The Loghouse Nest

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The Loghouse Nest
Louise de Kiriline Lawrence , Louise de Kiriline Lawrence , and Thoreau MacDonald
Manufacturer: Natural Heritage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0920474497

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The Loghouse Nest
Louise De Kiriline
Manufacturer: S.J. Reginald Saunders
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IDFG7Q

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From lofty wooded gaps of Smugglers and Crawford notches, surf-pounded shorelines of Acadia National Park, and sandy beaches of Cape Cod and the Rhode Island coast to the wilderness heights of Maine's Mount Katahdin and classic villages set among green Vermont hills, you can travel through a landscape that lives in the American imagination while touring 28 separate drives through the heart of New England.

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Scenic Drive Book that Leaves No Rock Unturned..........2005-10-20

In 320 pages and 28 scenic drives Stewart Green leaves no stone (or should I say rock) unturned in describing each drive.

With this book, you'll not only get directions from one town to another along the route but everything that's in-between, and a fair dose of area history and stories. Stewart takes his role seriously in being your guide, and not just a "tour driver" regurgitating memorized facts.

I'm very familiar with many of the drives he describes and confess to discovering places and information even new to me.

This isn't a book to read cover to cover in one sitting. It's too dense, and the drives are much too varied as well. My suggestion is to have an idea where you'll visit and then read those scenic drives related to those areas. It'll provide insights and planning material for your trip as well.

The smaller format of the book begs for it to be taken on each trip with you. Many of the pages in my copy quickly became "dog-eared" and full of sticky notes.

I was a little disappointed with many of the pictures in my paperback edition. I found myself staring at photos of non-descript riverbeds with rocks. I'm sure in full color and glossy format they looked great, but in black and white on non-glossy paper many looked flat and over-indulgent.

But I didn't purchase the book for the photography.

If you're looking for a New England scenic drive book with all the directions and details to make sure you don't miss a thing along the way, then look no further than this book.

Scenic Driving New England, 2nd (Scenic Driving Series)

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Scenic Driving New England, 2nd (Scenic Driving Series)
Stewart M. Green
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0762740604

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Teacher's Guide

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American Issues a Documentary Reader
Charles Dollars
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O92TOW

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Available October 2003 avedition This book details the internationally most interesting and significant design offices and studios, looking at a wide range of areas, from product design to jewellery design, from communication design to advertising. It provides information on their works and presents examples of some of their most recent designs. Complete addresses of the offices are also included, making this a vital and indispensable reference work for all who are interested in contemporary design.

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Not Basenji Specific

BE ON THE LOOKOUT! HEARTS HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY BASENJIS

Must have resource

Good Information on Basenjis

Loved the book

The Secondhand Basenji Handbook
Maria W. Cotter
Manufacturer: Windigo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0965848817

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For anyone considering opening their heart and home to a Basenji, The Secondhand Basenji Handbook is the guide to adopting and living with a "rescued" Basenji. Packed with information and photographs, this handbook covers topics like: General Information on Basenjis; Planning and Preparing for Your Rescued Basenji; The Rescue Process; Choosing a Rescue Group; "Golden Opportunity" Dogs; Shelter Rescues; Basenji Rescue & Transport, Inc. (BRAT); Training Tips Even a Basenji Will Enjoy!; Questions You Should Ask, and Questions You'll Be Asked; Grooming Your Basenji; and Maintaining Your Basenji's Health.

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Not Basenji Specific.......2002-06-06

Look, if you're looking for Basenji specific books, this is not one of them. It is informative, but not on Basenjis. This book would work for any breed rescue. I was disappointed because what I wanted was a book with all the pluses and minuses of living with a Basenji. This book contained none of that information. What it did have was great tips on rescuing and living with a rescued dog. The only thing "Basenji" about it was the title and the photos.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT! HEARTS HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY BASENJIS.......2002-02-21

This is an excellent book about the care and ownership of an exotic breed, the basenji. These dogs clean themselves like dogs, shed tears when sad and yodel and laugh instead of bark. A beautiful, graceful and clean limbed dog, the barkless basenjis will find a place in the hearts of all who encounter them.

An ancient breed dating some 2,000 years, this African dog was the loved pet of Egyptian nobility and royalty. Basenjis appeared in ancient Egyptian artwork, e.g. paintings of the dogs and basenji shaped footstools. Even Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Underworld had a basenji head.

This book introduces all to this lovable, beautiful and intelligent hound. I like the way BRAT, a basenji rescue organization is mentioned throughout the book. Care, breeding and training the dog is well researched and well written.

