Of Mice, Models, and Men

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Hardbound. The objective of this conference was to: - provide a global overview of the present status of replacement alternatives, reduction alternatives and refinement alternatives; - review the progress that has been made with respect to their implementation within the fields of biomedical research, testing and education; - promote the exchange of information on recent developments in animal alternatives; and - contribute to an ongoing dialogue between the animal protection movement, the scientific community, the regulatory authorities and industry. These objectives were fully achieved, and the results have been published in this volume.

The contents of this book provide an up-to-date overview of the various aspects dealing with the development, validation and use of animal alternatives. In addition, current topics on animal welfare and ethical aspects of animal experiments are covered.

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Belt out "do-re-mi" on the spot where Maria and the von Trapp broad sang, set your pulse to the three-quarter beat of a Strauss waltz, or attend a candlelit Mozart dinner in a beautiful Baroque salon—Fodor's Austria, 11th Edition offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

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

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Visit www.fodors.com to find up-to-date travel bargains, mini-guides to worldwide destinations, information on local festivals, dazzling drives, maps, vacation planning tips and much more!

And, for more insider secrets, visit “Travel Talk” and “Rants and Raves” online at www.fodors.com/forums to get advice from other travelers like you.

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Really Good Book.......2006-10-25

When we visited Vienna this book came in very handy. It provided very good directions to all site seeing spots. It helped plan my 3.5 days in Vienna ahead of time and I was pleased with how accurate the book describes places and let's you know which areas of the site seeing spots to visit, for example which room of the museum should be seen and which room can be skipped when you don't have enough time.
I did not use reviews of this book for hotels.
Overall a great book to plan your Vienna trip.

Vienna.......2005-10-28

I found this guidebook well-written and useful. (I don't yet know how accurate the reviews are.) The organization of the book worked for me and it seems to devote an appropriate section to Vienna and to the other, less famous areas of Austra.

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Reprinted 500th anniversary edition of John Boyd Thatchewr's 1903 translation.

The Log of Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America in the Year 1492

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The Log of Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America in the Year 1492

Manufacturer: William R. Scott
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HBS62Q

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Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America, with illustrations throughout. As copies out of a brief by Bartholomew Las Casas, one of his companions. Wonderful book for young readers.

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The Log of Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America in the Year 1492
II Cosgrave Bartolome De Las Casas John O'Hara Cosgrave Christopher Columbus John O'Hara
Manufacturer: Linnet Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OORHDA

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George Nelson (1908-1986) was a pioneering modernist who ranks with such outstanding American designers as Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, and Eliot Noyes. Nelson's office produced some of the twentieth century's canonical pieces of industrial design, many of which are still in production: the ball clock, the bubble lamp, and the sling sofa. Nelson also made major contributions to the storage wall, the shopping mall, the multimedia presentation, and the open-plan office system. The author of this definitive biography was given access to Nelson's office archives and personal papers. He also interviewed more than seventy of Nelson's friends, colleagues, employees, and clients, and obtained many previously unpublished images from corporate and private archives.

The full range of Nelson's work is represented, from product and furniture design to packaging and graphics to large-scale projects such as the Fairchild house and the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow. Because Nelson was a serious and original thinker about design issues, Abercrombie quotes extensively from his published and unpublished writings, offering provocative new material to students of design theory and philosophy.

Customer Reviews:

A must read book on the greatest American designer of the 20th Century........2006-01-15

George Nelson was not only a creative artistic talent, he was also a commercial genius (just like Picasso was). These two talents provided his secret for success that would reward him throughout his life. This book documents in detail how George Nelson thought and designed. The attention is clearly on his biography, this is not a coffee table book filled with an overdose of pictures. A wonderful biography about a designer that was the founding father of American Modern Design. I also suggest to visit the wonderful online archive about George Nelson at WWW.GEORGENELSON.ORG.

A Man for all times.......2005-06-25

A terrific biography about a wonderful and creative individual. Although George Nelson created many iconic designs his legacy lives more in how he lived his life and who he chose to be.

