Wildflowers and Winter Weeds

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This charming guide identifies over 135 of the common species of wildflowers and weeds found in the northeastern United States. Each plant is superbly illustrated with a full-page drawing accompanied by an elegant description of the plant's key characteristics. In addition, a step-by-step key to plant identifications and an illustrated glossary of common plant parts and botanical terms has been included to make this a splendid and valuable resource in identifying the dormant but various vestiges of spring and summer.

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Weeds in Winter
Lauren Brown
Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc
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ASIN: 0393303489

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A thorough explanation of local geography, climate, weather, and navigation techniques for sailors is offered in this comprehensive guide to the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands. Tips for planning a cruise, detailed descriptions of the wildlife history of the area, and practical advice for sailing such as entry requirements, currency exchange, and search-and-rescue services are included. Each important area of the Bahamas is reviewed with routes, headings, distances, and full waypoint lists provided. Also noted are things-to-do lists, an easy-to-use reference index, and shore-side information with accompanying street maps for each destination.

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Have to buy a different guide because this one is so bad.......2005-08-19

I liked the look of this one in the shop and at a first glance it looked like it would have all the info we needed for our cruise on our sailboat through the Bahamas. We found that some topics were ridculously written about, e.g. Gulf Stream Crossing. We agree that this is an important mention but the advice was completely a no brainer. Real advice like, what to do if your'e caught in a norther in the Gulf Stream might have been useful. We also found the author to be non-chalant when talking about passages and channels. We had a terrible experience because of this, read the North West Channel LIght - we encountered 10 foot chop there! Also, the Whale Cay info is not highlighted enough. This is an extremely dangerous area that you MUST study and know before crossing here. We found much of the info for the islands innaccurate. A complete waste of money! We are now looking to purchase the Yachtsma's Guide instead.

bahamas cruising guide.......2003-10-11

I belive this book to be the most imformative book.well written.great photos.

Professial Presentation But Dangerous Information.......2000-08-02

I used this book from April to June 2000 cruising the Bahamas on our way to Panama via the Windward Passage.I found if the wind blew from the east then the book did not give information on other anchorages that one could change to E.G. White Cay Berri Islands and Stanley Cay in the Exums.In other instances the best anchorages were not even mentioned by Wilson. The books G.P.S. waypoints were dangerous wrong E.G.George Town .The lack of information on entrances from the sound to the banks E.G. The entrance to Thunder Ball Cave area .It is my belief that this book is dangerous and it is best to find another guide book.

Looks good but disappointing in use.......2000-06-14

During a cruise through the Bahamas in the spring of 2000, this guide was a great disappointment. The BA charts are woefully lacking in detail -- especially depths -- and discussions of shore sites are in many cases unduly negative. We visited a number of places about which Mr. Wilson used disparaging terms and found them delightful. Coverage of the Exumas assumes one is approaching from the banks side and gives little attention to approaches from Exuma Sound. In some places the author gets on a soapbox for environmental concerns and in other places he tacitly approves practices (such as feeding fish at snorkel sites) that are not ecologically sound. Fails to acknowledge existence of the Explorer series of charts that are by far the best for practical use in the area. In general, the "yellow pages" info is current and useful, but all things considered, there are better cruising guides for the Bahamas.

The new standard in quality cruising guides.......2000-02-11

I have several Bahamas cruising guides and this is the BEST ! I live in the Bahamas and have found things here I did not know. It is accurate, easy to read,and well written. I highly reccomend this book to anybody that is interested in cruising the Bahamas or even those interested in the Bahamas at all. A REALLY GOOD BOOK ! Head and shoulders above the rest of the Bahamian cruising guides!

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Far, far south, in the strange and beautiful land of Antarctica, it is dark both day and night all winter long. When at last spring comes, the penguins and seals raise their young. But, one year, loud, unfamiliar sounds announce the arrival of a new presence -- one the creatures hope can share this fragile world with them in peace.

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Antarctica by Helen Cowcher.......2007-03-15

I purchased this book for it's content(penguin info), and the illustrations. It exceeded my expectations.

