The Living Earth Book of North American Trees (Reader's Digest Living Planet)

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Don't leave home without this fantastic guide to obscure, out-of-the-way roads that have taken many Alps riders years to discover. Forty-nine unforgettable trips that encompass the entire Alpine region fill this essential guide to passes, natural wonders, and historic landmarks that have made the Alps the destination of thousands of motorcyclists year after year. Packed with advice and travel hints to save you time and money.

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motorcycle journeys through the alps and corsica.......2003-12-19

"The bible" of touring Western Europe, by motorcycle, pedal bike or auto. Mr. Hermann has produced " a must own" publication if one is planning a trip through Western Europe and wishes to be part of the history and scenic beauty that captures the essence and beauty that this region has to offer.

A Must Have Guide to the Alps.......2003-08-28

I took a packaged tour of the Alps in 2002. Thank goodness I took this book with me. This book had so much more quality information than the touring company, it was unbelievable! Each night, we would return from some awsome ride (not on the base or recommended route). It became a nightly ritual to review where we went. People, including the tour guide, wanted to know how I knew of these roads, I showed them the book.

Next time, I will just take this book and go, no tour company! I am a heavy rider, 30K miles per year, close to 400K miles ridden.

Outstanding Guide To Motorcycle Heaven!.......2003-02-08

This is an outstanding guide to the best riding roads in the world. I recently took an organized motorcycle tour of the Alps. Good thing I took this book with me, as it quickly became my guide. Others on the tour were wondering how I found all the great roads!! If you are going to tour the Alps, buy this book now! Rates all the passes, with a short recap on each one.

Fantastic!!!.......2002-01-26

I use to go on travel with my motorcycle just one or two times a year. I'm really busy and I haven't too much time to plan these travels so I bought this book thinking it could help me to plan a travel by the Alps. But it was a surprise!!! All the travel was perfectly planned in this book! Hotels, Restaurants, special places, roads, etc. Just a little deception: the pictures are black and white!

Still the best resource for Alps Touring.......2000-11-23

I took John's first edition of this book and a map and rode the Alps and the Dolemites for ten days. We reviewed the routes and stops each morning and evening. This is a great resource if you are traveling in the area. I brought three other books on this topic and left them behind at hotels as the trip progressed, as I realized I did not need any other resources. Use this and an internet translator site (like Babelfish)and you can make your reservations in some of the same hotels that Edelweiss and other formal tour groups use.This new edition expands on the first by adding Corsica and updating the Alps/Dolemite section. It is a great read. John is the recognized authority on this area for those of us that don't speak other languages well, and don't live there.He is also correct in stating that the riding in this region is addictive.

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During the days of Nazi terror in Europe, many Jewish children were taken from their families and hidden. Régine Miller was one such child, who left her mother, father, and brother when she was 10 years old. Utterly alone as she is shunted from place to place, told to tell no one she is Jewish, she hears that her mother and brother have been taken by the SS, the German secret police. Only her desperate hope that her father will return sustains her. At war’s end she must learn to live with the terrible truth of “the final solution,” the Nazi’s extermination camps.

The people who sheltered Régine cover a wide spectrum of human types, ranging from callous to kind, fearful to defiant, exploitive to caring. This is a story of a brave girl and an equally brave woman to tell the story so many years later.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Painfully True.......2005-10-18

Regine Millers journey in the second world war, is anything but unrealistic. Losing her brother, then her mother. Her hope for her father is something so powerful, that only people who really connect with this book, feel. Surviving a tragic time, Regine, or known as Augusta for her safety, is an inspirational character. For people of all ages, this book is painfully true and pulls on the heart strings of all types of people. Im 17, and i connected with this book, as if i was living her journey. Well deserved 5 star book!

Gripping story from a Holocaust survivor.......2005-01-05

This book is interesting and well told.

Regine Miller, a Jew, is 10 years old when she is moved from her home in Brussels, Belgian, and taken to live in an old woman's home in the near country side to run away from the possibility of being captured by Nazis. This home that Regine goes to live in is loveless, but relatively safe. Despite being safe, Regine moves once again to another home that is also loveless. This story follows Regine through her life during The War and all the homes she is moved in and out of.

This is an easy-to-read book and simply told. Easy to understand and the story is interesting. Even though it is not one of my favorite books, it is certainly worth reading for all history buffs.

~Atalanta

Tell No One Who you Are.......2004-12-15

This book is sad, but it is also educating. Regine Miller's family is attacked by the Natzis because they are Jewish and the Natzis don't like Jews so they procecute them. Regine has to go from house to house and pretend she is not Jewish. I would reccomend this book to mostly girls although boys might find it interesting.

Great Book, Full of Drama and You Can't Put It Down!.......2004-10-16

I HIGHLY recomend this to anyone. It is full of drama, but not to much. Will Regine find her parents? What happened to her Mother? Will she survive in the war? Will the Germans get her? Well, you'll have to find out for yourself, now wo'nt you! Have a great time reading it!

