FLOWERS OF THE ISLANDS IN THE SUN. BERMUDA. BARBADOS. BAHAMAS. CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. HAWAII.

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FLOWERS OF THE ISLANDS IN THE SUN. BERMUDA. BARBADOS. BAHAMAS. CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. HAWAII.
C. & G. Gooding Hall
Manufacturer: A. S. Barnes and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQ74X8

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San Francisco is one of the most exciting, inviting, unique, and eclectic cities in the world. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Lombardy Street to the Embarcadero…from Little Italy to Chinatown to Russian Hill, there’s an invigorating mix of attractions and cultures. This friendly guide helps you zero in on your “must sees” and plan your personal itinerary.

Enjoy incredible upscale shopping or bargain-hunting in Chinatown, browse for books at City Lights, or hit Haight Street or Hayes Street for the latest trends
Choose from all kinds of entertainment options, ranging from a Giants game to grand opera to theater to blues to leather-clad, fire-dancing performance artists
Have a romantic dinner at Absinthe or Quince, sip a cappuccino in North Beach, enjoy authentic Italian pastas, or try the catch of the day
Take a day trip to Berkeley, an overnighter to the coast, or a getaway to Wine Country, including winery tours and a mud bath

Like every For Dummies travel guide, San Francisco For Dummies, 4th Edition helps you make the most of your vacation. It includes:

Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
Info on the best ships for every budget
Tips on sightseeing at ports of call
Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

Whether you want to experience the thrills and views provided by the cable cars, escape from Alcatraz, climb Telegraph Hill, bike in Golden State Park, or simply relax in a room with a private outdoor soaking tub, this guide helps you find your way in the City by the Bay.

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San Fran for Dummies.......2007-06-27

This was a very easy, manageable read. It was extremely helpful in giving an overview of the city. It helped in navigating my trip!!!

The best guide to San Francisco!.......2005-10-14

Like all the "Dummies" travel guides, this book is the best! Written in a conversational style, the information is broken down in easy to read chunks. The recommendations were all spot-on (don't miss Dottie's True Blue Cafe!) and the maps were invaluable!

who was your fact checker?.......2003-09-28

I was disappointed overall with the transportation information, especially when the book gave incorrect directions to the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market. Above all, a guidebook should be accurate. This book definitely isn't.

Won't live home without it........2002-11-06

For the first time in a long time I have found a travel book that tells me exactly what I need to enjoy my vacation.

Paula Tevis deliverys the goods. No more flipping through page after page to search for information I need. Tevis has put together a book for the true road warrior. With clarity and brevity she brings San Fransico alive. Its obvious that Tevis knows this town inside and out.

great book.......2001-07-31

I bought this book back in February for a trip to San Francisco with my husband. I've been to San Francisco before around 13 years ago, but it was my husband's first trip to San Francisco. We carried the book with us all the time and the tips that it gave us were excellent, everything worked out great. For example, we did not rented a car and we made it all the way to the Golden gate bridge outside the city, following the book's tips to use the public bus. Another great tip, was to buy a three-day ticket to the MUNI (and it worked for bus, cable cars and electric cars). The restaurant suggestions for Chinatown and The Mission District were great. Good tips on how to avoid tourists traps. Great tips on planning itineraries and we felt like we saw all the most important attractions/sights in San Francisco. We hit a rainy afternoon and all we had to do was turn our book on the page on what to do if it's raining, great! I will defenetily buy books from these series again.

Have fun in your trip!

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Riding on the dummy: Songs and chorus
F. G Carnes
Manufacturer: G.W. Hagans
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Railroads | Transportation | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0008AB1QE

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Steam dummies of San Francisco (Western railroader)
Walt Sievers
Manufacturer: Western Railroader
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Railroads | Transportation | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007FGCDM

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William Kashatus knows from years of teaching history that history education can be much improved by teaching the craft of writing. Without learning to write well, students also miss out on one of the most meaningful ways to develop critical thinking and reading skills. In this book, he offers methods to move students from basic descriptive writing to more complex expository essays and term papers on history. In the process, he shows teachers how to tap into students' multiple intelligences and cultivate their intellectual curiosity while encouraging their writing success.