Antarctia.......2007-01-18

Very good book, came quickly, faster then was told. I'm looking forward to my next purchase.

Beautiful Introduction to Being Green.......2004-08-06

This is a story about the emperor penguins of Antarctica and it touches on the Weddel seals and the Adélie penguins as well. The first have of this beautifully illustrated book explains how the female emperor lays her egg and how the male tends to it for up to two months while the female is at sea. It's just a fascinating introduction for a child about how different animals can be from us and also, how important they are.

The story also introduces the child to the effects man is having on the lives of the animals that live in the frozen south. Ms. Cowcher's drawings are just so captivating, that your child can't help caring about the animals. It's a good primer for the Greens, for caring, for perhaps a future Rainbow Warrior.

Sophie Cacique Gaul

Beautiful illustrations.......2001-06-28

The first thing that drew me to this nonfiction book was the gorgeous illustrations by Cowcher. They are beautiful. Her use of "cool" colors such as blue, purple, green, and gray add to the wonder of this book. If you are a teacher, this would make a great addition to your personal library to use with units on penguins or Antarctica. It also comes in a "big book" format and is worth the money!

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Antartida
Irina Izaguirre , and Gabriela Mataloni
Manufacturer: Nuevo Extremo
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Binding: Paperback

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Antartida
Helen Cowcher
Manufacturer: Scholastic, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0590905007

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Antartida - El Desierto Blanco
Juan Pablo Pereda
Manufacturer: Ediciones Viento Sur
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Soft cover of illustration card, with bright coating, 128 pages in illustration matt-paper.

Introduction by the anthropologist-photographer Carlos Mordo, 6 black and white historical pictures, 89 full colour pictures, 2 brief passages from the author's travel diaries and several qutations of some of the most important antarctic explorers.

Texts: Spanish / English

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Measuring up to the highest architectural and interior design standards, the shopping centers selected for inclusion in this report are among the most vital and successful in existence around the world today. The twenty honorees represent both new and renovated urban and suburban projects chosen by distinguished judges for their ingenious solutions to the problems inherent in planning large-scale, sprawling spaces. 400 color illustrations.

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This price is valid only online at Petco.com. Not available in stores at this price. For local in-store prices, please call your favorite Petco Store.At last, a book for frog and toad owners that provides complete information on how to keep these fascinating animals. You'll learn all you need to know about setting up the right kind of housing for your frog or toad--be it terrestrial, aquatic or semiaquatic species. You'll also find out how to properly feed your pet, how to keep your frog or toad healthy, including proper housecleaning, and how to handle your pet so that both of you remain in top condition.Best of all, this book provides a detailed discussion of more than 50 species that are widely available in the United States, with fabulous photographs of both the favorite pet species and of exotic frogs and toads from around the world. Info-packed sidebars make caring for your pet easy and enjoyable.

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Is this the book for you?.......2006-06-26

If you're interested in frogs in general and would like to find out information about them, you'll probably enjoy this book for its many facts and profiles. It's almost like a frog magazine that has short articles on various species.

If you're interested in owning a frog but don't yet know much about any species, you'll enjoy the brief explanations of the various types of frogs and their housing requirements. The profiles of species span nearly half of the book's length, offering many choices for future frog owners.

Unfortunately, if you already have frogs or are already decided on what species you want to own, this book doesn't have the detailed care information you'll want and need in order to properly care for your pet(s). As the author states, "This slim volume is by no means the end-all . . . so you may want to locate and purchase additional . . . material on the frog or toad that you own" (p. 40). As an example, there were less than two dozen lines about both of the species of frogs I have, combined, and it was all basic. It's important for purchasers to realize this book is not all-inclusive, unlike the back cover copy above claims.

While this book is an excellent, fun, and educational overview for those interested in frogs in general, it isn't a book suited to those who need species-specific care information. For that, you may have more luck by searching the Internet for fan sites and mailing lists. The book also needs some updating--only one of the websites mentioned in the back is still online.