An intelligent and humanistic piece of biographical work. I couldn't put it down and at the end of the book I felt as though I had lost a friend.

A Comprehensive Study of the Work by George Nelson.......2000-07-12

Although the book is minimal on color illustrations and its strength relies mainly on its text, contrary of what I had expected, I was very pleased with it. It is a very comprehensive study of the work of Nelson, one of the pioneers of American industrial design, giving more importance to the concepts and the process of design, rather than to the produced objects, buildings and exhibitions themselves. The preface by Ettore Sottssass is equally outstanding, as most of his written works are.

George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design

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George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design
Stanley Abercrombie
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQIDK4

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George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design
Stanley (George Nelson) Abercrombie
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQ6JV4

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They're so low, it's harder to look `em in the eyes!.......2004-06-19

After almost 30 years of Saints (Bernards,) I'm getting a Basset! What I wanted Ms. Walton to teach me was, what is different about this breed from others? What, specifically, makes a family basset happy & healthy? What I got was a dry lot of high falutin' blood lines and family trees (like all those Biblical 'begats,') home-made kibble recipes (June Cleaver and Martha Stewart are unavailable and I haven't the time - I'd rather play with my puppy!) and Dog Show preparation.
Stay tuned for more news of me & my baby basset, Lucy Inda Sky. /TundraVision

This is THE definitive book on bassets.......2004-05-28

Margaret Walton is known in basset circles as the "mother" of the basset hound in America since she, along with Ann German were responsible for being the foundation of the wonderful bassets we have today. Mrs. Walton is the founder of the renowned "LynMar" bloodline and is still an active AKC judge. Her LynMar line is the basis for some of the top active bloodlines in the world. In short, she KNOWS what she's talking about!

HAVE BASSET HOUND, WILL TRAVEL.......2002-03-24

Basset hound owners and afficionados will certainly appreciate this book. It is a good resource tool for the care, breeding and general ownership of a basset hound. These long eared, lovable dogs are certainly appealing and the photographs of these hounds will bring smiles to many faces.

This book will appeal to all, from the serious breeder to the pet lover who shares a home with such a lovable hound. The basset hound has certainly had a long standing place in advertising -- in the 1960s a basset hound puppy helped sell Hush Puppy shoes; in the 1990s the Maytag repairman was accompanied by a basset hound. A local furniture store in my area has a female basset hound named Isadora Duncan ("Izzy") hop onto a sofa to prove how soft it is (the couch, not the hound). Basset hounds are lovable and appealing.

(there is only one "t" in "basset").

All you can know about basset hound!.......2000-04-19

I'm very satisfacted with this book. Where ever i go i take it with me. The book is everything a breeder or a regular owner of basset hound needs to know about general care, nutrition and training.

All you can know about basset hound!.......2000-04-19

I'm very satisfacted with this book. Where ever i go i take it with me. The book is everything a breeder or a regular owner of basset hound needs to know about general care, nutrition and training.

Peachblow Glass: Collector's Identification & Price Guide
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The Best of The Best For Peachblow Glass Enthusiasts !!

Finally! Easy-to-follow book solely devoted to Peachblow!

Peachblow Glass: Collector's Identification & Price Guide
Sean Billings , and Johanna S. Billings
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873419715

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On March 8, 1886, a "peachblow" porcelain vase sold for $18,000 at auction, starting a craze that would last for more than 100 years. After the much-publicized sale took place, glassmakers eagerly scrambled to use the term "peachblow" to describe their wares. This book covers the sale of the Morgan vase in detail, showing how it influenced the glass industry, and shows readers how to identify the various types of peachblow glass, made right up until the 1990s. Although aimed at collectors, this book is perfect for anyone interested in Victorian life, glass and industrial history, or beautiful things.

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The Best of The Best For Peachblow Glass Enthusiasts !!.......2001-02-09

A great new 208 page treasury of Peachblow Glass collectibles, with more than 500 very large, colorful, sharp photos. Pricing is year 2000. The quality of the photography is amazing. You'll find plenty of useful and interesting in depth information here. Major topics range from Morgan, Mt. Washington, World's Fair, to Italian, Fenton, Imperial, Pilgrim and Intaglio. Newcomers to the hobby will find it most vaulable, as will the old-timers. You can't go wrong with this book. It's a beauty. Add it to your collection.