Reflecting his title, Kashatus divides his book into three parts. "Past History" explores interpretation and assessment of historic documents. "Present History" examines research-based writing. "Personal History" offers experiential techniques to create a "living history classroom." Interspersed throughout his text are these special features to help in your teaching:

primary source documents
speech excerpts
student writing samples
diagrams to aid visual learners
charts for in-class exercises
anecdotes about working with student writers.

Create a more engaging history classroom - with more literate class participants. Replace the dry term paper with meaningful writing projects. Read Kashatus and see how.

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Erotic romp through art history, East and West, combines sexual and ornamental motifs.

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A raucous cross-cultural history of erotica. . ........2001-03-02

. . . as it might have been dreamed by Federico Fellini. Kozloff's brilliant and often hilarious re-imaginings of erotic art--from East & West, antiquity to modernity, sacred and profane--invite both voyeuristic pleasures and provocative reflection on sexuality and its manifold representations. "The Satyr of Bonampak," to take just one example, recreates the famous polychrome murals from that Mayan site with not only hierolglyphics about the rain goddess but also a copulating satyr and nymph by Caracci, an equally aroused couple by Daumier and, most extravagant of all, a pair of Japanese lovers literally interwined in a spiral of limbs and genetalia. Other Kozloff paintings take as their points of departure classic scenes of Japanese ukiyo-e, the Books of Kells, Hindu scrolls, and, of course, Greek vases. The juxtaposition of such disparate images is vastly entertaining but, no less important, it confronts us with a host of questions about the extent to which sexual norms are universal or culturally determined. There is nothing didactic about Kozloff's work, however. It is first and foremost about pleasure--the seemingly boundless pleasures of sex and art. Linda Nochlin's introduction is insightful, as one has come to expect from this respected art historian.

Desire 2 (two II) : 40 Modern Mumbai Style Bridal Henna Patterns

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Desire 2 (two II) : 40 Modern Mumbai Style Bridal Henna Patterns
Mahlodji. Erfan
Manufacturer: Henna Page Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KEJTLW

Patterns of Desire: Sexual Diversity in Psychoanalysis

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Patterns of Desire: Sexual Diversity in Psychoanalysis
William G. Herron , and Rafael Art Javier
Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Interpersonal Relations | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books

General | Psychology & Counseling | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books

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Child-bearing desires and sterilization among United States women: Patterns by income and AFDC recipiency (Working paper / Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley)

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Child-bearing desires and sterilization among United States women: Patterns by income and AFDC recipiency (Working paper / Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley)
Jane Mauldon
Manufacturer: Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Patterns of Desire : Watercolors by Joyce Kozloff

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Patterns of Desire : Watercolors by Joyce Kozloff
Linda Nochlin
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUBGEW

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How can you repair damage to your memorabilia and prepare them for long-term storage? Are your irreplaceable heirlooms baking in your attic or mildewing in your basement? What is the safest way to display your paper and photographs? Here historian and exhibit specialist Dr. Martha Ellen Webb answers these and other pertinent questions to help you preserve your treasured family heirlooms. This valuable reference book will aid both novice and seasoned collectors in providing the best care for letters, diaries, documents, and photographic materials.

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How to Clean, Repair, Store and Display..........1999-12-07

Interested in professionally maintaining your memorabilia or family heirlooms? Then check out How to Clean, Repair, Store and Display Your Heirloom Papers and Photographs by Martha E. Webb. It is a refreshing resource useful to anyone interested in museum studies and historic preservation, as well as other individuals wanting to protect their keepsakes and heirlooms. The author discusses each step (cleaning, repairing, storing and displaying) in detail and keeps the diversity of her readers in mind by offering alternative methods throughout the book. In one example, if a reader cannot afford to buy acid-free slipcovers or boxes, the author describes how to make a cheaper, yet durable version.

Not only does the author accommodate the needs of a novice audience, she also discusses the techniques necessary for working with more challenging artifacts. The author gives instruction on how to protect the artifacts and explains difficult processes: for example, if during the cleaning process a piece of paper is discovered to be too fragile, then a shift in the cleaning material is recommended, such as from an art gum eraser to a cleaning pad. Another bonus of this book is the extensive list of conservation supply sources and the recommendations of the best materials to use.