Informative.......2003-03-20

I liked this book alot. It's pretty informative and mentions alot of different species of frogs/toads. I have toads, and it was hard to find a book about them. It's also great for beginners.

Many words, little Essence.......2002-11-20

I am a new frog keeper, but yet, I know some things about frogs. I bought this book because I read the previous customer comments about this book. This book says about almost anything but it doesn't bother to explain how things work. For example, while I was needed to know the use of a heat mat, the book didn't say how you must use it. I'm also still concerned about the top of a terrarium (must it be a closed one or not?) How exactly I use vitamins with food? It contains many information but only as Titles and a few comments! (well, not bad for the money)

Frogs and Toads.......2001-03-18

For the money, probably the best value on the subject. Very informative. Lots of color pictures. Describes dozens and dozens of animals, with feeding, housing, climate and related information. Also lists resources in back of book: where to find live food and climate equipment, as well as additional reading material. And much, much more. Wow!

If you buy only 1 book about raising frogs-THIS SHOULD BE IT.......2000-03-29

This book is great for the beginner frogger, the experienced frogger, and everyone in between. Very informative, easy to understand, and written with the person who needs a quick reference in mind!

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A complete reference for beginning to experienced growers, this book contains everything needed to grow plugs and transplants. Covered topics include selecting structures, production systems, understanding seed physiology, and scheduling plugs.

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Excellent guide.......2000-07-02

An excellent guide to plug growers. Interesting reading, with information on media, water, ph, and focus in every stage of the plug developing. You can't grow plugs and not hear about this book.

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Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albers’s unique ideas of color experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience.

Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 color plates, Interaction of Color first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten representative color studies chosen by Albers. The paperback has remained in print ever since and is one of the most influential resources on color for countless readers.

This new paperback edition presents a significantly expanded selection of more than thirty color studies alongside Albers’s original unabridged text, demonstrating such principles as color relativity, intensity, and temperature; vibrating and vanishing boundaries; and the illusions of transparency and reversed grounds. Now available in a larger format and with enhanced production values, this expanded edition celebrates the unique authority of Albers’s contribution to color theory and brings the artist’s iconic study to an eager new generation of readers.

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Albers.......2007-10-19

A must have for the serious colorist by one of the great masters of abstraction.

For more color plates..............2007-05-03

Previous reviews have bemoaned a lack of color plates. I just wanted to clarify that the 2006 Revised & Expanded edition has many more than the 8 or 10 mentioned by other reviewers. In the version I purchased (2006), the back half, approx., of the book is devoted to color plates that refer back to the chapters where particular principles are discussed. The color plates are on the right leaf, and an explanation of said plate is on the left. In the margin of the left, a reference back to the chapter/section in the book is made so that further reading on each principle is easy to locate. This is perhaps a little more awkward than having the plates sprinkled within the chapter/sections themselves, but for the cost of the book, this is an entirely acceptable method of sharing both written information and visual reinforcement. I counted more than 35 plates in the book.

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition.......2007-04-07

I found this book boring and hard to follow. I would never recommend this book and only purchased it becuase it was required for a class I was taking. Other people in class really liked this book, but I hated it. I had a hard time getting through it and found it to be as dry as walking through the desert.

Minetta Minnick

interaction of color by josef albers.......2006-08-31

excellent revised/expanded edition of the classic albers theory/anti-theory of color. the classic that most art schools continue to base their color courses on, this edition has more reproductions from the original collectors hand silkscreened edition and is nearly twice the number of pages.

Classic approach to color.......2006-03-22

Albers is a color genius, and although I personally incorporate several color theorists into my decision making in color or color theory practices. Albers has an easy approach to understanding color.

