempting to address poverty, yet it has failed to produce coherent programs to combat it. Focusing on the genesis of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the core of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson's antipoverty crusade, Russell asserts that the war on poverty could have been an inclusive policy of government-sponsored jobs programs, but it failed to confront the deep-rooted problems endemic to American poverty.

While the macroeconomic strategies devised by the Keynesian Council of Economic Advisors in 1963 and 1964 eventually rejected proposed jobs programs to combat unemployment, Russell argues that this was the wrong strategy for fighting the structural unemployment at the center of hard-core poverty. At the same time, liberal policymakers ignored direct calls for jobs programs emanating from black Americans who were disproportionately affected by structural unemployment. Without these programs at the center of the war on poverty, it was doomed to fail. Drawing on a plethora of archival sources, including the Kennedy and Johnson Presidential Libraries, and interviews and a ten-year correspondence with former Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, this forceful examination brings a fresh perspective to a key era in American economic policymaking and to contemporary policy debates.

Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy (The Institution for Social and Policy St)

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Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy (The Institution for Social and Policy St)

Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0300095414

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What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans? A distinguished group of scholars analyzes the long, complex structural and environmental causes of discrimination and their effects on African-Americans. The authors examine the impact of poverty, poor health, poor schools, poor housing, poor neighborhoods, and few job opportunities—and demonstrate how multiple causes reinforce each other and condemn African-Americans to positions of inferiority and poverty.

Some of the contributors examine policies designed to correct problems, while others look at the changing racial and ethnic composition in America and its implications for African-Americans, as other minorities surpass them in numbers and claim political, economic, and social attention. The late James Tobin has contributed a foreword to this important collection.

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RACE POVERTY & DOMESTIC POLICY
C. Michael Henry
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS70JC

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