Finally! Easy-to-follow book solely devoted to Peachblow!.......2001-01-11

I have just begun to collect peachblow glass and I know very little about it. I bought the most beautiful vase, not knowing what it was other than glass, and decided to learn a bit about the piece in particular.....and then I discovered the wonderful world of peachblow! I picked up info here and there, but began to notice that it was confusing - the types, the companies that made them, the coloration, the imitations and most of all, what the heck defines what is and what isn't "peachblow," "peach blow," "peach bloom..." and so on. I started looking for a book that was informative, yet written so a beginner could comprehend. Voila! I found out about this book and it was a super investment. The pictures are stunning and the captions are helpful. The book is divided into chapters by company/type (i.e. Mt. Washington, Wheeling etc.) and each chapter gives loads of info, pictures, history and the Identification Cards, which plainly set out the characteristics of that particular type. If you collect peachblow or any glass or antiques, or if you just love beautiful art - this book is for you. Since the coloration and pictures are so excellent, it even makes a perfect "coffee table" book! I couldn't be more pleased.

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TRULY INSPIRATIONAL

Lighting one candle...

Sustainable Gardening - We've all got to do it!

Gardening for the Future of the Earth

Gardening for the Future of the Earth
Howard-Yana Phd Shapiro , and John Harrisson
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Paperback

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How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops)

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

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How to Make a Forest Garden

ASIN: 0553375334
Release Date: 2000-01-04

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"The key to the future of the world lies in gardening."

So begins this inspiring book from the pioneering organic seed company Seeds of Change, which has introduced millions of gardeners to a cornucopia of luscious, unusual fruits and vegetables--all bred by methods that preserve the irreplaceable resources of water, soil, and genetic diversity for future generations.

Gardening for the Future of the Earth brings together for the first time the techniques of the great pioneers of organic gardening, creating a program that can easily be used by home gardeners. Whether you have a sunny windowsill, a backyard plot, or a country garden, you can apply the principles of leading-edge systems such as permaculture, biointensive, biodynamic, and kinship gardening. The results? More beautiful flowers, vegetables, and fruits than you would have believed possible--and deeper satisfaction for you, the gardener, because you will be working in harmony with nature.

Here is expert advice from the masters on:

Garden planning and design that saves work and water
Composting and other methods to build soil without chemical fertilizers
Planting and pruning techniques for dramatically increased yields
The pleasures of seed saving--and even breeding your own varieties
Exploring the richness of biodiversity through kinship gardening
And much more

Illustrated with color photographs that bring the techniques to life, this is both a practical garden companion and essential reading for anyone interested in preserving the precious resources of our home planet.

One individual with a digging fork and a small garden can make a difference.

So begins this inspiring book from the pioneering organic seed company, Seeds of Change, which now reaches more than one million households annually with its catalog of luscious, unusual fruits and vegetables--all bred by methods that preserve the irreplaceable resources of water, soil, and genetic diversity for future generations.

The authors combine the major techniques of organic gardening--including Permaculture, Biointensive, Biodynamic, and Kinship systems--to create a program that can easilybe used by home gardeners. We learn from the masters: among others, Bill Mollison on garden planning and design; John Jeavons on soil building and planting; Alan Kapuler and Carol Deppe on seed saving and do-it-yourself plant breeding; and Masanobu Fukuoka on growing without pesticides or fertilizers.

Illustrated with beautiful four-color photographs and diagrams, this is both a practical garden companion and essential reading for anyone interested in building a sustainable future. -->

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TRULY INSPIRATIONAL.......2002-08-03

This is a truly wonderful book and a very good read for anyone interested in the well being of the earth. Subjects such as permaculture, improving soil, water harvesting, seed saving and the importance of seed diversity are all discussed here with input from some of the masters on these subjects.