This is an excellent tool for all, from the lay person to the well established basenji breeder and rescuer. Basenjis are beautiful, exotic dogs from their furrowed brows to their double curled tails. Independent and intelligent, this is one breed that is clearly distinct from all other breeds.

Basenji lovers will be made after reading this and for folks who are familiar with the breed and already love basenjis will cherish them all the more.

Must have resource.......2001-12-18

This book is a bible on working with your adopted Basenji and understanding the things to do and not do while your Basenji unpacks the luggage it carries.

Good Information on Basenjis.......2000-12-01

This book proved to be very useful to me!

Loved the book.......2000-08-03

This book was recommended to me by a friend who had recently adopted a Basenji rescue dog. I found it to be very helpful and informative, and the pictures were fun to look at!

The Secondhand Basenji Handbook: The Guide to Adopting & Living With a "Rescued" Basenji

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The Secondhand Basenji Handbook: The Guide to Adopting & Living With a "Rescued" Basenji
Maria W. Cotter , and Patrick J. Cotter
Manufacturer: Windigo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0965848809

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This is the first detailed study of the Trier Gospels, an important early medieval manuscript. Through an investigation of its production, Professor Netzer reveals the cross-cultural influences among the Insular, Continental, and Mediterranean worlds in the eighth century, demonstrating in particular the complicated process of cultural interplay that took place in the scriptorium at Echternach. She traces the history of the production of the manuscript through a detailed analysis of its components: the individual texts, construction and arrangement of gatherings, scripts, ornamental initials, canon tables, and illustrations. She sheds light on the manuscript’s sources, on the different backgrounds of the two scribe-artists involved in its production, on the influences which determined the size and layout of the codex, the role of the pictures within the book, and the place of this manuscript in the development of Insular and Continental book production. This study makes a significant contribution to the understanding of early medieval book production and the influence of missionaries from the British Isles on early Continental culture.

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It’s an extensive, informative, and beautifully illustrated reference that no gardener can do without. These 6oo perennials, roses, herbs, flowering shrubs, garden wildflowers, and shade plants are both easy to care for and lovely to look at. Each entry includes a color photograph and details on sun requirement, bloom time, ultimate size, and hardiness zone. Most are cold hardy and can flourish in a variety of growing conditions.

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GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR RESOURCE LIBRARY.......2001-03-07

I had difficulty finding this book, but it was well worth the time and effort to locate it. You will be impressed with the coloured photography, and the amount of information presented on a very extensive variety of plants. From sun requirements, bloom time to zone hardiness, everything is here. The information is well organized, factual and easy to find, even though there are over 700 pages in total. I have found a number of plants listed here that are not found in similar books. Whether you are a beginner or experienced gardner, it still makes a great addition to your resource library.

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This work is a description by the priest Hugh of Liege of his experiences on a pilgrimage in a work which he calls Peregrinarius Hugonis. Taken partly from real life and partly fantasized, it is entirely written in Latin couplets. The final destination of this pilgrimage is never mentioned, but it might have been Rome. On his journey, the Muses appear to Hugh and demand that he write letters to the Kings of England and France, and to the Pope. The letters lead to a grand Peace Conference and an end to the 100-Years War which had recently begun (1342). The work contains countless cameos, interspersed between the letters, from the author's private life and fantasy world, and together they present the author with the chance to air all his knowledge of theology, natural science and medicine. The Peregrinarius is a colourful representation of the manners of its time. It shows how power politics was viewed by a man of the people, and what cures he had to offer against its evils. All in all, an entertaining book in a Latin, which if not exactly classical, is any event well-composed and easy to follow.

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The happy days: (Les jours heureux) a play in two acts, (French's standard library edition)
Claude-André Puget
Manufacturer: S. French; [etc., etc.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007E2ZGG

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Beckett's not for everybody!

bitter end

"Just to know that in theory you hear me, even though in fact you don't, is all I need."

Classic, Schmlassic.

Beckett's most usefully truthful play.