How to Clean, Repair, Store and Display Your Heirloom Papers and Photographs helps readers to understand what initially makes heirlooms unclean. Several everyday habits are identified as harmful to artifacts: holding together a stack of papers with a metal paper clip, using scotch tape to repair an object, and touching memorabilia with bare hands. Once readers are aware of such problems and learn how to fix them, the readers and their heirlooms will benefit from the knowledge gained.

How to Clean, Repair, Store and Display Your Heirloom Papers and Photographs is a beneficial addition to both professional and personal heirloom collectors' resource materials.

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How To Get Started in Rocky Mountain Gardening (First Garden)
Rob Proctor
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Flowers | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
West | Regional | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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Passionate Gardening: Good Advice for Challenging Climates

ASIN: 1591861586

Book Description

General Content includes:

Site and Soil Evaluation-What's Important
Gardening Zones-Climate and Microclimates in Your Yard
How Plants Grow-Basic Understanding
Plant Types: Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Woody Plants, Edibles, Lawns and Ground Covers
Water-How to Use it Wisely
Planting and Plant Maintenance
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Ground Zero: Soil Amending, Mulching, Fertilizing

Design Choices: Formal, Naturalistic and More

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Based on Muhammad al-Zawawi's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life. The study reconstructs Zawawi's lifestory over a critical ten-year period and examines his career as a sufi in the historical context of North Africa and Mamluk Cairo. Psychological aspects of Zawawi's religious experience are thoroughly explored. The concluding chapter provides an introduction to the role of dreams and visions in medieval Islam. Particular attention is paid to the way Zawawi and his successors used their visions to legitimate claims to being awliya', or living saints.

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Slingerland is one of the greatest drum companies of all-time. Rob Cook has lovingly compiled the Slingerland story, with detailed chapters on the family, the Boston background, the company through the decades, Slingerland endorsees and personnel, the Gretsch/HSS era, Gibson's acquisition, and much more. The book features a detailed dating guide, classic ads and catalog pages, and lots of stunning full-color and BandW photos throughout.

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Disregard my earlier review note re availability.......2005-07-01

The book has been revised and updated in a major way. I see that Amazon.com lists the new ISBN of the second edition which has been completely reworked; new scans, twice as many color pages, etc etc. (Now if they could just put the photo of the new cover up... Why is it listed as unavilable? Oh well... go directly to my site for images and other info. I am the publisher: www.rebeats.com.
Thanks!
Rob Cook

no longer available.......2003-06-07

This book is out of print. I am the author and publisher; there are no more copies in stock here or at the wholesale distributor Hal Leonard. A revised edition is in progress, will probably be released in about January of 2004.
Rob Cook

Rob Cook never leaves a stone unturned!.......1999-06-13

As in his new book on Rogers Drums, Rob tells us everything there is to know about the Slingerland company, the founding family, the business, and most importantly, the drums. A labor of love!

If you are a not-so-modern drummer, this is an important guide to collecting Slingerland drums. Thanks, Mr. Cook! PM in TN.

Very Inclusive Treatment of a Little Known Drum Company.......1999-04-08

Wonderful pictures and historical study. Rob Cook knows his stuff!! A must for any drum collector, historian, and musician.

Every badge, every color, every little change is listed!!!.......1999-04-03

I don't know how long it took this guy to dig out all this detail, but I'm glad he did. This book gives all the production "clues" for dating druums from 1928 to 1985.

A multi-sensory approach to language arts for specific language disability children : book 3: A guide for primary teachers

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A multi-sensory approach to language arts for specific language disability children : book 3: A guide for primary teachers
Beth H Slingerland
Manufacturer: Educators Publising Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Words & Language | Reference | Subjects | Books

Sedimentology & Thermal-Mechanical History of Basins in the Central Appalachian Orogen (Sedimentology & Thermal-Mechanical History of Basins in the)

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Sedimentology & Thermal-Mechanical History of Basins in the Central Appalachian Orogen (Sedimentology & Thermal-Mechanical History of Basins in the)

Manufacturer: American Geophysical Union
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Rocks & Minerals | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books

Rocks & Minerals | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 087590615X

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition.(Book Review): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society

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Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition.(Book Review): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Edward Slingerland
Manufacturer: American Oriental Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00082TQRS
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1451 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects: Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition.(Book Review)
Author: Edward Slingerland
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 123 Issue: 3 Page: 677(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins: Physical Fundamentals and Computer Programs for Creating Dynamic Systems/Book & Disk (Sedimentary Geology Ser)