This book is not only a reminder of the damage that we have done to the earth but also an inspiration so that we may change our ways and improve the environment. One quote that stuck with me from this book is from E. O. Wilson ..."what humanity is doing now in a single lifetime (to our planet) will impoverish our descendents for virtually all time to come." Having said this, take this book, read it, practice what you have learned and share this info with all you know. As individuals, we can do our part to make a difference for the future.

Much appreciation goes to Seeds of Change organization for their efforts in bringing the importance of seed diversity and other environmental issues to our attention. I think they've done a great job with this book.

On a similiar subject, I found "Gaia's Garden" and "Forest Gardening" both to be very good reads as well.

Lighting one candle..........2001-10-20

Day after day many of us read about the destruction of our planet: farm land covered over with environmentally unfriendly golf courses and asphalt or destroyed by huge pesticide driven agribusinesses; water supplies contaminated with arsenic and ecoli; air polluted with everything from asbestos to zinc; wetlands destroyed by pesticides and developers; dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico; old growth forests pillaged by greedy corporations; and thousands of species of plants and animals on the brink of extinction including the Orca Whale symbol of the West Coast Indians.

GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE briefly describes these destructive practices (and cites Al Gore's EARTH IN THE BALANCE) but it also shows us a better way. You should continue to support those organizations waging the good fight in Washington and elsewhere -- AND buy this book, read this book, and light one candle by turning your own yard into a living example of a better way. You can do it. I've done it and it works. Not only that, once you get your yard converted you will never have to mow grass again.

I've been farming organically for ages and had encountered and put into practice many of the ideas put forth in this book but this book brings all these ideas together. The authors have assembled thoughts of the "experts" in fighting the environmental battle on the homefront--your yard. Think Victory Gardens. Each of us can make a contribution to the "war" effort. Each of us can begin to turn our garden plots, no matter how big or small, into a "piece of the action" -- gardening for the future of the earth.

You can grow vegetables organically and replenish the soil and eschew the use of pesticides and herbicides and other killers -- I know I've done it. And, I've done it in on a several acre spread out in the countryside. My neighbors who had abandoned the "old ways" for modern chemcial solutions looked on in awe as the bad bad bugs beat a hasty retreat from my garden to theirs.

But most important, as Paul Mueller, one of the experts cited in this book says, "Gardening is not just about having tomatos and peppers and flowers -- Gardening is about empowering -- planting a seed and watching it grow -- no matter who you are it makes you richer and deeper and more understanding of all the cycles of the universe and of your relationship to them."

The authors describe their contributors as the "Dream Team" Bill Mollison (Tasmanian permaculture expert); John Jeavons (soil growing in very small spaces); Masanobu Fukuoka (a plant pathologist promoting natural farming); Alan York (a viniculturist involved in biointensive gardening); Alan Kapuler (a biologist and Seed Exchanger); and Wes Jackson of the Land Institute.

This book is filled with ideas and plenty of practical examples. Everything from garden design to plant breeding is covered by numerous experts. You don't have to be a genius or work 12 hours a day to make this happen. The only thing you give up is that awful environmentally unsound lawn. I've done it. My neighbors are doing it. You should see the birds who come to our place.

Sustainable Gardening - We've all got to do it!.......2000-04-04

Howard Shapiro has done the organic gardener and the "thinking about it someday" armchair novice a great favor. He has read most of the good books for you; extensively interviewed and visited with the giants of the subject; and, he has added his own considerable wisdom and experience with Seeds of Change, to provide us with a great, concise volume on sustainable gardening and systems. "Gardening for the Future of the Earth" is also very serious about its title; Shapiro sprinkles the text with anecdotes and data about the huge genetic, environmental, health, and cultural impacts of modern chemical factory farming - his personal time line is 20 years until the world, all of it, is in serious trouble.