Happy days: A play in two acts
Samuel Beckett
Manufacturer: faber and faber
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Samuel Beckett's Happy Days (Broadway Theatre Archive)

ASIN: B0006DH626

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Beckett's not for everybody!.......2006-12-22

I have been a fan of Ruth White ever since I saw her in Lullaby and Let Them Hear You Whisper from the Broadway Archives. They never recorded her performance as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. First, Beckett is not for everybody. Some people are going to find him difficult, hard, and even boring. Those people who have never read Beckett or studied him thoroughly are going to have a hard time understanding his brilliance. Beckett is the king of minimalism regarding theater and the absurd. Here is a middle aged woman stuck in mound doing a daily routine. We never do learn why she is in such a predicament because it's a Beckett metaphor for our lives being stuck in a mound. It's a literary device. He was brilliant.

bitter end.......2006-07-26

The alarm clock rings and Winnie awakes. It is the beginning of a new day. The scene is a flat landscape with Winnie in the centre. She is embedded up over her waist in the mound. Winnie is happy about every single day. Willie, her husband, lies behind her and he seldom speaks. He is reading the newspaper. Winnie is preoccupied with oneself, putting thinks out of her bag and talking to Willie.
In the second act Winnie is embedded up to the neck in the mound. Her speech is an endless flow of words. She is more melancholy as in the first act. I think Beckett wanted to show the process of getting old and cope with it. They both are two different characters, but they complete in a very special way. Remembering the past and being happy with the present is one of the pleasures of life. Happy days will end, but if not today, it will be another precious day.

"Just to know that in theory you hear me, even though in fact you don't, is all I need.".......2006-07-14

When this 1961 play opens, a woman is buried waist deep in a pile of sand, a large bag on her left, and a deep tunnel behind and below her on her right. The environment is treeless and bleak, and we have no idea where the woman (Winnie) is or why and how she came to be in her present predicament. Throughout the first act, Winnie shares the minutiae of her life, pulling out her glasses, a parasol, a gun, a music box, and her hat from her bag and blathering on about brushing her teeth, while questioning if she has brushed her hair. Occasionally, she looks toward the tunnel, where she addresses an unseen "Willie," who does not respond. When he emerges from the tunnel briefly, humming, Winnie gaily announces "Another happy day," before he disappears again.

The only changes that occur in the play are the result of time--there is no plot. In the second act, Winnie appears older, she has sunk into the sand so that only her head shows, and she is unable to move it. Though she is not sure Willie is alive and calls to him repeatedly, he ignores her, until he suddenly emerges, dressed in tuxedo and top hat and tries to crawl upward toward Winnie. End of play.

In this classic example of the Theatre of the Absurd, the characters are out of sync with the world as the audience knows it, living in some universe with which we are unfamiliar. Their lives are meaningless, undirected, and irrational, yet, during the play, they somehow survive the passage of time, the lack of connection with each other, and their purposeless existence. Willie seems to be trying, futilely, to connect with Winnie at the end, but, absurdly, Winnie cannot see him and he cannot reach her.

Author Samuel Beckett once said, "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness...it's the most comical thing in the world." In that sense this is a funny play, but there were few laughs from the audience when I saw it recently. The production starred one of New England's most brilliant actresses in one of her most extraordinary performances, the lighting provided visual interest, and the direction was first-rate. Yet despite the fact that this was an audience of theatre-goers accustomed to serious drama, most of the audience was yawning by intermission, and about one-third had fallen asleep. If Beckett's intention was to show the meaninglessness of life through the monotony of this play, he succeeded brilliantly--putting the audience to sleep is the ultimate absurdity. n Mary Whipple

Classic, Schmlassic........2002-08-31

Even though I consider myself fairly versed in theatre, I have to say that "Happy Days" fails to resonate. Granted Beckett is out there, but he accomplished far greater things with the sublimely ridiculous "Waiting For Godot."

"Happy Days" seems to wander around like a freshman who doesn't know what class he/she wants. Looking for absurdist theatre? You're much better off with Ionesco's "Bald Soprano."

Beckett's most usefully truthful play........2001-02-10

So often Beckett's philosophical 'universality' seems like an excuse not to confront genuine dilemmas head on. 'Happy Days' is his most tangible work, a grim portrait of a marriage, where a wife is buried up to her waist/waste in a repetitious living death, trying to avoid confronting the reality of her situation, the brutish indifference of her husband, the incremental inevitability of life only getting worse.

Winnie is Beckett's most sympathetic character because she is the one we are the most likely to meet - she is aware of the hopelessness of her situation, but what can she do? Concentrate on something else - how many of us do better? The dissatisfaction most people have with the play presumably lies with the stage directions which interrupt the monologue every couple of words, rendering a fluid, rhythmic read impossible (like Beckett was ever easy). Instead of complaining, go and see it in a theatre, where words and gesture combine to moving effect, even when the language is at its most insistently ironic and playful (and it's very funny too, but don't they always say that about Beckett?). It certainly made me ashamed of the way I treat my wife.