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Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins: Physical Fundamentals and Computer Programs for Creating Dynamic Systems/Book & Disk (Sedimentary Geology Ser)
Rudy Slingerland , John W. Harbaugh , and Kevin Furlong
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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On the Inside of "Rolling Stone".......2007-09-21

To those who are not fervent fans of "Rolling Stone" magazine, Ben Fong-Torres is probably most memorably known as the editor of "Rolling Stone" portrayed in the rock movie "Almost Famous." This book is the story of his and his family's life in the San Francisco Bay Area, and how a guy like Ben ended up as a founding editor of the world's most famous rock magazine. Hint: he was a college DJ.

The story chronicles the inauspicious beginnings of the magazine, with details about early life at the magazine and Jann Wenner's vision. It is also the story of Ben Fong-Torres's attempt to balance the lure of rock and roll with his parents' more traditional view of what a good Chinese- American boy should do with his life.

Fong-Torres describes well the counterculture atmosphere of the 1960s that gave way to the founding of the magazine. However, the part of this autobiography that is most compelling is the description of the Chinese-American community in the Bay Area and the story of Fong-Torres's own brother's death. This is a great book for rock history junkies, but more than that, it is a sincere tale of growing up Asian in America.

The Rice Room.......2007-01-10

Ben Fong-Torres has a way of painting great pictures with words. Having grown up in Oakland, and attended the same high school. His book brought back vivid memories for me. I just ordered one of his newest books cnd can't wait to read it. He has such a passion for writing and for music, that clearly jump out at the reader.

Great read!.......2004-11-03

Ben Fong Torres has lived a life that many of us dream about! Meeting some of the most famous rock stars the world has ever known and getting a chance to do what he loves to do! What a great country we live in! Reading Ben's tome about growing up in California was so interesting..Ben writes with such honesty and wonderful detail that you can imagine yourself propelled back in time sharing those experiences with him! I admire Ben for his straightforward account of growing up asian american in this country and as an asian american I really identified a lot with what Ben went through! Fantastic book!

A Straightforward Look at an Interesting Life.......2004-09-25

It would have been tempting for Ben Fong Torres to write one of those "rockstars I've met" memoirs, replete with purple prose about purple people. Ben Fong Torres takes a different tack in this autobiography, telling us about two disparate worlds. One is the world of being the child of Chinese immigrants, living without a great deal of money. The other is the story of a man who seemed born to be a journalist, coming of age in 1960s San Francisco.

Many novels chronicle the Asian American experience in California with a magical realism. The author instead uses a conversational, simple style.

The book is not free from flaws. One section of the book tries to communicate the 60s "free love" experience, but comes off a bit like "hippie chicks I've conquered". It's as though the social failure from high school must show his belated prowess even after all these years. But it's a quibble, overall.

But overall, this book feels more "real" than many more "visionary" works. Mr. Fong Torres' description of how a family tragedy indirectly helps him connect the disparate pieces of his bicultural world really works well.

I thought this book would be flamboyant. It is anything but. It's a simple, solid read by a good writer. It's worth taking in.

An Inspirational Story For All.......2004-02-11

This was a wonderful story and one I would recommend to anybody, especially children of 1st generation immigrants. Being the child of 1st generation immigrant parents, I could also relate to Mr. Fong-Torres search for identity and acceptance. I was moved by his perseverance and determination at getting ahead in life. The fact that he didn't fit the typical Asian mold of becoming a stereotypical doctor or lawyer, but rather the head editor of a musical writing empire (Rolling Stone Magazine) impressed me even more, because he showed a very souful spirit, one that went after his passion of music rather than trying to pursue an obligation at attaining a status symbol job in order to prove success as an Asian-American. In addition, I also thought his stories were fun and entertaining. He grew up in a very colorful time (particularly the 60's) so it was enjoyable to read about all his experiences from that era, which helped make him who he is today.

The Rice Room - Growing Up Chinese-american - From Number Two Son To Rock 'n' Roll

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The Rice Room - Growing Up Chinese-american - From Number Two Son To Rock 'n' Roll
Ben Fong-torres
Manufacturer: Plume / Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JZORPU

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