It has taken me over 7 years (and several hundred dollars) of intense interest and reading: to be exposed to Bill Mollison, the Tasmanian curmudgeon and genius who coined the term permaculture; to find his mentor/idol, Massanobu Fukuoka, the author of the "One Straw Revolution" and pioneer of intercropping rice and barley in Japan; to heed the teachings of John Jeavons and his Bio-Intensive, double digging techniques- a savior in the gumbo clay soil of Austin, TX; to uncover the amazing, successful, and almost occult practices of the Biodynamic techniques from the brilliant but difficult writings of Rudolph Steiner in the 1920's; to kindle an interest in perennial farming systems, which was Nature's way in our Midwest (prairie) until two centuries ago from Wes Jackson of the Land Institute in Salina, KS; and, to just start to fathom the import of Alan Kapuler's words on the crisis that is upon us in bio-diversity and the declining gene pool.

A whole library in one volume! A pleasant read! You will have no doubt that there is a problem, but there are solutions......and they are not coming out of our major research labs and campuses. They are coming from the grass roots. To quote Shapiro: "gardeners know a lot more about soil than laboratory scientists!'

Gardening for the Future of the Earth.......2000-03-15

A MUST READ! This book should be required reading for all people everywhere! Gardening for the Future of the Earth is very easy to read and very easy to implement. It tells us not only what is wrong, but actually gives ways (easy, do-able ways) to do our part in helping and healing the earth. We all to need to do our part and we need to do it **before** we don't have any parts left. I hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I have.

Agricultural Research Alternatives (Our Sustainable Future)

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Agricultural Research Alternatives (Our Sustainable Future)
William Lockeretz , and Molly D. Anderson
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Clearly, the debate is no longer over agricultural sustainability as a legitimate goal, but about how to fulfill that goal. Research is a vital factor contributing to the creation of a sustainable agriculture. Entrenched ideas about the way agricultural research is conducted have been challenged by farmers, environmentalists, food-safety advocates, rural activists, and others.

William Lockeretz and Molly D. Anderson meet these challenges and chart a reasoned course through the fray. They analyze the potential and the limits of various research approaches associated with alternative agriculture: multidisciplinary research, application of ecological principles in understanding agricultural systems, emphasis on the use of agricultural information, use of working farms as research sites, and the involvement of farmers in agricultural research. They also propose reforms in institutional aspects of agricultural research—the organization of academic departments, evaluation of professional achievement, functioning of grant programs, and the education of agricultural researchers.

Crop Improvement for Sustainable Agriculture (Our Sustainable Future)

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Crop Improvement for Sustainable Agriculture (Our Sustainable Future)

Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
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ASIN: 0803214626

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Conventional agriculture has attempted to exploit arable land by applying chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation water. These practices become increasingly tenuous as they exhaust our supplies of fossil fuels, deplete aquifers and raise concerns about the safety of food and the overall effect of agriculture on the quality of rural life.

The contributors to this volume believe that instead of changing the environment, we can change the adaptation of the plants that we grow in it. Genetic improvement of crop plants for stress conditions and for less favorable environments is a cost-effective way to develop future sustainable agricultural systems. There area number of favorable genetic traits that can be incorporated into crop plants, thus making them more hardy and more productive.

Eighteen noted researchers currently working in plant breeding and related fields bring together the best thinking about achieving crop improvement—especially the development of new genetic combina-tions—to create a sustainable agriculture.

Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays for a Sustainable and Joyful Future

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I have given this book to all my friends, who agree it is magical

Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays for a Sustainable and Joyful Future
Bill Duesing
Manufacturer: Longriver Books
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Binding: Paperback

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These thought-provoking essays orginally aired on WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Connecticut. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes provocative, but always informative, these pieces are inspired by the organic garden and by a fifth grade class, informed by the Gaia hypothesis, fractal geometry and 20 years' experience living on the Old Solar Farm.

Listeners praise these pieces as "thoughtful and evocative reflections" and write that "they are a welcome bit of clear-sightedness..." and are an "insightful overview of this insanity we call contemporary America." Another listener "loves the comments and the connections of personal actions and their global consequences."

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I have given this book to all my friends, who agree it is magical.......2007-07-05

This book has become a default gift of mine. Everyone loves the easy to read, highly thoughtful and thought provoking enviornmental essays, that range from intellectual and sweeping to practical.

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