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Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia's best-known historians. This book gathers a group of fellow historians of various ages, interests, and political stances to comment on Blainey's career and work. They examine his views on aboriginality, ethnicity, environmentalism, gender, empire, immigration, technology, corporate history, labor, war, sport, and media, revealing a graceful and provocative storyteller.

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A report from the history wars........2003-08-21

Geoffrey Blainey (1930 - ) is the most productive historian in Australia with over 30 books to his credit. His career was quite unique because for many years after graduation he earned his living outside the universities, writing the histories of mining companies and other firms and institutions, including his alma mata The University of Melbourne. One of his books on mining was titled "The Rush That Never Ended".

In 1984 be became the most controversial historian in the country on account of his public expression of concerns about the rate of migration, especially from Asia and its impact on traditional Australian communities. Anyone who complained about this was likely to be shouted down with charges of racism. Blainey suffered this treatment with both barrels, being allegedly subjected to ostracism in his own university department and shouted down at public meetings on campus.

This book contains the proceedings (though not his own paper) from at a recent seminar on Blainey's work and career. Ostensibly this was a gesture of reconciliation from the profession, which is dominated by people who disagree with Blainey's views on many issues including multiculturalism, Aboriginal land rights and the republic. Two decades on the tide of political correctness may have receded. If so, this can be attributed to Blainey's ongoing efforts to speak for commonsense and the silent majority, also to the circuit-breaking impact of an independent politician (Pauline Hanson), a detailed study of the rorts by the multicultural industry ("Among the Barbarians" by Paul Sheehan), revelations of seriously defective scholarship by "black armband" historians ("Fabrication of Aboriginal History" by Keith Windschuttle) and the rise of internet bloggers who are not captives of the mainstream media.

There are signs of olive branches being waved at the seminar, Stuart Macintyre has occupied the middle ground, dismissing as absurd the assertion that "Blainey's views seem almost to run in a straight line from Mount Lyell to the Warrnambool Rotary Club" while denying the counter-claim by "mischievous commentators such as Peter Ryan" that Blainey was silenced by jealous and small-minded colleagues. More information is required, in my view Ryan is a man of sound principles and he has been around the University of Melbourne long enough to know where the bodies are buried.

Many of the papers pay tribute to Blainey's industry and the pioneering value of his work, though some of the complimentary pieces manage to insert a pathian shot (like "living in the ashes of empire" and a strange reference to his performance as a pilot, failing to acknowledge that he sailed in uncharted waters, unlike the coastline of Port Phillip and the vicinity of Corsair Rock). There are carping criticisms from the usual suspects, the radical feminist (not enough about women), the black armband historian (no sensitivity to the indigenes), the labour historian (no interest in the conditions of work), the environmentalist (not Green enough).

There is a somewhat technical and inconclusive paper on his determinism and the strength of connections that he sought in his narratives. A more interesting technical point to pursue would be the value to be added to his analysis of economic history by reference to the ideas of the Austrian school of economics (Menger, Mises and Hayek) with their emphasis on the role of the entrepreneur and the downside of ill-conceived state interventions in the marketplace. That theoretical framework fits the story of the mining companies like a glove, unlike the numerology of mathematical economics and Keynes. Austrian analysis would have sharpened his perception of the benefits of deregulation, so he might have predicted a rebound of more vital manufacturing industries to replace those that have declined.

As for the Marxists and other labour historians who are upset that Blainey became a fellow traveller with the H R Nicholls Society! They need to understand that the real exploiters of the poor and the weak over the last two centuries have not been the factory owners or the capitalist system but the better paid and more organised members of the trade union movement, using the threat of violence on the picket line (and beyond) to maintain their own benefits at the expense of everyone else. (See "The Strike Threat System" by the British 'Austrian', W H Hutt).

The organisers of the conference are to be congratulated to the extent that their purpose was reconciliation and enlightenment. The resulting papers are the usual mix of good, bad and indifferent that one expects on such an occasion. The jury is still out on the question of whether the history profession, the universities and our intellectual life at large can recover from the ashes of civility and rational debate which were victims of the Vietnam era of confrontation and bad faith. Just to balance the ledger on that account, I would like to condemn the Government of that time which sacrificed its intellectual and moral credibility by using conscription, supposedly in the cause of freedom. We are still reaping the whirlwind of that tragic and catastrophic error. The "fuss that never ended" is just one of the consequences.

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