Display Systems: Design and Applications (Wiley Series in Display Technology)

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Display Systems: Design and Applications (Wiley Series in Display Technology)

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ASIN: 0471958700

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A current overview of Display Systems, written by recognised experts in the field. This book gives practical guidance on the latest technological developments and new application areas of displays which will enable the reader to gain an understanding of the current state of the art as well as the major trends that will shape future applications of displays and display systems. Display Systems offers an insight into display technology with a view to defining its best potential, by focusing on performance assessment and optimum utilisation. It brings together complimentary disciplines of design, hardware and usage, covering a wide range of developments, and is written by leading international experts. The book is divided into three sections: (1) requirements for display systems, covering topics such as applications and evaluation; (2) display technology, covering developments in flat panel displays as well as CRTs; and (3) display characterisation, including measurement techniques and colour specification. Also covered are ergonomic requirements for display systems and their mutual dependence on standards. The book will be welcomed by scientists, technologists and engineers active in the field and also by the developers of a wide range of systems and applications for displays. Its technical content is suitable for final year undergraduate or postgraduate study. The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international society which has the aim of encouraging the development of all aspects of the field of information display. Indeed, it is the only international society dedicated solely to this field, which is broad and interdisciplinary, not only in the scientific sense, but through development and manufacturing to marketing. Wiley SID Series in Display Technology This volume is the first in the series which aims to present a comprehensive technical discussion of the many disciplines which must be combined in the development of display systems. Further volumes will be announced in due course and more information on SID, its aims and activities can be found from its home page.

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Very applicable, still.......2004-05-10

In the 7 years since the publication of this book, display hardware has continued to improve. You may wonder, is the book still relevant?

Yes, for two reasons. Firstly, the rate of improvement of display hardware has not been as rapid as Moore's Law, which tends to apply to memory/cpu/disk. CRTs and thin displays tend to drop in price far less rapidly.

Secondly, many of the issues described in the book are largely independent of any specific hardware in which they are implemented. Like the suggestions for optimal ergonomic design. Or, in a given display, how to layout the information.

But having said the above, there is one thing that has arisen in the intervening years that is little covered in the book. Nowadays, cellphones have become far more common and far more powerful. The latest have colour displays. As time goes on, we can expect these displays to have ever greater resolution. So now, in some platforms like J2ME, the design of software optimised for such constrained hardware is an important issue.

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Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements
Karl Gerstner
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0262570815

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Swiss artist and designer, Karl Gerstner draws on artistic literary, and scientific sources, as well as on his own studio work to investigate the basic visual elements of color and form. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, Gerstner explores the ideas of continuous and evenly measured changes in the three dimensions of color - hue, tone, and saturation.

An Architecture and Prototype System for Automatically Processing Natural-Language Statements of Policy

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An Architecture and Prototype System for Automatically Processing Natural-Language Statements of Policy

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423530144

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A218093. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Organizations are policy-driven entities. Policy bases can be very large and complex; these factors are compounded by the dynamic nature of policy evolution. Thus, comprehension of the ramifications of both policy modification and assurance of the consistency, completeness, and correctness of a policy base necessarily requires some level of computer-based support. A policy workbench is an integrated set of computer-based tools for developing, reasoning about, and maintaining policy. A workbench takes as input a computationally equivalent form of policy statements. In this thesis we explore approaches for translating natural-language policy statements into their equivalent computational form with minimal user interaction. We present the architecture of a natural-language input-processing tool (NLIPT), which we designed to augment a policy workbench. NLIPT components consist of an extractor, index-term generator, structural modeler, and logic modeler. We experimented with a prototype of the extractor. The extractor successfully parsed twenty-seven of a sample of ninety-nine of U. S. Department of Defense security policy statements. An additional twenty-one statements were correctly parsed based on the syntactic structure of the input.

Chemical Interactions Teaching Resources with Color Transparencies

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Chemical Interactions Teaching Resources with Color Transparencies
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Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 013054096X

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Includes Teaching Support, Labs & Projects, Reading & Review, Assessment, Enrichment, Interdisciplinary Explorations.