Escaping The Clutches Of Hitler.......2002-06-07

Escaping The Clutches Of Hitler,

I liked this book because I enjoy reading about the Holocaust and I always about people who went through the Holocaust. This book is about is different because it is about a girl that hid the whole entire time.
Her name is Regine Miller and she went threw a series of different houses and all different types of them. Regine Miller was born in Brussels to parents who had escaped the anti-Semitism of Eastern Europe. She was 10 years old in 1942. She didn't understand why the Jews were being restricted from bike, certain hours of the day, and the yellow star they had to wear. In the mean time her mom, Mrs. Miller was getting sicker and they, at the time, didn't know what from. Regine was one of the best writers in the grade. She loved to write. As the war progressed her father, Maurice Miller, heard that the Nazis were deporting Jews but he would not leave his wife, since she could barely walk. One day a nock came from the door. Mr. Miller went to answer it and there was a messenger there and he had a message that read that his son, Leon Miller, was to report to the rail road station Mr. Miller ignored the notice and shoved the messenger down the stairs the next day the same messenger came again and again it said he had to report to the rail road station but this time it also said if he didn't the Nazis would take and kill there whole entire family. So they decided to that they had to make him go. They never saw him again.
Her father at that point decided that it was not safe here for Regine. So he arranged for her to go and live with some one in Brussels. Her name was Madame Andre, she did not let Regine do anything she could not go out side nor talk to any one her father came once every three weeks. Her father suddenly stopped coming then her aunt came to drop off the money then a girl named Nicole started coming. Regine lived there for about one year and about a month before she left Madame Andre got extremely worried that she would become caught so she arranged with a lady called Nicole to move Regine.
She went to a new family just about 30 miles away there she was made to work and she ended up with calluses and injured hands. When Nicole found out she immediately moved Regine to a different home.
This new house she stayed with a couple that did not have any kids and they were Catholic!!!!!!!!!! This is a problem she is Jewish and they are Catholic how is she not to let them know she is not Jewish. Regine had no idea how she was going to pull this off. She tried to copy every thing they did they were a nice couple that treated Regine like their own. Regine did not know anything about being catholic. They asked her many questions like are you baptized? , Where are your parents? They finally realized she was Jewish but did not mention it and kept her there at their home and did seem to care.
Finally Regine went and looked for any survivors of her family and found only her uncle she has only seen once in her entire life.

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Tell No One Who You Are The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller

Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HMOMI2

Book Description

These excellent guides deliver essential pet care expertise to every dog and cat owner. Well organized, the books delve into the basics for all normal aspects of good management, like feeding, housetraining and health care.The text features instructional and question-and-answer sections. The charts and diagrams enhance the reader's understanding of Fluffy's or Tuffy's normal behavior, how to keep pets healthy and how to recognize any problems.There is sensible advice on breeding, veterinarian relations and getting the most out of living happily with a pet.The very detailed, yet easy to use text is enhanced by numerous excellent serious drawings and charming cartoons. Doglopaedia and Catlopaedia can make every reader a better-informed pet owner -- ready for anything.

Customer Reviews:

Very good book, but does leave out little things...........2000-06-06

This is a really good book. It has a lot of medical info. It is not really a training book or ANYTHING like that. It's really good (as I already said), and I suggest that all you dog owners get it to have in your personal library.

Get a dog! Get Doglopaedia!.......1999-10-21

easy reading and entertaining. I love the section which tell you "What if my dog....."

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When one enters this beautiful book from the cluttered streets of everyday life, one is fed by the artist's eye, the poet's voice, and the insight of the mystics. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Customer Reviews:

grounding, settling, and comforting.......2007-08-16

I was lucky enough to be introduced to this book by a friend who gifted it to me. Now I keep a stock of these books to give whenever the moment is right. The juxtaposition of quotations and images is perfection. Whatever I'm feeling, I know that a read through "The Quiet Eye" will make me feel better.

A quiet book for quiet times.......2006-11-10

This is one of my favorite books and I often give it to friends. Each page depicts a work of art together with a famous quotation. The peace and quiet atmosphere of the book is attributable perhaps to its Quaker origins. A lovely and elegant work of art in itself.

The most beautiful book.......2005-12-04

This small book is so beautiful that it passes into the word "sacred." It doesn't do it justice to describe it briefly as a small book with photos of works of art (painting, sculpture, etc) on one side of the page, and a small quote from scripture or poetry, etc on the facing page. Each pair of art/quote is placed before us so that it may be a portal to meditation and conversation with God. In a way, it is an experiential course in lectio divina. This book is presented from a Quaker perspective, but is, of course, relevant to all Christian (and, really, other) faiths. A collection of this sort could easily have been banal; this one is not. It is a very deep and beautiful collection. I highly recommend it to anyone. It also makes a great gift.

A gem of a book, for yourself or as a gift..........2004-12-28

I have had this book for many years and still return to it for the peace and gentle guidance that come from the carefully chosen quotations. The images complement the quotations in interesting ways and are lovely in and of themselves. This book makes a warm and thoughtful gift for someone whose happiness you truly care about--without spending a fortune, you'll be giving something very much worth keeping.

A Quaker view of Art.......1998-01-13

This small, short book is great to have around for odd moments when you need a little tranquillity and beauty. Emphasizes the peaceful and meditative in Western and a little bit of Eastern Art.

The Quiet Eye A Way of Looking at Pictures

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The Quiet Eye A Way of Looking at Pictures
SYLVIA SHAW JUDSON
Manufacturer: Regnery Gateway
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K0D2Q4

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The Quiet Eye, A Way of Looking at Pictures
Sylvia Shaw Judson
Manufacturer: Aurum Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000T67GBQ

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The Quiet Eye: A Way of Looking at Pictures
Sylvia Shaw Judson
Manufacturer: Henry Regnery Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LSZ81C

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Quiet Eye: a way of looking at pictures
Sylvia Shaw Judson
Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ON3WGW

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