Diversity and Young Adolescents: More Than Color

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Diversity and Young Adolescents: More Than Color
Elizabeth D. Dore
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Effective Color Displays (Computers and People)

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Effective Color Displays (Computers and People)
David Travis
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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The increasing use of color in electronic displays has been one of the major developments in the computer interface in recent years. Color not only adds an aesthetic quality to displays but is also an effective way of conveying complex information. It has important uses in tasks where identification, coding, and response times are critical. Unfortunately, many interface designers have little scientific appreciation of the effective and productive use of color in displays in the context of the human visual system. This book provides both the theoretical background and the practical guidelines for effective use of color in the computer display.**Effective Color Displays may be used as a tutorial text for courses on color displays or a practical guide for hands-on design. It will be essential reading for programmers, engineers, and psychologists concerned with color applications at the user interface. The book provides an introduction to both the color visual and display systems and develops into a full practical text for effective color display design. Color illustrations, as well as functions for color manipulation in C, look-up tables for color coordinates, and a checklist for display environments are included.

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* Illustrates the application of color science to user interface design
* Includes step-by-step recipes for color specification
* Features guidelines which are based on secure knowledge of the visual system
* Contains applications for computer graphics and visual programming

Performing La Mestiza: Textual Representations of Lesbians of Color and the Negotiation of Identites (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory: the Interaction of Text and Society)

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Performing La Mestiza: Textual Representations of Lesbians of Color and the Negotiation of Identites (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory: the Interaction of Text and Society)
Ellen Gil-Gomez
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0815336470

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This study explores the intersections of race/ethnic, gender, and queer identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of color in order to show how this subject, who is at the interstices of these identity categories, is sometimes ignored, sometimes brutalized and is very rarely able to survive on her own terms by constructing her own identity acts of cultural revision.

The author places the lesbian of color in the context of current identity theories showing the ever-present blind spots within current theoretical paradigms. These blind spots are sometimes sexist, sometimes racist, sometimes heterosexist or sometimes all three. Then she reads a variety of writings by lesbians of color describing the possibilities that exist for these subjects in textual and social realities. The author shows the varied communities that threaten the existence of this subject as well as the limits that dictate the subject's ability to create her self. By bridging Judith Butler's "gender trouble" and Gloria Anzaldua's "new mestiza" she describes how lesbians of color can survive numerous sites of hostility by constructing a positive identity within her home community through revising cultural traditions and history. After considering the power of these acts of revision the author calls for the empowered performance of the mestiza state- the state of contradiction wherein the lesbian of color finds herself.

This book is the first to analyze creative and theoretical works by African American, Asian American, Latina, and Native American communities and writers through the lens of lesbian studies. Authors include recognized figures such as Audre Lorde, Ana Castillo, and Paula Gunn Allen as well as lesser known authors like Best Brant, Natashia Lopez, and Willyce Kim. It provides a corrective to Butler's empowering but white supremacist vision of performing identity, so that lesbians of color can claim their identities and remain tied to their won cultural traditions. Ultimately, the author asks for a reconsideration of the value of identity studies that articulate monolithic identities and whose analyses perpetuate what they seek to disrupt.

A survey of the interactions of genes for flower color, ([Michigan. Agriculture Experiment Station, East Lansing] Technical bulletin 281)

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A survey of the interactions of genes for flower color, ([Michigan. Agriculture Experiment Station, East Lansing] Technical bulletin 281)
Clark D Paris
Manufacturer: Michigan State University, Agricultural Experiment Station, Departments of Horticulture, Botany and Plant Pathology
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Teaching Resources with Color Transparencies Chemical Interactions

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Teaching Resources with Color Transparencies Chemical Interactions
Prentice Hall Science Explorer
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ASIN: 0134366336

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This book explores two kinds of self-presentation in Tibet and the Tibetan diaspora: that of British writers in their travel texts to Tibet from 1774 to 1910 and that of Tibetans in recent autobiographies in English. McMillin argues that Tibet and the Anglophone West have had a long, complex, and convoluted relationship that can be explored, in part, through analysis of English language writings. The first part of the book explores how a myth of epiphany in Tibet comes to dominate English texts of travel in Tibet, while the second part considers how Tibetan autobiographers writing in English have responded and resisted Western images of them.

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